1965 Lexington Giants Statistics

Western Carolinas League (WCL) - Class: A
Team Record: 62-54
Finished 4th in the WCL
Manager: Max Lanier (62-54)
Affiliation: San Francisco Giants
Location: Lexington, North Carolina
Ballpark: Holt-Moffitt Field
Attendance: 54,566, Avg. 941

1965 Lexington Giants Roster

The Lexington Giants of the Western Carolinas League ended the 1965 season with a record of 62 wins and 54 losses, finishing fourth in the WCL.

The Giants scored 601 runs and surrendered 543 runs. Bobby Bonds led Lexington with 25 home runs Ossie Blanco drove in 90 runs and topped batters with significant playing time by hitting .325. Mike Corkins paced the squad with 11 wins, while Joe Costello recorded a 2.4 ERA, best among regular hurlers.

Players from the 1965 Lexington Giants who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Ossie Blanco, Bobby Bonds, Mike Corkins and César Gutiérrez.

Max Lanier 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
Mike Corkins	11	9	.550	4.72	26	23		4	2		124.0	121	88	65	13	114	0	144	12	0	23
Joe Costello	10	7	.588	2.40	18	18		9	1		135.0	105	54	36	7	47	1	109	3	0	4
Andy Shirrel	7	3	.700	2.76	14	14		5	0		98.0	77	35	30	3	52	2	85	1	2	4
Bobby Aldridge	7	4	.636	4.85	15	13		6	1		89.0	89	57	48	4	55	0	95	3	1	10
Joseph Pollack	5	2	.714	2.64	9	7		4	0		58.0	46	20	17	5	16	0	47	0	0	2
Graciliano Parra	4	4	.500	3.42	36	9		4	2		100.0	94	53	38	6	61	5	73	3	2	16
George Shoemaker	4	4	.500	3.57	9	7		3	1		63.0	63	40	25	2	38	1	49	4	0	7
Tommy Hix	3	1	.750	3.67	12	5		2	1		49.0	42	28	20	5	31	0	47	1	0	5
George Marino	3	4	.429	5.75	9	8		2	0		36.0	34	28	23	0	29	0	44	1	0	11
Wes Scott	2	3	.400	3.00	20	1		0	0		60.0	63	28	20	0	36	4	74	4	0	2
Daniel Markowski	2	3	.400	4.50	19	0		0	0		32.0	35	20	16	2	15	2	32	1	1	3
Melvin Cassio	2	5	.286	4.57	23	5		0	0		63.0	55	48	32	2	64	4	58	3	1	17
James Brown	1	1	.500	4.80	3	3		0	0		15.0	20	10	8	2	11	0	5	3	0	2
Harold Jeffcoat	1	3	.250	3.69	8	4		0	0		39.0	34	18	16	3	14	2	33	5	0	1
Howard Montgomery	0	0		0.00	1	0		0	0		2.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0
William Ketzmier	0	0		2.12	7	0		0	0		17.0	14	7	4	0	10	0	14	1	1	2
David Madurski	0	1	.000	5.54	6	0		0	0		13.0	14	9	8	2	12	0	8	1	0	5
Totals	62	54	.534	3.68	235	117	0	39	8	0	993.0	907	543	406	56	607	21	918	46	8	114	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
César Gutiérrez	116	522	490	98	158	22	13	5	54	40	12	14	74	.322	.345	.451	.796	221		6	6	6
Ossie Blanco	115	490	434	60	141	30	5	11	90	18	2	49	80	.325	.396	.493	.889	214		4	0	3
Bobby Bonds	112	490	418	103	135	12	11	25	86	33	5	66	112	.323	.416	.584	1.000	244		3	0	3
Carlos Lozada	109	416	370	53	99	20	7	4	45	6	1	37	64	.268	.339	.392	.731	145		4	3	2
Ron Robinson	96	408	372	48	98	17	1	5	43	0	2	29	64	.263	.314	.355	.669	132		1	1	5
Dennis Dittman	95	365	321	34	78	12	3	1	35	4	1	36	84	.243	.329	.308	.637	99		6	0	2
John Buchanan	92	346	307	48	68	16	2	2	28	5	1	29	53	.221	.287	.306	.593	94		1	4	5
Timothy Young	86	313	280	39	58	10	0	8	27	0	2	31	57	.207	.285	.329	.614	92		0	1	1
James Egan	49	216	174	32	44	6	3	4	19	10	5	36	30	.253	.390	.391	.780	68		3	3	0
Dave Pflasterer	45	187	161	18	43	10	0	0	14	3	3	21	22	.267	.353	.329	.682	53		1	3	1
Donald Staveley	39	119	106	10	17	2	0	0	10	0	0	10	41	.160	.252	.179	.431	19		3	0	0
Mike Corkins	41	75	64	8	16	0	0	2	4	0	0	9	35	.250	.333	.344	.677	22		0	0	2
Hector Soto	23	86	73	9	15	1	1	1	6	1	0	11	23	.205	.310	.288	.597	21		0	2	0
Bobby Aldridge	16	38	36	7	11	2	0	0	4	0	0	2	9	.306	.342	.361	.703	13		0	0	0
Graciliano Parra	42	42	40	6	9	1	0	0	5	0	0	0	13	.225	.214	.250	.464	10		0	0	2
Wes Scott	20	22	21	3	7	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	3	.333	.333	.333	.667	7		0	1	0
George Shoemaker	20	37	37	3	7	2	0	1	4	0	0	0	10	.189	.189	.324	.514	12		0	0	0
Joe Costello	18	59	52	4	7	0	1	0	5	0	0	6	28	.135	.224	.173	.397	9		0	1	0
George Marino	10	16	13	4	5	0	1	0	3	0	0	2	3	.385	.500	.538	1.038	7		1	0	0
Phil Lewis	14	31	27	4	4	0	2	0	1	3	0	0	11	.148	.233	.296	.530	8		3	1	0
Andy Shirrel	14	39	34	3	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	20	.088	.162	.088	.250	3		0	2	0
Harold Jeffcoat	8	15	14	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	4	.143	.133	.143	.276	2		0	0	1
Melvin Cassio	23	21	17	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	8	.118	.211	.118	.328	2		0	2	0
Joseph Pollack	9	22	19	5	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	.105	.190	.158	.348	3		0	1	0
William Ketzmier	7	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.250	.400	.250	.650	1		1	0	0
Billy Chambers	6	12	11	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	6	.091	.167	.091	.258	1		0	0	0
Daniel Markowski	24	16	15	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	9	.067	.125	.067	.192	1		0	0	0
David Madurski	6	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
James Fisher	4	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Tommy Hix	12	17	12	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	7	.000	.200	.000	.200	0		0	2	0
James Brown	3	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Totals	1274	4437	3934	602	1032	164	50	69	490	123	34	400	882	.262	.334	.382	.716	1503	0	37	33	33	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Ossie Blanco	1B	115	866	39	25	82	.973	7.870
John Buchanan	2B	52	108	104	8	27	.964	4.077
Dave Pflasterer	2B	44	108	79	3	21	.984	4.250
Carlos Lozada	2B	24	63	69	7	17	.950	5.500
Carlos Lozada	3B	82	81	148	26	9	.898	2.793
César Gutiérrez	3B	18	16	39	5	7	.917	3.056
Ron Robinson	3B	17	15	19	5	1	.872	2.000
Timothy Young	C	79	575	47	9	5	.986	7.873	23
Dennis Dittman	C	49	348	39	6	5	.985	7.898	10
Bobby Bonds	OF	112	200	14	12	2	.947	1.911
Ron Robinson	OF	80	94	9	3	1	.972	1.288
James Egan	OF	49	89	5	4	2	.959	1.918
Dennis Dittman	OF	42	58	2	4	0	.938	1.429
Donald Staveley	OF	31	26	2	6	0	.824	.903
Hector Soto	OF	23	32	5	3	2	.925	1.609
John Buchanan	OF	18	11	2	3	0	.812	.722
Phil Lewis	OF	11	10	0	1	0	.909	.909
Graciliano Parra	P	36	2	18	4	1	.833	.556
Mike Corkins	P	26	2	12	5	1	.737	.538
Melvin Cassio	P	23	0	8	1	0	.889	.348
Wes Scott	P	20	6	4	5	0	.667	.500
Daniel Markowski	P	19	3	9	0	1	1.000	.632
Joe Costello	P	18	7	26	6	0	.846	1.833
Bobby Aldridge	P	15	1	15	2	1	.889	1.067
Andy Shirrel	P	14	5	22	3	3	.900	1.929
Tommy Hix	P	12	3	6	1	0	.900	.750
George Shoemaker	P	9						.000
Joseph Pollack	P	9						.000
George Marino	P	9						.000
Harold Jeffcoat	P	8						.000
William Ketzmier	P	7						.000
David Madurski	P	6						.000
James Brown	P	3						.000
Howard Montgomery	P	1						.000
César Gutiérrez	SS	98	147	264	29	47	.934	4.194
John Buchanan	SS	17	32	47	14	13	.849	4.647
Totals		1196	2908	1053	200	248	.952	3.312	33	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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