1965 Birmingham Barons Statistics
Team Record: 54-85
Finished 7th in the SL
Manager: John McNamara (54-85)
Affiliation: Kansas City Athletics
Location: Birmingham, Alabama
Ballpark: Rickwood Field
Attendance: 28,001, Avg. 403
The Birmingham Barons of the Southern League ended the 1965 season with a record of 54 wins and 85 losses, finishing seventh in the SL.
The Barons scored 483 runs, worst in the league, and yielded 656 runs, most in the circuit. Wayne Norton drove in 57 runs. Ted Kubiak led all regular hitters by connecting at a .281 clip. Bill Lindner and Paul Seitz topped the team with 9 wins each, while Paul Seitz recorded a 3.82 ERA, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Santiago Rosario, Dale Willis, Weldon Bowlin, Frank Cipriani, Syd O'Brien, Jim Rittwage, Bob Meyer, Chuck Dobson, Bill Edgerton, Ted Kubiak, Bill Landis, Tony LaRussa, Dick Joyce, Ken Suarez, Jim Driscoll, Marcel Lachemann, Dave Duncan, Rupe Toppin and Dan Pfister were all players from the 1965 Birmingham Barons who played in the Major Leagues during their careers.
John McNamara 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Lindner | 9 | 4 | .692 | 2.78 | 35 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 107.0 | 82 | 40 | 33 | 8 | 38 | 5 | 96 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |||
| Paul Seitz | 9 | 11 | .450 | 3.82 | 26 | 24 | 9 | 1 | 172.0 | 168 | 86 | 73 | 7 | 75 | 2 | 125 | 4 | 0 | 7 | |||
| Bill Landis | 8 | 5 | .615 | 4.02 | 28 | 23 | 7 | 1 | 159.0 | 139 | 88 | 71 | 11 | 91 | 3 | 130 | 5 | 1 | 8 | |||
| Nicky Curtis | 6 | 6 | .500 | 3.86 | 19 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 105.0 | 114 | 51 | 45 | 9 | 35 | 3 | 81 | 10 | 0 | 4 | |||
| Dick Joyce | 5 | 3 | .625 | 3.00 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 72.0 | 72 | 31 | 24 | 6 | 24 | 1 | 58 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Jim Rittwage | 5 | 7 | .417 | 3.39 | 32 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 101.0 | 89 | 43 | 38 | 1 | 52 | 4 | 61 | 3 | 2 | 18 | |||
| Marcel Lachemann | 4 | 11 | .267 | 3.32 | 58 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 95.0 | 96 | 43 | 35 | 1 | 38 | 11 | 65 | 5 | 0 | 5 | |||
| Bill Edgerton | 3 | 8 | .273 | 4.61 | 28 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 127.0 | 144 | 71 | 65 | 10 | 43 | 3 | 78 | 4 | 0 | 4 | |||
| Bob Meyer | 2 | 8 | .200 | 5.40 | 22 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 90.0 | 100 | 68 | 54 | 4 | 79 | 1 | 70 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |||
| Dan Pfister | 1 | 2 | .333 | 5.25 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24.0 | 27 | 19 | 14 | 2 | 14 | 2 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Gary Sanossian | 1 | 2 | .333 | 5.87 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 23.0 | 20 | 16 | 15 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Rupe Toppin | 1 | 3 | .250 | 4.91 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 22.0 | 23 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 14 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Dale Willis | 0 | 0 | 31.50 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Bob Flynn | 0 | 1 | .000 | 7.36 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.0 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Geo Bosworth | 0 | 1 | .000 | 20.25 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |||
| Stan Jones | 0 | 2 | .000 | 7.50 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Chuck Cole | 0 | 5 | .000 | 7.41 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 34.0 | 42 | 31 | 28 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 25 | 4 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Chuck Dobson | 0 | 6 | .000 | 4.63 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 35.0 | 36 | 21 | 18 | 4 | 19 | 1 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Totals | 54 | 85 | .388 | 4.20 | 315 | 139 | 0 | 39 | 5 | 0 | 1189.0 | 1187 | 656 | 555 | 77 | 577 | 39 | 896 | 45 | 5 | 73 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ted Kubiak | 138 | 621 | 526 | 75 | 148 | 17 | 3 | 7 | 38 | 18 | 12 | 88 | 72 | .281 | .383 | .365 | .748 | 192 | 0 | 5 | 2 | ||
| Rolland Petranovich | 122 | 485 | 436 | 56 | 106 | 22 | 5 | 8 | 42 | 5 | 2 | 42 | 112 | .243 | .312 | .372 | .683 | 162 | 2 | 4 | 1 | ||
| Jim Driscoll | 114 | 477 | 415 | 38 | 97 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 29 | 11 | 7 | 46 | 54 | .234 | .317 | .316 | .633 | 131 | 6 | 7 | 3 | ||
| Wayne Norton | 134 | 494 | 424 | 43 | 96 | 13 | 3 | 9 | 57 | 5 | 5 | 60 | 67 | .226 | .320 | .335 | .655 | 142 | 1 | 4 | 5 | ||
| Weldon Bowlin | 79 | 308 | 273 | 32 | 74 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 36 | 10 | 3 | 31 | 28 | .271 | .342 | .388 | .730 | 106 | 0 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Santiago Rosario | 62 | 254 | 223 | 29 | 70 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 9 | 3 | 28 | 27 | .314 | .387 | .417 | .804 | 93 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| John Stutz | 104 | 348 | 307 | 31 | 69 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 40 | 0 | 3 | 25 | 64 | .225 | .286 | .306 | .592 | 94 | 4 | 5 | 7 | ||
| Ron Debus | 67 | 227 | 198 | 23 | 52 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 23 | .263 | .344 | .399 | .743 | 79 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Tony LaRussa | 75 | 293 | 259 | 24 | 50 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 26 | 37 | .193 | .273 | .263 | .536 | 68 | 3 | 4 | 1 | ||
| Dave Duncan | 61 | 215 | 192 | 20 | 40 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 73 | .208 | .290 | .380 | .670 | 73 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Brian Dye | 65 | 166 | 141 | 12 | 30 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 27 | .213 | .327 | .270 | .597 | 38 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Frank Cipriani | 39 | 139 | 123 | 9 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 22 | .195 | .277 | .236 | .513 | 29 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Ken Suarez | 43 | 160 | 123 | 20 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 34 | .163 | .335 | .276 | .612 | 34 | 3 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Syd O'Brien | 21 | 82 | 75 | 8 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 16 | .227 | .280 | .360 | .640 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Larry Wilson | 23 | 89 | 70 | 14 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 10 | .229 | .375 | .443 | .818 | 31 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| William Meyer | 43 | 116 | 103 | 11 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 18 | .155 | .241 | .204 | .445 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Bill Landis | 33 | 64 | 57 | 7 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 18 | .211 | .250 | .228 | .478 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Jack Newcomer | 10 | 30 | 28 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | .250 | .300 | .357 | .657 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Stan Wojcik | 12 | 35 | 33 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | .152 | .200 | .212 | .412 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bill Edgerton | 32 | 51 | 47 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 23 | .106 | .143 | .149 | .292 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Paul Seitz | 26 | 65 | 56 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 27 | .089 | .177 | .089 | .267 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Bill Lindner | 35 | 36 | 33 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 | .121 | .194 | .242 | .437 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nicky Curtis | 22 | 41 | 36 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 9 | .111 | .220 | .167 | .386 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dan Pfister | 14 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .375 | .375 | .500 | .875 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Marcel Lachemann | 58 | 18 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | .176 | .176 | .235 | .412 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Jim Rittwage | 34 | 29 | 28 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | .107 | .138 | .179 | .317 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dick Joyce | 11 | 30 | 28 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | .107 | .138 | .107 | .245 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Rupe Toppin | 6 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .200 | .333 | .200 | .533 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gary Sanossian | 5 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .200 | .429 | .200 | .629 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Robert Davis | 3 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .167 | .375 | .167 | .542 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chuck Cole | 9 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .077 | .077 | .154 | .231 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Meyer | 22 | 32 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | .038 | .138 | .038 | .176 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Bob Flynn | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chuck Dobson | 6 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Geo Bosworth | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Stan Jones | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Totals | 1545 | 4964 | 4330 | 470 | 984 | 154 | 34 | 64 | 417 | 70 | 39 | 526 | 838 | .227 | .312 | .323 | .635 | 1398 | 0 | 24 | 52 | 32 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Santiago Rosario | 1B | 62 | 495 | 58 | 5 | 64 | .991 | 8.919 | ||||
| Ron Debus | 1B | 48 | 369 | 31 | 4 | 40 | .990 | 8.333 | ||||
| John Stutz | 1B | 16 | 121 | 10 | 1 | 13 | .992 | 8.188 | ||||
| Larry Wilson | 1B | 10 | 49 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 1.000 | 5.400 | ||||
| Tony LaRussa | 2B | 71 | 202 | 161 | 21 | 49 | .945 | 5.113 | ||||
| Weldon Bowlin | 2B | 44 | 116 | 126 | 6 | 29 | .976 | 5.500 | ||||
| Jim Driscoll | 2B | 35 | 61 | 68 | 2 | 17 | .985 | 3.686 | ||||
| Jim Driscoll | 3B | 72 | 72 | 127 | 23 | 7 | .896 | 2.764 | ||||
| Rolland Petranovich | 3B | 22 | 21 | 36 | 7 | 2 | .891 | 2.591 | ||||
| Syd O'Brien | 3B | 21 | 19 | 32 | 4 | 6 | .927 | 2.429 | ||||
| Dave Duncan | C | 57 | 405 | 31 | 9 | 3 | .980 | 7.649 | 11 | |||
| Ken Suarez | C | 42 | 261 | 27 | 8 | 5 | .973 | 6.857 | 5 | |||
| Brian Dye | C | 35 | 192 | 16 | 1 | 0 | .995 | 5.943 | 18 | |||
| John Stutz | C | 15 | 63 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.400 | 2 | |||
| Wayne Norton | OF | 132 | 283 | 17 | 5 | 2 | .984 | 2.273 | ||||
| Rolland Petranovich | OF | 99 | 134 | 3 | 10 | 0 | .932 | 1.384 | ||||
| John Stutz | OF | 57 | 97 | 5 | 2 | 0 | .981 | 1.789 | ||||
| William Meyer | OF | 36 | 45 | 4 | 5 | 1 | .907 | 1.361 | ||||
| Frank Cipriani | OF | 35 | 45 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .980 | 1.371 | ||||
| Weldon Bowlin | OF | 16 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .955 | 1.312 | ||||
| Larry Wilson | OF | 12 | 18 | 2 | 3 | 0 | .870 | 1.667 | ||||
| Stan Wojcik | OF | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Marcel Lachemann | P | 58 | 11 | 20 | 1 | 1 | .969 | .534 | ||||
| Bill Lindner | P | 35 | 5 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .629 | ||||
| Jim Rittwage | P | 32 | 8 | 19 | 1 | 1 | .964 | .844 | ||||
| Bill Landis | P | 28 | 4 | 29 | 2 | 1 | .943 | 1.179 | ||||
| Bill Edgerton | P | 28 | 7 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .857 | ||||
| Paul Seitz | P | 26 | 13 | 23 | 2 | 2 | .947 | 1.385 | ||||
| Bob Meyer | P | 22 | 2 | 17 | 3 | 1 | .864 | .864 | ||||
| Nicky Curtis | P | 19 | 7 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.158 | ||||
| Dan Pfister | P | 12 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .889 | .667 | ||||
| Dick Joyce | P | 11 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .636 | ||||
| Ted Kubiak | SS | 138 | 226 | 414 | 28 | 99 | .958 | 4.638 | ||||
| Totals | 1357 | 3386 | 1348 | 156 | 356 | .968 | 3.489 | 36 | 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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