1965 Thomasville Hi-Toms

1965 > Class A > 1965 Western Carolinas League
Overall: 73-52
Scored 551 runs, Allowed 470 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 72-53

Affiliation: Minnesota Twins-AL
Manager: Ralph Rowe
Represented: Thomasville, NC
Ballpark: n/a
Attendance: n/a
Other Years: 1966

Team Batting

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer

Rk		Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	Robert Alexander	20	111		374		97	9	6	13						.259		.420		157
2	Richard Ashcroft*	23	125		443		103	13	2	6						.233		.312		138
3	Benjamin Atlee*	21	10		17		4	0	0	0						.235		.235		4
4	Bobbye Beckner	23	123		419		99	16	3	16						.236		.403		169
5	James Blackledge	22	24		12		1	0	0	0						.083		.083		1
6	Larry Bohannon	23	8		14		3	0	1	0						.214		.357		5
7	Leonard Boryca	20	20		54		6	1	1	0						.111		.167		9
8	Dave Bryce	19	24		50		5	0	0	0						.100		.100		5
9	Robert Calvert	23	30		58		11	1	0	0						.190		.207		12
10	Terrence Dooley	23	112		326		64	6	2	8						.196		.301		98
11	David Erbe*	20	20		12		2	0	0	0						.167		.167		2
12	Steven Free	21	113		362		94	13	2	4						.260		.340		123
13	Jim Glover	21	125		494		125	24	2	7						.253		.352		174
14	Mickey Hoien	23	17		18		3	0	0	0						.167		.167		3
15	Nathaniel King*	18	13		32		6	3	0	0						.188		.281		9
16	Richard Littlejohn	28	78		199		39	7	2	1						.196		.266		53
17	John Livingston	23	120		443		109	8	4	2						.246		.296		131
18	Gene Melton	23	34		53		8	0	0	0						.151		.151		8
19	Gerald Newman	23	6		13		5	0	0	0						.385		.385		5
20	Michael Peschel	20	7		14		0	0	0	0						.000		.000		0
21	Pedro Sierra	26	40		13		0	0	0	0						.000		.000		0
22	Dick Sommer	20	29		65		8	0	0	0						.123		.123		8
23	Stephen Thornton	21	49		73		13	2	0	0						.178		.205		15
24	Thomas Videtich	25	107		312		77	16	0	2						.247		.317		99
25	Gary Weldon	20	30		26		4	0	0	0						.154		.154		4
26	Brian Wilhelm	20	6		2		0	0	0	0						.000		.000		0
	26 Players	22.4	125	4534	3899	551	885	119	25	59	524	115	44	523	1002	.227	.322	.316	.638	1231	39	42	31	23

Only players for whom we have stats are shown. See roster for more complete team list.

Team Pitching

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer

Rk		Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
1	James Blackledge	22	1	5	.167	2.51	24	0				43.0	35	22	12	4	24							1.372	7.3	0.8	5.0
2	Larry Bohannon	23	3	2	.600	1.10	8	7				49.0	54	11	6	1	4							1.184	9.9	0.2	0.7
3	Dave Bryce	19	13	4	.765	2.84	24	19				146.0	122	53	46	6	47							1.158	7.5	0.4	2.9
4	Robert Calvert	23	12	8	.600	3.05	30	25				180.0	175	84	61	11	83							1.433	8.8	0.6	4.2
5	David Erbe*	20	2	1	.667	3.64	20	4				42.0	40	25	17	2	37							1.833	8.6	0.4	7.9
6	Gene Melton	23	8	14	.364	3.46	33	26				169.0	162	97	65	17	75							1.402	8.6	0.9	4.0
7	Gerald Newman	23	4	1	.800	4.24	6	6				34.0	37	22	16	3	16							1.559	9.8	0.8	4.2
8	Michael Peschel	20	1	3	.250	4.14	7	6				37.0	29	23	17	4	22							1.378	7.1	1.0	5.4
9	Pedro Sierra	26	6	4	.600	1.75	40	1				72.0	76	22	14	2	21							1.347	9.5	0.2	2.6
10	Dick Sommer	20	14	9	.609	2.56	29	27				190.0	142	74	54	10	69							1.111	6.7	0.5	3.3
11	Gary Weldon	20	8	1	.889	2.74	29	3				82.0	66	32	25	6	28							1.146	7.2	0.7	3.1
12	Brian Wilhelm	20	1	0	1.000	3.27	6	1				11.0	13	5	4	1	4							1.545	10.6	0.8	3.3
	12 Players	21.8	73	52	.584	2.87	125	125	77	48	11	1055.0	951	470	337	67	430	23	929	31	2	51	4541	1.309	8.1	0.6	3.7	7.9	2.16

Team Fielding--By Pos

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer

C

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS	CS%	lgCS%	PO
Thomas Videtich	72		556	44	14		.977	8.33
Richard Littlejohn	67		422	60	4		.992	7.19

1B

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Terrence Dooley	106		759	42	15		.982	7.56

2B

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Steven Free	112		273	252	24		.956	4.69

3B

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Bobbye Beckner	115		97	212	51		.858	2.69

SS

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Jim Glover	118		161	340	38		.929	4.25

OF

	G	PO	A	E	Fld%	RF/G
Richard Ashcroft	125	152	15	9	.949	1.34
John Livingston	120	215	13	9	.962	1.90
Robert Alexander	109	161	13	18	.906	1.60
Stephen Thornton	20	25	5	4	.882	1.50

P

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Pedro Sierra	40							0.00
Gene Melton	33							0.00
Robert Calvert	30							0.00
Dick Sommer	29							0.00
Gary Weldon	29							0.00
James Blackledge	24							0.00
Dave Bryce	24							0.00
David Erbe	20							0.00
Larry Bohannon	8							0.00
Michael Peschel	7							0.00
Gerald Newman	6							0.00
Brian Wilhelm	6							0.00

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors

	Age	B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Birthplace
Robert Alexander	20	R	R	6' 2.0"	183	Mar 5, 1945	San Diego, CA, US
Richard Ashcroft	23	L	L	5' 10.0"	170	1942
Benjamin Atlee	21	L	L	6' 0.0"	175	1944
Bobbye Beckner	23	R	R	5' 11.0"	185	Nov 14, 1941	Clayton, NM, US
James Blackledge	22	R	R	6' 1.0"	170	1943
Larry Bohannon	23	R	R	6' 0.0"	195	Oct 2, 1941
Leonard Boryca	20	R	R	5' 11.0"	175	1945
Dave Bryce	19	R	R	6' 4.0"	192	Feb 10, 1946
Robert Calvert	23	R	R	6' 0.0"	170	1942
Terrence Dooley	23	R	R	6' 1.0"	195	1942
David Erbe	20	L	L	6' 0.0"	185	1945
Steven Free	21	R	R	6' 1.0"	185	Nov 21, 1943	Salem, IL, US
Jim Glover	21	R	R	5' 11.0"	170	Oct 4, 1943	Guy, AR, US
Mickey Hoien	23	R	R	5' 10.0"	176	1942
Nathaniel King	18	L	R	6' 2.0"	200	Sep 29, 1946
Richard Littlejohn	28	R	R	5' 11.0"	168	1937
John Livingston	23	R	L	5' 11.0"	175	1942
Gene Melton	23	R	R	6' 2.0"	180	Apr 19, 1942
Gerald Newman	23	R	R	6' 1.0"	180	1942
Michael Peschel	20	R	R	6' 2.0"	180	1945
Pedro Sierra	26	R	R	6' 1.0"	185	Jul 26, 1938	La Habana, La Habana, CU
Dick Sommer	20	R	R	6' 4.0"	175	May 4, 1945
Stephen Thornton	21	R	R	6' 1.0"	175	1944
Thomas Videtich	25	R	R	6' 0.0"	180	May 4, 1940	Tama, IA, US
Gary Weldon	20	R	R	6' 3.0"	195	Apr 21, 1945
Brian Wilhelm	20	R	R	6' 3.0"	185	1945

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