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The 1966 World Series was the championship series of Major League Baseball's (MLB) 1966 season.The 63rd edition of the World Series, it was a best-of-seven playoff between the American League (AL) champion Baltimore Orioles and National League (NL) champion (and defending World Series champion) Los Angeles Dodgers.
The 1966 Baltimore Orioles season involved the Orioles finishing first in the American League with a record of 97 wins and 63 losses, nine games ahead of the runner-up Minnesota Twins. It was their first AL pennant since 1944 , when the club was known as the St. Louis Browns .
The Orioles went on to make six World Series appearances from 1966 to 1983, winning three in 1966, 1970, and 1983. This era of the club featured several future Hall of Famers who would later be inducted representing the Orioles, such as third baseman Brooks Robinson , outfielder Frank Robinson , starting pitcher Jim Palmer , first baseman Eddie ...
World Series: St. Louis Cardinals: Lost 2 4 Baltimore Orioles (1954–present) 1966: World Series Champions World Series: Los Angeles Dodgers: Won 4 0 1969: American League Champions ALCS: Minnesota Twins: Won 3 0 World Series: New York Mets: Lost 1 4 1970: World Series Champions ALCS: Minnesota Twins: Won 3 0 World Series: Cincinnati Reds: Won ...
The Orioles farm system had begun to produce a number of high-quality players and coaches who formed the core of winning teams; from 1966 to 1983, the Orioles won three World Series titles (1966, 1970, and 1983), six American League pennants (1966, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1979, and 1983), and five of the first six American League East titles.
November 8 – Frank Robinson of the world-champion Baltimore Orioles wins the American League Most Valuable Player Award, becoming the first man to gain MVP recognition by the BBWAA in each major league; he had won the NL award in 1961. November 12 – The Los Angeles Dodgers complete an 18-game tour of Japan with a 9–8–1 record. The eight ...
World Series champion Russell Henry Snyder (born June 22, 1934) is an American former professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball as an outfielder for the Kansas City Athletics (1959–60), Baltimore Orioles (1961–67), Chicago White Sox (1968), Cleveland Indians (1968–69) and Milwaukee Brewers (1970). [ 1 ]
Robert Wallace Johnson (March 4, 1936 – November 12, 2019), nicknamed "Rocky", was an American professional baseball player. Largely a utility infielder and pinch hitter, Johnson appeared in 11 Major League Baseball seasons, from 1960 through 1970, for seven clubs, including the 1966 World Series champion Baltimore Orioles. [1]