1966 Gastonia Pirates Statistics

Western Carolinas League (WCL) - Class: A
Team Record: 67-57
Finished 4th in the WCL
Manager: Bob Clear (67-57)
Affiliation: Pittsburgh Pirates
Location: Gastonia, North Carolina
Ballpark: Sims Legion Park
Attendance: 39,344, Avg. 635

1966 Gastonia Pirates Roster

The Gastonia Pirates of the Western Carolinas League ended the 1966 season with a record of 67 wins and 57 losses, finishing fourth in the WCL.

The Pirates plated 678 runs and yielded 585 runs. Chuck Howard paced Gastonia with 27 home runs, and Daniel Stephens walloped 15 or more also. Chuck Howard drove in 95 runs. Pablo Cruz led hitters with significant playing time by hitting .313. Bob Moose and Jim Nelson topped the team with 9 wins each, while Jim Nelson recorded a 1.54 ERA, leading pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

Players from the 1966 Gastonia Pirates who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Freddie Patek, Johnny Jeter, Bob Moose, John Lamb, Ron Slocum and Jim Nelson.

Bob Clear 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
Jim Nelson	9	2	.818	1.54	13	12		9	3		105.0	80	30	18	4	34	1	73	3	0	5
Bob Moose	9	3	.750	3.42	15	15		6	1		100.0	93	51	38	3	27	0	87	4	0	9
Roger Brown	6	6	.500	4.76	27	12		2	1		87.0	75	62	46	7	47	0	78	1	0	7
Lyn Fitzer	6	7	.462	2.75	22	16		6	1		121.0	118	57	37	6	60	1	101	2	0	12
Larry Killingsworth	6	12	.333	4.10	23	23		10	0		156.0	133	96	71	8	109	0	169	6	1	27
John Lamb	5	1	.833	5.31	22	4		1	0		61.0	61	43	36	2	36	2	49	7	1	7
Joseph Knutson	5	2	.714	2.48	15	6		3	0		58.0	48	21	16	4	21	1	54	2	0	10
Roger Banze	5	2	.714	3.50	20	4		3	0		72.0	63	42	28	4	27	1	52	1	1	5
Dick Hendrix	5	4	.556	4.06	12	10		5	0		71.0	67	42	32	5	26	0	60	1	0	5
Joseph Little	3	1	.750	1.71	6	1		1	0		21.0	17	5	4	5	4	0	11	1	0	2
Sonny Custer	3	1	.750	2.14	10	7		3	1		59.0	41	21	14	2	16	0	48	1	0	9
Bob Settle	2	3	.400	4.81	11	7		1	0		43.0	27	29	23	3	36	0	43	6	2	6
Dennis Pierce	2	8	.200	3.00	30	7		0	0		87.0	57	42	29	6	66	0	73	3	2	3
Frank Brent	1	1	.500	11.25	8	0		0	0		8.0	10	10	10	1	8	0	7	1	0	1
Ronald Arra	0	0		12.00	1	0		0	0		3.0	8	5	4	0	2	0	1	1	0	1
Terry Sparks	0	1	.000	4.50	2	0		0	0		2.0	4	3	1	0	2	0	2	0	0	0
Rafael Reyes	0	1	.000	9.00	3	0		0	0		5.0	2	6	5	1	3	0	2	0	0	1
Manrique Zavala	0	1	.000	15.00	4	0		0	0		3.0	1	5	5	0	5	0	2	0	0	0
Ernest Swan	0	1	.000	31.50	3	1		0	0		2.0	11	11	7	0	3	0	4	0	0	0
Totals	67	57	.540	3.59	247	125	0	50	7	0	1064.0	916	581	424	61	532	6	916	40	7	110	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
Pablo Cruz	113	508	428	95	134	31	2	11	60	54	11	70	65	.313	.418	.472	.890	202		7	3	0
Daniel Stephens	123	525	444	88	129	18	5	17	94	9	3	66	112	.291	.390	.468	.859	208		9	2	4
Chuck Howard	125	539	455	83	126	23	4	27	95	14	4	69	88	.277	.379	.523	.903	238		8	4	3
Robert Rice	111	438	377	49	94	15	7	12	57	17	4	42	77	.249	.343	.422	.765	159		14	1	4
Freddie Patek	75	348	294	68	91	8	5	3	20	38	7	45	46	.310	.401	.401	.803	118		2	4	3
Wayne Dickerson	85	360	321	34	81	9	2	8	55	4	1	32	37	.252	.319	.368	.687	118		1	3	3
Lou Quinn	57	242	211	49	72	14	2	11	38	2	0	26	26	.341	.417	.583	1.000	123		3	0	2
Johnny Jeter	46	216	195	33	50	7	4	0	13	9	4	15	42	.256	.313	.333	.646	65		2	2	2
William Kneller	73	296	250	32	49	9	2	5	31	5	6	38	81	.196	.304	.308	.612	77		2	3	3
Wilbert Hammond	63	225	189	32	48	13	1	2	25	11	5	30	42	.254	.364	.365	.730	69		4	0	2
Ron Slocum	42	166	144	20	41	2	1	5	21	1	1	22	34	.285	.380	.417	.796	60		0	0	0
Daniel Predovic	37	150	129	28	34	6	0	3	18	14	2	15	23	.264	.342	.380	.722	49		2	1	3
Jerry Branch	37	141	121	12	23	6	1	0	9	1	1	19	23	.190	.298	.256	.554	31		0	0	1
Edward Berube	24	80	73	13	14	4	0	1	9	0	0	6	21	.192	.253	.288	.541	21		0	1	0
Edward Blackman	30	90	71	13	13	3	1	0	5	4	1	16	25	.183	.337	.254	.591	18		1	1	1
Jim Nelson	17	50	43	5	10	2	0	1	6	1	0	4	11	.233	.298	.349	.647	15		0	3	0
Bob Moose	16	45	43	4	10	2	0	0	7	0	0	1	9	.233	.250	.279	.529	12		0	1	0
Larry Killingsworth	24	67	58	0	8	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	20	.138	.194	.138	.331	8		0	5	0
Dick Hendrix	12	28	24	1	5	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	6	.208	.240	.333	.573	8		0	3	0
Roger Banze	20	28	26	1	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	8	.192	.222	.192	.415	5		0	1	0
Roger Brown	27	37	37	1	5	1	0	0	2	0	2	0	11	.135	.135	.162	.297	6		0	0	0
Lyn Fitzer	22	50	42	1	5	2	0	0	1	0	0	2	20	.119	.159	.167	.326	7		0	6	0
Joseph Little	6	8	8	2	3	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	3	.375	.375	.750	1.125	6		0	0	0
Sonny Custer	10	19	16	1	3	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	7	.188	.278	.312	.590	5		2	1	0
Paul Giglio	13	22	18	4	3	2	0	0	1	0	0	4	13	.167	.318	.278	.596	5		0	0	0
Bob Settle	11	20	18	1	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	9	.167	.167	.222	.389	4		0	2	0
Kendall Munro	7	11	11	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	.091	.091	.091	.182	1		0	0	0
Joseph Knutson	15	23	20	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	11	.050	.095	.050	.145	1		0	2	0
Rafael Reyes	3	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Dennis Pierce	30	33	24	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	5	12	.000	.172	.000	.172	0		0	4	0
John Lamb	22	24	17	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	6	11	.000	.261	.000	.261	0		0	1	0
Ronald Arra	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Frank Brent	8	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0		1.000			0		0	1	0
Totals	1305	4796	4111	675	1061	180	37	108	583	184	53	542	899	.258	.350	.399	.749	1639	0	57	55	31	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Chuck Howard	1B	90	754	28	16	64	.980	8.689
Wayne Dickerson	1B	35	257	21	6	16	.979	7.943
Lou Quinn	2B	45	82	91	11	20	.940	3.844
Freddie Patek	2B	37	81	102	10	19	.948	4.946
Pablo Cruz	2B	32	76	101	11	22	.941	5.531
Robert Rice	3B	101	99	164	45	14	.854	2.604
Edward Berube	3B	17	17	27	10	6	.815	2.588
Wilbert Hammond	C	55	367	29	12	1	.971	7.200	15
Ron Slocum	C	35	292	28	9	2	.973	9.143	7
Jerry Branch	C	35	280	32	6	3	.981	8.914	10
Daniel Stephens	OF	122	160	7	11	1	.938	1.369
William Kneller	OF	71	113	6	4	1	.967	1.676
Wayne Dickerson	OF	50	65	2	4	0	.944	1.340
Johnny Jeter	OF	46	96	7	7	1	.936	2.239
Chuck Howard	OF	35	40	1	3	0	.932	1.171
Daniel Predovic	OF	27	39	2	0	0	1.000	1.519
Edward Blackman	OF	24	40	3	3	0	.935	1.792
Dennis Pierce	P	30	3	9	2	0	.857	.400
Roger Brown	P	27	3	13	3	0	.842	.593
Larry Killingsworth	P	23	4	22	4	0	.867	1.130
John Lamb	P	22	4	16	2	1	.909	.909
Lyn Fitzer	P	22	5	23	0	0	1.000	1.273
Roger Banze	P	20	3	7	0	0	1.000	.500
Bob Moose	P	15	5	15	0	1	1.000	1.333
Joseph Knutson	P	15	3	7	1	0	.909	.667
Jim Nelson	P	13	4	13	3	1	.850	1.308
Dick Hendrix	P	12	4	9	0	1	1.000	1.083
Bob Settle	P	11	2	4	1	0	.857	.545
Sonny Custer	P	10	3	12	2	1	.882	1.500
Frank Brent	P	8						.000
Joseph Little	P	6						.000
Manrique Zavala	P	4						.000
Ernest Swan	P	3						.000
Rafael Reyes	P	3						.000
Terry Sparks	P	2						.000
Ronald Arra	P	1						.000
Pablo Cruz	SS	76	105	186	47	26	.861	3.829
Freddie Patek	SS	37	75	99	10	17	.946	4.703
Lou Quinn	SS	12	13	26	8	3	.830	3.250
Totals		1229	3094	1112	251	221	.944	3.422	32	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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