1965 Oklahoma City 89ers Statistics
Team Record: 91-54
Finished 1st in the PCL's East Division
Manager: Grady Hatton (91-54)
Affiliation: Houston Astros
Location: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Ballpark: All Sports Stadium
Attendance: 218,129, Avg. 3,009
Playoffs - Oklahoma City 89ers 4 games, Portland Beavers 1
The Oklahoma City 89ers of the Pacific Coast League ended the 1965 season with a record of 91 wins and 54 losses, finishing first in the league's East Division.
The 89ers tallied 729 runs and conceded 567 runs. Dave Roberts walloped 38 home runs for Oklahoma City, while Ernie Fazio, John Bateman, John Weekly and Chuck Harrison each added 15 or more also. Dave Roberts drove in 114 runs. Sonny Jackson led all qualifying hitters on the roster by connecting at a .330 clip. Chris Zachary topped the team with 17 wins and a team-best 2.93 ERA, leading qualifying pitchers.
Chuck Harrison, J C Hartman, Jim Campbell, Connie Grob, Sonny Jackson, Gordon Jones, Darrell Brandon, Chris Zachary, John Anderson, Don Lee, Larry Yellen, Joe Hoerner, Dave Roberts, Al Heist, Gary Dotter, Jesse Hickman, Carroll Sembera, Mike White, Ron Davis, Chuck Taylor, John Bateman, Joe Grzenda, John Weekly, Ernie Fazio, Ken MacKenzie, Jerry Grote and Jim Mahoney were all players from the 1965 Oklahoma City 89ers who played in the Majors during their careers.
Grady Hatton 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chris Zachary | 17 | 8 | .680 | 2.93 | 32 | 28 | 10 | 3 | 212.0 | 183 | 79 | 69 | 22 | 65 | 5 | 175 | 7 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Darrell Brandon | 13 | 6 | .684 | 3.30 | 33 | 29 | 11 | 2 | 207.0 | 209 | 93 | 76 | 11 | 63 | 4 | 147 | 4 | 0 | 9 | |||
| Jimmy Ward | 13 | 9 | .591 | 3.05 | 30 | 26 | 11 | 1 | 180.0 | 153 | 71 | 61 | 17 | 46 | 3 | 131 | 4 | 0 | 5 | |||
| Gary Dotter | 11 | 4 | .733 | 3.39 | 26 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 130.0 | 120 | 60 | 49 | 16 | 32 | 0 | 83 | 2 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Joe Hoerner | 8 | 3 | .727 | 1.94 | 53 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 65.0 | 59 | 22 | 14 | 6 | 14 | 5 | 55 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Don Lee | 6 | 1 | .857 | 2.48 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 40.0 | 32 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 36 | 3 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Ronald Cayll | 5 | 3 | .625 | 3.09 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 67.0 | 58 | 34 | 23 | 7 | 25 | 2 | 68 | 3 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Gordon Jones | 4 | 1 | .800 | 3.68 | 45 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 66.0 | 71 | 32 | 27 | 3 | 18 | 6 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |||
| John Anderson | 3 | 1 | .750 | 3.16 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 37.0 | 41 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Connie Grob | 3 | 7 | .300 | 4.29 | 30 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 107.0 | 117 | 74 | 51 | 12 | 30 | 3 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Carroll Sembera | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.29 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Chuck Taylor | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.19 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 16.0 | 19 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Jesse Hickman | 18 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Joe Grzenda | 19 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Ken MacKenzie | 0 | 2 | .000 | 3.00 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 36.0 | 27 | 14 | 12 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Larry Yellen | 0 | 3 | .000 | 12.46 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 13.0 | 22 | 19 | 18 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Totals | 85 | 48 | .639 | 3.32 | 339 | 143 | 0 | 40 | 8 | 0 | 1183.0 | 1114 | 538 | 436 | 106 | 325 | 30 | 867 | 29 | 0 | 38 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sonny Jackson | 142 | 643 | 584 | 104 | 193 | 22 | 5 | 1 | 29 | 52 | 11 | 46 | 49 | .330 | .382 | .390 | .772 | 228 | 4 | 7 | 2 | ||
| Dave Roberts | 144 | 608 | 493 | 102 | 157 | 20 | 6 | 38 | 114 | 8 | 4 | 97 | 83 | .318 | .428 | .615 | 1.042 | 303 | 4 | 5 | 9 | ||
| Ernie Fazio | 143 | 649 | 582 | 92 | 156 | 28 | 6 | 23 | 72 | 9 | 7 | 56 | 98 | .268 | .331 | .455 | .787 | 265 | 1 | 6 | 4 | ||
| Chuck Harrison | 143 | 608 | 540 | 99 | 146 | 27 | 6 | 34 | 105 | 3 | 0 | 57 | 105 | .270 | .340 | .531 | .872 | 287 | 3 | 3 | 5 | ||
| John Weekly | 138 | 565 | 488 | 62 | 131 | 29 | 3 | 16 | 88 | 1 | 0 | 65 | 98 | .268 | .357 | .439 | .795 | 214 | 4 | 4 | 4 | ||
| Mike White | 118 | 497 | 442 | 65 | 124 | 17 | 1 | 5 | 51 | 4 | 3 | 48 | 67 | .281 | .354 | .357 | .712 | 158 | 3 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Jerry Grote | 118 | 433 | 374 | 43 | 99 | 23 | 1 | 11 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 100 | .265 | .346 | .420 | .766 | 157 | 3 | 8 | 3 | ||
| John Bateman | 76 | 285 | 266 | 42 | 79 | 10 | 2 | 21 | 66 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 65 | .297 | .338 | .586 | .924 | 156 | 4 | 1 | 1 | ||
| J C Hartman | 82 | 254 | 216 | 30 | 54 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 26 | 16 | .250 | .333 | .319 | .653 | 69 | 3 | 5 | 4 | ||
| Ron Davis | 54 | 196 | 179 | 21 | 33 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 29 | .184 | .220 | .274 | .494 | 49 | 3 | 5 | 3 | ||
| Al Heist | 60 | 137 | 121 | 13 | 20 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 35 | .165 | .227 | .256 | .483 | 31 | 1 | 5 | 1 | ||
| Chris Zachary | 37 | 92 | 81 | 8 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 21 | .235 | .250 | .296 | .546 | 24 | 0 | 8 | 1 | ||
| Darrell Brandon | 39 | 87 | 77 | 9 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 25 | .221 | .250 | .416 | .666 | 32 | 1 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Jimmy Ward | 31 | 69 | 64 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 36 | .094 | .108 | .125 | .233 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Ken MacKenzie | 7 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Connie Grob | 30 | 37 | 34 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .088 | .114 | .088 | .203 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Jim Mahoney | 2 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .333 | .429 | .333 | .762 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Don Lee | 14 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .154 | .154 | .385 | .538 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Ronald Cayll | 14 | 24 | 23 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | .087 | .087 | .087 | .174 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Gary Dotter | 29 | 49 | 38 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 16 | .053 | .140 | .132 | .271 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 1 | ||
| Carroll Sembera | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Gordon Jones | 45 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .111 | .111 | .111 | .222 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Joe Hoerner | 53 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .100 | .100 | .100 | .200 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| John Anderson | 10 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .083 | .154 | .083 | .237 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Chuck Taylor | 3 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Larry Yellen | 44 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1577 | 5317 | 4677 | 703 | 1252 | 198 | 33 | 163 | 652 | 86 | 31 | 480 | 898 | .268 | .338 | .429 | .766 | 2005 | 0 | 34 | 87 | 39 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chuck Harrison | 1B | 143 | 1270 | 74 | 5 | 103 | .996 | 9.399 | ||||
| Ernie Fazio | 2B | 136 | 300 | 416 | 30 | 82 | .960 | 5.265 | ||||
| Jerry Grote | 3B | 66 | 39 | 106 | 10 | 8 | .935 | 2.197 | ||||
| J C Hartman | 3B | 56 | 44 | 87 | 12 | 7 | .916 | 2.339 | ||||
| Al Heist | 3B | 15 | 11 | 21 | 2 | 0 | .941 | 2.133 | ||||
| Mike White | 3B | 12 | 5 | 18 | 5 | 1 | .821 | 1.917 | ||||
| John Bateman | C | 75 | 458 | 41 | 9 | 4 | .982 | 6.653 | 8 | |||
| Jerry Grote | C | 52 | 363 | 20 | 6 | 1 | .985 | 7.365 | 5 | |||
| Dave Roberts | OF | 139 | 197 | 11 | 4 | 1 | .981 | 1.496 | ||||
| John Weekly | OF | 136 | 216 | 8 | 6 | 2 | .974 | 1.647 | ||||
| Mike White | OF | 100 | 210 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.160 | ||||
| Ron Davis | OF | 54 | 97 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.907 | ||||
| Al Heist | OF | 21 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.238 | ||||
| Joe Hoerner | P | 53 | 1 | 13 | 2 | 1 | .875 | .264 | ||||
| Gordon Jones | P | 45 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .833 | .111 | ||||
| Darrell Brandon | P | 33 | 21 | 28 | 2 | 5 | .961 | 1.485 | ||||
| Chris Zachary | P | 32 | 13 | 22 | 1 | 2 | .972 | 1.094 | ||||
| Jimmy Ward | P | 30 | 9 | 25 | 4 | 0 | .895 | 1.133 | ||||
| Connie Grob | P | 30 | 6 | 25 | 6 | 1 | .838 | 1.033 | ||||
| Gary Dotter | P | 26 | 4 | 19 | 2 | 0 | .920 | .885 | ||||
| Don Lee | P | 14 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .750 | .214 | ||||
| Ronald Cayll | P | 14 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 1 | .875 | 1.000 | ||||
| John Anderson | P | 10 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .800 | ||||
| Ken MacKenzie | P | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| Larry Yellen | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Chuck Taylor | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Carroll Sembera | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Sonny Jackson | SS | 141 | 204 | 443 | 43 | 75 | .938 | 4.589 | ||||
| Totals | 1448 | 3503 | 1410 | 153 | 294 | .970 | 3.393 | 13 | 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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