1965 Charlotte Hornets Statistics

Southern League (SL) - Class: AA
Team Record: 72-68
Finished 5th in the SL
Manager: Al Evans (72-68)
Affiliation: Minnesota Twins
Location: Charlotte, North Carolina
Ballpark: Clark Griffith Park
Attendance: 52,966, Avg. 757

1965 Charlotte Hornets Roster

The Charlotte Hornets of the Southern League ended the 1965 season with a record of 72 wins and 68 losses, finishing fifth in the SL.

The Hornets scored 533 runs and allowed 490 runs. Tom Umphlett led Charlotte with 12 home runs and drove in 73 runs. Minnie Mendoza paced all regular batters by connecting at a .275 clip. Ted Sadowski topped the team with 14 wins, while Bill Whitby recorded a 2.61 ERA, best among hurlers with significant time on the mound.

Players from the 1965 Charlotte Hornets who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Ted Sadowski, Rich Reese, Jim Manning, Minnie Mendoza, Joe Bonikowski, Héctor Maestri, Ed Olivares, Hank Izquierdo, Bill Bethea, Ron Theobald, Tom Umphlett, Garland Shifflett, Brian McCall, Bill Whitby, Paul Ratliff and Ron Clark.

Al Evans 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
Ted Sadowski	14	8	.636	2.67	31	29		14	2		202.0	182	64	60	17	45	8	90	2	0	1
Charles Holle	13	13	.500	3.41	33	29		12	1		190.0	184	83	72	11	81	4	90	3	0	7
Bill Whitby	10	8	.556	2.61	25	24		11	2		183.0	168	65	53	11	35	4	115	1	0	10
Garland Shifflett	10	8	.556	2.93	33	25		10	3		184.0	162	74	60	15	53	6	117	1	2	1
Marv Mecklenburg	8	6	.571	2.93	43	7		1	0		92.0	80	33	30	4	33	3	68	1	0	4
George Miller	6	5	.545	2.97	46	0		0	0		94.0	87	40	31	6	39	8	68	0	1	5
John Randolph	5	6	.455	3.97	20	13		1	0		77.0	75	39	34	8	25	1	55	3	0	7
Jim Manning	3	7	.300	3.19	35	5		1	1		96.0	92	39	34	8	32	8	50	1	0	5
Joe Bonikowski	1	0	1.000	5.40	4	0		0	0		5.0	7	3	3	1	4	0	5	0	0	1
Héctor Maestri	1	2	.333	3.00	5	0		0	0		6.0	6	3	2	0	1	0	4	0	0	0
Gene Garnell					14						0.0
Carl Finafrock	0	1	.000	6.75	7	2		0	0		16.0	17	14	12	4	5	1	9	0	0	2
Michael Mattiace	0	3	.000	3.55	15	7		1	0		66.0	47	28	26	2	48	4	33	0	0	4
Totals	71	67	.514	3.10	311	141	0	51	9	0	1211.0	1107	485	417	87	401	47	704	12	3	47	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
Minnie Mendoza	141	610	549	64	151	20	4	5	42	12	2	45	40	.275	.334	.353	.687	194		5	8	3
Tom Umphlett	138	550	495	70	135	21	4	12	73	2	4	46	47	.273	.333	.404	.737	200		1	4	4
Ron Clark	129	479	428	53	115	27	1	7	42	4	4	40	60	.269	.328	.386	.714	165		0	7	4
Ron Theobald	126	522	473	57	110	15	4	1	27	7	3	37	34	.233	.287	.288	.574	136		1	6	5
Hank Izquierdo	102	333	299	28	81	10	1	1	30	1	2	23	51	.271	.325	.321	.646	96		2	7	2
Rich Reese	105	418	358	35	81	12	4	4	42	7	4	46	49	.226	.314	.316	.630	113		2	7	5
William Hess	120	381	347	39	80	12	2	10	38	4	2	22	64	.231	.285	.363	.648	126		5	5	2
Ed Olivares	89	312	269	36	64	12	1	6	41	2	0	31	49	.238	.319	.357	.676	96		4	2	6
Jose Calero	56	206	181	31	47	8	0	6	25	0	1	16	32	.260	.322	.403	.725	73		3	1	5
Nestor Velazquez	53	197	171	19	41	6	0	3	12	0	0	18	20	.240	.319	.327	.647	56		2	6	0
Paul Ratliff	77	226	196	17	41	7	1	6	20	2	0	28	63	.209	.305	.347	.652	68		0	0	2
Luke Vasser	38	149	130	15	35	6	0	4	19	1	0	14	29	.269	.333	.408	.741	53		0	2	3
Charles Holle	35	76	54	5	11	2	0	0	12	0	0	13	14	.204	.357	.241	.598	13		1	6	2
Garland Shifflett	45	66	57	8	11	0	0	0	4	0	0	3	14	.193	.230	.193	.422	11		0	5	1
William Tarrolly	14	41	36	5	9	3	0	1	2	1	0	5	10	.250	.341	.417	.758	15		0	0	0
Bill Whitby	25	68	56	2	9	1	0	0	5	0	0	5	22	.161	.230	.179	.408	10		0	7	0
Ted Sadowski	31	80	71	4	9	0	0	0	3	0	0	4	37	.127	.173	.127	.300	9		0	5	0
Jim Manning	36	28	24	0	6	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	5	.250	.308	.292	.599	7		1	2	0
George Miller	46	21	15	2	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	4	.267	.353	.333	.686	5		0	4	0
John Randolph	20	25	24	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	12	.125	.125	.125	.250	3		0	1	0
Marv Mecklenburg	43	28	25	1	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	7	.120	.185	.120	.305	3		0	1	0
Michael Mattiace	16	21	18	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	.056	.056	.056	.111	1		0	3	0
Héctor Maestri	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Carl Finafrock	7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Totals	1497	4840	4279	493	1047	164	22	66	442	43	22	401	674	.245	.310	.340	.650	1453	0	27	89	44	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Rich Reese	1B	105	871	57	6	78	.994	8.838
Jose Calero	1B	35	287	17	3	27	.990	8.686
Luke Vasser	1B	10	89	9	2	6	.980	9.800
Ron Theobald	2B	122	258	351	22	81	.965	4.992
Minnie Mendoza	2B	17	42	46	2	11	.978	5.176
Ron Clark	3B	120	116	225	20	16	.945	2.842
Minnie Mendoza	3B	22	13	42	2	3	.965	2.500
Hank Izquierdo	C	96	493	53	4	5	.993	5.688	5
Paul Ratliff	C	58	272	36	7	4	.978	5.310	6
Tom Umphlett	OF	135	322	4	2	1	.994	2.415
William Hess	OF	109	161	9	5	2	.971	1.560
Ed Olivares	OF	77	122	8	7	0	.949	1.688
Nestor Velazquez	OF	39	62	1	3	0	.955	1.615
Luke Vasser	OF	27	57	3	0	0	1.000	2.222
Jose Calero	OF	13	20	0	1	0	.952	1.538
William Tarrolly	OF	10	17	0	0	0	1.000	1.700
George Miller	P	46	9	13	0	0	1.000	.478
Marv Mecklenburg	P	43	7	14	1	2	.955	.488
Jim Manning	P	35	5	13	1	2	.947	.514
Garland Shifflett	P	33	15	39	2	3	.964	1.636
Charles Holle	P	33	19	23	2	2	.955	1.273
Ted Sadowski	P	31	10	34	0	6	1.000	1.419
Bill Whitby	P	25	15	24	2	0	.951	1.560
John Randolph	P	20	2	10	0	0	1.000	.600
Michael Mattiace	P	15	3	16	0	1	1.000	1.267
Minnie Mendoza	SS	101	174	340	19	68	.964	5.089
Totals		1377	3461	1387	113	318	.977	3.521	11	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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