1966 Braves Statistics
Gulf Coast League (GCL) - Class: R
Team Record: 27-21
Finished 2nd in the GCL
Manager: Tom Saffell (27-21)
Affiliation: Atlanta Braves
Location: Sarasota, Florida
1966 Braves RosterTeam Record: 27-21
Finished 2nd in the GCL
Manager: Tom Saffell (27-21)
Affiliation: Atlanta Braves
Location: Sarasota, Florida
The Braves of the Gulf Coast League ended the 1966 season with a record of 27 wins and 21 losses, finishing second in the GCL.
The Braves scored 221 runs and allowed 202 runs. Ralph Wells led batters with significant playing time by hitting .252. Wenty Ford topped the team with 6 wins, while Eugene Damron recorded a 1.88 ERA, best among regular hurlers.
Wenty Ford and Earl Williams both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.
Tom Saffell served as manager.Click on column headings to sort.
Pitching:
| Player | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wenty Ford | 6 | 2 | .750 | 2.08 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 39.0 | 32 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 25 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Darryl Hester | 4 | 2 | .667 | 2.19 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 37.0 | 31 | 16 | 9 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 4 | |||
| Jimmy O'Loughlin | 4 | 3 | .571 | 3.23 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 53.0 | 38 | 23 | 19 | 3 | 25 | 0 | 52 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Thomas Catal | 3 | 1 | .750 | 2.65 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 34.0 | 31 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Eugene Damron | 3 | 2 | .600 | 1.88 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 48.0 | 50 | 18 | 10 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Wayne Schmitz | 3 | 3 | .500 | 4.64 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 33.0 | 30 | 23 | 17 | 2 | 22 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Earl Williams | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.10 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 61.0 | 60 | 26 | 21 | 1 | 22 | 0 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| William Matusz | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.09 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 22.0 | 23 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Richard Birmingham | 1 | 2 | .333 | 4.88 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 24.0 | 26 | 17 | 13 | 1 | 17 | 3 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Hector Brito | 1 | 5 | .167 | 3.41 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 37.0 | 35 | 24 | 14 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Gary Phillips | 0 | 0 | 3.38 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Patrick Kincaide | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Robert Caldwell | 0 | 1 | .000 | 8.00 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Totals | 27 | 21 | .562 | 3.22 | 112 | 48 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 408.0 | 378 | 202 | 146 | 13 | 182 | 7 | 246 | 19 | 4 | 13 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ralph Wells | 47 | 180 | 159 | 19 | 40 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 26 | .252 | .320 | .314 | .634 | 50 | 1 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Steven Godfrey | 42 | 154 | 121 | 20 | 33 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 10 | .273 | .395 | .298 | .692 | 36 | 4 | 7 | 1 | ||
| Leo Fansler | 39 | 135 | 106 | 16 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 8 | .292 | .436 | .292 | .729 | 31 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| John Petrulis | 35 | 136 | 107 | 20 | 28 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 27 | 24 | .262 | .415 | .374 | .789 | 40 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Robert Ritchie | 26 | 93 | 83 | 10 | 23 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 11 | .277 | .348 | .386 | .733 | 32 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Udell Chambers | 39 | 154 | 113 | 29 | 23 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 34 | 29 | .204 | .396 | .319 | .715 | 36 | 2 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Enrique Gutierrez | 42 | 146 | 131 | 20 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 37 | .176 | .247 | .198 | .445 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Rafael Gonzalez | 31 | 105 | 84 | 14 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 8 | .238 | .340 | .250 | .590 | 21 | 1 | 2 | 4 | ||
| Earl Williams | 31 | 101 | 90 | 8 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 22 | .211 | .280 | .289 | .569 | 26 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Richard Sauget | 22 | 60 | 53 | 10 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | .321 | .390 | .453 | .843 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Al Walke | 32 | 90 | 74 | 9 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 12 | .216 | .337 | .338 | .675 | 25 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Stan Evans | 24 | 57 | 52 | 2 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | .269 | .321 | .308 | .629 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Marlan Murphy | 19 | 48 | 43 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 14 | .233 | .312 | .279 | .592 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Lee | 17 | 61 | 42 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 11 | .214 | .431 | .262 | .693 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Wenty Ford | 15 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .556 | .667 | .667 | 1.333 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Thomas Catal | 7 | 15 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .308 | .357 | .308 | .665 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Chet Bergalowski | 9 | 29 | 27 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .148 | .148 | .185 | .333 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| John Guest | 17 | 36 | 32 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | .125 | .171 | .125 | .296 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Vincent Petrarca | 18 | 37 | 32 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | .125 | .222 | .125 | .347 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Jimmy O'Loughlin | 15 | 23 | 19 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | .158 | .273 | .158 | .431 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Ricardo Gutierrez | 3 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .222 | .222 | .222 | .444 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rudolph Greene | 6 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .222 | .300 | .333 | .633 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Wayne Schmitz | 9 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .200 | .273 | .200 | .473 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| William Matusz | 6 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .200 | .200 | .300 | .500 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Eugene Damron | 9 | 18 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .154 | .214 | .154 | .368 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Timothy Coulon | 8 | 16 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | .143 | .250 | .214 | .464 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Enrique Gonzalez | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .500 | .667 | .500 | 1.167 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Robert Caldwell | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .667 | .500 | 1.167 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Larry LaGarde | 7 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .111 | .111 | .111 | .222 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Hector Brito | 11 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .100 | .100 | .100 | .200 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Gary Phillips | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .333 | .000 | .333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Darryl Hester | 11 | 15 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .000 | .067 | .000 | .067 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Kenneth Smith | 3 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .000 | .200 | .000 | .200 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Luis Diaz | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .250 | .000 | .250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Richard Birmingham | 9 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 622 | 1810 | 1508 | 221 | 346 | 41 | 10 | 8 | 170 | 24 | 13 | 229 | 277 | .229 | .336 | .286 | .622 | 431 | 0 | 18 | 45 | 10 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Earl Williams | 1B | 22 | 148 | 13 | 1 | 13 | .994 | 7.318 | ||||
| John Lee | 1B | 15 | 118 | 5 | 5 | 9 | .961 | 8.200 | ||||
| Marlan Murphy | 1B | 14 | 78 | 4 | 3 | 9 | .965 | 5.857 | ||||
| Steven Godfrey | 2B | 42 | 90 | 119 | 9 | 21 | .959 | 4.976 | ||||
| Ralph Wells | 3B | 44 | 30 | 64 | 15 | 4 | .862 | 2.136 | ||||
| Stan Evans | 3B | 10 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 2 | .815 | 2.200 | ||||
| Al Walke | C | 29 | 119 | 17 | 4 | 2 | .971 | 4.690 | 3 | |||
| Richard Sauget | C | 16 | 54 | 6 | 1 | 2 | .984 | 3.750 | 5 | |||
| Stan Evans | C | 10 | 36 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .974 | 3.700 | 0 | |||
| Enrique Gutierrez | OF | 42 | 65 | 11 | 4 | 2 | .950 | 1.810 | ||||
| John Petrulis | OF | 33 | 57 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .966 | 1.727 | ||||
| Rafael Gonzalez | OF | 30 | 41 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .977 | 1.433 | ||||
| Udell Chambers | OF | 29 | 51 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .981 | 1.828 | ||||
| Robert Ritchie | OF | 24 | 36 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .950 | 1.583 | ||||
| Jimmy O'Loughlin | P | 15 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .533 | ||||
| Wenty Ford | P | 13 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .769 | ||||
| Earl Williams | P | 11 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .917 | 1.000 | ||||
| Darryl Hester | P | 11 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .778 | .636 | ||||
| Hector Brito | P | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | .818 | .818 | ||||
| Wayne Schmitz | P | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| Eugene Damron | P | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| Richard Birmingham | P | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| Thomas Catal | P | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| William Matusz | P | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Robert Caldwell | P | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Gary Phillips | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Patrick Kincaide | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Leo Fansler | SS | 31 | 41 | 71 | 11 | 12 | .911 | 3.613 | ||||
| Vincent Petrarca | SS | 17 | 19 | 33 | 5 | 4 | .912 | 3.059 | ||||
| Udell Chambers | SS | 10 | 13 | 16 | 5 | 7 | .853 | 2.900 | ||||
| Totals | 530 | 1021 | 408 | 80 | 90 | .947 | 2.696 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
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