1966 Lexington Giants Statistics
Western Carolinas League (WCL) - Class: A
Team Record: 37-86
Finished 8th in the WCL
Manager: Alex Cosmidis (0-0), Denny Sommers (0-0)
Affiliation: San Francisco Giants
Location: Lexington, North Carolina
Ballpark: Holt-Moffitt Field
Attendance: 30,004, Avg. 488
1966 Lexington Giants RosterTeam Record: 37-86
Finished 8th in the WCL
Manager: Alex Cosmidis (0-0), Denny Sommers (0-0)
Affiliation: San Francisco Giants
Location: Lexington, North Carolina
Ballpark: Holt-Moffitt Field
Attendance: 30,004, Avg. 488
The Lexington Giants of the Western Carolinas League ended the 1966 season with a record of 37 wins and 86 losses, finishing eighth in the WCL.
The Giants scored 553 runs, worst in the league, and allowed 770 runs. John Marsden drove in 55 runs and topped all regular hitters by hitting .282. John Wojcik and Larry Tolliver led the team with 7 wins each, while Larry Tolliver registered a 3.63 earned run average, best among regular hurlers.
Chris Arnold and Jimmy Rosario both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.
Alex Cosmidis and Denny Sommers 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Larry Tolliver | 7 | 12 | .368 | 3.63 | 34 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 139.0 | 124 | 86 | 56 | 10 | 71 | 3 | 165 | 1 | 1 | 12 | |||
| John Wojcik | 7 | 15 | .318 | 3.79 | 32 | 25 | 7 | 0 | 178.0 | 191 | 113 | 75 | 14 | 57 | 5 | 182 | 2 | 1 | 10 | |||
| George Marino | 6 | 7 | .462 | 4.27 | 20 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 97.0 | 97 | 64 | 46 | 6 | 61 | 0 | 67 | 4 | 1 | 16 | |||
| Walker Seales | 4 | 6 | .400 | 5.38 | 36 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 92.0 | 114 | 80 | 55 | 16 | 54 | 3 | 85 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |||
| David Hernandez | 4 | 13 | .235 | 4.62 | 26 | 21 | 6 | 0 | 150.0 | 160 | 103 | 77 | 13 | 60 | 5 | 115 | 1 | 1 | 9 | |||
| Michael Wysocki | 3 | 4 | .429 | 4.19 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 58.0 | 62 | 39 | 27 | 8 | 18 | 3 | 44 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |||
| David Varvel | 3 | 4 | .429 | 5.54 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 52.0 | 58 | 44 | 32 | 7 | 29 | 0 | 44 | 6 | 0 | 8 | |||
| Billy Patrick | 1 | 6 | .143 | 4.50 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 72.0 | 95 | 55 | 36 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Robert Lain | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| John Marsden | 0 | 0 | 3.75 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.0 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Chris Arnold | 0 | 0 | 7.71 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Howard Montgomery | 0 | 0 | 8.10 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10.0 | 23 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Michael Edwards | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Samuel Shires | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| William Pepitone | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Jerry Jackson | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3.52 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 23.0 | 29 | 20 | 9 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |||
| Ariosto Cuevas | 0 | 1 | .000 | 15.00 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||
| David Matthews | 0 | 3 | .000 | 8.25 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 24.0 | 39 | 29 | 22 | 3 | 14 | 3 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 7 | |||
| Bob Bellemare | 0 | 5 | .000 | 7.77 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 22.0 | 40 | 29 | 19 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Larry Bruno | 0 | 5 | .000 | 10.80 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 20.0 | 29 | 28 | 24 | 4 | 28 | 0 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 9 | |||
| Totals | 35 | 82 | .299 | 4.78 | 249 | 121 | 0 | 30 | 2 | 0 | 971.0 | 1106 | 735 | 516 | 103 | 459 | 27 | 853 | 25 | 6 | 97 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Marsden | 120 | 503 | 444 | 64 | 125 | 19 | 4 | 5 | 55 | 5 | 3 | 53 | 71 | .282 | .358 | .376 | .734 | 167 | 1 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Chris Arnold | 113 | 474 | 384 | 53 | 98 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 52 | 5 | 0 | 78 | 98 | .255 | .382 | .346 | .729 | 133 | 3 | 6 | 3 | ||
| Seth Marty | 111 | 423 | 377 | 45 | 95 | 16 | 3 | 8 | 46 | 4 | 2 | 36 | 117 | .252 | .316 | .374 | .690 | 141 | 2 | 2 | 6 | ||
| Jimmy Rosario | 88 | 389 | 318 | 67 | 93 | 19 | 5 | 7 | 37 | 18 | 2 | 60 | 70 | .292 | .404 | .450 | .853 | 143 | 2 | 5 | 4 | ||
| Dennis Dittman | 97 | 358 | 293 | 50 | 85 | 19 | 1 | 7 | 48 | 1 | 2 | 58 | 51 | .290 | .412 | .433 | .845 | 127 | 4 | 1 | 2 | ||
| John Guthrie | 106 | 417 | 359 | 44 | 85 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 44 | 2 | 2 | 53 | 86 | .237 | .340 | .323 | .663 | 116 | 3 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Carlos Castanon | 59 | 229 | 204 | 26 | 56 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 34 | .275 | .338 | .343 | .681 | 70 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Roberto Santiago | 62 | 235 | 218 | 21 | 44 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 30 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 56 | .202 | .252 | .303 | .555 | 66 | 4 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Forrest Boyd | 53 | 234 | 199 | 26 | 42 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 29 | 2 | 2 | 29 | 55 | .211 | .306 | .307 | .613 | 61 | 0 | 2 | 4 | ||
| Dick White | 51 | 183 | 170 | 21 | 38 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 42 | .224 | .267 | .306 | .573 | 52 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| William Pepitone | 36 | 134 | 113 | 12 | 32 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 28 | .283 | .371 | .327 | .699 | 37 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Eddie Kincaid | 36 | 123 | 103 | 10 | 27 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 16 | .262 | .364 | .291 | .655 | 30 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Frank Forbis | 37 | 132 | 121 | 18 | 24 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 25 | .198 | .258 | .273 | .530 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Michael Edwards | 21 | 69 | 66 | 14 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 13 | .303 | .333 | .439 | .773 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Al Deravin | 18 | 78 | 67 | 12 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 17 | .269 | .372 | .463 | .834 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Donaldo DeSousa | 13 | 46 | 42 | 5 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 10 | .357 | .413 | .452 | .865 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| George Marino | 29 | 49 | 44 | 4 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | .273 | .289 | .386 | .675 | 17 | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
| James Egan | 15 | 75 | 62 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 16 | .194 | .320 | .274 | .594 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| David Hernandez | 28 | 61 | 49 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 19 | .204 | .322 | .204 | .526 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Bruce Bales | 17 | 56 | 47 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 11 | .191 | .304 | .234 | .538 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Michael Wysocki | 11 | 21 | 19 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | .368 | .429 | .579 | 1.008 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Billy Patrick | 27 | 40 | 38 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | .184 | .205 | .237 | .442 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Celestino Burgos | 24 | 56 | 44 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 5 | .159 | .304 | .227 | .531 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| John Wojcik | 33 | 70 | 63 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 36 | .111 | .188 | .127 | .315 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Phil Lewis | 7 | 30 | 27 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 10 | .222 | .300 | .407 | .707 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Larry Tolliver | 34 | 54 | 42 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 24 | .143 | .294 | .190 | .485 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| David Varvel | 19 | 19 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .125 | .222 | .125 | .347 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Walker Seales | 36 | 24 | 21 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | .095 | .208 | .095 | .304 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Robert Lain | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jerry Jackson | 11 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Denny Sommers | 8 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .143 | .333 | .286 | .619 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Bellemare | 7 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .143 | .250 | .143 | .393 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ariosto Cuevas | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Samuel Shires | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Howard Montgomery | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .250 | .000 | .250 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| David Matthews | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .000 | .167 | .000 | .167 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Larry Bruno | 9 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1354 | 4626 | 3989 | 554 | 988 | 169 | 21 | 59 | 486 | 42 | 23 | 534 | 975 | .248 | .338 | .345 | .683 | 1376 | 0 | 27 | 42 | 34 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seth Marty | 1B | 50 | 477 | 21 | 13 | 24 | .975 | 9.960 | ||||
| William Pepitone | 1B | 32 | 243 | 8 | 15 | 16 | .944 | 7.844 | ||||
| John Guthrie | 1B | 13 | 103 | 6 | 6 | 7 | .948 | 8.385 | ||||
| Dennis Dittman | 1B | 11 | 71 | 10 | 1 | 8 | .988 | 7.364 | ||||
| John Guthrie | 2B | 49 | 85 | 114 | 21 | 22 | .905 | 4.061 | ||||
| Forrest Boyd | 2B | 33 | 65 | 70 | 9 | 21 | .938 | 4.091 | ||||
| Frank Forbis | 2B | 28 | 60 | 69 | 5 | 6 | .963 | 4.607 | ||||
| Celestino Burgos | 2B | 10 | 9 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 2.600 | ||||
| Carlos Castanon | 3B | 57 | 58 | 86 | 17 | 6 | .894 | 2.526 | ||||
| John Marsden | 3B | 25 | 22 | 48 | 14 | 0 | .833 | 2.800 | ||||
| John Guthrie | 3B | 13 | 14 | 23 | 3 | 2 | .925 | 2.846 | ||||
| Chris Arnold | 3B | 13 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 0 | .875 | 1.615 | ||||
| Roberto Santiago | C | 61 | 438 | 45 | 10 | 5 | .980 | 7.918 | 17 | |||
| Seth Marty | C | 29 | 187 | 12 | 10 | 3 | .952 | 6.862 | 10 | |||
| Eddie Kincaid | C | 19 | 126 | 10 | 2 | 0 | .986 | 7.158 | 5 | |||
| Bruce Bales | C | 13 | 100 | 16 | 3 | 2 | .975 | 8.923 | 11 | |||
| Jimmy Rosario | OF | 87 | 200 | 10 | 10 | 1 | .955 | 2.414 | ||||
| John Marsden | OF | 87 | 145 | 11 | 6 | 2 | .963 | 1.793 | ||||
| Dennis Dittman | OF | 68 | 82 | 3 | 6 | 1 | .934 | 1.250 | ||||
| Dick White | OF | 38 | 50 | 1 | 6 | 0 | .895 | 1.342 | ||||
| Seth Marty | OF | 28 | 31 | 0 | 7 | 0 | .816 | 1.107 | ||||
| John Guthrie | OF | 21 | 23 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .929 | 1.238 | ||||
| Al Deravin | OF | 17 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .962 | 1.471 | ||||
| James Egan | OF | 15 | 32 | 3 | 4 | 1 | .897 | 2.333 | ||||
| Michael Edwards | OF | 15 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .867 | ||||
| Walker Seales | P | 36 | 5 | 12 | 2 | 0 | .895 | .472 | ||||
| Larry Tolliver | P | 34 | 8 | 17 | 3 | 0 | .893 | .735 | ||||
| John Wojcik | P | 32 | 9 | 24 | 3 | 3 | .917 | 1.031 | ||||
| David Hernandez | P | 26 | 8 | 25 | 1 | 3 | .971 | 1.269 | ||||
| George Marino | P | 20 | 7 | 18 | 4 | 1 | .862 | 1.250 | ||||
| David Varvel | P | 18 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 1 | .750 | .667 | ||||
| Billy Patrick | P | 14 | 2 | 13 | 1 | 1 | .938 | 1.071 | ||||
| Michael Wysocki | P | 11 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.182 | ||||
| Jerry Jackson | P | 11 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .714 | .455 | ||||
| Larry Bruno | P | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| David Matthews | P | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| Bob Bellemare | P | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| Howard Montgomery | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Samuel Shires | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ariosto Cuevas | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Robert Lain | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Chris Arnold | SS | 92 | 120 | 251 | 52 | 41 | .877 | 4.033 | ||||
| Forrest Boyd | SS | 21 | 34 | 46 | 10 | 8 | .889 | 3.810 | ||||
| Totals | 1181 | 2863 | 1032 | 256 | 188 | .938 | 3.298 | 43 | 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.
