1966 Pittsburgh Pirates season

The 1966 Pittsburgh Pirates season involved the team's third-place finish in the National League at 92–70, three games behind the NL Champion Los Angeles Dodgers.

1966 Pittsburgh Pirates
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1887)
Location
Forbes Field (since 1909) Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania[1] (since 1907)
Other information
Owner(s)	John W. Galbreath (majority shareholder); Bing Crosby, Thomas P. Johnson (minority shareholders)
General manager(s)	Joe L. Brown
Manager(s)	Harry Walker
Local television	KDKA-TV Bob Prince, Jim Woods, Don Hoak
Local radio	KDKA Bob Prince, Jim Woods, Don Hoak
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Offseason

• November 22, 1965: Bill Virdon was released by the Pirates.[2]
• November 29, 1965: 1965 rule 5 draft
  • Dave Roberts was selected by the Pirates from the Houston Astros.[3]
  • Jesse Gonder was drafted by the Pirates from the Atlanta Braves.[4]
• December 1, 1965: Matty Alou was traded to the Pirates by the San Francisco Giants for Ozzie Virgil and Joe Gibbon.[5]
• December 10, 1965: Bob Friend was traded by the Pirates to the New York Yankees for Pete Mikkelsen.[6]
• January 29, 1966: Del Unser was drafted by the Pirates in the 4th round of the secondary phase of the 1966 Major League Baseball Draft, but did not sign.[7]

Regular season

Pirates outfielder Roberto Clemente was the National League's Most Valuable Player for the 1966 season.

Season standings

National League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Los Angeles Dodgers	95	67	0.586	—	53–28	42–39
San Francisco Giants	93	68	0.578	1½	47–34	46–34
Pittsburgh Pirates	92	70	0.568	3	46–35	46–35
Philadelphia Phillies	87	75	0.537	8	48–33	39–42
Atlanta Braves	85	77	0.525	10	43–38	42–39
St. Louis Cardinals	83	79	0.512	12	43–38	40–41
Cincinnati Reds	76	84	0.475	18	46–33	30–51
Houston Astros	72	90	0.444	23	45–36	27–54
New York Mets	66	95	0.410	28½	32–49	34–46
Chicago Cubs	59	103	0.364	36	32–49	27–54

Record vs. opponents

1966 National League Records Sources:
Team	ATL	CHC	CIN	HOU	LAD	NYM	PHI	PIT	SF	STL
Atlanta	—	7–11	10–8	14–4–1	7–11	14–4	11–7	7–11	8–10	7–11
Chicago	11–7	—	6–12	5–13	8–10	8–10	5–13	6–12	6–12	4–14
Cincinnati	8–10	12–6	—	4–14	6–12	10–7	10–8	8–10	7–10	11–7
Houston	4–14–1	13–5	14–4	—	7–11	7–11	7–11	4–14	6–12	10–8
Los Angeles	11–7	10–8	12–6	11–7	—	12–6	11–7	9–9	9–9	10–8
New York	4–14	10–8	7–10	11–7	6–12	—	7–11	5–13	9–9	7–11
Philadelphia	7-11	13–5	8–10	11–7	7–11	11–7	—	10–8	10–8	10–8
Pittsburgh	11–7	12–6	10–8	14–4	9–9	13–5	8–10	—	7–11	8–10
San Francisco	10–8	12–6	10–7	12–6	9–9	9–9	8–10	11–7	—	12–6
St. Louis	11–7	14–4	7–11	8–10	8–10	11–7	8–10	10–8	6–12	—

Game log

1966 Game Log: 92–70 (Home: 46–35; Away: 46–35)
April: 10–5 (Home: 6–3; Away: 4–2) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 1 April 12 @ Braves 3–2 (13) Schwall (1–0) Cloninger — 50,671 1–0 2 April 13 @ Braves 6–0 Law (1–0) Johnson — 12,721 2–0 3 April 15 Cardinals 2–9 Gibson Cardwell (0–1) — 32,231 2–1 4 April 16 Cardinals 5–3 Sisk Washburn Face 8,622 3–1 5 April 17 Cardinals 6–5 Fryman (1–0) Jackson — 12,684 4–1 6 April 18 Reds 4–3 McBean (1–0) Jay Face (2) 7,527 5–1 7 April 19 Reds 7–3 Blass (1–0) Ellis — 3,750 6–1 8 April 20 Reds 3–2 Face (1–0) Baldschun — 8,654 7–1 9 April 21 Reds 2–1 Veale (1–0) Pappas — 5,727 8–1 10 April 22 @ Cardinals 5–7 Washburn Mikkelsen (0–1) Aust 19,785 8–2 11 April 23 @ Cardinals 5–4 Mikkelsen (1–1) Woodeshick Face (3) 11,508 9–2 12 April 24 @ Cardinals 2–5 Sadecki Cardwell (0–2) Stallard 11,217 9–3 13 April 25 Phillies 0–5 Bunning Veale (1–1) — 9,564 9–4 14 April 28 @ Cubs 9–6 (10) Face (2–0) Koonce Mikkelsen (1) 3,076 10–4 15 April 29 Mets 2–5 (11) Selma Walker (0–1) Sutherland 8,665 10–5
May: 14–15 (Home: 5–7; Away: 9–8) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 16 May 1 Mets 8–0 Veale (2–1) Fisher — 29,433 11–5 17 May 3 @ Reds 5–4 (12) Face (3–0) Ellis — 4,669 12–5 18 May 4 @ Reds 4–3 Blass (2–0) O'Toole Purkey (1) 4,019 13–5 19 May 5 @ Reds 6–10 Jay McBean (1–1) McCool 3,735 13–6 20 May 6 @ Phillies 7–8 (11) Knowles Face (3–1) — 18,982 13–7 21 May 7 @ Phillies 3–7 Bunning Sisk (0–1) — 7,006 13–8 22 May 8 @ Phillies 3–2 Veale (3–1) Herbert — 8,411 14–8 23 May 10 Giants 1–2 (15) Linzy Purkey (0–1) Gibbon 6,750 14–9 24 May 11 Giants 1–6 Perry Schwall (1–1) — 4,373 14–10 25 May 12 Giants 0–3 Marichal Veale (3–2) — 5,343 14–11 26 May 13 Dodgers 4–3 Fryman (2–0) Regan — 13,388 15–11 27 May 14 Dodgers 1–4 Koufax Blass (2–1) — 11,602 15–12 28 May 15 Dodgers 1–3 Sutton Cardwell (0–3) Regan 16,205 15–13 29 May 17 Braves 5–2 Veale (4–2) Blasingame Face (4) 7,938 16–13 30 May 18 Braves 2–4 Johnson Law (1–1) — 7,642 16–14 31 May 20 @ Dodgers 7–3 Mikkelsen (2–1) Sutton — 33,484 17–14 32 May 21 @ Dodgers 4–5 (12) Perranoski Schwall (1–2) — 34,839 17–15 33 May 22 @ Dodgers 4–0 Veale (5–2) Osteen — 30,826 18–15 34 May 23 @ Dodgers 2–3 Koufax Mikkelsen (2–2) — 24,188 18–16 35 May 24 @ Giants 2–5 Perry Law (1–2) Linzy 14,158 18–17 36 May 25 @ Giants 3–2 Schwall (2–2) Shaw Face (5) 9,663 19–17 37 May 26 @ Astros 3–2 Blass (3–1) Farrell Mikkelsen (2) 14,440 20–17 38 May 27 @ Astros 6–0 Veale (6–2) Latman Mikkelsen (3) 18,104 21–17 39 May 28 @ Astros 1–2 Giusti Cardwell (0–4) Raymond 13,235 21–18 40 May 28 @ Astros 5–2 Fryman (3–0) Roberts — 30,383 22–18 41 May 29 @ Astros 2–3 (11) Raymond Face (3–2) — 25,404 22–19 42 May 30 Cubs 3–2 Mikkelsen (3–2) Ellsworth — 23–19 43 May 30 Cubs 5–3 McBean (2–1) Connors Face (6) 15,327 24–19 44 May 31 Cubs 1–2 Broglio Veale (6–3) — 3,825 24–20
June: 19–9 (Home: 11–4; Away: 8–5) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 45 June 1 @ Mets 3–1 Cardwell (1–4) Ribant McBean (1) 11,795 25–20 46 June 2 @ Mets 5–0 Law (2–2) Gardner — 11,785 26–20 47 June 3 Astros 7–2 Fryman (4–0) Dierker — 11,263 27–20 48 June 4 Astros 9–6 Schwall (3–2) Raymond Mikkelsen (4) 6,946 28–20 49 June 5 Astros 10–5 Mikkelsen (4–2) Bruce — 27,370 29–20 50 June 7 Cardinals 9–1 Cardwell (2–4) Gibson — 12,418 30–20 51 June 8 Cardinals 5–11 Dennis Law (2–3) — 9,624 30–21 52 June 9 Cardinals 2–4 Jackson Fryman (4–1) — 11,232 30–22 53 June 10 Braves 2–8 Johnson Veale (6–4) Olivo 15,177 30–23 54 June 11 Braves 5–3 Blass (4–1) Umbach Face (7) 8,763 31–23 55 June 12 Braves 11–8 Sisk (1–1) Carroll Face (8) 14,520 32–23 56 June 13 Reds 5–4 Mikkelsen (5–2) McCool — 10,862 33–23 57 June 14 Reds 0–3 Maloney Fryman (4–2) — 11,655 33–24 58 June 15 @ Cardinals 0–1 Gibson Veale (6–5) — 21,652 33–25 59 June 16 @ Cardinals 2–1 Blass (5–1) Briles Face (9) 16,877 34–25 60 June 17 @ Braves 4–2 Cardwell (3–4) Carroll Fryman (1) 17,704 35–25 61 June 18 @ Braves 9–6 Law (3–3) Blasingame Face (10) 21,083 36–25 62 June 19 @ Braves 2–1 (11) Veale (7–5) Abernathy — 17,229 37–25 63 June 21 @ Reds 8–11 Nottebart Fryman (4–3) McCool 7,665 37–26 64 June 22 @ Reds 3–4 Maloney Mikkelsen (5–3) — 7,843 37–27 65 June 23 @ Reds 3–5 Pappas Cardwell (3–5) Nottebart 6,039 37–28 66 June 24 @ Phillies 3–1 Veale (8–5) Bunning — 26,791 38–28 67 June 25 @ Phillies 7–8 Culp Mikkelsen (5–4) Craig 23,160 38–29 68 June 26 @ Phillies 2–0 Fryman (5–3) Jackson — 18,734 39–29 69 June 27 Astros 8–5 Blass (6–1) Bruce Face (11) 11,679 40–29 70 June 28 Astros 4–3 Veale (9–5) Giusti — 11,713 41–29 71 June 29 Astros 6–5 O'Dell (1–0) Owens — 12,500 42–29 72 June 30 Astros 9–0 Law (4–3) Roberts — 15,183 43–29
July: 17–14 (Home: 8–6; Away: 9–8) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 73 July 1 @ Mets 12–0 Fryman (6–3) Fisher — 24,056 44–29 74 July 2 @ Mets 3–4 Ribant Blass (6–2) Hamilton 14,379 44–30 75 July 3 @ Mets 8–7 Veale (10–5) Rusteck Face (12) 45–30 76 July 3 @ Mets 8–9 Gardner McBean (2–2) Hamilton 28,296 45–31 77 July 4 @ Cubs 7–5 Law (5–3) Hands Face (13) 46–31 78 July 4 @ Cubs 4–6 (8) Lee Cardwell (3–6) Hendley 23,164 46–32 79 July 5 @ Cubs 6–0 Fryman (7–3) Faul — 6,183 47–32 80 July 6 @ Cubs 10–5 Blass (7–2) Ellsworth Mikkelsen (5) 6,483 48–32 81 July 7 @ Cubs 4–5 Hoeft Mikkelsen (5–5) Hendley 7,063 48–33 82 July 8 Mets 10–2 Law (6–3) Shaw — 49–33 83 July 8 Mets 9–2 Sisk (2–1) Fisher O'Dell (1) 32,440 50–33 84 July 9 Mets 6–3 Fryman (8–3) Hepler — 13,309 51–33 85 July 10 Mets 9–4 Face (4–2) Shaw — 26,150 52–33 86 July 14 Cubs 10–4 Veale (11–5) Ellsworth — 11,692 53–33 87 July 15 Cubs 4–5 Roberts Law (6–4) — 15,488 53–34 88 July 16 Cubs 1–4 Hands Fryman (8–4) Jenkins 9,764 53–35 89 July 17 Giants 7–4 Blass (8–2) Herbel Mikkelsen (6) 54–35 90 July 17 Giants 7–1 Sisk (3–1) Priddy — 35,184 55–35 91 July 18 Giants 2–3 Perry Veale (11–6) McDaniel 33,908 55–36 92 July 20 @ Dodgers 8–5 Cardwell (4–6) Brewer McBean (2) 39,545 56–36 93 July 21 @ Dodgers 3–4 (10) Regan Face (4–3) — 35,586 56–37 94 July 22 @ Astros 2–5 Dierker Blass (8–3) — 28,942 56–38 95 July 23 @ Astros 4–3 McBean (3–2) Raymond Mikkelsen (7) 43,825 57–38 96 July 24 @ Astros 11–6 Cardwell (5–6) Taylor Face (14) 34,556 58–38 97 July 25 @ Giants 1–2 Marichal Fryman (8–5) — 22,191 58–39 98 July 26 @ Giants 3–8 Perry Blass (8–4) McDaniel 21,786 58–40 99 July 27 @ Giants 5–3 Mikkelsen (6–5) Linzy Face (15) 22,154 59–40 100 July 29 Phillies 5–3 O'Dell (2–0) Short Face (16) 25,358 60–40 101 July 30 Phillies 1–4 Jackson Fryman (8–6) — 15,804 60–41 102 July 31 Phillies 1–8 Bunning Law (6–5) — 60–42 103 July 31 Phillies 5–6 (10) Verbanic Face (4–4) Herbert 28,947 60–43
August: 18–12 (Home: 11–6; Away: 7–6) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 104 August 1 Dodgers 1–5 Regan Sisk (3–2) — 27,398 60–44 105 August 2 Dodgers 6–5 Mikkelsen (7–5) Perranoski McBean (3) 12,886 61–44 106 August 3 Dodgers 3–1 Veale (12–6) Sutton — 21,952 62–44 107 August 4 Dodgers 8–1 Law (7–5) Osteen — 22,529 63–44 108 August 5 Reds 3–4 Pappas Mikkelsen (7–6) McCool 20,064 63–45 109 August 6 Reds 9–3 Sisk (4–2) O'Toole — 11,401 64–45 110 August 7 Reds 7–9 Nottebart Veale (12–7) McCool 18,470 64–46 111 August 9 Mets 2–1 Fryman (9–6) Ribant Mikkelsen (8) 12,847 65–46 112 August 10 Mets 10–4 Law (8–5) Shaw O'Dell (2) 15,008 66–46 113 August 11 Mets 7–5 Face (5–4) Gardner — 12,381 67–46 114 August 12 @ Reds 14–11 (13) Sisk (5–2) McCool — 25,477 68–46 115 August 13 @ Reds 0–11 (5) Maloney Fryman (9–7) — 9,003 68–47 116 August 14 @ Reds 4–2 Mikkelsen (8–6) Nottebart — 19,767 69–47 117 August 16 @ Mets 3–0 (7) Sisk (6–2) McGraw — 23,953 70–47 118 August 17 @ Mets 7–8 Hepler McBean (3–3) Friend 32,461 70–48 119 August 18 @ Mets 5–9 Gardner Fryman (9–8) Terry 26,829 70–49 120 August 19 @ Cubs 3–4 (11) Hendley Face (5–5) — 11,092 70–50 121 August 20 @ Cubs 3–2 Sisk (7–2) Hands Mikkelsen (9) 14,446 71–50 122 August 21 @ Cubs 8–1 Veale (13–7) Roberts — 15,944 72–50 123 August 22 Phillies 6–5 Cardwell (6–6) Buhl Mikkelsen (10) 15,119 73–50 124 August 23 Phillies 4–5 Short O'Dell (2–1) — 25,504 73–51 125 August 24 Phillies 6–4 Law (9–5) Jackson — 19,899 74–51 126 August 25 Phillies 1–4 Bunning Veale (13–8) — 25,658 74–52 127 August 26 @ Cardinals 7–4 Fryman (10–8) Jackson Mikkelsen (11) 43,951 75–52 128 August 27 @ Cardinals 1–5 Gibson Blass (8–5) — 30,457 75–53 129 August 28 @ Cardinals 2–3 Washburn Law (9–6) Briles 75–54 130 August 28 @ Cardinals 5–1 O'Dell (3–1) Carlton Mikkelsen (12) 46,211 76–54 131 August 29 Astros 0–2 Cuellar Veale (13–9) — 13,011 76–55 132 August 30 Astros 8–2 Fryman (11–8) Giusti Mikkelsen (13) 11,564 77–55 133 August 31 Dodgers 4–3 Blass (9–5) Drysdale O'Dell (3) 31,036 78–55
September: 14–12 (Home: 5–6; Away: 9–6) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 134 September 1 Dodgers 3–4 (10) Sutton Law (9–7) Perranoski 26,761 78–56 135 September 2 Cubs 7–3 Veale (14–9) Jenkins Cardwell (1) 13,677 79–56 136 September 3 Cubs 9–1 Sisk (8–2) Holtzman — 10,891 80–56 137 September 4 Cubs 8–5 McBean (4–3) Church Face (17) 12,899 81–56 138 September 5 Braves 13–5 Law (10–7) Kelley — 82–56 139 September 5 Braves 5–7 Cloninger Blass (9–6) — 30,747 82–57 140 September 6 Braves 1–4 Jarvis Veale (14–10) Ritchie 10,792 82–58 141 September 7 Braves 3–8 Johnson Sisk (8–3) — 12,100 82–59 142 September 9 Cardinals 3–2 (12) Face (6–5) Briles — 19,676 83–59 143 September 10 Cardinals 5–6 Gibson Mikkelsen (8–7) Woodeshick 13,535 83–60 144 September 11 Cardinals 3–4 Hughes Veale (14–11) — 17,859 83–61 145 September 13 @ Astros 9–3 Sisk (9–3) Giusti Face (18) 17,872 84–61 146 September 15 @ Dodgers 3–5 Drysdale Law (10–8) Regan 50,559 84–62 147 September 16 @ Dodgers 1–5 Koufax Veale (14–12) — 54,510 84–63 148 September 17 @ Dodgers 9–5 Law (11–8) Miller O'Dell (4) 44,330 85–63 149 September 18 @ Giants 3–1 Fryman (12–8) Perry — 41,981 86–63 150 September 19 @ Giants 6–1 (11) Mikkelsen (9–7) Linzy — 12,871 87–63 151 September 20 @ Giants 6–0 Law (12–8) Herbel — 30,187 88–63 152 September 21 @ Giants 5–6 Marichal Face (6–6) — 15,338 88–64 153 September 22 @ Braves 1–14 Jarvis Fryman (12–9) — 11,004 88–65 154 September 23 @ Braves 3–0 Veale (15–12) Schwall — 21,238 89–65 155 September 24 @ Braves 8–6 Blass (10–6) Olivo Mikkelsen (14) 20,054 90–65 156 September 25 @ Braves 2–6 Kelley Sisk (9–4) Carroll 28,372 90–66 157 September 26 @ Phillies 4–5 (11) Bunning O'Dell (3–2) — 8,289 90–67 158 September 28 @ Phillies 2–1 Blass (11–6) Bunning Sisk (1) 91–67 159 September 28 @ Phillies 4–2 Veale (16–12) Jackson — 7,213 92–67
October: 0–3 (Home: 0–3; Away: 0–0) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 160 October 1 Giants 4–5 Marichal Mikkelsen (9–8) — 92–68 161 October 1 Giants 0–2 Bolin Sisk (9–5) — 18,928 92–69 162 October 2 Giants 3–7 (11) McDaniel Blass (11–7) — 33,827 92–70
Legend:        = Win        = Loss Bold = Pirates team member

Opening Day lineup

Opening Day Starters
Name	Position
Matty Alou	CF
Gene Alley	SS
Roberto Clemente	RF
Willie Stargell	LF
Donn Clendenon	1B
Bill Mazeroski	2B
Bob Bailey	3B
Jim Pagliaroni	C
Bob Veale	SP

[8]

Notable transactions

• April 7, 1966: Bob Purkey was sold to the Pirates by the St. Louis Cardinals.[9]
• June 7, 1966: 1966 Major League Baseball draft
  • Richie Hebner was drafted by the Pirates in the 1st round of the 1966 Major League Baseball Draft.[10]
  • Dave Cash was drafted by the Pirates in the 5th round of the 1966 Major League Baseball Draft.[11]
  • Gene Clines was drafted by the Pirates in the 6th round of the 1966 Major League Baseball Draft.[12]
• June 15, 1966: Don Schwall was traded by the Pirates to the Atlanta Braves for Billy O'Dell.[13]

Roster

1966 Pittsburgh Pirates
Roster
Pitchers 28 Steve Blass 43 Don Cardwell 26 Roy Face 22 Woodie Fryman 32 Vern Law 34 Al McBean 19 Pete Mikkelsen 31 Billy O'Dell 37 Bob Purkey 29 Don Schwall 28 Jim Shellenback 25 Tommie Sisk 39 Bob Veale 31 Luke Walker		Catchers 20 Jesse Gonder 12 Jerry May 10 Jim Pagliaroni Infielders 14 Gene Alley  7 Bob Bailey 17 Donn Clendenon  9 Bill Mazeroski 45 Gene Michael 11 José Pagán 45 Dave Roberts 16 Andre Rodgers		Outfielders 18 Matty Alou 23 Don Bosch 21 Roberto Clemente 24 Jerry Lynch 15 Manny Mota  8 Willie Stargell Other batters 23 George Spriggs		Manager  3 Harry Walker Coaches  5 Alex Grammas (Third base)  6 Clyde King (Pitching)  4 Johnny Pesky (First base)  2 Hal Smith (Bullpen)

Statistics

Batting

Regular Season[14] Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI Matty Alou 141 535 183 0.342 2 27 Manny Mota 116 322 107 0.332 5 46 Roberto Clemente 154 638 202 0.317 29 119 Willie Stargell 140 485 153 0.315 33 102 Donn Clendenon 155 571 171 0.299 28 98 Gene Alley 147 579 173 0.299 7 43 Bob Bailey 126 380 106 0.279 13 46 Jose Pagan 109 368 97 0.264 4 54 Bill Mazeroski 162 621 163 0.262 16 82 Jerry May 42 52 13 0.250 1 2 Vern Law 34 66 16 0.242 1 3 Jim Pagliaroni 123 374 88 0.235 11 49 Steve Blass 34 52 12 0.231 0 6 Jesse Gonder 59 160 36 0.225 7 16 Jerry Lynch 64 56 12 0.214 1 6 Andre Rodgers 36 49 9 0.184 0 4 Woodie Fryman 36 63 10 0.159 0 2 Gene Michael 30 33 5 0.152 0 2 Pete Mikkelsen 71 20 3 0.150 0 0 George Spriggs 9 7 1 0.143 0 0 Bob Veale 38 94 13 0.138 0 2 Dave Roberts 14 16 2 0.125 0 0 Don Cardwell 32 29 3 0.103 0 3 Al McBean 50 10 1 0.100 0 0 Don Schwall 11 10 1 0.100 0 0 Tommie Sisk 34 51 5 0.098 0 2 Billy O'Dell 37 16 1 0.063 0 1 Don Bosch 3 2 0 0.000 0 0 Roy Face 54 11 0 0.000 0 0 Bob Purkey 11 4 0 0.000 0 0 Luke Walker 10 2 0 0.000 0 0 Jim Shellenback 2 0 0 — 0 0

Pitching

Regular Season[15] Player G IP W L ERA SO Bob Purkey 10 19​^2⁄3 0 1 1.37 5 Don Schwall 11 41​^2⁄3 3 2 2.16 24 Roy Face 54 70 6 6 2.70 67 Billy O'Dell 37 71​^1⁄3 3 2 2.78 47 Bob Veale 38 268​^1⁄3 16 12 3.02 229 Pete Mikkelsen 71 126 9 8 3.07 76 Al McBean 47 86​^2⁄3 4 3 3.22 54 Woodie Fryman 36 181​^2⁄3 12 9 3.81 105 Steve Blass 34 155​^2⁄3 11 7 3.87 76 Vern Law 31 177​^2⁄3 12 8 4.05 88 Tommie Sisk 34 150 10 5 4.14 60 Luke Walker 10 10 0 1 4.50 7 Don Cardwell 32 101​^2⁄3 6 6 4.60 60 Jim Shellenback 2 3 0 0 9.00 0

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Columbus Jets	International League	Larry Shepard
AA	Asheville Tourists	Southern League	Harding "Pete" Peterson
A	Raleigh Pirates	Carolina League	Joe Morgan
A	Clinton Pirates	Midwest League	Frank Oceak
A	Gastonia Pirates	Western Carolinas League	Bob Clear
Rookie	Salem Pirates	Appalachian League	George Detore

Notes

1. From 1882–1906, the team played in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, which became annexed by Pittsburgh as the North Shore in 1907.
2. Bill Virdon page at Baseball Reference
3. Dave Roberts page at Baseball Reference
4. Jesse Gonder page at Baseball Reference
5. Matty Alou at "Baseball Almanac"
6. Pete Mikkelsen at "Baseball Almanac"
7. Del Unser page at Baseball Reference
8. 1966 Opening Day lineup at "Baseball-Almanac"
9. Bob Purkey at "Baseball Almanac"
10. Richie Hebner at "Baseball Almanac"
11. Dave Cash at "Baseball Almanac"
12. Gene Clines at "Baseball Almanac"
13. Don Schwall at "Baseball Almanac"
14. "Major League Baseball Regular Season Hitting Stats | pirates.com: Stats". Pittsburgh Pirates.
15. "Major League Baseball Regular Season Pitching Stats | pirates.com: Stats". Pittsburgh Pirates.

References

• 1966 Pittsburgh Pirates team page at Baseball Reference
• 1966 Pittsburgh Pirates Page at Baseball Almanac
• Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (1997). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (2nd ed.). Durham, N.C.: Baseball America. ISBN 978-0-9637189-8-3.