1965 Amarillo Sonics Statistics
Team Record: 60-80
Finished 2nd in the TL's West Division
Manager: Lou Fitzgerald (60-80)
Affiliation: Houston Astros
Location: Amarillo, Texas
Ballpark: Amarillo Dilla Villa
Attendance: 80,608, Avg. 1,152
The Amarillo Sonics of the Texas League ended the 1965 season with a record of 60 wins and 80 losses, finishing second in the league's West Division.
The Sonics scored 655 runs and surrendered 654 runs. Leo Posada paced Amarillo with 26 home runs, while Norm Miller, Aaron Pointer and Dave Adlesh each walloped 15 or more, too. Leo Posada drove in 107 runs and topped hitters with significant playing time by hitting .305. Raymond Cordeiro led the squad with 12 wins and a team-best 3.1 earned run average, tops among qualifying pitchers.
Ron Davis, Carroll Sembera, Chuck Taylor, Leon McFadden, Larry Yellen, George Gerberman, Don Arlich, Jim Mahoney, Aaron Pointer, Dave Adlesh, Norm Miller, Leo Posada, Brock Davis, Bruce Von Hoff, Don Bradey, J C Hartman and Jim Ray were all players from the 1965 Amarillo Sonics who played in the Majors during their careers.
Lou Fitzgerald served as manager.Click on column headings to sort.
Pitching:
| Player | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Raymond Cordeiro | 12 | 10 | .545 | 3.10 | 27 | 23 | 10 | 2 | 186.0 | 180 | 86 | 64 | 13 | 67 | 6 | 104 | 2 | 1 | 4 | |||
| Don Bradey | 9 | 11 | .450 | 4.28 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 101.0 | 115 | 67 | 48 | 9 | 29 | 5 | 58 | 6 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Don Arlich | 8 | 8 | .500 | 3.45 | 33 | 23 | 6 | 2 | 175.0 | 165 | 84 | 67 | 14 | 76 | 0 | 125 | 3 | 1 | 4 | |||
| Carroll Sembera | 7 | 9 | .438 | 3.29 | 28 | 23 | 7 | 1 | 164.0 | 172 | 84 | 60 | 13 | 44 | 1 | 93 | 8 | 0 | 4 | |||
| Ron Cayll | 6 | 6 | .500 | 2.97 | 18 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 106.0 | 97 | 48 | 35 | 7 | 50 | 2 | 114 | 2 | 0 | 6 | |||
| George Gerberman | 4 | 3 | .571 | 2.54 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 46.0 | 33 | 14 | 13 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Jim Ray | 4 | 4 | .500 | 2.83 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 70.0 | 51 | 25 | 22 | 5 | 31 | 1 | 61 | 3 | 0 | 4 | |||
| Juan Quintana | 3 | 3 | .500 | 4.21 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 47.0 | 55 | 29 | 22 | 5 | 20 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Larry Yellen | 3 | 9 | .250 | 3.95 | 27 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 114.0 | 107 | 59 | 50 | 12 | 52 | 0 | 75 | 3 | 0 | 10 | |||
| James Zwergel | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.00 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Paul Knechtges | 2 | 2 | .500 | 3.80 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 45.0 | 45 | 21 | 19 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 42 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Donald Porter | 0 | 0 | 3.00 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Larry Bohannon | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4.85 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.0 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Marvin Dutt | 0 | 1 | .000 | 8.55 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20.0 | 26 | 25 | 19 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Chuck Taylor | 0 | 2 | .000 | 6.23 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 39.0 | 54 | 30 | 27 | 6 | 13 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| John Harms | 0 | 2 | .000 | 8.10 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.0 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Bruce Von Hoff | 0 | 2 | .000 | 13.50 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Larry Mason | 0 | 7 | .000 | 5.95 | 15 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 56.0 | 64 | 46 | 37 | 2 | 34 | 1 | 40 | 4 | 0 | 5 | |||
| Totals | 60 | 80 | .429 | 3.81 | 292 | 140 | 0 | 37 | 8 | 0 | 1216.0 | 1221 | 654 | 515 | 101 | 475 | 18 | 861 | 37 | 3 | 53 | 0 |
Batting:
| Player | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leo Posada | 135 | 572 | 488 | 88 | 149 | 23 | 8 | 26 | 107 | 3 | 4 | 77 | 103 | .305 | .400 | .545 | .945 | 266 | 3 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Norm Miller | 133 | 558 | 457 | 84 | 132 | 21 | 6 | 20 | 92 | 7 | 3 | 89 | 93 | .289 | .406 | .492 | .899 | 225 | 5 | 2 | 5 | ||
| Aaron Pointer | 127 | 556 | 459 | 98 | 117 | 20 | 1 | 18 | 62 | 15 | 4 | 82 | 75 | .255 | .376 | .420 | .796 | 193 | 8 | 5 | 2 | ||
| Jim Mahoney | 109 | 444 | 398 | 32 | 95 | 13 | 2 | 7 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 72 | .239 | .302 | .334 | .636 | 133 | 0 | 4 | 4 | ||
| Donald Porter | 106 | 358 | 323 | 54 | 94 | 16 | 7 | 6 | 41 | 1 | 1 | 33 | 54 | .291 | .357 | .440 | .796 | 142 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Brock Davis | 102 | 402 | 345 | 50 | 93 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 27 | 9 | 6 | 47 | 47 | .270 | .359 | .359 | .719 | 124 | 4 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Dave Adlesh | 93 | 353 | 319 | 39 | 81 | 8 | 0 | 19 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 87 | .254 | .326 | .458 | .783 | 146 | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ron Davis | 70 | 305 | 279 | 40 | 80 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 31 | .287 | .338 | .373 | .711 | 104 | 2 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Leon McFadden | 77 | 321 | 295 | 31 | 67 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 61 | .227 | .282 | .288 | .570 | 85 | 2 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Joseph Christian | 78 | 243 | 216 | 23 | 56 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 33 | .259 | .335 | .389 | .724 | 84 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Jack McClure | 58 | 237 | 194 | 31 | 55 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 30 | .284 | .400 | .345 | .745 | 67 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||
| James Monin | 54 | 209 | 187 | 13 | 37 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 53 | .198 | .279 | .225 | .503 | 42 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Bob Frati | 50 | 153 | 128 | 21 | 28 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 28 | .219 | .346 | .367 | .714 | 47 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Charles Murray | 22 | 85 | 79 | 14 | 24 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 30 | .304 | .341 | .620 | .961 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| J C Hartman | 17 | 75 | 68 | 7 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | .235 | .284 | .324 | .607 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Don Arlich | 33 | 69 | 62 | 6 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 24 | .226 | .284 | .226 | .509 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Raymond Cordeiro | 27 | 70 | 63 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 19 | .175 | .212 | .175 | .387 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| John Francis | 18 | 66 | 55 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 21 | .127 | .262 | .218 | .480 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Carroll Sembera | 30 | 60 | 58 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | .121 | .121 | .121 | .241 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Jim Ray | 13 | 29 | 22 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | .273 | .360 | .318 | .678 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Don Bradey | 50 | 32 | 25 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | .160 | .192 | .200 | .392 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Ron Cayll | 18 | 42 | 38 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | .105 | .103 | .105 | .208 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Paul Knechtges | 14 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .214 | .214 | .214 | .429 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Marvin Dutt | 5 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Larry Mason | 15 | 21 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 15 | .100 | .143 | .100 | .243 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Larry Bohannon | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| James Zwergel | 6 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chuck Taylor | 11 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | .091 | .286 | .364 | .649 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Juan Quintana | 15 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 | .083 | .267 | .083 | .350 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Larry Yellen | 27 | 41 | 32 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 8 | .031 | .184 | .031 | .215 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| John Harms | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .333 | .000 | .333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bruce Von Hoff | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1526 | 5364 | 4666 | 653 | 1189 | 174 | 42 | 119 | 607 | 39 | 24 | 581 | 970 | .255 | .341 | .387 | .727 | 1804 | 0 | 40 | 49 | 28 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Donald Porter | 1B | 86 | 619 | 39 | 12 | 61 | .982 | 7.651 | ||||
| Jack McClure | 1B | 51 | 415 | 37 | 11 | 41 | .976 | 8.863 | ||||
| Leo Posada | 1B | 16 | 115 | 6 | 5 | 14 | .960 | 7.562 | ||||
| Norm Miller | 2B | 92 | 208 | 246 | 14 | 59 | .970 | 4.935 | ||||
| Jim Mahoney | 2B | 49 | 119 | 160 | 4 | 38 | .986 | 5.694 | ||||
| Leon McFadden | 3B | 40 | 27 | 77 | 11 | 6 | .904 | 2.600 | ||||
| Aaron Pointer | 3B | 27 | 18 | 52 | 9 | 6 | .886 | 2.593 | ||||
| Norm Miller | 3B | 21 | 14 | 37 | 7 | 9 | .879 | 2.429 | ||||
| J C Hartman | 3B | 17 | 13 | 44 | 1 | 2 | .983 | 3.353 | ||||
| Dave Adlesh | C | 86 | 564 | 51 | 13 | 7 | .979 | 7.151 | 15 | |||
| Bob Frati | C | 38 | 223 | 18 | 8 | 3 | .968 | 6.342 | 11 | |||
| John Francis | C | 17 | 119 | 13 | 3 | 2 | .978 | 7.765 | 2 | |||
| Leo Posada | OF | 119 | 226 | 7 | 9 | 3 | .963 | 1.958 | ||||
| Aaron Pointer | OF | 100 | 192 | 6 | 5 | 1 | .975 | 1.980 | ||||
| Brock Davis | OF | 92 | 195 | 6 | 4 | 4 | .980 | 2.185 | ||||
| Ron Davis | OF | 67 | 145 | 8 | 4 | 1 | .975 | 2.284 | ||||
| Norm Miller | OF | 28 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .964 | ||||
| Joseph Christian | OF | 27 | 26 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .964 | 1.000 | ||||
| Charles Murray | OF | 20 | 22 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .962 | 1.250 | ||||
| Don Bradey | P | 50 | 4 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .420 | ||||
| Don Arlich | P | 33 | 11 | 29 | 1 | 0 | .976 | 1.212 | ||||
| Carroll Sembera | P | 28 | 17 | 39 | 2 | 1 | .966 | 2.000 | ||||
| Larry Yellen | P | 27 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .556 | ||||
| Raymond Cordeiro | P | 27 | 6 | 29 | 4 | 5 | .897 | 1.296 | ||||
| Ron Cayll | P | 18 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 0 | .952 | 1.111 | ||||
| Juan Quintana | P | 15 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 0 | .933 | .933 | ||||
| Larry Mason | P | 15 | 10 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.400 | ||||
| Paul Knechtges | P | 14 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | .750 | .429 | ||||
| Jim Ray | P | 13 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | .917 | .846 | ||||
| Chuck Taylor | P | 10 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | .889 | .800 | ||||
| Jim Mahoney | SS | 55 | 99 | 166 | 16 | 32 | .943 | 4.818 | ||||
| James Monin | SS | 54 | 88 | 158 | 19 | 36 | .928 | 4.556 | ||||
| Leon McFadden | SS | 33 | 72 | 128 | 16 | 28 | .926 | 6.061 | ||||
| Totals | 1385 | 3613 | 1443 | 186 | 362 | .965 | 3.651 | 28 | 0 | 0 |
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.
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