1966 Williamsport Mets Statistics

Eastern League (EL) - Class: AA
Team Record: 68-72
Finished 4th in the EL
Manager: Bill Virdon (68-72)
Affiliation: New York Mets
Location: Williamsport, Pennsylvania
Ballpark: Bowman Field 1924-
Attendance: 61,873, Avg. 884

1966 Williamsport Mets Roster

The Williamsport Mets of the Eastern League ended the 1966 season with a record of 68 wins and 72 losses, finishing fourth in the EL.

The Mets scored 584 runs and allowed 560 runs. Shaun Fitzmaurice led Williamsport with 11 home runs Al Yates recorded 59 runs batted in. Lloyd Flodin paced all regular hitters by connecting at a .285 clip. Terry Christman topped the squad with 11 wins, while Bill Denehy recorded a 1.97 ERA, tops among hurlers with significant time on the mound.

Members of the 1966 Williamsport Mets who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Duffy Dyer, Al Yates, Jerry Hinsley, Amado Samuel, Curtis Brown, Jerry Johnson, Bob Johnson, Don Shaw, Kevin Collins, Steve Renko, Shaun Fitzmaurice, Les Rohr, Bill Denehy, Bill Virdon, Craig Anderson, Ken Boswell, Grover Powell, Nolan Ryan, Jim Bethke, Bernie Smith, Al Schmelz, Bill Wakefield and Joe Campbell.

Bill Virdon 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
Terry Christman	11	6	.647	3.02	28	19		5	1		125.0	123	70	42	4	58	1	72	3	0	9
Bill Denehy	9	2	.818	1.97	17	17		8	2		128.0	91	54	28	4	70	1	110	5	0	11
Bob Johnson	8	3	.727	3.22	19	17		4	0		123.0	101	50	44	6	48	3	113	7	0	9
Jay Carden	8	10	.444	3.30	29	18		4	1		128.0	123	68	47	4	76	2	72	5	0	8
Malcolm Warren	6	4	.600	3.03	43	0		0	0		86.0	71	34	29	1	28	4	82	1	0	3
William Craft	6	5	.545	3.41	18	13		2	1		87.0	83	36	33	2	33	4	63	2	0	5
Craig Anderson	4	1	.800	2.67	15	0		0	0		27.0	23	10	8	1	6	1	20	1	0	1
Bill Wakefield	4	7	.364	1.91	46	2		0	0		80.0	59	27	17	4	40	4	48	3	0	4
Carl Nelson	3	4	.429	3.24	46	2		0	0		89.0	69	38	32	6	53	8	68	1	0	7
Jerry Hinsley	3	5	.375	2.96	10	9		4	0		67.0	52	27	22	2	39	4	62	1	0	4
Al Schmelz	3	5	.375	4.04	13	13		1	0		78.0	60	39	35	3	62	1	64	4	0	7
Jim Bethke	2	7	.222	3.38	13	9		2	2		56.0	47	29	21	1	44	3	23	4	0	2
Robert Pettis	1	3	.250	6.75	5	3		0	0		20.0	19	16	15	4	21	1	5	0	0	3
Steve Renko	0	0		0.00	1	0		0	0		2.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0
Don Shaw	0	0		0.00	7	0		0	0		7.0	3	0	0	0	3	0	8	0	0	2
Jerry Johnson	0	0		0.00	1	1		0	0		3.0	3	0	0	0	3	0	2	0	0	0
Nolan Ryan	0	2	.000	0.95	3	3		0	0		19.0	9	6	2	0	12	0	35	0	1	2
Grover Powell	0	2	.000	6.00	11	4		0	0		21.0	18	16	14	2	20	0	16	0	0	3
Les Rohr	0	6	.000	4.32	10	10		0	0		50.0	44	40	24	3	40	1	53	1	0	6
Totals	68	72	.486	3.11	335	140	0	30	7	0	1196.0	998	560	413	47	657	38	918	38	1	86	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
Lloyd Flodin	118	455	396	51	113	21	2	2	51	2	3	48	55	.285	.369	.364	.732	144		6	2	3
Bernie Smith	131	535	431	87	104	19	3	4	31	34	5	89	47	.241	.376	.327	.703	141		6	6	3
Kevin Collins	122	463	411	52	103	7	2	6	32	14	2	47	68	.251	.330	.321	.651	132		2	2	1
Al Yates	105	403	348	49	94	22	2	8	59	5	4	49	106	.270	.362	.414	.775	144		2	2	2
Ken Boswell	63	276	241	43	72	15	3	1	36	9	4	29	24	.299	.380	.398	.778	96		3	2	1
Shaun Fitzmaurice	64	264	215	38	66	8	1	11	41	5	5	46	42	.307	.426	.507	.933	109		0	1	2
Sherwin Minster	101	360	303	35	56	11	2	1	31	13	3	46	56	.185	.303	.244	.548	74		6	4	1
Roger Wattler	66	230	198	26	39	9	1	3	14	4	1	30	60	.197	.306	.298	.604	59		1	1	0
James Lampe	54	195	167	17	37	8	0	3	19	2	2	23	49	.222	.311	.323	.634	54		0	2	3
William Contreras	51	210	157	29	36	5	0	4	32	3	3	44	46	.229	.406	.338	.743	53		4	3	2
Steve Renko	59	222	195	20	33	3	0	7	18	1	0	24	82	.169	.266	.292	.558	57		2	0	1
Terry Christman	62	125	104	15	30	6	1	1	19	4	0	17	14	.288	.388	.394	.783	41		0	4	0
William Haas	42	143	113	14	23	2	1	3	26	2	0	28	20	.204	.364	.319	.682	36		1	0	1
Edward Gagle	44	157	138	10	22	5	1	1	13	0	2	16	64	.159	.244	.232	.475	32		0	1	2
Roger Stevens	33	101	87	10	21	4	3	0	6	5	4	11	13	.241	.323	.356	.680	31		0	2	1
David Smith	20	72	69	5	18	1	0	0	3	2	1	2	13	.261	.282	.275	.557	19		0	1	0
Dave Allen	30	84	74	4	10	1	0	0	4	3	2	8	17	.135	.226	.149	.375	11		1	0	1
Duffy Dyer	22	61	52	3	9	2	0	0	1	0	0	8	20	.173	.295	.212	.507	11		1	0	0
Dick Howard	23	63	53	4	9	1	0	0	3	0	0	7	14	.170	.290	.189	.479	10		2	1	0
Curtis Brown	12	38	32	6	7	1	0	0	2	0	4	5	8	.219	.324	.250	.574	8		0	1	0
Bill Denehy	17	55	50	3	5	1	0	0	3	0	0	2	23	.100	.135	.120	.255	6		0	3	0
Bob Johnson	19	47	37	3	4	0	0	1	3	0	0	4	14	.108	.195	.189	.384	7		0	6	0
William Craft	18	30	25	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	15	.120	.154	.120	.274	3		0	4	0
Al Schmelz	15	31	26	4	3	0	1	1	3	0	0	4	12	.115	.233	.308	.541	8		0	1	0
Jon O'Dell	10	36	31	1	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	4	13	.097	.194	.097	.291	3		0	0	1
Jim Bethke	13	17	15	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	7	.133	.133	.133	.267	2		0	2	0
Jerry Hinsley	11	27	19	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	7	.105	.190	.105	.296	2		0	6	0
Carl Nelson	47	20	19	1	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	9	.105	.105	.158	.263	3		0	1	0
Nolan Ryan	3	6	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.167	.167	.167	.333	1		0	0	0
Craig Anderson	15	6	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.167	.167	.167	.333	1		0	0	0
Joe Campbell	9	29	18	1	1	1	0	0	3	0	0	9	10	.056	.379	.111	.490	2		1	0	1
Jay Carden	30	45	35	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	17	.029	.105	.029	.134	1		1	7	0
Bill Wakefield	46	14	12	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	5	.000	.077	.000	.077	0		0	1	0
Bill Virdon	5	8	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.125	.000	.125	0		0	0	0
Malcolm Warren	44	19	18	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	1	0
Don Shaw	7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Les Rohr	10	18	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	10	.000	.176	.000	.176	0		0	1	0
Grover Powell	13	5	3	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	.000	.400	.000	.400	0		0	0	0
Robert Pettis	5	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.250	.000	.250	0		0	1	0
Jerry Johnson	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Totals	1560	4877	4130	543	930	154	23	57	461	108	45	613	978	.225	.329	.315	.644	1301	0	39	69	26	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Steve Renko	1B	56	450	24	11	29	.977	8.464
William Contreras	1B	48	421	20	8	46	.982	9.188
Roger Wattler	1B	19	142	16	4	10	.975	8.316
Terry Christman	1B	10	74	7	3	9	.964	8.100
Ken Boswell	2B	60	163	193	19	44	.949	5.933
Sherwin Minster	2B	58	123	145	6	32	.978	4.621
David Smith	2B	12	20	20	2	3	.952	3.333
Kevin Collins	2B	10	21	30	2	1	.962	5.100
James Lampe	3B	48	39	97	13	10	.913	2.833
Bernie Smith	3B	40	29	63	13	9	.876	2.300
Edward Gagle	3B	28	17	49	9	6	.880	2.357
Sherwin Minster	3B	26	19	41	3	8	.952	2.308
Lloyd Flodin	C	110	760	83	14	11	.984	7.664	16
Dick Howard	C	15	98	7	1	1	.991	7.000	1
Duffy Dyer	C	12	86	12	0	1	1.000	8.167	4
Hank McGraw	C	10	31	6	2	0	.949	3.700	4
Al Yates	OF	100	146	6	5	2	.968	1.520
Bernie Smith	OF	91	151	8	4	0	.975	1.747
Shaun Fitzmaurice	OF	60	113	3	3	0	.975	1.933
Roger Wattler	OF	43	47	1	4	0	.923	1.116
William Haas	OF	32	29	2	3	0	.912	.969
Roger Stevens	OF	29	33	0	2	0	.943	1.138
Dave Allen	OF	16	24	1	1	0	.962	1.562
Curtis Brown	OF	10	17	0	0	0	1.000	1.700
Bill Wakefield	P	46	6	15	2	0	.913	.457
Carl Nelson	P	46	7	20	0	1	1.000	.587
Malcolm Warren	P	43	5	16	0	1	1.000	.488
Jay Carden	P	29	5	20	2	1	.926	.862
Terry Christman	P	28	9	34	3	0	.935	1.536
Bob Johnson	P	19	7	21	3	2	.903	1.474
William Craft	P	18	5	13	1	1	.947	1.000
Bill Denehy	P	17	10	43	4	4	.930	3.118
Craig Anderson	P	15	0	8	0	0	1.000	.533
Al Schmelz	P	13	6	10	0	1	1.000	1.231
Jim Bethke	P	13	1	6	0	0	1.000	.538
Grover Powell	P	11	0	2	0	1	1.000	.182
Les Rohr	P	10	0	6	4	0	.600	.600
Jerry Hinsley	P	10	3	7	1	1	.909	1.000
Kevin Collins	SS	107	178	283	33	54	.933	4.308
Edward Gagle	SS	20	21	28	7	1	.875	2.450
Sherwin Minster	SS	12	23	38	3	11	.953	5.083
Totals		1400	3339	1404	195	301	.961	3.388	25	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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