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The 1966 World Series was the championship series of Major League Baseball's (MLB) 1966 season.The 63rd edition of the World Series, it was a best-of-seven playoff between the American League (AL) champion Baltimore Orioles and National League (NL) champion (and defending World Series champion) Los Angeles Dodgers.
The World Series is the annual championship series of Major League Baseball (MLB) and concludes the MLB postseason.First played in 1903, [1] the World Series championship is a best-of-seven playoff and is a contest between the champions of baseball's National League (NL) and American League (AL). [2]
The 1966 Baltimore Orioles season involved the Orioles finishing first in the American League with a record of 97 wins and 63 losses, nine games ahead of the runner-up Minnesota Twins. It was their first AL pennant since 1944 , when the club was known as the St. Louis Browns .
John Wesley "Boog" Powell (born August 17, 1941) is an American former professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball as a first baseman and left fielder from 1961 through 1977, most prominently as a member of the Baltimore Orioles dynasty that won four American League pennants and two World Series championships between 1966 and 1971.
He served as the manager of the Athletics in both Kansas City (1961–62) and in Oakland , as well as the Baltimore Orioles (1964–68), guiding the Orioles to the World Series title in 1966. A four-game sweep over the heavily favored Los Angeles Dodgers, it was the first world championship in the franchise's history.
The shutout completes a World Series record 33 + 2 ⁄ 3 scoreless innings pitched by Orioles pitchers, beginning with Moe Drabowsky pitching 6 2 ⁄ 3 innings in relief of McNally in Game One, followed by shutouts by Jim Palmer and Wally Bunker. The Orioles are the last of the original eight American League franchises to win their first World ...
Andrew Auguste Etchebarren (June 20, 1943 – October 5, 2019) was an American professional baseball player and minor league manager.He played for 15 seasons in Major League Baseball as a catcher in 1962 and then from 1965 through 1978, most notably as a member of the Baltimore Orioles dynasty that won four American League pennants and two World Series championships between 1966 and 1971.
It's Frank Robinson's first American League game after ten seasons in Cincinnati and by the end of 1966, he'll be a Triple Crown winner, an AL MVP, and World Series champion. April 19 – The California Angels play their first regular-season game in their new ballpark, Anaheim Stadium , in front of 31,660 fans.