1966 Aberdeen Pheasants Statistics

Northern League (NL) - Class: Short Season A
Team Record: 47-22
Finished 2nd in the NL
Manager: Cal Ripken (47-22)
Affiliation: Baltimore Orioles
Location: Aberdeen, South Dakota
Ballpark: Municipal Baseball Park
Attendance: 24,767, Avg. 718

1966 Aberdeen Pheasants Roster

The Aberdeen Pheasants of the Northern League ended the 1966 season with a record of 47 wins and 22 losses, finishing second in the NL.

The Pheasants led the league with 411 runs, spearheaded by 58 home runs. Aberdeen allowed 261 runs. Roger Freed paced the team with 13 home runs and drove in 58 runs. Jimmy Williams topped batters with significant playing time by connecting at a .360 clip. Lance Tobert and George Wolger paced the squad with 9 wins each, while Lance Tobert recorded a 1.92 ERA, best among qualifying pitchers.

Roger Freed played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Aberdeen Pheasants to do so.

Cal Ripken 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
George Wolger	9	2	.818	2.94	13	13		7	1		95.0	66	37	31	6	41	0	89	6	1	4
Lance Tobert	9	3	.750	1.92	13	13		6	1		103.0	80	32	22	5	19	1	114	4	1	2
Michael Hebert	8	5	.615	3.20	14	14		7	1		104.0	103	52	37	9	21	1	92	2	2	1
Daniel Prebenda	6	4	.600	2.38	12	11		2	2		72.0	50	30	19	4	37	1	66	3	0	13
Bill Rogers	4	2	.667	1.36	16	0		0	0		33.0	22	8	5	3	11	2	41	0	1	1
Harold White	4	3	.571	4.56	13	13		2	1		77.0	73	48	39	6	36	0	99	0	1	4
Ron Norris	3	1	.750	4.22	12	3		0	0		32.0	28	16	15	2	21	1	38	1	0	6
Duane Janne	2	0	1.000	0.00	6	0		0	0		12.0	7	0	0	0	3	0	14	0	1	0
Brent Vines	2	0	1.000	0.92	21	0		0	0		39.0	25	10	4	2	16	3	39	0	0	3
Jesse Schulte	0	0		27.00	4	0		0	0		2.0	4	7	6	0	2	1	0	1	0	0
Wilfred Beauchemin	0	1	.000	2.74	12	0		0	0		23.0	20	8	7	0	13	0	21	1	1	3
Edwin Maras	0	1	.000	15.00	3	2		0	0		6.0	8	13	10	0	11	0	6	0	0	1
Totals	47	22	.681	2.93	139	69	0	24	6	0	598.0	486	261	195	37	231	10	619	18	8	38	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
Jimmy Williams	69	318	283	63	102	19	4	10	54	25	5	31	50	.360	.425	.562	.986	159		2	0	2
Alfred Weaver	61	257	209	38	63	10	2	7	35	7	7	41	55	.301	.424	.469	.892	98		4	2	1
Roger Freed	68	289	233	44	62	8	2	13	58	5	1	51	77	.266	.398	.485	.883	113		2	0	3
Clifton Matthew	62	253	182	59	51	14	0	10	41	25	4	64	74	.280	.470	.522	.992	95		4	0	3
Don Roth	51	214	194	32	51	9	0	1	25	3	1	16	38	.263	.316	.325	.641	63		0	2	2
Jack Thornton	56	220	189	28	47	7	2	3	26	3	1	28	42	.249	.350	.354	.704	67		2	0	1
Jeffrey Wallace	57	231	191	31	45	7	1	7	36	6	5	36	26	.236	.355	.393	.748	75		1	0	3
Dean Bowyer	60	275	229	42	45	6	1	1	15	4	4	28	29	.197	.309	.245	.553	56		10	6	2
Peters Welbes	26	96	78	12	22	5	0	0	9	0	1	16	21	.282	.396	.346	.742	27		0	0	2
Edwin Maras	27	90	78	10	19	2	0	2	15	0	0	9	24	.244	.322	.346	.668	27		1	0	2
Richard Hemelstrand	42	147	127	16	19	4	0	3	15	5	1	16	54	.150	.259	.252	.510	32		3	0	1
Corky Evans	14	29	28	6	7	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	7	.250	.276	.321	.597	9		1	0	0
Lance Tobert	13	44	37	3	7	2	0	0	4	0	0	2	12	.189	.225	.243	.468	9		0	4	1
Michael Hebert	17	48	42	6	7	3	0	1	7	0	0	1	12	.167	.186	.310	.496	13		0	5	0
Walter Birchler	5	24	20	4	5	1	0	0	6	0	0	4	2	.250	.375	.300	.675	6		0	0	0
Harold White	13	33	30	2	5	1	0	0	3	0	0	3	14	.167	.242	.200	.442	6		0	0	0
George Wolger	13	44	33	4	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	17	.152	.282	.152	.434	5		1	5	0
Ron Norris	12	9	9	3	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.444	.444	.444	.889	4		0	0	0
Steve Schmid	11	35	28	3	4	1	0	0	2	0	1	7	6	.143	.314	.179	.493	5		0	0	0
Daniel Prebenda	12	27	24	2	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	14	.125	.160	.167	.327	4		0	2	0
Duane Janne	6	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1		0	0	0
Brent Vines	21	8	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	.167	.286	.167	.452	1		0	1	0
George Staples	5	16	15	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	7	.067	.125	.133	.258	2		0	0	0
Bill Rogers	16	10	6	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	5	.000	.143	.000	.143	0		0	3	0
Wilfred Beauchemin	12	5	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.000	.200	.000	.200	0		0	0	0
Totals	749	2724	2277	412	576	103	12	58	357	83	32	363	595	.253	.360	.385	.745	877	0	31	30	23	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Jeffrey Wallace	1B	52	411	17	8	26	.982	8.231
Edwin Maras	1B	19	155	7	3	13	.982	8.526
Jack Thornton	2B	55	106	127	17	22	.932	4.236
Richard Hemelstrand	2B	16	30	39	4	11	.945	4.312
Alfred Weaver	3B	61	63	121	27	11	.872	3.016
Richard Hemelstrand	3B	10	6	6	2	2	.857	1.200
Clifton Matthew	C	32	316	17	7	2	.979	1.406	13
Peters Welbes	C	25	191	14	2	1	.990	8.200	7
Jimmy Williams	OF	69	97	4	5	1	.953	1.464
Roger Freed	OF	67	89	10	1	1	.990	1.478
Don Roth	OF	46	55	6	3	0	.953	1.326
Clifton Matthew	OF	28	38	1	0	0	1.000	1.393
Brent Vines	P	21	1	10	0	1	1.000	.524
Bill Rogers	P	16	1	8	2	1	.818	.562
Michael Hebert	P	14	2	20	3	0	.880	1.571
George Wolger	P	13	3	15	2	1	.900	1.385
Harold White	P	13	5	19	0	0	1.000	1.846
Lance Tobert	P	13	3	28	0	1	1.000	2.385
Daniel Prebenda	P	12	1	15	2	0	.889	1.333
Ron Norris	P	12	1	4	0	0	1.000	.417
Wilfred Beauchemin	P	12	0	3	0	0	1.000	.250
Duane Janne	P	6						.000
Jesse Schulte	P	4						.000
Dean Bowyer	SS	59	69	139	21	22	.908	3.525
Totals		675	1643	630	109	116	.954	3.367	20	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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