1966 Pacific Coast League

1966 > Class AAA > League History
Overall: 890 games, 12 teams, approx. 148 games in season
Attendance: n/a
Other Years: 1965 / 1967
League Index / Batting Leaders / Pitching Leaders / Other Years: 1965 / 1967

League Index / Batting Leaders / Pitching Leaders / Other Years: 1965 / 1967

League Standings

Regular Season

April 15, 1966 to September 5, 1966 · 148 games

East Division

Tm	Aff	W	L	Ties	W-L%	GB
Tulsa Oilers	STL	85	62	1	.578	--
Phoenix Giants	SFG	81	67	0	.547	4.5
Indianapolis Indians	CHW	80	68	0	.541	5.5
Denver Bears	MIN	79	68	1	.537	6
San Diego Padres	PHI	72	75	0	.490	13
Oklahoma City 89ers	HOU	59	89	2	.399	26.5

West Division

Tm	Aff	W	L	Ties	W-L%	GB
Seattle Angels	CAL	83	65	0	.561	--
Vancouver Mounties	KCA	77	71	1	.520	6
Spokane Indians	LAD	75	73	0	.507	8
Portland Beavers	CLE	69	79	2	.466	14
Hawaii Islanders	WSA	63	84	1	.429	19.5
Tacoma Cubs	CHC	63	85	0	.426	20

League Batting

Tm	Aff	BatAge	R/G	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
Denver Bears	MIN	26.6	5.15	148	5668	5040	762	1380	232	52	126	711	66	26	477	833	.274	.339	.415	.755	2094	46	61	44	46
Tulsa Oilers	STL	25.5	5.02	148	5457	4922	743	1424	274	51	128	675	108	38	379	737	.289	.341	.444	.784	2184	25	89	42	45
Phoenix Giants	SFG	25.3	4.69	148	5584	4950	694	1361	229	75	86	628	60	48	490	783	.275	.341	.404	.744	1998	31	62	51	46
Indianapolis Indians	CHW	27.0	4.58	148	5594	4958	678	1349	211	61	82	619	128	44	501	742	.272	.339	.389	.728	1928	29	55	51	28
San Diego Padres	PHI	27.5	4.45	147	5566	4839	654	1238	220	31	127	617	52	37	589	788	.256	.338	.393	.730	1901	31	62	45	47
Seattle Angels	CAL	26.3	4.25	148	5464	4890	629	1264	200	53	88	579	50	34	467	955	.258	.324	.375	.699	1834	23	46	38	37
Hawaii Islanders	WSA	26.1	4.16	148	5432	4876	615	1261	215	29	136	573	88	56	476	935	.259	.325	.398	.724	1942	20	32	28	21
Vancouver Mounties	KCA	25.1	4.05	149	5463	4905	604	1244	190	46	86	555	61	54	433	798	.254	.318	.364	.681	1784	43	46	36	43
Tacoma Cubs	CHC	27.2	3.91	148	5533	5006	578	1249	255	37	93	530	39	31	433	914	.250	.310	.371	.681	1857	19	42	33	32
Portland Beavers	CLE	25.7	3.85	150	5439	4851	578	1231	186	36	136	534	51	30	448	967	.254	.318	.391	.709	1897	32	66	42	31
Spokane Indians	LAD	25.7	3.84	148	5464	4829	569	1202	197	49	77	515	61	43	494	862	.249	.320	.358	.677	1728	25	80	36	47
Oklahoma City 89ers	HOU	25.5	3.79	150	5448	4909	569	1227	147	60	110	517	42	32	431	938	.250	.314	.372	.685	1824	37	43	28	28
League Totals		26.1	4.31	1780	66112	58975	7673	15430	2556	580	1275	7053	806	473	5618	10252	.262	.327	.390	.717	22971	361	684	474	451

League Pitching

Tm	Aff	PitchAge	R/G	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
Seattle Angels	CAL	26.1	3.66	83	65	.561	3.34	148	148	105	43	14	1279.0	1106	541	475	94	459	33	940	26	2	39	1.224	7.8	0.7	3.2	6.6	2.05
Spokane Indians	LAD	23.8	3.78	75	73	.507	3.53	148	148	93	55	11	1281.0	1258	559	503	78	481	24	837	35	2	58	1.358	8.8	0.5	3.4	5.9	1.74
Vancouver Mounties	KCA	24.7	3.95	77	71	.520	3.48	149	149	111	38	15	1300.0	1205	588	502	84	631	46	924	32	7	40	1.412	8.3	0.6	4.4	6.4	1.46
Indianapolis Indians	CHW	27.4	3.95	80	68	.541	3.47	148	148	112	36	6	1290.0	1205	584	497	128	451	70	784	14	1	50	1.284	8.4	0.9	3.1	5.5	1.74
Tacoma Cubs	CHC	25.6	4.04	63	85	.426	3.47	148	148	113	35	9	1305.0	1261	598	503	111	449	37	834	31	0	42	1.310	8.7	0.8	3.1	5.8	1.86
San Diego Padres	PHI	26.2	4.07	72	75	.490	3.69	147	147	109	38	9	1277.0	1246	598	523	95	408	35	891	32	3	56	1.295	8.8	0.7	2.9	6.3	2.18
Phoenix Giants	SFG	24.7	4.13	81	67	.547	3.59	148	148	112	36	10	1281.0	1283	611	511	67	450	45	827	15	4	51	1.353	9.0	0.5	3.2	5.8	1.84
Portland Beavers	CLE	26.3	4.24	69	79	.466	3.75	150	150	107	43	8	1274.0	1283	636	531	114	440	35	978	25	2	39	1.352	9.1	0.8	3.1	6.9	2.22
Tulsa Oilers	STL	26.2	4.82	85	62	.578	4.35	148	148	110	38	5	1258.0	1328	714	608	138	527	37	841	39	2	60	1.475	9.5	1.0	3.8	6.0	1.60
Hawaii Islanders	WSA	28.1	4.99	63	84	.429	4.43	148	148	108	40	7	1269.0	1356	739	624	148	435	31	824	33	3	42	1.411	9.6	1.0	3.1	5.8	1.89
Denver Bears	MIN	24.7	5.05	79	68	.537	4.42	148	148	100	48	7	1282.0	1535	747	629	104	422	34	758	30	5	69	1.527	10.8	0.7	3.0	5.3	1.80
Oklahoma City 89ers	HOU	25.0	5.05	59	89	.399	4.43	150	150	125	25	6	1271.0	1367	758	626	113	464	34	818	42	1	78	1.441	9.7	0.8	3.3	5.8	1.76
League Totals		25.8	4.31	886	886	.500	3.83	1780	1780	1305	475	107	15367.0	15433	7673	6532	1274	5617	461	10256	354	32	624	1.370	9.0	0.7	3.3	6.0	1.83

League Fielding

Tm	Aff	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	PB	Managers
Seattle Angels	CAL	148	3836	1610	117	124	.979	20	Bob Lemon
Spokane Indians	LAD	148	3839	1592	124	141	.978	17	n/a
Indianapolis Indians	CHW	148	3867	1616	136	110	.976	12	n/a
Denver Bears	MIN	148	3848	1695	145	160	.975	21	Cal Ermer
San Diego Padres	PHI	147	3832	1606	154	127	.972	24	Frank Lucchesi
Vancouver Mounties	KCA	149	3901	1632	164	186	.971	15	Mickey Vernon
Phoenix Giants	SFG	148	3843	1593	175	144	.969	28	Bill Werle
Tacoma Cubs	CHC	148	3910	1618	174	138	.969	20	Les Peden
Tulsa Oilers	STL	148	3770	1508	174	129	.968	21	Charlie Metro
Portland Beavers	CLE	150	3823	1620	179	145	.968	19	Johnny Lipon
Hawaii Islanders	WSA	148	3806	1671	184	152	.967	13	George Case
Oklahoma City 89ers	HOU	150	3811	1536	205	136	.963	18	Mel McGaha
League Totals		1780	46086	19297	1931	1692	.971	228

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