1965 Salisbury Astros Statistics

Western Carolinas League (WCL) - Class: A
Team Record: 70-48
Finished 1st in the WCL
Manager: Chuck Churn (70-48)
Affiliation: Houston Astros
Location: Salisbury, North Carolina
Ballpark: Newman Park (Field)
Attendance: 27,855, Avg. 472
1965 Salisbury Astros Roster

Playoffs - Rock Hill Cardinals 2 games, Salisbury Astros 0

The Salisbury Astros of the Western Carolinas League ended the 1965 season with a record of 70 wins and 48 losses, finishing first in the WCL.

The Astros paced the circuit with 688 runs, ignited by 135 home runs. Salisbury allowed 562 runs. Ed Moxey powered the team with 25 home runs, and Fred Light walloped 15 or more, too. Ed Moxey recorded 83 runs batted in and topped batters with significant playing time by hitting .345. Jimmy Wammack paced the squad with 9 wins and a team-best 4.09 ERA, leading pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

Bob Watson, Roric Harrison, Chuck Churn, Larry Howard, Steve Hertz, Jay Dahl and Keith Lampard were all players from the 1965 Salisbury Astros who played in the Majors during their careers.

Chuck Churn 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 BK WP BF
Jimmy Wammack92.8184.09231521110.0886150115841174110
Mike Daniel701.0001.83774159.0431512313072105
Henry Zelno77.5004.3119131094.01236245822166007
Ken Chelini61.8572.70874150.0401915227139101
Larry Mason62.7501.831295264.04521131290664110
Dane Messick63.6673.9018121083.0854736727180419
Tommy Fullen64.6002.403810075.06529203282834013
Jay Dahl501.0002.61651038.0271611416032100
Frank Thomas41.8004.091320033.0432415215333001
Bobby Black47.3643.5417144289.07651357421681122
Martin Ruck31.7502.73442033.0291210310028100
Gary Marshall34.4293.8112100052.0513122425047202
Gary Wallman24.3333.882710058.0562725629249003
Tim Chrisman12.3334.621630037.0322419040032008
Craig Drager13.2507.242050046.0475137352061106
Chuck Churn000.0030003.00000006000
Larry Howard006.0020006.04440503101
Roger Simpson009.0010003.03331302000
Roric Harrison01.0007.50520012.0712101160130010
Steve Sumner02.0008.40700015.0221814113016014
Mike Williams04.0005.65880043.0533527517135302
Totals7048.5933.80266118024701003.093956242372487169482851140

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
Larry Bingham114456430651252411466312262.291.327.449.776193202
Ed Moxey944203429111826125832746268.345.449.6461.095221817
Jim McDonald1145204428511019411461656868.249.351.385.736170424
Fred Light1185113959610416523631412108124.263.427.504.930199602
Bob Watson8035730951882031255834142.285.373.485.858150403
Joe Lewallen1003583293788701259012277.267.316.398.714131304
Larry Howard10038433552821711062414371.245.334.391.725131312
William Jacobs772792414861719361003452.253.353.402.75597310
Steve Hertz40142120243880523522128.317.423.508.93161100
Don Sessions42155132213461517301942.258.348.432.78057103
Keith Lampard41153140163051214101240.214.275.307.58243001
Curtis Fontenot461431182326512161012242.220.345.331.67639111
Richard Pandolfo57127108182411010301618.222.331.250.58127201
Oscar Henderson238975122121010101224.280.393.333.72725200
Elijah Johnson13524851110130036.229.269.312.58215001
Larry Mason1328264900020009.346.370.346.7179110
Mike Williams819173720040022.412.474.5291.0039000
Gary Marshall1223192510030038.263.391.316.7076100
Jimmy Wammack24494655100700316.109.163.130.2946000
Tommy Fullen3822192410030017.211.286.263.5495110
Jay Dahl820193400110008.211.211.368.5797010
Ken Chelini1325203410000022.200.273.250.5235030
Henry Zelno19352924000300412.138.265.138.4034110
Craig Drager2012102200000014.200.273.200.4732010
Frank Thomas1310100200000005.200.200.200.4002000
Gary Wallman2717142200110028.143.294.357.6515100
George Runk4331100120000.333.3331.3331.6674000
Steve Sumner7551100000002.200.200.200.4001000
Tim Chrisman16990100010002.111.111.111.2221000
Dane Messick19292711001100218.037.103.148.2524000
Bobby Black17313121000000020.032.032.032.0651000
Roger Simpson1110000000001.000.000.000.0000000
Martin Ruck613121000000007.000.000.000.0000010
Roric Harrison8213000000011.000.500.000.5000000
Mike Daniel7282060000200614.000.231.000.2310020
Chuck Churn3220000000001.000.000.000.0000000
Totals13424529390468710131702113559310530532911.259.352.418.770163004517310


Fielding:

Player Pos GP PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB SB CS CS%
Joe Lewallen1B93643301543.9787.237
Larry Howard1B341471177.9584.647
Keith Lampard1B12896091.0007.917
Jim McDonald2B1142432772749.9514.561
Keith Lampard2B621671451031.9695.032
William Jacobs3B5454751411.9022.389
Steve Hertz3B3432651012.9072.853
Curtis Fontenot3B18172580.8402.333
Oscar Henderson3B17153971.8853.176
Bob WatsonC5547625153.9719.10918
Don SessionsC412872783.9757.65918
Ed MoxeyC231981440.9819.2176
Larry BinghamOF1101758110.9431.664
Ed MoxeyOF721043121.8991.486
Larry HowardOF72948172.8571.417
Richard PandolfoOF4141520.9581.122
Keith LampardOF3042310.9781.500
Bob WatsonOF2639290.8201.577
Curtis FontenotOF1314120.8821.154
Elijah JohnsonOF12341001.0002.917
William JacobsOF11140001.0001.273
Tommy FullenP3881520.920.605
Gary WallmanP270510.833.185
Jimmy WammackP2359011.000.609
Craig DragerP202431.667.300
Henry ZelnoP1941710.9551.105
Dane MessickP1851820.9201.278
Bobby BlackP177810.938.882
Tim ChrismanP162611.889.500
Frank ThomasP133520.800.615
Larry MasonP126932.8331.250
Gary MarshallP125711.9231.000
Mike WilliamsP8.000
Ken CheliniP8.000
Steve SumnerP7.000
Mike DanielP7.000
Jay DahlP6.000
Roric HarrisonP5.000
Martin RuckP4.000
Chuck ChurnP3.000
Roger SimpsonP1.000
Fred LightSS1171532824140.9143.718
Totals132531251155237218.9483.2304200

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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