1965 Knoxville Smokies Statistics

Southern League (SL) - Class: AA
Team Record: 73-66
Finished 4th in the SL
Manager: John Davis (73-66)
Affiliation: Chicago Cubs
Location: Knoxville, Tennessee
Ballpark: Smithson Stadium
Attendance: 35,449, Avg. 510

1965 Knoxville Smokies Roster

The Knoxville Smokies of the Southern League ended the 1965 season with a record of 73 wins and 66 losses, finishing fourth in the SL.

The Smokies plated 518 runs and yielded 565 runs. Tommy Murray paced Knoxville with 17 home runs, and Gerald Reimer walloped 15 or more, too. Gerald Reimer drove in 74 runs and topped all qualifying hitters on the roster by connecting at a .310 clip. Darrell Osteen and Thomas Frondorf led the team with 16 wins each, while Thomas Frondorf registered a 2.79 earned run average, leading qualifying pitchers.

Rogelio Álvarez, Bud Zipfel, Stan Swanson, Dave Skaugstad, Don Buddin, Ken Hunt, Don Secrist, Darrell Osteen and Clyde Mashore were all players from the 1965 Knoxville Smokies who played in the Major Leagues during their careers.

John Davis 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
Thomas Frondorf	16	7	.696	2.79	31	28		12	4		190.0	164	67	59	13	56	7	149	11	0	5
Darrell Osteen	16	9	.640	3.00	39	14		4	0		156.0	116	60	52	12	87	5	142	6	0	9
Kenneth Widman	7	4	.636	3.90	19	18		5	0		120.0	115	59	52	10	38	3	69	3	0	5
Larry Dovel	7	7	.500	5.04	30	15		0	0		100.0	94	63	56	7	83	6	67	2	0	8
Phil Henderson	6	10	.375	3.72	37	18		2	1		145.0	148	78	60	10	69	8	108	6	2	7
Andrew Dustal	5	5	.500	3.51	63	0		0	0		95.0	98	46	37	9	23	7	72	6	0	4
Dave Skaugstad	5	10	.333	3.74	25	22		3	0		130.0	119	67	54	4	86	5	124	4	0	9
David Galligan	4	2	.667	3.50	13	11		4	0		72.0	65	35	28	3	41	3	56	0	1	10
Billy Stinchcomb	2	1	.667	1.29	10	0		0	0		21.0	17	5	3	0	8	0	15	0	0	1
Wayne Carlander	2	2	.500	2.77	42	1		0	0		65.0	62	25	20	1	30	3	52	2	0	6
Marvin Fodor	2	5	.286	3.36	20	7		1	0		67.0	75	28	25	3	27	5	46	2	0	2
Don Secrist	1	1	.500	4.00	6	0		0	0		9.0	10	4	4	0	3	0	8	0	0	2
Gary Lindholtz	0	0		4.50	1	0		0	0		2.0	3	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	2
Jerry Baker	0	1	.000	13.50	1	1		0	0		4.0	9	7	6	1	1	0	2	1	0	1
Ken Hunt	0	2	.000	5.88	12	4		0	0		26.0	27	20	17	4	17	1	22	2	0	2
Totals	73	66	.525	3.55	349	139	0	31	5	0	1202.0	1122	565	474	77	570	53	933	45	3	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
Gerald Reimer	132	559	506	72	157	24	7	15	74	7	4	33	42	.310	.355	.474	.830	240		8	2	10
Bill Oplinger	133	539	488	50	131	11	4	0	25	3	6	41	50	.268	.323	.307	.631	150		0	7	3
Jerry Kushner	133	492	446	57	123	21	4	10	51	5	4	41	89	.276	.342	.408	.750	182		4	1	0
Don Buddin	130	541	434	63	105	23	1	9	58	6	3	101	66	.242	.384	.362	.746	157		1	2	3
Francisco Obregon	109	448	400	52	101	14	1	2	26	10	7	38	56	.252	.317	.308	.624	123		1	6	3
James White	73	324	275	40	91	12	3	2	21	2	4	46	24	.331	.427	.418	.845	115		1	1	1
Bud Zipfel	92	338	296	33	73	10	0	9	36	4	0	34	56	.247	.329	.372	.701	110		4	1	3
Dick Kennedy	84	309	266	27	71	9	0	2	24	2	0	34	23	.267	.350	.323	.673	86		2	3	4
Tommy Murray	96	343	306	35	67	6	4	17	44	3	2	30	75	.219	.288	.431	.720	132		1	3	3
Rogelio Álvarez	80	271	234	25	56	9	0	14	42	0	0	35	63	.239	.337	.457	.794	107		0	1	1
Michael Vande Ven	49	114	108	10	28	2	1	3	12	2	1	6	19	.259	.298	.380	.678	41		0	0	0
Stan Swanson	32	115	102	11	24	4	1	2	10	2	0	11	20	.235	.322	.353	.675	36		2	0	0
Bob Pearson	22	78	64	8	16	1	0	1	7	0	1	12	17	.250	.359	.312	.671	20		0	0	2
Clyde Mashore	17	66	57	6	13	2	2	0	4	0	0	7	15	.228	.323	.333	.656	19		1	1	0
Bruce Lowell	23	76	62	4	9	2	0	1	7	0	0	14	26	.145	.303	.226	.528	14		0	0	0
Larry Dovel	44	63	58	5	8	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	27	.138	.164	.155	.319	9		0	2	1
Darrell Osteen	48	60	55	5	7	0	1	0	3	2	1	4	26	.127	.186	.164	.350	9		0	1	0
Phil Henderson	38	45	42	1	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	17	.143	.163	.143	.306	6		0	2	0
Marvin Fodor	20	23	18	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	7	.222	.333	.222	.556	4		0	2	0
Link Curtis	13	25	23	1	4	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	8	.174	.240	.217	.457	5		1	0	0
Robert Weaver	16	33	31	1	4	3	0	0	5	0	0	2	7	.129	.182	.226	.408	7		0	0	0
David Galligan	24	43	35	4	4	0	0	2	6	0	0	7	13	.114	.262	.286	.548	10		0	1	0
Wayne Carlander	43	18	17	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	.118	.118	.176	.294	3		0	1	0
Andrew Dustal	63	22	21	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	13	.095	.136	.143	.279	3		0	0	0
Thomas Frondorf	32	74	68	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	40	.029	.057	.029	.087	2		0	4	0
Jerry Baker	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1		0	0	0
Ken Hunt	12	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.200	.200	.200	.400	1		0	0	0
Dave Skaugstad	25	46	37	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	6	22	.027	.163	.081	.244	3		0	3	0
Kenneth Widman	23	48	41	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	19	.024	.091	.024	.115	1		0	4	0
Billy Stinchcomb	10	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.250	.000	.250	0		0	0	0
Don Secrist	6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Gary Lindholtz	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Totals	1625	5126	4502	518	1112	157	30	89	462	48	33	516	853	.247	.326	.355	.680	1596	0	26	48	34	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Bud Zipfel	1B	86	598	52	8	57	.988	7.558
Rogelio Álvarez	1B	46	390	16	5	42	.988	8.826
Bill Oplinger	2B	132	324	354	16	85	.977	5.136
Don Buddin	2B	10	19	20	1	7	.975	3.900
Don Buddin	3B	95	70	163	19	18	.925	2.453
Tommy Murray	3B	36	31	58	7	3	.927	2.472
Dick Kennedy	C	79	548	43	8	6	.987	7.481	11
Tommy Murray	C	30	198	12	2	2	.991	7.000	5
Bruce Lowell	C	22	141	16	2	0	.987	7.136	1
Robert Weaver	C	10	58	3	1	1	.984	6.100	2
Gerald Reimer	OF	130	207	9	6	0	.973	1.662
Jerry Kushner	OF	123	220	4	9	1	.961	1.821
James White	OF	72	175	7	2	1	.989	2.528
Stan Swanson	OF	29	67	3	7	0	.909	2.414
Michael Vande Ven	OF	27	41	0	3	0	.932	1.519
Tommy Murray	OF	19	28	0	1	0	.966	1.474
Bob Pearson	OF	10	18	1	2	0	.905	1.900
Andrew Dustal	P	63	3	12	0	1	1.000	.238
Wayne Carlander	P	42	2	12	2	1	.875	.333
Darrell Osteen	P	39	5	18	0	0	1.000	.590
Phil Henderson	P	37	1	10	0	0	1.000	.297
Thomas Frondorf	P	31	4	21	3	3	.893	.806
Larry Dovel	P	30	4	8	1	0	.923	.400
Dave Skaugstad	P	25	5	16	5	2	.808	.840
Marvin Fodor	P	20	4	9	0	1	1.000	.650
Kenneth Widman	P	19	13	23	0	4	1.000	1.895
David Galligan	P	13	6	12	1	1	.947	1.385
Ken Hunt	P	12	1	7	0	0	1.000	.667
Billy Stinchcomb	P	10	1	0	2	0	.333	.100
Francisco Obregon	SS	109	203	297	22	68	.958	4.587
Don Buddin	SS	27	52	56	5	16	.956	4.000
Totals		1433	3437	1262	140	320	.971	3.279	19	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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