1966 Arkansas Travelers Statistics
Team Record: 81-59
Finished 1st in the TL
Manager: Vern Rapp (81-59)
Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals
Location: Little Rock, Arkansas
Ballpark: Ray Winder Field
Attendance: 108,288, Avg. 1,547
Playoffs - Austin Braves 2 games, Arkansas Travelers 1
The Arkansas Travelers of the Texas League ended the 1966 season with a record of 81 wins and 59 losses, finishing first in the TL.
The Travelers scored 572 runs and yielded 506 runs. Moose Stubing led Arkansas with 25 home runs and drove in 71 runs. Floyd Wicker paced all regular batters by connecting at a .303 clip. Brian Sinnott topped the team with 14 wins, while Frederick Wall registered a 2.56 earned run average, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Members of the 1966 Arkansas Travelers who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Chuck Taylor, Bart Zeller, Steve Huntz, Wayne Granger, Chip Coulter, Hal Gilson, Moose Stubing, Dick Hughes, Mike Torrez, Danny Breeden, Jerry DaVanon, Floyd Wicker and Bud Zipfel.
Vern Rapp 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brian Sinnott | 14 | 8 | .636 | 3.77 | 32 | 31 | 4 | 1 | 186.0 | 181 | 88 | 78 | 20 | 63 | 6 | 118 | 4 | 1 | 16 | |||
| Frank Montgomery | 12 | 10 | .545 | 2.98 | 30 | 30 | 8 | 5 | 175.0 | 149 | 68 | 58 | 15 | 38 | 1 | 125 | 3 | 0 | 7 | |||
| Wayne Granger | 11 | 2 | .846 | 1.80 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 95.0 | 66 | 21 | 19 | 4 | 30 | 6 | 57 | 2 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Leo Newton | 10 | 5 | .667 | 2.37 | 46 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 110.0 | 82 | 39 | 29 | 10 | 36 | 8 | 92 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Frederick Wall | 10 | 6 | .625 | 2.56 | 34 | 29 | 5 | 3 | 193.0 | 151 | 66 | 55 | 13 | 83 | 4 | 120 | 9 | 1 | 7 | |||
| Felix Roque | 6 | 6 | .500 | 3.68 | 51 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 120.0 | 130 | 57 | 49 | 13 | 36 | 15 | 76 | 2 | 1 | 7 | |||
| Ed Cecil | 4 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.91 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34.0 | 28 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Hal Gilson | 3 | 1 | .750 | 1.62 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 39.0 | 32 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 11 | 2 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Chuck Taylor | 3 | 2 | .600 | 1.31 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 55.0 | 44 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 18 | 6 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Mike Torrez | 3 | 9 | .250 | 2.62 | 15 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 79.0 | 73 | 44 | 23 | 6 | 42 | 2 | 65 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |||
| Ernest Milius | 2 | 1 | .667 | 6.08 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 40.0 | 36 | 33 | 27 | 5 | 24 | 1 | 44 | 3 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Dick Hughes | 2 | 3 | .400 | 2.35 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 46.0 | 41 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 19 | 0 | 43 | 4 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Donald Hagen | 1 | 3 | .250 | 4.91 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 33.0 | 28 | 19 | 18 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Vern Rapp | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Bobby Dews | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Ron Braddock | 0 | 0 | 7.50 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Joe Hamende | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3.38 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Joe DiFabio | 0 | 2 | .000 | 5.57 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 21.0 | 28 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Totals | 81 | 59 | .579 | 3.00 | 361 | 140 | 0 | 22 | 11 | 0 | 1243.0 | 1087 | 506 | 415 | 97 | 441 | 54 | 852 | 36 | 4 | 68 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Floyd Wicker | 129 | 516 | 439 | 68 | 133 | 24 | 7 | 4 | 67 | 10 | 5 | 63 | 101 | .303 | .392 | .417 | .809 | 183 | 4 | 6 | 4 | ||
| Quique Rivera | 130 | 535 | 481 | 53 | 131 | 24 | 2 | 4 | 39 | 10 | 7 | 37 | 34 | .272 | .324 | .356 | .679 | 171 | 0 | 16 | 1 | ||
| Moose Stubing | 135 | 556 | 457 | 79 | 125 | 13 | 1 | 25 | 71 | 12 | 7 | 87 | 84 | .274 | .390 | .470 | .860 | 215 | 4 | 2 | 6 | ||
| Steve Huntz | 131 | 560 | 488 | 59 | 122 | 22 | 2 | 11 | 52 | 9 | 5 | 62 | 80 | .250 | .335 | .371 | .706 | 181 | 2 | 5 | 3 | ||
| Roy Majtyka | 120 | 482 | 442 | 44 | 115 | 22 | 1 | 2 | 36 | 10 | 4 | 28 | 42 | .260 | .307 | .328 | .635 | 145 | 2 | 9 | 1 | ||
| Joe Patterson | 119 | 463 | 380 | 70 | 100 | 17 | 3 | 11 | 39 | 30 | 6 | 74 | 62 | .263 | .385 | .411 | .796 | 156 | 2 | 6 | 1 | ||
| Danny Breeden | 111 | 417 | 362 | 32 | 97 | 20 | 0 | 6 | 46 | 3 | 2 | 38 | 68 | .268 | .339 | .373 | .712 | 135 | 4 | 7 | 6 | ||
| Billy Wolff | 113 | 429 | 353 | 44 | 76 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 38 | 16 | 9 | 69 | 75 | .215 | .341 | .317 | .658 | 112 | 1 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Arthur Deras | 113 | 370 | 327 | 34 | 73 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 32 | 4 | 9 | 34 | 51 | .223 | .293 | .312 | .605 | 102 | 1 | 2 | 6 | ||
| Bobby Dews | 64 | 221 | 206 | 24 | 60 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 23 | .291 | .319 | .340 | .659 | 70 | 1 | 5 | 1 | ||
| Bart Zeller | 71 | 190 | 168 | 19 | 48 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 21 | .286 | .351 | .339 | .690 | 57 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||
| John Kindl | 27 | 102 | 95 | 7 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 26 | .232 | .270 | .347 | .617 | 33 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Brian Sinnott | 32 | 72 | 60 | 6 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 29 | .217 | .273 | .250 | .523 | 15 | 0 | 6 | 1 | ||
| Jerry DaVanon | 8 | 26 | 26 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .346 | .346 | .346 | .692 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chip Coulter | 15 | 46 | 40 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 12 | .200 | .283 | .200 | .483 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Frederick Wall | 36 | 69 | 58 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 21 | .121 | .215 | .138 | .353 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Dick Hughes | 17 | 24 | 21 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | .286 | .375 | .381 | .756 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Frank Montgomery | 31 | 67 | 53 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 23 | .094 | .197 | .094 | .291 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 1 | ||
| Hal Gilson | 9 | 14 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .308 | .357 | .385 | .742 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rogers Robinson | 5 | 19 | 19 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .211 | .211 | .421 | .632 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bud Zipfel | 14 | 30 | 27 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | .148 | .233 | .185 | .419 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Leo Newton | 48 | 22 | 18 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | .167 | .286 | .222 | .508 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Felix Roque | 51 | 27 | 24 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15 | .083 | .154 | .083 | .237 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Wayne Granger | 48 | 25 | 25 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | .080 | .080 | .080 | .160 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Vern Rapp | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 3.000 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ernest Milius | 17 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .167 | .375 | .167 | .542 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Donald Hagen | 13 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .143 | .143 | .143 | .286 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Bob Lanning | 4 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .143 | .143 | .143 | .286 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Torrez | 16 | 24 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | .045 | .087 | .045 | .132 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Joe Hamende | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joe DiFabio | 6 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ed Cecil | 16 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Chuck Taylor | 30 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1682 | 5358 | 4649 | 572 | 1174 | 194 | 20 | 79 | 496 | 121 | 64 | 559 | 841 | .253 | .333 | .354 | .687 | 1645 | 0 | 24 | 87 | 39 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moose Stubing | 1B | 132 | 1140 | 70 | 11 | 108 | .991 | 9.167 | ||||
| Joe Patterson | 1B | 10 | 53 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 5.400 | ||||
| Roy Majtyka | 2B | 115 | 257 | 306 | 7 | 76 | .988 | 4.896 | ||||
| Bobby Dews | 2B | 16 | 29 | 43 | 3 | 5 | .960 | 4.500 | ||||
| Chip Coulter | 2B | 14 | 15 | 36 | 2 | 3 | .962 | 3.643 | ||||
| Quique Rivera | 3B | 120 | 87 | 258 | 17 | 30 | .953 | 2.875 | ||||
| Bobby Dews | 3B | 12 | 8 | 22 | 1 | 2 | .968 | 2.500 | ||||
| Danny Breeden | C | 103 | 640 | 62 | 12 | 5 | .983 | 6.816 | 10 | |||
| Bart Zeller | C | 53 | 228 | 28 | 2 | 2 | .992 | 4.830 | 5 | |||
| Floyd Wicker | OF | 122 | 225 | 7 | 2 | 2 | .991 | 1.902 | ||||
| Billy Wolff | OF | 101 | 146 | 12 | 4 | 2 | .975 | 1.564 | ||||
| Joe Patterson | OF | 101 | 230 | 12 | 4 | 2 | .984 | 2.396 | ||||
| Arthur Deras | OF | 96 | 147 | 7 | 6 | 0 | .962 | 1.604 | ||||
| John Kindl | OF | 25 | 45 | 10 | 2 | 0 | .965 | 2.200 | ||||
| Felix Roque | P | 51 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .490 | ||||
| Wayne Granger | P | 47 | 4 | 22 | 2 | 2 | .929 | .553 | ||||
| Leo Newton | P | 46 | 12 | 23 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .761 | ||||
| Frederick Wall | P | 34 | 13 | 29 | 1 | 1 | .977 | 1.235 | ||||
| Brian Sinnott | P | 32 | 14 | 26 | 3 | 3 | .930 | 1.250 | ||||
| Chuck Taylor | P | 30 | 6 | 16 | 1 | 0 | .957 | .733 | ||||
| Frank Montgomery | P | 30 | 7 | 18 | 1 | 0 | .962 | .833 | ||||
| Ernest Milius | P | 17 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 0 | .867 | .765 | ||||
| Ed Cecil | P | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .125 | ||||
| Mike Torrez | P | 15 | 0 | 19 | 2 | 0 | .905 | 1.267 | ||||
| Donald Hagen | P | 13 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .538 | ||||
| Steve Huntz | SS | 131 | 236 | 315 | 44 | 65 | .926 | 4.206 | ||||
| Bobby Dews | SS | 16 | 21 | 39 | 3 | 9 | .952 | 3.750 | ||||
| Totals | 1498 | 3578 | 1413 | 132 | 324 | .974 | 3.332 | 15 | 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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