1966 Asheville Tourists Statistics

Southern League (SL) - Class: AA
Team Record: 78-61
Finished 2nd in the SL
Manager: Hardy Peterson (78-61)
Affiliation: Pittsburgh Pirates
Location: Asheville, North Carolina
Ballpark: Old McCormick Field
Attendance: 51,704, Avg. 744
1966 Asheville Tourists Roster

The Asheville Tourists of the Southern League ended the 1966 season with a record of 78 wins and 61 losses, finishing second in the SL.

The Tourists led the league with 670 runs, powered by 140 home runs. Asheville allowed 610 runs. Bob Robertson walloped 32 home runs for the squad, while Joe Solimine, Bob Oliver and Rodolfo Welch each swatted 15 or more, too. Bob Robertson drove in 99 runs. Charlie Leonard paced all regular batters by connecting at a .308 clip. Dave Roberts and Silvano Quezada topped the team with 14 wins each, and Dave Roberts recorded a 2.61 ERA, best among qualifying pitchers.

Members of the 1966 Asheville Tourists who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Dick Colpaert, Bruce Dal Canton, Dock Ellis, Lou Marone, Bob Oliver, Freddie Patek, Elmo Plaskett, Dave Roberts, Bob Robertson and Carl Taylor.

Hardy Peterson 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
Dave Roberts145.7372.613126144190.015363559609157405
Silvano Quezada149.6093.083126102178.01577861173313119701
Ken Larsen106.6254.93332391168.01891099225487101106
Dock Ellis109.5262.762424131160.013862499444145324
Dick Colpaert86.5713.645300084.08245346501063505
Phillip Cunningham86.5714.5524142089.08561451047861704
Quint Willingham53.6254.7029133092.01045348946561403
Bill McGilivray35.3754.093700066.071393025110403112
Bruce Dal Canton21.6673.44552034.0311613310121103
Ronald Fiorella23.4005.032520034.0292719229025100
Lou Marone25.2867.272400026.0322321811219314
Joseph Knutson0027.0020001.03430321003
Rodger Irvine01.0004.5040004.05420612000
Larry Killingsworth01.0005.1411107.02441414200
George Vasquez01.0008.22760023.0262321518416006
Totals7861.5613.87330140054801156.0110761149710646077835414560

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
Charlie Leonard137579513981582131271335956.308.377.431.808221034
Bob Robertson1345394638313325232992258106.287.374.557.931258945
Alejandro James12549245264131171839332875.290.337.385.722174480
Rodolfo Welch1304454065812416022604534118.305.364.507.871206401
Carl Taylor12945439456115181735824871.292.371.396.766156363
Joe Solimine127485430671081741555853948.251.324.414.738178943
Frank Vanzin1163973554699244840523080.279.336.437.773155273
Bob Oliver853383095997861878521674.314.346.553.900171337
Felix Santana1194133594786132640654062.240.316.337.653121284
Elmo Plaskett82207189214670732001625.243.300.392.69174002
Ken Larsen47877211173119201226.236.345.347.69225030
Dave Roberts387668515100300013.221.221.235.45616080
Freddie Patek26776411130015111012.203.311.250.56116030
Danny Greenfield166348511100330156.229.413.250.66312000
David Kwiatkowski2279657111027001121.169.308.277.58518210
Silvano Quezada337566811100100219.167.191.182.37312070
Phillip Cunningham24332925100000119.172.200.207.4076030
Dock Ellis42575195000000232.098.148.098.2465130
Lou Marone24883420010002.500.500.7501.2506000
Bill McGilivray3720192410030016.211.250.263.5135000
Charles Hughes11413154001300810.129.325.226.5517110
Bruce Dal Canton513122210010002.167.167.250.4173010
Dick Colpaert5322181200010014.111.158.111.2692030
Quint Willingham29292402000200313.083.185.083.2692020
Larry Killingsworth1220000000000.000.000.000.0000000
George Vasquez7650000000005.000.000.000.0000010
Ronald Fiorella2512100000000023.000.167.000.1670000
Totals1624504944626701203178241405885030436908.270.338.414.752184904079320


Fielding:

Player Pos GP PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB SB CS CS%
Charlie Leonard1B13195296877.9928.000
David Kwiatkowski1B211731339.9848.857
Alejandro James2B851712062134.9474.435
Felix Santana2B304664612.9483.667
Bob Oliver2B266764717.9495.038
Danny Greenfield2B15243537.9523.933
Bob Robertson3B1341311952614.9262.433
Carl TaylorC10761043156.9786.10319
Elmo PlaskettC492482041.9855.46911
Joe SolimineOF125176783.9581.464
Rodolfo WelchOF119201682.9631.739
Frank VanzinOF111165461.9661.523
Bob OliverOF53106850.9582.151
Carl TaylorOF1827131.9031.556
Charlie LeonardOF12291001.0002.500
Dick ColpaertP5371220.905.358
Bill McGilivrayP3741010.933.378
Ken LarsenP331731041.0001.455
Dave RobertsP31112533.9231.161
Silvano QuezadaP31163813.9821.742
Quint WillinghamP297611.929.448
Ronald FiorellaP253610.900.360
Lou MaroneP2403001.000.125
Dock EllisP2483143.9071.625
Phillip CunninghamP2431140.778.583
Felix SantanaSS921342311632.9583.967
Alejandro JamesSS27246664.9383.333
Freddie PatekSS2228491111.8753.500
Charles HughesSS11122824.9523.636
Totals149934001310175249.9643.1423000

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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