1966 Mobile Athletics Statistics
Team Record: 88-52
Finished 1st in the SL
Manager: John McNamara (88-52)
Affiliation: Kansas City Athletics
Location: Mobile, Alabama
Ballpark: Hartwell Field
Attendance: 52,631, Avg. 752
The Mobile Athletics of the Southern League ended the 1966 season with a record of 88 wins and 52 losses, finishing first in the SL.
The Athletics led the circuit with just 517 runs allowed. Mobile scored 623 runs. Rick Monday paced the squad with 23 home runs, while Randy Schwartz and Rene Lachemann walloped 15 or more, too. Randy Schwartz accounted for 81 RBI and topped all regular hitters by hitting .278. Bill Edgerton paced the team with 17 wins, and Tony Pierce recorded a 3.06 ERA, best among regular hurlers.
Members of the 1966 Mobile Athletics who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Rene Lachemann, Bill McNulty, Jim Nash, Bill Stafford, Tony Pierce, Weldon Bowlin, Rick Monday, Jim Dickson, Jim Driscoll, Tony LaRussa, Gil Blanco, Joe Grzenda, Bill Edgerton, Ken Suarez, Dick Joyce, Randy Schwartz, Bill Schlesinger, Blue Moon Odom, Tim Talton and Sal Bando.
John McNamara served as manager.Click on column headings to sort.
Pitching:
| Player | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Edgerton | 17 | 4 | .810 | 3.66 | 26 | 24 | 10 | 2 | 172.0 | 182 | 72 | 70 | 12 | 50 | 2 | 123 | 1 | 0 | 5 | |||
| Tony Pierce | 13 | 8 | .619 | 3.06 | 23 | 23 | 9 | 0 | 147.0 | 147 | 61 | 50 | 6 | 30 | 2 | 106 | 8 | 2 | 8 | |||
| Blue Moon Odom | 12 | 5 | .706 | 3.09 | 19 | 19 | 8 | 0 | 140.0 | 119 | 56 | 48 | 7 | 61 | 5 | 96 | 8 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Jim Nash | 7 | 4 | .636 | 2.67 | 14 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 101.0 | 70 | 38 | 30 | 7 | 38 | 2 | 129 | 5 | 0 | 5 | |||
| Bob Taylor | 6 | 5 | .545 | 4.84 | 33 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 93.0 | 101 | 53 | 50 | 6 | 29 | 3 | 31 | 9 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Joe Grzenda | 5 | 2 | .714 | 1.84 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44.0 | 33 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 13 | 2 | 37 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Geo Bosworth | 5 | 3 | .625 | 3.92 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 78.0 | 68 | 38 | 34 | 1 | 40 | 1 | 61 | 1 | 0 | 8 | |||
| Dick Joyce | 4 | 2 | .667 | 2.00 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 36.0 | 32 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Jim Dickson | 4 | 3 | .571 | 2.74 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 46.0 | 32 | 17 | 14 | 2 | 21 | 0 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Don Yingling | 3 | 1 | .750 | 2.55 | 33 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 67.0 | 54 | 22 | 19 | 4 | 31 | 6 | 66 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Nicky Curtis | 3 | 6 | .333 | 4.91 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 66.0 | 70 | 42 | 36 | 8 | 35 | 2 | 45 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Bill Stafford | 2 | 2 | .500 | 1.95 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 37.0 | 31 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Bill Lindner | 2 | 2 | .500 | 3.27 | 21 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 44.0 | 36 | 20 | 16 | 5 | 20 | 3 | 37 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Richard Allen | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.80 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Gil Blanco | 7 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Robert Colligan | 0 | 0 | 3.50 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 36.0 | 32 | 18 | 14 | 2 | 16 | 4 | 44 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Gary Hart | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Gary Sanossian | 0 | 4 | .000 | 7.58 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 19.0 | 23 | 17 | 16 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Totals | 84 | 51 | .622 | 3.37 | 296 | 134 | 0 | 46 | 6 | 0 | 1137.0 | 1045 | 495 | 426 | 65 | 411 | 34 | 894 | 38 | 2 | 45 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Driscoll | 139 | 582 | 497 | 75 | 126 | 18 | 8 | 7 | 62 | 8 | 5 | 68 | 78 | .254 | .348 | .364 | .712 | 181 | 6 | 7 | 4 | ||
| Rick Monday | 127 | 564 | 469 | 86 | 125 | 16 | 10 | 23 | 72 | 16 | 12 | 89 | 143 | .267 | .383 | .490 | .874 | 230 | 1 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Stan Wojcik | 140 | 546 | 483 | 75 | 125 | 26 | 5 | 12 | 60 | 8 | 7 | 50 | 105 | .259 | .329 | .408 | .737 | 197 | 2 | 8 | 3 | ||
| Randy Schwartz | 127 | 514 | 406 | 79 | 113 | 27 | 1 | 22 | 81 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 94 | .278 | .420 | .512 | .932 | 208 | 2 | 2 | 4 | ||
| Rene Lachemann | 119 | 480 | 434 | 48 | 111 | 17 | 1 | 15 | 65 | 0 | 3 | 32 | 104 | .256 | .308 | .403 | .711 | 175 | 4 | 3 | 7 | ||
| Sal Bando | 119 | 459 | 393 | 55 | 109 | 11 | 4 | 12 | 50 | 5 | 2 | 51 | 55 | .277 | .369 | .417 | .787 | 164 | 8 | 4 | 3 | ||
| Weldon Bowlin | 125 | 501 | 431 | 59 | 100 | 21 | 4 | 0 | 34 | 4 | 3 | 57 | 49 | .232 | .321 | .299 | .621 | 129 | 2 | 6 | 5 | ||
| Richard Rowe | 103 | 322 | 275 | 36 | 60 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 29 | 7 | 1 | 36 | 50 | .218 | .309 | .335 | .643 | 92 | 1 | 8 | 2 | ||
| Tony LaRussa | 51 | 196 | 170 | 20 | 50 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 26 | 4 | 2 | 23 | 24 | .294 | .379 | .465 | .844 | 79 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Ron Debus | 73 | 148 | 125 | 12 | 30 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 17 | .240 | .340 | .448 | .788 | 56 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Tim Talton | 32 | 111 | 97 | 16 | 27 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 15 | .278 | .364 | .505 | .869 | 49 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Blue Moon Odom | 27 | 60 | 54 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 18 | .241 | .281 | .370 | .651 | 20 | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Bill Edgerton | 28 | 68 | 57 | 4 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 25 | .193 | .242 | .228 | .470 | 13 | 0 | 6 | 1 | ||
| Bill McNulty | 7 | 24 | 22 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | .409 | .458 | .955 | 1.413 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Stan Bledsoe | 14 | 46 | 43 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 10 | .209 | .244 | .302 | .547 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Nicky Curtis | 26 | 40 | 39 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | .179 | .200 | .179 | .379 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bill Schlesinger | 9 | 27 | 22 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | .227 | .346 | .227 | .573 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Jim Nash | 15 | 43 | 40 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18 | .125 | .167 | .200 | .367 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| John McNamara | 8 | 20 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | .235 | .350 | .235 | .585 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Don Yingling | 36 | 27 | 25 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | .160 | .185 | .200 | .385 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Bill Stafford | 9 | 26 | 26 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | .154 | .154 | .308 | .462 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Geo Bosworth | 15 | 29 | 29 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | .138 | .138 | .138 | .276 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Dickson | 14 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .250 | .308 | .250 | .558 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Tony Pierce | 25 | 59 | 55 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19 | .055 | .071 | .055 | .126 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Ken Suarez | 9 | 31 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 5 | .125 | .500 | .125 | .625 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Gary Sanossian | 5 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .200 | .200 | .400 | .600 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Joe Grzenda | 33 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .143 | .125 | .143 | .268 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Bill Lindner | 21 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .091 | .091 | .091 | .182 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Taylor | 38 | 41 | 29 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 11 | .034 | .200 | .034 | .234 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Gary Hart | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Robert Colligan | 21 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| John Stutz | 7 | 15 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .000 | .071 | .000 | .071 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Dick Joyce | 8 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Richard Allen | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| Totals | 1535 | 5047 | 4326 | 614 | 1063 | 169 | 40 | 123 | 552 | 56 | 37 | 577 | 940 | .246 | .336 | .389 | .725 | 1681 | 0 | 33 | 74 | 37 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Randy Schwartz | 1B | 124 | 985 | 68 | 13 | 87 | .988 | 8.492 | ||||
| Ron Debus | 1B | 13 | 83 | 2 | 2 | 7 | .977 | 6.538 | ||||
| Weldon Bowlin | 2B | 78 | 149 | 212 | 4 | 42 | .989 | 4.628 | ||||
| Tony LaRussa | 2B | 51 | 117 | 133 | 10 | 34 | .962 | 4.902 | ||||
| Stan Bledsoe | 2B | 14 | 21 | 34 | 3 | 5 | .948 | 3.929 | ||||
| Sal Bando | 3B | 115 | 65 | 179 | 18 | 23 | .931 | 2.122 | ||||
| Ron Debus | 3B | 17 | 13 | 26 | 1 | 2 | .975 | 2.294 | ||||
| Rene Lachemann | C | 117 | 819 | 48 | 13 | 5 | .985 | 7.410 | 15 | |||
| Stan Wojcik | OF | 140 | 255 | 14 | 4 | 4 | .985 | 1.921 | ||||
| Rick Monday | OF | 127 | 287 | 10 | 13 | 2 | .958 | 2.339 | ||||
| Richard Rowe | OF | 98 | 109 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .991 | 1.173 | ||||
| Weldon Bowlin | OF | 29 | 40 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.414 | ||||
| Tim Talton | OF | 26 | 32 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .971 | 1.269 | ||||
| Don Yingling | P | 33 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .900 | .273 | ||||
| Bob Taylor | P | 33 | 8 | 19 | 1 | 5 | .964 | .818 | ||||
| Joe Grzenda | P | 33 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .273 | ||||
| Bill Edgerton | P | 26 | 7 | 24 | 3 | 2 | .912 | 1.192 | ||||
| Tony Pierce | P | 23 | 8 | 24 | 3 | 0 | .914 | 1.391 | ||||
| Bill Lindner | P | 21 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .667 | .095 | ||||
| Robert Colligan | P | 20 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .857 | .300 | ||||
| Blue Moon Odom | P | 19 | 13 | 26 | 2 | 1 | .951 | 2.053 | ||||
| Nicky Curtis | P | 15 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 1 | .818 | .600 | ||||
| Jim Nash | P | 14 | 4 | 15 | 2 | 0 | .905 | 1.357 | ||||
| Jim Dickson | P | 14 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .571 | ||||
| Geo Bosworth | P | 14 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .929 | ||||
| Jim Driscoll | SS | 138 | 207 | 321 | 34 | 62 | .940 | 3.826 | ||||
| Totals | 1352 | 3233 | 1208 | 133 | 284 | .971 | 3.285 | 15 | 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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