1965 Sarasota Sun Sox Statistics

Florida State League (FSL) - Class: A
Team Record: 85-53
Finished 2nd in the FSL
Manager: Don Bacon (85-53)
Affiliation: California Angels
Location: Sarasota, Florida
Ballpark: Payne Park
Attendance: 26,999, Avg. 391

1965 Sarasota Sun Sox Roster

The Sarasota Sun Sox of the Florida State League ended the 1965 season with a record of 85 wins and 53 losses, finishing second in the FSL.

The Sun Sox led the league with 521 runs, powered by 20 home runs. Sarasota allowed 440 runs. Rich Severson drove in 61 runs and topped all regular batters by hitting .287. Jerry Nyman paced the team with 16 wins, while Thomas Rowe, too added 15 or more wins, too Stanley Blunt recorded a 2.17 ERA, best among regular hurlers.

Players from the 1965 Sarasota Sun Sox who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Deacon Jones, Jerry Nyman, Bill Melton, Ángel Bravo, Gail Hopkins and Rich Severson.

Don Bacon 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
Jerry Nyman	16	11	.593	2.81	30	26		13	3		192.0	135	68	60	2	137	0	226	1	0	14
Thomas Rowe	15	10	.600	2.79	31	26		11	3		184.0	136	69	57	4	95	5	167	5	1	9
Stanley Blunt	12	5	.706	2.17	22	18		4	1		120.0	107	45	29	2	44	5	79	4	2	4
Elmer Harris	12	6	.667	2.64	31	23		6	3		177.0	121	70	52	4	123	8	154	0	0	17
Gary Prestesater	12	9	.571	2.56	29	23		9	2		165.0	131	59	47	4	76	3	149	4	0	5
Robert Candelori	8	1	.889	1.67	50	3		2	2		97.0	59	21	18	0	64	10	111	3	0	5
Willie Hooker	7	4	.636	1.87	44	0		0	0		82.0	58	22	17	2	30	6	75	2	0	9
Thomas Sumpter	2	3	.400	2.85	23	11		3	0		82.0	70	38	26	0	56	5	46	1	0	14
William Nagle	1	2	.333	8.45	9	6		0	0		33.0	44	33	31	2	30	0	33	0	0	3
Ángel Bravo	0	0		0.00	1	0		0	0		1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
Jackie Earls	0	0		4.20	8	0		0	0		15.0	12	9	7	0	11	1	12	1	0	1
Philip Rizzo	0	2	.000	4.50	2	2		0	0		10.0	9	6	5	0	8	0	6	0	0	0
Totals	85	53	.616	2.71	280	138	0	48	14	0	1158.0	883	440	349	20	675	43	1059	21	3	81	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
Rich Severson	138	573	495	67	142	11	3	0	61	10	2	62	31	.287	.364	.321	.686	159		3	5	8
Gail Hopkins	126	486	401	49	109	8	3	0	54	6	1	70	30	.272	.382	.307	.688	123		5	4	6
Deacon Jones	100	393	320	48	104	15	8	8	59	12	7	63	24	.325	.440	.497	.937	159		5	2	3
Pat Rigby	137	534	435	53	98	7	2	0	43	12	3	84	26	.225	.352	.251	.602	109		5	2	8
Ángel Bravo	87	364	301	59	80	11	3	2	27	43	11	59	47	.266	.388	.342	.731	103		2	1	1
Bill Melton	129	468	393	40	77	13	5	6	49	3	3	63	123	.196	.313	.300	.613	118		5	5	2
Wenlyn Lindeman	98	317	278	28	64	8	7	2	34	2	5	27	51	.230	.303	.331	.634	92		3	7	2
Lance Hardy	95	339	284	40	56	5	7	0	21	6	6	44	88	.197	.306	.264	.570	75		1	9	1
Al Lopez	81	294	241	24	48	0	0	0	10	6	4	44	46	.199	.330	.199	.529	48		3	6	0
Larry Nickels	63	172	152	23	29	5	1	0	11	1	1	16	28	.191	.272	.237	.509	36		1	3	0
Raymond Cline	43	173	148	17	28	6	1	0	12	5	1	20	39	.189	.301	.243	.544	36		4	0	1
Billy Ewing	22	99	83	15	22	2	4	1	8	8	2	13	16	.265	.371	.422	.793	35		1	2	0
William Burns	33	102	93	4	20	0	0	0	13	1	0	3	22	.215	.242	.215	.457	20		1	3	2
Gary Prestesater	35	75	60	8	13	1	1	1	3	1	0	10	14	.217	.329	.317	.645	19		0	5	0
Lawrence Lembo	15	57	47	4	12	0	1	0	7	0	0	7	5	.255	.339	.298	.637	14		0	1	2
William Maloney	37	74	61	0	11	0	1	0	3	0	0	12	13	.180	.315	.213	.528	13		0	1	0
Donald Welsh	24	93	65	12	11	0	0	0	1	1	3	23	7	.169	.382	.169	.551	11		0	4	1
Jerry Nyman	32	74	66	6	10	0	1	0	7	0	0	5	36	.152	.208	.182	.390	12		0	2	1
Stanley Blunt	22	51	43	7	7	2	1	0	3	0	0	4	20	.163	.234	.256	.490	11		0	4	0
Thomas Rowe	34	74	58	7	6	0	0	0	6	1	0	10	37	.103	.254	.103	.357	6		2	3	1
Elmer Harris	31	66	53	9	5	3	0	0	6	0	0	9	14	.094	.238	.151	.389	8		1	3	0
Charles Jones	5	14	13	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	.308	.286	.308	.593	4		0	0	1
Thomas Sumpter	23	27	23	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	10	.174	.208	.174	.382	4		1	3	0
Robert Candelori	51	31	28	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	9	.107	.194	.107	.301	3		1	0	0
William Nagle	9	13	12	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	.167	.167	.167	.333	2		0	1	0
Randall Hoxie	4	9	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	.125	.222	.125	.347	1		0	0	0
Willie Hooker	44	23	19	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	10	.053	.143	.105	.248	2		0	2	0
Jackie Earls	9	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Philip Rizzo	2	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Totals	1529	5003	4188	521	967	98	49	20	443	118	50	653	763	.231	.338	.292	.630	1223	0	44	78	40	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Wenlyn Lindeman	1B	73	475	31	8	26	.984	6.932
Deacon Jones	1B	62	437	38	6	24	.988	7.661
Gail Hopkins	1B	10	55	5	2	2	.968	6.000
Pat Rigby	2B	100	195	252	11	32	.976	4.470
Deacon Jones	2B	38	90	91	6	15	.968	4.763
Rich Severson	3B	120	114	204	27	20	.922	2.650
Pat Rigby	3B	10	7	20	1	1	.964	2.700
Gail Hopkins	C	104	899	79	14	12	.986	9.404	18
William Burns	C	26	194	20	2	1	.991	8.231	5
William Maloney	C	16	95	4	1	1	.990	6.188	4
Bill Melton	OF	127	168	8	5	0	.972	1.386
Ángel Bravo	OF	86	168	12	4	3	.978	2.093
Lance Hardy	OF	84	112	3	7	2	.943	1.369
Larry Nickels	OF	53	64	4	3	1	.958	1.283
Donald Welsh	OF	24	30	5	2	2	.946	1.458
Billy Ewing	OF	22	45	3	2	0	.960	2.182
Lawrence Lembo	OF	15	24	2	1	0	.963	1.733
Gail Hopkins	OF	10	7	1	0	0	1.000	.800
Robert Candelori	P	50	3	12	0	2	1.000	.300
Willie Hooker	P	44	8	12	1	0	.952	.455
Thomas Rowe	P	31	14	32	2	1	.958	1.484
Elmer Harris	P	31	7	25	6	0	.842	1.032
Jerry Nyman	P	30	7	21	6	0	.824	.933
Gary Prestesater	P	29	12	29	1	1	.976	1.414
Thomas Sumpter	P	23	3	6	1	0	.900	.391
Stanley Blunt	P	22	5	19	5	0	.828	1.091
William Nagle	P	9						.000
Jackie Earls	P	8						.000
Philip Rizzo	P	2						.000
Al Lopez	SS	72	127	168	16	19	.949	4.097
Raymond Cline	SS	43	69	109	15	11	.922	4.140
Pat Rigby	SS	27	39	57	9	10	.914	3.556
Totals		1401	3473	1272	164	186	.967	3.387	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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