1965 Binghamton Triplets Statistics
Team Record: 81-45
Finished 1st in the NYPL
Manager: Gary Blaylock (81-45)
Affiliation: New York Yankees
Location: Binghamton, New York
Ballpark: Johnson Field
Attendance: 75,753, Avg. 1,202
The Binghamton Triplets of the New York-Pennsylvania League ended the 1965 season with a record of 81 wins and 45 losses, finishing first in the NYPL.
The Triplets topped the league with just 533 runs allowed. Binghamton scored 692 runs. Billy Murphy led the team with 18 home runs, and Al Otto walloped 15 or more also. Billy Murphy drove in 85 runs. Jerry Kenney paced hitters with significant playing time by connecting at a .312 clip. Howard Kitt paced the squad with 12 wins, while Louis Romanucci registered a 2.53 earned run average, best among regular hurlers.
Players from the 1965 Binghamton Triplets who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Jerry Kenney, Dale Roberts, Tom Shopay and Billy Murphy.
Gary Blaylock 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Howard Kitt | 12 | 4 | .750 | 3.24 | 25 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 125.0 | 97 | 49 | 45 | 14 | 75 | 1 | 119 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |||
| Harold Nelson | 11 | 8 | .579 | 2.67 | 27 | 19 | 7 | 1 | 155.0 | 116 | 58 | 46 | 17 | 69 | 1 | 145 | 5 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Louis Romanucci | 9 | 3 | .750 | 2.53 | 23 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 139.0 | 111 | 61 | 39 | 5 | 82 | 2 | 86 | 5 | 0 | 13 | |||
| Wesley Rhea | 9 | 6 | .600 | 4.05 | 23 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 120.0 | 106 | 64 | 54 | 14 | 51 | 0 | 85 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Don Yeates | 8 | 1 | .889 | 2.95 | 21 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 110.0 | 110 | 46 | 36 | 10 | 23 | 0 | 84 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Edward Brown | 7 | 2 | .778 | 3.10 | 16 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 90.0 | 78 | 39 | 31 | 9 | 29 | 1 | 73 | 4 | 0 | 4 | |||
| Dale Roberts | 6 | 4 | .600 | 3.21 | 45 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 112.0 | 101 | 51 | 40 | 10 | 36 | 1 | 81 | 6 | 0 | 7 | |||
| Thom Freeman | 5 | 5 | .500 | 4.09 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 66.0 | 70 | 37 | 30 | 7 | 19 | 2 | 75 | 2 | 0 | 5 | |||
| Terry Dreger | 4 | 1 | .800 | 2.50 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 36.0 | 31 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 21 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Richard Marcy | 4 | 3 | .571 | 7.62 | 21 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 52.0 | 60 | 49 | 44 | 5 | 44 | 2 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 8 | |||
| Mike Peluso | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.12 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8.0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Richard Orzel | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.62 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Frederick Berg | 1 | 1 | .500 | 10.29 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Walter West | 1 | 1 | .500 | 10.80 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Frank DeVivo | 1 | 2 | .333 | 6.00 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12.0 | 15 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Michael Zirkle | 1 | 3 | .250 | 5.14 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 28.0 | 35 | 20 | 16 | 5 | 17 | 0 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Charles Payne | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Arthur Thompson | 0 | 0 | 3.60 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.0 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Clyde Zackery | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Billy Clayton | 0 | 0 | 22.50 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Garland Crowder | 0 | 1 | .000 | 9.00 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 81 | 45 | .643 | 3.56 | 291 | 127 | 0 | 32 | 10 | 0 | 1094.0 | 984 | 533 | 433 | 108 | 507 | 11 | 874 | 34 | 0 | 56 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jerry Kenney | 114 | 518 | 433 | 93 | 135 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 60 | 22 | 7 | 73 | 37 | .312 | .410 | .409 | .818 | 177 | 3 | 3 | 6 | ||
| David Truelock | 121 | 569 | 424 | 96 | 114 | 17 | 7 | 7 | 47 | 29 | 9 | 123 | 47 | .269 | .436 | .392 | .828 | 166 | 5 | 14 | 3 | ||
| Billy Murphy | 99 | 430 | 371 | 62 | 108 | 13 | 4 | 18 | 85 | 12 | 5 | 52 | 69 | .291 | .379 | .493 | .872 | 183 | 2 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Al Otto | 111 | 439 | 353 | 59 | 87 | 17 | 5 | 15 | 65 | 8 | 1 | 74 | 106 | .246 | .382 | .450 | .833 | 159 | 5 | 5 | 2 | ||
| Tom Shopay | 67 | 269 | 218 | 45 | 70 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 30 | 17 | 2 | 42 | 26 | .321 | .436 | .486 | .922 | 106 | 4 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Charles Payne | 63 | 246 | 218 | 32 | 61 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 27 | 5 | 0 | 20 | 26 | .280 | .347 | .385 | .732 | 84 | 4 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Joseph Mackey | 75 | 303 | 250 | 39 | 60 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 45 | 47 | .240 | .357 | .304 | .661 | 76 | 1 | 6 | 1 | ||
| Frank Giusti | 79 | 273 | 239 | 30 | 57 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 38 | 3 | 2 | 28 | 52 | .238 | .330 | .293 | .623 | 70 | 5 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Herbert Feris | 61 | 249 | 205 | 27 | 54 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 75 | .263 | .378 | .410 | .787 | 84 | 2 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Charles Siebel | 75 | 279 | 229 | 33 | 48 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 41 | 3 | 2 | 37 | 87 | .210 | .335 | .332 | .666 | 76 | 8 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Billy Clayton | 69 | 246 | 195 | 34 | 43 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 47 | 41 | .221 | .370 | .344 | .714 | 67 | 0 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Terry Tewell | 76 | 254 | 210 | 34 | 42 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 26 | 4 | 0 | 38 | 44 | .200 | .321 | .310 | .631 | 65 | 0 | 5 | 1 | ||
| Robert Hall | 37 | 148 | 136 | 19 | 36 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 39 | .265 | .311 | .419 | .730 | 57 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Gerald Wetjen | 70 | 251 | 194 | 32 | 34 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 53 | 67 | .175 | .349 | .289 | .638 | 56 | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Harold Nelson | 28 | 62 | 55 | 8 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 10 | .273 | .311 | .400 | .711 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Louis Romanucci | 23 | 61 | 46 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 22 | .196 | .327 | .304 | .632 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Simeon Blahut | 12 | 40 | 35 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 8 | .229 | .325 | .257 | .582 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Wesley Rhea | 26 | 54 | 47 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 16 | .149 | .196 | .362 | .558 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Thom Freeman | 48 | 19 | 17 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .353 | .389 | .529 | .918 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Edward Brown | 16 | 36 | 31 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12 | .194 | .265 | .387 | .652 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Howard Kitt | 25 | 51 | 42 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 14 | .119 | .245 | .143 | .388 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Dale Roberts | 45 | 40 | 33 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 19 | .121 | .237 | .121 | .358 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Don Yeates | 21 | 43 | 34 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 15 | .118 | .231 | .118 | .348 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Cotton Coppedge | 4 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | .200 | .467 | .300 | .767 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Terry Dreger | 6 | 16 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .143 | .143 | .143 | .286 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Richard Marcy | 24 | 19 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .111 | .111 | .111 | .222 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Walter West | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Wyatt Dreger | 5 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | .125 | .364 | .125 | .489 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Arthur Thompson | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .000 | .333 | .000 | .333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Peluso | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Richard Orzel | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Frederick Berg | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .500 | .000 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Frank DeVivo | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Michael Zirkle | 10 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1430 | 4963 | 4083 | 693 | 1021 | 142 | 51 | 89 | 576 | 106 | 31 | 729 | 907 | .250 | .366 | .375 | .742 | 1532 | 0 | 42 | 71 | 38 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gerald Wetjen | 1B | 65 | 505 | 15 | 6 | 47 | .989 | 8.000 | ||||
| Herbert Feris | 1B | 61 | 488 | 21 | 10 | 48 | .981 | 8.344 | ||||
| David Truelock | 2B | 120 | 264 | 296 | 28 | 69 | .952 | 4.667 | ||||
| Joseph Mackey | 3B | 68 | 73 | 139 | 10 | 11 | .955 | 3.118 | ||||
| Robert Hall | 3B | 34 | 27 | 39 | 8 | 1 | .892 | 1.941 | ||||
| Terry Tewell | 3B | 33 | 28 | 39 | 8 | 10 | .893 | 2.030 | ||||
| Charles Siebel | C | 68 | 449 | 35 | 14 | 5 | .972 | 7.118 | 14 | |||
| Frank Giusti | C | 64 | 441 | 34 | 7 | 6 | .985 | 7.422 | 20 | |||
| Al Otto | OF | 105 | 148 | 7 | 5 | 2 | .969 | 1.476 | ||||
| Billy Murphy | OF | 99 | 213 | 13 | 3 | 4 | .987 | 2.283 | ||||
| Tom Shopay | OF | 63 | 91 | 7 | 1 | 2 | .990 | 1.556 | ||||
| Billy Clayton | OF | 59 | 81 | 5 | 10 | 1 | .896 | 1.458 | ||||
| Charles Payne | OF | 54 | 57 | 1 | 7 | 0 | .892 | 1.074 | ||||
| Thom Freeman | P | 47 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .234 | ||||
| Dale Roberts | P | 45 | 6 | 17 | 1 | 0 | .958 | .511 | ||||
| Harold Nelson | P | 27 | 5 | 20 | 4 | 1 | .862 | .926 | ||||
| Howard Kitt | P | 25 | 3 | 13 | 1 | 0 | .941 | .640 | ||||
| Louis Romanucci | P | 23 | 5 | 25 | 3 | 2 | .909 | 1.304 | ||||
| Wesley Rhea | P | 23 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 0 | .944 | .739 | ||||
| Don Yeates | P | 21 | 3 | 13 | 5 | 0 | .762 | .762 | ||||
| Richard Marcy | P | 21 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | .900 | .429 | ||||
| Edward Brown | P | 16 | 2 | 15 | 1 | 1 | .944 | 1.062 | ||||
| Michael Zirkle | P | 10 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .700 | ||||
| Terry Dreger | P | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Richard Orzel | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Arthur Thompson | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Frederick Berg | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Frank DeVivo | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Garland Crowder | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Walter West | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Mike Peluso | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Clyde Zackery | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jerry Kenney | SS | 112 | 181 | 277 | 34 | 65 | .931 | 4.089 | ||||
| Terry Tewell | SS | 15 | 19 | 36 | 5 | 3 | .917 | 3.667 | ||||
| Totals | 1308 | 3098 | 1102 | 173 | 279 | .960 | 3.211 | 34 | 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.
