1966 Thomasville Hi-Toms Statistics
Team Record: 71-52
Finished 3rd in the WCL
Manager: Ralph Rowe (71-52)
Affiliation: Minnesota Twins
Location: Thomasville, North Carolina
Ballpark: Finch Field
Attendance: 30,940, Avg. 503
The Thomasville Hi-Toms of the Western Carolinas League ended the 1966 season with a record of 71 wins and 52 losses, finishing third in the WCL.
The Hi-Toms scored 685 runs and gave up 589 runs. Luis Lagunas walloped 35 home runs for Thomasville, and Bobbye Beckner added 15 or more also. Luis Lagunas drove in 106 runs and topped all qualifying hitters on the roster by connecting at a .311 clip. Gene Melton led the squad with 13 wins, while James Merrick recorded a 2.97 ERA, tops among regularly-used pitchers.
Charlie Walters and Dick Woodson both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.
Ralph Rowe 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gene Melton | 13 | 8 | .619 | 3.61 | 29 | 27 | 9 | 2 | 187.0 | 161 | 87 | 75 | 16 | 91 | 1 | 158 | 4 | 0 | 9 | |||
| Bob Rommes | 12 | 6 | .667 | 4.03 | 26 | 24 | 6 | 2 | 154.0 | 163 | 83 | 69 | 16 | 49 | 1 | 113 | 0 | 0 | 10 | |||
| James Merrick | 8 | 3 | .727 | 2.97 | 17 | 14 | 9 | 0 | 112.0 | 108 | 48 | 37 | 9 | 20 | 2 | 85 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |||
| Dennis Heger | 8 | 6 | .571 | 3.57 | 30 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 111.0 | 85 | 61 | 44 | 10 | 68 | 3 | 89 | 5 | 1 | 9 | |||
| Pedro Sierra | 8 | 13 | .381 | 3.70 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 90.0 | 94 | 51 | 37 | 6 | 51 | 15 | 56 | 3 | 0 | 10 | |||
| Jerry Maye | 7 | 6 | .538 | 4.59 | 28 | 24 | 5 | 0 | 157.0 | 169 | 102 | 80 | 18 | 67 | 4 | 91 | 11 | 0 | 8 | |||
| Dick Woodson | 6 | 5 | .545 | 5.35 | 32 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 111.0 | 118 | 74 | 66 | 11 | 55 | 3 | 83 | 4 | 1 | 2 | |||
| Alvin Hazewinkel | 5 | 4 | .556 | 4.30 | 31 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 88.0 | 84 | 49 | 42 | 3 | 32 | 2 | 72 | 3 | 2 | 1 | |||
| Thomas Heathcote | 2 | 1 | .667 | 2.89 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 28.0 | 18 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Charlie Walters | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 9.00 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Thomas Videtich | 0 | 0 | 2.25 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| David Erbe | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| George Gaskins | 0 | 0 | 22.50 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Totals | 70 | 52 | .574 | 4.06 | 266 | 123 | 0 | 37 | 5 | 0 | 1055.0 | 1018 | 585 | 476 | 92 | 474 | 31 | 785 | 38 | 5 | 60 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Glover | 120 | 532 | 485 | 81 | 142 | 32 | 1 | 9 | 72 | 16 | 5 | 34 | 39 | .293 | .333 | .419 | .752 | 203 | 1 | 1 | 11 | ||
| Luis Lagunas | 122 | 512 | 418 | 87 | 130 | 18 | 1 | 35 | 106 | 9 | 2 | 86 | 80 | .311 | .427 | .610 | 1.037 | 255 | 2 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Louis Smith | 115 | 503 | 431 | 98 | 125 | 20 | 4 | 7 | 51 | 36 | 4 | 68 | 38 | .290 | .384 | .404 | .787 | 174 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Danny Loftin | 105 | 460 | 409 | 64 | 121 | 18 | 9 | 11 | 60 | 10 | 3 | 45 | 69 | .296 | .370 | .465 | .835 | 190 | 4 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Craig MacKay | 114 | 492 | 434 | 70 | 104 | 22 | 4 | 7 | 57 | 17 | 4 | 47 | 43 | .240 | .318 | .357 | .675 | 155 | 5 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Bobbye Beckner | 121 | 514 | 440 | 76 | 102 | 13 | 1 | 21 | 91 | 12 | 2 | 61 | 102 | .232 | .327 | .409 | .736 | 180 | 5 | 0 | 8 | ||
| Thomas Videtich | 84 | 304 | 233 | 29 | 61 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 1 | 0 | 65 | 59 | .262 | .422 | .300 | .723 | 70 | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Stephen Thornton | 76 | 313 | 259 | 55 | 56 | 12 | 2 | 8 | 29 | 10 | 5 | 51 | 64 | .216 | .348 | .371 | .719 | 96 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Richard Ashcroft | 58 | 216 | 181 | 31 | 46 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 27 | 1 | 1 | 32 | 33 | .254 | .366 | .436 | .802 | 79 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Connie Bradison | 60 | 168 | 158 | 22 | 37 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 30 | .234 | .280 | .329 | .609 | 52 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Roger Sugimoto | 26 | 76 | 67 | 12 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 16 | .209 | .289 | .328 | .618 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Jerry Maye | 30 | 72 | 54 | 7 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 17 | .241 | .391 | .259 | .651 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Gene Melton | 30 | 71 | 69 | 5 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | .174 | .174 | .188 | .362 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Pedro Sierra | 54 | 35 | 32 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | .312 | .353 | .531 | .884 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Alvin Hazewinkel | 31 | 33 | 33 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .212 | .212 | .242 | .455 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dennis Heger | 30 | 40 | 36 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16 | .194 | .256 | .222 | .479 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Bob Rommes | 28 | 67 | 62 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 31 | .113 | .167 | .177 | .344 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Danny Loyd | 29 | 76 | 70 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 28 | .086 | .158 | .186 | .344 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| James Merrick | 17 | 48 | 38 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 16 | .132 | .283 | .132 | .414 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Dick Woodson | 32 | 39 | 32 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 21 | .062 | .231 | .062 | .293 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Thomas Heathcote | 10 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | .000 | .167 | .000 | .167 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| David Erbe | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Charlie Walters | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1299 | 4588 | 3956 | 667 | 1007 | 178 | 26 | 110 | 578 | 115 | 27 | 547 | 745 | .255 | .346 | .396 | .742 | 1567 | 0 | 28 | 15 | 42 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bobbye Beckner | 1B | 121 | 966 | 76 | 23 | 78 | .978 | 8.612 | ||||
| Craig MacKay | 2B | 113 | 232 | 276 | 20 | 61 | .962 | 4.496 | ||||
| Luis Lagunas | 3B | 122 | 116 | 245 | 32 | 14 | .919 | 2.959 | ||||
| Thomas Videtich | C | 81 | 534 | 34 | 22 | 5 | .963 | 7.012 | 12 | |||
| Danny Loyd | C | 26 | 100 | 7 | 13 | 1 | .892 | 4.115 | 4 | |||
| Louis Smith | OF | 110 | 209 | 14 | 14 | 2 | .941 | 2.027 | ||||
| Danny Loftin | OF | 105 | 193 | 10 | 11 | 1 | .949 | 1.933 | ||||
| Stephen Thornton | OF | 66 | 144 | 6 | 6 | 1 | .962 | 2.273 | ||||
| Richard Ashcroft | OF | 51 | 66 | 4 | 2 | 1 | .972 | 1.373 | ||||
| Connie Bradison | OF | 37 | 47 | 2 | 4 | 0 | .925 | 1.324 | ||||
| Pedro Sierra | P | 52 | 7 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .538 | ||||
| Dick Woodson | P | 32 | 5 | 17 | 1 | 1 | .957 | .688 | ||||
| Alvin Hazewinkel | P | 31 | 11 | 15 | 3 | 0 | .897 | .839 | ||||
| Dennis Heger | P | 30 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .400 | ||||
| Gene Melton | P | 29 | 11 | 24 | 2 | 1 | .946 | 1.207 | ||||
| Jerry Maye | P | 28 | 4 | 22 | 3 | 3 | .897 | .929 | ||||
| Bob Rommes | P | 26 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 0 | .882 | .577 | ||||
| James Merrick | P | 17 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .941 | ||||
| Thomas Heathcote | P | 10 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .600 | ||||
| Charlie Walters | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| David Erbe | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| George Gaskins | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jim Glover | SS | 119 | 195 | 354 | 27 | 61 | .953 | 4.613 | ||||
| Totals | 1215 | 2857 | 1159 | 185 | 234 | .956 | 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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