1966 Batavia Trojans Statistics

New York-Pennsylvania League (NYPL) - Class: A
Team Record: 58-63
Finished 5th in the NYPL
Manager: Max Lanier (58-63)
Location: Batavia, New York
Ballpark: Dwyer Stadium
Attendance: 31,279, Avg. 517

1966 Batavia Trojans Roster

The Batavia Trojans of the New York-Pennsylvania League ended the 1966 season with a record of 58 wins and 63 losses, finishing fifth in the NYPL.

The Trojans plated 607 runs and conceded 628 runs, most in the league. Cito Gaston paced Batavia with 28 home runs and drove in 104 runs, while leading batters with significant playing time by hitting .330. Richard Noe topped the squad with 12 wins, and George Pfeiffer registered a 3.2 earned run average, leading hurlers with significant time on the mound.

Players from the 1966 Batavia Trojans who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Ray Newman, Alonzo Harris, John Paciorek, Cito Gaston and Bill Harrelson.

Max Lanier served as manager.

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Pitching:

Player	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
Richard Noe	12	6	.667	1.20	32	0		0	0		75.0	57	21	10	5	38	10	81	2	0	3
George Pfeiffer	10	6	.625	3.20	23	20		7	2		138.0	120	62	49	8	66	3	104	2	0	7
Edward Loeffler	9	9	.500	3.60	22	20		9	0		135.0	118	75	54	10	94	4	124	4	0	11
Bill Harrelson	8	11	.421	3.31	24	22		8	1		155.0	118	84	57	8	94	1	181	13	1	14
Anthony Ciarpelli	4	5	.444	4.35	25	9		2	0		91.0	83	57	44	9	69	0	75	7	1	6
Art Groza	3	2	.600	3.49	9	6		2	1		49.0	36	30	19	2	26	0	46	0	2	4
Curtis Heavey	3	3	.500	2.90	11	11		3	0		62.0	57	33	20	9	26	0	47	6	1	3
Ray Newman	3	11	.214	3.62	17	16		2	1		102.0	92	64	41	3	72	0	117	6	3	13
David Norwood	2	1	.667	4.42	16	4		1	0		57.0	54	34	28	4	36	2	51	1	0	3
Melvin Grubka	1	0	1.000	5.18	16	0		0	0		33.0	31	28	19	5	19	1	27	5	0	4
Daniel Prebenda	1	2	.333	3.86	9	8		1	0		49.0	32	34	21	5	34	0	33	5	0	4
Larry Connell	1	2	.333	13.50	5	2		0	0		14.0	22	28	21	4	12	0	8	1	0	2
Jerry Bark					16						0.0
James Gravley	0	0		9.00	1	0		0	0		3.0	4	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Rudy Burson	0	1	.000	5.03	12	0		0	0		34.0	39	30	19	2	23	1	20	2	0	5
Kyle Carlin	0	1	.000	8.18	3	3		0	0		11.0	9	13	10	1	20	0	11	0	0	1
John Smith	0	1	.000	10.80	3	0		0	0		10.0	19	16	12	1	10	0	5	1	0	1
Totals	57	61	.483	3.78	244	121	0	35	5	0	1018.0	891	612	427	76	640	22	930	55	8	81	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
Cito Gaston	114	500	433	84	143	18	5	28	104	8	2	59	84	.330	.412	.589	1.001	255		4	0	4
John Vignone	111	495	441	72	133	20	4	10	65	11	3	44	74	.302	.366	.433	.800	191		4	1	5
Ronald Vlasin	108	519	414	94	107	13	1	1	25	42	8	99	66	.258	.403	.302	.705	125		2	3	1
Ronald Zell	97	427	388	48	92	12	2	8	48	2	3	32	82	.237	.294	.340	.634	132		1	2	4
Donald Lando	64	280	239	37	56	8	2	10	33	3	1	34	26	.234	.333	.410	.743	98		2	4	1
Charles Van Camp	47	195	161	25	41	7	1	10	34	0	0	30	32	.255	.371	.497	.868	80		1	1	2
Peters Welbes	42	166	139	24	39	3	0	6	21	0	0	24	40	.281	.380	.432	.811	60		0	0	3
Jimmy Watts	57	219	192	20	37	5	1	1	23	1	0	20	48	.193	.267	.245	.512	47		1	2	4
Paul Flesner	48	194	159	23	36	7	0	3	17	0	0	29	40	.226	.354	.327	.681	52		3	2	1
Alonzo Harris	36	137	120	20	35	5	0	2	15	8	1	14	24	.292	.366	.383	.749	46		0	3	0
Stump Merrill	46	184	142	13	33	5	0	0	11	1	0	34	50	.232	.394	.268	.662	38		4	4	0
Moe Hill	28	92	79	13	29	11	0	1	20	2	1	10	24	.367	.446	.544	.990	43		2	0	1
James Gravley	28	114	101	13	24	2	1	1	5	0	2	11	25	.238	.312	.307	.619	31		0	2	0
John Paciorek	46	159	133	23	21	5	0	3	21	1	0	24	61	.158	.287	.263	.550	35		0	2	0
Jim Dugan	20	65	57	10	18	2	1	2	11	0	0	8	11	.316	.400	.491	.891	28		0	0	0
Dave Yoakum	29	95	85	7	18	2	0	0	9	2	0	8	26	.212	.284	.235	.520	20		1	0	1
Carl Nicholsen	22	77	71	5	15	6	0	0	8	0	2	5	13	.211	.263	.296	.559	21		0	1	0
William Allen	36	110	97	5	14	3	0	1	8	2	0	12	32	.144	.245	.206	.452	20		1	0	0
Tyrone Crawford	17	50	46	8	12	4	0	0	4	0	0	4	7	.261	.320	.348	.668	16		0	0	0
Art Groza	16	31	27	7	11	3	0	0	7	0	0	4	9	.407	.484	.519	1.002	14		0	0	0
Fred Winston	15	50	44	8	9	0	0	2	5	0	0	6	22	.205	.300	.341	.641	15		0	0	0
Bill Harrelson	24	64	58	2	9	2	0	0	1	1	0	4	23	.155	.210	.190	.399	11		0	2	0
Edward Loeffler	27	65	54	4	8	0	0	0	3	1	0	8	24	.148	.281	.148	.429	8		2	1	0
George Pfeiffer	23	52	48	3	7	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	10	.146	.146	.167	.312	8		0	4	0
Richard Suggs	5	15	12	4	6	1	3	0	5	1	0	3	2	.500	.600	1.083	1.683	13		0	0	0
Richard Noe	34	35	32	4	6	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	11	.188	.212	.312	.525	10		0	2	0
Anthony Ciarpelli	26	31	28	4	5	1	0	0	3	0	0	1	11	.179	.233	.214	.448	6		1	1	0
Cleophas Harris	8	23	20	3	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	3	8	.200	.304	.250	.554	5		0	0	0
Ray Newman	17	37	31	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	23	.097	.176	.097	.273	3		0	3	0
Melvin Grubka	16	9	8	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.250	.333	.375	.708	3		0	0	0
Rudy Burson	12	9	9	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.222	.222	.222	.444	2		0	0	0
Wayne Wright	9	25	19	4	2	0	0	1	4	0	0	5	8	.105	.320	.263	.583	5		1	0	0
Kyle Carlin	3	5	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.250	.400	.250	.650	1		0	0	0
Larry Connell	5	7	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	.250	.400	.250	.650	1		0	2	0
George Balak	1	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500	1		0	0	0
David Norwood	16	19	14	2	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	3	6	.071	.235	.143	.378	2		0	2	0
Curtis Heavey	12	25	22	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	14	.045	.125	.045	.170	1		0	1	0
Daniel Prebenda	9	20	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	9	.000	.056	.000	.056	0		0	2	0
John Smith	3	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Totals	1277	4609	3957	595	982	150	21	91	517	86	23	548	957	.248	.342	.366	.708	1447	0	30	47	27	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Charles Van Camp	1B	45	339	26	10	28	.973	8.111
John Paciorek	1B	39	265	20	13	20	.956	7.308
James Gravley	1B	27	205	8	7	15	.968	7.889
Ronald Vlasin	2B	38	88	87	8	16	.956	4.605
Paul Flesner	2B	28	74	52	7	12	.947	4.500
Jimmy Watts	2B	22	67	33	7	10	.935	4.545
Carl Nicholsen	2B	22	40	36	5	8	.938	3.455
Dave Yoakum	2B	17	33	20	4	8	.930	3.118
Ronald Zell	3B	96	93	160	42	16	.858	2.635
Ronald Vlasin	3B	15	12	21	3	1	.917	2.200
Stump Merrill	C	45	385	30	7	4	.983	9.222	15
Peters Welbes	C	37	286	16	5	0	.984	8.162	11
William Allen	C	29	200	20	6	2	.973	7.586	4
Cito Gaston	OF	114	214	12	13	1	.946	1.982
John Vignone	OF	106	140	7	7	2	.955	1.387
Donald Lando	OF	64	84	5	5	1	.947	1.391
Alonzo Harris	OF	26	34	5	1	1	.975	1.500
Moe Hill	OF	22	51	0	2	0	.962	2.318
Jim Dugan	OF	16	20	1	3	0	.875	1.312
Fred Winston	OF	13	12	0	3	0	.800	.923
Richard Noe	P	32	5	13	1	0	.947	.562
Anthony Ciarpelli	P	25	1	8	4	2	.692	.360
Bill Harrelson	P	24	6	18	6	2	.800	1.000
George Pfeiffer	P	23	7	17	1	1	.960	1.043
Edward Loeffler	P	22	11	29	4	2	.909	1.818
Ray Newman	P	17	5	21	2	0	.929	1.529
David Norwood	P	16	6	9	2	1	.882	.938
Melvin Grubka	P	16	4	7	1	1	.917	.688
Rudy Burson	P	12	4	8	0	0	1.000	1.000
Curtis Heavey	P	11	2	10	2	1	.857	1.091
Daniel Prebenda	P	9						.000
Art Groza	P	9						.000
Larry Connell	P	5						.000
John Smith	P	3						.000
Kyle Carlin	P	3						.000
Ronald Vlasin	SS	56	75	172	17	19	.936	4.411
Jimmy Watts	SS	33	43	79	11	8	.917	3.697
Paul Flesner	SS	20	27	38	7	5	.903	3.250
Totals		1157	2838	988	216	187	.947	3.307	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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