1965 Dallas-Fort Worth Spurs Statistics
Team Record: 80-61
Finished 2nd in the TL's East Division
Manager: Whitey Lockman (80-61)
Affiliation: Chicago Cubs
Location: Dallas, Texas; Fort Worth, Texas
Ballpark: Turnpike Stadium
Attendance: 329,294, Avg. 4,671
Playoffs - Tulsa Oilers 1 game, Dallas-Fort Worth Spurs 0 - One-game playoff for East Division title.
The Dallas-Fort Worth Spurs of the Texas League ended the 1965 season with a record of 80 wins and 61 losses, finishing second in the league's East Division.
The Spurs topped the league with just 533 runs allowed. Dallas-Fort scored 550 runs, worst in the league,. John Boccabella led the team with 20 home runs, while Don Young walloped 15 or more as well. John Boccabella accounted for 94 RBI. Gene Etter paced hitters with significant playing time with a .275 average. Sterling Slaughter paced the squad with 15 wins, and Chuck Hartenstein earned a 2.18 ERA, best among regular hurlers.
Members of the 1965 Dallas-Fort Worth Spurs who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were John Felske, Jake Jaeckel, Don Young, Dave Dowling, Sammy Taylor, Fred Norman, Don Miles, George Gerberman, Roberto Peña, Phil Mudrock, Dick Burwell, Don Kessinger, Sterling Slaughter, Chuck Hartenstein, Hal Haydel, Chris Krug, John Boccabella, Bob Raudman, Von McDaniel, Bill Connors and Len Church.
Whitey Lockman 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sterling Slaughter | 15 | 8 | .652 | 2.87 | 26 | 25 | 12 | 3 | 182.0 | 162 | 67 | 58 | 9 | 43 | 6 | 114 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Dave Dowling | 14 | 7 | .667 | 2.77 | 24 | 24 | 12 | 1 | 169.0 | 158 | 60 | 52 | 7 | 52 | 1 | 91 | 4 | 1 | 8 | |||
| Chuck Hartenstein | 12 | 7 | .632 | 2.18 | 28 | 27 | 10 | 2 | 223.0 | 200 | 66 | 54 | 9 | 46 | 3 | 119 | 6 | 3 | 5 | |||
| Robert Flynn | 8 | 12 | .400 | 3.15 | 27 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 143.0 | 138 | 58 | 50 | 10 | 38 | 4 | 119 | 8 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Jake Jaeckel | 7 | 5 | .583 | 3.40 | 28 | 22 | 4 | 1 | 143.0 | 121 | 75 | 54 | 1 | 90 | 2 | 79 | 9 | 1 | 16 | |||
| Hal Haydel | 7 | 8 | .467 | 3.16 | 29 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 151.0 | 133 | 72 | 53 | 8 | 71 | 3 | 77 | 3 | 1 | 8 | |||
| Dick Burwell | 6 | 5 | .545 | 1.91 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 66.0 | 39 | 19 | 14 | 2 | 20 | 3 | 49 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |||
| Otto Meischner | 4 | 3 | .571 | 4.15 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26.0 | 31 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 17 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Bill Connors | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.88 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 26.0 | 38 | 19 | 17 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| George Gerberman | 1 | 1 | .500 | 5.73 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33.0 | 41 | 27 | 21 | 6 | 16 | 1 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Leroy Harris | 22 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Samuel Cook | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Len Church | 0 | 0 | 4.76 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17.0 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Phil Mudrock | 0 | 0 | 6.00 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Robert Baillargeon | 0 | 0 | 6.75 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 17 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Fred Norman | 0 | 1 | .000 | 9.00 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Totals | 76 | 57 | .571 | 3.09 | 285 | 140 | 0 | 51 | 10 | 0 | 1204.0 | 1115 | 513 | 413 | 61 | 427 | 24 | 718 | 39 | 8 | 48 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gene Etter | 133 | 573 | 516 | 71 | 142 | 23 | 1 | 2 | 41 | 6 | 6 | 47 | 51 | .275 | .335 | .335 | .670 | 173 | 1 | 6 | 3 | ||
| Don Young | 141 | 573 | 510 | 65 | 139 | 25 | 0 | 16 | 53 | 10 | 7 | 57 | 126 | .273 | .345 | .416 | .761 | 212 | 0 | 5 | 1 | ||
| John Boccabella | 139 | 595 | 534 | 62 | 124 | 24 | 4 | 20 | 94 | 7 | 3 | 49 | 107 | .232 | .298 | .404 | .702 | 216 | 4 | 1 | 7 | ||
| Charlie Benson | 108 | 442 | 420 | 50 | 110 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 34 | 9 | 6 | 12 | 87 | .262 | .283 | .355 | .638 | 149 | 1 | 7 | 2 | ||
| Roberto Peña | 89 | 360 | 329 | 43 | 107 | 23 | 5 | 6 | 40 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 35 | .325 | .367 | .480 | .847 | 158 | 5 | 3 | 4 | ||
| Bob Raudman | 92 | 389 | 356 | 37 | 85 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 38 | 1 | 5 | 30 | 61 | .239 | .302 | .379 | .681 | 135 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Harry Watts | 100 | 321 | 295 | 28 | 79 | 16 | 0 | 8 | 39 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 58 | .268 | .317 | .403 | .720 | 119 | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Von McDaniel | 104 | 399 | 352 | 37 | 77 | 18 | 1 | 7 | 41 | 1 | 1 | 42 | 70 | .219 | .305 | .335 | .640 | 118 | 2 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Don Kessinger | 46 | 208 | 193 | 34 | 55 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 20 | 1 | 11 | 18 | .285 | .324 | .347 | .671 | 67 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| John Felske | 74 | 267 | 231 | 21 | 51 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 30 | 56 | .221 | .311 | .290 | .601 | 67 | 1 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Sammy Taylor | 62 | 194 | 157 | 20 | 48 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 35 | 28 | .306 | .433 | .433 | .866 | 68 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Frank DeMoss | 79 | 204 | 179 | 14 | 45 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 38 | .251 | .332 | .296 | .628 | 53 | 3 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Don Miles | 43 | 171 | 147 | 14 | 33 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 41 | .224 | .315 | .313 | .628 | 46 | 2 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Chris Krug | 30 | 121 | 110 | 14 | 32 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 18 | .291 | .342 | .536 | .878 | 59 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Hal Haydel | 30 | 54 | 53 | 7 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 22 | .264 | .264 | .434 | .698 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Jake Jaeckel | 31 | 54 | 47 | 3 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 19 | .255 | .275 | .362 | .636 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Sterling Slaughter | 34 | 67 | 56 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 28 | .143 | .186 | .196 | .383 | 11 | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Dave Dowling | 25 | 64 | 57 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 21 | .123 | .153 | .158 | .310 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Chuck Hartenstein | 30 | 83 | 70 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 28 | .100 | .171 | .100 | .271 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Mack Kuykendall | 10 | 32 | 29 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 | .172 | .250 | .276 | .526 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Len Church | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .500 | .500 | .750 | 1.250 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dick Burwell | 40 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .222 | .200 | .222 | .422 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Russell Hearn | 9 | 20 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | .125 | .300 | .125 | .425 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Robert Flynn | 31 | 49 | 43 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20 | .047 | .089 | .070 | .159 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Lavern Grace | 4 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .200 | .333 | .200 | .533 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Otto Meischner | 20 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .143 | .250 | .143 | .393 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Bill Connors | 8 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .100 | .100 | .100 | .200 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phil Mudrock | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Robert Baillargeon | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1528 | 5283 | 4737 | 548 | 1191 | 208 | 34 | 87 | 495 | 70 | 40 | 421 | 959 | .251 | .314 | .365 | .679 | 1728 | 0 | 25 | 71 | 29 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Boccabella | 1B | 138 | 1314 | 132 | 12 | 129 | .992 | 1.478 | ||||
| Charlie Benson | 2B | 105 | 224 | 357 | 26 | 80 | .957 | 5.533 | ||||
| Harry Watts | 2B | 23 | 41 | 46 | 5 | 12 | .946 | 3.783 | ||||
| Frank DeMoss | 2B | 17 | 39 | 40 | 5 | 14 | .940 | 4.647 | ||||
| Von McDaniel | 3B | 98 | 65 | 182 | 14 | 20 | .946 | 2.520 | ||||
| Harry Watts | 3B | 32 | 27 | 58 | 10 | 6 | .895 | 2.656 | ||||
| Frank DeMoss | 3B | 13 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 0 | .957 | 1.692 | ||||
| John Felske | C | 70 | 383 | 41 | 7 | 3 | .984 | 6.057 | 9 | |||
| Sammy Taylor | C | 42 | 225 | 28 | 3 | 0 | .988 | 6.024 | 4 | |||
| Chris Krug | C | 30 | 176 | 21 | 2 | 2 | .990 | 6.567 | 3 | |||
| Don Young | OF | 140 | 335 | 18 | 13 | 5 | .964 | 2.521 | ||||
| Gene Etter | OF | 127 | 214 | 14 | 5 | 4 | .979 | 1.795 | ||||
| Bob Raudman | OF | 92 | 165 | 11 | 4 | 1 | .978 | 1.913 | ||||
| Don Miles | OF | 40 | 58 | 6 | 4 | 0 | .941 | 1.600 | ||||
| Harry Watts | OF | 25 | 31 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.440 | ||||
| Frank DeMoss | OF | 10 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.400 | ||||
| Dick Burwell | P | 40 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 9 | .938 | .375 | ||||
| Hal Haydel | P | 29 | 13 | 26 | 9 | 2 | .812 | 1.345 | ||||
| Jake Jaeckel | P | 28 | 8 | 24 | 6 | 1 | .842 | 1.143 | ||||
| Chuck Hartenstein | P | 28 | 22 | 45 | 4 | 4 | .944 | 2.393 | ||||
| Robert Flynn | P | 27 | 9 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .889 | ||||
| Sterling Slaughter | P | 26 | 15 | 26 | 1 | 0 | .976 | 1.577 | ||||
| Dave Dowling | P | 24 | 2 | 29 | 4 | 0 | .886 | 1.292 | ||||
| Otto Meischner | P | 19 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .526 | ||||
| Roberto Peña | SS | 80 | 148 | 265 | 24 | 54 | .945 | 5.162 | ||||
| Don Kessinger | SS | 46 | 96 | 152 | 13 | 32 | .950 | 5.391 | ||||
| Frank DeMoss | SS | 20 | 28 | 62 | 5 | 12 | .947 | 4.500 | ||||
| Totals | 1369 | 3667 | 1635 | 178 | 392 | .968 | 3.873 | 16 | 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.
