Chicago Federals History - 1966 Summary

Team Results

Year	W	L	WPct	Finish	GB	Exp Rec	Diff	Avg	ERA	Playoffs	Champion	Attendance	Expenses	Revenue
1966 Chicago Whales	92	70	.568	2^nd	2	91-71	1	.271	3.98	X		3,189,524	$56,537,293	$0

Award Winners

Award	Players	Qty
Robert Moses Grove Award	Kevin Appier	1
Most Impactful Player Award	Sal Bando	1
Jack Roosevelt Robinson Award	Carl Yastrzemski	1
Ozzie Award	Sal Bando (3B), Carlos Correa (SS)	2
All-Star	Kevin Appier, Sal Bando, George Brett, Carlos Correa, Jerry Martin	5
Pitcher of the Month	Kevin Appier (May, Jun), Dennis Eckersley (Sep)	3
Batter of the Month	George Brett (Apr), Sal Bando (Jun)	2
Rookie of the Month	Carl Yastrzemski (Jun, Aug)	2
Player of the Week	Carlos Correa (Apr 18), Kevin Appier (May 9), Sal Bando (May 23), George Brett (Jul 11, Sep 19), Carlos Correa (Sep 26)	6

Batting Stats

Pos	Player	Age	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	HP	SH	SF	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	WAR	OPS+
SS	Carlos Correa	25	157	645	183	34	3	30	83	116	56	6	3	6	101	12	2	.284	.344	.485	.829	6.8	117
2B	George Brett	26	157	644	214	38	10	29	101	114	52	4	0	5	47	17	4	.332	.383	.557	.940	7.7	146
1B	Mark Grace	35	156	616	162	29	3	16	71	99	78	2	1	2	55	1	0	.263	.347	.398	.744	1.6	98
3B	Sal Bando	25	157	592	175	22	2	43	132	104	79	20	0	5	75	1	0	.296	.394	.557	.951	8.3	150
CF	Mickey Rivers	22	149	531	149	24	4	5	54	50	40	1	1	2	55	12	3	.281	.331	.369	.700	0.4	86
RF	Tim Salmon	34	125	464	120	15	3	19	60	56	53	3	0	4	109	0	1	.259	.336	.427	.763	2.3	101
C	Jim Sundberg	31	119	417	85	21	0	8	38	39	41	3	0	4	76	2	0	.204	.277	.312	.589	0.4	57
LF	Carl Yastrzemski	22	88	331	102	19	0	10	42	42	34	0	0	1	35	4	0	.308	.372	.456	.828	2.1	119
LF	Jerry Martin	30	91	316	92	14	2	18	57	50	13	6	1	3	73	2	2	.291	.328	.519	.847	2.8	121
C	Rudy York	22	103	261	77	14	1	20	48	44	39	1	0	0	71	0	0	.295	.389	.586	.975	3.6	155
P	Kevin Appier	26	41	113	20	2	0	3	11	11	4	0	16	0	34	0	0	.177	.205	.274	.479	-0.9	26
P	Dennis Eckersley	23	40	106	15	3	0	0	7	5	4	1	9	0	45	0	0	.142	.180	.170	.350	-1.4	-6
P	Bucky Walters	34	40	104	27	11	0	1	11	11	2	0	12	1	26	0	0	.260	.271	.394	.665	-0.3	74
CF	Luis Matos	30	52	87	17	3	1	1	7	11	5	3	0	0	10	1	0	.195	.263	.287	.551	-0.3	47
LF	Randy Velarde	29	64	76	20	1	0	3	12	6	8	0	2	1	19	0	0	.263	.329	.395	.724	0.1	92
RF	Pat Sheridan	28	18	68	21	3	1	1	5	13	4	1	0	2	13	3	0	.309	.347	.426	.773	0.2	105
P	Elden Auker	27	46	58	10	1	0	0	3	3	3	1	10	0	36	0	0	.172	.226	.190	.415	-0.5	13
3B	Andy High	28	43	66	13	4	1	0	6	4	2	0	0	1	6	0	0	.197	.217	.288	.505	-0.4	33
SS	Tony Phillips	28	40	58	10	2	0	1	4	6	8	0	0	0	14	1	0	.172	.273	.259	.531	-0.2	43
P	Wade Miley	30	35	39	4	1	0	0	2	2	1	0	5	0	10	0	0	.103	.125	.128	.253	-0.6	-32
RF	Orlando Palmeiro	32	19	26	8	2	2	0	7	5	2	0	0	0	4	0	0	.308	.357	.538	.896	0.2	134
P	Jensen Lewis	28	48	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.500	.000	.500	-0.0	50
LF	Norm Larker	32	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.1	-100
P	Kerry Ligtenberg	29	52	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.1	-100
P	Brad Havens	27	16	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.0	-100
P	Wiley Dunham	24	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.0	-100
P	Bob Hasty	26	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.0	-100
27 Players		27.6	1882	5625	1524	263	33	208	761	791	530	52	63	37	918	56	12	.271	.337	.440	.778	31.8	105
NL Rank				2	2	1	2	3	2	2	2	5	6	5	3	5	6	2	2	2	2	2
ABBA Rank				3	2	5	6	3	2	2	4	11	12	10	6	10	12	3	3	2	2	3

Pitching Stats

Player	Age	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	HR	BB	K	HLD	CG	SHO	WHIP	BABIP	WAR	ERA+
Kevin Appier	26	41	41	26	11	0	2.85	331.0	274	110	105	26	95	240	0	18	4	1.11	.258	9.2	149
Dennis Eckersley	23	40	40	21	10	0	3.56	305.7	288	132	121	44	81	249	0	7	2	1.21	.282	5.3	119
Bucky Walters	34	40	40	16	12	0	4.29	294.0	298	153	140	36	79	143	0	14	0	1.28	.273	4.0	99
Elden Auker	27	46	26	12	13	1	4.96	203.3	219	119	112	43	50	84	2	5	1	1.32	.258	-0.6	86
Wade Miley	30	35	15	5	7	1	4.72	137.3	149	72	72	22	40	73	0	2	0	1.38	.286	0.7	90
Jensen Lewis	28	48	0	3	0	0	3.88	67.3	85	33	29	4	24	37	2	0	0	1.62	.338	0.9	110
Kerry Ligtenberg	29	52	0	3	11	29	5.53	55.3	71	39	34	12	21	41	2	0	0	1.66	.333	-0.6	77
Wiley Dunham	24	19	0	3	3	0	4.50	28.0	27	14	14	0	15	16	0	0	0	1.50	.310	0.6	95
Brad Havens	27	16	0	3	2	1	3.13	23.0	24	8	8	1	10	11	1	0	0	1.48	.299	0.4	136
Bob Hasty	26	3	0	0	1	0	6.14	7.3	9	6	5	2	1	1	0	0	0	1.36	.259	-0.2	69
Roy P Smith	25	7	0	0	0	0	6.75	6.7	7	5	5	2	1	6	0	0	0	1.20	.263	-0.1	63
11 Pitchers	27.7	347	162	92	70	32	3.98	1459.0	1451	691	645	192	417	901	7	46	7	1.28	.277	19.6	112
NL Rank		6	1	2	5	2	3	2	4	2	2	4	1	4	4	1	3	2	3	2
ABBA Rank		9	1	3	9	3	8	5	9	7	7	10	2	9	8	4	5	4	3	5

Fielding Stats

Pitchers
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
K. Appier	41	41	19	34	3	53	0	1.000	331.0	1.44	1.4
D. Eckersley	40	40	18	18	2	38	2	.947	305.7	1.06	-0.5
B. Walters	40	40	17	32	3	52	3	.942	294.0	1.50	-1.1
E. Auker	46	26	13	23	0	40	4	.900	203.3	1.59	1.5
W. Miley	35	15	10	19	1	31	2	.935	137.3	1.90	1.0
J. Lewis	47	0	2	7	0	10	1	.900	67.3	1.20	-0.5
K. Ligtenberg	52	0	3	8	1	11	0	1.000	55.3	1.79	1.5
W. Dunham	19	0	2	3	1	5	0	1.000	28.0	1.61	-0.0
B. Havens	16	0	1	2	1	3	0	1.000	23.0	1.17	-0.0
B. Hasty	3	0	0	1	0	1	0	1.000	7.3	1.23	0.0
R. Smith	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	6.7	0.00	0.0
Totals	346	162	85	147	12	244	12	.951	1459.0	1.43	3.2

Catchers
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR	PB	RTO%
J. Sundberg	118	114	672	57	10	733	4	.995	1030.7	6.37	2.4	5	31.6
R. York	50	45	240	28	1	268	0	1.000	396.3	6.09	1.9	4	44.1
R. Velarde	3	2	10	0	0	11	1	.909	24.0	3.75	-0.8	1	0.0
M. Grace	1	1	6	0	0	6	0	1.000	8.0	6.75	-0.1	0	0.0
Totals	172	162	928	85	11	1018	5	.995	1459.0	6.25	3.3	10	33.1

First Basemen
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
M. Grace	147	147	1311	86	117	1409	12	.991	1308.7	9.61	-2.8
R. York	18	15	127	10	6	138	1	.993	140.3	8.79	-0.2
S. Bando	4	0	3	1	1	4	0	1.000	7.0	5.14	0.0
T. Phillips	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	3.0	3.00	0.0
Totals	170	162	1442	97	124	1552	13	.992	1459.0	9.49	-3.0

Second Basemen
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
G. Brett	156	156	328	450	102	791	13	.984	1391.0	5.03	1.4
A. High	5	5	13	15	4	28	0	1.000	42.0	6.00	-0.1
R. Velarde	5	1	3	2	1	5	0	1.000	15.0	3.00	0.5
T. Phillips	1	0	4	5	3	9	0	1.000	11.0	7.36	-0.0
Totals	167	162	348	472	110	833	13	.984	1459.0	5.06	1.8

Third Basemen
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
S. Bando	156	156	98	327	23	433	8	.982	1387.3	2.76	6.2
A. High	8	4	7	8	3	16	1	.938	45.0	3.00	-0.5
T. Phillips	2	2	1	3	0	4	0	1.000	17.0	2.12	0.6
G. Brett	4	0	1	2	0	3	0	1.000	7.0	3.86	0.0
R. York	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	2.7	0.00	0.0
Totals	172	162	107	340	26	456	9	.980	1459.0	2.76	6.3

Shortstops
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
C. Correa	156	155	192	438	86	641	11	.983	1383.3	4.10	10.9
T. Phillips	6	6	9	18	4	28	1	.964	49.0	4.96	-0.5
A. High	11	0	0	5	3	6	1	.833	17.7	2.55	-0.5
R. Velarde	1	1	1	2	0	3	0	1.000	9.0	3.00	0.0
Totals	174	162	202	463	93	678	13	.981	1459.0	4.10	9.9

Left Fielders
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
C. Yastrzemski	87	87	204	5	3	214	5	.977	753.7	2.50	1.4
J. Martin	73	69	162	3	0	167	2	.988	595.3	2.49	8.5
L. Matos	19	4	14	0	0	14	0	1.000	60.0	2.10	0.1
R. Velarde	16	0	5	0	0	5	0	1.000	27.0	1.67	0.0
M. Rivers	2	2	3	0	0	3	0	1.000	19.0	1.42	0.0
O. Palmeiro	3	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	3.0	3.00	0.0
N. Larker	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.7	0.00	0.0
Totals	201	162	389	8	3	404	7	.983	1458.7	2.45	10.0

Center Fielders
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
M. Rivers	146	145	423	11	3	439	5	.989	1279.7	3.05	-7.0
L. Matos	14	10	29	0	0	29	0	1.000	94.0	2.78	-0.1
J. Martin	14	7	24	0	0	24	0	1.000	75.7	2.85	-0.8
O. Palmeiro	4	0	3	0	0	3	0	1.000	6.3	4.26	-0.0
T. Salmon	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	2.0	4.50	-0.0
P. Sheridan	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	1.3	0.00	0.0
Totals	180	162	480	11	3	496	5	.990	1459.0	3.03	-7.9

Right Fielders
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
T. Salmon	128	125	302	3	3	311	6	.981	1101.3	2.49	5.0
P. Sheridan	18	18	40	2	0	42	0	1.000	155.0	2.44	-1.4
L. Matos	17	9	19	0	0	19	0	1.000	87.7	1.95	0.0
O. Palmeiro	9	4	12	1	0	13	0	1.000	51.3	2.28	0.0
J. Martin	5	5	9	2	0	11	0	1.000	41.0	2.41	0.0
C. Yastrzemski	6	0	4	0	0	4	0	1.000	10.3	3.48	0.0
M. Rivers	1	1	1	0	0	2	1	.500	8.0	1.12	0.0
R. Velarde	3	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	4.7	1.93	0.0
Totals	187	162	388	8	3	403	7	.983	1459.3	2.44	3.7

Team Leaders

Batting Leaders

Category	Player(s)	Value
Batting Average	George Brett	.332
On-Base Percentage	Sal Bando	.394
Slugging Percentage	George Brett	.557
OPS	Sal Bando	.951
Games	Carlos Correa, George Brett, Sal Bando	157
At-Bats	Carlos Correa	645
Runs	Carlos Correa	116
Hits	George Brett	214
Doubles	George Brett	38
Triples	George Brett	10
Home Runs	Sal Bando	43
Runs Batted In	Sal Bando	132
Stolen Bases	George Brett	17
Caught Stealing	George Brett	4
Walks	Sal Bando	79
Strikeouts	Tim Salmon	109

Pitching Leaders

Category	Player(s)	Value
Wins	Kevin Appier	26
Losses	Elden Auker	13
Saves	Kerry Ligtenberg	29
Games	Kerry Ligtenberg	52
Games Started	Kevin Appier	41
Complete Games	Kevin Appier	18
Shutouts	Kevin Appier	4
Innings Pitched	Kevin Appier	331.0
Hits Allowed	Bucky Walters	298
Home Runs Allowed	Dennis Eckersley	44
Strikeouts	Dennis Eckersley	249
Walks Allowed	Kevin Appier	95
Earned Run Average	Kevin Appier	2.85
Walks + Hits per IP	Kevin Appier	1.11
BABIP	Kevin Appier	.258

Trades
Date	Sent		Recieved
June 27th	1st Round Draft Pick	to the Detroit Stars for	LF Carl Yastrzemski
November 2nd	LF Brady Anderson	to the Detroit Stars for	P Larry Jackson
November 2nd	3B Sal Bando	to the Houston Eagles for	P Jim Shaw