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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.
He became a part of one of the best bullpens in the major leagues and posted ERAs of 2.80, 1.60, and 1.91 during his first three years with the club. The Orioles won the American League (AL) pennant in 1966, and in Game 1 of the 1966 World Series, Drabowsky relieved an ineffective Dave McNally with the bases loaded and one out in the third ...
The shutout completes a World Series record 33 + 2 ⁄ 3 scoreless innings pitched by Orioles pitchers, beginning with Moe Drabowsky pitching 6 2 ⁄ 3 innings in relief of McNally in Game One, followed by shutouts by Jim Palmer and Wally Bunker. The Orioles are the last of the original eight American League franchises to win their first World ...
The shutout victory means that the Dodgers have now pitched 33 consecutive scoreless innings, tying the record set by the Baltimore Orioles across Games 1-4 of the 1966 World Series, in which they ...
The 1966 Los Angeles Dodgers won the National League championship with a 95–67 record (1 + 1 ⁄ 2 games over the San Francisco Giants), but were swept by the Baltimore Orioles in the World Series. Regular season
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 .
Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Jack Flaherty, left, is greeted by Shohei Ohtani as he returns to the dugout during the seventh inning in Game 1 of a baseball NL Championship Series against the New ...
The current Dodgers and the 1965 World Series one are the only teams to have the first six games of a playoff series decided by four or more runs. But that's all they have in common.