1965 Columbus Yankees Statistics

Southern League (SL) - Class: AA
Team Record: 79-59
Finished 1st in the SL
Manager: Loren Babe (79-59)
Affiliation: New York Yankees
Location: Columbus, Georgia
Ballpark: Golden Park I & II
Attendance: 72,732, Avg. 1,054

1965 Columbus Yankees Roster

The Columbus Yankees of the Southern League ended the 1965 season with a record of 79 wins and 59 losses, finishing first in the SL.

The Yankees led the circuit with just 477 runs allowed. Columbus scored 574 runs. Frank Fernández paced the squad with 21 home runs, while Roy White walloped 15 or more as well. Frank Fernández accounted for 58 RBI. Roy White topped hitters with significant playing time by hitting .300. Rich Beck paced the squad with 13 wins, and Thomas Shafer recorded a 2.39 ERA, tops among regular hurlers.

Members of the 1965 Columbus Yankees who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Bill Bethea, Cecil Perkins, Mike Jurewicz, Mike Ferraro, Rich Beck, Stan Bahnsen, Fritz Peterson, Roy White, John Miller, Frank Fernández, Mike Hegan, Rich Barry and Steve Whitaker.

Loren Babe 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
Rich Beck	13	7	.650	2.60	30	25		10	3		180.0	132	63	52	14	59	4	124	4	0	5
George Bechtold	11	9	.550	3.78	29	23		6	1		176.0	154	85	74	19	59	6	113	4	0	11
Thomas Shafer	10	2	.833	2.39	15	15		8	3		113.0	98	35	30	9	25	1	76	1	2	1
Mike Jurewicz	10	11	.476	3.53	29	28		7	1		163.0	132	78	64	10	95	6	131	6	1	11
Gil Downs	7	1	.875	1.18	42	1		0	0		76.0	47	16	10	5	48	7	61	2	0	5
Tony Przybycien	7	6	.538	1.90	42	3		0	0		104.0	83	26	22	4	40	8	61	1	2	2
Fritz Peterson	5	5	.500	2.18	12	12		5	2		91.0	64	27	22	6	20	3	62	0	0	3
John Chambers	5	8	.385	3.60	20	16		2	0		110.0	96	46	44	7	52	7	68	0	0	5
Jack Spurgin	4	2	.667	3.04	36	1		0	0		77.0	67	31	26	5	42	3	44	3	0	3
Paul Del Rossi	2	1	.667	4.12	9	2		0	0		24.0	17	11	11	3	9	1	19	0	0	0
Stan Bahnsen	2	2	.500	2.72	11	7		0	0		53.0	47	21	16	0	29	3	39	2	0	4
Donald Semon	1	1	.500	4.50	4	1		0	0		12.0	11	6	6	0	6	0	6	0	0	2
Leonardo Ferguson	1	2	.333	1.23	17	0		0	0		22.0	17	10	3	2	10	2	17	0	0	0
Cecil Perkins	1	2	.333	6.26	5	5		0	0		23.0	31	18	16	2	8	0	22	1	0	1
Dick Berardino	0	0		4.50	1	0		0	0		2.0	2	2	1	0	2	0	2	0	0	0
George Rewerts	0	0		6.75	2	0		0	0		4.0	7	3	3	0	1	0	3	0	0	1
Totals	79	59	.572	2.93	304	139	0	38	10	0	1230.0	1005	478	400	86	505	51	848	24	5	54	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
Roy White	139	652	560	103	168	26	14	19	56	22	9	85	71	.300	.391	.498	.889	279		1	2	4
John Miller	123	498	450	60	118	15	4	10	55	7	4	40	75	.262	.323	.380	.703	171		2	3	3
Mike Ferraro	124	497	451	48	114	18	2	4	54	2	1	39	58	.253	.312	.328	.641	148		2	1	4
Frank Fernández	122	451	385	57	86	15	3	21	58	2	3	60	110	.223	.324	.442	.766	170		0	1	5
Joseph Faraci	112	376	316	37	75	7	2	0	32	0	3	47	43	.237	.337	.272	.609	86		1	11	1
William Madden	105	365	268	39	72	14	1	4	30	3	3	87	62	.269	.453	.373	.826	100		6	1	3
Steve Whitaker	94	342	308	41	70	16	1	10	46	2	2	28	91	.227	.292	.383	.676	118		2	0	4
Dick Berardino	122	418	346	44	66	9	2	6	35	6	2	59	83	.191	.320	.280	.600	97		8	2	3
Mike Hegan	93	358	295	35	65	13	3	6	39	3	4	53	78	.220	.340	.346	.686	102		3	2	5
Ronald Solomine	83	328	289	29	64	10	2	3	37	10	1	29	43	.221	.296	.301	.597	87		2	7	1
Rich Barry	31	110	92	9	21	5	2	4	18	0	1	15	34	.228	.327	.457	.784	42		0	0	3
Tommie Martz	37	91	71	9	18	3	0	1	6	0	0	19	16	.254	.411	.338	.749	24		0	1	0
Rich Beck	34	68	61	3	14	0	1	0	3	0	1	5	28	.230	.288	.262	.550	16		0	2	0
Thomas Shafer	21	51	44	5	12	4	0	2	7	0	0	2	12	.273	.298	.500	.798	22		0	4	1
Fritz Peterson	13	38	30	3	8	3	0	0	3	0	0	6	11	.267	.389	.367	.756	11		0	2	0
Joseph Palma	17	51	43	7	7	0	1	0	4	0	0	7	6	.163	.275	.209	.484	9		0	0	1
George Bechtold	29	63	54	1	6	1	0	0	2	0	0	3	35	.111	.158	.130	.288	7		0	6	0
Mike Jurewicz	30	67	63	6	5	1	0	0	5	0	0	0	28	.079	.079	.095	.175	6		0	4	0
John Chambers	21	42	34	2	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	13	.118	.189	.147	.336	5		1	5	0
Gil Downs	42	19	16	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	.188	.235	.188	.423	3		0	2	0
Stan Bahnsen	11	18	17	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	10	.118	.111	.118	.229	2		0	0	1
Tony Przybycien	42	29	26	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	10	.077	.111	.077	.188	2		0	2	0
Cecil Perkins	7	10	8	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	6	.125	.222	.125	.347	1		0	1	0
Frank Pappas	7	12	10	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	.100	.182	.100	.282	1		0	1	0
Donald Semon	4	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	1	0
Jack Spurgin	36	13	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	.000	.077	.000	.077	0		0	0	0
Leonardo Ferguson	17	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	1	0
Paul Del Rossi	10	10	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Totals	1526	4983	4263	545	1002	161	38	90	493	58	34	591	942	.235	.329	.354	.683	1509	0	28	62	39	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Mike Hegan	1B	87	728	52	3	59	.996	8.966
John Miller	1B	53	440	27	6	39	.987	8.811
Roy White	2B	139	309	374	27	79	.962	4.914
Mike Ferraro	3B	114	91	215	23	16	.930	2.684
Bill Bethea	3B	34	30	54	4	6	.955	2.471
William Madden	C	87	518	68	9	5	.985	6.736	11
Frank Fernández	C	69	352	33	4	2	.990	5.580	8
Dick Berardino	OF	117	223	3	3	2	.987	1.932
Steve Whitaker	OF	88	137	6	5	1	.966	1.625
Ronald Solomine	OF	79	156	7	2	5	.988	2.063
John Miller	OF	68	115	1	4	0	.967	1.706
Frank Fernández	OF	49	95	5	3	2	.971	2.041
Tommie Martz	OF	26	26	1	2	0	.931	1.038
Rich Barry	OF	18	34	2	0	0	1.000	2.000
Tony Przybycien	P	42	9	19	0	1	1.000	.667
Gil Downs	P	42	7	15	0	1	1.000	.524
Jack Spurgin	P	36	1	12	2	0	.867	.361
Rich Beck	P	30	7	33	4	1	.909	1.333
Mike Jurewicz	P	29	8	25	3	1	.917	1.138
George Bechtold	P	29	5	21	2	2	.929	.897
John Chambers	P	20	6	15	3	2	.875	1.050
Leonardo Ferguson	P	17	3	1	0	0	1.000	.235
Thomas Shafer	P	15	8	10	1	2	.947	1.200
Fritz Peterson	P	12	7	8	0	1	1.000	1.250
Stan Bahnsen	P	11	1	4	0	0	1.000	.455
Joseph Faraci	SS	109	173	251	23	52	.949	3.890
Bill Bethea	SS	77	129	211	17	39	.952	4.416
Joseph Palma	SS	14	25	37	4	7	.939	4.429
Totals		1511	3643	1510	154	325	.971	3.410	19	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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