1966 Pittsburgh Pirates season

The 1966 Pittsburgh Pirates season involved the team's third-place finish in the National League at 92–70, three games behind the NL Champion Los Angeles Dodgers season|Los Angeles Dodgers].

Offseason

November 22, 1965: Bill Virdon was released by the Pirates.
November 29, 1965: 1965 rule 5 draft
*Dave Roberts was selected by the Pirates from the Houston Astros.
*Jesse Gonder was drafted by the Pirates from the Atlanta Braves.
December 1, 1965: Matty Alou was traded to the Pirates by the San Francisco Giants for Ozzie Virgil and Joe Gibbon.
December 10, 1965: Bob Friend was traded by the Pirates to the New York Yankees for Pete Mikkelsen.
January 29, 1966: Del Unser was drafted by the Pirates in the 4th round of the secondary phase of the 1966 [Major League Baseball draft], but did not sign.

Regular season

Pirates outfielder Roberto Clemente was the National League's Most Valuable Player for the 1966 season.

Notable transactions

April 7, 1966: Bob Purkey was sold to the Pirates by the St. Louis Cardinals.
June 7, 1966: 1966 [Major League Baseball draft]
*Richie Hebner was drafted by the Pirates in the 1st round of the 1966 Major League Baseball draft.
*Dave Cash was drafted by the Pirates in the 5th round of the 1966 Major League Baseball draft.
*Gene Clines was drafted by the Pirates in the 6th round of the 1966 Major League Baseball draft.
June 15, 1966: Don Schwall was traded by the Pirates to the Atlanta Braves for Billy O'Dell.

Statistics

;Batting
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player
	141	535	183	0.342	2	27
	116	322	107	0.332	5	46
	154	638	202	0.317	29	119
	140	485	153	0.315	33	102
	155	571	171	0.299	28	98
	147	579	173	0.299	7	43
	126	380	106	0.279	13	46
	109	368	97	0.264	4	54
	162	621	163	0.262	16	82
	42	52	13	0.250	1	2
	34	66	16	0.242	1	3
	123	374	88	0.235	11	49
	34	52	12	0.231	0	6
	59	160	36	0.225	7	16
	64	56	12	0.214	1	6
	36	49	9	0.184	0	4
	36	63	10	0.159	0	2
	30	33	5	0.152	0	2
	71	20	3	0.150	0	0
	9	7	1	0.143	0	0
	38	94	13	0.138	0	2
	14	16	2	0.125	0	0
	32	29	3	0.103	0	3
	50	10	1	0.100	0	0
	11	10	1	0.100	0	0
	34	51	5	0.098	0	2
	37	16	1	0.063	0	1
	3	2	0	0.000	0	0
	54	11	0	0.000	0	0
	11	4	0	0.000	0	0
	10	2	0	0.000	0	0
	2	0	0		0	0
Team Totals	162	5,676	1,586	0.279	158	715

;Pitching
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player
	10	19	0	1	1.37	5
	11	41	3	2	2.16	24
	54	70	6	6	2.70	67
	37	71	3	2	2.78	47
	38	268	16	12	3.02	229
	71	126	9	8	3.07	76
	47	86	4	3	3.22	54
	36	181	12	9	3.81	105
	34	155	11	7	3.87	76
	31	177	12	8	4.05	88
	34	150	10	5	4.14	60
	10	10	0	1	4.50	7
	32	101	6	6	4.60	60
	2	3	0	0	9.00	0
Team Totals	162	1,463	92	70	3.52	898