1966 Dallas-Fort Worth Spurs Statistics
Team Record: 59-81
Finished 6th in the TL
Manager: Stan Hack (0-0), Pete Reiser (0-0), Lou Klein (0-0)
Affiliation: Chicago Cubs
Location: Dallas, Texas; Fort Worth, Texas
Ballpark: Turnpike Stadium
Attendance: 271,367, Avg. 3,877
The Dallas-Fort Worth Spurs of the Texas League ended the 1966 season with a record of 59 wins and 81 losses, finishing sixth in the TL.
The Spurs plated 457 runs, worst in the circuit, and allowed 520 runs. Clarence Jones paced Dallas-Fort with 13 home runs and accounted for 43 RBI. Jesse White led batters with significant playing time with a .293 average. Fred Norman topped the squad with 12 wins and a team-best 2.73 ERA, leading regular hurlers.
Members of the 1966 Dallas-Fort Worth Spurs who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Joe Niekro, Don Young, Carl Warwick, John Felske, Hal King, Jim Ellis, John Upham, Roberto Peña, Garry Jestadt, Ron Law, Fred Norman, Del Bates, Bill Stoneman, Hal Haydel, Freddie Burdette, Sterling Slaughter, Clarence Jones, Rick James, Von McDaniel, Amado Samuel and Len Church.
Stan Hack, Pete Reiser and Lou Klein 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fred Norman | 12 | 11 | .522 | 2.73 | 42 | 27 | 7 | 4 | 191.0 | 147 | 71 | 58 | 3 | 65 | 7 | 198 | 7 | 0 | 16 | |||
| Ron Law | 10 | 11 | .476 | 3.10 | 36 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 148.0 | 144 | 63 | 51 | 9 | 73 | 2 | 100 | 4 | 1 | 9 | |||
| Jim Ellis | 9 | 7 | .562 | 2.95 | 29 | 28 | 8 | 4 | 180.0 | 164 | 71 | 59 | 9 | 48 | 4 | 138 | 1 | 0 | 11 | |||
| Hal Haydel | 8 | 12 | .400 | 3.45 | 29 | 25 | 5 | 3 | 167.0 | 161 | 76 | 64 | 14 | 62 | 7 | 116 | 6 | 2 | 7 | |||
| Len Church | 6 | 4 | .600 | 2.90 | 45 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 115.0 | 113 | 44 | 37 | 5 | 51 | 7 | 64 | 7 | 0 | 7 | |||
| Joe Niekro | 5 | 4 | .556 | 2.51 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 79.0 | 71 | 28 | 22 | 2 | 15 | 2 | 50 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Otto Meischner | 2 | 2 | .500 | 4.26 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19.0 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 14 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Lee Meyers | 2 | 3 | .400 | 3.92 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 39.0 | 45 | 21 | 17 | 6 | 14 | 0 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Robert Flynn | 2 | 4 | .333 | 3.06 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 53.0 | 44 | 22 | 18 | 5 | 21 | 3 | 45 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Sterling Slaughter | 2 | 8 | .200 | 3.91 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 69.0 | 74 | 32 | 30 | 8 | 16 | 4 | 41 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Samuel Cook | 1 | 5 | .167 | 5.40 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30.0 | 31 | 21 | 18 | 3 | 14 | 4 | 28 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| John Upham | 0 | 0 | 3.60 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Freddie Burdette | 0 | 0 | 4.20 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15.0 | 16 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Bill Stoneman | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0.00 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Robert Paarlberg | 0 | 1 | .000 | 7.20 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| George Lance | 0 | 2 | .000 | 2.74 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 23.0 | 21 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Rick James | 0 | 2 | .000 | 7.20 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10.0 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Jon Robisch | 0 | 4 | .000 | 2.31 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 35.0 | 18 | 19 | 9 | 0 | 25 | 3 | 35 | 3 | 1 | 5 | |||
| Totals | 59 | 81 | .421 | 3.18 | 339 | 143 | 0 | 35 | 16 | 0 | 1189.0 | 1097 | 520 | 420 | 67 | 448 | 53 | 893 | 36 | 7 | 68 | 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 | 137 | 579 | 512 | 63 | 139 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 32 | 6 | 11 | 55 | 26 | .271 | .342 | .330 | .672 | 169 | 0 | 12 | 0 | ||
| John Upham | 124 | 461 | 419 | 45 | 119 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 35 | 5 | 5 | 22 | 36 | .284 | .320 | .329 | .649 | 138 | 2 | 14 | 4 | ||
| Jesse White | 102 | 439 | 399 | 65 | 117 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 26 | 31 | 5 | 31 | 24 | .293 | .342 | .358 | .700 | 143 | 0 | 6 | 3 | ||
| Charlie Benson | 108 | 358 | 323 | 23 | 79 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 37 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 56 | .245 | .292 | .356 | .648 | 115 | 2 | 9 | 3 | ||
| Von McDaniel | 109 | 358 | 326 | 29 | 73 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 77 | .224 | .273 | .291 | .564 | 95 | 3 | 6 | 3 | ||
| Roberto Peña | 73 | 282 | 246 | 31 | 71 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 33 | 5 | 2 | 32 | 26 | .289 | .370 | .382 | .752 | 94 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Clarence Jones | 82 | 325 | 270 | 39 | 66 | 17 | 0 | 13 | 43 | 1 | 3 | 50 | 66 | .244 | .363 | .452 | .815 | 122 | 1 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Thomas Hillary | 74 | 263 | 226 | 28 | 56 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 0 | 5 | 28 | 47 | .248 | .326 | .336 | .662 | 76 | 1 | 2 | 6 | ||
| Del Bates | 63 | 222 | 186 | 16 | 53 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 28 | 38 | .285 | .389 | .366 | .755 | 68 | 5 | 1 | 2 | ||
| John Felske | 73 | 244 | 220 | 18 | 44 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 46 | .200 | .273 | .327 | .600 | 72 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Carl Warwick | 43 | 176 | 149 | 25 | 37 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 26 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 30 | .248 | .345 | .430 | .774 | 64 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Thomas Simon | 33 | 138 | 124 | 9 | 35 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 29 | .282 | .355 | .331 | .686 | 41 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Frank DeMoss | 66 | 137 | 127 | 7 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 14 | .181 | .215 | .189 | .404 | 24 | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Mack Kuykendall | 17 | 67 | 64 | 4 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | .281 | .299 | .375 | .674 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| William Grochett | 19 | 73 | 67 | 6 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | .269 | .310 | .328 | .638 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Amado Samuel | 28 | 86 | 80 | 4 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 20 | .162 | .200 | .212 | .412 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Garry Jestadt | 16 | 55 | 50 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | .220 | .273 | .280 | .553 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Duane Rossman | 17 | 49 | 42 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 12 | .167 | .286 | .310 | .595 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ron Law | 44 | 56 | 52 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12 | .135 | .167 | .212 | .378 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Jim Procopio | 12 | 42 | 37 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | .162 | .244 | .189 | .433 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Harry Watts | 26 | 52 | 45 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 14 | .133 | .250 | .200 | .450 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Fred Norman | 42 | 64 | 60 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19 | .100 | .115 | .133 | .248 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| James Atterbury | 9 | 34 | 31 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | .161 | .235 | .226 | .461 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Don Young | 11 | 40 | 36 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 10 | .139 | .205 | .139 | .344 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Lee Meyers | 8 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .308 | .308 | .308 | .615 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Len Church | 45 | 33 | 27 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 9 | .148 | .281 | .185 | .466 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Joe Niekro | 12 | 27 | 27 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | .148 | .148 | .259 | .407 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Hal Haydel | 29 | 57 | 50 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 31 | .080 | .164 | .140 | .304 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Jim Ellis | 31 | 65 | 60 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 26 | .067 | .081 | .133 | .214 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Russell Hearn | 13 | 24 | 22 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .136 | .208 | .136 | .345 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Robert Flynn | 24 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .250 | .300 | .250 | .550 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Tom Lindsey | 8 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .200 | .333 | .200 | .533 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Sterling Slaughter | 13 | 23 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | .095 | .095 | .095 | .190 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Samuel Cook | 27 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .250 | .250 | .500 | .750 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| George Lance | 17 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lavern Grace | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Rick James | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .333 | .000 | .333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Robert Paarlberg | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Otto Meischner | 13 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Jon Robisch | 21 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .000 | .125 | .000 | .125 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1599 | 4893 | 4352 | 453 | 1044 | 153 | 37 | 43 | 409 | 61 | 44 | 407 | 740 | .240 | .305 | .322 | .627 | 1400 | 0 | 19 | 81 | 34 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clarence Jones | 1B | 81 | 576 | 46 | 16 | 47 | .975 | 7.679 | ||||
| Thomas Hillary | 1B | 45 | 317 | 35 | 3 | 30 | .992 | 7.822 | ||||
| Mack Kuykendall | 1B | 17 | 145 | 4 | 6 | 16 | .961 | 8.765 | ||||
| Charlie Benson | 2B | 98 | 212 | 222 | 24 | 49 | .948 | 4.429 | ||||
| William Grochett | 2B | 18 | 34 | 42 | 2 | 10 | .974 | 4.222 | ||||
| Gene Etter | 2B | 17 | 35 | 34 | 4 | 4 | .945 | 4.059 | ||||
| Von McDaniel | 3B | 84 | 84 | 164 | 9 | 16 | .965 | 2.952 | ||||
| Jesse White | 3B | 37 | 21 | 54 | 8 | 4 | .904 | 2.027 | ||||
| Roberto Peña | 3B | 16 | 9 | 31 | 2 | 3 | .952 | 2.500 | ||||
| John Felske | C | 69 | 456 | 49 | 7 | 8 | .986 | 7.319 | 8 | |||
| Del Bates | C | 55 | 335 | 37 | 7 | 2 | .982 | 6.764 | 7 | |||
| Jim Procopio | C | 10 | 63 | 4 | 2 | 1 | .971 | 6.700 | 3 | |||
| Gene Etter | OF | 125 | 191 | 7 | 5 | 2 | .975 | 1.584 | ||||
| John Upham | OF | 118 | 216 | 12 | 4 | 7 | .983 | 1.932 | ||||
| Jesse White | OF | 63 | 129 | 9 | 1 | 2 | .993 | 2.190 | ||||
| Carl Warwick | OF | 43 | 81 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .988 | 1.977 | ||||
| Thomas Simon | OF | 33 | 77 | 5 | 2 | 0 | .976 | 2.485 | ||||
| Thomas Hillary | OF | 32 | 39 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.250 | ||||
| Don Young | OF | 11 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .941 | 1.455 | ||||
| Len Church | P | 45 | 10 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .711 | ||||
| Fred Norman | P | 42 | 10 | 36 | 5 | 0 | .902 | 1.095 | ||||
| Ron Law | P | 36 | 8 | 32 | 6 | 6 | .870 | 1.111 | ||||
| Hal Haydel | P | 29 | 16 | 28 | 3 | 5 | .936 | 1.517 | ||||
| Jim Ellis | P | 29 | 8 | 28 | 2 | 3 | .947 | 1.241 | ||||
| Samuel Cook | P | 27 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | .857 | .222 | ||||
| Robert Flynn | P | 24 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .250 | ||||
| Jon Robisch | P | 21 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .800 | .190 | ||||
| George Lance | P | 17 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .235 | ||||
| Sterling Slaughter | P | 13 | 6 | 12 | 1 | 0 | .947 | 1.385 | ||||
| Otto Meischner | P | 13 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 0 | .909 | .769 | ||||
| Joe Niekro | P | 12 | 5 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.750 | ||||
| Roberto Peña | SS | 58 | 111 | 159 | 9 | 30 | .968 | 4.655 | ||||
| Frank DeMoss | SS | 32 | 30 | 51 | 5 | 10 | .942 | 2.531 | ||||
| Amado Samuel | SS | 26 | 56 | 80 | 8 | 15 | .944 | 5.231 | ||||
| Duane Rossman | SS | 16 | 19 | 32 | 10 | 8 | .836 | 3.188 | ||||
| Garry Jestadt | SS | 16 | 23 | 34 | 4 | 6 | .934 | 3.562 | ||||
| Totals | 1428 | 3342 | 1316 | 160 | 287 | .967 | 3.262 | 18 | 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.
