1966 Wilson Tobs Statistics
Team Record: 72-65
Finished 3rd in the CL's East Division
Manager: Vern Morgan (72-65)
Affiliation: Minnesota Twins
Location: Wilson, North Carolina
Ballpark: Fleming Stadium
Attendance: 23,501, Avg. 343
The Wilson Tobs of the Carolina League ended the 1966 season with a record of 72 wins and 65 losses, finishing third in the league's East Division.
The Tobs plated 557 runs and conceded 518 runs. Chuck Weatherspoon paced Wilson with 23 home runs and recorded 69 runs batted in. Rod Carew topped all qualifying hitters on the roster with a .292 average. Dick Sommer led the team with 16 wins and a team-best 3.15 ERA, leading regularly-used pitchers.
Héctor Maestri, Rod Carew, Bob Gebhard, Fred Lasher, Charlie Manuel, Ron Keller and George Mitterwald were all players from the 1966 Wilson Tobs who played in the Majors during their careers.
Vern Morgan 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dick Sommer | 16 | 8 | .667 | 3.15 | 32 | 31 | 12 | 3 | 203.0 | 192 | 85 | 71 | 20 | 77 | 5 | 111 | 4 | 0 | 16 | |||
| Larry Whitley | 9 | 13 | .409 | 3.45 | 29 | 23 | 7 | 1 | 154.0 | 150 | 74 | 59 | 12 | 69 | 2 | 113 | 1 | 0 | 5 | |||
| Wayne McAlpin | 8 | 10 | .444 | 3.58 | 23 | 21 | 9 | 1 | 146.0 | 152 | 69 | 58 | 11 | 53 | 1 | 122 | 5 | 1 | 8 | |||
| Curt Sauer | 6 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.84 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 49.0 | 28 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Creighton Burns | 6 | 5 | .545 | 3.18 | 20 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 99.0 | 86 | 46 | 35 | 10 | 30 | 1 | 66 | 9 | 0 | 11 | |||
| Bill Ferrell | 6 | 6 | .500 | 4.19 | 15 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 86.0 | 86 | 50 | 40 | 7 | 31 | 1 | 56 | 4 | 0 | 7 | |||
| Fred Lasher | 6 | 10 | .375 | 2.15 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 92.0 | 60 | 32 | 22 | 3 | 45 | 3 | 82 | 1 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Ron Keller | 4 | 2 | .667 | 2.29 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 55.0 | 38 | 18 | 14 | 3 | 17 | 0 | 44 | 2 | 0 | 5 | |||
| Rich Peterson | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.39 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 41.0 | 38 | 22 | 20 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 33 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Héctor Maestri | 3 | 2 | .600 | 4.18 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 97.0 | 83 | 51 | 45 | 13 | 40 | 1 | 66 | 1 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Ernest Barron | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.21 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 14.0 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Bob Gebhard | 2 | 6 | .250 | 4.42 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 53.0 | 49 | 27 | 26 | 3 | 24 | 0 | 39 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Andrew Dustal | 13 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| George Talsma | 5 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Chuck Weatherspoon | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| James Merrick | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Totals | 71 | 62 | .534 | 3.35 | 257 | 133 | 0 | 50 | 9 | 0 | 1094.0 | 984 | 497 | 407 | 86 | 425 | 15 | 778 | 29 | 2 | 71 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nestor Velazquez | 129 | 542 | 474 | 67 | 123 | 18 | 4 | 7 | 57 | 19 | 10 | 52 | 59 | .259 | .330 | .359 | .689 | 170 | 2 | 6 | 8 | ||
| Paul Pavelko | 128 | 535 | 459 | 60 | 117 | 28 | 7 | 3 | 33 | 11 | 2 | 55 | 52 | .255 | .345 | .366 | .711 | 168 | 9 | 10 | 2 | ||
| Danny DiPace | 109 | 408 | 340 | 55 | 112 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 46 | 7 | 4 | 52 | 52 | .329 | .417 | .441 | .858 | 150 | 2 | 10 | 4 | ||
| Rod Carew | 112 | 441 | 383 | 64 | 112 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 30 | 28 | 11 | 50 | 79 | .292 | .372 | .366 | .738 | 140 | 0 | 6 | 2 | ||
| Chuck Weatherspoon | 121 | 477 | 393 | 74 | 99 | 12 | 4 | 23 | 69 | 7 | 3 | 65 | 73 | .252 | .373 | .478 | .851 | 188 | 12 | 5 | 2 | ||
| Harold Caldwell | 108 | 400 | 360 | 31 | 91 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 49 | 3 | 1 | 29 | 45 | .253 | .309 | .306 | .614 | 110 | 1 | 8 | 2 | ||
| George Mitterwald | 86 | 348 | 313 | 35 | 83 | 18 | 2 | 6 | 48 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 58 | .265 | .318 | .393 | .711 | 123 | 3 | 2 | 6 | ||
| Charlie Manuel | 118 | 403 | 347 | 39 | 80 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 47 | 4 | 3 | 43 | 53 | .231 | .317 | .349 | .666 | 121 | 3 | 6 | 4 | ||
| Joseph Romary | 91 | 310 | 277 | 34 | 58 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 73 | .209 | .283 | .303 | .587 | 84 | 3 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Red Rambo | 79 | 265 | 230 | 26 | 55 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 20 | .239 | .324 | .291 | .616 | 67 | 1 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Calvin Knowles | 70 | 256 | 212 | 29 | 50 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 35 | 32 | .236 | .345 | .358 | .704 | 76 | 1 | 7 | 1 | ||
| Louis Smith | 14 | 56 | 47 | 10 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | .277 | .382 | .340 | .722 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Larry Whitley | 30 | 65 | 60 | 8 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 | .217 | .266 | .300 | .566 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Creighton Burns | 20 | 40 | 33 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16 | .273 | .333 | .303 | .636 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Wayne McAlpin | 23 | 57 | 50 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18 | .180 | .196 | .180 | .376 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Dick Sommer | 32 | 82 | 72 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 33 | .111 | .156 | .111 | .267 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 1 | ||
| Ron Keller | 8 | 22 | 20 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .350 | .409 | .600 | 1.009 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joseph Porrevecchio | 18 | 47 | 43 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 11 | .140 | .213 | .186 | .399 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rich Peterson | 9 | 18 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .333 | .375 | .333 | .708 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Fred Lasher | 44 | 25 | 24 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | .167 | .200 | .167 | .367 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bill Ferrell | 15 | 36 | 28 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 10 | .143 | .265 | .179 | .443 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Héctor Maestri | 34 | 36 | 31 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 11 | .129 | .229 | .129 | .358 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Bob Gebhard | 15 | 19 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | .200 | .294 | .200 | .494 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Curt Sauer | 7 | 20 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .118 | .167 | .294 | .461 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Ernest Barron | 2 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .200 | .333 | .200 | .533 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Paul Mankowski | 3 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1425 | 4920 | 4253 | 556 | 1068 | 172 | 38 | 63 | 481 | 84 | 37 | 500 | 740 | .251 | .333 | .354 | .687 | 1505 | 0 | 38 | 93 | 36 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chuck Weatherspoon | 1B | 110 | 883 | 55 | 12 | 91 | .987 | 8.527 | ||||
| Red Rambo | 1B | 17 | 120 | 6 | 7 | 12 | .947 | 7.412 | ||||
| Joseph Porrevecchio | 1B | 13 | 86 | 6 | 1 | 8 | .989 | 7.077 | ||||
| Rod Carew | 2B | 111 | 248 | 275 | 21 | 76 | .961 | 4.712 | ||||
| Harold Caldwell | 2B | 17 | 36 | 28 | 3 | 8 | .955 | 3.765 | ||||
| Nestor Velazquez | 3B | 118 | 100 | 195 | 20 | 23 | .937 | 2.500 | ||||
| Calvin Knowles | 3B | 15 | 15 | 35 | 4 | 3 | .926 | 3.333 | ||||
| Harold Caldwell | 3B | 11 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 0 | .850 | 1.545 | ||||
| George Mitterwald | C | 82 | 522 | 59 | 13 | 6 | .978 | 7.085 | 13 | |||
| Red Rambo | C | 54 | 341 | 31 | 10 | 5 | .974 | 6.889 | 7 | |||
| Paul Pavelko | OF | 124 | 292 | 10 | 2 | 3 | .993 | 2.435 | ||||
| Charlie Manuel | OF | 109 | 140 | 13 | 5 | 3 | .968 | 1.404 | ||||
| Danny DiPace | OF | 107 | 173 | 6 | 3 | 0 | .984 | 1.673 | ||||
| Calvin Knowles | OF | 49 | 70 | 4 | 3 | 0 | .961 | 1.510 | ||||
| Harold Caldwell | OF | 26 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .923 | ||||
| Chuck Weatherspoon | OF | 14 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .929 | ||||
| Fred Lasher | P | 44 | 1 | 25 | 1 | 2 | .963 | .591 | ||||
| Dick Sommer | P | 32 | 12 | 31 | 1 | 0 | .977 | 1.344 | ||||
| Héctor Maestri | P | 32 | 5 | 23 | 4 | 3 | .875 | .875 | ||||
| Larry Whitley | P | 29 | 3 | 29 | 1 | 1 | .970 | 1.103 | ||||
| Wayne McAlpin | P | 23 | 13 | 17 | 2 | 4 | .938 | 1.304 | ||||
| Creighton Burns | P | 20 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .700 | ||||
| Bill Ferrell | P | 15 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 3 | .941 | 1.067 | ||||
| Bob Gebhard | P | 14 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .929 | ||||
| Rich Peterson | P | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| Curt Sauer | P | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ron Keller | P | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| James Merrick | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ernest Barron | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Joseph Romary | SS | 85 | 119 | 238 | 29 | 43 | .925 | 4.200 | ||||
| Harold Caldwell | SS | 57 | 76 | 161 | 20 | 31 | .922 | 4.158 | ||||
| Totals | 1357 | 3303 | 1296 | 166 | 327 | .965 | 3.389 | 20 | 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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