1965 Burlington Bees Statistics
Team Record: 82-40
Finished 1st in the MWL
Manager: Gus Niarhos (82-40)
Affiliation: Kansas City Athletics
Location: Burlington, Iowa
Ballpark: Community Field (Stadium)
Attendance: 60,925, Avg. 999
The Burlington Bees of the Midwest League ended the 1965 season with a record of 82 wins and 40 losses, finishing first in the MWL.
The Bees paced the league with 595 runs, sparked by 107 home runs. Burlington yielded 395 runs, fewest in the league. Randy Schwartz powered the team with 29 home runs, while Freddie Velázquez and Bill Schlesinger walloped 15 or more as well. Randy Schwartz accounted for 90 RBI and topped all regular batters by hitting .277. Gordon Riese led the squad with 14 wins, and Tony Pierce recorded a 1.84 ERA, tops among regular hurlers.
Freddie Velázquez, Randy Schwartz, Don O'Riley, Bill Schlesinger, Tony Pierce, Dwain Anderson, Jim Clark and Sal Bando were all players from the 1965 Burlington Bees who played in the Majors during their careers.
Gus Niarhos 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gordon Riese | 14 | 2 | .875 | 1.99 | 19 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 122.0 | 87 | 33 | 27 | 9 | 29 | 0 | 111 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Raul Medrano | 12 | 1 | .923 | 2.06 | 16 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 105.0 | 81 | 28 | 24 | 5 | 46 | 1 | 82 | 4 | 0 | 4 | |||
| Tony Pierce | 9 | 7 | .562 | 1.84 | 21 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 137.0 | 99 | 44 | 28 | 10 | 33 | 0 | 111 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |||
| Don O'Riley | 7 | 1 | .875 | 2.01 | 39 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 94.0 | 69 | 30 | 21 | 4 | 56 | 1 | 103 | 1 | 0 | 8 | |||
| Mike Canfield | 7 | 4 | .636 | 1.88 | 29 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 115.0 | 97 | 31 | 24 | 9 | 34 | 0 | 96 | 4 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Geo Bosworth | 6 | 2 | .750 | 1.12 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 80.0 | 41 | 18 | 10 | 3 | 27 | 1 | 106 | 0 | 0 | 8 | |||
| Donald Pierce | 6 | 3 | .667 | 5.25 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 60.0 | 56 | 39 | 35 | 8 | 19 | 1 | 48 | 2 | 0 | 4 | |||
| Alan Brown | 5 | 4 | .556 | 1.99 | 14 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 77.0 | 51 | 24 | 17 | 3 | 25 | 0 | 86 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Mike Olivo | 5 | 6 | .455 | 4.01 | 19 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 101.0 | 88 | 58 | 45 | 15 | 48 | 0 | 108 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Dick Bicek | 4 | 6 | .400 | 1.91 | 32 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 66.0 | 33 | 23 | 14 | 1 | 54 | 0 | 88 | 10 | 0 | 7 | |||
| James Johnson | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.15 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.0 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |||
| Ed Marino | 2 | 2 | .500 | 3.89 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 44.0 | 49 | 24 | 19 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 30 | 0 | 1 | 5 | |||
| Charlie MacDonald | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 7.36 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.0 | 16 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| James Erwin | 1 | 1 | .500 | 4.95 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 20.0 | 15 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Louis Hemauer | 1 | 1 | .500 | 9.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Oscar Flores | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Gary Clemens | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Freddie Velázquez | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Totals | 82 | 40 | .672 | 2.54 | 244 | 122 | 0 | 44 | 14 | 0 | 1056.0 | 810 | 395 | 298 | 72 | 403 | 5 | 1014 | 28 | 3 | 50 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Randy Schwartz | 122 | 524 | 394 | 94 | 109 | 25 | 1 | 29 | 90 | 4 | 2 | 125 | 84 | .277 | .452 | .566 | 1.018 | 223 | 3 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Charlie Robinson | 119 | 502 | 425 | 63 | 109 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 40 | 4 | 4 | 69 | 112 | .256 | .359 | .348 | .708 | 148 | 1 | 4 | 3 | ||
| Charles Ruedy | 116 | 530 | 446 | 65 | 94 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 54 | 13 | 75 | 76 | .211 | .327 | .233 | .560 | 104 | 3 | 4 | 2 | ||
| Bill Schlesinger | 89 | 391 | 355 | 67 | 93 | 17 | 2 | 17 | 68 | 20 | 5 | 24 | 95 | .262 | .310 | .465 | .775 | 165 | 4 | 1 | 7 | ||
| Freddie Velázquez | 88 | 329 | 312 | 42 | 85 | 14 | 1 | 15 | 65 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 61 | .272 | .299 | .468 | .767 | 146 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Oscar Flores | 118 | 488 | 386 | 59 | 72 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 45 | 14 | 8 | 94 | 92 | .187 | .346 | .285 | .631 | 110 | 3 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Gary Clemens | 91 | 313 | 267 | 46 | 65 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 36 | 8 | 1 | 37 | 57 | .243 | .348 | .386 | .734 | 103 | 6 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Sal Bando | 60 | 253 | 221 | 28 | 58 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 35 | 3 | 3 | 26 | 41 | .262 | .339 | .407 | .746 | 90 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Danny Coker | 44 | 176 | 153 | 24 | 38 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 49 | .248 | .337 | .451 | .788 | 69 | 5 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Steve Tompkins | 42 | 154 | 130 | 22 | 30 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 55 | .231 | .351 | .385 | .735 | 50 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bruce Nichols | 41 | 143 | 126 | 12 | 27 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 25 | .214 | .287 | .349 | .636 | 44 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Robert Davis | 33 | 128 | 103 | 16 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 31 | .233 | .367 | .379 | .746 | 39 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Leo Montgomery | 21 | 83 | 68 | 9 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 15 | .324 | .439 | .426 | .865 | 29 | 4 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Gordon Riese | 27 | 63 | 57 | 7 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 11 | .246 | .302 | .263 | .565 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Raul Medrano | 16 | 46 | 41 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | .244 | .295 | .390 | .686 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Jim Clark | 26 | 75 | 61 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 24 | .148 | .297 | .213 | .510 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Mike Canfield | 32 | 44 | 39 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15 | .154 | .195 | .154 | .349 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Tony Pierce | 21 | 51 | 48 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22 | .125 | .143 | .167 | .310 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| James Blakeney | 9 | 29 | 24 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 9 | .208 | .345 | .208 | .553 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Don O'Riley | 39 | 26 | 24 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | .208 | .240 | .333 | .573 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Richard Suggs | 12 | 28 | 27 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15 | .185 | .214 | .185 | .399 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Donald Pierce | 11 | 22 | 22 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | .182 | .182 | .318 | .500 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Olivo | 20 | 40 | 37 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | .108 | .108 | .162 | .270 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Ed Marino | 9 | 19 | 18 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | .167 | .211 | .222 | .433 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dick Bicek | 33 | 16 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | .133 | .133 | .133 | .267 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Dwain Anderson | 9 | 23 | 20 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 9 | .100 | .182 | .100 | .282 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Alan Brown | 14 | 31 | 26 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | .077 | .172 | .115 | .288 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Jackie May | 16 | 31 | 27 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 14 | .037 | .161 | .074 | .235 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Louis Hemauer | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| James Johnson | 10 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Geo Bosworth | 12 | 31 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 | .000 | .034 | .000 | .034 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Charlie MacDonald | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .500 | .000 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| James Erwin | 3 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1311 | 4602 | 3911 | 590 | 904 | 155 | 21 | 107 | 510 | 116 | 43 | 589 | 1014 | .231 | .334 | .364 | .698 | 1422 | 0 | 34 | 36 | 32 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Randy Schwartz | 1B | 122 | 1007 | 52 | 11 | 79 | .990 | 8.680 | ||||
| Charles Ruedy | 2B | 116 | 304 | 250 | 19 | 59 | .967 | 4.776 | ||||
| Sal Bando | 3B | 60 | 39 | 127 | 11 | 16 | .938 | 2.767 | ||||
| Gary Clemens | 3B | 36 | 16 | 61 | 2 | 1 | .975 | 2.139 | ||||
| Steve Tompkins | 3B | 30 | 16 | 51 | 8 | 1 | .893 | 2.233 | ||||
| Freddie Velázquez | C | 83 | 663 | 55 | 7 | 6 | .990 | 8.651 | 10 | |||
| Bruce Nichols | C | 37 | 351 | 19 | 4 | 2 | .989 | 1.000 | 6 | |||
| Charlie Robinson | OF | 117 | 206 | 10 | 13 | 2 | .943 | 1.846 | ||||
| Bill Schlesinger | OF | 89 | 130 | 7 | 12 | 2 | .919 | 1.539 | ||||
| Danny Coker | OF | 43 | 42 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .933 | .977 | ||||
| Robert Davis | OF | 33 | 39 | 5 | 2 | 0 | .957 | 1.333 | ||||
| Gary Clemens | OF | 31 | 48 | 0 | 4 | 0 | .923 | 1.548 | ||||
| Leo Montgomery | OF | 18 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .857 | .667 | ||||
| Jim Clark | OF | 18 | 29 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .967 | 1.611 | ||||
| Don O'Riley | P | 39 | 3 | 19 | 2 | 1 | .917 | .564 | ||||
| Dick Bicek | P | 32 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 2 | .800 | .250 | ||||
| Mike Canfield | P | 29 | 7 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.103 | ||||
| Tony Pierce | P | 21 | 3 | 27 | 1 | 1 | .968 | 1.429 | ||||
| Gordon Riese | P | 19 | 3 | 25 | 2 | 2 | .933 | 1.474 | ||||
| Mike Olivo | P | 19 | 5 | 13 | 3 | 1 | .857 | .947 | ||||
| Raul Medrano | P | 16 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 1 | .941 | 1.000 | ||||
| Alan Brown | P | 14 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .714 | ||||
| Geo Bosworth | P | 12 | 4 | 13 | 2 | 0 | .895 | 1.417 | ||||
| Donald Pierce | P | 11 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.273 | ||||
| James Johnson | P | 10 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .833 | .500 | ||||
| Ed Marino | P | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| Charlie MacDonald | P | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| James Erwin | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Louis Hemauer | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Oscar Flores | SS | 115 | 132 | 308 | 31 | 46 | .934 | 3.826 | ||||
| Totals | 1189 | 3064 | 1115 | 144 | 222 | .967 | 3.515 | 16 | 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.
Persons data from the Chadwick Baseball Bureau are Copyright Chadwick Baseball Bureau, and are made available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License.
