1965 Auburn Mets Statistics

New York-Pennsylvania League (NYPL) - Class: A
Team Record: 73-55
Finished 2nd in the NYPL
Manager: Clyde McCullough (73-55)
Affiliation: New York Mets
Location: Auburn, New York
Ballpark: Falcon Park I
Attendance: 40,944, Avg. 640

1965 Auburn Mets Roster

The Auburn Mets of the New York-Pennsylvania League ended the 1965 season with a record of 73 wins and 55 losses, finishing second in the NYPL.

The Mets led the league with 740 runs, ignited by 175 home runs. Auburn surrendered 653 runs. Bruce Fitzpatrick paced the team with 27 home runs, while Greg Goossen, Al Yates, Jan Firek and Dave Allen each walloped 15 or more as well. Bruce Fitzpatrick recorded 89 runs batted in. Greg Goossen topped batters with significant playing time with a .305 average. Paul Alspach and Bill Denehy paced the squad with 13 wins each, and Bill Denehy recorded a 2.78 ERA, best among qualifying pitchers.

Members of the 1965 Auburn Mets who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Greg Goossen, Don Shaw, Billy Wynne, Bob Johnson, Jim McAndrew, Ken Boswell, Bill Denehy, Steve Dillon, Al Yates and Dick Rusteck.

Clyde McCullough 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
Paul Alspach	13	5	.722	3.63	27	12		6	0		114.0	101	55	46	9	72	1	148	2	0	7
Bill Denehy	13	9	.591	2.78	27	26		10	3		194.0	173	83	60	10	82	1	135	9	0	12
Bob Johnson	7	1	.875	3.45	12	12		3	0		86.0	74	40	33	6	35	0	80	4	1	10
Carl Nelson	7	4	.636	3.67	35	13		3	0		130.0	135	73	53	17	66	0	129	3	1	8
Steve Dillon	5	2	.714	3.91	16	7		2	0		53.0	54	26	23	10	17	1	50	1	0	0
Jim McAndrew	5	5	.500	5.37	11	11		3	0		67.0	72	50	40	12	20	0	69	0	1	0
Jay Carden	5	6	.455	5.04	19	16		4	1		91.0	112	70	51	10	44	2	68	4	0	6
Gary Encerti	4	11	.267	5.11	15	14		0	0		81.0	90	71	46	11	55	1	59	6	0	6
Don Shaw	3	0	1.000	0.00	12	0		0	0		15.0	6	2	0	0	5	1	19	1	0	1
Dick Rusteck	3	0	1.000	1.64	14	2		0	0		44.0	22	11	8	2	22	1	55	0	0	5
Terry Christman	3	3	.500	4.81	8	8		1	0		43.0	47	26	23	5	33	0	42	1	0	5
Michael McCusker	2	1	.667	3.60	4	2		0	0		15.0	17	12	6	2	6	0	11	2	0	2
Billy Wynne	1	4	.200	1.89	22	0		0	0		57.0	47	22	12	3	23	3	63	0	0	2
Robert Parker					16						0.0
John Hames	0	0		5.25	12	0		0	0		36.0	35	35	21	9	29	0	30	0	0	3
Eric Maya	0	0		10.50	2	0		0	0		6.0	12	8	7	2	3	0	3	0	0	0
Edward Loeffler	0	0		18.00	2	1		0	0		4.0	8	8	8	2	5	0	3	0	0	0
Jerry Bark	0	1	.000	1.29	4	1		0	0		14.0	16	8	2	1	6	0	1	0	1	2
James Jenkins	0	1	.000	3.90	11	3		0	0		30.0	38	24	13	5	18	1	39	1	1	5
Totals	71	53	.573	3.77	269	128	0	32	4	0	1080.0	1059	624	452	116	541	12	1004	34	5	74	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
David Smith	124	560	520	73	137	15	5	11	48	14	11	29	115	.263	.309	.375	.684	195		6	3	2
Greg Goossen	109	438	377	85	115	19	5	24	84	3	2	56	63	.305	.395	.573	.968	216		2	0	3
William Contreras	128	515	422	65	115	10	5	13	61	7	9	82	114	.273	.399	.412	.811	174		8	1	2
Bruce Fitzpatrick	125	558	464	88	114	20	4	27	89	9	1	81	158	.246	.366	.481	.847	223		9	1	3
Al Yates	69	289	254	46	85	8	1	20	50	5	3	28	67	.335	.408	.610	1.019	155		5	0	2
Ken Boswell	73	338	298	49	85	20	1	7	33	9	9	36	46	.285	.362	.430	.792	128		0	4	0
Jan Firek	90	382	333	62	84	15	3	18	60	3	2	44	84	.252	.346	.477	.824	159		4	1	0
Jack Tracy	48	228	186	48	71	8	1	8	31	8	4	31	17	.382	.473	.565	1.038	105		5	2	4
Jon O'Dell	60	242	206	35	61	6	3	6	20	7	4	34	69	.296	.397	.442	.838	91		1	0	1
Gary Haverly	70	259	223	34	57	10	4	6	35	0	1	31	58	.256	.341	.417	.758	93		0	1	4
Dave Allen	54	229	199	31	51	3	3	19	52	5	2	29	43	.256	.354	.588	.942	117		1	0	0
Steve Smith	42	142	123	28	41	7	0	2	16	5	1	14	15	.333	.414	.439	.853	54		3	2	0
Alan Feldstein	31	90	75	12	21	0	2	2	10	0	1	11	8	.280	.386	.413	.800	31		2	2	0
Jim Dix	18	85	82	14	21	1	1	2	8	3	2	3	16	.256	.282	.366	.648	30		0	0	0
Raymond Stadler	38	100	85	9	18	2	0	5	11	0	0	12	17	.212	.320	.412	.732	35		2	0	1
Carl Nelson	37	52	46	7	12	1	0	2	6	0	0	1	11	.261	.306	.413	.719	19		2	3	0
Jim Handley	20	64	51	11	8	1	0	0	6	2	0	10	20	.157	.302	.176	.478	9		1	1	1
Gary Rollins	17	40	32	4	7	1	0	0	3	0	0	7	7	.219	.350	.250	.600	8		0	0	1
Jay Carden	20	40	35	2	7	1	0	0	3	0	0	3	14	.200	.256	.229	.485	8		0	1	1
Terry Christman	22	33	24	8	6	2	0	1	4	0	0	7	1	.250	.419	.458	.878	11		0	2	0
Paul Alspach	32	45	33	5	6	0	1	0	5	0	0	2	10	.182	.222	.242	.465	8		0	9	1
Bill Denehy	28	80	62	3	6	0	0	0	3	0	0	13	32	.097	.253	.097	.350	6		0	5	0
Jim McAndrew	11	29	24	3	4	0	0	1	3	0	0	5	14	.167	.310	.292	.602	7		0	0	0
Dick Rusteck	14	14	13	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.231	.286	.231	.516	3		0	0	0
Steve Dillon	16	19	14	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	5	.214	.389	.214	.603	3		0	1	0
Jerry Bark	5	4	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.667	.667	.667	1.333	2		0	1	0
John Hames	12	14	12	2	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	6	.167	.286	.333	.619	4		0	0	0
Billy Wynne	24	24	22	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	9	.091	.125	.091	.216	2		0	0	1
Gary Encerti	22	35	26	6	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	8	.077	.250	.077	.327	2		0	3	0
Bob Johnson	12	33	27	3	2	0	0	1	3	0	0	3	15	.074	.188	.185	.373	5		1	1	1
Don Shaw	12	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
James Jenkins	11	8	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.000	.125	.000	.125	0		0	0	0
Edward Loeffler	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Michael McCusker	4	6	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	1	0
Eric Maya	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		1.000			0		0	0	0
Totals	1403	5000	4287	739	1148	150	40	175	646	80	53	588	1055	.268	.361	.444	.805	1903	0	52	45	28	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
William Contreras	1B	124	1012	42	26	76	.976	8.500
Ken Boswell	2B	72	140	186	14	35	.959	4.528
Jack Tracy	2B	48	108	142	10	20	.962	5.208
Bruce Fitzpatrick	3B	59	48	79	26	11	.830	2.153
Gary Haverly	3B	45	36	62	28	3	.778	2.178
Alan Feldstein	3B	21	11	30	11	2	.788	1.952
Greg Goossen	C	100	815	47	13	8	.985	8.620	31
Raymond Stadler	C	27	174	16	2	2	.990	7.037	3
Jim Handley	C	10	85	4	3	1	.967	8.900	0
Jan Firek	OF	90	122	10	15	2	.898	1.467
Al Yates	OF	68	131	6	8	1	.945	2.015
Bruce Fitzpatrick	OF	66	74	9	8	1	.912	1.258
Jon O'Dell	OF	55	84	1	2	0	.977	1.545
Dave Allen	OF	52	56	4	4	0	.938	1.154
Steve Smith	OF	27	39	0	3	0	.929	1.444
Jim Dix	OF	18	27	0	4	0	.871	1.500
Gary Haverly	OF	15	12	1	0	0	1.000	.867
Carl Nelson	P	35	5	16	2	2	.913	.600
Bill Denehy	P	27	12	30	2	0	.955	1.556
Paul Alspach	P	27	2	10	2	2	.857	.444
Billy Wynne	P	22	5	10	1	0	.938	.682
Jay Carden	P	19	2	14	0	1	1.000	.842
Steve Dillon	P	16	0	4	1	1	.800	.250
Gary Encerti	P	15	4	12	2	0	.889	1.067
Dick Rusteck	P	14	3	6	1	1	.900	.643
Don Shaw	P	12	0	1	0	0	1.000	.083
Bob Johnson	P	12	2	15	3	4	.850	1.417
John Hames	P	12	3	5	0	1	1.000	.667
Jim McAndrew	P	11	4	12	0	0	1.000	1.455
James Jenkins	P	11	1	6	5	0	.583	.636
Terry Christman	P	8						.000
Michael McCusker	P	4						.000
Jerry Bark	P	4						.000
Eric Maya	P	2						.000
Edward Loeffler	P	2						.000
David Smith	SS	124	206	380	55	69	.914	4.726
Totals		1274	3223	1160	251	243	.946	3.440	34	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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