1966 California Angels season
The 1966 California Angels season, the team's first in Anaheim, involved the Angels finishing 6th in the American League with a record of 80 wins and 82 losses, 18 games behind the AL and World Series Champion Baltimore Orioles.Offseason
Season standings
Record vs. opponents
Notable transactions
Batting
Starters by position
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Pos | Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
C | | 133 | 454 | 107 | .236 | 7 | 48 |
1B | | 125 | 336 | 83 | .247 | 5 | 41 |
2B | | 161 | 590 | 137 | .232 | 17 | 72 |
3B | | 138 | 386 | 94 | .244 | 6 | 24 |
SS | | 162 | 611 | 154 | .252 | 13 | 67 |
LF | | 89 | 319 | 92 | .288 | 16 | 44 |
CF | | 154 | 561 | 155 | .276 | 16 | 48 |
RF | | 117 | 312 | 60 | .192 | 9 | 44 |
Other batters
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
| 83 | 231 | 63 | .273 | 18 | 48 |
| 90 | 195 | 36 | .185 | 1 | 20 |
| 58 | 23 | 1 | .043 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | 2 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Pitching
Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
| 41 | 259.2 | 12 | 17 | 3.08 | 180 |
| 41 | 212 | 13 | 13 | 3.31 | 148 |
| 37 | 199 | 7 | 14 | 3.93 | 132 |
| 21 | 102.2 | 4 | 7 | 4.73 | 42 |
Other pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
| 19 | 67.2 | 3 | 1 | 4.52 | 41 |
| 9 | 31.2 | 1 | 1 | 3.98 | 16 |
| 4 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 5.14 | 2 |
Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
| 61 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 2.74 | 46 |
| 54 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 3.39 | 27 |
| 50 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 3.83 | 54 |
| 47 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 2.88 | 37 |
| 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.40 | 11 |
| 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2.38 | 11 |
Farm system
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Seattle