1966 Amarillo Sonics Statistics

Texas League (TL) - Class: AA
Team Record: 77-63
Finished 2nd in the TL
Manager: Buddy Hancken (77-63)
Affiliation: Houston Astros
Location: Amarillo, Texas
Ballpark: Amarillo Dilla Villa
Attendance: 78,656, Avg. 1,124

1966 Amarillo Sonics Roster

Playoffs - Albuquerque Dodgers 2 games, Amarillo Sonics 1

The Amarillo Sonics of the Texas League ended the 1966 season with a record of 77 wins and 63 losses, finishing second in the TL.

The Sonics plated 626 runs and yielded 545 runs. Doug Rader paced Amarillo with 16 home runs and drove in 74 runs. Leo Posada led all regular batters by hitting .317. Don Wilson topped the team with 18 wins and a team-best 2.21 ERA, tops among hurlers with significant time on the mound.

Players from the 1966 Amarillo Sonics who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Doug Rader, Bruce Von Hoff, John Hoffman, Leo Posada, Paul Doyle, Danny Coombs, J C Hartman, José Herrera, Bill Heath, Tom Griffin, George Gerberman, Don Wilson, Danny Walton, Ron Davis and Larry Howard.

Buddy Hancken 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
Don Wilson	18	6	.750	2.21	29	29		8	6		187.0	150	52	46	8	68	2	197	6	1	8
George Gerberman	12	2	.857	2.98	29	23		9	1		178.0	150	64	59	11	38	1	117	4	0	8
Danilo Rivas	10	5	.667	3.13	28	15		5	0		115.0	119	58	40	6	49	0	101	4	0	3
Ronald Cayll	10	6	.625	4.07	43	3		0	0		95.0	87	57	43	9	56	4	101	4	0	2
Thomas Arruda	8	5	.615	3.93	21	14		4	0		94.0	105	56	41	6	42	0	57	1	0	13
Marvin Dutt	6	5	.545	3.00	41	5		0	0		117.0	102	44	39	7	31	4	87	1	0	6
Paul Doyle	5	15	.250	3.62	37	20		5	2		154.0	144	72	62	14	82	4	175	5	1	7
Mike Daniel	4	2	.667	3.38	8	8		0	0		48.0	50	23	18	5	15	1	37	1	1	2
Danny Coombs	3	10	.231	3.71	31	18		4	0		126.0	121	62	52	8	61	3	100	4	0	7
Tommy Fullen	1	4	.200	2.82	43	1		0	0		83.0	82	36	26	1	36	2	49	0	1	4
Edward Harrar	0	0		7.36	5	0		0	0		11.0	14	9	9	2	3	0	7	0	0	0
Tom Griffin	0	1	.000	5.14	2	2		0	0		7.0	9	4	4	1	7	0	6	0	0	0
Bruce Von Hoff	0	2	.000	9.00	6	2		0	0		8.0	14	8	8	1	7	0	8	1	0	2
Totals	77	63	.550	3.29	323	140	0	35	9	0	1223.0	1147	545	447	79	495	21	1042	31	4	62	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
Doug Rader	138	593	527	85	153	21	12	16	74	10	4	49	106	.290	.353	.467	.819	246		5	6	6
Leo Posada	130	525	463	66	147	28	9	5	56	2	2	53	95	.317	.388	.449	.837	208		3	2	4
Elijah Johnson	131	494	454	58	128	19	2	10	58	8	4	26	91	.282	.325	.399	.724	181		5	5	4
Ed Pacheco	118	487	455	56	121	15	6	2	41	6	10	22	52	.266	.296	.338	.635	154		0	4	6
Ron Davis	96	400	364	56	110	16	1	12	52	5	3	23	54	.302	.341	.451	.792	164		1	7	5
J C Hartman	71	301	264	39	77	11	2	5	20	13	3	26	19	.292	.363	.405	.768	107		4	6	1
John Hoffman	115	394	353	38	73	13	3	8	30	1	1	28	132	.207	.272	.329	.601	116		5	5	3
Lee Brown	98	332	275	45	72	12	2	13	35	1	4	42	46	.262	.378	.462	.840	127		10	4	1
Ed Moxey	87	252	227	33	60	18	0	4	35	4	1	23	64	.264	.329	.396	.726	90		0	0	2
José Herrera	52	216	198	22	56	13	6	5	24	0	1	10	22	.283	.329	.485	.813	96		4	3	1
James Todhunter	51	152	133	21	35	7	0	4	15	1	2	18	30	.263	.349	.406	.755	54		0	0	1
Ernest Foli	43	110	97	14	26	5	0	1	13	1	0	8	22	.268	.318	.351	.668	34		0	3	2
Larry Howard	22	76	68	9	23	6	1	4	19	2	2	6	12	.338	.395	.632	1.027	43		1	0	1
Charles Murray	22	73	72	7	15	2	2	1	6	1	1	1	18	.208	.219	.333	.553	24		0	0	0
Don Wilson	29	71	65	9	13	3	0	0	7	0	0	3	24	.200	.246	.246	.493	16		1	2	0
Bill Heath	11	34	31	4	12	0	0	1	5	1	0	3	3	.387	.441	.484	.925	15		0	0	0
Thomas Arruda	22	39	35	8	12	2	3	0	1	0	0	3	3	.343	.395	.571	.966	20		0	1	0
George Gerberman	29	70	60	4	10	3	0	0	6	0	0	6	24	.167	.254	.217	.470	13		1	3	0
Danilo Rivas	32	48	46	4	9	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	7	.196	.191	.239	.431	11		0	1	1
Paul Doyle	39	54	50	0	7	0	0	0	4	0	0	2	17	.140	.167	.140	.307	7		0	0	2
Danny Coombs	31	46	45	2	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	20	.133	.152	.133	.286	6		0	0	0
Ronald Cayll	43	27	21	2	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	3	12	.190	.292	.238	.530	5		0	3	0
Danny Walton	11	37	33	2	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	12	.091	.189	.121	.310	4		0	0	0
Marvin Dutt	41	35	34	2	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	14	.088	.088	.118	.206	4		0	1	0
Tommy Fullen	43	18	17	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	.118	.167	.118	.284	2		0	0	0
Mike Daniel	8	18	16	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	.062	.062	.062	.125	1		0	2	0
Edward Harrar	5	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Tom Griffin	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Totals	1520	4907	4408	587	1178	197	50	91	507	56	38	361	914	.267	.326	.397	.722	1748	0	40	58	40	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Elijah Johnson	1B	116	934	64	14	70	.986	8.603
Larry Howard	1B	19	157	8	4	19	.976	8.684
J C Hartman	2B	70	131	174	8	38	.974	4.357
José Herrera	2B	52	98	129	13	17	.946	4.365
Ernest Foli	2B	16	19	36	2	7	.965	3.438
James Todhunter	2B	14	31	26	2	3	.966	4.071
Doug Rader	3B	137	102	240	27	22	.927	2.496
John Hoffman	C	108	776	90	21	8	.976	8.019	16
Ed Moxey	C	36	228	22	5	0	.980	6.944	8
Leo Posada	OF	128	182	12	6	3	.970	1.516
Ron Davis	OF	96	188	10	4	1	.980	2.062
Lee Brown	OF	87	92	9	7	1	.935	1.161
Charles Murray	OF	18	23	3	0	0	1.000	1.444
Ed Moxey	OF	15	21	0	1	0	.955	1.400
Elijah Johnson	OF	11	9	2	0	0	1.000	1.000
Danny Walton	OF	10	16	0	2	0	.889	1.600
Tommy Fullen	P	43	3	19	1	0	.957	.512
Ronald Cayll	P	43	8	8	0	0	1.000	.372
Marvin Dutt	P	41	9	10	0	3	1.000	.463
Paul Doyle	P	37	4	41	2	2	.957	1.216
Danny Coombs	P	31	7	19	2	0	.929	.839
Don Wilson	P	29	11	22	6	1	.846	1.138
George Gerberman	P	29	6	27	2	0	.943	1.138
Danilo Rivas	P	28	4	18	3	2	.880	.786
Thomas Arruda	P	21	10	23	0	0	1.000	1.571
Ed Pacheco	SS	116	197	312	23	62	.957	4.388
James Todhunter	SS	24	32	54	5	8	.945	3.583
Totals		1375	3298	1378	160	267	.967	3.401	24	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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