1966 West Palm Beach Braves Statistics
Florida State League (FSL) - Class: A
Team Record: 45-89
Finished 9th in the FSL
Manager: Buddy Hicks (45-89)
Affiliation: Atlanta Braves
Location: West Palm Beach, Florida
Ballpark: Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 16,437, Avg. 245
1966 West Palm Beach Braves RosterTeam Record: 45-89
Finished 9th in the FSL
Manager: Buddy Hicks (45-89)
Affiliation: Atlanta Braves
Location: West Palm Beach, Florida
Ballpark: Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 16,437, Avg. 245
The West Palm Beach Braves of the Florida State League ended the 1966 season with a record of 45 wins and 89 losses, finishing ninth in the FSL.
The Braves scored 320 runs, worst in the league, and surrendered 493 runs. Rafael Batista accounted for 40 RBI and topped all regular batters with a .251 average. George King led the team with 15 wins and a team-best 1.5 ERA, best among regularly-used pitchers.
Members of the 1966 West Palm Beach Braves who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Rafael Batista, Wayne Garrett and Van Kelly.
Buddy Hicks 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George King | 15 | 10 | .600 | 1.50 | 30 | 29 | 17 | 7 | 222.0 | 172 | 52 | 37 | 1 | 47 | 0 | 146 | 1 | 1 | 11 | |||
| Ronald Herr | 9 | 8 | .529 | 2.02 | 39 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 120.0 | 90 | 34 | 27 | 2 | 21 | 1 | 91 | 5 | 1 | 7 | |||
| Brian Murphy | 8 | 12 | .400 | 2.41 | 20 | 19 | 9 | 4 | 138.0 | 120 | 54 | 37 | 1 | 43 | 6 | 90 | 1 | 0 | 10 | |||
| Frank Ballard | 7 | 14 | .333 | 3.30 | 26 | 23 | 6 | 2 | 150.0 | 137 | 67 | 55 | 7 | 64 | 1 | 100 | 2 | 0 | 17 | |||
| William Matusz | 2 | 3 | .400 | 2.12 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 34.0 | 26 | 18 | 8 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 22 | 4 | 1 | 1 | |||
| George Trisler | 1 | 2 | .333 | 1.15 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 47.0 | 29 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jim Burns | 1 | 2 | .333 | 3.67 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 27.0 | 28 | 17 | 11 | 1 | 20 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |||
| Randolph Thompson | 1 | 3 | .250 | 3.67 | 29 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 54.0 | 65 | 36 | 22 | 0 | 29 | 1 | 29 | 3 | 1 | 3 | |||
| Thomas Randecker | 1 | 13 | .071 | 4.68 | 29 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 98.0 | 96 | 65 | 51 | 5 | 45 | 0 | 60 | 3 | 1 | 11 | |||
| Michael Mantsch | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Hector Brito | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3.52 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 23.0 | 21 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Pete Rivera | 0 | 1 | .000 | 5.00 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Conrad Noessel | 0 | 2 | .000 | 9.00 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 15.0 | 21 | 16 | 15 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 1 | |||
| Fabien Mang | 0 | 3 | .000 | 4.62 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 37.0 | 30 | 23 | 19 | 3 | 21 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |||
| Guido Cuello | 0 | 3 | .000 | 5.33 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27.0 | 31 | 22 | 16 | 2 | 17 | 2 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |||
| John Carroll | 0 | 4 | .000 | 2.57 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 28.0 | 29 | 16 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |||
| David Wood | 0 | 4 | .000 | 3.68 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 44.0 | 33 | 23 | 18 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 40 | 1 | 0 | 5 | |||
| William Bates | 0 | 4 | .000 | 6.60 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 30.0 | 36 | 25 | 22 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |||
| Totals | 45 | 89 | .336 | 2.99 | 262 | 135 | 0 | 48 | 17 | 0 | 1104.0 | 970 | 493 | 367 | 27 | 412 | 15 | 722 | 31 | 10 | 84 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rafael Batista | 132 | 516 | 471 | 40 | 118 | 19 | 5 | 5 | 40 | 8 | 4 | 33 | 82 | .251 | .304 | .344 | .647 | 162 | 5 | 2 | 5 | ||
| Wayne Garrett | 129 | 506 | 446 | 38 | 89 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 30 | 3 | 2 | 49 | 49 | .200 | .283 | .247 | .530 | 110 | 4 | 4 | 3 | ||
| Robert Bragan | 104 | 388 | 350 | 26 | 80 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 32 | 27 | .229 | .290 | .289 | .579 | 101 | 0 | 2 | 4 | ||
| Douglas King | 97 | 364 | 330 | 23 | 79 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 28 | 58 | .239 | .299 | .300 | .599 | 99 | 1 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Russell Riley | 113 | 376 | 353 | 32 | 79 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 9 | 7 | 17 | 49 | .224 | .263 | .244 | .506 | 86 | 2 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Michael Mantsch | 105 | 373 | 335 | 31 | 77 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 38 | 0 | 1 | 31 | 84 | .230 | .298 | .337 | .636 | 113 | 3 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Van Kelly | 80 | 318 | 280 | 29 | 72 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 3 | 6 | 28 | 15 | .257 | .329 | .293 | .622 | 82 | 3 | 5 | 2 | ||
| Armando Ortiz | 82 | 237 | 212 | 16 | 42 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 54 | .198 | .263 | .274 | .536 | 58 | 3 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Bob Toney | 48 | 166 | 143 | 7 | 36 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 18 | .252 | .343 | .294 | .637 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Felipe Antonetty | 71 | 206 | 182 | 13 | 36 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 55 | .198 | .282 | .220 | .501 | 40 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Albert Thompson | 46 | 159 | 146 | 9 | 31 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 37 | .212 | .272 | .295 | .567 | 43 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Steven Godfrey | 53 | 185 | 166 | 14 | 25 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 28 | .151 | .232 | .169 | .401 | 28 | 3 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Bob Turzilli | 32 | 100 | 84 | 7 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 9 | .226 | .350 | .262 | .612 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John May | 23 | 84 | 70 | 3 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 7 | .243 | .369 | .271 | .640 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Richard Sauget | 27 | 75 | 65 | 3 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 12 | .231 | .333 | .262 | .595 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Frank Ballard | 30 | 52 | 50 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 28 | .220 | .250 | .260 | .510 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rafael Gonzalez | 18 | 59 | 54 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | .204 | .271 | .222 | .493 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| George King | 34 | 85 | 74 | 5 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 25 | .149 | .192 | .216 | .409 | 16 | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Daniel Waraska | 18 | 59 | 55 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | .182 | .237 | .200 | .437 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ronald Herr | 39 | 33 | 30 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | .300 | .344 | .433 | .777 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Joe Beck | 11 | 34 | 31 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .194 | .206 | .226 | .432 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Hidden King | 11 | 27 | 25 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | .200 | .259 | .320 | .579 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Al Walke | 9 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .214 | .214 | .214 | .429 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Leo Fansler | 5 | 17 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | .188 | .235 | .188 | .423 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Thomas Randecker | 29 | 28 | 25 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12 | .120 | .214 | .120 | .334 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chet Bergalowski | 12 | 29 | 28 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .107 | .138 | .179 | .317 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| William Bates | 12 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .400 | .500 | .800 | 1.300 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| William Matusz | 5 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .154 | .154 | .154 | .308 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Conrad Noessel | 4 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Burns | 7 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .143 | .250 | .143 | .393 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Fabien Mang | 8 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .083 | .154 | .083 | .237 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Brian Murphy | 20 | 45 | 40 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19 | .025 | .071 | .025 | .096 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| George Trisler | 11 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | .000 | .214 | .000 | .214 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Hector Brito | 7 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .000 | .286 | .000 | .286 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Randolph Thompson | 29 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .000 | .167 | .000 | .167 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Carroll | 7 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pete Rivera | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Guido Cuello | 18 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| David Wood | 7 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | .000 | .200 | .000 | .200 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1495 | 4632 | 4156 | 321 | 898 | 111 | 24 | 23 | 282 | 45 | 30 | 376 | 749 | .216 | .284 | .271 | .555 | 1126 | 0 | 31 | 38 | 31 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Mantsch | 1B | 95 | 812 | 63 | 17 | 58 | .981 | 9.211 | ||||
| Rafael Batista | 1B | 29 | 241 | 22 | 2 | 22 | .992 | 9.069 | ||||
| Russell Riley | 1B | 16 | 122 | 4 | 2 | 11 | .984 | 7.875 | ||||
| Van Kelly | 2B | 75 | 132 | 210 | 10 | 42 | .972 | 4.560 | ||||
| Steven Godfrey | 2B | 47 | 95 | 142 | 6 | 20 | .975 | 5.043 | ||||
| Russell Riley | 3B | 79 | 69 | 156 | 16 | 11 | .934 | 2.848 | ||||
| Bob Toney | 3B | 45 | 38 | 83 | 15 | 7 | .890 | 2.689 | ||||
| Robert Bragan | 3B | 14 | 7 | 31 | 4 | 0 | .905 | 2.714 | ||||
| Felipe Antonetty | C | 57 | 298 | 48 | 14 | 3 | .961 | 6.070 | 21 | |||
| Bob Turzilli | C | 25 | 143 | 12 | 2 | 4 | .987 | 6.200 | 3 | |||
| Richard Sauget | C | 24 | 132 | 22 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | 6.417 | 4 | |||
| Joe Beck | C | 10 | 58 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 6.200 | 1 | |||
| Rafael Batista | OF | 101 | 164 | 11 | 13 | 1 | .931 | 1.733 | ||||
| Douglas King | OF | 96 | 177 | 8 | 5 | 3 | .974 | 1.927 | ||||
| Robert Bragan | OF | 77 | 107 | 11 | 2 | 1 | .983 | 1.532 | ||||
| Armando Ortiz | OF | 61 | 112 | 7 | 2 | 0 | .983 | 1.951 | ||||
| Albert Thompson | OF | 38 | 37 | 2 | 5 | 1 | .886 | 1.026 | ||||
| John May | OF | 23 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.304 | ||||
| Rafael Gonzalez | OF | 14 | 28 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .967 | 2.071 | ||||
| Ronald Herr | P | 39 | 9 | 18 | 3 | 1 | .900 | .692 | ||||
| George King | P | 30 | 20 | 38 | 7 | 0 | .892 | 1.933 | ||||
| Randolph Thompson | P | 29 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 0 | .824 | .483 | ||||
| Thomas Randecker | P | 29 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .517 | ||||
| Frank Ballard | P | 26 | 6 | 32 | 2 | 1 | .950 | 1.462 | ||||
| Brian Murphy | P | 20 | 6 | 25 | 2 | 1 | .939 | 1.550 | ||||
| Guido Cuello | P | 18 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .889 | .444 | ||||
| William Bates | P | 12 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .857 | .500 | ||||
| George Trisler | P | 11 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.091 | ||||
| Fabien Mang | P | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| David Wood | P | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| John Carroll | P | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jim Burns | P | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| Hector Brito | P | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| William Matusz | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Conrad Noessel | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Pete Rivera | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Wayne Garrett | SS | 128 | 208 | 355 | 44 | 66 | .928 | 4.398 | ||||
| Totals | 1315 | 3068 | 1343 | 179 | 258 | .961 | 3.354 | 29 | 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.
Persons data from the Chadwick Baseball Bureau are Copyright Chadwick Baseball Bureau, and are made available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License.
