1966 St. Louis Cardinals season

MLB yearly infobox-pre1969
name = St. Louis Cardinals
season = 1966
misc =

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current league = National League
y1 = 1892
Uniform
ballpark = Busch Stadium I (Since 1920)
Busch Memorial Stadium
y4 = 1966
city = St. Louis, Missouri
y5 = 1882
owners = August "Gussie" Busch
managers = Red Schoendienst
television = KSD-TV
radio = KMOX
(Harry Caray, Jack Buck, Jerry Gross)
espntn = stl
brtn = stlThe St. Louis Cardinals 1966 season was the team's 85th season in St. Louis, Missouri and the 75th season in the National League. The Cardinals went 83-79 during the season and finished sixth in the National League, 12 games behind the Los Angeles Dodgers.

This season marked the final time the Cardinals played in Sportsman's Park/Busch Stadium I, as they played their final home game at that ballpark on May 8, losing to the San Francisco Giants, 10-5. The Cardinals moved into Busch Memorial Stadium four days later, and defeated the Atlanta Braves, 4-3 in 12 innings. On July 12, the Cardinals hosted the 1966 MLB All-Star Game at their new stadium, in 105 degree heat and humidity, with the NL defeating the AL, 2-1 in ten innings. Busch Memorial Stadium was where the Cardinals would play baseball until the end of 2005.

Pitcher Bob Gibson and outfielder Curt Flood won Gold Gloves this year.

Offseason

*October 27, 1965: Dick Groat was traded by the St. Louis Cardinals with Bob Uecker and Bill White to the Philadelphia Phillies for Pat Corrales, Art Mahaffey, and Alex Johnson. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/g/groatdi01.shtml Dick Groat Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com ] ]
*November 29, 1965: Nate Colbert was drafted by the Houston Astros from the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1965 rule 5 draft. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/c/colbena01.shtml Nate Colbert Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com ] ]
*November 29, 1965: Jimy Williams was drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals from the Boston Red Sox in the 1965 first-year draft. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/w/williji03.shtml Jimy Williams Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com ] ]

Regular Season

* May 8, 1966: Orlando Cepeda was traded by the San Francisco Giants to the St. Louis Cardinals for Ray Sadecki.

tandings

Roster

Starting pitchers

Awards and records

*Tim McCarver, National League leader, Triples, (13). McCarver would become the second catcher in the history of the National League to lead the league in triples. [Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p.96, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, NY, ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0]

References

External links

* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/STL/1966.shtml 1966 St. Louis Cardinals]
* [http://www.baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1966&t=SLN 1966 St. Louis Cardinals team page at www.baseball-almanac.com]