1966 Peninsula Grays Statistics
Team Record: 63-75
Finished 4th in the CL's East Division
Manager: Merrill May (63-75)
Affiliation: Cincinnati Reds
Location: Newport News, Virginia
Ballpark: War Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 74,366, Avg. 1,078
The Peninsula Grays of the Carolina League ended the 1966 season with a record of 63 wins and 75 losses, finishing fourth in the league's East Division.
The Grays tallied 539 runs and allowed 630 runs, most in the league. Johnny Bench paced Peninsula with 22 home runs, while Bernie Carbo walloped 15 or more, too. Johnny Bench drove in 68 runs. Hal McRae topped all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .287. Richard Sadler led the squad with 11 wins, and Steve Mingori recorded a 2.5 ERA, leading hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Steve Mingori, Bernie Carbo, Clyde Mashore, Wally Wolf, Satchel Paige, Hal McRae and Johnny Bench were all players from the 1966 Peninsula Grays who played in the Majors during their careers.
Merrill May 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richard Sadler | 11 | 12 | .478 | 4.01 | 28 | 27 | 7 | 1 | 175.0 | 182 | 101 | 78 | 10 | 68 | 4 | 107 | 4 | 0 | 5 | |||
| Robert Colligan | 9 | 3 | .750 | 2.33 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 81.0 | 66 | 29 | 21 | 3 | 29 | 0 | 69 | 6 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Howard Stethers | 9 | 9 | .500 | 2.86 | 24 | 23 | 7 | 1 | 145.0 | 131 | 67 | 46 | 6 | 74 | 0 | 86 | 5 | 0 | 19 | |||
| Steve Mingori | 8 | 12 | .400 | 2.50 | 26 | 23 | 7 | 1 | 151.0 | 126 | 62 | 42 | 15 | 52 | 2 | 157 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Wally Wolf | 8 | 12 | .400 | 3.56 | 31 | 24 | 9 | 1 | 182.0 | 194 | 104 | 72 | 8 | 92 | 3 | 185 | 2 | 0 | 19 | |||
| Gary Sanossian | 7 | 1 | .875 | 2.15 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 71.0 | 76 | 31 | 17 | 5 | 22 | 0 | 52 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |||
| Gary Stroot | 3 | 4 | .429 | 2.74 | 38 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 82.0 | 70 | 39 | 25 | 6 | 29 | 9 | 59 | 6 | 0 | 5 | |||
| Larry Dovel | 2 | 5 | .286 | 4.95 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 40.0 | 43 | 25 | 22 | 4 | 23 | 1 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Charles Adkins | 1 | 4 | .200 | 3.66 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 32.0 | 27 | 18 | 13 | 1 | 18 | 1 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Andrew Dustal | 38 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Gerald Napoli | 10 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Satchel Paige | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Link Curtis | 0 | 0 | 22.50 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| John Keller | 0 | 1 | .000 | 7.00 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.0 | 21 | 21 | 14 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 7 | |||
| Lester Fulleylove | 0 | 2 | .000 | 10.00 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 16 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Jose Lopez | 0 | 4 | .000 | 2.71 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 73.0 | 70 | 38 | 22 | 1 | 34 | 1 | 63 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Totals | 58 | 69 | .457 | 3.33 | 272 | 135 | 0 | 42 | 6 | 0 | 1065.0 | 1040 | 566 | 394 | 64 | 472 | 21 | 840 | 32 | 4 | 69 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harvey Yancey | 132 | 552 | 486 | 68 | 118 | 15 | 11 | 6 | 34 | 33 | 8 | 52 | 88 | .243 | .329 | .356 | .685 | 173 | 11 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Hal McRae | 109 | 437 | 394 | 65 | 113 | 19 | 4 | 11 | 56 | 10 | 4 | 29 | 59 | .287 | .346 | .439 | .785 | 173 | 8 | 3 | 3 | ||
| Bernie Carbo | 132 | 521 | 402 | 66 | 108 | 30 | 1 | 15 | 57 | 6 | 3 | 108 | 100 | .269 | .426 | .460 | .887 | 185 | 4 | 5 | 2 | ||
| Johnny Bench | 98 | 393 | 350 | 59 | 103 | 16 | 0 | 22 | 68 | 0 | 1 | 36 | 69 | .294 | .357 | .529 | .886 | 185 | 1 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Jim Rouse | 71 | 293 | 268 | 20 | 60 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 51 | .224 | .285 | .302 | .587 | 81 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Link Curtis | 81 | 299 | 249 | 28 | 53 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 78 | .213 | .341 | .410 | .751 | 102 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Norman Singleton | 80 | 296 | 250 | 25 | 53 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 26 | 2 | 1 | 37 | 73 | .212 | .322 | .256 | .578 | 64 | 5 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Carl Barnes | 49 | 186 | 173 | 22 | 43 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 24 | .249 | .293 | .283 | .577 | 49 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Bill Bradley | 47 | 194 | 162 | 23 | 41 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 27 | 35 | .253 | .368 | .383 | .751 | 62 | 3 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Clyde Mashore | 41 | 170 | 133 | 23 | 36 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 22 | 12 | 7 | 30 | 39 | .271 | .417 | .436 | .853 | 58 | 4 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Joseph Pette | 67 | 222 | 192 | 33 | 34 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 42 | .177 | .279 | .266 | .544 | 51 | 4 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Herman Rathman | 39 | 142 | 128 | 15 | 30 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 38 | .234 | .298 | .414 | .712 | 53 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Pedro Martinez | 32 | 122 | 106 | 13 | 21 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 16 | .198 | .279 | .274 | .552 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Frederick Shuey | 33 | 123 | 103 | 9 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 34 | .194 | .317 | .252 | .570 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Richard Yencha | 35 | 118 | 108 | 7 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 21 | .167 | .229 | .194 | .423 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Thomas Norwood | 23 | 89 | 79 | 11 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 14 | .165 | .258 | .228 | .486 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Josh Carter | 19 | 61 | 57 | 3 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 12 | .211 | .262 | .351 | .613 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gary Sanossian | 14 | 45 | 36 | 2 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 7 | .306 | .419 | .556 | .974 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Robert Colligan | 20 | 46 | 45 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | .200 | .196 | .333 | .529 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Richard Sadler | 33 | 76 | 69 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 37 | .130 | .189 | .145 | .334 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Carl Richardson | 14 | 59 | 53 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 6 | .151 | .237 | .226 | .464 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Donald White | 7 | 32 | 27 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | .222 | .344 | .296 | .640 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bruce Lowell | 26 | 57 | 47 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 20 | .128 | .281 | .128 | .408 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Wally Wolf | 32 | 68 | 61 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 18 | .098 | .191 | .098 | .290 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Howard Stethers | 24 | 60 | 48 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 26 | .104 | .246 | .125 | .371 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Gary Stroot | 38 | 26 | 20 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | .150 | .261 | .250 | .511 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Steve Mingori | 26 | 57 | 46 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 20 | .065 | .154 | .065 | .219 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 1 | ||
| Charles Adkins | 7 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .222 | .300 | .333 | .633 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Larry Dovel | 13 | 17 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .062 | .062 | .062 | .125 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Jose Lopez | 23 | 25 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | .042 | .080 | .042 | .122 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Keller | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .000 | .167 | .000 | .167 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lester Fulleylove | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1375 | 4805 | 4149 | 528 | 946 | 157 | 32 | 93 | 455 | 80 | 33 | 541 | 975 | .228 | .323 | .349 | .671 | 1446 | 0 | 51 | 39 | 25 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Rouse | 1B | 68 | 527 | 45 | 6 | 44 | .990 | 8.412 | ||||
| Bill Bradley | 1B | 43 | 296 | 32 | 6 | 38 | .982 | 7.628 | ||||
| Norman Singleton | 1B | 27 | 196 | 19 | 5 | 11 | .977 | 7.963 | ||||
| Hal McRae | 2B | 99 | 252 | 226 | 28 | 52 | .945 | 4.828 | ||||
| Norman Singleton | 2B | 14 | 27 | 31 | 4 | 6 | .935 | 4.143 | ||||
| Carl Richardson | 2B | 11 | 21 | 22 | 6 | 5 | .878 | 3.909 | ||||
| Bernie Carbo | 3B | 125 | 80 | 270 | 41 | 27 | .895 | 2.800 | ||||
| Joseph Pette | 3B | 11 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 0 | .750 | 1.636 | ||||
| Johnny Bench | C | 96 | 692 | 87 | 17 | 6 | .979 | 8.115 | 16 | |||
| Pedro Martinez | C | 32 | 206 | 23 | 6 | 7 | .974 | 7.156 | 4 | |||
| Bruce Lowell | C | 12 | 65 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.833 | 1 | |||
| Harvey Yancey | OF | 130 | 306 | 12 | 11 | 1 | .967 | 2.446 | ||||
| Link Curtis | OF | 79 | 103 | 6 | 2 | 2 | .982 | 1.380 | ||||
| Clyde Mashore | OF | 38 | 62 | 5 | 4 | 2 | .944 | 1.763 | ||||
| Herman Rathman | OF | 37 | 49 | 1 | 7 | 0 | .877 | 1.351 | ||||
| Frederick Shuey | OF | 32 | 62 | 3 | 4 | 2 | .942 | 2.031 | ||||
| Joseph Pette | OF | 28 | 31 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .943 | 1.179 | ||||
| Norman Singleton | OF | 25 | 35 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .973 | 1.440 | ||||
| Josh Carter | OF | 16 | 38 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .975 | 2.438 | ||||
| Gary Stroot | P | 38 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 1 | .941 | .421 | ||||
| Wally Wolf | P | 31 | 14 | 25 | 1 | 2 | .975 | 1.258 | ||||
| Richard Sadler | P | 28 | 20 | 28 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 1.714 | ||||
| Steve Mingori | P | 26 | 7 | 27 | 1 | 1 | .971 | 1.308 | ||||
| Howard Stethers | P | 24 | 9 | 26 | 2 | 2 | .946 | 1.458 | ||||
| Jose Lopez | P | 23 | 4 | 15 | 6 | 0 | .760 | .826 | ||||
| Robert Colligan | P | 15 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.133 | ||||
| Larry Dovel | P | 10 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .300 | ||||
| Gary Sanossian | P | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| John Keller | P | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| Charles Adkins | P | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| Lester Fulleylove | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Satchel Paige | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Richard Yencha | SS | 30 | 43 | 75 | 9 | 8 | .929 | 3.933 | ||||
| Carl Barnes | SS | 29 | 48 | 71 | 15 | 15 | .888 | 4.103 | ||||
| Thomas Norwood | SS | 19 | 28 | 38 | 7 | 11 | .904 | 3.474 | ||||
| Norman Singleton | SS | 15 | 23 | 29 | 13 | 3 | .800 | 3.467 | ||||
| Joseph Pette | SS | 14 | 22 | 31 | 8 | 6 | .869 | 3.786 | ||||
| Totals | 1252 | 3287 | 1189 | 220 | 256 | .953 | 3.575 | 21 | 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.
