1965 Decatur Commodores Statistics
Team Record: 60-60
Finished 5th in the MWL
Manager: Richard Klaus (60-60)
Affiliation: San Francisco Giants
Location: Decatur, Illinois
Ballpark: Fans Field
Attendance: 47,265, Avg. 788
The Decatur Commodores of the Midwest League ended the 1965 season with a record of 60 wins and 60 losses, finishing fifth in the MWL.
The Commodores plated 537 runs and allowed 501 runs. Goldie Francis paced Decatur with 17 home runs Bruce Hix and Frank Ferro each accounted for 60 RBI. Frank Ferro led batters with significant playing time by connecting at a .294 clip. Néstor Chávez topped the squad with 12 wins and a team-best 2.15 earned run average, leading qualifying pitchers.
Members of the 1965 Decatur Commodores who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Héctor Torres, Néstor Chávez and Jimmy Rosario.
Richard Klaus 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Néstor Chávez | 12 | 9 | .571 | 2.15 | 23 | 23 | 20 | 7 | 193.0 | 153 | 60 | 46 | 10 | 50 | 7 | 163 | 2 | 1 | 6 | |||
| Thomas Zink | 8 | 5 | .615 | 4.41 | 17 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 100.0 | 95 | 64 | 49 | 6 | 73 | 0 | 70 | 6 | 0 | 15 | |||
| Larry Stewart | 8 | 8 | .500 | 3.10 | 24 | 24 | 11 | 2 | 189.0 | 123 | 80 | 65 | 15 | 108 | 5 | 196 | 5 | 2 | 22 | |||
| Archie Dawson | 6 | 5 | .545 | 1.70 | 30 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 69.0 | 46 | 19 | 13 | 3 | 24 | 2 | 68 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| William Vandever | 6 | 6 | .500 | 3.71 | 17 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 97.0 | 72 | 47 | 40 | 8 | 68 | 1 | 90 | 2 | 0 | 14 | |||
| Jack MacGillivray | 6 | 6 | .500 | 4.01 | 29 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 110.0 | 86 | 53 | 49 | 7 | 57 | 8 | 104 | 6 | 0 | 9 | |||
| Ronald Welsch | 5 | 14 | .263 | 3.74 | 25 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 137.0 | 146 | 77 | 57 | 9 | 39 | 9 | 96 | 3 | 0 | 15 | |||
| Mike Miltenberger | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.22 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 32.0 | 28 | 17 | 15 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |||
| David Roney | 3 | 3 | .500 | 4.58 | 29 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 57.0 | 56 | 40 | 29 | 4 | 34 | 2 | 48 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |||
| James Baten | 2 | 4 | .333 | 5.44 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 43.0 | 29 | 31 | 26 | 6 | 33 | 1 | 39 | 1 | 0 | 9 | |||
| James Brown | 0 | 3 | .000 | 16.50 | 3 | 2 | 6.0 | 19 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 8 | ||||||||||
| Totals | 59 | 63 | .484 | 3.48 | 215 | 120 | 0 | 56 | 16 | 0 | 1033.0 | 853 | 502 | 400 | 73 | 509 | 35 | 896 | 26 | 4 | 99 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bruce Hix | 121 | 498 | 443 | 73 | 121 | 19 | 5 | 12 | 60 | 5 | 5 | 42 | 76 | .273 | .339 | .420 | .759 | 186 | 4 | 5 | 4 | ||
| Earl Tolbert | 111 | 454 | 411 | 51 | 112 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 32 | 2 | 1 | 38 | 63 | .273 | .335 | .328 | .663 | 135 | 1 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Frank Ferro | 104 | 432 | 371 | 73 | 109 | 17 | 2 | 12 | 60 | 12 | 3 | 54 | 36 | .294 | .390 | .447 | .837 | 166 | 5 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Michael Edwards | 107 | 428 | 395 | 42 | 91 | 24 | 3 | 7 | 40 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 47 | .230 | .278 | .359 | .638 | 142 | 6 | 4 | 2 | ||
| Jimmy Rosario | 117 | 483 | 417 | 56 | 91 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 33 | 14 | 7 | 58 | 89 | .218 | .320 | .338 | .658 | 141 | 5 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Val Bush | 68 | 296 | 265 | 33 | 82 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 23 | 26 | 6 | 23 | 50 | .309 | .363 | .430 | .793 | 114 | 1 | 4 | 3 | ||
| Goldie Francis | 78 | 285 | 258 | 38 | 69 | 8 | 1 | 17 | 57 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 61 | .267 | .323 | .504 | .827 | 130 | 2 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Héctor Torres | 64 | 256 | 241 | 25 | 62 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 35 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 29 | .257 | .295 | .344 | .640 | 83 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Ramon Aldecoa | 63 | 231 | 198 | 25 | 50 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 32 | 36 | .253 | .355 | .303 | .658 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Juan Joa | 34 | 124 | 117 | 17 | 29 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 34 | .248 | .285 | .350 | .635 | 41 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Ron Smith | 45 | 163 | 142 | 17 | 29 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 35 | .204 | .283 | .359 | .642 | 51 | 4 | 4 | 1 | ||
| Hector Soto | 51 | 135 | 122 | 9 | 27 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 35 | .221 | .286 | .287 | .573 | 35 | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Larry Stewart | 32 | 89 | 79 | 4 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 11 | .253 | .291 | .278 | .569 | 22 | 1 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Burnard Crawford | 16 | 75 | 63 | 10 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6 | .254 | .333 | .349 | .683 | 22 | 1 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Néstor Chávez | 29 | 82 | 71 | 8 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 | .225 | .267 | .282 | .548 | 20 | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Jerry Ennis | 20 | 71 | 63 | 13 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 21 | .222 | .300 | .286 | .586 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Manuel Vargas | 19 | 53 | 50 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 12 | .240 | .264 | .320 | .584 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| William Malinowski | 17 | 72 | 53 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 9 | .189 | .403 | .189 | .591 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jack MacGillivray | 29 | 36 | 32 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | .188 | .212 | .219 | .431 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Thomas Zink | 17 | 40 | 33 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18 | .152 | .200 | .182 | .382 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| David Roney | 29 | 14 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .231 | .231 | .385 | .615 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Mike Miltenberger | 6 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | .231 | .231 | .538 | .769 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| William Vandever | 17 | 39 | 33 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19 | .061 | .111 | .091 | .202 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Ronald Welsch | 25 | 45 | 41 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 | .049 | .071 | .073 | .145 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Bernard Harris | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .250 | .500 | .250 | .750 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Archie Dawson | 30 | 19 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .059 | .059 | .059 | .118 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| William Leistritz | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | .000 | .500 | .000 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| James Baten | 13 | 13 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Eugene Vidoni | 2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .400 | .000 | .400 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| James Brown | 3 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1276 | 4467 | 3968 | 533 | 983 | 162 | 32 | 72 | 447 | 73 | 33 | 382 | 759 | .248 | .317 | .359 | .677 | 1425 | 0 | 34 | 60 | 23 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Earl Tolbert | 1B | 79 | 626 | 49 | 11 | 75 | .984 | 8.544 | ||||
| Goldie Francis | 1B | 26 | 218 | 16 | 8 | 28 | .967 | 9.000 | ||||
| Michael Edwards | 1B | 14 | 107 | 9 | 1 | 10 | .991 | 8.286 | ||||
| Frank Ferro | 2B | 101 | 251 | 262 | 21 | 80 | .961 | 5.079 | ||||
| Val Bush | 2B | 13 | 21 | 7 | 1 | 6 | .966 | 2.154 | ||||
| Bruce Hix | 3B | 121 | 92 | 234 | 29 | 30 | .918 | 2.694 | ||||
| Ramon Aldecoa | C | 63 | 469 | 35 | 5 | 4 | .990 | 8.000 | 13 | |||
| Goldie Francis | C | 42 | 301 | 7 | 5 | 2 | .984 | 7.333 | 9 | |||
| Burnard Crawford | C | 16 | 151 | 7 | 8 | 1 | .952 | 9.875 | 10 | |||
| Jimmy Rosario | OF | 107 | 211 | 14 | 8 | 3 | .966 | 2.103 | ||||
| Michael Edwards | OF | 90 | 121 | 0 | 6 | 0 | .953 | 1.344 | ||||
| Val Bush | OF | 58 | 74 | 5 | 7 | 2 | .919 | 1.362 | ||||
| Hector Soto | OF | 32 | 31 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .919 | 1.062 | ||||
| Earl Tolbert | OF | 28 | 57 | 5 | 4 | 0 | .939 | 2.214 | ||||
| Juan Joa | OF | 28 | 30 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .909 | 1.071 | ||||
| Jerry Ennis | OF | 18 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .955 | 1.167 | ||||
| William Malinowski | OF | 15 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.667 | ||||
| Archie Dawson | P | 30 | 3 | 15 | 1 | 0 | .947 | .600 | ||||
| David Roney | P | 29 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .345 | ||||
| Jack MacGillivray | P | 29 | 9 | 20 | 1 | 2 | .967 | 1.000 | ||||
| Ronald Welsch | P | 25 | 8 | 25 | 2 | 1 | .943 | 1.320 | ||||
| Larry Stewart | P | 24 | 5 | 55 | 3 | 4 | .952 | 2.500 | ||||
| Néstor Chávez | P | 23 | 16 | 35 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | 2.217 | ||||
| Thomas Zink | P | 17 | 11 | 15 | 2 | 1 | .929 | 1.529 | ||||
| William Vandever | P | 17 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | .706 | ||||
| James Baten | P | 12 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .583 | ||||
| Mike Miltenberger | P | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| James Brown | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Héctor Torres | SS | 64 | 84 | 178 | 20 | 39 | .929 | 4.094 | ||||
| Ron Smith | SS | 33 | 45 | 72 | 12 | 16 | .907 | 3.545 | ||||
| Manuel Vargas | SS | 15 | 23 | 30 | 3 | 7 | .946 | 3.533 | ||||
| Totals | 1178 | 3015 | 1122 | 165 | 319 | .962 | 3.512 | 32 | 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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