1966 Columbus Jets Statistics

International League (IL) - Class: AAA
Team Record: 82-65
Finished 2nd in the IL
Manager: Larry Shepard (82-65)
Affiliation: Pittsburgh Pirates
Location: Columbus, Ohio
Ballpark: Harold Cooper Stadium
Attendance: 193,881, Avg. 2,638

1966 Columbus Jets Roster

Playoffs - Toronto Maple Leafs 3 games, Columbus Jets 2

The Columbus Jets of the International League ended the 1966 season with a record of 82 wins and 65 losses, finishing second in the IL.

The Jets topped the league with just 513 runs allowed. Columbus scored 571 runs. Dave Roberts led the squad with 26 home runs, and George Spriggs walloped 15 or more also. Dave Roberts drove in 83 runs. George Spriggs paced batters with significant playing time with a .300 average. Wilbur Wood paced the team with 14 wins and a team-best 2.41 ERA, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

Players from the 1966 Columbus Jets who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Freddie Patek, Ed Hobaugh, Jim Shellenback, Mickey Harrington, Jim Price, Bruce Dal Canton, José Martínez, Pancho Herrera, Bob Oliver, Wilbur Wood, Dave Wissman, Tim Harkness, Mike Derrick, John Gelnar, Bob Perry, Sam Jones, Manny Sanguillén, Don Bosch, Frank Bork, Luke Walker, Dave Roberts, Gene Michael, Don Leppert, George Spriggs and Jack Damaska.

Larry Shepard 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
Wilbur Wood	14	8	.636	2.41	31	31		15	8		224.0	197	69	60	13	38	6	109	5	1	9
John Gelnar	12	9	.571	3.54	27	27		6	0		183.0	197	82	72	21	49	3	97	7	0	2
Luke Walker	11	11	.500	2.77	25	25		8	2		172.0	155	59	53	8	80	1	132	6	0	16
Jim Shellenback	11	13	.458	3.09	31	29		8	4		195.0	181	75	67	14	72	1	120	1	0	7
Ed Hobaugh	10	6	.625	3.89	60	1		0	0		118.0	110	55	51	15	40	12	80	4	0	2
Sam Jones	7	3	.700	2.95	45	0		0	0		64.0	51	22	21	5	19	3	62	5	0	5
Asa Small	6	4	.600	3.65	44	0		0	0		74.0	61	31	30	10	35	6	60	4	0	7
Frank Bork	6	6	.500	4.18	29	15		3	1		114.0	119	58	53	17	27	2	54	2	0	3
Bill Knoch	3	4	.429	4.62	14	14		1	0		74.0	73	45	38	14	32	5	28	1	2	1
Phillip Cunningham	1	0	1.000	3.00	1	1		0	0		6.0	5	2	2	0	3	0	6	1	0	0
Bruce Dal Canton	1	1	.500	3.82	14	4		0	0		33.0	46	15	14	2	16	0	17	2	1	5
Totals	82	65	.558	3.30	321	147	0	41	15	0	1257.0	1195	513	461	119	411	39	765	38	4	57	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
Don Bosch	144	609	530	68	150	21	8	11	49	17	8	72	77	.283	.370	.415	.785	220		2	3	2
George Spriggs	133	538	457	91	137	17	3	15	44	34	12	75	97	.300	.397	.449	.845	205		1	1	4
Jack Damaska	146	588	529	66	131	22	3	10	57	4	1	42	82	.248	.305	.357	.662	189		3	11	3
Dave Roberts	119	494	408	67	111	14	2	26	83	0	1	76	57	.272	.389	.507	.896	207		4	3	3
Jim Price	116	416	378	34	93	13	0	9	49	1	0	29	42	.246	.301	.352	.653	133		2	4	3
Dave Wissman	118	419	379	42	88	13	5	10	60	1	3	34	54	.232	.297	.372	.669	141		2	1	3
Gene Michael	78	314	277	38	80	9	2	3	21	3	2	31	42	.289	.363	.368	.732	102		2	3	1
José Martínez	111	384	347	39	74	9	6	6	23	1	3	32	78	.213	.278	.326	.604	113		0	3	2
Mike Derrick	48	184	154	30	43	9	2	9	27	1	1	27	47	.279	.385	.539	.924	83		0	2	1
Don Leppert	66	159	140	9	32	0	0	3	13	0	0	15	27	.229	.299	.293	.592	41		0	2	2
John Gelnar	31	73	60	4	14	5	1	1	3	0	0	4	21	.233	.281	.400	.681	24		0	9	0
Bob Oliver	32	86	79	9	14	2	0	0	3	0	0	5	20	.177	.224	.203	.426	16		0	1	1
Ed Hobaugh	61	27	25	1	7	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	6	.280	.280	.480	.760	12		0	2	0
Manny Sanguillén	9	29	26	1	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	.231	.259	.231	.490	6		1	2	0
Jim Shellenback	33	70	65	3	6	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	21	.092	.106	.092	.198	6		0	4	0
Wilbur Wood	31	85	69	1	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	45	.087	.113	.087	.200	6		0	14	0
Freddie Patek	17	39	36	3	5	1	0	0	1	2	0	3	11	.139	.205	.167	.372	6		0	0	0
Frank Bork	31	43	39	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	14	.103	.125	.103	.228	4		0	3	0
Luke Walker	25	67	56	1	3	0	0	0	2	1	0	3	26	.054	.100	.054	.154	3		0	7	1
Sam Jones	45	12	11	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.182	.182	.182	.364	2		0	1	0
Bill Knoch	15	29	26	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	11	.077	.077	.077	.154	2		0	3	0
Bruce Dal Canton	14	6	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.167	.167	.167	.333	1		0	0	0
Asa Small	44	16	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	6	.000	.062	.000	.062	0		1	0	1
Phillip Cunningham	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Totals	1468	4689	4113	510	1009	136	34	103	442	65	31	452	794	.245	.321	.370	.691	1522	0	18	79	27	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Mike Derrick	1B	47	383	23	3	46	.993	8.638
Dave Roberts	1B	17	149	5	4	20	.975	9.059
Jack Damaska	2B	145	346	408	18	111	.977	5.200
Dave Wissman	3B	107	76	217	13	29	.958	2.738
José Martínez	3B	38	17	64	10	4	.890	2.132
Jim Price	C	108	577	63	6	8	.991	5.926	6
Don Leppert	C	39	206	18	4	3	.982	5.744	2
Don Bosch	OF	144	385	16	7	5	.983	2.785
George Spriggs	OF	129	206	16	8	3	.965	1.721
Dave Roberts	OF	103	149	8	4	2	.975	1.524
Bob Oliver	OF	19	25	0	0	0	1.000	1.316
Ed Hobaugh	P	60	10	22	0	1	1.000	.533
Sam Jones	P	45	6	7	2	0	.867	.289
Asa Small	P	44	1	14	1	0	.938	.341
Wilbur Wood	P	31	15	40	2	2	.965	1.774
Jim Shellenback	P	31	5	53	3	4	.951	1.871
Frank Bork	P	29	6	23	1	2	.967	1.000
John Gelnar	P	27	15	25	3	0	.930	1.481
Luke Walker	P	25	6	44	6	2	.893	2.000
Bill Knoch	P	14	5	16	1	1	.955	1.500
Bruce Dal Canton	P	14	2	7	1	0	.900	.643
Phillip Cunningham	P	1						.000
Gene Michael	SS	78	126	244	14	54	.964	4.744
José Martínez	SS	64	87	201	17	36	.944	4.500
Freddie Patek	SS	10	12	18	5	6	.857	3.000
Totals		1369	2815	1552	133	339	.970	3.190	8	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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