1966 Austin Braves Statistics

Texas League (TL) - Class: AA
Team Record: 67-73
Finished 4th in the TL
Manager: Hub Kittle (67-73)
Affiliation: Atlanta Braves
Location: Austin, Texas
Ballpark: Disch-Falk Field
Attendance: 54,104, Avg. 773

1966 Austin Braves Roster

Playoffs - Austin Braves 2 games, Arkansas Travelers 1
Finals - Austin Braves 1 game, Albuquerque Dodgers 0 - Series called when rains struck.

The Austin Braves of the Texas League ended the 1966 season with a record of 67 wins and 73 losses, finishing fourth in the TL.

The Braves paced the league with just 482 runs allowed. Austin scored 534 runs. George Kopacz led the team with 11 home runs Glen Clark drove in 57 runs and topped all qualifying hitters on the roster with a .296 average. Frank Funk paced the squad with 11 wins, while Pat House earned a 2.13 ERA, tops among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

Members of the 1966 Austin Braves who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Jay Porter, Walt Hriniak, George Kopacz, Frank Funk, Charlie Vaughan, Hal Breeden, Ron Reed, Glen Clark, Tom Dukes, Cecil Upshaw, Pat House, Bob Moorhead, Cito Gaston, Ethan Blackaby, Mike Lum, Bill Southworth, Gary Neibauer, Bobby Cox, Félix Millán and Al Santorini.

Hub Kittle 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
Frank Funk	11	9	.550	3.16	30	18		5	0		151.0	150	63	53	16	29	3	94	5	0	4
Pat House	10	9	.526	2.13	23	19		10	4		152.0	129	50	36	6	27	3	107	2	0	3
Joe Cisterna	8	8	.500	2.53	28	9		4	2		103.0	89	42	29	5	35	8	68	1	0	6
Tom Dukes	8	12	.400	2.70	22	20		8	0		150.0	131	55	45	12	44	5	127	6	1	5
Ken Nixon	7	1	.875	2.90	12	8		1	1		62.0	61	21	20	5	15	2	28	2	0	0
Gene Garnell	4	4	.500	2.32	35	0		0	0		66.0	46	22	17	3	15	0	64	2	0	4
Cecil Upshaw	4	5	.444	2.77	12	10		3	2		65.0	53	22	20	4	14	1	55	0	0	1
Ron Reed	3	1	.750	1.20	4	4		3	0		30.0	19	4	4	0	7	1	22	1	0	1
Al Santorini	3	2	.600	1.69	9	9		2	0		48.0	37	15	9	2	22	1	49	1	0	3
Harold Gelein	2	4	.333	2.30	29	6		2	0		94.0	74	31	24	3	32	3	79	0	0	5
Robert Daniel	2	4	.333	6.48	13	8		1	1		50.0	54	39	36	3	27	3	25	2	1	3
Charlie Vaughan	2	7	.222	2.93	22	14		0	0		83.0	86	40	27	3	39	2	71	2	1	11
John Stewart	1	0	1.000	1.29	1	1		0	0		7.0	5	1	1	0	2	0	3	0	0	0
Gary Neibauer	1	2	.333	3.21	9	9		0	0		42.0	40	18	15	1	11	1	40	0	1	1
Bob Moorhead	1	2	.333	5.06	14	0		0	0		32.0	30	20	18	3	17	0	23	3	0	3
Hub Kittle	0	0		0.00	1	1		0	0		1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Monte Sharp	0	0		7.20	6	1		0	0		10.0	16	8	8	3	4	1	8	0	1	1
Richard Smith	0	1	.000	2.35	16	0		0	0		23.0	23	12	6	2	10	0	11	1	0	3
Conrad Noessel	0	1	.000	3.00	8	1		0	0		21.0	23	14	7	1	10	0	12	2	1	5
David Fracaro	0	1	.000	7.20	3	2		0	0		5.0	8	5	4	0	5	0	1	0	0	0
Totals	67	73	.479	2.85	297	140	0	39	10	0	1195.0	1075	482	379	72	366	34	887	30	6	59	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
Mike Lum	139	609	541	76	144	19	8	6	48	10	13	43	67	.266	.333	.364	.697	197		13	9	3
Glen Clark	136	510	467	49	138	18	2	8	57	6	9	29	72	.296	.337	.394	.731	184		2	8	4
Walt Hriniak	134	525	455	48	107	16	3	0	38	2	4	53	59	.235	.324	.284	.608	129		7	10	0
Robert Connolly	120	419	368	46	96	16	4	7	44	3	3	42	47	.261	.334	.383	.717	141		0	6	3
Hal Breeden	118	402	370	42	95	12	3	4	51	2	3	26	45	.257	.309	.338	.647	125		3	1	2
George Kopacz	94	361	320	45	91	20	3	11	41	4	4	34	55	.284	.350	.469	.819	150		1	1	5
Ethan Blackaby	109	397	342	58	90	21	5	10	44	10	8	41	50	.263	.345	.442	.787	151		3	9	2
Bobby Cox	92	371	339	35	77	11	1	7	30	7	5	25	55	.227	.290	.327	.617	111		5	2	0
William Hancock	59	208	191	16	53	8	3	3	26	0	2	9	23	.277	.312	.398	.710	76		2	3	3
Félix Millán	35	149	135	17	42	5	1	1	6	2	0	7	13	.311	.345	.385	.730	52		0	7	0
Rafael Gomez	74	260	211	31	38	6	0	3	25	4	2	35	62	.180	.315	.251	.566	53		8	3	3
Jay Porter	77	208	162	20	33	4	0	1	16	0	1	37	24	.204	.345	.247	.592	40		1	2	6
Bill Southworth	33	128	104	10	26	2	0	0	8	1	1	22	28	.250	.383	.269	.652	28		1	0	1
Frank Funk	39	58	48	8	12	1	1	1	5	0	0	4	18	.250	.308	.375	.683	18		0	6	0
Pat House	25	61	55	2	12	1	0	0	9	0	0	1	11	.218	.232	.236	.469	13		0	5	0
Harold Gelein	36	37	32	4	6	2	1	0	2	0	0	3	8	.188	.257	.312	.570	10		0	2	0
Joe Cisterna	29	37	30	2	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	14	.167	.286	.167	.452	5		0	2	0
Ken Nixon	19	36	32	3	4	0	0	2	6	0	0	3	13	.125	.200	.312	.512	10		0	1	0
Tom Dukes	22	60	55	4	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	27	.073	.089	.073	.162	4		0	4	0
Cito Gaston	4	13	10	2	3	1	1	0	4	0	0	2	2	.300	.385	.600	.985	6		0	0	1
Ron Reed	4	11	11	0	3	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	4	.273	.273	.364	.636	4		0	0	0
Charlie Vaughan	22	24	21	1	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	9	.143	.182	.190	.372	4		0	2	0
Robert Daniel	13	16	14	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	7	.143	.250	.143	.393	2		0	0	0
Cecil Upshaw	12	24	20	2	2	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	5	.100	.095	.200	.295	4		0	3	1
Monte Sharp	6	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1		0	0	0
John Stewart	1	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	1		0	0	0
Richard Smith	16	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.200	.200	.200	.400	1		0	0	0
Conrad Noessel	8	6	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.167	.167	.167	.333	1		0	0	0
Jesus Romero	9	10	8	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	.125	.200	.125	.325	1		0	0	1
Gene Garnell	35	13	12	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	7	.083	.077	.083	.160	1		0	0	1
Gary Neibauer	9	15	12	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	8	.000	.133	.000	.133	0		0	0	1
David Fracaro	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Al Santorini	9	16	13	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	.000	.133	.000	.133	0		0	1	0
Bob Moorhead	14	7	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	1	0
Totals	1555	5002	4401	525	1092	165	37	64	471	51	55	430	746	.248	.319	.346	.665	1523	0	46	88	37	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
George Kopacz	1B	84	641	32	8	52	.988	8.012
Hal Breeden	1B	57	516	37	9	38	.984	9.702
Rafael Gomez	2B	59	112	156	8	33	.971	4.542
Bobby Cox	2B	50	105	146	7	27	.973	5.020
Félix Millán	2B	35	89	77	3	16	.982	4.743
Robert Connolly	3B	66	57	124	14	9	.928	2.742
Bobby Cox	3B	35	35	70	5	5	.955	3.000
Bill Southworth	3B	33	26	54	10	4	.889	2.424
Rafael Gomez	3B	12	10	17	2	0	.931	2.250
William Hancock	C	55	364	58	9	5	.979	7.673	4
Glen Clark	C	50	291	27	12	2	.964	6.360	6
Jay Porter	C	44	214	17	2	2	.991	5.250	7
Mike Lum	OF	138	374	12	7	2	.982	2.797
Ethan Blackaby	OF	99	132	9	6	1	.959	1.424
Glen Clark	OF	78	126	7	3	0	.978	1.705
Robert Connolly	OF	45	71	5	3	1	.962	1.689
Hal Breeden	OF	38	36	1	4	0	.902	.974
Jay Porter	OF	10	10	0	0	0	1.000	1.000
Gene Garnell	P	35	5	7	1	2	.923	.343
Frank Funk	P	30	6	27	2	3	.943	1.100
Harold Gelein	P	29	4	18	1	0	.957	.759
Joe Cisterna	P	28	5	17	2	2	.917	.786
Pat House	P	23	5	29	6	1	.850	1.478
Charlie Vaughan	P	22	5	13	1	0	.947	.818
Tom Dukes	P	22	4	22	3	0	.897	1.182
Richard Smith	P	16	1	7	0	1	1.000	.500
Bob Moorhead	P	14	0	5	2	1	.714	.357
Robert Daniel	P	13	2	10	2	1	.857	.923
Cecil Upshaw	P	12	4	10	0	1	1.000	1.167
Ken Nixon	P	12	3	16	0	1	1.000	1.583
Walt Hriniak	SS	133	230	388	20	67	.969	4.647
Totals		1377	3483	1418	152	277	.970	3.559	17	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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