1966 Austin Braves

1966 > Class AA > 1966 Texas League
Overall: 67-73
Scored 534 runs, Allowed 482 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 77-63

Affiliation: Atlanta Braves-NL
Manager: Hub Kittle
Represented: Austin, TX
Ballpark: n/a
Attendance: n/a
Other Years: 1965 / 1967

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	Ethan Blackaby*	25	109	383	342	58	90	21	5	10	44	10	8	41	50	.263	.342	.442	.784	151
2	Hal Breeden	22	118	396	370	42	95	12	3	4	51	2	3	26	45	.257	.306	.338	.643	125
3	Joe Cisterna#	23	29	35	30	2	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	14	.167	.286	.167	.452	5
4	Glen Clark#	25	136	496	467	49	138	18	2	8	57	6	9	29	72	.296	.337	.394	.731	184
5	Robert Connolly	21	120	410	368	46	96	16	4	7	44	3	3	42	47	.261	.337	.383	.720	141
6	Bobby Cox	25	92	364	339	35	77	11	1	7	30	7	5	25	55	.227	.280	.327	.608	111
7	Robert Daniel	21	13	16	14	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	7	.143	.250	.143	.393	2
8	Tom Dukes	23	22	56	55	4	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	27	.073	.089	.073	.162	4
9	David Fracaro	27	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0
10	Frank Funk	30	39	52	48	8	12	1	1	1	5	0	0	4	18	.250	.308	.375	.683	18
11	Gene Garnell#	27	35	12	12	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	7	.083	.083	.083	.167	1
12	Cito Gaston	22	4	12	10	2	3	1	1	0	4	0	0	2	2	.300	.417	.600	1.017	6
13	Harold Gelein*	25	36	35	32	4	6	2	1	0	2	0	0	3	8	.188	.257	.313	.570	10
14	Rafael Gomez	26	74	246	211	31	38	6	0	3	25	4	2	35	62	.180	.297	.251	.548	53
15	William Hancock*	24	59	200	191	16	53	8	3	3	26	0	2	9	23	.277	.310	.398	.708	76
16	Pat House*	25	25	56	55	2	12	1	0	0	9	0	0	1	11	.218	.232	.236	.469	13
17	Walt Hriniak*	23	134	508	455	48	107	16	3	0	38	2	4	53	59	.235	.315	.284	.598	129
18	Daniel Kern*	24	116	372	343	48	104	19	5	5	45	2	2	29	38	.303	.358	.431	.789	148					Stats for 2 teams
19	George Kopacz*	25	94	354	320	45	91	20	3	11	41	4	0	34	55	.284	.353	.469	.822	150
20	Mike Lum*	20	139	584	541	76	144	19	8	6	48	10	13	43	67	.266	.320	.364	.684	197
21	Felix Millan	22	35	142	135	17	42	5	1	1	6	2	0	7	13	.311	.345	.385	.730	52
22	Bob Moorhead	28	14	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0
23	Gary Neibauer	21	9	14	12	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	8	.000	.143	.000	.143	0
24	Ken Nixon	22	19	35	32	3	4	0	0	2	6	0	0	3	13	.125	.200	.313	.513	10
25	Conrad Noessel	21	8	6	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.167	.167	.167	.333	1
26	Jay Porter	33	77	199	162	20	33	4	0	1	16	0	1	37	24	.204	.352	.247	.599	40
27	Ron Reed	23	4	11	11	0	3	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	4	.273	.273	.364	.636	4
28	Jesus Romero	23	9	9	8	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	.125	.222	.125	.347	1
29	Al Santorini	18	9	15	13	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	.000	.133	.000	.133	0
30	Monte Sharp	22	6	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1
31	Richard Smith	23	16	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.200	.200	.200	.400	1
32	Bill Southworth	20	33	126	104	10	26	2	0	0	8	1	1	22	28	.250	.381	.269	.650	28
33	John Stewart	21	1	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	1
34	Cecil Upshaw	23	12	20	20	2	2	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	5	.100	.100	.200	.300	4
35	Charlie Vaughan	18	22	22	21	1	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	9	.143	.182	.190	.372	4
	35 Players	23.7	140	5061	4453	534	1105	165	37	65	475	51	55	437	763	.248	.319	.346	.665	1539	46	88	37	39

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	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
1	Joe Cisterna	23	8	8	.500	2.53	28	9				103.0	89	42	29	5	35		68				1.204	7.8	0.4	3.1	5.9	1.94
2	Robert Daniel*	21	2	4	.333	6.48	13	8				50.0	54	39	36	3	27		25				1.620	9.7	0.5	4.9	4.5	0.93
3	Tom Dukes	23	8	12	.400	2.70	22	20				150.0	131	55	45	12	44		127				1.167	7.9	0.7	2.6	7.6	2.89
4	David Fracaro	27	0	1	.000	7.20	3	2				5.0	8	5	4	0	5		1				2.600	14.4	0.0	9.0	1.8	0.20
5	Frank Funk	30	11	9	.550	3.16	30	18				151.0	150	63	53	16	29		94				1.185	8.9	1.0	1.7	5.6	3.24
6	Gene Garnell	27	4	4	.500	2.32	35	0				66.0	46	22	17	3	15		64				0.924	6.3	0.4	2.0	8.7	4.27
7	Harold Gelein*	25	2	4	.333	2.30	29	6				94.0	74	31	24	3	32		79				1.128	7.1	0.3	3.1	7.6	2.47
8	Pat House*	25	10	9	.526	2.13	23	19				152.0	129	50	36	6	27		107				1.026	7.6	0.4	1.6	6.3	3.96
9	Hub Kittle	49	0	0		0.00	1	1				1.0	1	0	0	0	1		0				2.000	9.0	0.0	9.0	0.0	0.00
10	Bob Moorhead	28	1	2	.333	5.06	14	0				32.0	30	20	18	3	17		23				1.469	8.4	0.8	4.8	6.5	1.35
11	Gary Neibauer	21	1	2	.333	3.21	9	9				42.0	40	18	15	1	11		40				1.214	8.6	0.2	2.4	8.6	3.64
12	Ken Nixon	22	7	1	.875	2.90	12	8				62.0	61	21	20	5	15		28				1.226	8.9	0.7	2.2	4.1	1.87
13	Conrad Noessel	21	0	1	.000	3.00	8	1				21.0	23	14	7	1	10		12				1.571	9.9	0.4	4.3	5.1	1.20
14	Ron Reed	23	3	1	.750	1.20	4	4				30.0	19	4	4	0	7		22				0.867	5.7	0.0	2.1	6.6	3.14
15	Al Santorini	18	3	2	.600	1.69	9	9				48.0	37	15	9	2	22		49				1.229	6.9	0.4	4.1	9.2	2.23
16	Monte Sharp*	22	0	0		7.20	6	1				10.0	16	8	8	3	4		8				2.000	14.4	2.7	3.6	7.2	2.00
17	Richard Smith	23	0	1	.000	2.35	16	0				23.0	23	12	6	2	10		11				1.435	9.0	0.8	3.9	4.3	1.10
18	John Stewart	21	1	0	1.000	1.29	1	1				7.0	5	1	1	0	2		3				1.000	6.4	0.0	2.6	3.9	1.50
19	Cecil Upshaw	23	4	5	.444	2.77	12	10				65.0	53	22	20	4	14		55				1.031	7.3	0.6	1.9	7.6	3.93
20	Charlie Vaughan*	18	2	7	.222	2.93	22	14				83.0	86	40	27	3	39		71				1.506	9.3	0.3	4.2	7.7	1.82
	20 Players	23.9	67	73	.479	2.86	140	140	100	40	13	1194.0	1075	482	379	72	366	34	886	30	6	59	1.207	8.1	0.5	2.8	6.7	2.42

Team Fielding--By Pos

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer

C

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB
William Hancock	55	364	58	9	5	.979	7.67	4
Glen Clark	50	291	27	12	2	.964	6.36	6
Jay Porter	44	214	17	2	2	.991	5.25	7

1B

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
George Kopacz	84	641	32	8	52	.988	8.01
Hal Breeden	57	516	37	9	38	.984	9.70
Daniel Kern	16	95	9	1	6	.990	6.50	Stats for 2 teams

2B

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Rafael Gomez	59	112	156	8	33	.971	4.54
Bobby Cox	50	105	146	7	27	.973	5.02
Felix Millan	35	89	77	3	16	.982	4.74

3B

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Robert Connolly	66	57	124	14	9	.928	2.74
Bobby Cox	35	35	70	5	5	.955	3.00
Bill Southworth	33	26	54	10	4	.889	2.42
Rafael Gomez	12	10	17	2	0	.931	2.25

SS

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Walt Hriniak	133		230	388	20	67	.969	4.65

OF

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Mike Lum	138	374	12	7	2	.982	2.80
Ethan Blackaby	99	132	9	6	1	.959	1.42
Glen Clark	78	126	7	3	0	.978	1.71
Daniel Kern	78	172	6	2	1	.989	2.28	Stats for 2 teams
Robert Connolly	45	71	5	3	1	.962	1.69
Hal Breeden	38	36	1	4	0	.902	0.97
Jay Porter	11	9	2	0	0	1.000	1.00

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors

	Age	B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Birthplace
Ethan Blackaby	25	L	L	5' 11.0"	190	Jul 24, 1940	Cincinnati, OH, US
Hal Breeden	22	R	L	6' 2.0"	200	Jun 28, 1944	Albany, GA, US
Joe Cisterna	23	S	R	6' 2.0"	183	Sep 10, 1942	San Diego, CA, US
Glen Clark	25	S	R	6' 1.0"	190	Mar 7, 1941	Austin, TX, US
Robert Connolly	21	R	R	6' 0.0"	185	Jan 1, 1945
Bobby Cox	25	R	R	5' 11.0"	180	May 21, 1941	Tulsa, OK, US
Robert Daniel	21	R	L	6' 1.0"	190	Mar 4, 1945	Cullman, AL, US
Tom Dukes	23	R	R	6' 2.0"	185	Aug 31, 1942	Knoxville, TN, US
David Fracaro	27	R	R	6' 4.0"	175	Apr 16, 1939	Waukesha, WI, US
Frank Funk	30	R	R	6' 0.0"	175	Aug 30, 1935	Washington, DC, US
Gene Garnell	27	S	R	6' 1.0"	178	Aug 9, 1938	Trinidad, CO, US
Cito Gaston	22	R	R	6' 3.0"	190	Mar 17, 1944	San Antonio, TX, US
Harold Gelein	25	L	L	6' 2.0"	200	Sep 7, 1940	Hibbing, MN, US
Rafael Gomez	26	R	R	5' 8.0"	163	Sep 6, 1939	San Pedro de Macoris, San Pedro de Macoris, DO
William Hancock	24	L	R	6' 0.0"	183	Apr 19, 1942	Shreveport, LA, US
Pat House	25	L	L	6' 3.0"	185	Sep 1, 1940	Boise, ID, US
Walt Hriniak	23	L	R	5' 11.0"	180	May 22, 1943	Natick, MA, US
Daniel Kern	24	L	L	6' 2.0"	187	Apr 27, 1942	San Diego, CA, US
Hub Kittle	49	R	R	6' 1.0"	195	Feb 19, 1917	Los Angeles, CA, US
George Kopacz	25	L	L	6' 1.0"	195	Feb 26, 1941	Chicago, IL, US
Mike Lum	20	L	L	6' 0.0"	180	Oct 27, 1945	Honolulu, HI, US
Felix Millan	22	R	R	5' 11.0"	172	Aug 21, 1943	Yabucoa, PR
Bob Moorhead	28	R	R	6' 1.0"	208	Jan 23, 1938	Chambersburg, PA, US
Gary Neibauer	21	R	R	6' 3.0"	200	Oct 29, 1944	Billings, MT, US
Ken Nixon	22	R	R	6' 1.0"	200	Oct 4, 1943	Defeated, TN, US
Conrad Noessel	21	R	R	6' 4.0"	200	Oct 16, 1944
Jay Porter	33	R	R	6' 2.0"	180	Jan 17, 1933	Shawnee, OK, US
Ron Reed	23	R	R	6' 6.0"	215	Nov 2, 1942	La Porte, IN, US
Jesus Romero	23	R	R	6' 0.0"	185	Oct 12, 1942
Al Santorini	18	R	R	6' 0.0"	190	May 19, 1948	Irvington, NJ, US
Monte Sharp	22	R	L	6' 4.0"	205	Mar 23, 1944	Decatur, AL, US
Richard Smith	23	R	R	6' 4.0"	210	Feb 23, 1943	Birmingham, AL, US
Bill Southworth	20	R	R	6' 2.0"	205	Nov 10, 1945	Madison, WI, US
John Stewart	21	R	R	6' 1.0"	170	Feb 12, 1945	Hollywood, CA, US
Cecil Upshaw	23	R	R	6' 6.0"	205	Oct 22, 1942	Spearsville, LA, US
Charlie Vaughan	18	R	L	6' 1.0"	185	Oct 6, 1947	Mercedes, TX, US

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