1965 Salisbury Astros Statistics

Western Carolinas League (WCL) - Class: A
Team Record: 70-48
Finished 1st in the WCL
Manager: Chuck Churn (70-48)
Affiliation: Houston Astros
Location: Salisbury, North Carolina
Ballpark: Newman Park (Field)
Attendance: 27,855, Avg. 472

1965 Salisbury Astros Roster

Playoffs - Rock Hill Cardinals 2 games, Salisbury Astros 0

The Salisbury Astros of the Western Carolinas League ended the 1965 season with a record of 70 wins and 48 losses, finishing first in the WCL.

The Astros paced the circuit with 688 runs, ignited by 135 home runs. Salisbury allowed 562 runs. Ed Moxey powered the team with 25 home runs, and Fred Light walloped 15 or more, too. Ed Moxey recorded 83 runs batted in and topped batters with significant playing time by hitting .345. Jimmy Wammack paced the squad with 9 wins and a team-best 4.09 ERA, leading pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

Chuck Churn, Roric Harrison, Bob Watson, Larry Howard, Jay Dahl, Keith Lampard and Steve Hertz were all players from the 1965 Salisbury Astros who played in the Majors during their careers.

Chuck Churn 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
Jimmy Wammack	9	2	.818	4.09	23	15		2	1		110.0	88	61	50	11	58	4	117	4	1	10
Mike Daniel	7	0	1.000	1.83	7	7		4	1		59.0	43	15	12	3	13	0	72	1	0	5
Henry Zelno	7	7	.500	4.31	19	13		1	0		94.0	123	62	45	8	22	1	66	0	0	7
Ken Chelini	6	1	.857	2.70	8	7		4	1		50.0	40	19	15	2	27	1	39	1	0	1
Larry Mason	6	2	.750	1.83	12	9		5	2		64.0	45	21	13	1	29	0	66	4	1	10
Dane Messick	6	3	.667	3.90	18	12		1	0		83.0	85	47	36	7	27	1	80	4	1	9
Tommy Fullen	6	4	.600	2.40	38	1		0	0		75.0	65	29	20	3	28	2	83	4	0	13
Jay Dahl	5	0	1.000	2.61	6	5		1	0		38.0	27	16	11	4	16	0	32	1	0	0
Frank Thomas	4	1	.800	4.09	13	2		0	0		33.0	43	24	15	2	15	3	33	0	0	1
Bobby Black	4	7	.364	3.54	17	14		4	2		89.0	76	51	35	7	42	1	68	1	1	22
Martin Ruck	3	1	.750	2.73	4	4		2	0		33.0	29	12	10	3	10	0	28	1	0	0
Gary Marshall	3	4	.429	3.81	12	10		0	0		52.0	51	31	22	4	25	0	47	2	0	2
Gary Wallman	2	4	.333	3.88	27	1		0	0		58.0	56	27	25	6	29	2	49	0	0	3
Tim Chrisman	1	2	.333	4.62	16	3		0	0		37.0	32	24	19	0	40	0	32	0	0	8
Craig Drager	1	3	.250	7.24	20	5		0	0		46.0	47	51	37	3	52	0	61	1	0	6
Chuck Churn	0	0		0.00	3	0		0	0		3.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0
Larry Howard	0	0		6.00	2	0		0	0		6.0	4	4	4	0	5	0	3	1	0	1
Roger Simpson	0	0		9.00	1	0		0	0		3.0	3	3	3	1	3	0	2	0	0	0
Roric Harrison	0	1	.000	7.50	5	2		0	0		12.0	7	12	10	1	16	0	13	0	0	10
Steve Sumner	0	2	.000	8.40	7	0		0	0		15.0	22	18	14	1	13	0	16	0	1	4
Mike Williams	0	4	.000	5.65	8	8		0	0		43.0	53	35	27	5	17	1	35	3	0	2
Totals	70	48	.593	3.80	266	118	0	24	7	0	1003.0	939	562	423	72	487	16	948	28	5	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
Larry Bingham	114	456	430	65	125	24	1	14	66	3	1	22	62	.291	.327	.449	.776	193		2	0	2
Ed Moxey	94	420	342	91	118	26	1	25	83	27	4	62	68	.345	.449	.646	1.095	221		8	1	7
Jim McDonald	114	520	442	85	110	19	4	11	46	16	5	68	68	.249	.351	.385	.736	170		4	2	4
Fred Light	118	511	395	96	104	16	5	23	63	14	12	108	124	.263	.427	.504	.930	199		6	0	2
Bob Watson	80	357	309	51	88	20	3	12	55	8	3	41	42	.285	.373	.485	.858	150		4	0	3
Joe Lewallen	100	358	329	37	88	7	0	12	59	0	1	22	77	.267	.316	.398	.714	131		3	0	4
Larry Howard	100	384	335	52	82	17	1	10	62	4	1	43	71	.245	.334	.391	.725	131		3	1	2
William Jacobs	77	279	241	48	61	7	1	9	36	10	0	34	52	.253	.353	.402	.755	97		3	1	0
Steve Hertz	40	142	120	24	38	8	0	5	23	5	2	21	28	.317	.423	.508	.931	61		1	0	0
Don Sessions	42	155	132	21	34	6	1	5	17	3	0	19	42	.258	.348	.432	.780	57		1	0	3
Keith Lampard	41	153	140	16	30	5	1	2	14	1	0	12	40	.214	.275	.307	.582	43		0	0	1
Curtis Fontenot	46	143	118	23	26	5	1	2	16	10	1	22	42	.220	.345	.331	.676	39		1	1	1
Richard Pandolfo	57	127	108	18	24	1	1	0	10	3	0	16	18	.222	.331	.250	.581	27		2	0	1
Oscar Henderson	23	89	75	12	21	2	1	0	10	1	0	12	24	.280	.393	.333	.727	25		2	0	0
Elijah Johnson	13	52	48	5	11	1	0	1	3	0	0	3	6	.229	.269	.312	.582	15		0	0	1
Larry Mason	13	28	26	4	9	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	9	.346	.370	.346	.717	9		1	1	0
Mike Williams	8	19	17	3	7	2	0	0	4	0	0	2	2	.412	.474	.529	1.003	9		0	0	0
Gary Marshall	12	23	19	2	5	1	0	0	3	0	0	3	8	.263	.391	.316	.707	6		1	0	0
Jimmy Wammack	24	49	46	5	5	1	0	0	7	0	0	3	16	.109	.163	.130	.294	6		0	0	0
Tommy Fullen	38	22	19	2	4	1	0	0	3	0	0	1	7	.211	.286	.263	.549	5		1	1	0
Jay Dahl	8	20	19	3	4	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	8	.211	.211	.368	.579	7		0	1	0
Ken Chelini	13	25	20	3	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	.200	.273	.250	.523	5		0	3	0
Henry Zelno	19	35	29	2	4	0	0	0	3	0	0	4	12	.138	.265	.138	.403	4		1	1	0
Craig Drager	20	12	10	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	.200	.273	.200	.473	2		0	1	0
Frank Thomas	13	10	10	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.200	.200	.200	.400	2		0	0	0
Gary Wallman	27	17	14	2	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	8	.143	.294	.357	.651	5		1	0	0
George Runk	4	3	3	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	1.333	1.667	4		0	0	0
Steve Sumner	7	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.200	.200	.200	.400	1		0	0	0
Tim Chrisman	16	9	9	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	.111	.111	.111	.222	1		0	0	0
Dane Messick	19	29	27	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	18	.037	.103	.148	.252	4		0	0	0
Bobby Black	17	31	31	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	20	.032	.032	.032	.065	1		0	0	0
Roger Simpson	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Martin Ruck	6	13	12	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	1	0
Roric Harrison	8	2	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.500	.000	.500	0		0	0	0
Mike Daniel	7	28	20	6	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	6	14	.000	.231	.000	.231	0		0	2	0
Chuck Churn	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Totals	1342	4529	3904	687	1013	170	21	135	593	105	30	532	911	.259	.352	.418	.770	1630	0	45	17	31	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Joe Lewallen	1B	93	643	30	15	43	.978	7.237
Larry Howard	1B	34	147	11	7	7	.958	4.647
Keith Lampard	1B	12	89	6	0	9	1.000	7.917
Jim McDonald	2B	114	243	277	27	49	.951	4.561
Keith Lampard	2B	62	167	145	10	31	.969	5.032
William Jacobs	3B	54	54	75	14	11	.902	2.389
Steve Hertz	3B	34	32	65	10	12	.907	2.853
Curtis Fontenot	3B	18	17	25	8	0	.840	2.333
Oscar Henderson	3B	17	15	39	7	1	.885	3.176
Bob Watson	C	55	476	25	15	3	.971	9.109	18
Don Sessions	C	41	287	27	8	3	.975	7.659	18
Ed Moxey	C	23	198	14	4	0	.981	9.217	6
Larry Bingham	OF	110	175	8	11	0	.943	1.664
Ed Moxey	OF	72	104	3	12	1	.899	1.486
Larry Howard	OF	72	94	8	17	2	.857	1.417
Richard Pandolfo	OF	41	41	5	2	0	.958	1.122
Keith Lampard	OF	30	42	3	1	0	.978	1.500
Bob Watson	OF	26	39	2	9	0	.820	1.577
Curtis Fontenot	OF	13	14	1	2	0	.882	1.154
Elijah Johnson	OF	12	34	1	0	0	1.000	2.917
William Jacobs	OF	11	14	0	0	0	1.000	1.273
Tommy Fullen	P	38	8	15	2	0	.920	.605
Gary Wallman	P	27	0	5	1	0	.833	.185
Jimmy Wammack	P	23	5	9	0	1	1.000	.609
Craig Drager	P	20	2	4	3	1	.667	.300
Henry Zelno	P	19	4	17	1	0	.955	1.105
Dane Messick	P	18	5	18	2	0	.920	1.278
Bobby Black	P	17	7	8	1	0	.938	.882
Tim Chrisman	P	16	2	6	1	1	.889	.500
Frank Thomas	P	13	3	5	2	0	.800	.615
Larry Mason	P	12	6	9	3	2	.833	1.250
Gary Marshall	P	12	5	7	1	1	.923	1.000
Mike Williams	P	8						.000
Ken Chelini	P	8						.000
Steve Sumner	P	7						.000
Mike Daniel	P	7						.000
Jay Dahl	P	6						.000
Roric Harrison	P	5						.000
Martin Ruck	P	4						.000
Chuck Churn	P	3						.000
Roger Simpson	P	1						.000
Fred Light	SS	117	153	282	41	40	.914	3.718
Totals		1325	3125	1155	237	218	.948	3.230	42	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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