1963 Alamance Indians Statistics
Team Record: 77-66
Finished 3rd in the CL's West Division
Manager: Pat Colgan (77-66)
Affiliation: Cleveland Indians
Location: Burlington, North Carolina
Ballpark: Burlington Athletic Park
Attendance: 62,704, Avg. 877
The Alamance Indians of the Carolina League ended the 1963 season with a record of 77 wins and 66 losses, finishing third in the league's West Division.
The Indians topped the circuit with just 579 runs allowed. Alamance scored 601 runs. Jerome Kelly led the squad with 21 home runs and drove in 85 runs. Lee Green topped all regular hitters by hitting .304. Chuck Kovach paced the team with 17 wins, while George Pressley also added 15 or more victories also Macon Lowe recorded a 2.21 ERA, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Casey Cox and Luis Tiant both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.
Pat Colgan 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chuck Kovach | 17 | 11 | .607 | 2.95 | 30 | 27 | 14 | 3 | 195.0 | 160 | 81 | 64 | 13 | 90 | 8 | 174 | 0 | 1 | 9 | |||
| George Pressley | 16 | 7 | .696 | 2.96 | 29 | 28 | 14 | 1 | 210.0 | 192 | 92 | 69 | 16 | 90 | 2 | 150 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Luis Tiant | 14 | 9 | .609 | 2.56 | 31 | 24 | 17 | 6 | 204.0 | 151 | 68 | 58 | 14 | 81 | 4 | 207 | 3 | 1 | 3 | |||
| Larry Patterson | 11 | 8 | .579 | 3.18 | 28 | 24 | 11 | 4 | 164.0 | 147 | 69 | 58 | 10 | 84 | 1 | 135 | 5 | 0 | 12 | |||
| Tom Gansauer | 6 | 6 | .500 | 3.58 | 35 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 103.0 | 102 | 56 | 41 | 8 | 41 | 3 | 59 | 2 | 0 | 15 | |||
| Macon Lowe | 5 | 9 | .357 | 2.21 | 30 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 122.0 | 117 | 62 | 30 | 6 | 53 | 5 | 89 | 4 | 1 | 10 | |||
| Richard Beres | 5 | 12 | .294 | 5.28 | 29 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 116.0 | 92 | 77 | 68 | 8 | 102 | 3 | 109 | 5 | 1 | 12 | |||
| Arsenio Sotolongo | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.85 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.0 | 15 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Thomas Moser | 1 | 2 | .333 | 3.00 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 27.0 | 28 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 27 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Casey Cox | 4 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Sales Paddyfoot | 0 | 0 | 5.40 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35.0 | 47 | 25 | 21 | 2 | 16 | 1 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Walter Bugajski | 0 | 0 | 7.71 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Ron Schamp | 0 | 1 | .000 | 2.77 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13.0 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 76 | 65 | .539 | 3.24 | 252 | 144 | 0 | 69 | 16 | 0 | 1209.0 | 1079 | 574 | 435 | 80 | 587 | 28 | 987 | 29 | 7 | 68 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lee Green | 144 | 597 | 517 | 75 | 157 | 28 | 8 | 8 | 65 | 11 | 6 | 61 | 93 | .304 | .390 | .435 | .825 | 225 | 14 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Johnny Parker | 144 | 637 | 528 | 97 | 152 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 51 | 41 | 11 | 88 | 82 | .288 | .388 | .352 | .740 | 186 | 1 | 16 | 4 | ||
| Jerome Kelly | 145 | 626 | 545 | 81 | 137 | 15 | 6 | 21 | 85 | 7 | 1 | 61 | 133 | .251 | .332 | .417 | .749 | 227 | 8 | 6 | 6 | ||
| Ron Durham | 131 | 530 | 469 | 54 | 131 | 38 | 4 | 7 | 77 | 2 | 2 | 43 | 135 | .279 | .340 | .422 | .762 | 198 | 4 | 6 | 8 | ||
| Orlando Centellas | 132 | 528 | 459 | 67 | 119 | 21 | 7 | 10 | 57 | 6 | 4 | 56 | 78 | .259 | .342 | .401 | .743 | 184 | 3 | 7 | 3 | ||
| Ron Henderson | 121 | 446 | 398 | 45 | 98 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 47 | 9 | 8 | 41 | 61 | .246 | .318 | .332 | .650 | 132 | 2 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Barry Levinson | 118 | 521 | 439 | 66 | 96 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 24 | 13 | 13 | 73 | 106 | .219 | .329 | .287 | .616 | 126 | 2 | 2 | 5 | ||
| June Raines | 104 | 366 | 290 | 30 | 63 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 69 | 63 | .217 | .370 | .297 | .667 | 86 | 2 | 4 | 1 | ||
| Bob Wolenski | 88 | 281 | 234 | 25 | 54 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 27 | 4 | 2 | 42 | 40 | .231 | .354 | .338 | .691 | 79 | 3 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Milton Swift | 54 | 168 | 125 | 17 | 26 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 39 | 34 | .208 | .389 | .272 | .661 | 34 | 0 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Chuck Kovach | 34 | 84 | 75 | 9 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 18 | .200 | .256 | .293 | .549 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Luis Tiant | 35 | 84 | 73 | 5 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 24 | .192 | .241 | .247 | .487 | 18 | 1 | 5 | 1 | ||
| Terrence Wenger | 30 | 122 | 91 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 46 | .132 | .308 | .286 | .593 | 26 | 1 | 5 | 2 | ||
| Tom Gansauer | 35 | 38 | 35 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13 | .200 | .243 | .200 | .443 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Larry Patterson | 29 | 61 | 52 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 27 | .135 | .203 | .173 | .376 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||
| George Pressley | 31 | 91 | 82 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 55 | .085 | .128 | .085 | .213 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Willard West | 20 | 44 | 37 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 12 | .162 | .295 | .270 | .566 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Richard Beres | 34 | 47 | 37 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 17 | .135 | .289 | .189 | .478 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Sales Paddyfoot | 17 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .286 | .375 | .286 | .661 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Macon Lowe | 30 | 39 | 35 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 16 | .057 | .132 | .057 | .189 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Walter Bugajski | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ron Schamp | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .000 | .250 | .000 | .250 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Arsenio Sotolongo | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Thomas Moser | 7 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .000 | .125 | .000 | .125 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1498 | 5337 | 4543 | 601 | 1111 | 172 | 46 | 71 | 525 | 97 | 49 | 637 | 1066 | .245 | .340 | .350 | .690 | 1588 | 0 | 42 | 73 | 42 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ron Durham | 1B | 131 | 1036 | 71 | 20 | 91 | .982 | 8.450 | ||||
| Lee Green | 1B | 16 | 111 | 6 | 1 | 10 | .992 | 7.312 | ||||
| Johnny Parker | 2B | 130 | 287 | 351 | 34 | 68 | .949 | 4.908 | ||||
| Barry Levinson | 2B | 13 | 37 | 32 | 3 | 8 | .958 | 5.308 | ||||
| Orlando Centellas | 3B | 131 | 104 | 259 | 23 | 26 | .940 | 2.771 | ||||
| Bob Wolenski | 3B | 12 | 6 | 11 | 8 | 1 | .680 | 1.417 | ||||
| June Raines | C | 100 | 672 | 64 | 13 | 9 | .983 | 7.360 | 8 | |||
| Milton Swift | C | 39 | 298 | 27 | 10 | 3 | .970 | 8.333 | 16 | |||
| Willard West | C | 15 | 76 | 7 | 5 | 2 | .943 | 5.533 | 4 | |||
| Jerome Kelly | OF | 145 | 230 | 14 | 7 | 3 | .972 | 1.683 | ||||
| Lee Green | OF | 130 | 291 | 18 | 17 | 3 | .948 | 2.377 | ||||
| Ron Henderson | OF | 106 | 159 | 11 | 12 | 1 | .934 | 1.604 | ||||
| Bob Wolenski | OF | 59 | 68 | 7 | 4 | 2 | .949 | 1.271 | ||||
| Tom Gansauer | P | 35 | 7 | 23 | 3 | 1 | .909 | .857 | ||||
| Luis Tiant | P | 31 | 11 | 28 | 3 | 2 | .929 | 1.258 | ||||
| Macon Lowe | P | 30 | 4 | 12 | 5 | 0 | .762 | .533 | ||||
| Chuck Kovach | P | 30 | 13 | 26 | 3 | 1 | .929 | 1.300 | ||||
| George Pressley | P | 29 | 8 | 41 | 2 | 5 | .961 | 1.690 | ||||
| Richard Beres | P | 29 | 9 | 20 | 5 | 2 | .853 | 1.000 | ||||
| Larry Patterson | P | 28 | 9 | 19 | 4 | 1 | .875 | 1.000 | ||||
| Sales Paddyfoot | P | 15 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .667 | .267 | ||||
| Arsenio Sotolongo | P | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| Thomas Moser | P | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ron Schamp | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Walter Bugajski | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Barry Levinson | SS | 111 | 153 | 249 | 34 | 46 | .922 | 3.622 | ||||
| Terrence Wenger | SS | 30 | 44 | 65 | 11 | 13 | .908 | 3.633 | ||||
| Johnny Parker | SS | 14 | 24 | 34 | 9 | 7 | .866 | 4.143 | ||||
| Totals | 1430 | 3659 | 1397 | 238 | 305 | .955 | 3.536 | 28 | 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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