1966 Fox Cities Foxes Statistics
Midwest League (MWL) - Class: A
Team Record: 77-47
Finished 2nd in the MWL
Manager: Stan Wasiak (77-47)
Affiliation: Chicago White Sox
Location: Appleton, Wisconsin
Ballpark: Goodland Field
Attendance: 57,496, Avg. 927
1966 Fox Cities Foxes RosterTeam Record: 77-47
Finished 2nd in the MWL
Manager: Stan Wasiak (77-47)
Affiliation: Chicago White Sox
Location: Appleton, Wisconsin
Ballpark: Goodland Field
Attendance: 57,496, Avg. 927
Playoffs - Fox Cities Foxes 2 games, Cedar Rapids Cardinals 0
The Fox Cities Foxes of the Midwest League ended the 1966 season with a record of 77 wins and 47 losses, finishing second in the MWL.
The Foxes scored 561 runs and allowed 461 runs. Deacon Jones led Fox Cities with 18 home runs and drove in 80 runs, while leading batters with significant playing time by hitting .353. Fred Rath topped the team with 17 wins, and Willie Hooker, too added 15 or more wins, too Fred Rath earned a 1.92 ERA, best among regular hurlers.
Bill Melton, Jerry Nyman, Ron Lolich, Doug Adams, Deacon Jones, Jim Magnuson, Al Fitzmorris, Ken Frailing and Fred Rath were all players from the 1966 Fox Cities Foxes who played in the Major Leagues during their careers.
Stan Wasiak 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 Rath | 17 | 3 | .850 | 1.92 | 23 | 23 | 12 | 2 | 169.0 | 127 | 55 | 36 | 5 | 60 | 2 | 159 | 2 | 1 | 7 | |||
| Willie Hooker | 15 | 5 | .750 | 2.82 | 55 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 118.0 | 106 | 54 | 37 | 8 | 40 | 13 | 154 | 3 | 0 | 7 | |||
| Mickey Abarbanel | 13 | 4 | .765 | 2.25 | 21 | 21 | 10 | 3 | 144.0 | 78 | 45 | 36 | 3 | 81 | 0 | 206 | 7 | 1 | 10 | |||
| Steve Kokor | 7 | 3 | .700 | 2.57 | 16 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 98.0 | 79 | 42 | 28 | 3 | 46 | 4 | 83 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Rube Rubilotta | 7 | 8 | .467 | 2.03 | 20 | 19 | 7 | 1 | 146.0 | 104 | 61 | 33 | 3 | 69 | 1 | 119 | 3 | 0 | 15 | |||
| Gary Schaefer | 6 | 2 | .750 | 2.13 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 97.0 | 79 | 35 | 23 | 5 | 43 | 5 | 117 | 4 | 1 | 9 | |||
| Jim Magnuson | 5 | 4 | .556 | 2.04 | 13 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 84.0 | 73 | 32 | 19 | 2 | 27 | 0 | 69 | 8 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Dennis Kissane | 2 | 1 | .667 | 2.25 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 32.0 | 22 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 34 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Jerry Nyman | 2 | 3 | .400 | 1.97 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 32.0 | 23 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 19 | 1 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Timothy McLain | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.64 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 11.0 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Gregory Bennett | 1 | 3 | .250 | 3.60 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 35.0 | 30 | 17 | 14 | 3 | 14 | 1 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 2 | |||
| John Marcum | 1 | 5 | .167 | 3.91 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 46.0 | 36 | 29 | 20 | 4 | 22 | 2 | 38 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |||
| Joseph Jancaric | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Al Fitzmorris | 0 | 0 | 1.29 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14.0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Samuel Dunbar | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| James Daun | 0 | 0 | 13.50 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Larry Frasier | 0 | 1 | .000 | 5.00 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 18.0 | 17 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Dean DeBuhr | 0 | 1 | .000 | 5.14 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 14.0 | 26 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Ken Frailing | 0 | 1 | .000 | 6.43 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Hank King | 0 | 1 | .000 | 7.71 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Cesar Gutierrez | 0 | 2 | .000 | 12.00 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 77 | 47 | .621 | 2.56 | 251 | 125 | 0 | 44 | 7 | 0 | 1088.0 | 861 | 461 | 310 | 50 | 483 | 29 | 1105 | 38 | 5 | 64 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deacon Jones | 114 | 463 | 368 | 77 | 130 | 36 | 4 | 18 | 80 | 7 | 3 | 89 | 39 | .353 | .482 | .620 | 1.101 | 228 | 4 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Alan Kristowski | 116 | 516 | 407 | 80 | 102 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 30 | 19 | 7 | 100 | 68 | .251 | .404 | .332 | .735 | 135 | 5 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Jimmy Maness | 107 | 438 | 395 | 56 | 96 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 43 | 8 | 5 | 31 | 57 | .243 | .299 | .319 | .618 | 126 | 3 | 3 | 6 | ||
| Bill Melton | 97 | 399 | 328 | 56 | 93 | 26 | 3 | 12 | 67 | 5 | 1 | 60 | 63 | .284 | .399 | .491 | .890 | 161 | 6 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Al Fitzmorris | 104 | 392 | 337 | 37 | 80 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 45 | 7 | 9 | 48 | 86 | .237 | .330 | .365 | .695 | 123 | 1 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Robert Von Eps | 91 | 348 | 311 | 31 | 60 | 15 | 0 | 4 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 34 | 91 | .193 | .277 | .280 | .556 | 87 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Thomas Cottrell | 84 | 313 | 251 | 35 | 54 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 29 | 14 | 8 | 53 | 60 | .215 | .351 | .275 | .626 | 69 | 1 | 5 | 3 | ||
| George Hunter | 56 | 224 | 197 | 29 | 50 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 40 | .254 | .324 | .365 | .690 | 72 | 2 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Gerald Boehmer | 54 | 237 | 204 | 28 | 47 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 26 | 3 | 3 | 24 | 51 | .230 | .309 | .338 | .647 | 69 | 1 | 4 | 4 | ||
| Doug Adams | 74 | 247 | 215 | 20 | 42 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 26 | 49 | .195 | .285 | .298 | .582 | 64 | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Jay Petersen | 52 | 203 | 166 | 23 | 36 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 35 | 4 | 3 | 22 | 35 | .217 | .322 | .301 | .623 | 50 | 6 | 4 | 5 | ||
| Ron Lolich | 36 | 137 | 127 | 11 | 30 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 33 | .236 | .292 | .331 | .623 | 42 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Harold Reichenbach | 34 | 136 | 126 | 12 | 25 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 18 | .198 | .233 | .222 | .455 | 28 | 0 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Fred Rath | 29 | 82 | 67 | 14 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 16 | .358 | .456 | .448 | .903 | 30 | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Steve Kokor | 20 | 50 | 44 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | .182 | .213 | .295 | .508 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Thomas Dix | 21 | 71 | 59 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 17 | .136 | .268 | .203 | .471 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Raul Fuentes | 13 | 55 | 45 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 17 | .156 | .291 | .178 | .469 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Mickey Abarbanel | 21 | 57 | 43 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 12 | .140 | .288 | .140 | .428 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| James Jedelsky | 11 | 31 | 25 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 8 | .200 | .355 | .240 | .595 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Magnuson | 13 | 31 | 24 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | .167 | .259 | .167 | .426 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Willie Hooker | 55 | 34 | 31 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 13 | .129 | .206 | .129 | .335 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ben Farrell | 7 | 24 | 22 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | .136 | .208 | .136 | .345 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Roy Radmaker | 11 | 29 | 23 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 | .130 | .310 | .174 | .484 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dennis Kissane | 6 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .200 | .273 | .200 | .473 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Gustavo Sposito | 4 | 18 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .143 | .278 | .143 | .421 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Rube Rubilotta | 23 | 55 | 50 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 28 | .040 | .094 | .040 | .134 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Larry Frasier | 8 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .200 | .333 | .400 | .733 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Timothy McLain | 2 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .143 | .143 | .286 | .429 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Marcum | 8 | 16 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .083 | .154 | .083 | .237 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Gregory Bennett | 7 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | .071 | .071 | .071 | .143 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gary Schaefer | 43 | 30 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .036 | .100 | .036 | .136 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joseph Jancaric | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cesar Gutierrez | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| James Daun | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jeff Kolb | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dean DeBuhr | 7 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .000 | .167 | .000 | .167 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jerry Nyman | 5 | 13 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .000 | .167 | .000 | .167 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Samuel Dunbar | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ken Frailing | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Hank King | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1349 | 4709 | 3985 | 557 | 928 | 179 | 35 | 60 | 467 | 82 | 46 | 590 | 880 | .233 | .335 | .341 | .676 | 1357 | 0 | 43 | 50 | 41 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deacon Jones | 1B | 64 | 519 | 50 | 9 | 29 | .984 | 8.891 | ||||
| George Hunter | 1B | 56 | 382 | 34 | 3 | 25 | .993 | 7.429 | ||||
| Bill Melton | 1B | 18 | 106 | 9 | 2 | 7 | .983 | 6.389 | ||||
| Alan Kristowski | 2B | 115 | 253 | 227 | 22 | 47 | .956 | 4.174 | ||||
| Gerald Boehmer | 3B | 53 | 48 | 133 | 13 | 11 | .933 | 3.415 | ||||
| Jimmy Maness | 3B | 40 | 28 | 82 | 8 | 5 | .932 | 2.750 | ||||
| Jay Petersen | 3B | 15 | 12 | 38 | 8 | 0 | .862 | 3.333 | ||||
| Robert Von Eps | C | 89 | 787 | 99 | 18 | 2 | .980 | 9.955 | 22 | |||
| Doug Adams | C | 26 | 215 | 23 | 3 | 4 | .988 | 9.154 | 11 | |||
| Bill Melton | OF | 82 | 120 | 6 | 6 | 2 | .955 | 1.537 | ||||
| Thomas Cottrell | OF | 81 | 105 | 8 | 4 | 1 | .966 | 1.395 | ||||
| Al Fitzmorris | OF | 76 | 104 | 3 | 4 | 0 | .964 | 1.408 | ||||
| Doug Adams | OF | 39 | 29 | 2 | 5 | 0 | .861 | .795 | ||||
| Deacon Jones | OF | 35 | 35 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .927 | 1.086 | ||||
| Ron Lolich | OF | 34 | 36 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .974 | 1.088 | ||||
| Jimmy Maness | OF | 24 | 20 | 0 | 4 | 0 | .833 | .833 | ||||
| James Jedelsky | OF | 11 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .929 | 1.182 | ||||
| Raul Fuentes | OF | 11 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .857 | 1.091 | ||||
| Willie Hooker | P | 55 | 3 | 14 | 1 | 0 | .944 | .309 | ||||
| Gary Schaefer | P | 43 | 7 | 12 | 2 | 0 | .905 | .442 | ||||
| Fred Rath | P | 23 | 11 | 43 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 2.348 | ||||
| Mickey Abarbanel | P | 21 | 9 | 27 | 2 | 0 | .947 | 1.714 | ||||
| Rube Rubilotta | P | 20 | 10 | 24 | 3 | 1 | .919 | 1.700 | ||||
| Steve Kokor | P | 16 | 10 | 31 | 1 | 0 | .976 | 2.562 | ||||
| Jim Magnuson | P | 13 | 4 | 18 | 1 | 1 | .957 | 1.692 | ||||
| John Marcum | P | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| Larry Frasier | P | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| Dean DeBuhr | P | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| Gregory Bennett | P | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| Dennis Kissane | P | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jerry Nyman | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Hank King | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Cesar Gutierrez | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Timothy McLain | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Samuel Dunbar | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| James Daun | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Joseph Jancaric | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ken Frailing | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Harold Reichenbach | SS | 34 | 39 | 87 | 15 | 8 | .894 | 3.706 | ||||
| Jay Petersen | SS | 34 | 41 | 91 | 14 | 10 | .904 | 3.882 | ||||
| Jimmy Maness | SS | 29 | 49 | 67 | 12 | 14 | .906 | 4.000 | ||||
| Thomas Dix | SS | 13 | 14 | 28 | 3 | 3 | .933 | 3.231 | ||||
| Al Fitzmorris | SS | 12 | 26 | 37 | 6 | 3 | .913 | 5.250 | ||||
| Totals | 1238 | 3046 | 1198 | 176 | 175 | .960 | 3.428 | 33 | 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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