1966 Jacksonville Suns Statistics

International League (IL) - Class: AAA
Team Record: 68-79
Finished 7th in the IL
Manager: Solly Hemus (68-79)
Affiliation: New York Mets
Location: Jacksonville, Florida
Ballpark: Sam M. Wolfson Park
Attendance: 93,374, Avg. 1,270

1966 Jacksonville Suns Roster

The Jacksonville Suns of the International League ended the 1966 season with a record of 68 wins and 79 losses, finishing seventh in the IL.

The Suns plated 567 runs and surrendered 563 runs. Greg Goossen paced Jacksonville with 25 home runs, and Danny Napoleon walloped 15 or more also. Greg Goossen drove in 64 runs. Danny Napoleon topped batters with significant playing time by connecting at a .261 clip. Tom Seaver led the squad with 12 wins, while Larry Miller recorded a 3.08 ERA, leading regular hurlers.

Players from the 1966 Jacksonville Suns who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Craig Anderson, Larry Bearnarth, Ken Boswell, Ernie Bowman, Duke Carmel, Galen Cisco, Choo-Choo Coleman, Bill Denehy, Don Dillard, Dave Eilers, Larry Elliot, Shaun Fitzmaurice, Greg Goossen, Bud Harrelson, Jerry Hinsley, Bob Johnson, Jerry Johnson, Lou Klimchock, Gary Kolb, Johnny Lewis, Ron Locke, Tug McGraw, Larry Miller, Danny Napoleon, Ron Nischwitz, Gordie Richardson, Dick Rusteck, John Sanders, Tom Seaver, Dick Selma, Don Shaw, Darrell Sutherland, Hawk Taylor and Billy Wynne.

Solly Hemus 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
Tom Seaver	12	12	.500	3.13	34	32		10	4		210.0	184	87	73	15	66	2	188	3	0	7
Larry Miller	10	12	.455	3.08	33	27		8	2		178.0	155	75	61	13	63	4	121	4	0	10
Gordie Richardson	6	3	.667	3.25	33	3		1	1		61.0	65	25	22	5	23	1	45	1	0	5
Dick Rusteck	6	4	.600	2.30	12	12		7	1		90.0	77	23	23	1	35	2	40	2	1	5
Ron Nischwitz	6	6	.500	4.08	30	19		4	1		117.0	113	58	53	14	47	1	57	5	0	3
Craig Anderson	4	2	.667	2.56	32	6		4	0		88.0	77	37	25	5	33	10	55	1	0	0
Dick Selma	4	7	.364	3.50	11	11		3	0		72.0	54	33	28	5	44	0	62	2	0	13
Jerry Hinsley	3	2	.600	4.02	13	9		2	0		47.0	53	28	21	3	26	1	23	2	0	2
Dave Eilers	3	3	.500	4.38	24	0		0	0		39.0	37	21	19	5	18	8	26	0	0	3
William Craft	3	3	.500	4.79	19	0		0	0		47.0	50	27	25	9	12	0	34	1	0	0
Darrell Sutherland	3	8	.273	3.23	15	11		3	0		78.0	84	33	28	8	29	2	30	8	0	5
Tug McGraw	2	2	.500	4.22	11	6		1	1		32.0	34	16	15	5	9	0	38	0	0	1
Jerry Johnson	2	4	.333	3.18	13	2		0	0		34.0	26	12	12	1	17	0	21	1	1	4
Billy Wynne	1	1	.500	2.17	18	0		0	0		29.0	24	8	7	0	11	3	22	2	0	1
Larry Bearnarth	1	1	.500	4.18	5	3		1	1		28.0	30	14	13	4	10	0	8	0	0	1
Bob Johnson	1	3	.250	5.09	16	0		0	0		23.0	21	15	13	2	18	2	27	1	0	3
Don Shaw	0	0		0.00	2	0		0	0		4.0	0	0	0	0	3	1	4	0	0	1
Gary Kolb	0	1	.000	4.00	12	1		0	0		27.0	26	16	12	2	22	3	15	1	0	6
Bill Denehy	0	4	.000	6.30	10	5		0	0		30.0	39	25	21	3	17	2	17	0	0	3
Totals	67	78	.462	3.44	343	147	0	44	11	0	1234.0	1149	553	471	100	503	42	833	34	2	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
Danny Napoleon	134	474	421	59	110	23	2	15	53	3	2	48	97	.261	.335	.432	.767	182		0	2	3
Lou Klimchock	120	491	452	64	104	20	2	11	52	0	0	33	41	.230	.282	.356	.638	161		1	2	3
Greg Goossen	128	471	400	60	97	18	0	25	64	0	0	56	82	.242	.346	.475	.821	190		10	0	5
Bud Harrelson	117	475	389	56	86	8	5	1	26	15	7	67	86	.221	.335	.275	.611	107		2	13	4
Ernie Bowman	128	443	414	33	85	10	2	4	30	5	4	17	66	.205	.238	.268	.506	111		1	10	1
Larry Elliot	73	301	271	41	82	16	3	11	56	1	1	28	50	.303	.367	.506	.872	137		0	1	1
Ken Boswell	80	321	298	28	76	9	3	2	22	4	2	16	30	.255	.297	.326	.622	97		2	4	1
Johnny Lewis	71	271	232	32	66	11	0	13	26	6	2	39	45	.284	.387	.500	.887	116		0	0	0
Don Dillard	104	304	268	31	66	15	4	6	39	1	0	31	55	.246	.322	.399	.722	107		1	0	4
Gary Kolb	100	338	301	41	66	16	1	4	28	5	4	31	50	.219	.296	.319	.615	96		3	0	3
Choo-Choo Coleman	66	188	167	26	46	8	1	7	22	2	0	16	20	.275	.348	.461	.809	77		3	1	1
Wilbur Huckle	67	182	164	7	39	3	0	1	13	0	1	12	17	.238	.294	.274	.568	45		1	5	0
Shaun Fitzmaurice	61	160	151	13	33	3	3	2	16	2	3	8	45	.219	.256	.318	.574	48		0	0	1
Larry Miller	48	88	84	10	19	3	0	1	7	0	0	0	14	.226	.235	.298	.533	25		1	3	0
Hawk Taylor	18	71	65	11	18	4	1	4	12	0	0	5	8	.277	.338	.554	.892	36		1	0	0
Tom Seaver	38	82	71	5	18	2	0	1	8	0	0	9	26	.254	.338	.324	.661	23		0	2	0
Craig Anderson	38	42	40	0	11	3	0	0	1	0	0	1	8	.275	.293	.350	.643	14		0	1	0
Ron Nischwitz	30	40	39	2	7	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	12	.179	.200	.179	.379	7		0	0	0
John Sanders	29	58	50	2	7	1	1	0	2	0	1	6	15	.140	.232	.200	.432	10		0	2	0
Darrell Sutherland	15	31	26	2	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	4	10	.154	.258	.154	.412	4		0	0	1
Jerry Johnson	13	12	12	1	3	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	3	.250	.250	.333	.583	4		0	0	0
Tug McGraw	11	9	8	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500	2		0	1	0
William Craft	19	12	11	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	8	.182	.250	.182	.432	2		0	0	0
Gordie Richardson	33	17	16	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	9	.125	.125	.125	.250	2		0	1	0
Dick Rusteck	13	34	32	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	20	.062	.062	.062	.125	2		0	2	0
Hank McGraw	1	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1		0	0	0
Larry Bearnarth	5	7	6	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.167	.286	.333	.619	2		0	0	0
Dave Eilers	24	10	10	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.100	.100	.100	.200	1		0	0	0
Jerry Hinsley	14	16	12	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	.083	.267	.083	.350	1		0	1	0
Dick Selma	13	25	23	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	10	.043	.042	.043	.085	1		0	1	1
Bill Denehy	10	7	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.000	.167	.000	.167	0		0	1	0
Sherwin Minster	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Bob Johnson	16	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Billy Wynne	18	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	1	0
Totals	1658	4993	4450	531	1056	175	28	108	486	44	27	434	845	.237	.307	.362	.669	1611	0	26	54	29	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Lou Klimchock	1B	112	952	59	6	85	.994	9.027
Ernie Bowman	2B	83	176	232	11	58	.974	4.916
Ken Boswell	2B	57	133	157	8	34	.973	5.088
Lou Klimchock	2B	11	11	10	0	3	1.000	1.909
Gary Kolb	3B	63	56	109	7	11	.959	2.619
Wilbur Huckle	3B	47	18	61	4	3	.952	1.681
Ernie Bowman	3B	27	19	30	4	2	.925	1.815
Ken Boswell	3B	25	11	42	5	2	.914	2.120
Lou Klimchock	3B	16	8	15	2	1	.920	1.438
Greg Goossen	C	113	690	59	12	6	.984	6.628	19
Choo-Choo Coleman	C	44	203	17	2	2	.991	5.000	10
Danny Napoleon	OF	123	160	7	5	1	.971	1.358
Don Dillard	OF	81	108	3	4	0	.965	1.370
Larry Elliot	OF	72	112	5	2	1	.983	1.625
Johnny Lewis	OF	71	116	2	7	0	.944	1.662
Shaun Fitzmaurice	OF	58	103	7	3	0	.973	1.897
John Sanders	OF	25	20	1	1	0	.955	.840
Gary Kolb	OF	23	34	1	0	0	1.000	1.522
Hawk Taylor	OF	10	11	1	0	0	1.000	1.200
Tom Seaver	P	34	15	38	6	6	.898	1.559
Gordie Richardson	P	33	4	10	1	2	.933	.424
Larry Miller	P	33	10	40	1	2	.980	1.515
Craig Anderson	P	32	7	23	2	0	.938	.938
Ron Nischwitz	P	30	10	27	1	0	.974	1.233
Dave Eilers	P	24	3	12	0	1	1.000	.625
William Craft	P	19	1	4	0	2	1.000	.263
Billy Wynne	P	18	3	6	0	1	1.000	.500
Bob Johnson	P	16	0	4	1	0	.800	.250
Darrell Sutherland	P	15	5	10	2	1	.882	1.000
Jerry Johnson	P	13	1	4	0	0	1.000	.385
Jerry Hinsley	P	13	1	9	3	1	.769	.769
Dick Rusteck	P	12	4	18	1	3	.957	1.833
Gary Kolb	P	12	3	2	0	3	1.000	.417
Dick Selma	P	11	6	7	0	0	1.000	1.182
Tug McGraw	P	11	4	7	0	0	1.000	1.000
Bill Denehy	P	10	1	5	1	0	.857	.600
Larry Bearnarth	P	5						.000
Don Shaw	P	2						.000
Bud Harrelson	SS	117	194	379	28	67	.953	4.897
Ernie Bowman	SS	29	33	67	11	18	.901	3.448
Wilbur Huckle	SS	11	22	12	2	5	.944	3.091
Totals		1561	3268	1502	143	321	.971	3.056	29	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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