1966 Statesville Tigers Statistics
Western Carolinas League (WCL) - Class: A
Team Record: 42-81
Finished 7th in the WCL
Manager: Al Lakeman (0-0), George Spencer (0-0)
Affiliation: Detroit Tigers
Location: Statesville, North Carolina
Ballpark: City Park (Stadium)
Attendance: 25,424, Avg. 413
1966 Statesville Tigers RosterTeam Record: 42-81
Finished 7th in the WCL
Manager: Al Lakeman (0-0), George Spencer (0-0)
Affiliation: Detroit Tigers
Location: Statesville, North Carolina
Ballpark: City Park (Stadium)
Attendance: 25,424, Avg. 413
The Statesville Tigers of the Western Carolinas League ended the 1966 season with a record of 42 wins and 81 losses, finishing seventh in the WCL.
The Tigers scored 602 runs and surrendered 754 runs. Robert Heumann accounted for 61 RBI and topped all regular batters by connecting at a .266 clip. William Seifert led the team with 7 wins, while Richard Heuschkel earned a 4.06 ERA, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Members of the 1966 Statesville Tigers who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Gene Lamont, Gary Taylor and George Spencer.
Al Lakeman and George Spencer 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| William Seifert | 7 | 8 | .467 | 4.10 | 51 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 136.0 | 136 | 82 | 62 | 10 | 79 | 3 | 115 | 11 | 0 | 16 | |||
| Gene Voss | 6 | 12 | .333 | 4.62 | 25 | 22 | 3 | 1 | 148.0 | 181 | 101 | 76 | 14 | 53 | 0 | 120 | 2 | 0 | 4 | |||
| Shelburn Morton | 5 | 9 | .357 | 4.71 | 23 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 105.0 | 129 | 82 | 55 | 8 | 48 | 6 | 80 | 5 | 1 | 15 | |||
| Duncan Wood | 4 | 1 | .800 | 2.63 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 65.0 | 56 | 25 | 19 | 5 | 60 | 5 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 8 | |||
| Franklin Driggers | 4 | 6 | .400 | 5.78 | 19 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 81.0 | 89 | 71 | 52 | 8 | 51 | 5 | 65 | 5 | 1 | 9 | |||
| Richard Heuschkel | 4 | 10 | .286 | 4.06 | 21 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 124.0 | 123 | 71 | 56 | 9 | 53 | 1 | 118 | 2 | 0 | 14 | |||
| Matthew Hoar | 3 | 5 | .375 | 2.39 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 64.0 | 50 | 22 | 17 | 3 | 31 | 3 | 57 | 3 | 2 | 5 | |||
| Edward Brancaccio | 2 | 1 | .667 | 3.38 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16.0 | 13 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 10 | |||
| Gary Taylor | 2 | 6 | .250 | 4.60 | 36 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 94.0 | 104 | 69 | 48 | 8 | 38 | 2 | 87 | 1 | 0 | 7 | |||
| Michael Small | 2 | 6 | .250 | 6.12 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 50.0 | 51 | 43 | 34 | 5 | 56 | 0 | 42 | 3 | 0 | 4 | |||
| George Spencer | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.32 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19.0 | 16 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| John Sharkey | 1 | 1 | .500 | 4.50 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Gerald Foglia | 1 | 5 | .167 | 3.41 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 29.0 | 25 | 21 | 11 | 2 | 21 | 2 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Steven Vanderlip | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| George Zalocha | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Robert Bladek | 0 | 0 | 13.50 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Gus Marco | 0 | 1 | .000 | 7.88 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16.0 | 23 | 19 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 5 | |||
| Wesley Thomas | 0 | 1 | .000 | 15.43 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 9 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Anthony Bergamin | 0 | 1 | .000 | 17.36 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14.0 | 34 | 31 | 27 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |||
| Walter Witowski | 0 | 2 | .000 | 3.15 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20.0 | 19 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Paul DeLoca | 0 | 3 | .000 | 9.45 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 20.0 | 26 | 26 | 21 | 2 | 20 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Jimmy Vines | 0 | 3 | .000 | 12.86 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 14.0 | 20 | 22 | 20 | 5 | 15 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Totals | 42 | 81 | .341 | 4.85 | 324 | 123 | 0 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 1042.0 | 1129 | 754 | 561 | 93 | 601 | 30 | 874 | 37 | 5 | 114 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Heumann | 121 | 509 | 443 | 59 | 118 | 20 | 3 | 6 | 61 | 16 | 9 | 55 | 85 | .266 | .349 | .366 | .714 | 162 | 3 | 4 | 4 | ||
| John Sharkey | 111 | 469 | 383 | 62 | 99 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 42 | 13 | 6 | 82 | 74 | .258 | .390 | .345 | .734 | 132 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Edward Brancaccio | 83 | 324 | 278 | 46 | 70 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 36 | 7 | 2 | 39 | 49 | .252 | .341 | .302 | .643 | 84 | 0 | 4 | 3 | ||
| John Huizenga | 67 | 245 | 227 | 30 | 66 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 25 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 21 | .291 | .339 | .396 | .735 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Robert Gilhooley | 60 | 265 | 208 | 41 | 64 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 45 | 10 | 3 | 47 | 32 | .308 | .429 | .442 | .871 | 92 | 0 | 6 | 4 | ||
| Frank Oktavec | 61 | 266 | 218 | 40 | 54 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 25 | 13 | 2 | 41 | 27 | .248 | .376 | .307 | .683 | 67 | 5 | 0 | 2 | ||
| George Zalocha | 70 | 279 | 238 | 38 | 52 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 32 | 19 | 2 | 34 | 36 | .218 | .319 | .324 | .642 | 77 | 2 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Chandler Simonds | 58 | 249 | 215 | 27 | 44 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 29 | 1 | 1 | 28 | 52 | .205 | .306 | .307 | .613 | 66 | 4 | 1 | 1 | ||
| William Falasca | 56 | 214 | 173 | 34 | 41 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 39 | 0 | 1 | 38 | 61 | .237 | .379 | .445 | .824 | 77 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Dave Yoakum | 45 | 166 | 152 | 28 | 39 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 51 | .257 | .319 | .428 | .747 | 65 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Norman Timmins | 49 | 191 | 151 | 23 | 35 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 35 | 31 | .232 | .379 | .298 | .677 | 45 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Wayne Ginste | 35 | 151 | 124 | 19 | 33 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 11 | .266 | .385 | .315 | .700 | 39 | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Rico Zuccaro | 43 | 138 | 127 | 14 | 29 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 15 | .228 | .283 | .331 | .613 | 42 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Gene Lamont | 45 | 162 | 137 | 14 | 27 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 49 | .197 | .311 | .321 | .632 | 44 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
| James Burnette | 30 | 87 | 76 | 5 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 13 | .289 | .379 | .342 | .721 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tyrone Crawford | 27 | 107 | 89 | 10 | 22 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 18 | .247 | .374 | .360 | .733 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Michael Christino | 20 | 77 | 62 | 8 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 14 | .242 | .377 | .323 | .699 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Thomas Siedlaczek | 41 | 148 | 114 | 17 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 32 | 35 | .132 | .322 | .211 | .532 | 24 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Jim Handley | 18 | 68 | 58 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 17 | .207 | .324 | .310 | .634 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gene Voss | 34 | 61 | 48 | 10 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 16 | .229 | .362 | .229 | .591 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Gary Renkenberger | 22 | 81 | 60 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 19 | .183 | .367 | .233 | .600 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Richard Heuschkel | 22 | 46 | 37 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 8 | .270 | .357 | .324 | .681 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| William Seifert | 55 | 48 | 39 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 13 | .231 | .333 | .256 | .590 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Milton Bender | 27 | 64 | 56 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 21 | .143 | .238 | .161 | .399 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| John Agnetti | 15 | 30 | 25 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 8 | .280 | .400 | .400 | .800 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Franklin Driggers | 19 | 31 | 30 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .233 | .258 | .333 | .591 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Shelburn Morton | 25 | 37 | 31 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12 | .226 | .273 | .355 | .628 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Gary Taylor | 43 | 42 | 36 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 11 | .194 | .275 | .306 | .581 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Gus Marco | 11 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .800 | .800 | 1.200 | 2.000 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| David Woloch | 7 | 24 | 19 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 9 | .211 | .375 | .316 | .691 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gerardo Pujals | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Edward Kovac | 6 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .154 | .214 | .154 | .368 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Walter Czopczyc | 9 | 19 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | .143 | .368 | .143 | .511 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Michael Small | 11 | 21 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 | .118 | .286 | .118 | .403 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cornelius Branch | 8 | 18 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | .118 | .167 | .118 | .284 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Paul DeLoca | 14 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lenny Gray | 5 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | .167 | .583 | .167 | .750 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Robert Bladek | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Duncan Wood | 11 | 26 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Jimmy Vines | 7 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Steven Vanderlip | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gerald Foglia | 11 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Wesley Thomas | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| George Gmelch | 3 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .167 | .000 | .167 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| George Spencer | 13 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .143 | .000 | .143 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Matthew Hoar | 16 | 22 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 11 | .000 | .182 | .000 | .182 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Anthony Bergamin | 10 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1459 | 4759 | 4004 | 603 | 954 | 129 | 35 | 57 | 516 | 110 | 44 | 639 | 886 | .238 | .347 | .331 | .677 | 1324 | 0 | 38 | 53 | 25 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chandler Simonds | 1B | 58 | 452 | 22 | 8 | 48 | .983 | 8.172 | ||||
| Michael Christino | 1B | 20 | 139 | 7 | 2 | 9 | .986 | 7.300 | ||||
| Gary Renkenberger | 1B | 18 | 119 | 6 | 5 | 7 | .962 | 6.944 | ||||
| Edward Brancaccio | 1B | 13 | 65 | 7 | 5 | 6 | .935 | 5.538 | ||||
| Frank Oktavec | 2B | 58 | 141 | 141 | 16 | 39 | .946 | 4.862 | ||||
| Wayne Ginste | 2B | 28 | 62 | 75 | 10 | 11 | .932 | 4.893 | ||||
| Dave Yoakum | 2B | 21 | 44 | 37 | 11 | 9 | .880 | 3.857 | ||||
| William Falasca | 3B | 51 | 44 | 75 | 16 | 7 | .881 | 2.333 | ||||
| Edward Brancaccio | 3B | 30 | 22 | 46 | 11 | 1 | .861 | 2.267 | ||||
| Thomas Siedlaczek | 3B | 23 | 17 | 35 | 5 | 3 | .912 | 2.261 | ||||
| Norman Timmins | 3B | 15 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 3 | .846 | 1.467 | ||||
| Milton Bender | 3B | 10 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 0 | .833 | 1.500 | ||||
| John Huizenga | C | 55 | 405 | 47 | 14 | 6 | .970 | 8.218 | 16 | |||
| Gene Lamont | C | 38 | 283 | 28 | 8 | 6 | .975 | 8.184 | 17 | |||
| Jim Handley | C | 18 | 122 | 9 | 4 | 1 | .970 | 7.278 | 2 | |||
| Thomas Siedlaczek | C | 12 | 74 | 7 | 3 | 3 | .964 | 6.750 | 4 | |||
| Robert Heumann | OF | 117 | 215 | 15 | 14 | 3 | .943 | 1.966 | ||||
| John Sharkey | OF | 108 | 158 | 9 | 15 | 2 | .918 | 1.546 | ||||
| George Zalocha | OF | 67 | 142 | 2 | 8 | 1 | .947 | 2.149 | ||||
| Rico Zuccaro | OF | 33 | 61 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .985 | 1.970 | ||||
| James Burnette | OF | 18 | 37 | 1 | 9 | 0 | .809 | 2.111 | ||||
| Tyrone Crawford | OF | 15 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 0 | .812 | .867 | ||||
| Edward Brancaccio | OF | 12 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .900 | .750 | ||||
| William Seifert | P | 51 | 2 | 32 | 5 | 2 | .872 | .667 | ||||
| Gary Taylor | P | 36 | 4 | 21 | 2 | 0 | .926 | .694 | ||||
| Gene Voss | P | 25 | 3 | 19 | 4 | 1 | .846 | .880 | ||||
| Shelburn Morton | P | 23 | 6 | 22 | 1 | 2 | .966 | 1.217 | ||||
| Richard Heuschkel | P | 21 | 3 | 19 | 3 | 3 | .880 | 1.048 | ||||
| Franklin Driggers | P | 19 | 6 | 17 | 2 | 0 | .920 | 1.211 | ||||
| Walter Witowski | P | 17 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .235 | ||||
| Matthew Hoar | P | 16 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 1 | .778 | .875 | ||||
| Paul DeLoca | P | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .071 | ||||
| George Spencer | P | 13 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .385 | ||||
| Duncan Wood | P | 11 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .929 | 1.182 | ||||
| Gus Marco | P | 11 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | .714 | .455 | ||||
| Gerald Foglia | P | 11 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | .625 | .455 | ||||
| Michael Small | P | 10 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | .750 | .600 | ||||
| Anthony Bergamin | P | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .200 | ||||
| Jimmy Vines | P | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| Steven Vanderlip | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Wesley Thomas | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Robert Bladek | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Robert Gilhooley | SS | 58 | 86 | 146 | 14 | 39 | .943 | 4.000 | ||||
| Edward Brancaccio | SS | 27 | 32 | 74 | 18 | 8 | .855 | 3.926 | ||||
| Norman Timmins | SS | 21 | 38 | 45 | 9 | 9 | .902 | 3.952 | ||||
| Dave Yoakum | SS | 13 | 19 | 25 | 7 | 2 | .863 | 3.385 | ||||
| Totals | 1265 | 2854 | 1054 | 253 | 233 | .939 | 3.089 | 39 | 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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