1965 Lexington Giants Statistics
Western Carolinas League (WCL) - Class: A
Team Record: 62-54
Finished 4th in the WCL
Manager: Max Lanier (62-54)
Affiliation: San Francisco Giants
Location: Lexington, North Carolina
Ballpark: Holt-Moffitt Field
Attendance: 54,566, Avg. 941
1965 Lexington Giants RosterTeam Record: 62-54
Finished 4th in the WCL
Manager: Max Lanier (62-54)
Affiliation: San Francisco Giants
Location: Lexington, North Carolina
Ballpark: Holt-Moffitt Field
Attendance: 54,566, Avg. 941
The Lexington Giants of the Western Carolinas League ended the 1965 season with a record of 62 wins and 54 losses, finishing fourth in the WCL.
The Giants scored 601 runs and surrendered 543 runs. Bobby Bonds led Lexington with 25 home runs Ossie Blanco drove in 90 runs and topped batters with significant playing time by hitting .325. Mike Corkins paced the squad with 11 wins, while Joe Costello recorded a 2.4 ERA, best among regular hurlers.
Players from the 1965 Lexington Giants who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Ossie Blanco, Bobby Bonds, César Gutiérrez and Mike Corkins.
Max Lanier 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Corkins | 11 | 9 | .550 | 4.72 | 26 | 23 | 4 | 2 | 124.0 | 121 | 88 | 65 | 13 | 114 | 0 | 144 | 12 | 0 | 23 | |||
| Joe Costello | 10 | 7 | .588 | 2.40 | 18 | 18 | 9 | 1 | 135.0 | 105 | 54 | 36 | 7 | 47 | 1 | 109 | 3 | 0 | 4 | |||
| Andy Shirrel | 7 | 3 | .700 | 2.76 | 14 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 98.0 | 77 | 35 | 30 | 3 | 52 | 2 | 85 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |||
| Bobby Aldridge | 7 | 4 | .636 | 4.85 | 15 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 89.0 | 89 | 57 | 48 | 4 | 55 | 0 | 95 | 3 | 1 | 10 | |||
| Joseph Pollack | 5 | 2 | .714 | 2.64 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 58.0 | 46 | 20 | 17 | 5 | 16 | 0 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Graciliano Parra | 4 | 4 | .500 | 3.42 | 36 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 100.0 | 94 | 53 | 38 | 6 | 61 | 5 | 73 | 3 | 2 | 16 | |||
| George Shoemaker | 4 | 4 | .500 | 3.57 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 63.0 | 63 | 40 | 25 | 2 | 38 | 1 | 49 | 4 | 0 | 7 | |||
| Tommy Hix | 3 | 1 | .750 | 3.67 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 49.0 | 42 | 28 | 20 | 5 | 31 | 0 | 47 | 1 | 0 | 5 | |||
| George Marino | 3 | 4 | .429 | 5.75 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 36.0 | 34 | 28 | 23 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 44 | 1 | 0 | 11 | |||
| Wes Scott | 2 | 3 | .400 | 3.00 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 60.0 | 63 | 28 | 20 | 0 | 36 | 4 | 74 | 4 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Daniel Markowski | 2 | 3 | .400 | 4.50 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32.0 | 35 | 20 | 16 | 2 | 15 | 2 | 32 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||
| Melvin Cassio | 2 | 5 | .286 | 4.57 | 23 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 63.0 | 55 | 48 | 32 | 2 | 64 | 4 | 58 | 3 | 1 | 17 | |||
| James Brown | 1 | 1 | .500 | 4.80 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 15.0 | 20 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Harold Jeffcoat | 1 | 3 | .250 | 3.69 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 39.0 | 34 | 18 | 16 | 3 | 14 | 2 | 33 | 5 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Howard Montgomery | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| William Ketzmier | 0 | 0 | 2.12 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17.0 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| David Madurski | 0 | 1 | .000 | 5.54 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.0 | 14 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 5 | |||
| Totals | 62 | 54 | .534 | 3.68 | 235 | 117 | 0 | 39 | 8 | 0 | 993.0 | 907 | 543 | 406 | 56 | 607 | 21 | 918 | 46 | 8 | 114 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| César Gutiérrez | 116 | 522 | 490 | 98 | 158 | 22 | 13 | 5 | 54 | 40 | 12 | 14 | 74 | .322 | .345 | .451 | .796 | 221 | 6 | 6 | 6 | ||
| Ossie Blanco | 115 | 490 | 434 | 60 | 141 | 30 | 5 | 11 | 90 | 18 | 2 | 49 | 80 | .325 | .396 | .493 | .889 | 214 | 4 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Bobby Bonds | 112 | 490 | 418 | 103 | 135 | 12 | 11 | 25 | 86 | 33 | 5 | 66 | 112 | .323 | .416 | .584 | 1.000 | 244 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Carlos Lozada | 109 | 416 | 370 | 53 | 99 | 20 | 7 | 4 | 45 | 6 | 1 | 37 | 64 | .268 | .339 | .392 | .731 | 145 | 4 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Ron Robinson | 96 | 408 | 372 | 48 | 98 | 17 | 1 | 5 | 43 | 0 | 2 | 29 | 64 | .263 | .314 | .355 | .669 | 132 | 1 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Dennis Dittman | 95 | 365 | 321 | 34 | 78 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 35 | 4 | 1 | 36 | 84 | .243 | .329 | .308 | .637 | 99 | 6 | 0 | 2 | ||
| John Buchanan | 92 | 346 | 307 | 48 | 68 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 28 | 5 | 1 | 29 | 53 | .221 | .287 | .306 | .593 | 94 | 1 | 4 | 5 | ||
| Timothy Young | 86 | 313 | 280 | 39 | 58 | 10 | 0 | 8 | 27 | 0 | 2 | 31 | 57 | .207 | .285 | .329 | .614 | 92 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| James Egan | 49 | 216 | 174 | 32 | 44 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 36 | 30 | .253 | .390 | .391 | .780 | 68 | 3 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Dave Pflasterer | 45 | 187 | 161 | 18 | 43 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 22 | .267 | .353 | .329 | .682 | 53 | 1 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Donald Staveley | 39 | 119 | 106 | 10 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 41 | .160 | .252 | .179 | .431 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Corkins | 41 | 75 | 64 | 8 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 35 | .250 | .333 | .344 | .677 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Hector Soto | 23 | 86 | 73 | 9 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 23 | .205 | .310 | .288 | .597 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Bobby Aldridge | 16 | 38 | 36 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | .306 | .342 | .361 | .703 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Graciliano Parra | 42 | 42 | 40 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | .225 | .214 | .250 | .464 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Wes Scott | 20 | 22 | 21 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| George Shoemaker | 20 | 37 | 37 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | .189 | .189 | .324 | .514 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joe Costello | 18 | 59 | 52 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 28 | .135 | .224 | .173 | .397 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| George Marino | 10 | 16 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .385 | .500 | .538 | 1.038 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phil Lewis | 14 | 31 | 27 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | .148 | .233 | .296 | .530 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Andy Shirrel | 14 | 39 | 34 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 20 | .088 | .162 | .088 | .250 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Harold Jeffcoat | 8 | 15 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .143 | .133 | .143 | .276 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Melvin Cassio | 23 | 21 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | .118 | .211 | .118 | .328 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Joseph Pollack | 9 | 22 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .105 | .190 | .158 | .348 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| William Ketzmier | 7 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .250 | .400 | .250 | .650 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Billy Chambers | 6 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .091 | .167 | .091 | .258 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Daniel Markowski | 24 | 16 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | .067 | .125 | .067 | .192 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| David Madurski | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| James Fisher | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tommy Hix | 12 | 17 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | .000 | .200 | .000 | .200 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| James Brown | 3 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1274 | 4437 | 3934 | 602 | 1032 | 164 | 50 | 69 | 490 | 123 | 34 | 400 | 882 | .262 | .334 | .382 | .716 | 1503 | 0 | 37 | 33 | 33 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ossie Blanco | 1B | 115 | 866 | 39 | 25 | 82 | .973 | 7.870 | ||||
| John Buchanan | 2B | 52 | 108 | 104 | 8 | 27 | .964 | 4.077 | ||||
| Dave Pflasterer | 2B | 44 | 108 | 79 | 3 | 21 | .984 | 4.250 | ||||
| Carlos Lozada | 2B | 24 | 63 | 69 | 7 | 17 | .950 | 5.500 | ||||
| Carlos Lozada | 3B | 82 | 81 | 148 | 26 | 9 | .898 | 2.793 | ||||
| César Gutiérrez | 3B | 18 | 16 | 39 | 5 | 7 | .917 | 3.056 | ||||
| Ron Robinson | 3B | 17 | 15 | 19 | 5 | 1 | .872 | 2.000 | ||||
| Timothy Young | C | 79 | 575 | 47 | 9 | 5 | .986 | 7.873 | 23 | |||
| Dennis Dittman | C | 49 | 348 | 39 | 6 | 5 | .985 | 7.898 | 10 | |||
| Bobby Bonds | OF | 112 | 200 | 14 | 12 | 2 | .947 | 1.911 | ||||
| Ron Robinson | OF | 80 | 94 | 9 | 3 | 1 | .972 | 1.288 | ||||
| James Egan | OF | 49 | 89 | 5 | 4 | 2 | .959 | 1.918 | ||||
| Dennis Dittman | OF | 42 | 58 | 2 | 4 | 0 | .938 | 1.429 | ||||
| Donald Staveley | OF | 31 | 26 | 2 | 6 | 0 | .824 | .903 | ||||
| Hector Soto | OF | 23 | 32 | 5 | 3 | 2 | .925 | 1.609 | ||||
| John Buchanan | OF | 18 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 0 | .812 | .722 | ||||
| Phil Lewis | OF | 11 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .909 | .909 | ||||
| Graciliano Parra | P | 36 | 2 | 18 | 4 | 1 | .833 | .556 | ||||
| Mike Corkins | P | 26 | 2 | 12 | 5 | 1 | .737 | .538 | ||||
| Melvin Cassio | P | 23 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | .889 | .348 | ||||
| Wes Scott | P | 20 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 0 | .667 | .500 | ||||
| Daniel Markowski | P | 19 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .632 | ||||
| Joe Costello | P | 18 | 7 | 26 | 6 | 0 | .846 | 1.833 | ||||
| Bobby Aldridge | P | 15 | 1 | 15 | 2 | 1 | .889 | 1.067 | ||||
| Andy Shirrel | P | 14 | 5 | 22 | 3 | 3 | .900 | 1.929 | ||||
| Tommy Hix | P | 12 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .900 | .750 | ||||
| George Shoemaker | P | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| Joseph Pollack | P | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| George Marino | P | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| Harold Jeffcoat | P | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| William Ketzmier | P | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| David Madurski | P | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| James Brown | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Howard Montgomery | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| César Gutiérrez | SS | 98 | 147 | 264 | 29 | 47 | .934 | 4.194 | ||||
| John Buchanan | SS | 17 | 32 | 47 | 14 | 13 | .849 | 4.647 | ||||
| Totals | 1196 | 2908 | 1053 | 200 | 248 | .952 | 3.312 | 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.
Persons data from the Chadwick Baseball Bureau are Copyright Chadwick Baseball Bureau, and are made available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License.
