1966 Rock Hill Cardinals Statistics

Western Carolinas League (WCL) - Class: A
Team Record: 58-68
Finished 5th in the WCL
Manager: Jack Krol (58-68)
Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals
Location: Rock Hill, South Carolina
Ballpark: Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 43,100, Avg. 684

1966 Rock Hill Cardinals Roster

The Rock Hill Cardinals of the Western Carolinas League ended the 1966 season with a record of 58 wins and 68 losses, finishing fifth in the WCL.

The Cardinals tallied 559 runs and surrendered 614 runs. Boots Day paced Rock Hill with 15 home runs and recorded 71 runs batted in. Charles Byrd led hitters with significant playing time by connecting at a .275 clip. Jack Whillock topped the squad with 11 wins, while Andy Martin recorded a 2.82 ERA, leading qualifying pitchers.

Players from the 1966 Rock Hill Cardinals who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Jack Whillock, Willie Montañez, Ed Sprague, Mike Torrez and Boots Day.

Jack Krol 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	WP	BF
Jack Whillock	11	7	.611	4.01	30	20		6	1		146.0	149	82	65	16	58	5	124	8	13
Mike Torrez	7	4	.636	2.50	15	11		4	1		90.0	63	35	25	1	37	2	85	6	9
William Collins	7	5	.583	3.16	50	1		1	0		134.0	136	71	47	6	51	7	73	4	9
Andy Martin	6	6	.500	2.82	50	6		2	1		134.0	106	60	42	7	85	2	127	0	10
Ed Cecil	5	5	.500	2.12	42	0		0	0		72.0	63	26	17	1	32	2	81	2	6
Jack Price	5	8	.385	5.32	20	19		5	0		120.0	115	78	71	20	70	1	97	4	11
Ronald Jancek	3	1	.750	1.80	4	4		2	2		30.0	14	8	6	1	11	0	35	0	1
Jerry Vezendy	3	11	.214	5.42	20	20		2	1		98.0	110	72	59	9	78	1	82	1	11
Orest Strayski	2	0	1.000	4.00	4	1		0	0		9.0	17	10	4	3	0	0	8	0	1
Bruce MacLean	2	1	.667	0.90	17	0		0	0		30.0	22	6	3	0	8	0	18	0	1
Mac McGowen	2	4	.333	4.95	8	8		1	1		40.0	47	27	22	4	17	3	29	1	6
Thomas Longa	1	0	1.000	6.00	4	3		0	0		18.0	15	14	12	1	9	0	10	2	4
Ed Sprague	1	1	.500	1.64	2	2		1	1		11.0	9	5	2	0	5	0	3	1	0
Ken Winter	1	1	.500	5.54	4	4		0	0		13.0	17	10	8	0	4	0	5	1	1
Billy Gamble	1	4	.200	5.59	8	8		0	0		29.0	36	27	18	4	17	1	15	1	0
Mike Buist	1	6	.143	4.58	12	11		1	0		59.0	68	45	30	6	36	0	40	3	7
Edward Davis	0	0		4.50	2	1		0	0		4.0	3	2	2	0	4	0	3	1	1
Boots Day	0	0		18.00	1	0		0	0		2.0	5	4	4	1	0	0	2	0	0
Larry Bowlby	0	1	.000	7.20	1	1		0	0		5.0	11	7	4	1	4	0	6	1	1
Robert Bruns	0	3	.000	7.07	6	6		1	0		28.0	35	25	22	2	26	0	24	3	6
Totals	58	68	.460	3.89	300	126	0	26	8	0	1072.0	1041	614	463	83	552	24	867	39	98	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
Charles Byrd	105	426	382	60	105	20	4	1	36	8	3	32	27	.275	.333	.356	.689	136		3	5	4
Dewey Freeman	118	464	400	55	102	18	2	10	48	2	2	58	55	.255	.346	.385	.731	154		0	1	5
Boots Day	123	461	418	53	101	22	5	15	71	11	1	32	83	.242	.293	.426	.719	178		1	4	6
Willie Montañez	93	350	306	48	86	18	7	11	49	10	3	42	52	.281	.371	.493	.865	151		2	0	0
Bobby Diaz	76	344	305	45	80	12	2	1	18	13	3	30	22	.262	.327	.325	.652	99		2	2	5
Alfonso Mairena	113	413	366	34	80	19	1	4	31	1	0	37	36	.219	.298	.309	.607	113		6	0	4
Michael Davis	76	314	295	41	69	6	2	10	34	4	1	18	76	.234	.277	.369	.647	109		0	0	1
Larry Snyder	71	243	194	36	59	9	5	7	36	1	1	44	39	.304	.432	.510	.942	99		1	2	2
Kenneth Kurtz	45	206	182	30	57	12	0	0	13	11	2	18	19	.313	.385	.379	.764	69		4	1	1
Fred Brigham	66	204	175	28	41	6	0	6	25	1	0	27	57	.234	.335	.371	.706	65		0	1	1
Bob Schaefer	43	181	155	14	36	5	0	2	11	0	0	25	41	.232	.343	.303	.646	47		1	0	0
Raul Guerrero	51	177	154	24	35	9	0	9	23	3	2	20	52	.227	.328	.461	.789	71		3	0	0
Michael Thompson	48	162	141	11	33	3	0	1	14	1	1	18	26	.234	.327	.277	.604	39		2	0	1
Bob Lanning	14	61	54	7	20	3	2	1	9	1	0	5	13	.370	.443	.556	.998	30		2	0	0
Bill Cheslock	33	114	99	10	14	5	0	3	14	0	0	14	43	.141	.246	.283	.528	28		0	0	1
Mike Torrez	16	31	30	4	9	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	3	.300	.300	.333	.633	10		0	1	0
Andy Martin	53	43	39	6	9	2	0	0	3	0	0	4	11	.231	.302	.282	.584	11		0	0	0
Jack Whillock	30	57	53	2	8	2	0	1	1	0	0	1	25	.151	.167	.245	.412	13		0	3	0
Mac McGowen	10	17	16	2	6	4	1	0	8	0	0	1	5	.375	.412	.750	1.162	12		0	0	0
Dale Hill	10	31	29	2	5	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	9	.172	.226	.172	.398	5		1	0	0
Jack Price	20	46	41	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	17	.122	.200	.122	.322	5		2	1	0
Michael Gordon	9	19	17	1	4	0	0	0	3	0	0	2	3	.235	.316	.235	.551	4		0	0	0
Ed Cecil	42	18	17	1	4	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	5	.235	.278	.294	.572	5		0	0	0
William Collins	51	42	36	4	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	5	19	.111	.220	.111	.331	4		0	1	0
Jack Krol	1	5	2	2	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	1.000	1.000	1.500	2.500	3		0	0	0
Orest Strayski	4	3	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.667	.667	.667	1.333	2		0	0	0
Bruce MacLean	17	5	5	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.400	.400	.400	.800	2		0	0	0
Ronald Jancek	5	11	10	2	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	3	.200	.273	.200	.473	2		0	0	0
Mike Buist	13	25	17	2	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	6	4	.118	.348	.176	.524	3		0	2	0
Robert Taylor	14	43	36	5	2	0	0	0	1	3	0	6	7	.056	.190	.056	.246	2		0	1	0
Ken Winter	5	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	.333	.250	.333	.583	1		0	0	1
Thomas Longa	4	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.250	.250	.250	.500	1		0	0	0
Jerry Vezendy	20	39	30	2	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	8	25	.033	.237	.067	.304	2		0	1	0
Ed Sprague	2	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	.000	.500	.000	.500	0		0	0	0
Billy Gamble	9	8	6	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	4	.000	.250	.000	.250	0		0	0	0
Robert Bruns	7	13	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Larry Bowlby	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Totals	1418	4590	4037	540	987	180	31	82	463	73	19	465	793	.244	.325	.365	.690	1475	0	30	26	32	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Dewey Freeman	1B	112	883	61	14	62	.985	8.429
Willie Montañez	1B	12	86	3	2	7	.978	7.417
Bobby Diaz	2B	74	145	195	15	37	.958	4.595
Kenneth Kurtz	2B	44	110	108	22	17	.908	4.955
Michael Davis	3B	76	83	119	23	14	.898	2.658
Alfonso Mairena	3B	32	34	52	8	3	.915	2.688
Fred Brigham	3B	13	13	23	3	3	.923	2.769
Larry Snyder	C	61	447	35	10	4	.980	7.902	35
Michael Thompson	C	42	272	20	5	3	.983	6.952	10
Bob Lanning	C	14	102	12	1	3	.991	8.143	10
Boots Day	OF	117	230	15	8	2	.968	2.094
Charles Byrd	OF	97	137	10	8	2	.948	1.515
Willie Montañez	OF	80	91	3	9	1	.913	1.175
Raul Guerrero	OF	44	56	4	3	2	.952	1.364
Bill Cheslock	OF	23	39	1	2	0	.952	1.739
Fred Brigham	OF	23	31	5	0	0	1.000	1.565
Andy Martin	P	50	3	13	1	1	.941	.320
William Collins	P	50	6	24	2	2	.938	.600
Ed Cecil	P	42	4	7	2	0	.846	.262
Jack Whillock	P	30	3	24	2	1	.931	.900
Jerry Vezendy	P	20	7	18	3	0	.893	1.250
Jack Price	P	20	8	11	1	2	.950	.950
Bruce MacLean	P	17	2	0	1	0	.667	.118
Mike Torrez	P	15	3	10	4	2	.765	.867
Mike Buist	P	12	1	7	1	1	.889	.667
Mac McGowen	P	8						.000
Billy Gamble	P	8						.000
Robert Bruns	P	6						.000
Ken Winter	P	4						.000
Orest Strayski	P	4						.000
Thomas Longa	P	4						.000
Ronald Jancek	P	4						.000
Ed Sprague	P	2						.000
Edward Davis	P	2						.000
Larry Bowlby	P	1						.000
Alfonso Mairena	SS	78	135	225	32	34	.918	4.615
Bob Schaefer	SS	42	77	101	14	15	.927	4.238
Totals		1283	3008	1106	196	218	.955	3.207	55	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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