1967 El Paso Sun Kings Statistics
Team Record: 73-67
Finished 3rd in the TL
Manager: Rocky Bridges (73-67)
Affiliation: California Angels
Location: El Paso, Texas
Ballpark: Dudley Field
Attendance: 76,935, Avg. 1,099
The El Paso Sun Kings of the Texas League ended the 1967 season with a record of 73 wins and 67 losses, finishing third in the TL.
The Sun Kings plated 638 runs and conceded 647 runs, most in the league. Jim Spencer paced El Paso with 19 home runs, while Don Wilkinson and Tom Egan walloped 15 or more also. Don Wilkinson drove in 75 runs. Tom Egan topped batters with significant playing time by connecting at a .291 clip. Wally Wolf led the squad with 11 wins and a team-best 3.55 ERA, leading qualifying pitchers.
Members of the 1967 El Paso Sun Kings who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Andy Messersmith, Aurelio Rodríguez, Bobby Treviño, Jarvis Tatum, Wally Wolf, Dennis Paepke, Moose Stubing, Ethan Blackaby, Cotton Nash, Jim Spencer, Tom Egan, Jorge Rubio, Tom Murphy, Jim Hibbs, Jesse Hickman, Jake Jaeckel, Tom Silverio, Vic LaRose, Fred Newman and Paul Schaal.
Rocky Bridges 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wally Wolf | 11 | 7 | .611 | 3.55 | 22 | 22 | 9 | 0 | 142.0 | 132 | 61 | 56 | 11 | 56 | 3 | 134 | 3 | 1 | 7 | |||
| Pat Rogan | 9 | 4 | .692 | 4.05 | 17 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 111.0 | 124 | 54 | 50 | 16 | 29 | 0 | 62 | 6 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Andy Messersmith | 9 | 7 | .562 | 4.34 | 25 | 18 | 6 | 0 | 139.0 | 144 | 73 | 67 | 15 | 56 | 0 | 118 | 10 | 0 | 9 | |||
| James Holbrook | 7 | 5 | .583 | 4.70 | 24 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 111.0 | 128 | 65 | 58 | 16 | 35 | 0 | 69 | 7 | 1 | 7 | |||
| Daniel Keller | 6 | 9 | .400 | 4.20 | 30 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 133.0 | 128 | 75 | 62 | 13 | 49 | 2 | 115 | 6 | 1 | 10 | |||
| Dave Turnbull | 4 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.37 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38.0 | 29 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 13 | 2 | 35 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Fred Newman | 4 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.19 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 31.0 | 28 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Richard Evans | 4 | 2 | .667 | 5.33 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 54.0 | 46 | 35 | 32 | 2 | 51 | 0 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 8 | |||
| Jorge Rubio | 4 | 3 | .571 | 4.88 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 48.0 | 58 | 29 | 26 | 8 | 30 | 0 | 41 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||
| Christopher Maneff | 3 | 3 | .500 | 4.69 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 48.0 | 42 | 27 | 25 | 6 | 14 | 0 | 28 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Eric Spelman | 2 | 3 | .400 | 4.40 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 45.0 | 47 | 28 | 22 | 0 | 22 | 2 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Tom Murphy | 2 | 5 | .286 | 2.76 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 62.0 | 50 | 21 | 19 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 51 | 2 | 1 | 2 | |||
| Felipe Leal | 2 | 7 | .222 | 8.47 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 51.0 | 63 | 50 | 48 | 10 | 30 | 0 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 7 | |||
| Jesse Hickman | 1 | 3 | .250 | 2.54 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.0 | 27 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 37 | 3 | 2 | 2 | |||
| William Boehlert | 1 | 3 | .250 | 4.29 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 63.0 | 57 | 33 | 30 | 6 | 20 | 0 | 58 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Jake Jaeckel | 13 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Moose Stubing | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Ethan Blackaby | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Alonso Olivares | 0 | 2 | .000 | 7.11 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 19.0 | 24 | 21 | 15 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 5 | |||
| Totals | 69 | 63 | .523 | 4.30 | 316 | 129 | 0 | 39 | 5 | 0 | 1135.3 | 1129 | 606 | 542 | 118 | 437 | 10 | 885 | 47 | 8 | 70 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gordie Avery | 138 | 599 | 548 | 66 | 136 | 38 | 5 | 1 | 42 | 7 | 5 | 39 | 74 | .248 | .298 | .341 | .640 | 187 | 2 | 6 | 4 | ||
| Jim Spencer | 134 | 542 | 480 | 75 | 134 | 27 | 5 | 19 | 73 | 2 | 3 | 48 | 49 | .279 | .351 | .475 | .826 | 228 | 8 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Don Wilkinson | 127 | 524 | 477 | 80 | 133 | 25 | 7 | 15 | 75 | 5 | 4 | 39 | 104 | .279 | .338 | .455 | .793 | 217 | 5 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Tom Egan | 112 | 444 | 388 | 54 | 113 | 24 | 1 | 16 | 72 | 0 | 0 | 51 | 80 | .291 | .378 | .482 | .860 | 187 | 4 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Aurelio Rodríguez | 79 | 335 | 309 | 49 | 101 | 20 | 9 | 11 | 47 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 43 | .327 | .364 | .557 | .921 | 172 | 4 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Bobby Treviño | 103 | 400 | 362 | 42 | 97 | 18 | 2 | 3 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 68 | .268 | .328 | .354 | .682 | 128 | 5 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Jarvis Tatum | 65 | 291 | 266 | 43 | 84 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 29 | 11 | 3 | 20 | 53 | .316 | .362 | .444 | .806 | 118 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Vic LaRose | 93 | 358 | 318 | 41 | 67 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 36 | 4 | 0 | 35 | 63 | .211 | .289 | .283 | .572 | 90 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Ethan Blackaby | 59 | 221 | 177 | 30 | 51 | 12 | 1 | 7 | 33 | 5 | 2 | 37 | 40 | .288 | .414 | .486 | .900 | 86 | 3 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Tom Silverio | 68 | 242 | 207 | 32 | 48 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 29 | 1 | 2 | 35 | 72 | .232 | .343 | .415 | .758 | 86 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Moose Stubing | 63 | 142 | 125 | 23 | 41 | 8 | 0 | 12 | 25 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 24 | .328 | .408 | .680 | 1.088 | 85 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Paul Schaal | 30 | 121 | 103 | 21 | 32 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 10 | .311 | .413 | .495 | .908 | 51 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim DeNeff | 35 | 129 | 117 | 16 | 29 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 30 | .248 | .310 | .410 | .720 | 48 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Jim Vopicka | 50 | 166 | 151 | 7 | 23 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 66 | .152 | .213 | .199 | .412 | 30 | 2 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Jim Hibbs | 23 | 72 | 62 | 6 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 15 | .290 | .375 | .516 | .891 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Dennis Paepke | 18 | 32 | 31 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .387 | .406 | .581 | .987 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Wally Wolf | 24 | 58 | 57 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20 | .193 | .207 | .246 | .453 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Brendon Ounjian | 20 | 48 | 41 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 22 | .171 | .292 | .195 | .487 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Andy Messersmith | 30 | 56 | 54 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 | .130 | .145 | .148 | .294 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Fred Newman | 9 | 18 | 17 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .353 | .389 | .412 | .801 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cotton Nash | 8 | 28 | 28 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .214 | .214 | .357 | .571 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Charles Ruedy | 18 | 64 | 54 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 11 | .111 | .250 | .130 | .380 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dave Turnbull | 20 | 18 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | .222 | .222 | .389 | .611 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Felipe Leal | 12 | 19 | 18 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .222 | .263 | .278 | .541 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tom Murphy | 8 | 22 | 21 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .190 | .227 | .333 | .561 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jorge Rubio | 13 | 24 | 21 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .190 | .250 | .238 | .488 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Daniel Keller | 30 | 49 | 46 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19 | .087 | .125 | .087 | .212 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Pat Rogan | 17 | 44 | 42 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | .071 | .071 | .071 | .143 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Alonso Olivares | 4 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .286 | .286 | .571 | .857 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jesse Hickman | 26 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .200 | .200 | .300 | .500 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Richard Evans | 13 | 22 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .091 | .091 | .091 | .182 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| James Holbrook | 24 | 41 | 37 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23 | .054 | .077 | .054 | .131 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Eric Spelman | 32 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Christopher Maneff | 7 | 19 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .059 | .059 | .059 | .118 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| William Boehlert | 48 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | .000 | .273 | .000 | .273 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1560 | 5182 | 4644 | 635 | 1195 | 240 | 42 | 114 | 570 | 48 | 29 | 439 | 980 | .257 | .325 | .401 | .726 | 1861 | 0 | 42 | 22 | 35 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Spencer | 1B | 131 | 1038 | 80 | 7 | 94 | .994 | 8.534 | ||||
| Moose Stubing | 1B | 24 | 162 | 10 | 2 | 18 | .989 | 7.167 | ||||
| Dennis Paepke | 1B | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.000 | ||||
| Gordie Avery | 2B | 137 | 280 | 411 | 15 | 83 | .979 | 5.044 | ||||
| Charles Ruedy | 2B | 5 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 4 | .923 | 2.400 | ||||
| Vic LaRose | 2B | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.500 | ||||
| Jim Vopicka | 2B | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 6.000 | ||||
| Aurelio Rodríguez | 3B | 79 | 69 | 148 | 6 | 13 | .973 | 2.747 | ||||
| Paul Schaal | 3B | 28 | 26 | 40 | 3 | 4 | .957 | 2.357 | ||||
| Jim DeNeff | 3B | 28 | 16 | 25 | 4 | 2 | .911 | 1.464 | ||||
| Don Wilkinson | 3B | 3 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 0 | .769 | 3.333 | ||||
| Vic LaRose | 3B | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.333 | ||||
| Jim Vopicka | 3B | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.500 | ||||
| Tom Egan | C | 111 | 767 | 49 | 10 | 11 | .988 | 7.351 | 15 | |||
| Jim Hibbs | C | 18 | 109 | 8 | 2 | 2 | .983 | 6.500 | 2 | |||
| Brendon Ounjian | C | 16 | 70 | 7 | 4 | 0 | .951 | 4.812 | 1 | |||
| Dennis Paepke | C | 4 | 25 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 7.500 | 0 | |||
| Don Wilkinson | OF | 125 | 228 | 13 | 6 | 2 | .976 | 1.928 | ||||
| Bobby Treviño | OF | 96 | 165 | 14 | 10 | 4 | .947 | 1.865 | ||||
| Tom Silverio | OF | 67 | 121 | 5 | 7 | 0 | .947 | 1.881 | ||||
| Jarvis Tatum | OF | 65 | 93 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.462 | ||||
| Ethan Blackaby | OF | 59 | 83 | 3 | 2 | 1 | .977 | 1.458 | ||||
| Moose Stubing | OF | 13 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.077 | ||||
| Cotton Nash | OF | 6 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.333 | ||||
| Jim DeNeff | OF | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.400 | ||||
| Jim Spencer | OF | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.500 | ||||
| Jim Hibbs | OF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| William Boehlert | P | 48 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .125 | ||||
| Eric Spelman | P | 32 | 4 | 13 | 1 | 0 | .944 | .531 | ||||
| Daniel Keller | P | 30 | 11 | 14 | 3 | 0 | .893 | .833 | ||||
| Jesse Hickman | P | 26 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .231 | ||||
| Andy Messersmith | P | 25 | 8 | 17 | 2 | 3 | .926 | 1.000 | ||||
| James Holbrook | P | 24 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .667 | ||||
| Wally Wolf | P | 22 | 9 | 19 | 2 | 1 | .933 | 1.273 | ||||
| Dave Turnbull | P | 18 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 1 | .900 | .500 | ||||
| Pat Rogan | P | 17 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 0 | .941 | .941 | ||||
| Richard Evans | P | 13 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .308 | ||||
| Felipe Leal | P | 12 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 0 | .929 | 1.083 | ||||
| Jorge Rubio | P | 9 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.111 | ||||
| Tom Murphy | P | 8 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 0 | .875 | 1.750 | ||||
| Christopher Maneff | P | 7 | 2 | 13 | 2 | 0 | .882 | 2.143 | ||||
| Fred Newman | P | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Alonso Olivares | P | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .750 | ||||
| Vic LaRose | SS | 86 | 142 | 238 | 31 | 53 | .925 | 4.419 | ||||
| Jim Vopicka | SS | 43 | 59 | 134 | 7 | 30 | .965 | 4.488 | ||||
| Charles Ruedy | SS | 11 | 23 | 32 | 3 | 8 | .948 | 5.000 | ||||
| Paul Schaal | SS | 2 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 4.500 | ||||
| Totals | 1475 | 3609 | 1398 | 138 | 343 | .973 | 3.395 | 18 | 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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