1966 El Paso Sun Kings Statistics
Team Record: 62-78
Finished 5th in the TL
Manager: Chuck Tanner (62-78)
Affiliation: California Angels
Location: El Paso, Texas
Ballpark: Dudley Field
Attendance: 62,192, Avg. 888
The El Paso Sun Kings of the Texas League ended the 1966 season with a record of 62 wins and 78 losses, finishing fifth in the TL.
The Sun Kings plated 546 runs and conceded 657 runs. Winston Llenas paced El Paso with 25 home runs, while Jim Spencer, George Pena and Don Wilkinson each walloped 15 or more, too. George Pena drove in 81 runs. Winston Llenas topped batters with significant playing time by connecting at a .280 clip. James Holbrook led the squad with 12 wins, and Ramón Hernández earned a 2.16 ERA, tops among hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Players from the 1966 El Paso Sun Kings who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Vern Geishert, Tom Egan, Winston Llenas, Jim Spencer, Jesse Hickman, Ramón Hernández, Clyde Wright, Charlie Dees, Elrod Hendricks, Aubrey Gatewood, Rudy May, Tom Burgmeier, Hal King, Vic LaRose and Jay Johnstone.
Chuck Tanner 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Holbrook | 12 | 11 | .522 | 3.74 | 32 | 30 | 9 | 2 | 190.0 | 209 | 101 | 79 | 13 | 69 | 3 | 113 | 8 | 1 | 8 | |||
| Christopher Maneff | 10 | 11 | .476 | 4.22 | 34 | 28 | 5 | 0 | 179.0 | 210 | 92 | 84 | 13 | 50 | 3 | 121 | 5 | 2 | 10 | |||
| Clyde Wright | 9 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.41 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 87.0 | 70 | 37 | 33 | 3 | 30 | 1 | 77 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Ramón Hernández | 9 | 7 | .562 | 2.16 | 52 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 121.0 | 97 | 36 | 29 | 4 | 35 | 5 | 94 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Vern Geishert | 5 | 3 | .625 | 3.67 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 54.0 | 63 | 25 | 22 | 6 | 14 | 1 | 40 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Jesse Hickman | 4 | 4 | .500 | 2.92 | 22 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 74.0 | 60 | 30 | 24 | 3 | 31 | 0 | 75 | 2 | 0 | 10 | |||
| Tom Burgmeier | 4 | 8 | .333 | 4.93 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 73.0 | 87 | 52 | 40 | 7 | 28 | 3 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |||
| George Sherrod | 4 | 11 | .267 | 5.28 | 32 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 116.0 | 134 | 74 | 68 | 13 | 31 | 1 | 71 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Aubrey Gatewood | 2 | 6 | .250 | 4.97 | 18 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 67.0 | 82 | 44 | 37 | 5 | 17 | 0 | 37 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |||
| George Dugan | 1 | 2 | .333 | 7.15 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 39.0 | 54 | 36 | 31 | 5 | 21 | 1 | 27 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||
| Gary Fischer | 1 | 5 | .167 | 4.12 | 39 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 59.0 | 67 | 35 | 27 | 4 | 25 | 3 | 38 | 1 | 0 | 9 | |||
| Paul Mosley | 1 | 7 | .125 | 3.69 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100.0 | 110 | 50 | 41 | 8 | 20 | 3 | 59 | 5 | 0 | 8 | |||
| Arlo Engel | 0 | 0 | 3.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Rudy May | 0 | 0 | 3.60 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Richard Pulliam | 0 | 0 | 16.50 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Marv Mecklenburg | 0 | 1 | .000 | 9.90 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10.0 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Lester Mundel | 0 | 2 | .000 | 11.25 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12.0 | 21 | 18 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 62 | 78 | .443 | 4.18 | 359 | 137 | 0 | 28 | 7 | 0 | 1195.0 | 1300 | 657 | 555 | 92 | 393 | 24 | 809 | 29 | 5 | 59 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winston Llenas | 140 | 581 | 521 | 83 | 146 | 28 | 3 | 25 | 77 | 2 | 6 | 50 | 110 | .280 | .345 | .489 | .835 | 255 | 4 | 2 | 4 | ||
| Jim Spencer | 133 | 541 | 488 | 72 | 129 | 22 | 7 | 16 | 53 | 3 | 2 | 45 | 79 | .264 | .328 | .436 | .765 | 213 | 2 | 5 | 1 | ||
| George Pena | 132 | 513 | 451 | 62 | 119 | 23 | 3 | 15 | 81 | 2 | 3 | 49 | 98 | .264 | .333 | .428 | .761 | 193 | 2 | 3 | 8 | ||
| Don Wilkinson | 139 | 526 | 468 | 60 | 113 | 15 | 4 | 19 | 50 | 6 | 11 | 52 | 152 | .241 | .322 | .412 | .734 | 193 | 4 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Michael Dobbins | 129 | 512 | 438 | 53 | 112 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 35 | 21 | 12 | 58 | 40 | .256 | .343 | .313 | .656 | 137 | 3 | 8 | 5 | ||
| Donald Furnald | 127 | 506 | 469 | 53 | 105 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 29 | 12 | 10 | 32 | 90 | .224 | .274 | .309 | .583 | 145 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Tom Egan | 109 | 430 | 375 | 43 | 93 | 20 | 2 | 11 | 48 | 4 | 0 | 51 | 94 | .248 | .340 | .400 | .740 | 150 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Charlie Dees | 73 | 268 | 238 | 38 | 57 | 18 | 1 | 8 | 34 | 0 | 3 | 21 | 49 | .239 | .315 | .424 | .739 | 101 | 6 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Arlo Engel | 108 | 308 | 276 | 29 | 54 | 14 | 0 | 11 | 38 | 2 | 1 | 28 | 125 | .196 | .276 | .366 | .642 | 101 | 3 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Tom Sommers | 48 | 132 | 120 | 9 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 20 | .225 | .288 | .242 | .530 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Elrod Hendricks | 18 | 63 | 56 | 6 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 14 | .268 | .349 | .464 | .813 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Arturo Miranda | 33 | 82 | 75 | 8 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 10 | .200 | .259 | .267 | .526 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Vic LaRose | 31 | 68 | 56 | 5 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 21 | .214 | .353 | .232 | .585 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Clyde Wright | 19 | 37 | 37 | 4 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .297 | .297 | .432 | .730 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jay Johnstone | 7 | 28 | 25 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | .200 | .286 | .400 | .686 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ramón Hernández | 52 | 33 | 32 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 12 | .156 | .182 | .156 | .338 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Christopher Maneff | 34 | 62 | 57 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 26 | .088 | .103 | .140 | .244 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Gary Fischer | 39 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .444 | .444 | .444 | .889 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Vern Geishert | 9 | 19 | 19 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | .211 | .211 | .263 | .474 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tom Burgmeier | 17 | 24 | 21 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .190 | .190 | .238 | .429 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Paul Mosley | 51 | 22 | 22 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .182 | .182 | .273 | .455 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Hank McGraw | 9 | 26 | 24 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | .167 | .231 | .292 | .522 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Aubrey Gatewood | 18 | 18 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | .176 | .176 | .176 | .353 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| George Sherrod | 32 | 39 | 36 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | .056 | .056 | .083 | .139 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| James Holbrook | 32 | 68 | 62 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 38 | .032 | .047 | .048 | .095 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1 | ||
| George Dugan | 24 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .111 | .111 | .111 | .222 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jesse Hickman | 23 | 23 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | .053 | .143 | .053 | .195 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Richard Pulliam | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lester Mundel | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rudy May | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Marv Mecklenburg | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1601 | 4959 | 4432 | 542 | 1052 | 188 | 28 | 119 | 493 | 59 | 52 | 430 | 1065 | .237 | .307 | .373 | .680 | 1653 | 0 | 29 | 40 | 28 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Spencer | 1B | 129 | 1174 | 62 | 12 | 82 | .990 | 9.581 | ||||
| Tom Sommers | 1B | 10 | 82 | 4 | 2 | 1 | .977 | 8.600 | ||||
| Michael Dobbins | 2B | 121 | 245 | 331 | 15 | 47 | .975 | 4.760 | ||||
| Vic LaRose | 2B | 13 | 15 | 31 | 2 | 4 | .958 | 3.538 | ||||
| Winston Llenas | 3B | 139 | 124 | 273 | 15 | 18 | .964 | 2.856 | ||||
| Tom Egan | C | 108 | 672 | 62 | 7 | 6 | .991 | 6.796 | 19 | |||
| Elrod Hendricks | C | 18 | 119 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 7.278 | 1 | |||
| Don Wilkinson | OF | 139 | 286 | 11 | 11 | 0 | .964 | 2.137 | ||||
| George Pena | OF | 119 | 193 | 15 | 12 | 3 | .945 | 1.748 | ||||
| Arlo Engel | OF | 90 | 149 | 10 | 4 | 1 | .975 | 1.767 | ||||
| Charlie Dees | OF | 65 | 79 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .988 | 1.231 | ||||
| Tom Sommers | OF | 11 | 24 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 2.545 | ||||
| Ramón Hernández | P | 52 | 3 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Paul Mosley | P | 50 | 3 | 29 | 2 | 1 | .941 | .640 | ||||
| Gary Fischer | P | 39 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | .750 | .154 | ||||
| Christopher Maneff | P | 34 | 15 | 45 | 3 | 4 | .952 | 1.765 | ||||
| George Sherrod | P | 32 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .562 | ||||
| James Holbrook | P | 32 | 7 | 26 | 2 | 0 | .943 | 1.031 | ||||
| George Dugan | P | 23 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .304 | ||||
| Jesse Hickman | P | 22 | 5 | 14 | 3 | 0 | .864 | .864 | ||||
| Aubrey Gatewood | P | 18 | 2 | 13 | 1 | 1 | .938 | .833 | ||||
| Clyde Wright | P | 17 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Tom Burgmeier | P | 16 | 6 | 24 | 1 | 2 | .968 | 1.875 | ||||
| Donald Furnald | SS | 126 | 182 | 354 | 31 | 45 | .945 | 4.254 | ||||
| Arturo Miranda | SS | 16 | 20 | 31 | 3 | 3 | .944 | 3.188 | ||||
| Totals | 1439 | 3411 | 1417 | 129 | 221 | .974 | 3.355 | 20 | 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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