1966 Detroit Tigers | ||
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League | American League | |
Ballpark | Tiger Stadium | |
City | Detroit, Michigan | |
Owners | John Fetzer | |
General managers | Jim Campbell | |
Managers | Chuck Dressen, Bob Swift, Frank Skaff | |
Television | WJBK (George Kell, Ray Lane) | |
Radio | WJR (Ernie Harwell, Gene Osborn) | |
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The 1966 Detroit Tigers season was the 66th consecutive season for the Detroit franchise in the American League. The Tigers, who had finished fourth in the ten-team AL in 1965 with an 89–73 record, won one less game in 1966, going 88–74, but moved up to third in the league, ten full games behind the eventual world champion Baltimore Orioles. The team attracted 1,124,293 fans to Tiger Stadium, fifth in the ten-team circuit.[1]