1966 Covington Red Sox Statistics
Appalachian League (AL) - Class: R
Team Record: 28-43
Finished 4th in the AL
Manager: Rac Slider (28-43)
Affiliation: Boston Red Sox
Location: Covington, Virginia
Ballpark: Casey Field
Attendance: 34,622, Avg. 975
1966 Covington Red Sox RosterTeam Record: 28-43
Finished 4th in the AL
Manager: Rac Slider (28-43)
Affiliation: Boston Red Sox
Location: Covington, Virginia
Ballpark: Casey Field
Attendance: 34,622, Avg. 975
The Covington Red Sox of the Appalachian League ended the 1966 season with a record of 28 wins and 43 losses, finishing fourth in the AL.
The Red Sox plated 378 runs and allowed 411 runs, most in the league. James Zgorzelski accounted for 43 RBI. Ed Mello topped all regular batters by connecting at a .291 clip. Steve Blateric led the team with 6 wins, while Henry O'Reilly registered a 3.39 earned run average, leading pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Members of the 1966 Covington Red Sox who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Steve Blateric, Mike Nagy and Dick Mills.
Rac Slider 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Blateric | 6 | 6 | .500 | 3.65 | 18 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 79.0 | 72 | 47 | 32 | 4 | 22 | 0 | 95 | 4 | 0 | 9 | |||
| Michael Fernandez | 4 | 3 | .571 | 5.11 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 44.0 | 42 | 29 | 25 | 7 | 28 | 1 | 36 | 4 | 1 | 3 | |||
| Wayne Fuzzard | 4 | 5 | .444 | 4.42 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 59.0 | 54 | 33 | 29 | 1 | 32 | 1 | 48 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Mike Nagy | 3 | 1 | .750 | 1.95 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 37.0 | 24 | 17 | 8 | 1 | 26 | 0 | 29 | 2 | 0 | 4 | |||
| Henry O'Reilly | 3 | 2 | .600 | 3.39 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 61.0 | 60 | 31 | 23 | 5 | 24 | 1 | 73 | 2 | 0 | 5 | |||
| Bernard Linn | 2 | 3 | .400 | 10.89 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19.0 | 17 | 24 | 23 | 2 | 34 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |||
| Dick Mills | 2 | 6 | .250 | 4.58 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 53.0 | 51 | 39 | 27 | 3 | 39 | 1 | 61 | 2 | 0 | 7 | |||
| Donald Fox | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 10.29 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Steve Kramar | 1 | 1 | .500 | 5.33 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 27.0 | 31 | 21 | 16 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |||
| David Barbo | 1 | 5 | .167 | 6.19 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 32.0 | 32 | 33 | 22 | 0 | 31 | 1 | 35 | 5 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Tom Stephenson | 1 | 6 | .143 | 7.77 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 44.0 | 46 | 46 | 38 | 3 | 43 | 0 | 35 | 3 | 0 | 13 | |||
| Francisco Borges | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Anthony Moniz | 0 | 0 | 2.25 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Richard Hill | 0 | 0 | 5.14 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Bob Cavalli | 0 | 0 | 6.00 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12.0 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Roger McComas | 0 | 0 | 7.20 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Mike Smith | 0 | 0 | 10.80 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Dick Guy | 0 | 0 | 12.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Gregory Jacobs | 0 | 0 | 18.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Donnie Peters | 0 | 0 | 18.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Robert O'Keefe | 0 | 0 | 18.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Bobby Perry | 0 | 1 | .000 | 5.54 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13.0 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| William Racely | 0 | 1 | .000 | 18.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jene Alexander | 0 | 3 | .000 | 8.47 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 17.0 | 26 | 20 | 16 | 1 | 13 | 2 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Totals | 28 | 43 | .394 | 5.26 | 190 | 71 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 537.0 | 534 | 411 | 314 | 29 | 386 | 7 | 533 | 32 | 1 | 66 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ed Mello | 62 | 278 | 213 | 56 | 62 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 27 | 12 | 6 | 54 | 28 | .291 | .438 | .371 | .809 | 79 | 4 | 4 | 3 | ||
| Jim Gruber | 53 | 207 | 182 | 24 | 54 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 17 | .297 | .360 | .335 | .695 | 61 | 0 | 4 | 2 | ||
| James Zgorzelski | 59 | 213 | 190 | 27 | 53 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 43 | 8 | 6 | 17 | 27 | .279 | .340 | .363 | .703 | 69 | 1 | 4 | 1 | ||
| Dick Guy | 54 | 180 | 151 | 17 | 51 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 30 | 5 | 3 | 25 | 35 | .338 | .439 | .397 | .836 | 60 | 3 | 0 | 1 | ||
| William Barkley | 65 | 252 | 206 | 41 | 50 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 45 | 55 | .243 | .378 | .296 | .675 | 61 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Richard Goedert | 57 | 209 | 169 | 31 | 45 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 5 | 4 | 34 | 28 | .266 | .395 | .337 | .732 | 57 | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Lewis Inmon | 46 | 145 | 116 | 27 | 40 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 31 | .345 | .451 | .431 | .882 | 50 | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Danny Smith | 45 | 144 | 120 | 27 | 30 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 23 | 20 | .250 | .371 | .283 | .654 | 34 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| LeRoi Finch | 28 | 110 | 96 | 14 | 26 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 16 | .271 | .349 | .438 | .786 | 42 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| James Chenevert | 47 | 148 | 123 | 24 | 26 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 4 | 4 | 23 | 43 | .211 | .345 | .309 | .654 | 38 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bernard Bruns | 45 | 141 | 117 | 17 | 23 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 25 | .197 | .309 | .239 | .549 | 28 | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Bill Hathaway | 40 | 112 | 86 | 19 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 32 | .233 | .393 | .291 | .684 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| James Rife | 28 | 80 | 70 | 18 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 10 | .271 | .362 | .314 | .677 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Gecy | 34 | 91 | 72 | 9 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 10 | .250 | .375 | .319 | .694 | 23 | 1 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Bill O'Neil | 13 | 30 | 24 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 11 | .250 | .367 | .458 | .825 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Mike Nagy | 9 | 17 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .357 | .400 | .500 | .900 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Wayne Fuzzard | 14 | 21 | 18 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | .278 | .316 | .611 | .927 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Otis Griggs | 10 | 22 | 21 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | .238 | .227 | .429 | .656 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Michael Fernandez | 17 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | .375 | .615 | .500 | 1.115 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Henry O'Reilly | 18 | 19 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | .188 | .188 | .250 | .438 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Jene Alexander | 5 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .500 | .500 | .750 | 1.250 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tom Stephenson | 11 | 17 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | .125 | .176 | .125 | .301 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Steve Blateric | 19 | 32 | 23 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 9 | .087 | .300 | .087 | .387 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Mike Smith | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Roger McComas | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gary Gabloff | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 3.000 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Iannelli | 2 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .200 | .400 | .600 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Cavalli | 9 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Thomas White | 2 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .167 | .286 | .167 | .452 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Faustino Zabala | 3 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .143 | .143 | .143 | .286 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Steve Kramar | 10 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .125 | .125 | .125 | .250 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| David Barbo | 12 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .091 | .167 | .091 | .258 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Bernard Linn | 15 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Bobby Perry | 10 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .500 | .000 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gregory Jacobs | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dick Mills | 14 | 19 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | .000 | .071 | .000 | .071 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Loyd Cobble | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Donald Fox | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Totals | 873 | 2563 | 2118 | 378 | 559 | 93 | 8 | 15 | 327 | 57 | 38 | 363 | 461 | .264 | .374 | .337 | .711 | 713 | 0 | 20 | 44 | 18 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richard Goedert | 1B | 50 | 357 | 31 | 10 | 24 | .975 | 7.760 | ||||
| Lewis Inmon | 1B | 11 | 65 | 2 | 2 | 5 | .971 | 6.091 | ||||
| John Gecy | 1B | 11 | 75 | 6 | 4 | 3 | .953 | 7.364 | ||||
| Ed Mello | 2B | 62 | 128 | 153 | 14 | 21 | .953 | 4.532 | ||||
| Danny Smith | 3B | 34 | 32 | 47 | 12 | 3 | .868 | 2.324 | ||||
| Jim Gruber | 3B | 29 | 14 | 52 | 7 | 1 | .904 | 2.276 | ||||
| Bill Hathaway | C | 29 | 168 | 9 | 12 | 0 | .937 | 6.103 | 22 | |||
| James Rife | C | 25 | 161 | 9 | 3 | 1 | .983 | 6.800 | 7 | |||
| Bill O'Neil | C | 13 | 52 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .964 | 4.154 | 4 | |||
| Lewis Inmon | C | 12 | 99 | 9 | 4 | 1 | .964 | 9.000 | 9 | |||
| James Zgorzelski | OF | 56 | 79 | 7 | 9 | 1 | .905 | 1.536 | ||||
| Dick Guy | OF | 43 | 50 | 1 | 5 | 0 | .911 | 1.186 | ||||
| James Chenevert | OF | 42 | 32 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .944 | .810 | ||||
| Bernard Bruns | OF | 34 | 42 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .933 | 1.235 | ||||
| LeRoi Finch | OF | 27 | 24 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .893 | .926 | ||||
| Bill Hathaway | OF | 10 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .600 | ||||
| John Gecy | OF | 10 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .889 | .800 | ||||
| Henry O'Reilly | P | 18 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 1 | .786 | .611 | ||||
| Steve Blateric | P | 18 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 0 | .833 | 1.111 | ||||
| Michael Fernandez | P | 17 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .235 | ||||
| Bernard Linn | P | 15 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .833 | .333 | ||||
| Dick Mills | P | 14 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 0 | .909 | .714 | ||||
| Wayne Fuzzard | P | 14 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 1 | .950 | 1.357 | ||||
| David Barbo | P | 12 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | .900 | .750 | ||||
| Tom Stephenson | P | 11 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 0 | .714 | .909 | ||||
| Bobby Perry | P | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .200 | ||||
| Steve Kramar | P | 10 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .800 | .400 | ||||
| Mike Nagy | P | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| Bob Cavalli | P | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| Richard Hill | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Donald Fox | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jene Alexander | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Roger McComas | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Mike Smith | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Anthony Moniz | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Donnie Peters | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Gregory Jacobs | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| William Racely | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Robert O'Keefe | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Francisco Borges | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| William Barkley | SS | 63 | 65 | 160 | 22 | 22 | .911 | 3.571 | ||||
| Totals | 750 | 1482 | 560 | 131 | 84 | .940 | 2.723 | 42 | 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.
