1966 Waterbury Giants Statistics

Eastern League (EL) - Class: AA
Team Record: 64-76
Finished 5th in the EL
Manager: Andy Gilbert (64-76)
Affiliation: San Francisco Giants
Location: Waterbury, Connecticut
Ballpark: Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 80,042, Avg. 1,143

1966 Waterbury Giants Roster

The Waterbury Giants of the Eastern League ended the 1966 season with a record of 64 wins and 76 losses, finishing fifth in the EL.

The Giants plated 568 runs and allowed 600 runs. Dave Marshall drove in 64 runs and topped batters with significant playing time by hitting .287. Rich Sparks led the team with 14 wins and a team-best 2.4 ERA, leading qualifying pitchers.

Damaso Blanco, Al Stanek, Néstor Chávez, Dave Marshall, Bob Taylor, Mike Corkins, José Morales and Bobby Etheridge were all players from the 1966 Waterbury Giants who played in the Majors during their careers.

Andy Gilbert 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
Rich Sparks	14	9	.609	2.40	29	28		12	3		195.0	117	65	52	7	120	5	138	6	0	12
Joseph Pollack	11	8	.579	3.02	37	19		7	3		161.0	137	71	54	9	71	7	88	3	1	9
Matthew Gayeski	6	8	.429	4.91	36	18		5	0		132.0	128	81	72	8	85	4	89	4	1	11
Robert Bishop	6	10	.375	3.90	30	12		4	0		120.0	80	55	52	8	87	7	90	6	0	8
Nick DeMatteis	5	10	.333	4.85	28	18		3	0		128.0	120	88	69	7	82	3	98	3	0	12
Francis Kasheta	4	2	.667	1.00	8	7		5	1		54.0	36	18	6	2	28	1	46	1	1	4
Ernest Quimby	4	2	.667	2.86	51	2		2	0		104.0	96	40	33	7	40	0	78	5	0	6
Néstor Chávez	3	3	.500	2.70	8	6		4	0		50.0	37	20	15	2	22	0	31	1	0	1
Archie Dawson	3	5	.375	3.71	25	9		2	1		80.0	67	41	33	8	41	2	57	2	0	0
Al Stanek	3	6	.333	3.54	17	7		3	0		61.0	57	30	24	3	27	2	37	1	0	4
Carl Shelen	2	1	.667	2.65	15	2		0	0		34.0	27	17	10	1	18	2	20	0	0	0
Andy Shirrel	1	0	1.000	1.80	6	0		0	0		10.0	11	5	2	0	6	0	4	0	0	1
Mike Corkins	1	2	.333	3.60	5	3		1	0		15.0	7	7	6	1	18	0	13	2	0	3
William Wade	1	9	.100	3.97	14	11		1	0		59.0	64	42	26	3	35	2	44	1	0	3
Darrell Weber	0	1	.000	5.04	17	0		0	0		25.0	28	20	14	2	26	2	20	0	0	9
Totals	64	76	.457	3.43	326	142	0	49	8	0	1228.0	1012	600	468	68	706	37	853	35	3	83	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
Bob Taylor	141	642	539	86	150	25	3	6	59	8	13	90	64	.278	.387	.369	.757	199		6	7	0
Frank Ferro	130	572	457	82	120	29	2	4	44	6	2	100	47	.263	.395	.361	.756	165		3	8	4
Dave Marshall	122	484	407	49	117	15	7	2	64	7	5	64	84	.287	.384	.373	.757	152		2	7	4
Don Engbers	142	537	451	51	102	22	2	4	48	1	0	82	63	.226	.344	.310	.654	140		0	2	2
Marcelo Juarez	127	510	454	44	97	13	7	1	44	6	5	49	70	.214	.290	.280	.570	127		1	3	3
Robert Powell	121	442	371	48	89	12	0	2	46	1	1	66	45	.240	.351	.288	.640	107		0	1	4
Bobby Etheridge	77	334	292	38	86	10	5	6	59	3	0	35	41	.295	.369	.425	.794	124		2	1	4
Julio Linares	101	324	293	32	69	10	3	1	30	3	5	25	34	.235	.298	.300	.598	88		2	2	2
Bruce Nichols	102	340	280	30	64	8	0	6	28	0	0	49	59	.229	.343	.321	.665	90		2	5	4
Robert Holbert	88	343	317	30	61	5	0	0	24	0	0	24	45	.192	.251	.208	.459	66		1	0	1
José Morales	64	238	215	18	54	9	1	7	26	1	0	22	33	.251	.324	.400	.724	86		1	0	0
Damaso Blanco	45	140	121	20	24	2	0	0	5	3	1	17	23	.198	.293	.215	.508	26		0	0	2
Nick DeMatteis	42	71	65	8	15	2	2	0	4	0	0	4	20	.231	.275	.323	.598	21		0	2	0
Rich Sparks	29	79	70	2	10	2	0	0	5	0	0	6	32	.143	.211	.171	.382	12		0	3	0
Robert Bishop	35	45	40	4	7	2	0	0	4	0	0	4	9	.175	.250	.225	.475	9		0	1	0
Joseph Pollack	37	58	50	3	6	0	1	0	4	0	0	3	13	.120	.167	.160	.327	8		0	4	1
Néstor Chávez	10	19	18	2	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	.278	.316	.278	.594	5		0	0	0
Bruce Bales	14	38	35	3	5	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	13	.143	.189	.171	.361	6		0	1	0
William Wade	14	20	18	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	9	.167	.211	.167	.377	3		0	1	0
Al Stanek	18	23	20	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	7	.150	.227	.150	.377	3		0	1	0
Carl Shelen	15	9	9	3	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	5	.222	.222	.556	.778	5		0	0	0
Archie Dawson	26	21	18	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	8	.111	.200	.111	.311	2		0	1	0
Darrell Weber	18	8	6	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	.167	.250	.167	.417	1		0	0	1
Matthew Gayeski	36	46	36	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	9	21	.028	.222	.028	.250	1		0	1	0
Ernest Quimby	51	22	17	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	12	.000	.190	.000	.190	0		0	1	0
Mike Corkins	5	6	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	.000	.167	.000	.167	0		0	0	0
Francis Kasheta	9	19	17	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	9	.000	.056	.000	.056	0		0	1	0
Totals	1619	5390	4621	568	1093	167	33	40	500	39	32	664	774	.237	.333	.313	.646	1446	0	20	53	32	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Don Engbers	1B	138	1104	95	9	76	.993	8.688
Robert Powell	1B	14	78	6	1	9	.988	6.000
Frank Ferro	2B	125	319	321	22	59	.967	5.120
Robert Powell	3B	66	59	139	12	11	.943	3.000
Bobby Etheridge	3B	58	58	99	17	10	.902	2.707
Damaso Blanco	3B	11	8	26	4	0	.895	3.091
Bruce Nichols	C	86	506	52	10	7	.982	6.488	20
José Morales	C	53	319	33	10	4	.972	6.642	10
Bruce Bales	C	11	72	6	2	1	.975	7.091	0
Bob Taylor	OF	141	261	12	6	1	.978	1.936
Marcelo Juarez	OF	117	260	13	5	1	.982	2.333
Dave Marshall	OF	113	177	8	8	0	.959	1.637
Julio Linares	OF	34	50	5	0	0	1.000	1.618
Robert Powell	OF	21	36	4	1	0	.976	1.905
Ernest Quimby	P	51	6	19	4	3	.862	.490
Joseph Pollack	P	37	4	28	3	0	.914	.865
Matthew Gayeski	P	36	4	22	1	1	.963	.722
Robert Bishop	P	30	8	13	1	2	.955	.700
Rich Sparks	P	29	16	36	2	3	.963	1.793
Nick DeMatteis	P	28	6	25	4	1	.886	1.107
Archie Dawson	P	25	1	11	1	1	.923	.480
Darrell Weber	P	17	3	4	1	1	.875	.412
Al Stanek	P	17	4	12	1	1	.941	.941
Carl Shelen	P	15	1	11	0	0	1.000	.800
William Wade	P	14	5	7	1	0	.923	.857
Robert Holbert	SS	86	151	229	20	37	.950	4.419
Julio Linares	SS	33	55	88	3	11	.979	4.333
Bobby Etheridge	SS	19	29	32	4	4	.938	3.211
Totals		1425	3600	1356	153	244	.970	3.478	30	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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