1965 Gastonia Pirates Statistics

Western Carolinas League (WCL) - Class: A
Team Record: 70-54
Finished 3rd in the WCL
Manager: Clyde Sukeforth (0-0), Don Osborn (0-0), Clyde Sukeforth (0-0)
Affiliation: Pittsburgh Pirates
Location: Gastonia, North Carolina
Ballpark: Sims Legion Park
Attendance: 45,879, Avg. 740

1965 Gastonia Pirates Roster

The Gastonia Pirates of the Western Carolinas League ended the 1965 season with a record of 70 wins and 54 losses, finishing third in the WCL.

The Pirates scored 570 runs and conceded 497 runs. Bob Robertson walloped 32 home runs for Gastonia and drove in 98 runs. Al Oliver topped hitters with significant playing time by hitting .309. Harold Clem led the squad with 10 wins, while Richard Mergler registered a 2.36 earned run average, best among regular hurlers.

Players from the 1965 Gastonia Pirates who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included John Lamb, Bob Robertson, Al Oliver and Roy Foster.

Clyde Sukeforth, Don Osborn and Clyde Sukeforth served as manager.

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Pitching:

Player	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
Harold Clem	10	8	.556	2.86	25	22		8	2		154.0	126	63	49	11	54	2	157	3	0	15
Richard Mergler	9	4	.692	2.36	23	16		9	4		137.0	114	52	36	6	47	1	92	5	2	12
Robert Nauman	7	2	.778	1.17	36	1		0	0		69.0	55	11	9	2	23	1	59	3	0	1
Roger Brown	7	4	.636	2.58	27	15		3	2		115.0	86	51	33	4	42	0	100	4	0	16
John Lamb	7	5	.583	3.00	25	15		6	1		135.0	118	58	45	6	55	0	108	3	1	8
Joseph Knutson	4	2	.667	4.04	19	6		3	0		69.0	61	37	31	10	35	0	58	2	1	11
Leroy Porterfield	4	4	.500	4.22	12	5		1	1		49.0	44	30	23	1	23	0	37	2	1	11
Donald McKinley	3	6	.333	2.85	15	10		2	0		60.0	44	27	19	2	49	1	55	6	0	8
Phillip Cunningham	3	6	.333	3.98	10	9		2	0		52.0	37	33	23	3	38	2	45	2	0	7
Lyn Fitzer	3	6	.333	4.30	15	11		2	0		69.0	69	43	33	4	36	0	64	2	0	8
Gregory Marotz	2	0	1.000	3.13	8	2		0	0		23.0	20	10	8	2	19	1	11	6	0	3
Leslie Pennington	2	0	1.000	4.20	3	2		1	0		15.0	16	7	7	2	7	0	13	0	0	1
John Tisone	2	1	.667	3.38	4	4		0	0		24.0	22	15	9	0	20	0	19	0	1	2
Ernest Swan	2	1	.667	4.12	11	2		0	0		24.0	15	18	11	0	27	0	32	2	1	4
Frank Brent	1	0	1.000	0.00	2	0		0	0		7.0	3	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	4
William Queen	1	0	1.000	5.14	2	1		0	0		7.0	12	5	4	2	5	0	4	1	0	0
Glenn Wise	1	1	.500	1.29	4	0		0	0		7.0	4	2	1	0	3	1	7	0	0	1
Ross Mersinger	1	1	.500	6.19	4	3		0	0		16.0	19	12	11	2	11	0	12	0	0	1
Richard Ginste	1	2	.333	5.54	4	0		0	0		13.0	12	9	8	2	4	0	10	1	0	1
Philip Knuckles	0	0		2.25	4	0		0	0		8.0	3	3	2	0	7	0	7	0	0	0
Ed Napoleon	0	1	.000	2.25	6	0		0	0		12.0	14	11	3	1	7	1	3	1	0	1
Totals	70	54	.565	3.08	259	124	0	37	10	0	1065.0	894	497	365	60	513	10	896	43	7	115	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
Al Oliver	123	553	515	77	159	19	5	10	71	13	2	26	54	.309	.350	.423	.774	218		8	2	2
Roy Foster	123	525	480	59	139	18	2	14	75	18	2	36	47	.290	.344	.423	.766	203		5	1	3
Bob Robertson	123	524	449	89	136	24	1	32	98	14	4	68	89	.303	.396	.575	.970	258		3	1	3
Stan Thomas	122	550	488	93	133	13	6	12	41	47	13	56	116	.273	.349	.398	.746	194		2	2	2
Conard Brown	110	432	379	56	96	17	4	12	46	12	4	48	117	.253	.343	.414	.758	157		4	1	0
Pablo Cruz	100	394	361	41	79	10	3	5	30	22	8	21	82	.219	.277	.305	.582	110		8	4	0
Wayne Golden	98	381	346	30	77	13	2	2	26	4	3	29	96	.223	.288	.289	.577	100		3	2	1
Daniel Predovic	68	235	199	24	42	6	0	3	20	5	2	27	52	.211	.325	.286	.611	57		7	1	1
Joseph Little	47	173	157	16	31	2	0	0	10	1	1	14	20	.197	.267	.210	.478	33		1	1	0
Harry Billie	31	112	103	12	27	2	1	1	13	1	2	8	16	.262	.315	.330	.645	34		0	1	0
Ed Napoleon	37	80	71	5	21	3	1	0	7	3	0	9	2	.296	.375	.366	.741	26		0	0	0
Wilbert Hammond	14	53	47	9	16	2	0	1	7	0	0	4	4	.340	.415	.447	.862	21		2	0	0
Thomas O'Connor	24	84	75	10	16	2	0	1	9	2	1	8	29	.213	.289	.280	.569	21		0	1	0
Richard Mergler	23	53	49	4	9	1	0	0	3	0	0	4	10	.184	.245	.204	.449	10		0	0	0
Harry Land	18	67	56	7	9	1	0	0	2	0	1	10	12	.161	.284	.179	.462	10		0	0	1
Donald McKinley	29	36	34	5	8	2	0	3	3	0	0	2	12	.235	.278	.559	.837	19		0	0	0
Jerry Branch	15	46	39	3	7	2	0	0	5	1	0	3	12	.179	.261	.231	.492	9		2	0	2
Murray Cook	5	21	19	3	6	1	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	.316	.381	.368	.749	7		0	0	0
Joseph Knutson	20	30	24	7	6	1	0	0	3	0	0	4	10	.250	.357	.292	.649	7		0	2	0
Robert Nauman	36	18	17	2	5	2	0	0	1	1	0	1	10	.294	.333	.412	.745	7		0	0	0
Roger Brown	27	44	39	4	5	1	0	0	1	0	0	5	11	.128	.227	.154	.381	6		0	0	0
Vic Antonetty	2	9	8	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.375	.444	.375	.819	3		0	0	0
John Tisone	4	12	9	1	3	0	1	0	2	0	0	2	2	.333	.417	.556	.972	5		0	0	1
Phillip Cunningham	13	19	18	2	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	9	.167	.211	.222	.433	4		0	0	0
John Lamb	25	51	43	1	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	6	16	.070	.184	.070	.253	3		0	2	0
Lyn Fitzer	15	24	20	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	15	.100	.217	.100	.317	2		0	1	0
Ross Mersinger	4	4	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	1.000	1.500	2		0	2	0
Frank Brent	2	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	1		0	0	0
Leslie Pennington	3	6	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	.250	.500	.250	.750	1		0	0	0
Gregory Marotz	8	9	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.125	.222	.125	.347	1		0	0	0
Richard Ginste	7	9	8	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.125	.222	.125	.347	1		0	0	0
Ernest Swan	12	10	9	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.111	.200	.222	.422	2		0	0	0
Harold Clem	25	56	46	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	6	33	.000	.115	.000	.115	0		0	4	0
William Queen	2	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	.000	.667	.000	.667	0		0	0	0
Leroy Porterfield	12	20	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	9	.000	.111	.000	.111	0		0	2	0
Philip Knuckles	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Glenn Wise	4	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.333	.000	.333	0		0	0	0
Totals	1335	4651	4146	567	1047	145	26	96	479	144	43	414	899	.253	.326	.370	.695	1532	0	45	30	16	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Al Oliver	1B	123	1031	64	21	93	.981	8.902
Wayne Golden	2B	95	199	220	20	59	.954	4.411
Daniel Predovic	2B	22	53	43	3	9	.970	4.364
Bob Robertson	3B	123	101	242	25	21	.932	2.789
Joseph Little	C	47	331	37	9	5	.976	7.830	15
Thomas O'Connor	C	22	153	7	0	0	1.000	7.273	5
Daniel Predovic	C	18	129	10	7	0	.952	7.722	10
Harry Billie	C	18	115	13	3	2	.977	7.111	4
Wilbert Hammond	C	13	102	10	4	1	.966	8.615	2
Jerry Branch	C	11	93	11	3	2	.972	9.455	4
Roy Foster	OF	123	173	9	11	1	.943	1.480
Stan Thomas	OF	122	200	14	11	2	.951	1.754
Conard Brown	OF	103	136	5	9	1	.940	1.369
Daniel Predovic	OF	13	18	1	0	0	1.000	1.462
Ed Napoleon	OF	13	26	0	0	0	1.000	2.000
Robert Nauman	P	36	3	13	0	2	1.000	.444
Roger Brown	P	27	2	14	3	1	.842	.593
John Lamb	P	25	5	30	0	0	1.000	1.400
Harold Clem	P	25	7	17	5	0	.828	.960
Richard Mergler	P	23	9	16	3	1	.893	1.087
Joseph Knutson	P	19	1	13	0	0	1.000	.737
Donald McKinley	P	15	7	8	0	1	1.000	1.000
Lyn Fitzer	P	15	6	15	1	1	.955	1.400
Leroy Porterfield	P	12	4	17	0	0	1.000	1.750
Ernest Swan	P	11	0	2	0	1	1.000	.182
Phillip Cunningham	P	10	1	6	0	2	1.000	.700
Gregory Marotz	P	8						.000
Glenn Wise	P	4						.000
John Tisone	P	4						.000
Ross Mersinger	P	4						.000
Philip Knuckles	P	4						.000
Richard Ginste	P	4						.000
Leslie Pennington	P	3						.000
William Queen	P	2						.000
Frank Brent	P	2						.000
Pablo Cruz	SS	100	145	277	50	44	.894	4.220
Totals		1219	3050	1114	188	249	.957	3.416	40	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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