1966 Cedar Rapids Cardinals Statistics

Midwest League (MWL) - Class: A
Team Record: 81-40
Finished 1st in the MWL
Manager: Ron Plaza (81-40)
Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals
Location: Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Ballpark: Veterans Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 67,625, Avg. 1,118

1966 Cedar Rapids Cardinals Roster

Playoffs - Fox Cities Foxes 2 games, Cedar Rapids Cardinals 0

The Cedar Rapids Cardinals of the Midwest League ended the 1966 season with a record of 81 wins and 40 losses, finishing first in the MWL.

The Cardinals led the circuit with just 377 runs allowed. Cedar Rapids scored 554 runs. Benjamin Bracy paced the team with 18 home runs, and Rogers Robinson walloped 15 or more also. Rogers Robinson accounted for 70 RBI and topped all regular batters with a .306 average. Theodore Friel paced the squad with 15 wins, while Joe DiFabio recorded a 1.86 ERA, tops among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

Players from the 1966 Cedar Rapids Cardinals who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Pedro Borbón, Gaylen Pitts, Sal Campisi, José Arcia, John Sipin and Joe Hague.

Ron Plaza 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
Theodore Friel	15	5	.750	2.04	23	21		11	2		159.0	124	52	36	8	30	2	112	5	0	6
Jerry Pruett	13	7	.650	2.85	23	23		8	3		161.0	120	59	51	3	73	0	155	10	1	14
Joe DiFabio	11	3	.786	1.86	17	17		9	2		121.0	92	35	25	8	32	2	114	2	0	9
Joe Hamende	9	1	.900	0.86	42	1		1	0		84.0	57	11	8	2	13	2	101	2	0	4
Danny Jaster	8	2	.800	2.46	13	13		5	3		84.0	71	27	23	4	39	1	87	1	0	1
Sal Campisi	7	2	.778	2.03	32	7		2	0		102.0	90	33	23	6	25	1	97	3	0	5
Dale Meier	7	7	.500	3.45	20	19		3	1		120.0	103	53	46	10	48	4	93	2	1	7
Pedro Borbón	6	1	.857	1.96	38	1		1	0		69.0	53	22	15	3	16	4	58	1	0	4
Mike Buist	2	5	.286	4.50	11	10		0	0		56.0	62	34	28	5	24	1	23	1	1	7
Mac McGowen	1	1	.500	5.21	3	3		0	0		19.0	19	12	11	3	4	0	11	0	0	3
Richard Masterman	1	2	.333	5.59	7	6		0	0		29.0	28	22	18	2	21	1	22	1	1	2
Orest Strayski	0	0		1.80	3	0		0	0		5.0	2	1	1	0	4	0	2	0	0	0
Jacob Burroughs	0	0		7.20	3	0		0	0		5.0	6	5	4	2	2	0	5	0	0	1
José Arcia	0	1	.000	7.20	3	0		0	0		5.0	7	4	4	1	1	1	8	0	0	0
James Wood	0	2	.000	1.69	8	0		0	0		16.0	18	7	3	1	6	2	15	1	0	0
Totals	80	39	.672	2.57	246	121	0	40	11	0	1035.0	852	377	296	58	338	21	903	29	4	63	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
Rogers Robinson	108	428	386	76	118	27	7	15	70	18	5	32	38	.306	.365	.528	.893	204		5	3	2
Benjamin Bracy	116	471	387	64	111	14	2	18	56	9	2	76	74	.287	.400	.473	.873	183		1	1	6
Joe Hague	119	496	435	60	109	24	6	9	67	10	3	50	90	.251	.335	.395	.731	172		6	4	1
José Arcia	105	433	397	67	108	17	4	8	38	12	3	26	61	.272	.324	.395	.719	157		5	4	1
Robert Cox	116	510	455	71	105	16	4	9	34	18	8	47	82	.231	.304	.343	.647	156		2	4	2
George Runk	104	369	336	28	82	11	3	0	30	3	4	28	54	.244	.304	.295	.599	99		2	1	2
Harry Laiolo	92	345	297	35	73	19	1	8	44	4	4	42	54	.246	.340	.397	.737	118		2	1	3
John Sipin	92	369	313	45	73	10	2	13	53	7	6	46	72	.233	.330	.403	.732	126		1	5	4
Wayne Boultinghouse	39	147	129	26	38	9	1	1	10	5	1	15	24	.295	.368	.403	.771	52		0	3	0
Jacob Burroughs	68	165	143	17	32	6	1	3	16	3	1	18	36	.224	.317	.343	.660	49		2	1	1
Michael Davis	33	121	109	12	27	2	0	2	13	3	1	9	31	.248	.311	.321	.632	35		1	2	0
Jerry Pruett	25	68	61	10	15	1	0	0	5	1	0	1	17	.246	.254	.262	.516	16		0	5	1
Gaylen Pitts	15	68	56	12	13	2	1	1	2	4	1	12	10	.232	.368	.357	.725	20		0	0	0
Bob Lanning	27	87	75	5	13	2	0	1	7	2	1	9	23	.173	.276	.240	.516	18		2	0	1
Joseph Gegg	21	57	41	7	8	0	1	0	3	3	0	15	14	.195	.404	.244	.647	10		0	0	1
Theodore Friel	23	65	50	5	7	0	0	0	7	0	0	6	22	.140	.246	.140	.386	7		1	8	0
Joe Hamende	42	28	23	0	4	1	0	0	0	1	1	4	8	.174	.296	.217	.514	5		0	1	0
Danny Jaster	13	34	26	3	4	1	0	0	4	0	0	2	7	.154	.207	.192	.399	5		0	5	1
Dale Meier	20	44	38	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	16	.105	.186	.105	.291	4		0	1	1
Joe DiFabio	17	51	47	0	4	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	25	.085	.085	.085	.170	4		0	4	0
Sal Campisi	33	35	30	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	15	.100	.129	.100	.229	3		0	4	0
James Wood	8	8	6	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.333	.333	.333	.667	2		0	2	0
Mac McGowen	3	9	7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.286	.286	.286	.571	2		0	2	0
Richard Masterman	10	13	11	1	2	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	5	.182	.250	.182	.432	2		0	1	0
Mike Buist	11	18	13	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	7	.077	.294	.077	.371	1		0	1	0
Pedro Borbón	38	15	12	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	3	0
Totals	1298	4454	3883	551	958	162	33	88	465	106	41	448	796	.247	.327	.373	.701	1450	0	30	66	27	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Joe Hague	1B	119	977	65	15	87	.986	8.756
José Arcia	2B	103	225	242	16	61	.967	4.534
Jacob Burroughs	2B	11	15	19	3	2	.919	3.091
George Runk	3B	97	65	188	32	18	.888	2.608
Michael Davis	3B	31	13	53	1	3	.985	2.129
Harry Laiolo	C	88	657	52	18	2	.975	8.057	18
Bob Lanning	C	23	163	15	1	5	.994	7.739	6
Joseph Gegg	C	14	97	7	2	1	.981	7.429	4
Robert Cox	OF	114	216	9	3	2	.987	1.974
Benjamin Bracy	OF	113	127	7	5	2	.964	1.186
Rogers Robinson	OF	104	180	7	5	2	.974	1.798
Jacob Burroughs	OF	33	53	1	2	0	.964	1.636
Joe Hamende	P	42	2	14	3	1	.842	.381
Pedro Borbón	P	38	2	15	0	1	1.000	.447
Sal Campisi	P	32	4	22	1	3	.963	.812
Jerry Pruett	P	23	12	20	1	3	.970	1.391
Theodore Friel	P	23	7	16	3	2	.885	1.000
Dale Meier	P	20	4	20	1	0	.960	1.200
Joe DiFabio	P	17	3	18	1	2	.955	1.235
Danny Jaster	P	13	3	10	1	2	.929	1.000
Mike Buist	P	11	3	10	0	0	1.000	1.182
James Wood	P	8						.000
Richard Masterman	P	7						.000
Orest Strayski	P	3						.000
Mac McGowen	P	3						.000
John Sipin	SS	92	157	235	32	51	.925	4.261
Gaylen Pitts	SS	15	20	40	4	5	.938	4.000
Wayne Boultinghouse	SS	11	13	24	3	0	.925	3.364
Totals		1208	3018	1109	153	255	.964	3.416	28	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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