1965 Springfield Giants Statistics

Eastern League (EL) - Class: AA
Team Record: 63-77
Finished 5th in the EL
Manager: Andy Gilbert (63-77)
Affiliation: San Francisco Giants
Location: Springfield, Massachusetts
Ballpark: Pynchon Park
Attendance: 61,545, Avg. 879

1965 Springfield Giants Roster

The Springfield Giants of the Eastern League ended the 1965 season with a record of 63 wins and 77 losses, finishing fifth in the EL.

The Giants conceded 457 runs, the lowest total in the circuit. Springfield plated 436 runs, worst in the league,. Bob Taylor drove in 53 runs and topped batters with significant playing time by connecting at a .257 clip. Thomas Arruda led the team with 17 wins and a team-best 1.88 ERA, tops among regular hurlers.

Néstor Chávez, Mike Davison, Bob Taylor, Damaso Blanco, Paul Doyle, Héctor Torres and Al Gallagher were all players from the 1965 Springfield Giants who played in the Majors during their careers.

Andy Gilbert 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
Thomas Arruda	17	6	.739	1.88	29	28		16	3		220.0	161	60	46	7	86	5	179	14	0	13
Matt Gayeski	9	12	.429	3.07	28	27		10	5		179.0	175	77	61	5	72	4	105	5	3	8
Paul Doyle	9	13	.409	3.52	27	26		8	2		156.0	146	74	61	9	79	8	121	10	0	5
Mike Davison	9	18	.333	2.84	30	28		15	3		203.0	182	71	64	9	54	5	131	0	0	5
Francis Kasheta	7	10	.412	3.24	27	18		9	1		139.0	108	57	50	8	65	5	111	5	0	14
Nick DeMatteis	4	3	.571	3.00	23	1		0	0		69.0	49	29	23	3	37	1	76	2	0	10
Dave Turnbull	3	9	.250	2.00	44	6		3	0		99.0	64	28	22	4	48	2	93	6	0	3
Pedro Reinoso	2	1	.667	0.75	8	0		0	0		12.0	8	1	1	0	3	0	7	0	0	0
William Wade	2	3	.400	2.77	28	6		0	0		91.0	82	36	28	3	42	4	51	1	0	5
Clifford Smith	1	1	.500	2.89	32	0		0	0		56.0	46	22	18	4	29	6	42	4	0	3
Néstor Chávez	0	0		0.00	1	1		0	0		6.0	5	1	0	0	3	1	3	0	0	0
Alexander Bright	0	1	.000	9.00	1	0		0	0		1.0	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	63	77	.450	2.74	278	141	0	61	14	0	1231.0	1028	457	375	52	519	41	919	47	3	66	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
Bob Taylor	125	522	452	46	116	13	4	1	53	7	3	53	55	.257	.342	.310	.652	140		7	8	2
Tony Eichelberger	132	554	455	56	102	4	3	1	29	6	6	87	58	.224	.348	.253	.601	115		0	11	1
James McClain	129	511	442	48	96	24	1	6	46	5	1	51	70	.217	.314	.317	.631	140		13	2	3
Don Engbers	140	555	472	37	94	9	5	3	43	1	1	72	79	.199	.313	.258	.571	122		7	2	2
Damaso Blanco	91	395	351	43	80	6	1	0	18	14	5	30	37	.228	.289	.251	.540	88		1	11	2
Marcelo Juarez	113	393	357	31	80	6	3	0	25	4	0	29	44	.224	.285	.258	.543	92		2	4	1
Julio Linares	101	316	296	24	70	10	3	2	22	0	0	15	37	.236	.272	.311	.583	92		0	4	1
Denny Sommers	88	325	281	28	68	9	0	1	21	1	1	37	51	.242	.335	.285	.620	80		3	3	1
Larry Edmonson	85	335	288	29	50	10	2	1	18	3	3	38	55	.174	.273	.233	.505	67		2	5	2
Arlo Engel	78	263	232	24	41	8	3	8	34	1	0	27	98	.177	.266	.341	.607	79		2	0	2
Héctor Torres	44	164	150	6	28	4	1	2	10	0	0	11	26	.187	.247	.267	.514	40		1	2	0
Al Gallagher	44	160	140	16	27	3	3	2	15	2	0	19	37	.193	.294	.300	.594	42		1	0	0
Eugene Vidoni	34	118	104	8	21	3	0	0	13	0	1	13	28	.202	.297	.231	.527	24		1	0	0
Thomas Arruda	31	86	82	12	19	2	1	1	8	0	0	4	18	.232	.267	.317	.585	26		0	0	0
Burnard Crawford	31	99	87	5	16	1	0	1	6	0	0	11	17	.184	.276	.230	.505	20		0	1	0
Mike Davison	35	80	74	5	9	2	0	0	4	0	0	3	29	.122	.154	.149	.302	11		0	2	1
Francis Kasheta	27	46	38	4	8	2	0	0	2	0	0	6	11	.211	.318	.263	.581	10		0	2	0
Nick DeMatteis	29	34	27	5	7	3	0	0	2	0	0	6	4	.259	.412	.370	.782	10		1	0	0
Matt Gayeski	28	67	61	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	27	.082	.111	.082	.193	5		0	4	0
Dave Turnbull	45	25	24	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	.167	.167	.167	.333	4		0	1	0
William Wade	28	25	22	0	3	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	11	.136	.136	.227	.364	5		0	3	0
Paul Doyle	29	58	49	3	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	5	23	.061	.148	.102	.250	5		0	4	0
Néstor Chávez	1	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1		0	0	0
Clifford Smith	32	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Pedro Reinoso	8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Marshall Adair	3	6	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	.000	.167	.000	.167	0		0	0	1
Totals	1531	5147	4498	436	948	119	32	29	374	44	21	520	829	.211	.297	.271	.568	1218	0	41	69	19	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Don Engbers	1B	139	1233	101	14	129	.990	9.597
Larry Edmonson	2B	84	213	220	20	67	.956	5.155
Tony Eichelberger	2B	59	108	172	7	39	.976	4.746
Tony Eichelberger	3B	64	60	141	11	18	.948	3.141
Al Gallagher	3B	43	34	79	9	9	.926	2.628
Julio Linares	3B	42	38	80	9	4	.929	2.810
Denny Sommers	C	86	616	36	7	7	.989	7.581	19
Eugene Vidoni	C	34	202	21	2	3	.991	6.559	12
Burnard Crawford	C	26	149	21	8	6	.955	6.538	7
James McClain	OF	125	240	11	3	4	.988	2.008
Bob Taylor	OF	121	186	5	5	0	.974	1.579
Marcelo Juarez	OF	91	176	11	8	2	.959	2.055
Arlo Engel	OF	64	81	5	2	0	.977	1.344
Julio Linares	OF	28	48	0	3	0	.941	1.714
Dave Turnbull	P	44	5	23	2	1	.933	.636
Clifford Smith	P	32	2	7	2	2	.818	.281
Mike Davison	P	30	14	34	0	6	1.000	1.600
Thomas Arruda	P	29	14	56	1	5	.986	2.414
William Wade	P	28	3	16	2	1	.905	.679
Matt Gayeski	P	28	5	25	1	0	.968	1.071
Francis Kasheta	P	27	4	34	0	2	1.000	1.407
Paul Doyle	P	27	4	31	5	1	.875	1.296
Nick DeMatteis	P	23	2	11	0	0	1.000	.565
Damaso Blanco	SS	90	155	281	21	59	.954	4.844
Héctor Torres	SS	44	65	115	7	23	.963	4.091
Tony Eichelberger	SS	10	11	20	2	5	.939	3.100
Totals		1418	3668	1556	151	393	.972	3.684	38	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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