Todays opening day starting line-up blast from the past. We continue the baseball season of 1966. Finishing 5th and 17 games back in the American League, would be the Cleveland Indians. The Indians finish with a record of 81-81. They open the season with Birdie Tebbetts (66-57) and George Strickland (15-24). The Tribe draw 903, which would be 7th in the American League. Rightfielder Rocky Colavito has a Indians best 30 dingers. Left-handed hitting 1st baseman Fred Whitfield leads the team in rbis with 78. Chico Salmon and Chuck Hinton lead the team in steals with 10. The ace of the Tribe is the 29 year old righty Sonny Siebert with 16 wins. Dick Radatz has an Indians best 10 saves. The Indians open with a 5-2 win at Washington. The Tribe season opener is to be played in front of 33,198 against the Boston Red Sox. Max Alvis gets a walk-off single in the bottom of the 12th, to give the Indians a 8-7 win Vic Davalillo-CF Max Alvis-3B Leon Wagner-LF Rocky Colavito-RF Bill Davis-1B Pedro Gonzalez-3B Larry Brown-SS Del Crandall-C Sam McDowell-P
Posted on: Sat, 20 Dec 2014 20:00:12 +0000
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