
1966 Salisbury Astros Statistics
Team Record: 44-77
Finished 6th in the WCL
Manager: Walt Matthews (44-77)
Affiliation: Houston Astros
Location: Salisbury, North Carolina
Ballpark: Newman Park (Field)
Attendance: 23,737, Avg. 392
The Salisbury Astros of the Western Carolinas League ended the 1966 season with a record of 44 wins and 77 losses, finishing sixth in the WCL.
The Astros scored 601 runs and allowed 812 runs, most in the circuit. Danny Walton led Salisbury with 20 home runs, while Keith Lampard walloped 15 or more, too. Danny Walton drove in 80 runs and topped hitters with significant playing time by hitting .320. Claude Lambert paced the team with 6 wins, and Roy Shrawder recorded a 4.38 ERA, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Gene Ratliff, Manny Montejo, Leon McFadden, Keith Lampard, Fred Stanley, Otis Thornton, Danny Walton and John Paciorek were all players from the 1966 Salisbury Astros who played in the Majors during their careers.
Walt Matthews 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Claude Lambert | 6 | 6 | .500 | 5.25 | 45 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 96.0 | 102 | 71 | 56 | 8 | 60 | 5 | 82 | 8 | 0 | 10 | |||
Frank Bolick | 5 | 7 | .417 | 5.21 | 23 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 114.0 | 138 | 93 | 66 | 9 | 58 | 1 | 86 | 2 | 0 | 7 | |||
Joel McMasters | 5 | 8 | .385 | 3.87 | 25 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 86.0 | 73 | 49 | 37 | 6 | 53 | 3 | 84 | 2 | 2 | 10 | |||
Juan Quintana | 4 | 4 | .500 | 4.14 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 63.0 | 63 | 39 | 29 | 6 | 20 | 3 | 47 | 2 | 0 | 6 | |||
Roy Shrawder | 4 | 8 | .333 | 4.38 | 40 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 115.0 | 131 | 79 | 56 | 13 | 41 | 4 | 93 | 1 | 0 | 13 | |||
Louis McKown | 4 | 13 | .235 | 5.31 | 27 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 127.0 | 150 | 92 | 75 | 17 | 70 | 1 | 95 | 4 | 1 | 9 | |||
Gerald Bonaguidi | 3 | 2 | .600 | 4.88 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 48.0 | 41 | 33 | 26 | 5 | 39 | 1 | 46 | 5 | 0 | 6 | |||
Henry Zelno | 3 | 5 | .375 | 4.50 | 14 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 82.0 | 107 | 56 | 41 | 14 | 31 | 3 | 42 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |||
Robert Santee | 3 | 7 | .300 | 5.80 | 20 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 76.0 | 71 | 61 | 49 | 10 | 74 | 1 | 61 | 6 | 1 | 15 | |||
Steve Miller | 3 | 9 | .250 | 7.31 | 21 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 85.0 | 79 | 89 | 69 | 11 | 101 | 0 | 66 | 12 | 0 | 14 | |||
Edward Harrar | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.08 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.0 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |||
Olinto Rojas | 1 | 1 | .500 | 9.00 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21.0 | 38 | 31 | 21 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
John Harms | 1 | 2 | .333 | 7.97 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 35.0 | 52 | 38 | 31 | 5 | 15 | 0 | 24 | 3 | 1 | 3 | |||
Benito Trujillo | 1 | 4 | .200 | 4.11 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35.0 | 36 | 22 | 16 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
Gene Ratliff | 0 | 0 | 3.38 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Craig Drager | 0 | 0 | 6.75 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 28.0 | 36 | 23 | 21 | 4 | 20 | 0 | 31 | 2 | 0 | 3 | ||||
Manny Montejo | 0 | 0 | 7.71 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Donald Dahlgren | 0 | 0 | 18.00 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||||
Walt Matthews | 0 | 0 | 22.50 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Totals | 44 | 76 | .367 | 5.33 | 306 | 122 | 0 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 1045.0 | 1154 | 812 | 619 | 119 | 627 | 23 | 814 | 55 | 5 | 104 | 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Danny Walton | 111 | 478 | 425 | 82 | 136 | 26 | 5 | 20 | 80 | 11 | 3 | 45 | 105 | .320 | .387 | .546 | .933 | 232 | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||
Keith Lampard | 57 | 250 | 226 | 40 | 77 | 11 | 1 | 15 | 60 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 37 | .341 | .390 | .597 | .987 | 135 | 0 | 1 | 3 | ||
John Francis | 90 | 329 | 281 | 34 | 70 | 11 | 1 | 7 | 46 | 2 | 0 | 38 | 69 | .249 | .349 | .370 | .719 | 104 | 6 | 2 | 2 | ||
Edward Earlywine | 75 | 335 | 293 | 51 | 67 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 32 | 2 | 0 | 34 | 70 | .229 | .314 | .338 | .652 | 99 | 3 | 4 | 1 | ||
Oliverio Sparks | 53 | 220 | 193 | 46 | 58 | 8 | 2 | 12 | 35 | 6 | 0 | 26 | 47 | .301 | .382 | .549 | .931 | 106 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
Don Sessions | 58 | 227 | 189 | 28 | 45 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 30 | 3 | 1 | 32 | 30 | .238 | .357 | .450 | .807 | 85 | 4 | 0 | 2 | ||
Fred Stanley | 52 | 215 | 174 | 24 | 42 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 37 | 46 | .241 | .383 | .270 | .653 | 47 | 3 | 1 | 0 | ||
Johnny George | 61 | 258 | 207 | 41 | 42 | 8 | 0 | 9 | 21 | 7 | 4 | 49 | 54 | .203 | .358 | .372 | .730 | 77 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
Olinto Rojas | 58 | 179 | 162 | 14 | 40 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 42 | .247 | .318 | .358 | .676 | 58 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
Paul Dennebaum | 53 | 202 | 170 | 19 | 33 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 52 | .194 | .310 | .371 | .681 | 63 | 4 | 2 | 1 | ||
Reggie Thomas | 52 | 210 | 165 | 27 | 30 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 20 | 2 | 39 | 53 | .182 | .351 | .291 | .642 | 48 | 4 | 2 | 0 | ||
Ralph Berrier | 57 | 203 | 176 | 23 | 29 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 26 | 64 | .165 | .272 | .261 | .534 | 46 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Larry Hall | 41 | 130 | 116 | 18 | 28 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 38 | .241 | .323 | .431 | .754 | 50 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
Fred Light | 37 | 158 | 119 | 19 | 25 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 37 | 36 | .210 | .405 | .294 | .699 | 35 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
John Paciorek | 31 | 107 | 85 | 11 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 31 | .247 | .402 | .388 | .790 | 33 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
Leon McFadden | 20 | 83 | 74 | 14 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 17 | .270 | .341 | .446 | .787 | 33 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Gene Ratliff | 35 | 126 | 108 | 9 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 43 | .185 | .302 | .250 | .552 | 27 | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
Oscar Henderson | 25 | 122 | 98 | 16 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 21 | 22 | .163 | .308 | .194 | .502 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
Walt Matthews | 21 | 68 | 58 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 9 | .207 | .299 | .328 | .626 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
James Todhunter | 15 | 65 | 48 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 15 | .229 | .431 | .438 | .868 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
Larry Bingham | 22 | 94 | 82 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 19 | .134 | .213 | .256 | .469 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
James Monin | 10 | 46 | 41 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 9 | .244 | .326 | .488 | .814 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Steve Miller | 23 | 38 | 32 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 14 | .250 | .368 | .375 | .743 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Gary Roberts | 22 | 71 | 56 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 13 | .143 | .314 | .143 | .457 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Otis Thornton | 13 | 29 | 28 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 15 | .214 | .241 | .250 | .491 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Frank Giusti | 8 | 27 | 25 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | .200 | .259 | .240 | .499 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Joel McMasters | 25 | 34 | 32 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19 | .156 | .182 | .344 | .526 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Craig Drager | 6 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .400 | .400 | .500 | .900 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Henry Zelno | 14 | 31 | 25 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | .160 | .250 | .160 | .410 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
Claude Lambert | 45 | 27 | 25 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | .160 | .192 | .200 | .392 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Robert Santee | 26 | 31 | 28 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 11 | .143 | .200 | .143 | .343 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Gerald Bonaguidi | 12 | 20 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | .200 | .294 | .267 | .561 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
Herman Johnson | 8 | 25 | 22 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 14 | .136 | .240 | .182 | .422 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Roy Shrawder | 40 | 34 | 29 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 12 | .103 | .235 | .172 | .408 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Benito Trujillo | 16 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .100 | .250 | .200 | .450 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Juan Quintana | 10 | 24 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 | .056 | .227 | .056 | .283 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
Frank Bolick | 23 | 48 | 39 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 18 | .026 | .156 | .026 | .181 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
John Harms | 21 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .000 | .100 | .000 | .100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Donald Dahlgren | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Manny Montejo | 2 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Louis McKown | 27 | 48 | 37 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 24 | .000 | .178 | .000 | .178 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
Edward Harrar | 9 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Totals | 1387 | 4636 | 3941 | 595 | 903 | 157 | 23 | 117 | 516 | 85 | 22 | 592 | 1097 | .229 | .335 | .370 | .705 | 1457 | 0 | 47 | 37 | 19 | 0 |
Fielding:
Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Paul Dennebaum | 1B | 50 | 373 | 32 | 7 | 27 | .983 | 8.100 | ||||
Keith Lampard | 1B | 39 | 290 | 21 | 6 | 28 | .981 | 7.974 | ||||
Olinto Rojas | 1B | 18 | 126 | 9 | 2 | 9 | .985 | 7.500 | ||||
Walt Matthews | 1B | 16 | 112 | 9 | 2 | 5 | .984 | 7.562 | ||||
Edward Earlywine | 2B | 75 | 164 | 200 | 19 | 41 | .950 | 4.853 | ||||
Gary Roberts | 2B | 21 | 51 | 50 | 11 | 9 | .902 | 4.810 | ||||
James Todhunter | 2B | 10 | 34 | 19 | 4 | 3 | .930 | 5.300 | ||||
Johnny George | 3B | 35 | 29 | 62 | 12 | 4 | .883 | 2.600 | ||||
Olinto Rojas | 3B | 22 | 17 | 36 | 7 | 3 | .883 | 2.409 | ||||
Fred Light | 3B | 21 | 19 | 22 | 2 | 2 | .953 | 1.952 | ||||
Don Sessions | 3B | 19 | 24 | 38 | 5 | 4 | .925 | 3.263 | ||||
Oscar Henderson | 3B | 16 | 13 | 24 | 8 | 4 | .822 | 2.312 | ||||
John Francis | C | 82 | 589 | 52 | 18 | 6 | .973 | 7.817 | 16 | |||
Don Sessions | C | 39 | 228 | 32 | 12 | 2 | .956 | 6.667 | 11 | |||
Danny Walton | OF | 109 | 186 | 13 | 19 | 1 | .913 | 1.826 | ||||
Oliverio Sparks | OF | 51 | 81 | 6 | 6 | 0 | .935 | 1.706 | ||||
Ralph Berrier | OF | 51 | 77 | 6 | 6 | 1 | .933 | 1.627 | ||||
Reggie Thomas | OF | 46 | 113 | 4 | 10 | 0 | .921 | 2.543 | ||||
Larry Hall | OF | 32 | 42 | 2 | 7 | 0 | .863 | 1.375 | ||||
Gene Ratliff | OF | 29 | 42 | 5 | 2 | 1 | .959 | 1.621 | ||||
John Paciorek | OF | 25 | 47 | 2 | 4 | 1 | .925 | 1.960 | ||||
Keith Lampard | OF | 19 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.211 | ||||
Larry Bingham | OF | 16 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.750 | ||||
Claude Lambert | P | 45 | 8 | 14 | 2 | 1 | .917 | .489 | ||||
Roy Shrawder | P | 40 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 0 | .824 | .350 | ||||
Louis McKown | P | 27 | 8 | 17 | 2 | 2 | .926 | .926 | ||||
Joel McMasters | P | 25 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 0 | .786 | .440 | ||||
Frank Bolick | P | 23 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 1 | .846 | .478 | ||||
Steve Miller | P | 21 | 6 | 17 | 1 | 0 | .958 | 1.095 | ||||
John Harms | P | 21 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .667 | .095 | ||||
Robert Santee | P | 20 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 0 | .750 | .600 | ||||
Benito Trujillo | P | 15 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .909 | .667 | ||||
Henry Zelno | P | 14 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .900 | .643 | ||||
Gerald Bonaguidi | P | 12 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | .818 | .750 | ||||
Juan Quintana | P | 10 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 0 | .846 | 1.100 | ||||
Edward Harrar | P | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
Craig Drager | P | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
Donald Dahlgren | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
Manny Montejo | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
Fred Stanley | SS | 52 | 92 | 131 | 24 | 21 | .903 | 4.288 | ||||
Johnny George | SS | 23 | 24 | 52 | 15 | 10 | .835 | 3.304 | ||||
Leon McFadden | SS | 19 | 30 | 51 | 6 | 4 | .931 | 4.263 | ||||
Oscar Henderson | SS | 11 | 20 | 28 | 4 | 4 | .923 | 4.364 | ||||
James Monin | SS | 10 | 19 | 15 | 3 | 5 | .919 | 3.400 | ||||
Totals | 1249 | 2932 | 1041 | 245 | 202 | .942 | 3.181 | 27 | 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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