1966 Fort Lauderdale Yankees Statistics

Florida State League (FSL) - Class: A
Team Record: 63-75
Finished 7th in the FSL
Manager: Lamar North (63-75)
Affiliation: New York Yankees
Location: Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Ballpark: Fort Lauderdale Stadium
Attendance: 37,313, Avg. 541

1966 Fort Lauderdale Yankees Roster

The Fort Lauderdale Yankees of the Florida State League ended the 1966 season with a record of 63 wins and 75 losses, finishing seventh in the FSL.

The Yankees scored 502 runs and surrendered 473 runs. Michael Ash led Fort Lauderdale with 11 home runs Robert Hall drove in 52 runs. Bob Biletnikoff paced all qualifying hitters on the roster with a .264 average. Duke Shackelford topped the squad with 11 wins, while Larry McDowell registered a 2.41 earned run average, best among qualifying pitchers.

Members of the 1966 Fort Lauderdale Yankees who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Jim Lyttle, Steve Kline and Jim Kennedy.

Lamar North 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
Duke Shackelford	11	10	.524	2.79	24	23		13	6		158.0	136	67	49	7	60	4	136	5	1	6
Wesley Rhea	9	5	.643	1.68	43	6		2	1		107.0	76	25	20	1	36	2	102	1	4	4
Larry McDowell	9	10	.474	2.41	26	26		7	3		168.0	131	65	45	5	64	2	116	4	1	10
Terry Dreger	8	8	.500	2.78	20	20		6	2		123.0	107	55	38	4	64	2	69	4	1	10
Ernesto Gonzalez	7	10	.412	2.94	25	24		9	2		150.0	129	62	49	6	53	3	87	5	2	4
Steve Kline	6	6	.500	3.08	12	12		5	2		79.0	80	36	27	0	10	0	60	0	0	1
Edward Brown	6	9	.400	3.00	36	14		4	1		144.0	125	56	48	7	40	3	128	0	0	7
Kerry Compton	4	6	.400	4.08	12	8		2	0		53.0	44	28	24	5	26	2	35	6	0	3
Larry Morton	1	0	1.000	2.57	4	0		0	0		7.0	9	2	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	1
Dennis Palazzo	1	1	.500	4.09	5	4		2	0		22.0	25	14	10	1	10	1	16	0	0	2
Louis Romanucci	1	2	.333	3.52	12	1		0	0		46.0	37	25	18	1	30	1	36	2	0	7
David Patterson	0	0		4.50	2	0		0	0		2.0	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Terry Tewell	0	0		9.00	1	0		0	0		1.0	2	2	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
Thom Freeman	0	1	.000	5.00	12	0		0	0		18.0	22	12	10	0	6	1	10	2	1	0
James Bidwell	0	2	.000	2.77	10	0		0	0		13.0	11	5	4	1	5	0	11	0	0	1
Pedro Roman	0	5	.000	2.57	23	0		0	0		42.0	38	18	12	0	20	2	36	3	0	8
Totals	63	75	.457	2.84	267	138	0	50	17	0	1133.0	976	473	358	38	425	23	846	32	10	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
Bob Biletnikoff	106	435	379	55	100	10	5	1	32	24	6	48	63	.264	.351	.325	.676	123		4	2	2
Robert Hall	111	431	386	34	91	12	4	4	52	6	4	35	53	.236	.305	.319	.623	123		5	1	4
Bob Cantrell	85	349	307	49	89	14	6	2	27	12	5	36	42	.290	.363	.394	.757	121		1	2	3
Terry Tewell	107	404	342	48	89	9	1	1	31	6	1	51	61	.260	.358	.301	.659	103		3	4	4
Donald Novick	106	392	334	41	83	12	2	0	45	7	0	48	28	.249	.339	.296	.635	99		0	5	5
Paul Bruinsma	102	352	288	37	58	10	2	4	32	1	2	56	81	.201	.339	.292	.631	84		5	1	2
Joseph Freynik	64	221	201	27	57	10	4	7	27	0	1	13	29	.284	.327	.478	.805	96		2	1	4
Thomas Kowalowski	70	225	207	25	56	9	0	0	21	1	0	14	35	.271	.316	.314	.630	65		1	0	3
Michael Ash	74	260	199	34	47	7	1	11	36	0	0	57	61	.236	.409	.447	.857	89		2	1	1
Jim Lyttle	66	241	209	26	46	9	1	1	18	7	3	31	47	.220	.321	.287	.608	60		0	1	0
Richard Ruggles	47	193	166	17	40	10	0	2	12	2	1	24	35	.241	.339	.337	.676	56		1	1	1
Theodore Huddleston	30	110	96	8	18	5	0	0	11	0	2	9	14	.188	.273	.240	.512	23		3	0	2
Gerald Wetjen	43	151	125	11	17	3	0	1	11	0	0	24	31	.136	.272	.184	.456	23		0	0	2
Thomas Matheson	22	72	66	4	14	2	1	0	4	0	0	6	17	.212	.278	.273	.551	18		0	0	0
Thomas Porter	25	85	75	8	13	2	0	0	3	3	0	8	27	.173	.262	.200	.462	15		1	1	0
Duke Shackelford	28	64	59	4	12	2	1	0	8	0	0	3	12	.203	.242	.271	.513	16		0	2	0
Ernesto Gonzalez	26	60	55	5	11	1	1	0	4	0	1	2	8	.200	.224	.255	.479	14		0	2	1
Julio Parrilla	17	62	58	8	10	2	1	0	1	1	0	3	11	.172	.213	.241	.454	14		0	1	0
Steve Kline	16	31	29	2	9	1	1	0	6	0	0	1	3	.310	.333	.414	.747	12		0	1	0
Vence Jelovchan	22	82	69	7	9	1	0	0	3	0	1	12	20	.130	.259	.145	.404	10		0	1	0
Johnny Hatton	16	63	50	5	8	1	1	0	12	0	0	12	10	.160	.323	.220	.543	11		0	1	0
Frank Giusti	11	40	36	2	7	1	0	0	3	1	0	4	5	.194	.275	.222	.497	8		0	0	0
Terry Dreger	23	49	47	4	7	0	0	1	6	0	0	1	23	.149	.167	.213	.379	10		0	1	0
Fred Winston	10	37	29	6	6	0	0	0	1	2	0	8	16	.207	.378	.207	.585	6		0	0	0
Jim Kennedy	13	48	43	5	6	1	1	0	2	0	0	4	6	.140	.229	.209	.438	9		1	0	0
Larry McDowell	28	58	48	7	6	2	0	0	5	0	0	6	22	.125	.218	.167	.385	8		0	3	1
Edward Brown	36	46	43	4	5	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	17	.116	.136	.163	.299	7		0	2	0
Dave Wolfe	20	68	57	4	4	0	0	0	1	2	1	8	24	.070	.209	.070	.279	4		2	1	0
Wesley Rhea	43	33	25	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	5	.120	.290	.120	.410	3		1	2	0
Kerry Compton	12	17	14	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	4	.143	.200	.143	.343	2		0	2	0
Louis Romanucci	12	15	14	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	10	.143	.200	.143	.343	2		0	0	0
James Bidwell	10	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.333	.500	.333	.833	1		0	0	0
Dennis Palazzo	6	7	7	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.143	.143	.286	.429	2		0	0	0
Larry Morton	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.500	.000	.500	0		0	0	0
Allen Rhea	6	12	12	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Pedro Roman	23	7	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.000	.167	.000	.167	0		0	1	0
Thom Freeman	12	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		1.000			0		0	0	0
Totals	1452	4727	4084	490	927	137	34	35	418	75	28	536	832	.227	.319	.303	.622	1237	0	32	40	35	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Joseph Freynik	1B	56	449	34	7	31	.986	8.625
Gerald Wetjen	1B	40	322	25	3	25	.991	8.675
Donald Novick	1B	26	182	8	4	11	.979	7.308
Julio Parrilla	1B	14	115	7	0	8	1.000	8.714
Paul Bruinsma	2B	75	150	177	15	26	.956	4.360
Terry Tewell	2B	35	70	71	5	17	.966	4.029
Dave Wolfe	2B	20	49	36	8	7	.914	4.250
Richard Ruggles	2B	13	32	30	1	5	.984	4.769
Robert Hall	3B	111	98	162	26	12	.909	2.342
Terry Tewell	3B	17	11	29	2	0	.952	2.353
Paul Bruinsma	3B	10	8	19	6	2	.818	2.700
Michael Ash	C	68	431	54	15	6	.970	7.132	8
Thomas Kowalowski	C	48	271	25	4	1	.987	6.167	5
Thomas Matheson	C	19	114	11	2	1	.984	6.579	3
Bob Biletnikoff	OF	105	192	7	4	0	.980	1.895
Bob Cantrell	OF	84	122	7	3	0	.977	1.536
Donald Novick	OF	78	114	3	5	2	.959	1.500
Jim Lyttle	OF	64	117	7	3	2	.976	1.938
Theodore Huddleston	OF	29	51	2	1	1	.981	1.828
Thomas Porter	OF	22	45	2	1	1	.979	2.136
Terry Tewell	OF	14	14	1	1	0	.938	1.071
Johnny Hatton	OF	14	24	3	0	0	1.000	1.929
Wesley Rhea	P	43	9	28	0	2	1.000	.860
Edward Brown	P	36	4	24	3	0	.903	.778
Larry McDowell	P	26	12	31	5	0	.896	1.654
Ernesto Gonzalez	P	25	15	20	3	0	.921	1.400
Duke Shackelford	P	24	6	25	4	1	.886	1.292
Pedro Roman	P	23	1	13	2	2	.875	.609
Terry Dreger	P	20	12	25	5	3	.881	1.850
Louis Romanucci	P	12	1	10	3	1	.786	.917
Steve Kline	P	12	6	15	0	0	1.000	1.750
Thom Freeman	P	12	2	6	0	0	1.000	.667
Kerry Compton	P	12	4	14	2	0	.900	1.500
James Bidwell	P	10	0	0	2	0	.000	.000
Dennis Palazzo	P	5						.000
Larry Morton	P	4						.000
David Patterson	P	2						.000
Terry Tewell	SS	42	63	116	13	22	.932	4.262
Richard Ruggles	SS	34	45	86	13	10	.910	3.853
Vence Jelovchan	SS	22	23	54	4	5	.951	3.500
Jim Kennedy	SS	13	17	38	3	7	.948	4.231
Totals		1339	3201	1225	178	211	.961	3.305	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.

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