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1966 Major League Baseball Opening Day Rosters

1965 MLB / 1967 MLB Opening Day Rosters

Lineups are the starting lineups for Opening Day.

Teams	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	LF	CF	RF	P
Baltimore Orioles - AL (all-time)	Etchebarren	Powell	Johnson	Robinson	Aparicio	Blefary	Blair	Robinson	Barber
Boston Red Sox - AL (all-time)	Ryan	Horton	Smith	Scott	Petrocelli	Yastrzemski	Thomas	Conigliaro	Wilson
California Angels - AL (all-time)	Rodgers	Adcock	Knoop	Schaal	Fregosi	Reichardt	Cardenal	Warner	Chance
Chicago White Sox - AL (all-time)	Romano	McCraw	Weis	Buford	Hansen	Ward	Agee	Robinson	John
Cleveland Indians - AL (all-time)	Crandall	Hinton	Gonzalez	Alvis	Brown	Wagner	Davalillo	Colavito	McDowell
Detroit Tigers - AL (all-time)	Freehan	Cash	Lumpe	Wert	McAuliffe	Horton	Stanley	Kaline	Lolich
Kansas City Athletics - AL (all-time)	Bryan	Harrelson	Green	Charles	Causey	Stahl	Tartabull	Hershberger	Hunter
Minnesota Twins - AL (all-time)	Battey	Mincher	Allen	Killebrew	Versalles	Valdespino	Hall	Oliva	Grant
New York Yankees - AL (all-time)	Howard	Pepitone	Richardson	Boyer	Amaro	Tresh	Mantle	Maris	Ford
Washington Senators - AL (all-time)	Camilli	Cunningham	Hamlin	McMullen	Brinkman	Howard	Lock	Valentine	Richert
Atlanta Braves - NL (all-time)	Torre	Thomas	Bolling	Mathews	Menke	Carty	Alou	Aaron	Cloninger
Chicago Cubs - NL (all-time)	Hundley	Banks	Beckert	Santo	Kessinger	Altman	Cline	Williams	Jackson
Cincinnati Reds - NL (all-time)	Pavletich	Coleman	Helms	Rose	Cardenas	Johnson	Harper	Pinson	Ellis
Houston Astros - NL (all-time)	Bateman	Harrison	Morgan	Aspromonte	Jackson	Maye	Wynn	Nicholson	Roberts
Los Angeles Dodgers - NL (all-time)	Roseboro	Parker	Oliver	Lefebvre	Wills	Johnson	Davis	Fairly	Osteen
New York Mets - NL (all-time)	Grote	Stuart	Hunt	Boyer	McMillan	Swoboda	Hickman	Jones	Fisher
Philadelphia Phillies - NL (all-time)	Uecker	White	Taylor	Allen	Groat	Rojas	Phillips	Callison	Short
Pittsburgh Pirates - NL (all-time)	Pagliaroni	Clendenon	Mazeroski	Bailey	Alley	Stargell	Alou	Clemente	Veale
San Francisco Giants - NL (all-time)	Haller	McCovey	Lanier	Hart	Fuentes	Gabrielson	Mays	Alou	Marichal
St. Louis Cardinals - NL (all-time)	McCarver	Kernek	Javier	Smith	Buchek	Johnson	Flood	Brock	Simmons

1965 MLB / 1967 MLB Opening Day Rosters

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