1966 Spartanburg Phillies Statistics
Team Record: 91-35
Finished 1st in the WCL
Manager: Bob Wellman (91-35)
Affiliation: Philadelphia Phillies
Location: Spartanburg, South Carolina
Ballpark: Duncan Park
Attendance: 173,010, Avg. 2,746
The Spartanburg Phillies of the Western Carolinas League ended the 1966 season with a record of 91 wins and 35 losses, finishing first in the WCL.
The Phillies paced the league with 715 runs. Spartanburg surrendered 434 runs, fewest in the league. Ron Allen powered the squad with 16 home runs Mel Roberts drove in 80 runs. Gilberto Torres topped all qualifying hitters on the roster with a .365 average. John Penn led the team with 15 wins and a team-best 2.21 ERA, tops among qualifying pitchers.
Players from the 1966 Spartanburg Phillies who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Denny Doyle, Barry Lersch, Larry Bowa, Mike Strahler, Ron Allen and Lowell Palmer.
Bob Wellman 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Penn | 15 | 4 | .789 | 2.21 | 24 | 24 | 14 | 6 | 179.0 | 138 | 50 | 44 | 6 | 47 | 2 | 132 | 3 | 0 | 8 | |||
| Mark Vattimo | 14 | 3 | .824 | 2.46 | 25 | 25 | 10 | 1 | 179.0 | 132 | 73 | 49 | 16 | 75 | 1 | 141 | 9 | 0 | 13 | |||
| Dennis Straub | 11 | 3 | .786 | 2.77 | 19 | 19 | 8 | 2 | 130.0 | 99 | 48 | 40 | 12 | 69 | 1 | 130 | 2 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Lowell Palmer | 9 | 3 | .750 | 2.53 | 18 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 121.0 | 82 | 41 | 34 | 8 | 62 | 1 | 138 | 6 | 1 | 14 | |||
| Alfred Gendreau | 8 | 3 | .727 | 2.98 | 20 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 127.0 | 124 | 59 | 42 | 9 | 29 | 1 | 87 | 0 | 0 | 10 | |||
| George Fowlkes | 6 | 2 | .750 | 3.75 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36.0 | 33 | 19 | 15 | 2 | 15 | 2 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 8 | |||
| Gordon Knutson | 5 | 2 | .714 | 0.46 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 39.0 | 24 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 35 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Thomas Chapman | 4 | 3 | .571 | 2.63 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 41.0 | 45 | 22 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 37 | 1 | 0 | 7 | |||
| James Miller | 4 | 4 | .500 | 3.33 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 54.0 | 51 | 32 | 20 | 1 | 24 | 1 | 54 | 2 | 0 | 5 | |||
| Craig Mahoney | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.54 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.0 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |||
| Mike Strahler | 3 | 2 | .600 | 1.58 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 57.0 | 46 | 21 | 10 | 3 | 21 | 1 | 42 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |||
| John Parker | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.50 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 20.0 | 19 | 13 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Barry Lersch | 2 | 2 | .500 | 4.50 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 24.0 | 27 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Donald McGowan | 2 | 3 | .400 | 2.93 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 46.0 | 37 | 19 | 15 | 5 | 15 | 2 | 40 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |||
| Raymond Rivera | 1 | 1 | .500 | 2.40 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15.0 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Thomas Beck | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Totals | 89 | 35 | .718 | 2.64 | 236 | 126 | 0 | 54 | 13 | 0 | 1081.0 | 881 | 433 | 317 | 66 | 419 | 14 | 930 | 28 | 2 | 88 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denny Doyle | 124 | 572 | 497 | 94 | 153 | 21 | 5 | 3 | 63 | 28 | 6 | 61 | 34 | .308 | .387 | .388 | .776 | 193 | 6 | 4 | 4 | ||
| Gilberto Torres | 109 | 430 | 378 | 80 | 138 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 49 | 26 | 4 | 42 | 37 | .365 | .435 | .402 | .837 | 152 | 6 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Larry Bowa | 97 | 453 | 429 | 70 | 134 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 36 | 24 | 3 | 18 | 44 | .312 | .339 | .378 | .717 | 162 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Mel Roberts | 123 | 534 | 481 | 86 | 134 | 30 | 2 | 5 | 80 | 11 | 1 | 40 | 104 | .279 | .335 | .380 | .716 | 183 | 4 | 3 | 6 | ||
| Ron Allen | 94 | 389 | 337 | 81 | 107 | 17 | 2 | 16 | 68 | 2 | 1 | 38 | 79 | .318 | .394 | .522 | .917 | 176 | 8 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Wayne Martin | 88 | 335 | 302 | 45 | 94 | 21 | 6 | 8 | 73 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 47 | .311 | .358 | .500 | .858 | 151 | 1 | 3 | 5 | ||
| Thomas Silicato | 109 | 417 | 386 | 34 | 83 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 51 | 9 | 2 | 22 | 46 | .215 | .261 | .259 | .520 | 100 | 3 | 3 | 3 | ||
| Gary York | 86 | 343 | 275 | 49 | 73 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 40 | 3 | 0 | 55 | 40 | .265 | .381 | .375 | .756 | 103 | 2 | 2 | 9 | ||
| Douglas Eiken | 72 | 288 | 249 | 47 | 60 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 58 | .241 | .329 | .382 | .710 | 95 | 3 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Robert Kelly | 36 | 169 | 150 | 27 | 47 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 12 | 13 | .313 | .381 | .353 | .734 | 53 | 5 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Andrew Cleveland | 62 | 201 | 174 | 15 | 45 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 19 | .259 | .350 | .339 | .689 | 59 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Terry Craven | 37 | 151 | 124 | 19 | 24 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 23 | .194 | .311 | .258 | .569 | 32 | 5 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Robert Nash | 31 | 130 | 109 | 16 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 31 | .211 | .338 | .312 | .650 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mark Vattimo | 25 | 80 | 69 | 9 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 27 | .203 | .276 | .348 | .624 | 24 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Delbert Wilber | 10 | 23 | 21 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .381 | .435 | .619 | 1.054 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lowell Palmer | 19 | 50 | 45 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 21 | .178 | .229 | .356 | .585 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| James Jarvis | 6 | 16 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .538 | .600 | .692 | 1.292 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Alfred Gendreau | 20 | 53 | 46 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 17 | .152 | .264 | .152 | .416 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dennis Straub | 19 | 58 | 52 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 19 | .135 | .182 | .192 | .374 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| John Penn | 24 | 73 | 66 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 34 | .106 | .181 | .136 | .317 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| James Miller | 23 | 22 | 19 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | .263 | .364 | .421 | .785 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gordon Knutson | 11 | 15 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | .286 | .333 | .286 | .619 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Barry Lersch | 9 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Raymond Rivera | 7 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .286 | .286 | .286 | .571 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Craig Mahoney | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dan Crothers | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .200 | .200 | .400 | .600 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Parker | 3 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .125 | .300 | .125 | .425 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Strahler | 14 | 22 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | .059 | .200 | .118 | .318 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Thomas Chapman | 17 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | .000 | .077 | .000 | .077 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| George Fowlkes | 24 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rickey Fuller | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Donald McGowan | 21 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | .000 | .154 | .000 | .154 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1332 | 4892 | 4314 | 714 | 1191 | 188 | 36 | 51 | 584 | 120 | 24 | 447 | 744 | .276 | .347 | .372 | .719 | 1604 | 0 | 45 | 42 | 44 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ron Allen | 1B | 92 | 719 | 35 | 19 | 57 | .975 | 8.196 | ||||
| Gary York | 1B | 37 | 305 | 19 | 2 | 18 | .994 | 8.757 | ||||
| Denny Doyle | 2B | 124 | 296 | 360 | 37 | 58 | .947 | 5.290 | ||||
| Thomas Silicato | 3B | 109 | 94 | 182 | 21 | 13 | .929 | 2.532 | ||||
| Robert Kelly | 3B | 15 | 22 | 23 | 1 | 0 | .978 | 3.000 | ||||
| Wayne Martin | C | 81 | 610 | 42 | 17 | 3 | .975 | 8.049 | 14 | |||
| Andrew Cleveland | C | 46 | 338 | 18 | 11 | 1 | .970 | 7.739 | 5 | |||
| Mel Roberts | OF | 110 | 205 | 12 | 4 | 1 | .982 | 1.973 | ||||
| Gilberto Torres | OF | 107 | 178 | 7 | 7 | 0 | .964 | 1.729 | ||||
| Douglas Eiken | OF | 64 | 104 | 5 | 3 | 0 | .973 | 1.703 | ||||
| Gary York | OF | 40 | 57 | 5 | 3 | 0 | .954 | 1.550 | ||||
| Terry Craven | OF | 36 | 59 | 2 | 3 | 0 | .953 | 1.694 | ||||
| Robert Nash | OF | 26 | 36 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .947 | 1.385 | ||||
| Mark Vattimo | P | 25 | 8 | 12 | 1 | 1 | .952 | .800 | ||||
| John Penn | P | 24 | 8 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.208 | ||||
| George Fowlkes | P | 24 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .667 | .083 | ||||
| Donald McGowan | P | 21 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .619 | ||||
| Alfred Gendreau | P | 20 | 5 | 14 | 1 | 2 | .950 | .950 | ||||
| Dennis Straub | P | 19 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 0 | .895 | .895 | ||||
| Lowell Palmer | P | 18 | 8 | 16 | 3 | 0 | .889 | 1.333 | ||||
| James Miller | P | 17 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .833 | .294 | ||||
| Thomas Chapman | P | 17 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .176 | ||||
| Mike Strahler | P | 14 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 0 | .857 | .857 | ||||
| Gordon Knutson | P | 11 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .364 | ||||
| Barry Lersch | P | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| Raymond Rivera | P | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| Craig Mahoney | P | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| John Parker | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Thomas Beck | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Larry Bowa | SS | 97 | 138 | 284 | 12 | 43 | .972 | 4.351 | ||||
| Robert Kelly | SS | 21 | 16 | 38 | 5 | 5 | .915 | 2.571 | ||||
| Mel Roberts | SS | 12 | 14 | 33 | 8 | 1 | .855 | 3.917 | ||||
| Totals | 1253 | 3237 | 1167 | 166 | 206 | .964 | 3.515 | 19 | 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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