1966 Charlotte Hornets Statistics
Team Record: 64-74
Finished 6th in the SL
Manager: Harry Warner (64-74)
Affiliation: Minnesota Twins
Location: Charlotte, North Carolina
Ballpark: Clark Griffith Park
Attendance: 33,943, Avg. 492
The Charlotte Hornets of the Southern League ended the 1966 season with a record of 64 wins and 74 losses, finishing sixth in the SL.
The Hornets scored 551 runs and gave up 579 runs. Jim Mooring led Charlotte with 20 home runs and drove in 63 runs. Pat Kelly topped batters with significant playing time by connecting at a .321 clip. Charles Holle, Danny Morris and Garland Shifflett paced the team with 9 wins each, while Garland Shifflett earned a 1.98 ERA, best among regularly-used pitchers.
Rick Renick, Bruce Barmes, Don Bradey, Garland Shifflett, Paul Ratliff, Ron Keller, Pat Kelly, Ted Sadowski, Danny Morris, John Sevcik, Bob Gebhard, Jerry Fosnow, Minnie Mendoza, Ron Theobald, Tom Umphlett, Jerry Crider and Hank Izquierdo were all players from the 1966 Charlotte Hornets who played in the Majors during their careers.
Harry Warner 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Danny Morris | 9 | 7 | .562 | 3.52 | 27 | 25 | 4 | 1 | 156.0 | 155 | 78 | 61 | 14 | 55 | 1 | 110 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |||
| Garland Shifflett | 9 | 8 | .529 | 1.98 | 63 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 127.0 | 109 | 40 | 28 | 7 | 40 | 11 | 81 | 4 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Charles Holle | 9 | 9 | .500 | 3.91 | 32 | 23 | 6 | 1 | 159.0 | 174 | 85 | 69 | 18 | 52 | 4 | 77 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |||
| Ted Sadowski | 7 | 5 | .583 | 3.38 | 29 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 128.0 | 125 | 55 | 48 | 14 | 31 | 3 | 66 | 4 | 0 | 2 | |||
| John Randolph | 7 | 6 | .538 | 4.30 | 19 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 92.0 | 98 | 56 | 44 | 11 | 35 | 0 | 93 | 0 | 1 | 10 | |||
| Jerry Crider | 6 | 8 | .429 | 3.16 | 24 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 111.0 | 110 | 53 | 39 | 12 | 29 | 4 | 67 | 1 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Jerry Fosnow | 5 | 9 | .357 | 3.49 | 15 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 98.0 | 99 | 54 | 38 | 7 | 37 | 3 | 93 | 5 | 0 | 5 | |||
| Don Bradey | 4 | 7 | .364 | 2.14 | 39 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 84.0 | 66 | 31 | 20 | 5 | 39 | 6 | 49 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Ron Keller | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.94 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 48.0 | 39 | 23 | 21 | 1 | 20 | 1 | 40 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Curt Sauer | 3 | 8 | .273 | 2.70 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 80.0 | 58 | 28 | 24 | 2 | 21 | 1 | 44 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Gene Garnell | 1 | 1 | .500 | 8.44 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16.0 | 29 | 16 | 15 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Bob Gebhard | 1 | 3 | .250 | 7.07 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 28.0 | 28 | 22 | 22 | 3 | 16 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ernest Barron | 0 | 0 | 15.75 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Rich Peterson | 0 | 1 | .000 | 11.25 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Wayne McAlpin | 0 | 2 | .000 | 7.65 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20.0 | 30 | 21 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Totals | 64 | 74 | .464 | 3.60 | 299 | 138 | 0 | 38 | 9 | 0 | 1159.0 | 1134 | 579 | 463 | 98 | 398 | 36 | 780 | 25 | 3 | 51 | 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 | 128 | 542 | 501 | 68 | 140 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 34 | 29 | 7 | 28 | 31 | .279 | .321 | .319 | .641 | 160 | 4 | 7 | 2 | ||
| Jim Mooring | 129 | 485 | 433 | 65 | 133 | 17 | 9 | 20 | 63 | 3 | 3 | 46 | 60 | .307 | .371 | .527 | .898 | 228 | 1 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Pat Kelly | 113 | 477 | 392 | 74 | 126 | 23 | 6 | 3 | 55 | 52 | 8 | 78 | 77 | .321 | .430 | .434 | .864 | 170 | 0 | 3 | 4 | ||
| Tom Umphlett | 109 | 414 | 369 | 44 | 112 | 18 | 2 | 6 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 28 | .304 | .368 | .412 | .780 | 152 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Ron Theobald | 116 | 487 | 417 | 56 | 112 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 38 | 7 | 8 | 55 | 30 | .269 | .354 | .326 | .680 | 136 | 3 | 7 | 5 | ||
| William Hess | 95 | 319 | 290 | 36 | 71 | 16 | 1 | 6 | 33 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 32 | .245 | .296 | .369 | .665 | 107 | 2 | 1 | 5 | ||
| John Sevcik | 94 | 332 | 302 | 24 | 70 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 56 | .232 | .292 | .308 | .600 | 93 | 2 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Luke Vasser | 107 | 332 | 289 | 41 | 67 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 32 | 2 | 4 | 38 | 59 | .232 | .323 | .384 | .707 | 111 | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Tom Solters | 93 | 325 | 279 | 35 | 66 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 32 | 44 | .237 | .313 | .280 | .593 | 78 | 1 | 9 | 4 | ||
| Rick Renick | 88 | 349 | 307 | 35 | 62 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 34 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 95 | .202 | .270 | .293 | .564 | 90 | 6 | 5 | 6 | ||
| Jim Jenkins | 49 | 188 | 165 | 22 | 55 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 35 | .333 | .395 | .467 | .861 | 77 | 4 | 3 | 2 | ||
| John Oster | 49 | 128 | 113 | 15 | 27 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 28 | .239 | .323 | .292 | .615 | 33 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Hank Izquierdo | 35 | 118 | 107 | 5 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 14 | .196 | .265 | .215 | .480 | 23 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Charles Holle | 36 | 68 | 60 | 5 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 12 | .300 | .358 | .367 | .725 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Roberto Herrera | 30 | 90 | 78 | 4 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 16 | .179 | .289 | .269 | .558 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Danny Morris | 27 | 62 | 51 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 17 | .196 | .305 | .196 | .501 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Ted Sadowski | 30 | 47 | 38 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | .211 | .205 | .211 | .416 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 1 | ||
| Paul Ratliff | 9 | 33 | 31 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17 | .226 | .273 | .484 | .757 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ron Keller | 12 | 22 | 20 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | .300 | .364 | .350 | .714 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Curt Sauer | 11 | 32 | 29 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | .207 | .233 | .310 | .544 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Jerry Crider | 25 | 38 | 34 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | .176 | .200 | .265 | .465 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Garland Shifflett | 64 | 34 | 33 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | .152 | .152 | .152 | .303 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Jerry Fosnow | 15 | 30 | 27 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | .148 | .207 | .148 | .355 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| John Randolph | 19 | 34 | 33 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | .091 | .091 | .091 | .182 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Bob Gebhard | 6 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .222 | .300 | .222 | .522 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gene Garnell | 9 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rich Peterson | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Wayne McAlpin | 10 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Don Bradey | 39 | 16 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .000 | .125 | .000 | .125 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ernest Barron | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Totals | 1555 | 5027 | 4435 | 551 | 1152 | 169 | 38 | 59 | 477 | 109 | 34 | 460 | 741 | .260 | .330 | .355 | .685 | 1574 | 0 | 28 | 62 | 42 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Mooring | 1B | 126 | 975 | 51 | 22 | 89 | .979 | 8.143 | ||||
| Luke Vasser | 1B | 34 | 138 | 10 | 2 | 16 | .987 | 4.353 | ||||
| Ron Theobald | 2B | 111 | 229 | 338 | 28 | 75 | .953 | 5.108 | ||||
| Tom Solters | 2B | 29 | 59 | 75 | 5 | 14 | .964 | 4.621 | ||||
| Minnie Mendoza | 3B | 124 | 106 | 218 | 11 | 24 | .967 | 2.613 | ||||
| Tom Solters | 3B | 16 | 13 | 20 | 3 | 2 | .917 | 2.062 | ||||
| John Sevcik | C | 89 | 501 | 56 | 13 | 7 | .977 | 6.258 | 9 | |||
| Hank Izquierdo | C | 33 | 207 | 18 | 1 | 3 | .996 | 6.818 | 3 | |||
| Roberto Herrera | C | 23 | 126 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 5.957 | 2 | |||
| Pat Kelly | OF | 112 | 242 | 9 | 12 | 3 | .954 | 2.241 | ||||
| Tom Umphlett | OF | 99 | 186 | 4 | 2 | 1 | .990 | 1.919 | ||||
| William Hess | OF | 86 | 135 | 6 | 2 | 0 | .986 | 1.640 | ||||
| Luke Vasser | OF | 72 | 139 | 5 | 5 | 1 | .966 | 2.000 | ||||
| John Oster | OF | 29 | 52 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .982 | 1.862 | ||||
| Tom Solters | OF | 24 | 46 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Garland Shifflett | P | 63 | 12 | 27 | 2 | 5 | .951 | .619 | ||||
| Don Bradey | P | 39 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 3 | .938 | .385 | ||||
| Charles Holle | P | 32 | 13 | 25 | 6 | 3 | .864 | 1.188 | ||||
| Ted Sadowski | P | 29 | 8 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .828 | ||||
| Danny Morris | P | 27 | 9 | 14 | 1 | 0 | .958 | .852 | ||||
| Jerry Crider | P | 24 | 3 | 15 | 2 | 1 | .900 | .750 | ||||
| John Randolph | P | 19 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .579 | ||||
| Jerry Fosnow | P | 15 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 1 | .714 | 1.000 | ||||
| Curt Sauer | P | 11 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 0 | .882 | 1.364 | ||||
| Wayne McAlpin | P | 10 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .400 | .200 | ||||
| Rick Renick | SS | 87 | 157 | 237 | 21 | 56 | .949 | 4.529 | ||||
| Jim Jenkins | SS | 49 | 57 | 127 | 18 | 26 | .911 | 3.755 | ||||
| Totals | 1412 | 3426 | 1331 | 169 | 331 | .966 | 3.369 | 14 | 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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