1966 San Diego Padres Statistics
Team Record: 72-75
Finished 5th in the PCL's East Division
Manager: Frank Lucchesi (72-75)
Affiliation: Philadelphia Phillies
Location: San Diego, California
Ballpark: Lane Field, Westgate Park
Attendance: 173,607, Avg. 2,362
The San Diego Padres of the Pacific Coast League ended the 1966 season with a record of 72 wins and 75 losses, finishing fifth in the league's East Division.
The Padres scored 654 runs and conceded 598 runs. Billy Sorrell led San Diego with 20 home runs, while Bobby Klaus walloped 15 or more, too. Billy Sorrell drove in 80 runs. Cal Emery topped batters with significant playing time by hitting .294. Dallas Green paced the team with 14 wins and a team-best 3.82 ERA, tops among hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Members of the 1966 San Diego Padres who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Grant Jackson, Leroy Reams, Gary Sutherland, Bobby Del Greco, John Boozer, Dick Thoenen, Cotton Nash, John Morris, Morrie Steevens, Gary Wagner, Joe Verbanic, Billy Cowan, Bruce Brubaker, Steve Ridzik, Jimmie Schaffer, Ed Roebuck, Bo Belinsky, Dallas Green, Jeff James, Wayne Graham, Jim McKnight, Bobby Klaus, Bill Wilson, Larry Loughlin, Larry Bowa, Cal Emery, Billy Sorrell, Rick Wise, Bobby Malkmus and Norm Gigon.
Frank Lucchesi 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Green | 14 | 9 | .609 | 3.82 | 26 | 26 | 11 | 3 | 184.0 | 200 | 91 | 78 | 12 | 28 | 5 | 90 | 7 | 0 | 4 | |||
| Grant Jackson | 10 | 8 | .556 | 3.96 | 23 | 23 | 7 | 1 | 134.0 | 126 | 64 | 59 | 11 | 58 | 0 | 132 | 1 | 0 | 11 | |||
| Joe Verbanic | 8 | 1 | .889 | 2.67 | 22 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 91.0 | 68 | 32 | 27 | 4 | 23 | 1 | 53 | 5 | 0 | 4 | |||
| Bruce Brubaker | 8 | 13 | .381 | 3.97 | 29 | 28 | 7 | 2 | 170.0 | 158 | 84 | 75 | 20 | 54 | 4 | 116 | 1 | 0 | 7 | |||
| Gary Wagner | 6 | 5 | .545 | 2.64 | 24 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 109.0 | 102 | 34 | 32 | 12 | 20 | 1 | 79 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |||
| Bill Wilson | 6 | 5 | .545 | 3.10 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 93.0 | 82 | 37 | 32 | 3 | 34 | 4 | 95 | 3 | 0 | 8 | |||
| John Boozer | 4 | 9 | .308 | 5.40 | 23 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 90.0 | 108 | 60 | 54 | 11 | 27 | 0 | 75 | 3 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Rick Wise | 3 | 1 | .750 | 2.29 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 55.0 | 44 | 16 | 14 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| John Morris | 3 | 2 | .600 | 2.70 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30.0 | 32 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Bo Belinsky | 2 | 4 | .333 | 4.83 | 13 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 54.0 | 55 | 31 | 29 | 1 | 32 | 1 | 54 | 1 | 0 | 7 | |||
| Steve Ridzik | 2 | 5 | .286 | 3.63 | 29 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 67.0 | 56 | 31 | 27 | 6 | 21 | 1 | 45 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Ed Roebuck | 2 | 6 | .250 | 3.68 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 66.0 | 66 | 34 | 27 | 3 | 24 | 12 | 33 | 4 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Dick Thoenen | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.10 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30.0 | 29 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Larry Loughlin | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.60 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 40.0 | 42 | 20 | 16 | 2 | 22 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Jerry Messerly | 1 | 1 | .500 | 7.20 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 15.0 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Morrie Steevens | 8 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Len Clendenin | 0 | 0 | 12.00 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Jeff James | 0 | 1 | .000 | 13.50 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 71 | 70 | .504 | 3.69 | 346 | 140 | 0 | 38 | 8 | 0 | 1233.0 | 1189 | 576 | 505 | 89 | 397 | 35 | 865 | 30 | 2 | 55 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cal Emery | 137 | 562 | 470 | 65 | 138 | 23 | 2 | 13 | 72 | 1 | 1 | 84 | 45 | .294 | .402 | .434 | .836 | 204 | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Gary Sutherland | 140 | 575 | 532 | 57 | 135 | 27 | 1 | 4 | 54 | 9 | 3 | 28 | 35 | .254 | .292 | .331 | .622 | 176 | 2 | 9 | 4 | ||
| Billy Sorrell | 156 | 569 | 503 | 74 | 133 | 18 | 3 | 20 | 80 | 5 | 2 | 54 | 11 | .264 | .335 | .431 | .767 | 217 | 3 | 2 | 7 | ||
| Bobby Klaus | 141 | 633 | 473 | 99 | 118 | 22 | 3 | 15 | 54 | 9 | 11 | 154 | 92 | .249 | .433 | .404 | .836 | 191 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Bobby Malkmus | 106 | 422 | 370 | 58 | 111 | 26 | 2 | 6 | 36 | 4 | 2 | 45 | 49 | .300 | .374 | .430 | .804 | 159 | 0 | 5 | 2 | ||
| Jimmie Schaffer | 111 | 401 | 356 | 51 | 98 | 24 | 3 | 12 | 57 | 2 | 3 | 38 | 59 | .275 | .345 | .461 | .806 | 164 | 2 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Joe Cherry | 76 | 227 | 208 | 24 | 51 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 40 | .245 | .296 | .341 | .638 | 71 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Wayne Graham | 27 | 110 | 103 | 11 | 25 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 9 | .243 | .266 | .311 | .577 | 32 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Fred Walters | 26 | 71 | 58 | 10 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 12 | .259 | .366 | .431 | .797 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Dallas Green | 27 | 75 | 62 | 6 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 26 | .194 | .265 | .274 | .539 | 17 | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Joe Verbanic | 23 | 35 | 34 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | .235 | .257 | .235 | .492 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Grant Jackson | 36 | 54 | 49 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 23 | .163 | .208 | .184 | .391 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Bruce Brubaker | 30 | 64 | 58 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 27 | .121 | .148 | .155 | .303 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Larry Bowa | 5 | 20 | 19 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .316 | .350 | .421 | .771 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Leroy Reams | 12 | 27 | 25 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .240 | .296 | .320 | .616 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Boozer | 23 | 34 | 31 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | .194 | .194 | .194 | .387 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Bill Wilson | 39 | 28 | 23 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .217 | .269 | .261 | .530 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Gary Wagner | 24 | 36 | 30 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 15 | .167 | .194 | .200 | .394 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Larry Loughlin | 13 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | .250 | .308 | .333 | .641 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rick Wise | 12 | 17 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | .133 | .235 | .133 | .369 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jerry Messerly | 5 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .143 | .143 | .143 | .286 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Stirling Coward | 2 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .143 | .143 | .143 | .286 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Steve Ridzik | 29 | 17 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .077 | .200 | .077 | .277 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Ed Roebuck | 35 | 20 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .067 | .176 | .067 | .243 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Dick Thoenen | 15 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .200 | .000 | .200 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Morris | 29 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bo Belinsky | 13 | 21 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1292 | 4051 | 3497 | 475 | 896 | 167 | 19 | 75 | 414 | 34 | 28 | 458 | 508 | .256 | .342 | .379 | .721 | 1326 | 0 | 14 | 49 | 33 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cal Emery | 1B | 136 | 1193 | 113 | 8 | 110 | .994 | 9.603 | ||||
| Bobby Klaus | 2B | 137 | 316 | 366 | 21 | 77 | .970 | 4.978 | ||||
| Bobby Malkmus | 2B | 11 | 18 | 26 | 1 | 7 | .978 | 4.000 | ||||
| Bobby Malkmus | 3B | 86 | 63 | 144 | 13 | 13 | .941 | 2.407 | ||||
| Wayne Graham | 3B | 21 | 9 | 53 | 2 | 3 | .969 | 2.952 | ||||
| Fred Walters | 3B | 13 | 8 | 22 | 4 | 1 | .882 | 2.308 | ||||
| Jimmie Schaffer | C | 98 | 608 | 68 | 11 | 7 | .984 | 6.898 | 10 | |||
| Joe Cherry | C | 55 | 334 | 25 | 7 | 1 | .981 | 6.527 | 14 | |||
| Billy Sorrell | OF | 129 | 235 | 13 | 7 | 2 | .973 | 1.922 | ||||
| Bill Wilson | P | 39 | 11 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .667 | ||||
| Ed Roebuck | P | 33 | 10 | 14 | 1 | 1 | .960 | .727 | ||||
| Steve Ridzik | P | 29 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .379 | ||||
| John Morris | P | 29 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .379 | ||||
| Bruce Brubaker | P | 29 | 15 | 26 | 1 | 4 | .976 | 1.414 | ||||
| Dallas Green | P | 26 | 20 | 32 | 1 | 1 | .981 | 2.000 | ||||
| Gary Wagner | P | 24 | 6 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .917 | ||||
| Grant Jackson | P | 23 | 1 | 15 | 2 | 0 | .889 | .696 | ||||
| John Boozer | P | 23 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 0 | .923 | .522 | ||||
| Joe Verbanic | P | 22 | 8 | 14 | 3 | 2 | .880 | 1.000 | ||||
| Dick Thoenen | P | 15 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .400 | ||||
| Larry Loughlin | P | 13 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .692 | ||||
| Bo Belinsky | P | 13 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 0 | .818 | .692 | ||||
| Rick Wise | P | 12 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.167 | ||||
| Morrie Steevens | P | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jerry Messerly | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Len Clendenin | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jeff James | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Gary Sutherland | SS | 139 | 215 | 444 | 38 | 76 | .945 | 4.741 | ||||
| Totals | 1171 | 3091 | 1457 | 123 | 312 | .974 | 3.884 | 24 | 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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