1966 Boston (N) Braves
Record: 77-85
Finish: 3rd in NL Federal Division Division
Runs Scored: 640
Runs Allowed: 685
Exp W-L: 76-86
 
Ballpark: Turner Field
Attendance: 1,427,944
Manager: Ben Thompson

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 70-67, 6th in the National League
AA: 69-68, 5th in the National League
A: 61-76, 7th in the National League
 
 
 
 
Team Index    Draft History Park History
Starters: Positional    Registers: Batters     Leaders: Batters   
  Pitchers   Pitchers   Pitchers
 
Team Batting Stats     Help
Pos Name Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS DWS
2B  Lee Walls 33 156 619 85 194 22 7 17 71 12 9 45 95 .313 .359 .454 .813 94.1 22.3 6.2
LF  Mike Hershberger 26 156 565 57 146 24 2 7 58 9 2 40 37 .258 .311 .345 .656 57.7 8.9 2.9
2B  Johnny Goryl 32 154 523 53 128 26 2 23 80 2 2 47 114 .245 .305 .434 .739 69.6 12.6 2.4
1B *Joe Pepitone 25 131 485 72 148 15 2 19 79 9 9 45 31 .305 .360 .462 .822 76.2 17.6 1.9
RF  Tony Conigliaro 21 129 490 67 111 25 0 17 61 3 6 36 102 .227 .285 .382 .666 50.9 6.7 1.6
C *Charlie Lau 33 136 424 51 118 20 5 7 48 2 2 42 60 .278 .344 .399 .743 55.4 11.7 7.1
1B *Rusty Staub 22 102 377 61 110 20 4 6 46 4 0 55 23 .292 .384 .414 .798 60.6 14.9 1.9
1B  Luis Aparicio 32 103 256 27 61 13 0 1 19 28 5 11 22 .238 .268 .301 .568 21.3 1.6 2.5
SS  Rico Petrocelli 23 95 230 20 39 7 0 2 15 0 0 26 66 .170 .252 .226 .478 13.1 0.0 2.9
RF  Pancho Herrera 32 127 238 26 48 11 1 4 29 2 0 13 63 .202 .250 .307 .557 17.5 0.2 0.8
2B *Don Blasingame 34 85 220 29 63 12 3 2 16 8 5 10 22 .286 .319 .395 .714 25.9 4.9 2.8
2B  Jim Davenport 32 107 179 23 36 12 1 3 19 1 0 19 32 .201 .280 .330 .610 16.0 1.3 1.6
C  Bob Tillman 29 53 132 17 32 3 2 7 20 1 0 14 38 .242 .311 .455 .765 20.4 4.3 2.3
CF  Bob Perry 31 51 123 10 34 5 0 3 15 0 0 2 17 .276 .291 .390 .682 13.1 2.2 0.4
P  Luis Tiant 25 39 103 5 13 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 36 .126 .151 .146 .297 0.0 0.0 0.0
RF *Bob Farley 28 46 93 7 22 1 2 2 10 0 0 13 22 .237 .330 .355 .685 11.0 2.0 0.5
P  Joe Horlen 28 41 88 3 6 1 1 0 2 0 0 1 17 .068 .079 .102 .181 -3.7 0.0 0.0
P  Karl Spooner 35 36 86 6 12 1 0 1 6 0 1 1 35 .140 .149 .186 .335 0.6 0.0 0.0
C  John Orsino 28 30 79 8 12 3 1 0 8 0 0 6 25 .152 .209 .215 .424 2.3 0.0 1.1
C  Earl Averill 34 25 59 9 15 0 1 1 7 0 0 16 17 .254 .416 .339 .755 10.0 2.0 0.3
P  Ramon Monzant 33 26 48 1 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 13 .063 .063 .083 .146 -2.3 0.0 0.0
P  Cecil Butler 28 74 23 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 .130 .130 .130 .261 -0.3 0.0 0.0
SS  Dal Maxvill 27 18 26 3 7 1 0 0 5 0 0 0 3 .269 .269 .308 .577 2.0 0.2 0.2
P *Leo Kiely 36 75 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .143 .143 .143 .286 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Dick Lines 27 29 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .143 .143 .143 .286 0.0 0.0 0.0
P  Camilo Pascual 32 76 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4 0.0 0.0
P *Bo Belinsky 29 36 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0 0.0
P  Don Lee 32 43 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 29.5 2179 5489 640 1363 225 34 122 618 81 41 444 908 .248 .305 .368 .674 610.5 113.4 39.3
  Rank among 10 NL teams 8 7 7 6 5 8 7 3 7 7 3 7 7 7 7 7  
* - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, blank - bats right-handed
Team Pitching Stats     Help
Name Age W L Pct G GS SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA PWS
 Luis Tiant 25 17 17 .500 39 39 0 307.0 289 126 22 104 181 3.69 15.2
 Joe Horlen 28 10 19 .345 41 41 0 288.0 296 135 38 83 206 4.22 8.5
*Karl Spooner 35 17 10 .630 36 36 0 259.7 223 110 38 88 258 3.81 14.9
 Ramon Monzant 33 5 12 .294 26 26 0 153.0 138 66 22 69 127 3.88 4.9
 Cecil Butler 28 7 7 .500 74 20 9 136.0 120 45 10 24 122 2.98 13.9
*Leo Kiely 36 7 5 .583 75 0 13 92.7 91 36 7 8 60 3.50 11.0
 Camilo Pascual 32 5 4 .556 75 0 8 68.7 66 30 15 24 46 3.93 4.5
 Don Lee 32 7 4 .636 43 0 2 55.0 58 22 4 20 29 3.60 3.9
*Bo Belinsky 29 1 3 .250 33 0 6 44.7 44 24 7 22 34 4.84 1.2
*Dick Lines 27 1 3 .250 29 0 3 41.0 48 24 6 11 20 5.27 0.0
 Bob Tillman 29 0 0 .000 1 0 1 1.0 1 0 0 0 2 0.00 0.3
 Luis Aparicio 32 0 1 .000 1 0 0 1.0 4 6 1 4 0 54.00 0.0
Team Totals 30.5 77 85 .475 473 162 42 1447.6 1378 624 170 457 1085 3.88 78.3
Rank among 10 NL teams 7 7 2 7 8 6 9 7 7 3 7  
* - throws left-handed, blank - throws right-handed
Team Fielding Stats     Help
Last 2 columns are Fielding Percentage and Range Factor (expect Catcher where last column is Runners Thrown Out Percentage)
Numbers in headings are league average values.
Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 34.0
C.Lau 937.7 103 115 727 52 2 0 .997 37.3
B.Tillman 335.0 38 40 243 15 0 0 1.000 29.2
J.Orsino 159.0 19 20 121 8 1 0 .992 37.5
E.Averill 16.0 2 2 14 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
Team Total 1447.7 162 177 1105 75 3 0 .997 34.9
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 11.20
R.Staub 871.3 98 100 968 59 7 75 .993 10.61
B.Farley 219.0 25 27 235 21 2 19 .992 10.52
L.Walls 143.7 16 16 183 11 0 13 1.000 12.15
J.Goryl 82.0 10 10 95 11 2 9 .981 11.63
P.Herrera 79.0 8 14 98 10 1 4 .991 12.30
L.Aparicio 33.0 3 12 42 0 0 2 1.000 11.45
D.Maxvill 17.0 2 2 19 0 2 2 .905 10.06
J.Pepitone 1.7 0 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 10.84
C.Lau 1.0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 18.00
Team Total 1447.7 162 183 1643 113 14 124 .992 10.92
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 5.57
L.Walls 1165.7 129 133 238 473 9 80 .988 5.49
D.Blasingame 108.6 12 16 24 42 1 7 .985 5.47
J.Davenport 98.3 12 13 21 38 0 5 1.000 5.40
L.Aparicio 15.0 2 3 4 5 0 0 1.000 5.40
J.Goryl 1.0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1.000 18.00
Team Total 1388.6 155 166 288 559 10 93 .988 5.49
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .954 2.74
J.Goryl 1122.7 132 134 70 222 16 20 .948 2.34
L.Aparicio 125.0 14 20 7 31 2 2 .950 2.74
J.Davenport 115.0 11 19 8 29 1 2 .974 2.90
R.Petrocelli 40.0 4 6 3 10 0 1 1.000 2.93
D.Blasingame 14.8 1 5 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.22
C.Lau 14.0 0 3 1 6 0 2 1.000 4.50
L.Walls 5.0 0 3 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.80
D.Maxvill 1.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1437.5 162 191 89 302 19 27 .954 2.45
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .970 4.87
R.Petrocelli 555.0 69 79 86 202 11 37 .963 4.67
L.Aparicio 387.7 49 57 46 153 7 19 .966 4.62
D.Blasingame 365.7 42 55 55 144 2 27 .990 4.90
J.Davenport 141.3 10 38 16 54 2 10 .972 4.46
D.Maxvill 27.3 2 10 5 9 0 2 1.000 4.61
J.Goryl 19.0 0 5 2 7 0 0 1.000 4.26
J.Orsino 5.0 0 1 0 2 0 1 1.000 3.60
B.Perry 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1502.0 172 246 210 571 22 96 .973 4.68
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 1.90
J.Pepitone 1101.7 122 123 221 1 0 0 1.000 1.81
E.Averill 164.0 20 20 33 0 2 0 .943 1.81
B.Perry 58.0 7 9 4 1 0 0 1.000 0.78
P.Herrera 50.3 6 7 9 0 0 0 1.000 1.61
L.Aparicio 46.0 5 8 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.17
D.Maxvill 17.0 2 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.06
B.Belinsky 4.7 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
C.Pascual 4.0 0 1 1 0 1 0 .500 2.25
L.Walls 2.0 0 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1447.7 162 175 276 2 4 0 .986 1.73
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .986 2.39
M.Hershberger 1249.3 141 153 320 10 5 1 .985 2.38
B.Perry 183.3 21 29 42 0 4 0 .913 2.06
J.Pepitone 14.0 0 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 3.21
D.Maxvill 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1447.7 162 188 367 10 9 1 .977 2.34
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .989 1.86
T.Conigliaro 1079.7 122 128 208 5 11 2 .951 1.78
P.Herrera 317.0 35 41 64 0 2 0 .970 1.82
L.Aparicio 30.0 3 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.50
B.Perry 20.0 2 3 8 0 0 0 1.000 3.60
M.Hershberger 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1447.7 162 178 286 5 13 2 .957 1.81
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .971 2.07
L.Tiant 307.0 39 39 16 71 0 6 1.000 2.55
J.Horlen 288.0 41 41 16 50 2 3 .971 2.06
K.Spooner 259.7 36 36 8 35 1 2 .977 1.49
R.Monzant 153.0 26 26 8 24 0 1 1.000 1.88
C.Butler 136.0 20 74 6 23 0 2 1.000 1.92
L.Kiely 92.7 0 75 3 15 2 0 .900 1.75
C.Pascual 68.7 0 75 3 13 1 2 .941 2.10
D.Lee 55.0 0 43 1 11 0 1 1.000 1.96
B.Belinsky 44.7 0 33 3 8 0 0 1.000 2.22
D.Lines 41.0 0 29 5 6 0 0 1.000 2.41
B.Tillman 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
L.Aparicio 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1447.6 162 473 69 256 6 17 .982 2.02
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Walls .313
On-Base Pct Pepitone .360
Slugging Pct Pepitone .462
OPS Pepitone .822
XR Walls 94.1
Games Walls, Hershberger 156
At-Bats Walls 619
Runs Walls 85
Hits Walls 194
Total Bases Walls 281
Singles Walls 148
Doubles Goryl 26
Triples Walls 7
Homeruns Goryl 23
RBIs Goryl 80
Stolen Bases Aparicio 28
Caught Stealing Pepitone, Walls 9
Walks Staub 55
Strikeouts Goryl 114
ERA Tiant 3.69
Wins Spooner, Tiant 17
Losses Horlen 19
Winning Pct Spooner .630
Saves Kiely 13
Games Pitched Kiely, Pascual 75
Games Started Horlen 41
Complete Games Tiant 13
Shutouts Tiant 1
Innings Pitched Tiant 307.0
Hits Allowed Horlen 296
Homeruns Allowed Horlen, Spooner 38
Strikeouts Spooner 258
Walks Allowed Tiant 104
Walks per 9IP Horlen 2.6
Hits per 9IP Spooner 7.7
Strikeouts per 9IP Spooner 8.9
WHiP Spooner 1.20
OAVG Spooner .232
OOBP Spooner .298
OSLG Tiant .368
OOPS Tiant .682
Team All-Stars
Joe Pepitone
Lee Walls
Player Salaries
Ramon Monzant $ 9,500,000
Karl Spooner $ 6,000,111
Jim Davenport $ 4,500,000
Leo Kiely $ 4,420,000
Lee Walls $ 4,250,000
Charlie Lau $ 4,200,000
Don Blasingame $ 3,511,111
Johnny Goryl $ 2,321,429
Camilo Pascual $ 2,000,000
Mike Hershberger $ 1,378,571
Don Lee $ 999,999
Luis Aparicio $ 650,000
Bob Farley $ 350,000
Earl Averill $ 340,000
Bo Belinsky $ 300,000
Cecil Butler $ 300,000
Tony Conigliaro $ 300,000
Bob Tillman $ 300,000
Joe Horlen $ 300,000
Bob Perry $ 300,000
Luis Tiant $ 300,000
Rusty Staub $ 300,000
Dick Lines $ 300,000
Dal Maxvill $ 300,000
Rico Petrocelli $ 300,000
John Orsino $ 300,000
Joe Pepitone $ 300,000
Pancho Herrera $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
6/1 Traded Carroll Hardy Cleveland (A) Don Blasingame
6/1 Traded John Kennedy Tampa Bay Don Lee