1966 Bluefield Orioles Statistics
Appalachian League (AL) - Class: R
Team Record: 38-33
Finished 3rd in the AL
Manager: Joe Altobelli (38-33)
Affiliation: Baltimore Orioles
Location: Bluefield, West Virginia
Ballpark: Bowen Field
Attendance: 30,847, Avg. 869
1966 Bluefield Orioles RosterTeam Record: 38-33
Finished 3rd in the AL
Manager: Joe Altobelli (38-33)
Affiliation: Baltimore Orioles
Location: Bluefield, West Virginia
Ballpark: Bowen Field
Attendance: 30,847, Avg. 869
The Bluefield Orioles of the Appalachian League ended the 1966 season with a record of 38 wins and 33 losses, finishing third in the AL.
The Orioles scored 355 runs and yielded 365 runs. Paul Flesner drove in 43 runs. Alonzo Harris led all qualifying hitters on the roster by connecting at a .300 clip. John Carr topped the team with 7 wins, while Vaughn Kovach recorded a 2.57 ERA, tops among qualifying pitchers.
Alonzo Harris played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Bluefield Orioles to do so.
Joe Altobelli 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Carr | 7 | 3 | .700 | 4.24 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 51.0 | 63 | 34 | 24 | 1 | 26 | 0 | 63 | 3 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Vaughn Kovach | 6 | 4 | .600 | 2.57 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 77.0 | 68 | 38 | 22 | 3 | 32 | 0 | 82 | 4 | 0 | 5 | |||
| Ronald Curlee | 5 | 3 | .625 | 3.94 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 48.0 | 52 | 31 | 21 | 0 | 29 | 1 | 30 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||
| James Neath | 3 | 1 | .750 | 1.41 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 51.0 | 34 | 16 | 8 | 0 | 38 | 0 | 45 | 5 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Richard Rhine | 3 | 2 | .600 | 1.59 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17.0 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Richard Pecore | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.93 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 14.0 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| John Gunter | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.95 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20.0 | 18 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Edward Lemon | 2 | 2 | .500 | 2.62 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 48.0 | 44 | 24 | 14 | 3 | 19 | 0 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Ronald Shelton | 2 | 2 | .500 | 4.32 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 25.0 | 22 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Tim Griffin | 2 | 3 | .400 | 5.71 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 41.0 | 48 | 36 | 26 | 1 | 27 | 1 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Henry Medlin | 2 | 3 | .400 | 9.38 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 24.0 | 32 | 28 | 25 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Chester Collins | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.57 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Bob Koppers | 1 | 3 | .250 | 7.97 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 35.0 | 44 | 36 | 31 | 1 | 30 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| John Clinton | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Donald Atkins | 0 | 0 | 6.75 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Gary Holt | 0 | 0 | 7.20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| William Grimes | 0 | 0 | 19.29 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 15 | 19 | 15 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Doug Ward | 0 | 1 | .000 | 7.71 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Scott McDonald | 0 | 1 | .000 | 27.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Douglas LaCoss | 0 | 2 | .000 | 5.87 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 23.0 | 27 | 19 | 15 | 2 | 18 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Richard Miller | 0 | 3 | .000 | 3.75 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 36.0 | 34 | 19 | 15 | 6 | 21 | 0 | 33 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Totals | 38 | 33 | .535 | 4.37 | 183 | 71 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 542.0 | 556 | 365 | 263 | 24 | 323 | 3 | 469 | 20 | 3 | 19 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dunray Harris | 69 | 290 | 244 | 51 | 61 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 19 | 8 | 40 | 44 | .250 | .362 | .295 | .657 | 72 | 4 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Alonzo Harris | 58 | 238 | 200 | 49 | 60 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 34 | 34 | 7 | 32 | 37 | .300 | .403 | .435 | .838 | 87 | 3 | 2 | 1 | ||
| David Halford | 69 | 262 | 220 | 42 | 57 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 38 | 1 | 1 | 33 | 46 | .259 | .363 | .409 | .772 | 90 | 5 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Paul Flesner | 68 | 260 | 204 | 41 | 55 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 43 | 1 | 0 | 51 | 39 | .270 | .421 | .348 | .769 | 71 | 3 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Donnie Collins | 56 | 198 | 164 | 27 | 44 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 29 | 32 | .268 | .372 | .323 | .696 | 53 | 0 | 2 | 3 | ||
| David May | 47 | 138 | 124 | 13 | 41 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 29 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 16 | .331 | .384 | .419 | .803 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| John Braxton | 58 | 171 | 137 | 26 | 36 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 28 | 47 | .263 | .395 | .423 | .819 | 58 | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Dan Kerns | 34 | 127 | 116 | 19 | 32 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 17 | .276 | .317 | .448 | .766 | 52 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Randolph Coon | 55 | 146 | 121 | 27 | 28 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 24 | 33 | .231 | .356 | .355 | .712 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| James Kelly | 34 | 104 | 89 | 6 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 27 | .157 | .272 | .169 | .440 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Robert Lynn | 18 | 64 | 54 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 23 | .185 | .297 | .370 | .667 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Gary Carnegie | 10 | 37 | 29 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 5 | .207 | .378 | .345 | .723 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Don Gennusa | 10 | 40 | 32 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 6 | .188 | .350 | .219 | .569 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Kenny Purvis | 19 | 35 | 32 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15 | .156 | .229 | .188 | .416 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Carr | 14 | 17 | 16 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Vaughn Kovach | 12 | 27 | 24 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 | .167 | .259 | .208 | .468 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tim Griffin | 15 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .182 | .250 | .182 | .432 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Edward Lemon | 17 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .167 | .231 | .250 | .481 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ronald Curlee | 19 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .167 | .231 | .500 | .731 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| James Beasley | 10 | 24 | 20 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .100 | .250 | .100 | .350 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Kenneth Emerson | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .500 | .667 | .500 | 1.167 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ronald Shelton | 8 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .167 | .143 | .167 | .310 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Richard Pecore | 3 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Bob Koppers | 12 | 15 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | .091 | .231 | .091 | .322 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| James Neath | 13 | 20 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | .067 | .222 | .067 | .289 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Doug Ward | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Richard Rhine | 6 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .000 | .200 | .000 | .200 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Dewayne Richmond | 3 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Richard Miller | 20 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .000 | .333 | .000 | .333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Henry Medlin | 9 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .000 | .222 | .000 | .222 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Scott McDonald | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Douglas LaCoss | 9 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .000 | .125 | .000 | .125 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gary Holt | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Gunter | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .000 | .400 | .000 | .400 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| William Grimes | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chester Collins | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Donald Atkins | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| Totals | 806 | 2318 | 1939 | 337 | 476 | 73 | 12 | 30 | 257 | 67 | 24 | 320 | 455 | .245 | .355 | .342 | .697 | 663 | 0 | 20 | 21 | 18 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Lynn | 1B | 17 | 116 | 5 | 8 | 4 | .938 | 7.118 | ||||
| Donnie Collins | 1B | 11 | 59 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 5.545 | ||||
| Don Gennusa | 1B | 10 | 56 | 5 | 2 | 1 | .968 | 6.100 | ||||
| David Halford | 2B | 30 | 74 | 57 | 11 | 10 | .923 | 4.367 | ||||
| Donnie Collins | 2B | 21 | 45 | 41 | 12 | 4 | .878 | 4.095 | ||||
| Randolph Coon | 2B | 13 | 24 | 27 | 3 | 7 | .944 | 3.923 | ||||
| David Halford | 3B | 38 | 32 | 54 | 8 | 1 | .915 | 2.263 | ||||
| Dan Kerns | 3B | 34 | 29 | 58 | 3 | 2 | .967 | 2.559 | ||||
| David May | C | 36 | 234 | 31 | 12 | 3 | .957 | 7.361 | 5 | |||
| James Kelly | C | 32 | 211 | 9 | 6 | 3 | .973 | 6.875 | 5 | |||
| Dunray Harris | OF | 68 | 128 | 5 | 6 | 1 | .957 | 1.956 | ||||
| Alonzo Harris | OF | 58 | 84 | 4 | 7 | 1 | .926 | 1.517 | ||||
| John Braxton | OF | 43 | 45 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .980 | 1.140 | ||||
| Donnie Collins | OF | 20 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .900 | ||||
| Randolph Coon | OF | 12 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .923 | 1.000 | ||||
| Kenny Purvis | OF | 10 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .889 | .800 | ||||
| Gary Carnegie | OF | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .833 | .500 | ||||
| Richard Miller | P | 19 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .105 | ||||
| Ronald Curlee | P | 19 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .684 | ||||
| Edward Lemon | P | 16 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .812 | ||||
| Tim Griffin | P | 15 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| John Carr | P | 14 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .800 | .286 | ||||
| James Neath | P | 13 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .615 | ||||
| Vaughn Kovach | P | 12 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
| Bob Koppers | P | 12 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .900 | .750 | ||||
| Henry Medlin | P | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| Douglas LaCoss | P | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| John Gunter | P | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ronald Shelton | P | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| Richard Rhine | P | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| William Grimes | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Doug Ward | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Donald Atkins | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Chester Collins | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Richard Pecore | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Gary Holt | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Scott McDonald | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| John Clinton | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Paul Flesner | SS | 59 | 78 | 157 | 20 | 23 | .922 | 3.983 | ||||
| Randolph Coon | SS | 12 | 20 | 23 | 5 | 4 | .896 | 3.583 | ||||
| Totals | 717 | 1288 | 544 | 109 | 69 | .944 | 2.555 | 10 | 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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