1967 Statesville Tigers Statistics
Western Carolinas League (WCL) - Class: A
Team Record: 59-62
Finished 4th in the WCL
Manager: Len Okrie (59-62)
Affiliation: Detroit Tigers
Location: Statesville, North Carolina
Ballpark: City Park (Stadium)
Attendance: 17,473, Avg. 289
1967 Statesville Tigers RosterTeam Record: 59-62
Finished 4th in the WCL
Manager: Len Okrie (59-62)
Affiliation: Detroit Tigers
Location: Statesville, North Carolina
Ballpark: City Park (Stadium)
Attendance: 17,473, Avg. 289
The Statesville Tigers of the Western Carolinas League ended the 1967 season with a record of 59 wins and 62 losses, finishing fourth in the WCL.
The Tigers plated 596 runs and surrendered 604 runs. Larry Calton drove in 67 runs. Harvey Yancey led all regular batters by connecting at a .295 clip. Joseph Brauer topped the team with 17 wins and a team-best 2.48 ERA, tops among hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Members of the 1967 Statesville Tigers who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Tim Hosley, Dennis Saunders and Phil Meeler.
Len Okrie 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joseph Brauer | 17 | 7 | .708 | 2.48 | 24 | 22 | 16 | 1 | 185.0 | 159 | 60 | 51 | 7 | 50 | 2 | 134 | 3 | 1 | 4 | |||
| Paul Coleman | 8 | 8 | .500 | 5.18 | 17 | 17 | 9 | 0 | 113.0 | 136 | 74 | 65 | 8 | 34 | 1 | 78 | 3 | 1 | 13 | |||
| Mike Cook | 6 | 6 | .500 | 4.44 | 30 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 81.0 | 69 | 50 | 40 | 4 | 48 | 3 | 51 | 3 | 0 | 10 | |||
| Arnold Helwig | 5 | 4 | .556 | 4.03 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 76.0 | 86 | 40 | 34 | 12 | 22 | 1 | 48 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Dennis Saunders | 4 | 4 | .500 | 4.32 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 45 | 31 | 24 | 5 | 36 | 0 | 39 | 3 | 2 | 5 | |||
| Phil Meeler | 4 | 6 | .400 | 6.53 | 25 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 62.0 | 79 | 58 | 45 | 5 | 35 | 0 | 58 | 6 | 0 | 13 | |||
| Dan Bootcheck | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.75 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 36.0 | 33 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Nicholas Ross | 3 | 1 | .750 | 1.64 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22.0 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Robert Camburn | 3 | 1 | .750 | 3.91 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 46.0 | 44 | 22 | 20 | 5 | 19 | 0 | 33 | 3 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Walter Witowski | 3 | 6 | .333 | 4.39 | 13 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 80.0 | 82 | 56 | 39 | 6 | 37 | 0 | 60 | 1 | 0 | 6 | |||
| James Blight | 2 | 5 | .286 | 4.89 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 57.0 | 54 | 32 | 31 | 6 | 22 | 0 | 36 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Thomas Johns | 1 | 4 | .200 | 4.39 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41.0 | 47 | 30 | 20 | 5 | 19 | 1 | 25 | 4 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Ronald Easterling | 0 | 0 | 4.12 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24.0 | 27 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| John Skulley | 0 | 0 | 5.21 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 19.0 | 24 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Brian Cousino | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Tom Hamm | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4.26 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 19.0 | 24 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 15 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Herbert Doebler | 0 | 1 | .000 | 5.87 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23.0 | 27 | 24 | 15 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Paul DeLoca | 0 | 1 | .000 | 30.00 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 8 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| John D'Auria | 0 | 2 | .000 | 4.50 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 16.0 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |||
| James Martin | 0 | 2 | .000 | 6.00 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Nathanael Dixon | 0 | 3 | .000 | 5.36 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 47.0 | 49 | 35 | 28 | 3 | 36 | 1 | 33 | 6 | 1 | 5 | |||
| Totals | 59 | 62 | .488 | 4.30 | 254 | 122 | 0 | 41 | 2 | 0 | 1015.0 | 1044 | 604 | 485 | 85 | 458 | 16 | 703 | 42 | 6 | 70 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harvey Yancey | 105 | 475 | 421 | 88 | 124 | 25 | 7 | 8 | 46 | 40 | 12 | 40 | 52 | .295 | .364 | .444 | .808 | 187 | 8 | 2 | 4 | ||
| Richard Walls | 122 | 472 | 419 | 54 | 117 | 13 | 2 | 7 | 48 | 13 | 4 | 49 | 84 | .279 | .357 | .370 | .727 | 155 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Larry Calton | 97 | 407 | 357 | 59 | 105 | 18 | 5 | 9 | 67 | 9 | 6 | 40 | 29 | .294 | .366 | .448 | .814 | 160 | 2 | 5 | 3 | ||
| Tom Hamm | 99 | 365 | 317 | 63 | 102 | 25 | 2 | 8 | 63 | 1 | 1 | 39 | 37 | .322 | .394 | .489 | .883 | 155 | 2 | 2 | 5 | ||
| John Sharkey | 70 | 315 | 253 | 62 | 81 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 40 | 8 | 4 | 60 | 33 | .320 | .450 | .506 | .956 | 128 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Derryl Cousins | 88 | 325 | 267 | 25 | 65 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 2 | 1 | 54 | 48 | .243 | .370 | .270 | .640 | 72 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Hector Soto | 52 | 216 | 190 | 36 | 64 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 34 | 7 | 2 | 22 | 38 | .337 | .405 | .474 | .878 | 90 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Tyrone Crawford | 62 | 202 | 170 | 21 | 46 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 21 | 3 | 5 | 29 | 21 | .271 | .376 | .335 | .712 | 57 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Carl Schulz | 58 | 222 | 188 | 25 | 45 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 5 | 1 | 27 | 22 | .239 | .335 | .314 | .649 | 59 | 2 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Chandler Simonds | 68 | 277 | 219 | 40 | 41 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 51 | 37 | .187 | .348 | .311 | .658 | 68 | 4 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Mickey Little | 47 | 162 | 136 | 16 | 30 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 2 | 3 | 26 | 33 | .221 | .346 | .338 | .684 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Robert Felber | 47 | 140 | 125 | 15 | 27 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 34 | .216 | .295 | .312 | .607 | 39 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Dean Bowyer | 17 | 74 | 62 | 9 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 7 | .306 | .397 | .403 | .800 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Ell Cain | 27 | 83 | 77 | 5 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 25 | .234 | .259 | .338 | .597 | 26 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||
| John Hetrick | 20 | 75 | 64 | 14 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 15 | .219 | .311 | .312 | .623 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Bill MacKenzie | 17 | 43 | 42 | 4 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | .286 | .302 | .310 | .612 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ricky Sayle | 26 | 68 | 60 | 5 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 12 | .200 | .294 | .250 | .544 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joseph Brauer | 27 | 77 | 66 | 5 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 17 | .182 | .250 | .197 | .447 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Miguel Medina | 17 | 63 | 56 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 12 | .196 | .286 | .393 | .679 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Richard Hemelstrand | 19 | 67 | 56 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 22 | .179 | .277 | .214 | .491 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Randall Hooper | 25 | 31 | 26 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 | .231 | .300 | .269 | .569 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Walter Witowski | 13 | 29 | 26 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15 | .192 | .250 | .192 | .442 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Paul Coleman | 22 | 46 | 38 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 13 | .132 | .233 | .132 | .364 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Tim Hosley | 8 | 20 | 17 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | .235 | .350 | .235 | .585 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Cook | 31 | 26 | 20 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | .200 | .273 | .350 | .623 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Herbert Doebler | 8 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .429 | .429 | .429 | .857 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phil Meeler | 26 | 20 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | .176 | .300 | .176 | .476 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Skulley | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| James Martin | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.500 | 2.500 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Don Tilton | 3 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .222 | .300 | .222 | .522 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Dan Bootcheck | 8 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .167 | .286 | .167 | .452 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dennis Saunders | 11 | 17 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .125 | .176 | .125 | .301 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Edward Kovac | 9 | 25 | 20 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11 | .100 | .250 | .100 | .350 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Arnold Helwig | 13 | 30 | 24 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 16 | .083 | .241 | .125 | .366 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Thomas Johns | 20 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .125 | .125 | .125 | .250 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Dwight Guyton | 5 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .100 | .182 | .200 | .382 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| James Blight | 12 | 21 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | .059 | .111 | .118 | .229 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Nathanael Dixon | 18 | 19 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | .059 | .158 | .059 | .217 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Thomas White | 15 | 35 | 28 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 11 | .036 | .229 | .036 | .264 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Brian Cousino | 11 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ronald Easterling | 10 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gary Jeffries | 2 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .000 | .143 | .000 | .143 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Michael Bentein | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John D'Auria | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Robert Camburn | 9 | 17 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 | .000 | .188 | .000 | .188 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Michael Murray | 4 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .000 | .143 | .000 | .143 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nicholas Ross | 10 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .000 | .125 | .000 | .125 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1393 | 4557 | 3901 | 597 | 1004 | 152 | 40 | 61 | 511 | 98 | 45 | 541 | 734 | .257 | .350 | .364 | .714 | 1419 | 0 | 34 | 50 | 31 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chandler Simonds | 1B | 65 | 536 | 30 | 9 | 40 | .984 | 8.708 | ||||
| Tyrone Crawford | 1B | 23 | 168 | 8 | 8 | 15 | .957 | 7.652 | ||||
| Ell Cain | 1B | 20 | 118 | 7 | 3 | 10 | .977 | 6.250 | ||||
| Hector Soto | 1B | 9 | 66 | 3 | 2 | 13 | .972 | 7.667 | ||||
| Edward Kovac | 1B | 6 | 44 | 4 | 1 | 4 | .980 | 8.000 | ||||
| Dwight Guyton | 1B | 3 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .960 | 8.000 | ||||
| Larry Calton | 2B | 97 | 240 | 253 | 22 | 68 | .957 | 5.082 | ||||
| Richard Hemelstrand | 2B | 19 | 38 | 41 | 8 | 9 | .908 | 4.158 | ||||
| Thomas White | 2B | 8 | 9 | 13 | 1 | 2 | .957 | 2.750 | ||||
| Robert Felber | 2B | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Gary Jeffries | 2B | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Carl Schulz | 3B | 54 | 45 | 99 | 13 | 11 | .917 | 2.667 | ||||
| Robert Felber | 3B | 34 | 32 | 51 | 5 | 5 | .943 | 2.441 | ||||
| Dean Bowyer | 3B | 17 | 17 | 30 | 5 | 4 | .904 | 2.765 | ||||
| Mickey Little | 3B | 14 | 5 | 18 | 1 | 2 | .958 | 1.643 | ||||
| Thomas White | 3B | 5 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | .800 | 1.600 | ||||
| Derryl Cousins | C | 82 | 455 | 41 | 9 | 1 | .982 | 6.049 | 13 | |||
| Mickey Little | C | 25 | 147 | 24 | 8 | 2 | .955 | 6.840 | 2 | |||
| Bill MacKenzie | C | 11 | 47 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.636 | 0 | |||
| Tim Hosley | C | 5 | 25 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .897 | 5.200 | 2 | |||
| Harvey Yancey | C | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | 2 | |||
| Don Tilton | C | 3 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.333 | 0 | |||
| Michael Murray | C | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.500 | 0 | |||
| Harvey Yancey | OF | 105 | 166 | 7 | 11 | 1 | .940 | 1.648 | ||||
| Tom Hamm | OF | 81 | 109 | 9 | 8 | 0 | .937 | 1.457 | ||||
| John Sharkey | OF | 69 | 159 | 7 | 8 | 1 | .954 | 2.406 | ||||
| Hector Soto | OF | 44 | 92 | 7 | 6 | 1 | .943 | 2.250 | ||||
| Tyrone Crawford | OF | 30 | 43 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .978 | 1.500 | ||||
| Ricky Sayle | OF | 18 | 25 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .931 | 1.500 | ||||
| John Hetrick | OF | 17 | 29 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .909 | 1.765 | ||||
| Miguel Medina | OF | 15 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.800 | ||||
| Randall Hooper | OF | 12 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .889 | .667 | ||||
| Mickey Little | OF | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .667 | 1.000 | ||||
| Mike Cook | P | 30 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | .750 | .300 | ||||
| Phil Meeler | P | 25 | 2 | 16 | 1 | 1 | .947 | .720 | ||||
| Joseph Brauer | P | 24 | 8 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.417 | ||||
| Thomas Johns | P | 19 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 0 | .818 | .474 | ||||
| Nathanael Dixon | P | 17 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 0 | .923 | .706 | ||||
| Paul Coleman | P | 17 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 0 | .933 | .824 | ||||
| Walter Witowski | P | 13 | 4 | 12 | 1 | 0 | .941 | 1.231 | ||||
| Arnold Helwig | P | 13 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .692 | ||||
| Dennis Saunders | P | 11 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .900 | .818 | ||||
| James Blight | P | 11 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .909 | ||||
| Nicholas Ross | P | 10 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .667 | .200 | ||||
| Ronald Easterling | P | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .200 | ||||
| Robert Camburn | P | 9 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .889 | ||||
| Herbert Doebler | P | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .250 | ||||
| Brian Cousino | P | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .125 | ||||
| John D'Auria | P | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .667 | .286 | ||||
| Dan Bootcheck | P | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| John Skulley | P | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| James Martin | P | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| Paul DeLoca | P | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| Richard Walls | SS | 122 | 185 | 341 | 59 | 53 | .899 | 4.311 | ||||
| Robert Felber | SS | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.500 | ||||
| Totals | 1276 | 2933 | 1155 | 213 | 249 | .950 | 3.204 | 19 | 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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