1967 Gastonia Pirates Statistics

Western Carolinas League (WCL) - Class: A
Team Record: 61-59
Finished 2nd in the WCL
Manager: Don Leppert (61-59)
Affiliation: Pittsburgh Pirates
Location: Gastonia, North Carolina
Ballpark: Sims Legion Park
Attendance: 33,483, Avg. 558

1967 Gastonia Pirates Roster

The Gastonia Pirates of the Western Carolinas League ended the 1967 season with a record of 61 wins and 59 losses, finishing second in the WCL.

The Pirates led the circuit with just 497 runs allowed. Gastonia scored 520 runs. Johnny Jeter paced the squad with 18 home runs and drove in 73 runs. Dave Cash topped batters with significant playing time by hitting .335. Lyn Fitzer and John Walsh paced the team with 9 wins each, while Lyn Fitzer recorded a 2.69 ERA, best among hurlers with significant time on the mound.

Players from the 1967 Gastonia Pirates who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Dave Cash, Denny Riddleberger, Jim Nelson, Ron Slocum, Frank Brosseau and Johnny Jeter.

Don Leppert 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
Lyn Fitzer	9	7	.562	2.69	23	18		9	0		137.0	111	60	41	5	63	2	122	0	0	21
John Walsh	9	8	.529	3.47	22	22		7	2		158.0	131	84	61	10	83	4	138	4	1	11
Jim Nelson	8	0	1.000	1.19	8	8		8	1		68.0	41	14	9	2	24	1	62	2	0	4
Dick Jackson	7	3	.700	3.86	43	0		0	0		63.0	57	34	27	1	35	5	65	6	1	3
Bobby Arpoika	7	12	.368	2.72	24	21		9	2		152.0	116	69	46	1	97	1	119	0	0	10
Ernest Swan	5	3	.625	2.07	12	9		4	1		74.0	53	25	17	0	56	1	53	4	0	2
Bob Settle	4	9	.308	3.47	15	14		3	0		96.0	85	48	37	6	64	0	69	4	1	9
Dick Hendrix	3	2	.600	2.14	7	7		3	1		42.0	30	15	10	2	15	0	40	3	0	0
Gerry McCabe	3	3	.500	4.60	13	5		0	0		43.0	43	28	22	4	26	2	28	1	0	2
Denny Riddleberger	2	1	.667	2.84	12	0		0	0		19.0	28	12	6	3	6	1	13	1	0	0
Roger Brown	1	0	1.000	0.00	8	0		0	0		11.0	8	4	0	0	4	1	15	0	0	1
Jackie Clark	1	1	.500	3.00	9	1		0	0		21.0	13	11	7	0	27	0	23	1	0	3
Robert Roadarmel	1	4	.200	4.50	15	5		0	0		50.0	49	30	25	2	32	2	36	1	1	1
Gary Robinson	1	5	.167	5.14	11	10		2	0		70.0	56	42	40	5	41	0	77	1	0	3
Michael McLaughlin	0	0		0.00	1	0		0	0		1.0	1	3	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	1
Wyatt Dreger	0	0		3.60	5	0		0	0		5.0	3	2	2	0	4	0	2	0	1	0
Robert Quezada	0	0		4.50	3	0		0	0		6.0	7	3	3	1	2	0	2	0	0	0
Donald Messinese	0	0		9.00	2	0		0	0		3.0	3	3	3	0	3	1	6	0	0	0
Thomas Ksiezyk	0	0		108.00	1	0		0	0		0.3	0	4	4	0	5	0	0	0	0	1
Emile Henderson	0	1	.000	11.25	2	1		0	0		4.0	6	6	5	0	8	0	5	0	0	1
Totals	61	59	.508	3.21	236	121	0	45	7	0	1023.3	841	497	365	42	598	21	875	28	5	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
Dave Cash	114	498	442	80	148	17	3	4	38	23	5	55	46	.335	.410	.414	.824	183		1	0	0
Johnny Jeter	120	502	457	82	144	17	9	18	73	40	4	39	90	.315	.369	.510	.878	233		2	0	4
Steve Coley	111	463	426	54	134	24	0	7	68	9	2	33	44	.315	.365	.420	.785	179		2	0	2
Vic Ramirez	96	396	331	70	109	18	4	13	58	18	3	58	45	.329	.434	.526	.960	174		4	2	1
Kent Smith	117	510	438	56	95	7	2	8	43	13	4	63	87	.217	.319	.297	.616	130		4	2	3
Ron Slocum	94	362	330	35	82	4	3	6	26	2	0	24	57	.248	.310	.333	.644	110		6	1	1
Wayne Dickerson	72	298	264	19	67	9	3	6	37	0	0	28	17	.254	.323	.379	.702	100		0	4	2
Frank Brosseau	92	348	304	30	64	15	0	3	31	4	0	35	43	.211	.287	.289	.577	88		1	0	8
Floyd Nelson	57	198	179	17	34	1	2	0	17	1	0	14	31	.190	.255	.218	.473	39		2	2	1
Jerry Branch	31	129	93	16	26	5	0	3	15	2	2	31	12	.280	.465	.430	.895	40		3	0	2
John Walsh	23	64	59	10	15	4	0	0	4	0	0	2	22	.254	.279	.322	.601	19		0	3	0
Ernest Swan	33	51	49	4	12	1	0	1	4	1	0	2	11	.245	.275	.327	.601	16		0	0	0
Bobby Arpoika	26	62	59	5	12	2	0	0	6	0	0	0	19	.203	.217	.237	.454	14		1	2	0
Michael McLaughlin	28	88	80	7	10	0	0	0	3	1	1	8	27	.125	.205	.125	.330	10		0	0	0
Cecil Caldwell	24	87	77	2	8	2	0	0	4	1	0	8	38	.104	.198	.130	.328	10		1	1	0
Gary Robinson	13	28	24	1	6	0	0	0	4	0	0	4	9	.250	.357	.250	.607	6		0	0	0
Robert Taylor	17	57	44	8	6	1	0	0	0	3	1	13	9	.136	.333	.159	.492	7		0	0	0
Lyn Fitzer	23	52	45	2	6	1	0	0	1	0	0	3	23	.133	.204	.156	.360	7		1	3	0
Jim Nelson	8	27	18	5	5	0	0	1	1	0	0	8	6	.278	.500	.444	.944	8		0	1	0
Eddie Barbary	12	39	35	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	10	.143	.231	.143	.374	5		1	0	0
Ted Taylor	4	16	15	1	4	0	0	1	5	0	0	1	4	.267	.312	.467	.779	7		0	0	0
Anthony Alesci	10	19	16	3	4	0	0	1	3	0	0	2	5	.250	.368	.438	.806	7		1	0	0
Donald Simoncic	8	14	13	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	5	.231	.286	.231	.516	3		0	0	0
Maximo Torres	8	22	21	1	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	9	.143	.136	.143	.279	3		0	0	1
Bob Settle	15	37	29	2	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	6	.103	.129	.103	.232	3		0	6	1
Hector Herrera	11	14	11	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	.182	.357	.182	.539	2		1	0	0
Dick Jackson	43	15	12	2	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	3	6	.167	.333	.167	.500	2		0	0	0
Denny Riddleberger	12	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.333	.500	.333	.833	1		1	0	0
Jackie Clark	9	7	7	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	.143	.143	.143	.286	1		0	0	0
Dick Hendrix	7	17	12	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	.083	.312	.167	.479	2		1	1	0
Gerry McCabe	13	14	13	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.077	.143	.077	.220	1		0	0	0
Robert Roadarmel	15	16	13	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	10	.077	.143	.077	.220	1		1	2	0
Howard Anderson	10	17	15	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	6	.067	.176	.067	.243	1		0	0	0
Emile Henderson	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Roger Brown	8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Robert Quezada	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Stephen Mitchell	4	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Totals	1293	4479	3942	520	1015	129	26	72	449	118	23	447	717	.257	.336	.358	.694	1412	0	34	30	26	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Kent Smith	1B	109	787	61	23	60	.974	7.780
Robert Taylor	1B	13	94	1	1	6	.990	7.308
Floyd Nelson	2B	53	95	107	13	22	.940	3.811
Steve Coley	2B	33	72	54	14	11	.900	3.818
Cecil Caldwell	2B	18	30	49	4	7	.952	4.389
Michael McLaughlin	2B	17	37	45	9	7	.901	4.824
Dave Cash	2B	4	10	6	2	3	.889	4.000
Vic Ramirez	2B	2	2	2	0	0	1.000	2.000
Vic Ramirez	3B	92	72	136	26	7	.889	2.261
Ron Slocum	3B	19	10	26	5	1	.878	1.895
Maximo Torres	3B	5	6	7	2	2	.867	2.600
Donald Simoncic	3B	5	3	8	1	2	.917	2.200
Michael McLaughlin	3B	2	4	4	1	0	.889	4.000
Frank Brosseau	3B	2	0	1	0	0	1.000	.500
Ron Slocum	C	76	541	46	11	5	.982	7.724	16
Jerry Branch	C	31	242	20	6	2	.978	8.452	10
Eddie Barbary	C	11	70	8	0	0	1.000	7.091	1
Anthony Alesci	C	5	17	2	0	0	1.000	3.800	0
Hector Herrera	C	3	25	3	0	0	1.000	9.333	1
Johnny Jeter	OF	120	258	9	16	0	.943	2.225
Frank Brosseau	OF	85	134	10	8	3	.947	1.694
Steve Coley	OF	78	111	4	8	0	.935	1.474
Wayne Dickerson	OF	72	103	3	3	0	.972	1.472
Kent Smith	OF	8	3	0	1	0	.750	.375
Vic Ramirez	OF	4	6	1	0	1	1.000	1.750
Howard Anderson	OF	3	2	0	0	0	1.000	.667
Dick Jackson	P	43	3	5	1	0	.889	.186
Bobby Arpoika	P	24	5	27	0	2	1.000	1.333
Lyn Fitzer	P	23	8	17	5	1	.833	1.087
John Walsh	P	22	4	27	1	1	.969	1.409
Bob Settle	P	15	5	17	6	3	.786	1.467
Robert Roadarmel	P	15	1	10	0	0	1.000	.733
Gerry McCabe	P	13	1	3	1	0	.800	.308
Ernest Swan	P	12	2	17	1	1	.950	1.583
Denny Riddleberger	P	12	1	7	0	0	1.000	.667
Gary Robinson	P	11	2	6	0	0	1.000	.727
Jackie Clark	P	9	1	4	1	0	.833	.556
Jim Nelson	P	8	4	4	0	0	1.000	1.000
Roger Brown	P	8	0	1	0	0	1.000	.125
Dick Hendrix	P	7	2	2	0	0	1.000	.571
Wyatt Dreger	P	5	0	2	1	1	.667	.400
Robert Quezada	P	3	1	1	0	0	1.000	.667
Donald Messinese	P	2	0	0	0	0		.000
Emile Henderson	P	2	2	0	1	0	.667	1.000
Thomas Ksiezyk	P	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Dave Cash	SS	109	193	268	27	45	.945	4.229
Cecil Caldwell	SS	5	6	9	1	1	.938	3.000
Ted Taylor	SS	4	6	10	1	5	.941	4.000
Michael McLaughlin	SS	3	4	5	0	1	1.000	3.000
Frank Brosseau	SS	1	2	1	1	0	.750	3.000
Totals		1227	2987	1056	202	200	.952	3.295	28	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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