1966 Fort Lauderdale Yankees Roster
Team Record: 63-75
Finished 7th in the FSL
Manager: Lamar North (63-75)
Affiliation: New York Yankees
Location: Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Ballpark: Fort Lauderdale Stadium
Attendance: 37,313, Avg. 541
The Fort Lauderdale Yankees of the Florida State League ended the 1966 season with a record of 63 wins and 75 losses, finishing seventh in the FSL.
The Yankees scored 502 runs and surrendered 473 runs. Michael Ash led Fort Lauderdale with 11 home runs Robert Hall drove in 52 runs. Bob Biletnikoff paced all qualifying hitters on the roster with a .264 average. Duke Shackelford topped the squad with 11 wins, while Larry McDowell registered a 2.41 earned run average, best among qualifying pitchers.
Members of the 1966 Fort Lauderdale Yankees who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Steve Kline, Jim Lyttle and Jim Kennedy.
Lamar North served as manager.Click on column headings to sort.
| Player | Bats | Throws | Birth Date | Height | Weight | Hometown |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Ash | R | R | December 14, 1943 | 6'0" | 195 | Tacoma, WA US |
| James Bidwell | R | R | 6'0" | 180 | ||
| Bob Biletnikoff | L | L | August 2, 1944 | 6'1" | 195 | Erie, PA US |
| Edward Brown | R | R | December 13, 1944 | 6'4" | 196 | |
| Paul Bruinsma | S | R | 5'11" | 170 | ||
| Bob Cantrell | L | R | January 27, 1944 | 5'11" | 155 | Carbon, OK US |
| Jose Cepeda | R | R | 5'10" | 175 | ||
| Kerry Compton | R | L | April 18, 1944 | 6'0" | 170 | |
| Terry Dreger | R | R | May 26, 1947 | 6'3" | 170 | Morden, MB CA |
| Thom Freeman | L | R | 6'6" | 200 | ||
| Joseph Freynik | R | R | 6'1" | 200 | ||
| Frank Giusti | R | R | December 20, 1945 | 5'11" | 185 | |
| Orlando Gomez | R | R | June 24, 1946 | 6'0" | 190 | Juana Diaz, PR |
| Ernesto Gonzalez | R | R | March 1, 1947 | 5'11" | 170 | Utuado, PR |
| Robert Hall | R | R | 6'0" | 190 | ||
| Johnny Hatton | R | R | September 23, 1944 | 5'10" | 172 | |
| Theodore Huddleston | R | R | July 12, 1941 | 6'0" | 180 | |
| Vence Jelovchan | R | R | 5'11" | 161 | ||
| Jim Kennedy | L | R | November 1, 1946 | 5'9" | 160 | Tulsa, OK US |
| Steve Kline | R | R | October 6, 1947 | 6'3" | 200 | Wenatchee, WA US |
| Thomas Kowalowski | R | R | October 13, 1942 | 6'0" | 185 | |
| Jim Lyttle | L | R | May 20, 1946 | 6'0" | 180 | Hamilton, OH US |
| Thomas Matheson | R | R | January 30, 1948 | 6'2" | 195 | Hollywood, CA US |
| Larry McDowell | R | R | January 15, 1946 | 6'1" | 195 | Oildale, CA US |
| Larry Morton | L | L | March 18, 1947 | 6'2" | 200 | Ada, OK US |
| Donald Novick | L | L | 6'0" | 180 | ||
| Dennis Palazzo | L | L | August 19, 1945 | 5'11" | 165 | New Orleans, LA US |
| Julio Parrilla | L | L | November 2, 1947 | 5'11" | 160 | |
| David Patterson | L | R | 6'0" | 190 | ||
| Thomas Porter | L | R | 6'2" | 180 | ||
| Allen Rhea | R | R | April 29, 1945 | 6'1" | 175 | Colorado Springs, CO US |
| Wesley Rhea | L | L | June 8, 1943 | 6'0" | 190 | Tacoma, WA US |
| Pedro Roman | L | L | 5'7" | 150 | ||
| Louis Romanucci | R | R | January 28, 1942 | 6'2" | 180 | |
| Richard Ruggles | R | R | 6'0" | 174 | ||
| Duke Shackelford | S | R | November 5, 1943 | 6'2" | 185 | Nashville, TN US |
| Dennis Smith | L | R | 6'1" | 175 | ||
| Terry Tewell | R | R | October 7, 1942 | 5'11" | 165 | |
| Gerald Wetjen | L | L | 6'0" | 185 | ||
| Fred Winston | R | R | June 19, 1946 | 6'3" | 196 | |
| Dave Wolfe | R | R | January 28, 1945 | 5'10" |
Average attendance is based upon the number of actual home dates where known (most leagues from 1992 and later). Where the number of home dates is not known, the average is calculated using half the team's total games.
