1966 Columbus Yankees Statistics
Team Record: 63-76
Finished 7th in the SL
Manager: Jack Reed (63-76)
Affiliation: New York Yankees
Location: Columbus, Georgia
Ballpark: Golden Park I & II
Attendance: 48,847, Avg. 703
The Columbus Yankees of the Southern League ended the 1966 season with a record of 63 wins and 76 losses, finishing seventh in the SL.
The Yankees scored 543 runs, worst in the league, and allowed 592 runs. Steve Whitaker led Columbus with 20 home runs Dave McDonald drove in 70 runs. Jerry Kenney paced all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .292. Bill Henry topped the squad with 12 wins, while Robert Lasko recorded a 1.71 ERA, best among hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Members of the 1966 Columbus Yankees who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Mike Jurewicz, Jerry Kenney, Cecil Perkins, John Miller, Ellie Rodríguez, Gil Blanco, Dave McDonald, Bill Henry, Steve Whitaker, Jim Brenneman and Elvio Jiménez.
Jack Reed 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Henry | 12 | 9 | .571 | 2.91 | 28 | 26 | 7 | 1 | 173.0 | 162 | 81 | 56 | 12 | 71 | 2 | 118 | 11 | 1 | 11 | |||
| Jim Brenneman | 10 | 9 | .526 | 3.30 | 26 | 25 | 9 | 2 | 169.0 | 162 | 76 | 62 | 15 | 52 | 0 | 86 | 3 | 0 | 9 | |||
| Cecil Perkins | 8 | 11 | .421 | 3.99 | 26 | 21 | 5 | 1 | 142.0 | 130 | 79 | 63 | 7 | 84 | 0 | 119 | 4 | 0 | 7 | |||
| Robert Lasko | 7 | 4 | .636 | 1.71 | 16 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 121.0 | 88 | 32 | 23 | 8 | 35 | 0 | 127 | 4 | 0 | 4 | |||
| Charles Hayes | 6 | 5 | .545 | 2.00 | 43 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 81.0 | 71 | 24 | 18 | 1 | 32 | 9 | 68 | 0 | 0 | 7 | |||
| Jimmy Marrujo | 5 | 2 | .714 | 4.07 | 36 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 84.0 | 88 | 50 | 38 | 8 | 38 | 2 | 51 | 3 | 1 | 4 | |||
| Ed Merritt | 5 | 4 | .556 | 1.62 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 61.0 | 55 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 16 | 5 | 43 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |||
| Martin Willoughby | 4 | 6 | .400 | 4.78 | 26 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 81.0 | 80 | 55 | 43 | 9 | 21 | 0 | 59 | 4 | 1 | 12 | |||
| William Drummond | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 7.00 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Mike Jurewicz | 1 | 9 | .100 | 3.74 | 15 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 77.0 | 79 | 45 | 32 | 5 | 61 | 0 | 66 | 2 | 1 | 11 | |||
| John Schroeppel | 1 | 9 | .100 | 6.38 | 20 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 55.0 | 66 | 50 | 39 | 8 | 33 | 1 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Gil Blanco | 9 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Joseph Jeran | 0 | 2 | .000 | 1.64 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.0 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Donald Semon | 0 | 5 | .000 | 9.84 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 32.0 | 46 | 40 | 35 | 2 | 29 | 0 | 23 | 3 | 2 | 5 | |||
| Totals | 60 | 75 | .444 | 3.52 | 299 | 130 | 0 | 32 | 6 | 0 | 1096.0 | 1050 | 562 | 429 | 83 | 484 | 22 | 802 | 35 | 7 | 73 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jerry Kenney | 135 | 586 | 521 | 83 | 152 | 16 | 7 | 0 | 36 | 12 | 2 | 55 | 55 | .292 | .360 | .349 | .709 | 182 | 2 | 5 | 3 | ||
| Dave McDonald | 124 | 497 | 445 | 57 | 123 | 18 | 5 | 13 | 70 | 1 | 1 | 43 | 99 | .276 | .337 | .427 | .764 | 190 | 1 | 2 | 6 | ||
| David Truelock | 131 | 558 | 477 | 73 | 102 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 9 | 7 | 69 | 67 | .214 | .318 | .243 | .562 | 116 | 6 | 2 | 4 | ||
| John Miller | 93 | 349 | 314 | 41 | 98 | 19 | 0 | 12 | 52 | 5 | 1 | 29 | 55 | .312 | .372 | .487 | .859 | 153 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Steve Whitaker | 86 | 365 | 312 | 58 | 97 | 13 | 5 | 20 | 68 | 2 | 1 | 44 | 75 | .311 | .394 | .577 | .971 | 180 | 2 | 2 | 5 | ||
| Ellie Rodríguez | 110 | 390 | 335 | 35 | 78 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 37 | 4 | 4 | 37 | 41 | .233 | .322 | .304 | .627 | 102 | 9 | 5 | 4 | ||
| Ron Boyer | 106 | 385 | 350 | 30 | 70 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 39 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 97 | .200 | .260 | .294 | .554 | 103 | 3 | 4 | 2 | ||
| Ronald Kirk | 116 | 388 | 336 | 36 | 68 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 28 | 2 | 4 | 45 | 83 | .202 | .295 | .298 | .593 | 100 | 1 | 2 | 4 | ||
| Elvio Jiménez | 50 | 198 | 185 | 25 | 57 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 20 | .308 | .338 | .432 | .771 | 80 | 2 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Tommie Martz | 50 | 196 | 163 | 22 | 44 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 29 | 31 | .270 | .388 | .362 | .750 | 59 | 3 | 0 | 1 | ||
| James Palma | 83 | 223 | 198 | 24 | 43 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 38 | .217 | .294 | .288 | .582 | 57 | 2 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Butch Cretara | 52 | 168 | 154 | 14 | 35 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 46 | .227 | .286 | .409 | .695 | 63 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Frank Pappas | 52 | 128 | 105 | 9 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 24 | .171 | .315 | .181 | .496 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Roger Dutton | 18 | 57 | 50 | 6 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 8 | .280 | .357 | .420 | .777 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Stephen Dichter | 19 | 60 | 54 | 5 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 | .222 | .271 | .222 | .493 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| James Covington | 9 | 23 | 20 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | .250 | .348 | .450 | .798 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cecil Perkins | 36 | 53 | 48 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 21 | .104 | .140 | .104 | .244 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Bill Henry | 30 | 67 | 54 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 23 | .093 | .194 | .111 | .305 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 1 | ||
| Jim Brenneman | 26 | 64 | 56 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 15 | .071 | .131 | .089 | .220 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Thomas Kowalowski | 12 | 26 | 24 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | .125 | .154 | .167 | .321 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Mike Jurewicz | 15 | 27 | 25 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | .120 | .154 | .160 | .314 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Robert Lasko | 17 | 50 | 40 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 23 | .075 | .140 | .100 | .240 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||
| John Schroeppel | 20 | 16 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .143 | .200 | .143 | .343 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Jimmy Marrujo | 36 | 20 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .118 | .167 | .294 | .461 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Joseph Jeran | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Donald Semon | 16 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .111 | .111 | .111 | .222 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Ed Merritt | 30 | 15 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .000 | .077 | .000 | .077 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Charles Hayes | 43 | 19 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | .000 | .125 | .000 | .125 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | ||
| William Drummond | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Martin Willoughby | 27 | 24 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1552 | 4971 | 4364 | 541 | 1045 | 154 | 31 | 74 | 475 | 44 | 23 | 469 | 897 | .239 | .316 | .340 | .656 | 1483 | 0 | 40 | 57 | 41 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave McDonald | 1B | 122 | 960 | 101 | 23 | 94 | .979 | 8.697 | ||||
| Ronald Kirk | 1B | 16 | 125 | 8 | 4 | 11 | .971 | 8.312 | ||||
| John Miller | 1B | 11 | 33 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .971 | 3.091 | ||||
| David Truelock | 2B | 130 | 250 | 357 | 25 | 66 | .960 | 4.669 | ||||
| James Palma | 2B | 20 | 27 | 19 | 5 | 11 | .902 | 2.300 | ||||
| Ron Boyer | 3B | 99 | 88 | 203 | 22 | 22 | .930 | 2.939 | ||||
| John Miller | 3B | 32 | 20 | 51 | 10 | 5 | .877 | 2.219 | ||||
| James Palma | 3B | 10 | 8 | 16 | 4 | 2 | .857 | 2.400 | ||||
| Ellie Rodríguez | C | 101 | 616 | 78 | 5 | 9 | .993 | 6.871 | 13 | |||
| Frank Pappas | C | 41 | 217 | 20 | 3 | 1 | .988 | 5.780 | 3 | |||
| Ronald Kirk | OF | 90 | 158 | 8 | 4 | 2 | .976 | 1.844 | ||||
| Steve Whitaker | OF | 86 | 125 | 12 | 6 | 3 | .958 | 1.593 | ||||
| John Miller | OF | 51 | 82 | 3 | 6 | 0 | .934 | 1.667 | ||||
| Tommie Martz | OF | 50 | 118 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .992 | 2.420 | ||||
| Elvio Jiménez | OF | 49 | 73 | 4 | 2 | 0 | .975 | 1.571 | ||||
| Butch Cretara | OF | 46 | 68 | 3 | 8 | 2 | .899 | 1.543 | ||||
| James Palma | OF | 22 | 34 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .973 | 1.636 | ||||
| Roger Dutton | OF | 16 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.312 | ||||
| Stephen Dichter | OF | 15 | 31 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .971 | 2.200 | ||||
| Charles Hayes | P | 43 | 9 | 18 | 3 | 1 | .900 | .628 | ||||
| Jimmy Marrujo | P | 36 | 4 | 15 | 1 | 0 | .950 | .528 | ||||
| Ed Merritt | P | 29 | 4 | 11 | 3 | 1 | .833 | .517 | ||||
| Bill Henry | P | 28 | 14 | 29 | 7 | 1 | .860 | 1.536 | ||||
| Martin Willoughby | P | 26 | 2 | 14 | 2 | 0 | .889 | .615 | ||||
| Cecil Perkins | P | 26 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 1 | .846 | .846 | ||||
| Jim Brenneman | P | 26 | 18 | 42 | 2 | 3 | .968 | 2.308 | ||||
| John Schroeppel | P | 20 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 1 | .909 | .500 | ||||
| Robert Lasko | P | 16 | 10 | 12 | 1 | 0 | .957 | 1.375 | ||||
| Donald Semon | P | 15 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .467 | ||||
| Mike Jurewicz | P | 15 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .917 | .733 | ||||
| Jerry Kenney | SS | 135 | 205 | 387 | 28 | 66 | .955 | 4.385 | ||||
| Totals | 1422 | 3341 | 1448 | 184 | 305 | .963 | 3.368 | 16 | 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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