1966 Asheville Tourists Statistics
Team Record: 78-61
Finished 2nd in the SL
Manager: Hardy Peterson (78-61)
Affiliation: Pittsburgh Pirates
Location: Asheville, North Carolina
Ballpark: Old McCormick Field
Attendance: 51,704, Avg. 744
The Asheville Tourists of the Southern League ended the 1966 season with a record of 78 wins and 61 losses, finishing second in the SL.
The Tourists led the league with 670 runs, powered by 140 home runs. Asheville allowed 610 runs. Bob Robertson walloped 32 home runs for the squad, while Joe Solimine, Bob Oliver and Rodolfo Welch each swatted 15 or more, too. Bob Robertson drove in 99 runs. Charlie Leonard paced all regular batters by connecting at a .308 clip. Silvano Quezada and Dave Roberts topped the team with 14 wins each, and Dave Roberts recorded a 2.61 ERA, best among qualifying pitchers.
Members of the 1966 Asheville Tourists who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Freddie Patek, Dock Ellis, Carl Taylor, Dick Colpaert, Bob Robertson, Elmo Plaskett, Bruce Dal Canton, Bob Oliver, Lou Marone and Dave Roberts.
Hardy Peterson 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave Roberts | 14 | 5 | .737 | 2.61 | 31 | 26 | 14 | 4 | 190.0 | 153 | 63 | 55 | 9 | 60 | 9 | 157 | 4 | 0 | 5 | |||
| Silvano Quezada | 14 | 9 | .609 | 3.08 | 31 | 26 | 10 | 2 | 178.0 | 157 | 78 | 61 | 17 | 33 | 13 | 119 | 7 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Ken Larsen | 10 | 6 | .625 | 4.93 | 33 | 23 | 9 | 1 | 168.0 | 189 | 109 | 92 | 25 | 48 | 7 | 101 | 1 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Dock Ellis | 10 | 9 | .526 | 2.76 | 24 | 24 | 13 | 1 | 160.0 | 138 | 62 | 49 | 9 | 44 | 4 | 145 | 3 | 2 | 4 | |||
| Dick Colpaert | 8 | 6 | .571 | 3.64 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 84.0 | 82 | 45 | 34 | 6 | 50 | 10 | 63 | 5 | 0 | 5 | |||
| Phillip Cunningham | 8 | 6 | .571 | 4.55 | 24 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 89.0 | 85 | 61 | 45 | 10 | 47 | 8 | 61 | 7 | 0 | 4 | |||
| Quint Willingham | 5 | 3 | .625 | 4.70 | 29 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 92.0 | 104 | 53 | 48 | 9 | 46 | 5 | 61 | 4 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Bill McGilivray | 3 | 5 | .375 | 4.09 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 66.0 | 71 | 39 | 30 | 2 | 51 | 10 | 40 | 3 | 1 | 12 | |||
| Bruce Dal Canton | 2 | 1 | .667 | 3.44 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 34.0 | 31 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Ronald Fiorella | 2 | 3 | .400 | 5.03 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 34.0 | 29 | 27 | 19 | 2 | 29 | 0 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Lou Marone | 2 | 5 | .286 | 7.27 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26.0 | 32 | 23 | 21 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 4 | |||
| Joseph Knutson | 0 | 0 | 27.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Rodger Irvine | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4.50 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Larry Killingsworth | 0 | 1 | .000 | 5.14 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7.0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| George Vasquez | 0 | 1 | .000 | 8.22 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 23.0 | 26 | 23 | 21 | 5 | 18 | 4 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Totals | 78 | 61 | .561 | 3.87 | 330 | 140 | 0 | 54 | 8 | 0 | 1156.0 | 1107 | 611 | 497 | 106 | 460 | 77 | 835 | 41 | 4 | 56 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charlie Leonard | 137 | 579 | 513 | 98 | 158 | 21 | 3 | 12 | 71 | 3 | 3 | 59 | 56 | .308 | .377 | .431 | .808 | 221 | 0 | 3 | 4 | ||
| Bob Robertson | 134 | 539 | 463 | 83 | 133 | 25 | 2 | 32 | 99 | 2 | 2 | 58 | 106 | .287 | .374 | .557 | .931 | 258 | 9 | 4 | 5 | ||
| Alejandro James | 125 | 492 | 452 | 64 | 131 | 17 | 1 | 8 | 39 | 3 | 3 | 28 | 75 | .290 | .337 | .385 | .722 | 174 | 4 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Rodolfo Welch | 130 | 445 | 406 | 58 | 124 | 16 | 0 | 22 | 60 | 4 | 5 | 34 | 118 | .305 | .364 | .507 | .871 | 206 | 4 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Carl Taylor | 129 | 454 | 394 | 56 | 115 | 18 | 1 | 7 | 35 | 8 | 2 | 48 | 71 | .292 | .371 | .396 | .766 | 156 | 3 | 6 | 3 | ||
| Joe Solimine | 127 | 485 | 430 | 67 | 108 | 17 | 4 | 15 | 55 | 8 | 5 | 39 | 48 | .251 | .324 | .414 | .738 | 178 | 9 | 4 | 3 | ||
| Frank Vanzin | 116 | 397 | 355 | 46 | 99 | 24 | 4 | 8 | 40 | 5 | 2 | 30 | 80 | .279 | .336 | .437 | .773 | 155 | 2 | 7 | 3 | ||
| Bob Oliver | 85 | 338 | 309 | 59 | 97 | 8 | 6 | 18 | 78 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 74 | .314 | .346 | .553 | .900 | 171 | 3 | 3 | 7 | ||
| Felix Santana | 119 | 413 | 359 | 47 | 86 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 40 | 6 | 5 | 40 | 62 | .240 | .316 | .337 | .653 | 121 | 2 | 8 | 4 | ||
| Elmo Plaskett | 82 | 207 | 189 | 21 | 46 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 25 | .243 | .300 | .392 | .691 | 74 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Ken Larsen | 47 | 87 | 72 | 11 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 26 | .236 | .345 | .347 | .692 | 25 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Dave Roberts | 38 | 76 | 68 | 5 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | .221 | .221 | .235 | .456 | 16 | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Freddie Patek | 26 | 77 | 64 | 11 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 12 | .203 | .311 | .250 | .561 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Danny Greenfield | 16 | 63 | 48 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 6 | .229 | .413 | .250 | .663 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| David Kwiatkowski | 22 | 79 | 65 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 21 | .169 | .308 | .277 | .585 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Silvano Quezada | 33 | 75 | 66 | 8 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19 | .167 | .191 | .182 | .373 | 12 | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Phillip Cunningham | 24 | 33 | 29 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19 | .172 | .200 | .207 | .407 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Dock Ellis | 42 | 57 | 51 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 32 | .098 | .148 | .098 | .246 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Lou Marone | 24 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .500 | .500 | .750 | 1.250 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bill McGilivray | 37 | 20 | 19 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .211 | .250 | .263 | .513 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Charles Hughes | 11 | 41 | 31 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 10 | .129 | .325 | .226 | .551 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Bruce Dal Canton | 5 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .167 | .167 | .250 | .417 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Dick Colpaert | 53 | 22 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .111 | .158 | .111 | .269 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Quint Willingham | 29 | 29 | 24 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 13 | .083 | .185 | .083 | .269 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Larry Killingsworth | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| George Vasquez | 7 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Ronald Fiorella | 25 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .000 | .167 | .000 | .167 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1624 | 5049 | 4462 | 670 | 1203 | 178 | 24 | 140 | 588 | 50 | 30 | 436 | 908 | .270 | .338 | .414 | .752 | 1849 | 0 | 40 | 79 | 32 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charlie Leonard | 1B | 131 | 952 | 96 | 8 | 77 | .992 | 8.000 | ||||
| David Kwiatkowski | 1B | 21 | 173 | 13 | 3 | 9 | .984 | 8.857 | ||||
| Alejandro James | 2B | 85 | 171 | 206 | 21 | 34 | .947 | 4.435 | ||||
| Felix Santana | 2B | 30 | 46 | 64 | 6 | 12 | .948 | 3.667 | ||||
| Bob Oliver | 2B | 26 | 67 | 64 | 7 | 17 | .949 | 5.038 | ||||
| Danny Greenfield | 2B | 15 | 24 | 35 | 3 | 7 | .952 | 3.933 | ||||
| Bob Robertson | 3B | 134 | 131 | 195 | 26 | 14 | .926 | 2.433 | ||||
| Carl Taylor | C | 107 | 610 | 43 | 15 | 6 | .978 | 6.103 | 19 | |||
| Elmo Plaskett | C | 49 | 248 | 20 | 4 | 1 | .985 | 5.469 | 11 | |||
| Joe Solimine | OF | 125 | 176 | 7 | 8 | 3 | .958 | 1.464 | ||||
| Rodolfo Welch | OF | 119 | 201 | 6 | 8 | 2 | .963 | 1.739 | ||||
| Frank Vanzin | OF | 111 | 165 | 4 | 6 | 1 | .966 | 1.523 | ||||
| Bob Oliver | OF | 53 | 106 | 8 | 5 | 0 | .958 | 2.151 | ||||
| Carl Taylor | OF | 18 | 27 | 1 | 3 | 1 | .903 | 1.556 | ||||
| Charlie Leonard | OF | 12 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.500 | ||||
| Dick Colpaert | P | 53 | 7 | 12 | 2 | 0 | .905 | .358 | ||||
| Bill McGilivray | P | 37 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 0 | .933 | .378 | ||||
| Ken Larsen | P | 33 | 17 | 31 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | 1.455 | ||||
| Dave Roberts | P | 31 | 11 | 25 | 3 | 3 | .923 | 1.161 | ||||
| Silvano Quezada | P | 31 | 16 | 38 | 1 | 3 | .982 | 1.742 | ||||
| Quint Willingham | P | 29 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 1 | .929 | .448 | ||||
| Ronald Fiorella | P | 25 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .900 | .360 | ||||
| Lou Marone | P | 24 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .125 | ||||
| Dock Ellis | P | 24 | 8 | 31 | 4 | 3 | .907 | 1.625 | ||||
| Phillip Cunningham | P | 24 | 3 | 11 | 4 | 0 | .778 | .583 | ||||
| Felix Santana | SS | 92 | 134 | 231 | 16 | 32 | .958 | 3.967 | ||||
| Alejandro James | SS | 27 | 24 | 66 | 6 | 4 | .938 | 3.333 | ||||
| Freddie Patek | SS | 22 | 28 | 49 | 11 | 11 | .875 | 3.500 | ||||
| Charles Hughes | SS | 11 | 12 | 28 | 2 | 4 | .952 | 3.636 | ||||
| Totals | 1499 | 3400 | 1310 | 175 | 249 | .964 | 3.142 | 30 | 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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