1964 Shelby Yankees Statistics
Team Record: 59-68
Finished 6th in the WCL
Manager: Gary Blaylock (59-68)
Affiliation: New York Yankees
Location: Shelby, North Carolina
Ballpark: City Park
Attendance: 34,620, Avg. 545
The Shelby Yankees of the Western Carolinas League ended the 1964 season with a record of 59 wins and 68 losses, finishing sixth in the WCL.
The Yankees scored 613 runs and conceded 567 runs. Dave McDonald led Shelby with 16 home runs Simeon Blahut drove in 63 runs. Richard Kayla paced hitters with significant playing time by hitting .274. Fritz Peterson topped the squad with 10 wins and a team-best 2.73 earned run average, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Players from the 1964 Shelby Yankees who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Fritz Peterson, Cecil Perkins, Jerry Kenney, Dave McDonald, Dale Roberts and Bill Henry.
Gary Blaylock 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fritz Peterson | 10 | 7 | .588 | 2.73 | 23 | 21 | 12 | 2 | 155.0 | 131 | 63 | 47 | 12 | 53 | 0 | 194 | 6 | 0 | 12 | |||
| George Hemming | 8 | 6 | .571 | 2.75 | 29 | 20 | 9 | 2 | 144.0 | 105 | 53 | 44 | 11 | 63 | 3 | 166 | 5 | 0 | 11 | |||
| Frederick Berg | 8 | 6 | .571 | 5.53 | 22 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 96.0 | 109 | 71 | 59 | 9 | 55 | 2 | 107 | 3 | 0 | 9 | |||
| Dale Roberts | 8 | 8 | .500 | 3.53 | 47 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 102.0 | 98 | 51 | 40 | 6 | 43 | 8 | 87 | 6 | 2 | 10 | |||
| Cecil Perkins | 5 | 4 | .556 | 3.07 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 91.0 | 61 | 33 | 31 | 2 | 62 | 2 | 131 | 0 | 1 | 9 | |||
| Joseph Jeran | 5 | 5 | .500 | 2.37 | 32 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 95.0 | 70 | 31 | 25 | 11 | 22 | 5 | 106 | 2 | 1 | 11 | |||
| Bill Henry | 5 | 10 | .333 | 3.71 | 26 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 136.0 | 112 | 77 | 56 | 5 | 85 | 4 | 122 | 3 | 1 | 13 | |||
| Alton Williams | 4 | 8 | .333 | 6.78 | 28 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 85.0 | 91 | 70 | 64 | 7 | 64 | 1 | 80 | 2 | 1 | 13 | |||
| Richard Cook | 3 | 3 | .500 | 2.57 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 42.0 | 43 | 19 | 12 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 38 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| Charles Payne | 3 | 5 | .375 | 5.40 | 22 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 60.0 | 55 | 43 | 36 | 7 | 33 | 2 | 71 | 13 | 0 | 10 | |||
| Peter Podbielan | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Tommy Fleming | 0 | 0 | 49.50 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| George Shoemaker | 0 | 1 | .000 | 6.00 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18.0 | 30 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Perry Pappas | 0 | 1 | .000 | 12.86 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Greggory Wilde | 0 | 4 | .000 | 8.44 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 16.0 | 14 | 20 | 15 | 2 | 19 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 8 | |||
| Totals | 59 | 68 | .465 | 3.93 | 275 | 127 | 0 | 42 | 8 | 0 | 1057.0 | 937 | 567 | 462 | 75 | 541 | 30 | 1153 | 43 | 7 | 116 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ron Boyer | 127 | 561 | 470 | 76 | 118 | 22 | 1 | 7 | 56 | 21 | 6 | 88 | 112 | .251 | .370 | .347 | .717 | 163 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Richard Kayla | 119 | 466 | 412 | 78 | 113 | 16 | 1 | 13 | 54 | 10 | 1 | 46 | 70 | .274 | .345 | .413 | .757 | 170 | 1 | 2 | 5 | ||
| Simeon Blahut | 101 | 405 | 347 | 60 | 90 | 20 | 2 | 10 | 63 | 2 | 1 | 53 | 60 | .259 | .357 | .415 | .772 | 144 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Dave McDonald | 86 | 349 | 292 | 52 | 78 | 8 | 5 | 16 | 60 | 4 | 1 | 47 | 60 | .267 | .375 | .493 | .869 | 144 | 6 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Joseph Mackey | 115 | 443 | 361 | 51 | 77 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 28 | 13 | 5 | 70 | 101 | .213 | .343 | .258 | .601 | 93 | 2 | 9 | 1 | ||
| Jerry Kenney | 66 | 278 | 247 | 40 | 72 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 27 | 37 | .291 | .364 | .356 | .720 | 88 | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Billy Clayton | 72 | 283 | 238 | 33 | 53 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 39 | 4 | 1 | 39 | 96 | .223 | .339 | .378 | .717 | 90 | 4 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Luke Lamboley | 49 | 208 | 178 | 27 | 47 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 29 | 30 | .264 | .370 | .298 | .668 | 53 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Herbert Feris | 77 | 303 | 237 | 49 | 44 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 26 | 3 | 2 | 57 | 122 | .186 | .361 | .325 | .686 | 77 | 8 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Phillip Swimley | 45 | 186 | 153 | 30 | 39 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 4 | 3 | 32 | 27 | .255 | .384 | .366 | .750 | 56 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| John Hayes | 74 | 244 | 206 | 18 | 39 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 1 | 2 | 33 | 78 | .189 | .307 | .228 | .535 | 47 | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Stephen Schaub | 50 | 193 | 160 | 21 | 38 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 18 | 12 | 1 | 30 | 49 | .238 | .361 | .338 | .699 | 54 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Fritz Peterson | 55 | 98 | 87 | 14 | 30 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 29 | .345 | .408 | .586 | .994 | 51 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| James Fox | 35 | 105 | 83 | 12 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 26 | .193 | .362 | .313 | .675 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| George Hartwell | 23 | 77 | 64 | 8 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 21 | .188 | .316 | .266 | .581 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Bill Henry | 28 | 60 | 49 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 19 | .204 | .250 | .265 | .515 | 13 | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Charles Payne | 22 | 26 | 25 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .280 | .308 | .360 | .668 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Frank Pappas | 13 | 44 | 37 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | .162 | .295 | .243 | .539 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Leon Orvis | 23 | 48 | 43 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 16 | .140 | .213 | .140 | .352 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Cecil Perkins | 21 | 37 | 33 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 | .152 | .200 | .273 | .473 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Larry Hawk | 8 | 30 | 22 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | .182 | .345 | .364 | .708 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Alton Williams | 28 | 30 | 26 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 17 | .154 | .267 | .231 | .497 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Kenneth Barbieri | 13 | 48 | 35 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 14 | .114 | .340 | .200 | .540 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| George Hemming | 29 | 47 | 42 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 28 | .071 | .133 | .071 | .205 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Richard Cook | 9 | 17 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | .143 | .250 | .143 | .393 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Dale Roberts | 47 | 21 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12 | .125 | .222 | .125 | .347 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Gary Linn | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| George Shoemaker | 5 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .125 | .125 | .125 | .250 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Wyatt Dreger | 7 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .111 | .111 | .111 | .222 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joseph Jeran | 32 | 28 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | .042 | .115 | .042 | .157 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Frederick Berg | 23 | 40 | 26 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 9 | .038 | .306 | .077 | .382 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Perry Pappas | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Greggory Wilde | 7 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Peter Podbielan | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1421 | 4706 | 3957 | 605 | 924 | 139 | 31 | 76 | 477 | 91 | 30 | 647 | 1082 | .234 | .345 | .342 | .687 | 1353 | 0 | 34 | 52 | 16 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Herbert Feris | 1B | 75 | 484 | 35 | 11 | 30 | .979 | 6.920 | ||||
| Dave McDonald | 1B | 54 | 362 | 24 | 9 | 22 | .977 | 7.148 | ||||
| Joseph Mackey | 2B | 111 | 226 | 186 | 22 | 31 | .949 | 3.712 | ||||
| James Fox | 2B | 20 | 38 | 34 | 7 | 7 | .911 | 3.600 | ||||
| Ron Boyer | 3B | 127 | 109 | 190 | 41 | 16 | .879 | 2.354 | ||||
| John Hayes | C | 71 | 569 | 37 | 9 | 3 | .985 | 8.535 | 20 | |||
| Dave McDonald | C | 26 | 220 | 13 | 4 | 1 | .983 | 8.962 | 10 | |||
| Leon Orvis | C | 18 | 84 | 8 | 1 | 1 | .989 | 5.111 | 4 | |||
| Frank Pappas | C | 12 | 107 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 9.500 | 0 | |||
| Simeon Blahut | OF | 97 | 93 | 3 | 5 | 0 | .950 | .990 | ||||
| Richard Kayla | OF | 92 | 128 | 16 | 9 | 2 | .941 | 1.565 | ||||
| Billy Clayton | OF | 60 | 80 | 9 | 10 | 1 | .899 | 1.483 | ||||
| Stephen Schaub | OF | 46 | 85 | 6 | 6 | 1 | .938 | 1.978 | ||||
| Phillip Swimley | OF | 43 | 75 | 3 | 5 | 0 | .940 | 1.814 | ||||
| George Hartwell | OF | 20 | 26 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .966 | 1.400 | ||||
| Kenneth Barbieri | OF | 11 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .875 | 1.273 | ||||
| Dale Roberts | P | 47 | 8 | 25 | 5 | 4 | .868 | .702 | ||||
| Joseph Jeran | P | 32 | 1 | 20 | 2 | 1 | .913 | .656 | ||||
| George Hemming | P | 29 | 5 | 28 | 3 | 1 | .917 | 1.138 | ||||
| Alton Williams | P | 28 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .393 | ||||
| Bill Henry | P | 26 | 4 | 37 | 8 | 4 | .837 | 1.577 | ||||
| Fritz Peterson | P | 23 | 6 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.478 | ||||
| Charles Payne | P | 22 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | .667 | .273 | ||||
| Frederick Berg | P | 22 | 3 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Cecil Perkins | P | 13 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.385 | ||||
| Jerry Kenney | SS | 63 | 76 | 147 | 17 | 20 | .929 | 3.540 | ||||
| Luke Lamboley | SS | 47 | 70 | 107 | 19 | 19 | .903 | 3.766 | ||||
| Richard Kayla | SS | 20 | 30 | 42 | 11 | 6 | .867 | 3.600 | ||||
| Totals | 1255 | 2912 | 1052 | 210 | 176 | .950 | 3.159 | 34 | 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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