1966 Decatur Commodores Statistics
Midwest League (MWL) - Class: A
Team Record: 49-76
Finished 8th in the MWL
Manager: Richard Klaus (49-76)
Affiliation: San Francisco Giants
Location: Decatur, Illinois
Ballpark: Fans Field
Attendance: 50,572, Avg. 809
1966 Decatur Commodores RosterTeam Record: 49-76
Finished 8th in the MWL
Manager: Richard Klaus (49-76)
Affiliation: San Francisco Giants
Location: Decatur, Illinois
Ballpark: Fans Field
Attendance: 50,572, Avg. 809
The Decatur Commodores of the Midwest League ended the 1966 season with a record of 49 wins and 76 losses, finishing eighth in the MWL.
The Commodores plated 438 runs and allowed 570 runs. James Mallon drove in 51 runs and topped batters with significant playing time by connecting at a .310 clip. Jessie Huggins led the squad with 12 wins and a team-best 2.38 earned run average, leading qualifying pitchers.
Ron Bryant and Damaso Blanco both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.
Richard Klaus 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jessie Huggins | 12 | 11 | .522 | 2.38 | 32 | 23 | 17 | 4 | 212.0 | 165 | 78 | 56 | 10 | 91 | 3 | 199 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |||
| Ralph Durgin | 9 | 10 | .474 | 2.92 | 25 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 154.0 | 142 | 77 | 50 | 13 | 44 | 4 | 108 | 10 | 0 | 8 | |||
| Hide Koga | 7 | 8 | .467 | 3.20 | 31 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 135.0 | 104 | 59 | 48 | 10 | 54 | 1 | 144 | 4 | 2 | 4 | |||
| Jack MacGillivray | 5 | 7 | .417 | 3.86 | 20 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 91.0 | 77 | 52 | 39 | 7 | 38 | 0 | 71 | 8 | 1 | 3 | |||
| Ron Bryant | 5 | 13 | .278 | 3.80 | 22 | 22 | 9 | 1 | 128.0 | 112 | 77 | 54 | 9 | 82 | 4 | 147 | 5 | 0 | 12 | |||
| Michael Sieverson | 4 | 5 | .444 | 5.62 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 56.0 | 62 | 42 | 35 | 2 | 39 | 6 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 10 | |||
| Doug McMillan | 3 | 8 | .273 | 4.72 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 82.0 | 81 | 47 | 43 | 6 | 61 | 4 | 58 | 2 | 1 | 8 | |||
| Gene Reilly | 2 | 2 | .500 | 2.60 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 45.0 | 41 | 19 | 13 | 3 | 17 | 2 | 52 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Kenneth Fila | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.09 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 11.0 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Thomas Zink | 1 | 7 | .125 | 7.80 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 45.0 | 44 | 50 | 39 | 9 | 44 | 2 | 27 | 4 | 1 | 15 | |||
| George Marino | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Robert Lain | 0 | 0 | 4.91 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.0 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Anthony Cardoza | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4.50 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.0 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Billy Patrick | 0 | 4 | .000 | 5.70 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 60.0 | 75 | 46 | 38 | 8 | 20 | 7 | 39 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |||
| Totals | 49 | 76 | .392 | 3.71 | 236 | 125 | 0 | 52 | 12 | 0 | 1047.0 | 940 | 570 | 432 | 82 | 511 | 34 | 931 | 38 | 8 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Mallon | 125 | 524 | 461 | 66 | 143 | 30 | 6 | 0 | 51 | 9 | 11 | 55 | 50 | .310 | .385 | .401 | .787 | 185 | 2 | 5 | 1 | ||
| Gary Bowman | 110 | 457 | 414 | 48 | 119 | 19 | 3 | 2 | 41 | 0 | 5 | 39 | 39 | .287 | .347 | .362 | .710 | 150 | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Timothy Young | 101 | 360 | 315 | 34 | 91 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 32 | 1 | 2 | 38 | 47 | .289 | .368 | .384 | .752 | 121 | 2 | 4 | 1 | ||
| Noel Finley | 99 | 398 | 336 | 43 | 86 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 6 | 9 | 52 | 38 | .256 | .365 | .307 | .671 | 103 | 6 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Ronald Grossmiller | 84 | 314 | 281 | 43 | 61 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 3 | 1 | 26 | 59 | .217 | .287 | .324 | .611 | 91 | 2 | 4 | 1 | ||
| Al Deravin | 68 | 250 | 220 | 23 | 54 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 28 | 1 | 2 | 27 | 37 | .245 | .328 | .336 | .664 | 74 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Damaso Blanco | 43 | 177 | 161 | 15 | 53 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 10 | .329 | .374 | .398 | .771 | 64 | 0 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Michael Edwards | 66 | 240 | 224 | 21 | 46 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 25 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 25 | .205 | .249 | .330 | .579 | 74 | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Scott Nielsen | 52 | 240 | 212 | 28 | 43 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 21 | .203 | .286 | .255 | .540 | 54 | 3 | 2 | 1 | ||
| John Buchanan | 45 | 179 | 159 | 18 | 37 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 15 | 40 | .233 | .299 | .314 | .614 | 50 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Richard Satagaj | 60 | 235 | 202 | 17 | 37 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 34 | .183 | .286 | .223 | .509 | 45 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Stanley Little | 61 | 198 | 175 | 16 | 33 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 39 | .189 | .274 | .263 | .537 | 46 | 4 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Jay Reed | 47 | 159 | 150 | 14 | 27 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 43 | .180 | .220 | .247 | .467 | 37 | 4 | 0 | 1 | ||
| David McKenzie | 40 | 97 | 82 | 7 | 21 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 18 | .256 | .361 | .329 | .690 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Hide Koga | 36 | 53 | 50 | 7 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | .320 | .358 | .340 | .698 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jessie Huggins | 38 | 76 | 64 | 10 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 24 | .234 | .329 | .234 | .563 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Carlos Castanon | 16 | 53 | 50 | 3 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .260 | .269 | .320 | .589 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Michael Howard | 28 | 80 | 72 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 21 | .153 | .238 | .194 | .432 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Donaldo DeSousa | 21 | 72 | 67 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16 | .134 | .167 | .134 | .301 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Ron Bryant | 23 | 50 | 47 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 23 | .170 | .204 | .234 | .438 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Billy Patrick | 17 | 28 | 26 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | .269 | .296 | .308 | .604 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Jack MacGillivray | 25 | 36 | 33 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | .182 | .229 | .212 | .441 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Roberto Santiago | 26 | 64 | 59 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 15 | .085 | .156 | .085 | .241 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Marc Michel | 10 | 23 | 23 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | .174 | .174 | .174 | .348 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ralph Durgin | 25 | 60 | 44 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 25 | .068 | .180 | .068 | .248 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Gene Reilly | 22 | 15 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .143 | .200 | .143 | .343 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Doug McMillan | 12 | 31 | 26 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | .077 | .111 | .077 | .188 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| George Marino | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Thomas Zink | 10 | 15 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | .071 | .071 | .286 | .357 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Anthony Cardoza | 9 | 14 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .071 | .071 | .214 | .286 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Kenneth Fila | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Michael Sieverson | 35 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Robert Lain | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1363 | 4519 | 4016 | 438 | 955 | 158 | 30 | 23 | 357 | 53 | 43 | 400 | 711 | .238 | .310 | .309 | .620 | 1242 | 0 | 31 | 52 | 20 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gary Bowman | 1B | 102 | 805 | 54 | 14 | 52 | .984 | 8.422 | ||||
| James Mallon | 1B | 19 | 140 | 9 | 2 | 14 | .987 | 7.842 | ||||
| Noel Finley | 2B | 94 | 185 | 215 | 25 | 43 | .941 | 4.255 | ||||
| Damaso Blanco | 2B | 18 | 37 | 34 | 4 | 9 | .947 | 3.944 | ||||
| Ronald Grossmiller | 3B | 68 | 47 | 144 | 14 | 12 | .932 | 2.809 | ||||
| John Buchanan | 3B | 27 | 31 | 45 | 11 | 6 | .874 | 2.815 | ||||
| Damaso Blanco | 3B | 14 | 17 | 33 | 1 | 4 | .980 | 3.571 | ||||
| Timothy Young | C | 94 | 707 | 73 | 12 | 3 | .985 | 8.298 | 19 | |||
| David McKenzie | C | 25 | 138 | 18 | 3 | 1 | .981 | 6.240 | 3 | |||
| Roberto Santiago | C | 16 | 106 | 10 | 2 | 1 | .983 | 7.250 | 3 | |||
| James Mallon | OF | 109 | 199 | 3 | 7 | 1 | .967 | 1.853 | ||||
| Al Deravin | OF | 64 | 75 | 4 | 3 | 2 | .963 | 1.234 | ||||
| Michael Edwards | OF | 61 | 79 | 8 | 5 | 5 | .946 | 1.426 | ||||
| Scott Nielsen | OF | 50 | 76 | 5 | 4 | 1 | .953 | 1.620 | ||||
| Stanley Little | OF | 49 | 75 | 6 | 5 | 1 | .942 | 1.653 | ||||
| Jay Reed | OF | 41 | 56 | 3 | 6 | 0 | .908 | 1.439 | ||||
| Michael Sieverson | P | 35 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .900 | .257 | ||||
| Jessie Huggins | P | 32 | 8 | 34 | 6 | 1 | .875 | 1.312 | ||||
| Hide Koga | P | 31 | 2 | 17 | 1 | 0 | .950 | .613 | ||||
| Ralph Durgin | P | 25 | 5 | 19 | 2 | 0 | .923 | .960 | ||||
| Ron Bryant | P | 22 | 8 | 20 | 4 | 0 | .875 | 1.273 | ||||
| Gene Reilly | P | 21 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 0 | .824 | .667 | ||||
| Jack MacGillivray | P | 20 | 10 | 22 | 3 | 2 | .914 | 1.600 | ||||
| Billy Patrick | P | 13 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.231 | ||||
| Doug McMillan | P | 12 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 2 | .783 | 1.500 | ||||
| Thomas Zink | P | 10 | 1 | 17 | 2 | 0 | .900 | 1.800 | ||||
| Robert Lain | P | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Anthony Cardoza | P | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Kenneth Fila | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| George Marino | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Richard Satagaj | SS | 60 | 100 | 169 | 20 | 21 | .931 | 4.483 | ||||
| Michael Howard | SS | 18 | 18 | 38 | 6 | 7 | .903 | 3.111 | ||||
| Donaldo DeSousa | SS | 17 | 16 | 39 | 10 | 6 | .846 | 3.235 | ||||
| John Buchanan | SS | 15 | 26 | 34 | 7 | 8 | .896 | 4.000 | ||||
| Damaso Blanco | SS | 11 | 22 | 26 | 5 | 2 | .906 | 4.364 | ||||
| Totals | 1208 | 3009 | 1136 | 193 | 205 | .956 | 3.431 | 25 | 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.
