1964 Fort Lauderdale Yankees Statistics

Florida State League (FSL) - Class: A
Team Record: 81-59
Finished 2nd in the FSL
Manager: Frank Verdi (81-59)
Affiliation: New York Yankees
Location: Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Ballpark: Fort Lauderdale Stadium
Attendance: 40,069, Avg. 572

1964 Fort Lauderdale Yankees Roster

Playoffs - Fort Lauderdale Yankees 3 games, St. Petersburg Saints 1

The Fort Lauderdale Yankees of the Florida State League ended the 1964 season with a record of 81 wins and 59 losses, finishing second in the FSL.

The Yankees conceded 428 runs, the lowest total in the circuit. Fort Lauderdale tallied 509 runs. Mike Ferraro drove in 77 runs and topped all regular batters with a .317 average. James Smith led the team with 17 wins and a team-best 1.38 ERA, leading hurlers with significant time on the mound.

Players from the 1964 Fort Lauderdale Yankees who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Bill Murphy, Gil Blanco, Mike Ferraro and Mike Jurewicz.

Frank Verdi 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
James Smith	17	6	.739	1.38	27	25		13	5		196.0	145	35	30	1	42	6	147	3	1	3
Martin Willoughby	14	10	.583	2.64	26	26		8	1		167.0	149	63	49	4	47	2	111	1	2	7
Gil Blanco	12	7	.632	2.31	23	23		7	4		144.0	99	47	37	2	80	2	107	5	1	6
Richard Marcy	10	10	.500	3.63	51	6		2	2		119.0	92	66	48	3	70	10	98	4	0	11
Jimmy Marrujo	9	4	.692	2.27	15	15		8	4		111.0	87	37	28	0	29	4	76	1	0	2
Mike Jurewicz	9	5	.643	2.93	23	22		3	2		126.0	82	48	41	3	86	1	126	1	0	8
Thom Freeman	5	6	.455	1.52	40	6		2	1		124.0	101	46	21	3	31	3	89	3	0	4
Robert Connelly	3	4	.429	2.96	16	13		2	0		82.0	56	34	27	1	52	1	45	2	0	3
Freeman Sutton	2	5	.286	2.09	41	2		1	0		82.0	79	32	19	1	48	9	59	2	0	5
George Shoemaker	1	2	.333	4.00	6	3		0	0		18.0	12	9	8	1	12	1	10	2	1	1
Thomas Carver	0	0		0.00	1	0		0	0		1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Gene Usrey	0	0		0.00	3	0		0	0		4.0	3	2	0	0	2	0	3	0	0	0
Gary Lewis	0	0		2.45	6	0		0	0		11.0	7	4	3	0	6	0	10	0	0	1
John Bayne	0	0		15.00	2	0		0	0		3.0	5	5	5	0	2	0	4	0	0	0
Totals	82	59	.582	2.39	280	141	0	46	19	0	1188.0	917	428	316	19	507	39	886	24	5	51	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
Mike Ferraro	139	564	498	60	158	19	10	1	77	2	4	52	59	.317	.378	.402	.779	200		0	8	6
Willie Mobley	140	612	519	107	136	14	9	3	36	75	19	84	130	.262	.370	.341	.712	177		6	2	1
James Palma	123	496	414	69	111	10	4	4	47	8	6	64	56	.268	.363	.341	.704	141		2	9	7
Bob Cantrell	122	495	404	47	99	8	3	3	51	4	2	71	91	.245	.362	.302	.664	122		5	11	4
John Lynch	102	377	314	34	82	9	1	0	27	6	4	50	28	.261	.365	.296	.661	93		2	10	1
Bill Murphy	114	416	366	40	73	15	3	2	25	11	3	38	67	.199	.276	.273	.550	100		2	7	3
Jerry McLemore	100	324	279	27	65	7	0	0	21	5	4	39	61	.233	.328	.258	.586	72		1	4	1
Francis Petrellis	75	270	222	16	47	3	1	1	24	1	3	40	33	.212	.332	.248	.580	55		1	5	2
Frank Pappas	65	225	197	15	46	2	1	0	10	0	1	19	23	.234	.301	.254	.555	50		1	6	2
Sherman Carter	84	237	203	14	46	9	0	3	34	0	0	24	44	.227	.306	.315	.621	64		1	5	4
Neil MacClellan	40	152	133	10	24	4	1	0	9	3	0	16	30	.180	.268	.226	.494	30		0	3	0
Thomas Carver	17	68	62	7	17	4	1	1	11	0	0	4	23	.274	.324	.419	.743	26		1	0	1
Herbert Feris	42	143	126	8	15	4	0	0	6	1	1	14	57	.119	.206	.151	.356	19		0	2	1
James Smith	40	78	66	9	12	1	0	0	1	0	0	3	11	.182	.217	.197	.414	13		0	9	0
Gil Blanco	26	57	47	5	10	1	0	0	3	0	0	5	16	.213	.288	.234	.523	11		0	5	0
Bob Lanning	19	59	50	5	10	0	0	1	3	0	0	6	20	.200	.298	.260	.558	13		1	2	0
Wyatt Dreger	31	75	64	2	10	1	0	1	5	0	0	10	15	.156	.280	.219	.499	14		1	0	0
Mike Jurewicz	26	48	42	2	9	1	0	0	1	0	0	4	12	.214	.277	.238	.515	10		0	1	1
Billy Clayton	19	51	46	8	9	1	1	1	5	0	1	4	14	.196	.255	.326	.581	15		0	0	1
Martin Willoughby	26	68	56	6	8	1	1	0	1	0	0	6	26	.143	.226	.196	.422	11		0	6	0
Jimmy Marrujo	16	41	34	5	5	0	0	1	3	0	0	5	11	.147	.275	.235	.510	8		1	1	0
Thom Freeman	40	39	35	4	5	1	0	0	1	0	0	3	8	.143	.211	.171	.382	6		0	1	0
Richard Marcy	56	47	41	3	5	3	0	0	3	0	0	4	10	.122	.200	.195	.395	8		0	2	0
Maurice McKinley	12	29	22	2	4	2	0	0	4	1	1	6	7	.182	.357	.273	.630	6		0	1	0
Freeman Sutton	42	28	21	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	12	.143	.357	.143	.500	3		0	0	0
Robert Connelly	17	33	31	2	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	22	.065	.121	.097	.218	3		0	0	0
George Shoemaker	6	6	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.167	.167	.333	1		0	0	0
Gary Lewis	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Gene Usrey	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Totals	1548	5040	4300	510	1012	121	36	22	409	117	49	580	886	.235	.327	.296	.623	1271	0	25	100	35	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Francis Petrellis	1B	71	564	30	17	44	.972	8.366
Herbert Feris	1B	40	273	13	5	21	.983	7.150
Sherman Carter	1B	38	270	14	7	18	.976	7.474
John Lynch	2B	99	218	241	13	43	.972	4.636
James Palma	2B	45	107	114	15	26	.936	4.911
Mike Ferraro	3B	138	130	273	22	13	.948	2.920
Frank Pappas	C	65	421	37	4	2	.991	7.046	4
Neil MacClellan	C	40	267	14	6	0	.979	7.025	3
Wyatt Dreger	C	25	111	17	1	1	.992	5.120	5
Bob Lanning	C	14	77	3	1	0	.988	5.714	5
Sherman Carter	C	10	44	4	1	0	.980	4.800	0
Willie Mobley	OF	139	248	11	12	3	.956	1.863
Bob Cantrell	OF	121	242	7	3	1	.988	2.058
Bill Murphy	OF	108	170	7	4	1	.978	1.639
James Palma	OF	23	36	2	0	0	1.000	1.652
Billy Clayton	OF	17	17	1	0	0	1.000	1.059
Thomas Carver	OF	16	20	1	3	0	.875	1.312
Sherman Carter	OF	12	13	1	2	0	.875	1.167
Richard Marcy	P	51	3	24	4	4	.871	.529
Freeman Sutton	P	41	8	20	1	1	.966	.683
Thom Freeman	P	40	5	21	4	0	.867	.650
James Smith	P	27	8	35	2	2	.956	1.593
Martin Willoughby	P	26	9	23	4	1	.889	1.231
Mike Jurewicz	P	23	7	19	1	1	.963	1.130
Gil Blanco	P	23	3	34	5	0	.881	1.609
Robert Connelly	P	16	1	12	1	0	.929	.812
Jimmy Marrujo	P	15	3	14	0	0	1.000	1.133
George Shoemaker	P	6						.000
Gary Lewis	P	6						.000
Gene Usrey	P	3						.000
John Bayne	P	2						.000
Jerry McLemore	SS	92	131	258	27	46	.935	4.228
James Palma	SS	54	86	151	26	21	.901	4.389
Totals		1446	3492	1401	191	249	.962	3.384	17	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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