1966 Burlington Bees Statistics
Team Record: 77-48
Finished 3rd in the MWL
Manager: Al Ronning (77-48)
Affiliation: Kansas City Athletics
Location: Burlington, Iowa
Ballpark: Community Field (Stadium)
Attendance: 55,023, Avg. 880
The Burlington Bees of the Midwest League ended the 1966 season with a record of 77 wins and 48 losses, finishing third in the MWL.
The Bees scored 593 runs, best in the league. Burlington conceded 458 runs. Pete Koegel led the team with 21 home runs, while Bob Clifton, Bobby Brooks and Jim Clark each walloped 15 or more as well. Bob Clifton drove in 76 runs. Jim Clark topped batters with significant playing time by hitting .300. David Sellars paced the squad with 12 wins, and Mike Skane recorded a 2.15 ERA, best among regular hurlers.
Players from the 1966 Burlington Bees who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Joe Keough, Bobby Brooks, Don O'Riley, Pete Koegel, Bill McNulty and Jim Clark.
Al Ronning 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Sellars | 12 | 5 | .706 | 2.25 | 26 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 128.0 | 113 | 47 | 32 | 4 | 56 | 7 | 86 | 5 | 0 | 10 | |||
| Mike Skane | 10 | 5 | .667 | 2.15 | 16 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 113.0 | 95 | 38 | 27 | 11 | 26 | 0 | 67 | 6 | 0 | 4 | |||
| Victor Majewski | 10 | 6 | .625 | 2.57 | 23 | 22 | 6 | 4 | 140.0 | 120 | 57 | 40 | 8 | 56 | 0 | 103 | 2 | 1 | 9 | |||
| Raul Medrano | 9 | 5 | .643 | 3.05 | 17 | 17 | 8 | 0 | 118.0 | 104 | 55 | 40 | 10 | 51 | 1 | 84 | 1 | 0 | 6 | |||
| James Folsom | 6 | 2 | .750 | 3.10 | 24 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 87.0 | 83 | 40 | 30 | 7 | 16 | 1 | 72 | 2 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Gary Hart | 6 | 4 | .600 | 2.33 | 23 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 85.0 | 58 | 31 | 22 | 3 | 42 | 3 | 88 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||
| Ronald Kluch | 6 | 4 | .600 | 2.59 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 73.0 | 65 | 33 | 21 | 5 | 18 | 1 | 61 | 2 | 1 | 2 | |||
| Art Groza | 6 | 4 | .600 | 2.66 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 71.0 | 63 | 36 | 21 | 1 | 22 | 1 | 81 | 2 | 0 | 5 | |||
| Don O'Riley | 6 | 9 | .400 | 3.34 | 33 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 89.0 | 88 | 48 | 33 | 5 | 52 | 4 | 111 | 2 | 0 | 7 | |||
| Gary Sanossian | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.13 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 23.0 | 20 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Mike Olivo | 2 | 1 | .667 | 0.86 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 21.0 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Larry Abbott | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.75 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.0 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Charlie MacDonald | 1 | 1 | .500 | 3.38 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 32.0 | 20 | 14 | 12 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Ray Johnson | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Donnie Weeks | 0 | 0 | 1.80 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| James Cobrae | 0 | 0 | 2.57 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Dick Bicek | 0 | 0 | 3.16 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 37.0 | 38 | 16 | 13 | 1 | 21 | 2 | 25 | 1 | 1 | 10 | ||||
| Donald Sprusansky | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3.13 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 23.0 | 31 | 18 | 8 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 8 | |||
| Totals | 77 | 47 | .621 | 2.67 | 249 | 125 | 0 | 40 | 11 | 0 | 1069.0 | 931 | 458 | 317 | 60 | 427 | 21 | 867 | 32 | 4 | 75 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Clifton | 124 | 528 | 482 | 80 | 144 | 19 | 5 | 19 | 76 | 22 | 4 | 33 | 51 | .299 | .345 | .477 | .822 | 230 | 2 | 9 | 2 | ||
| Jim Clark | 120 | 530 | 444 | 81 | 133 | 19 | 3 | 17 | 65 | 7 | 5 | 76 | 82 | .300 | .404 | .471 | .875 | 209 | 4 | 3 | 3 | ||
| Bill McNulty | 116 | 470 | 425 | 57 | 110 | 22 | 2 | 10 | 60 | 4 | 1 | 39 | 123 | .259 | .325 | .391 | .715 | 166 | 3 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Pete Koegel | 110 | 426 | 373 | 62 | 87 | 10 | 4 | 21 | 59 | 10 | 2 | 47 | 140 | .233 | .319 | .450 | .770 | 168 | 1 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Joe Keough | 114 | 459 | 386 | 57 | 87 | 10 | 2 | 14 | 60 | 9 | 6 | 64 | 76 | .225 | .338 | .370 | .709 | 143 | 4 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Bobby Brooks | 94 | 397 | 308 | 69 | 72 | 14 | 2 | 16 | 39 | 19 | 2 | 82 | 97 | .234 | .399 | .448 | .847 | 138 | 4 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Denny McKernan | 50 | 198 | 185 | 25 | 60 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 39 | .324 | .359 | .368 | .726 | 68 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Alberto Fernandez | 79 | 295 | 257 | 36 | 57 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 37 | 8 | 3 | 27 | 37 | .222 | .304 | .346 | .650 | 89 | 5 | 2 | 4 | ||
| Bill Bradley | 45 | 138 | 109 | 30 | 33 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 22 | 14 | .303 | .431 | .505 | .935 | 55 | 4 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Buck Jensen | 39 | 142 | 119 | 14 | 26 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 21 | .218 | .314 | .286 | .600 | 34 | 4 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Jaime Cepeda | 41 | 154 | 140 | 7 | 26 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 37 | .186 | .260 | .264 | .524 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Donald Sprusansky | 50 | 146 | 123 | 13 | 20 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 49 | .163 | .283 | .268 | .551 | 33 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Ray Johnson | 35 | 95 | 84 | 5 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 18 | .202 | .287 | .250 | .537 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Raul Medrano | 30 | 63 | 56 | 8 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 9 | .250 | .323 | .411 | .733 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Russel Watson | 23 | 65 | 59 | 6 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 21 | .237 | .286 | .322 | .608 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| James Blakeney | 23 | 83 | 68 | 12 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 20 | .206 | .341 | .324 | .665 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| David Sellars | 26 | 47 | 41 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 14 | .171 | .261 | .171 | .432 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Mike Skane | 17 | 44 | 40 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13 | .125 | .167 | .150 | .317 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Gary Sanossian | 4 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Art Groza | 15 | 34 | 31 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 | .129 | .206 | .161 | .367 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Craig Gambs | 6 | 17 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | .231 | .412 | .231 | .643 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ronald Kluch | 30 | 19 | 19 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .158 | .158 | .158 | .316 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Fleischauer | 9 | 25 | 21 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 | .143 | .280 | .143 | .423 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| James Folsom | 27 | 34 | 30 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11 | .100 | .182 | .100 | .282 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Dick Bicek | 9 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .167 | .231 | .167 | .397 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Larry Vlasin | 8 | 19 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | .143 | .368 | .143 | .511 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Claude Fortier | 13 | 22 | 21 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | .095 | .136 | .095 | .232 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Victor Majewski | 24 | 52 | 47 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 27 | .043 | .100 | .106 | .206 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Gary Hart | 24 | 29 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 17 | .042 | .207 | .042 | .249 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Don O'Riley | 34 | 29 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | .037 | .071 | .037 | .108 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Mike Olivo | 3 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Charlie MacDonald | 7 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .125 | .000 | .125 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Larry Abbott | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .333 | .000 | .333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1357 | 4607 | 3986 | 590 | 956 | 145 | 25 | 117 | 515 | 92 | 31 | 520 | 975 | .240 | .331 | .377 | .708 | 1502 | 0 | 34 | 41 | 26 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Keough | 1B | 79 | 641 | 30 | 14 | 47 | .980 | 8.494 | ||||
| Bill Bradley | 1B | 33 | 220 | 15 | 5 | 20 | .979 | 7.121 | ||||
| Denny McKernan | 1B | 20 | 131 | 7 | 1 | 16 | .993 | 6.900 | ||||
| Bob Clifton | 2B | 121 | 262 | 316 | 28 | 61 | .954 | 4.777 | ||||
| Bill McNulty | 3B | 88 | 66 | 155 | 25 | 12 | .898 | 2.511 | ||||
| Denny McKernan | 3B | 27 | 13 | 57 | 4 | 4 | .946 | 2.593 | ||||
| Donald Sprusansky | 3B | 10 | 9 | 19 | 1 | 1 | .966 | 2.800 | ||||
| Jaime Cepeda | C | 41 | 317 | 31 | 12 | 4 | .967 | 8.488 | 7 | |||
| Buck Jensen | C | 37 | 253 | 25 | 7 | 4 | .975 | 7.514 | 6 | |||
| Ray Johnson | C | 25 | 138 | 10 | 4 | 1 | .974 | 5.920 | 6 | |||
| James Blakeney | C | 21 | 151 | 23 | 6 | 0 | .967 | 8.286 | 7 | |||
| Jim Clark | OF | 117 | 193 | 13 | 6 | 4 | .972 | 1.761 | ||||
| Pete Koegel | OF | 106 | 146 | 8 | 10 | 1 | .939 | 1.453 | ||||
| Bobby Brooks | OF | 92 | 175 | 8 | 16 | 0 | .920 | 1.989 | ||||
| Joe Keough | OF | 44 | 62 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .984 | 1.432 | ||||
| Russel Watson | OF | 19 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.737 | ||||
| Don O'Riley | P | 33 | 5 | 14 | 2 | 2 | .905 | .576 | ||||
| Ronald Kluch | P | 30 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .400 | ||||
| David Sellars | P | 26 | 9 | 28 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | 1.423 | ||||
| James Folsom | P | 24 | 5 | 15 | 2 | 0 | .909 | .833 | ||||
| Victor Majewski | P | 23 | 4 | 17 | 4 | 0 | .840 | .913 | ||||
| Gary Hart | P | 23 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .522 | ||||
| Raul Medrano | P | 17 | 9 | 28 | 1 | 6 | .974 | 2.176 | ||||
| Mike Skane | P | 16 | 5 | 33 | 1 | 2 | .974 | 2.375 | ||||
| Art Groza | P | 11 | 2 | 15 | 1 | 1 | .944 | 1.545 | ||||
| Dick Bicek | P | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| Larry Abbott | P | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| Charlie MacDonald | P | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| Donnie Weeks | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| James Cobrae | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Gary Sanossian | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Mike Olivo | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Alberto Fernandez | SS | 68 | 112 | 205 | 29 | 33 | .916 | 4.662 | ||||
| Bill McNulty | SS | 34 | 56 | 64 | 10 | 13 | .923 | 3.529 | ||||
| Donald Sprusansky | SS | 28 | 37 | 53 | 15 | 10 | .857 | 3.214 | ||||
| Totals | 1252 | 3062 | 1206 | 205 | 249 | .954 | 3.409 | 26 | 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.
Persons data from the Chadwick Baseball Bureau are Copyright Chadwick Baseball Bureau, and are made available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License.
