1966 Salisbury Astros Statistics

Western Carolinas League (WCL) - Class: A
Team Record: 44-77
Finished 6th in the WCL
Manager: Walt Matthews (44-77)
Affiliation: Houston Astros
Location: Salisbury, North Carolina
Ballpark: Newman Park (Field)
Attendance: 23,737, Avg. 392

1966 Salisbury Astros Roster

The Salisbury Astros of the Western Carolinas League ended the 1966 season with a record of 44 wins and 77 losses, finishing sixth in the WCL.

The Astros scored 601 runs and allowed 812 runs, most in the circuit. Danny Walton led Salisbury with 20 home runs, while Keith Lampard walloped 15 or more, too. Danny Walton drove in 80 runs and topped hitters with significant playing time by hitting .320. Claude Lambert paced the team with 6 wins, and Roy Shrawder recorded a 4.38 ERA, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

Keith Lampard, Gene Ratliff, Leon McFadden, Manny Montejo, Fred Stanley, Otis Thornton, Danny Walton and John Paciorek were all players from the 1966 Salisbury Astros who played in the Majors during their careers.

Walt Matthews 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
Claude Lambert	6	6	.500	5.25	45	1		0	0		96.0	102	71	56	8	60	5	82	8	0	10
Frank Bolick	5	7	.417	5.21	23	18		5	0		114.0	138	93	66	9	58	1	86	2	0	7
Joel McMasters	5	8	.385	3.87	25	8		1	1		86.0	73	49	37	6	53	3	84	2	2	10
Juan Quintana	4	4	.500	4.14	10	9		5	2		63.0	63	39	29	6	20	3	47	2	0	6
Roy Shrawder	4	8	.333	4.38	40	10		3	0		115.0	131	79	56	13	41	4	93	1	0	13
Louis McKown	4	13	.235	5.31	27	18		0	0		127.0	150	92	75	17	70	1	95	4	1	9
Gerald Bonaguidi	3	2	.600	4.88	12	6		2	0		48.0	41	33	26	5	39	1	46	5	0	6
Henry Zelno	3	5	.375	4.50	14	14		2	0		82.0	107	56	41	14	31	3	42	1	0	3
Robert Santee	3	7	.300	5.80	20	12		1	0		76.0	71	61	49	10	74	1	61	6	1	15
Steve Miller	3	9	.250	7.31	21	18		3	0		85.0	79	89	69	11	101	0	66	12	0	14
Edward Harrar	1	0	1.000	2.08	9	0		0	0		13.0	5	4	3	2	2	0	9	1	0	2
Olinto Rojas	1	1	.500	9.00	7	0		0	0		21.0	38	31	21	5	8	0	16	1	0	1
John Harms	1	2	.333	7.97	21	1		0	0		35.0	52	38	31	5	15	0	24	3	1	3
Benito Trujillo	1	4	.200	4.11	15	0		0	0		35.0	36	22	16	1	16	1	21	2	0	0
Gene Ratliff	0	0		3.38	3	0		0	0		8.0	10	6	3	0	4	0	2	2	0	0
Craig Drager	0	0		6.75	6	6		0	0		28.0	36	23	21	4	20	0	31	2	0	3
Manny Montejo	0	0		7.71	2	1		0	0		7.0	9	6	6	3	3	0	6	0	0	0
Donald Dahlgren	0	0		18.00	3	0		0	0		2.0	3	9	4	0	9	0	2	1	0	2
Walt Matthews	0	0		22.50	3	0		0	0		4.0	10	11	10	0	3	0	1	0	0	0
Totals	44	76	.367	5.33	306	122	0	22	3	0	1045.0	1154	812	619	119	627	23	814	55	5	104	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
Danny Walton	111	478	425	82	136	26	5	20	80	11	3	45	105	.320	.387	.546	.933	232		4	0	4
Keith Lampard	57	250	226	40	77	11	1	15	60	3	1	20	37	.341	.390	.597	.987	135		0	1	3
John Francis	90	329	281	34	70	11	1	7	46	2	0	38	69	.249	.349	.370	.719	104		6	2	2
Edward Earlywine	75	335	293	51	67	16	2	4	32	2	0	34	70	.229	.314	.338	.652	99		3	4	1
Oliverio Sparks	53	220	193	46	58	8	2	12	35	6	0	26	47	.301	.382	.549	.931	106		0	0	1
Don Sessions	58	227	189	28	45	10	0	10	30	3	1	32	30	.238	.357	.450	.807	85		4	0	2
Fred Stanley	52	215	174	24	42	3	1	0	8	7	2	37	46	.241	.383	.270	.653	47		3	1	0
Johnny George	61	258	207	41	42	8	0	9	21	7	4	49	54	.203	.358	.372	.730	77		1	1	0
Olinto Rojas	58	179	162	14	40	9	0	3	16	0	2	14	42	.247	.318	.358	.676	58		3	0	0
Paul Dennebaum	53	202	170	19	33	6	0	8	32	0	0	25	52	.194	.310	.371	.681	63		4	2	1
Reggie Thomas	52	210	165	27	30	3	3	3	11	20	2	39	53	.182	.351	.291	.642	48		4	2	0
Ralph Berrier	57	203	176	23	29	5	0	4	17	2	1	26	64	.165	.272	.261	.534	46		0	1	0
Larry Hall	41	130	116	18	28	4	3	4	19	0	0	12	38	.241	.323	.431	.754	50		2	0	0
Fred Light	37	158	119	19	25	4	0	2	12	6	4	37	36	.210	.405	.294	.699	35		2	0	0
John Paciorek	31	107	85	11	21	3	0	3	20	0	0	20	31	.247	.402	.388	.790	33		2	0	0
Leon McFadden	20	83	74	14	20	2	1	3	7	3	0	8	17	.270	.341	.446	.787	33		0	1	0
Gene Ratliff	35	126	108	9	20	5	1	0	10	0	0	12	43	.185	.302	.250	.552	27		6	0	0
Oscar Henderson	25	122	98	16	16	3	0	0	5	5	0	21	22	.163	.308	.194	.502	19		0	2	1
Walt Matthews	21	68	58	9	12	2	1	1	5	0	0	8	9	.207	.299	.328	.626	19		0	1	1
James Todhunter	15	65	48	12	11	1	0	3	13	3	0	16	15	.229	.431	.438	.868	21		1	0	0
Larry Bingham	22	94	82	11	11	2	1	2	9	0	0	9	19	.134	.213	.256	.469	21		0	0	3
James Monin	10	46	41	10	10	4	0	2	5	0	0	5	9	.244	.326	.488	.814	20		0	0	0
Steve Miller	23	38	32	2	8	4	0	0	3	0	0	6	14	.250	.368	.375	.743	12		0	0	0
Gary Roberts	22	71	56	6	8	0	0	0	2	0	1	14	13	.143	.314	.143	.457	8		0	1	0
Otis Thornton	13	29	28	1	6	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	15	.214	.241	.250	.491	7		0	0	0
Frank Giusti	8	27	25	2	5	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	6	.200	.259	.240	.499	6		0	0	0
Joel McMasters	25	34	32	6	5	0	0	2	6	0	0	1	19	.156	.182	.344	.526	11		0	1	0
Craig Drager	6	10	10	1	4	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	.400	.400	.500	.900	5		0	0	0
Henry Zelno	14	31	25	1	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	8	.160	.250	.160	.410	4		1	3	0
Claude Lambert	45	27	25	2	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	8	.160	.192	.200	.392	5		0	1	0
Robert Santee	26	31	28	2	4	0	0	0	3	3	0	2	11	.143	.200	.143	.343	4		0	1	0
Gerald Bonaguidi	12	20	15	2	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	7	.200	.294	.267	.561	4		0	3	0
Herman Johnson	8	25	22	1	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	3	14	.136	.240	.182	.422	4		0	0	0
Roy Shrawder	40	34	29	1	3	0	1	0	2	0	0	5	12	.103	.235	.172	.408	5		0	0	0
Benito Trujillo	16	13	10	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	.100	.250	.200	.450	2		0	1	0
Juan Quintana	10	24	18	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	8	.056	.227	.056	.283	1		0	2	0
Frank Bolick	23	48	39	4	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	18	.026	.156	.026	.181	1		1	3	0
John Harms	21	10	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	.000	.100	.000	.100	0		0	0	0
Donald Dahlgren	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Manny Montejo	2	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Louis McKown	27	48	37	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	8	24	.000	.178	.000	.178	0		0	3	0
Edward Harrar	9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Totals	1387	4636	3941	595	903	157	23	117	516	85	22	592	1097	.229	.335	.370	.705	1457	0	47	37	19	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Paul Dennebaum	1B	50	373	32	7	27	.983	8.100
Keith Lampard	1B	39	290	21	6	28	.981	7.974
Olinto Rojas	1B	18	126	9	2	9	.985	7.500
Walt Matthews	1B	16	112	9	2	5	.984	7.562
Edward Earlywine	2B	75	164	200	19	41	.950	4.853
Gary Roberts	2B	21	51	50	11	9	.902	4.810
James Todhunter	2B	10	34	19	4	3	.930	5.300
Johnny George	3B	35	29	62	12	4	.883	2.600
Olinto Rojas	3B	22	17	36	7	3	.883	2.409
Fred Light	3B	21	19	22	2	2	.953	1.952
Don Sessions	3B	19	24	38	5	4	.925	3.263
Oscar Henderson	3B	16	13	24	8	4	.822	2.312
John Francis	C	82	589	52	18	6	.973	7.817	16
Don Sessions	C	39	228	32	12	2	.956	6.667	11
Danny Walton	OF	109	186	13	19	1	.913	1.826
Oliverio Sparks	OF	51	81	6	6	0	.935	1.706
Ralph Berrier	OF	51	77	6	6	1	.933	1.627
Reggie Thomas	OF	46	113	4	10	0	.921	2.543
Larry Hall	OF	32	42	2	7	0	.863	1.375
Gene Ratliff	OF	29	42	5	2	1	.959	1.621
John Paciorek	OF	25	47	2	4	1	.925	1.960
Keith Lampard	OF	19	21	2	0	1	1.000	1.211
Larry Bingham	OF	16	26	2	0	2	1.000	1.750
Claude Lambert	P	45	8	14	2	1	.917	.489
Roy Shrawder	P	40	4	10	3	0	.824	.350
Louis McKown	P	27	8	17	2	2	.926	.926
Joel McMasters	P	25	0	11	3	0	.786	.440
Frank Bolick	P	23	1	10	2	1	.846	.478
Steve Miller	P	21	6	17	1	0	.958	1.095
John Harms	P	21	1	1	1	0	.667	.095
Robert Santee	P	20	4	8	4	0	.750	.600
Benito Trujillo	P	15	4	6	1	0	.909	.667
Henry Zelno	P	14	2	7	1	0	.900	.643
Gerald Bonaguidi	P	12	3	6	2	0	.818	.750
Juan Quintana	P	10	2	9	2	0	.846	1.100
Edward Harrar	P	9						.000
Craig Drager	P	6						.000
Donald Dahlgren	P	3						.000
Manny Montejo	P	2						.000
Fred Stanley	SS	52	92	131	24	21	.903	4.288
Johnny George	SS	23	24	52	15	10	.835	3.304
Leon McFadden	SS	19	30	51	6	4	.931	4.263
Oscar Henderson	SS	11	20	28	4	4	.923	4.364
James Monin	SS	10	19	15	3	5	.919	3.400
Totals		1249	2932	1041	245	202	.942	3.181	27	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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