1963 Auburn Mets Statistics
Team Record: 76-54
Finished 1st in the NYPL
Manager: Dick Cole (76-54)
Affiliation: New York Mets
Location: Auburn, New York
Ballpark: Falcon Park I
Attendance: 41,770, Avg. 643
Playoffs - Batavia Pirates 2 games, Auburn Mets 0
The Auburn Mets of the New York-Pennsylvania League ended the 1963 season with a record of 76 wins and 54 losses, finishing first in the NYPL.
The Mets led the league with 774 runs. Auburn surrendered 623 runs, least in the league. Robert Sturges walloped 30 home runs for the squad, while Richard Bazinet swatted 15 or more also. Richard Bazinet accounted for 96 RBI. Eduardo Ventura paced batters with significant playing time with a .307 average. Ron Locke topped the team with 18 wins, and Frank Griffith registered a 2.06 earned run average, tops among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Members of the 1963 Auburn Mets who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Ron Locke, John Stephenson and Cleon Jones.
Dick Cole 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ron Locke | 18 | 8 | .692 | 2.94 | 26 | 26 | 19 | 1 | 217.0 | 161 | 90 | 71 | 28 | 60 | 5 | 249 | 10 | 1 | 8 | |||
| Bruce Wilson | 13 | 8 | .619 | 4.15 | 30 | 21 | 9 | 0 | 165.0 | 144 | 99 | 76 | 20 | 88 | 4 | 214 | 7 | 1 | 17 | |||
| Paul Alspach | 10 | 9 | .526 | 4.41 | 21 | 19 | 13 | 1 | 155.0 | 150 | 87 | 76 | 24 | 65 | 3 | 192 | 3 | 0 | 7 | |||
| Frank Griffith | 9 | 3 | .750 | 2.06 | 15 | 15 | 7 | 0 | 109.0 | 91 | 38 | 25 | 8 | 35 | 3 | 106 | 2 | 0 | 4 | |||
| Preston Aldridge | 8 | 9 | .471 | 4.22 | 32 | 19 | 7 | 1 | 145.0 | 130 | 82 | 68 | 18 | 61 | 1 | 145 | 4 | 0 | 6 | |||
| William Robinson | 7 | 4 | .636 | 3.46 | 38 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 65.0 | 55 | 30 | 25 | 8 | 28 | 3 | 73 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Vincent Scales | 6 | 4 | .600 | 5.01 | 17 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 88.0 | 84 | 56 | 49 | 9 | 49 | 3 | 92 | 4 | 0 | 12 | |||
| Frank Horne | 2 | 3 | .400 | 4.11 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 57.0 | 72 | 38 | 26 | 6 | 27 | 6 | 53 | 3 | 0 | 4 | |||
| Robert Fletcher | 2 | 3 | .400 | 7.17 | 19 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 64.0 | 86 | 56 | 51 | 10 | 31 | 0 | 50 | 4 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Tracy Rivers | 1 | 2 | .333 | 6.00 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 24.0 | 28 | 22 | 16 | 6 | 13 | 0 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |||
| John Stephenson | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Eduardo Ventura | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| John Strickler | 0 | 0 | 3.00 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Richard Martin | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Jerome Terry | 0 | 0 | 10.12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Johnny McKee | 0 | 1 | .000 | 10.80 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Totals | 76 | 54 | .585 | 4.04 | 234 | 131 | 0 | 65 | 4 | 0 | 1117.0 | 1030 | 618 | 502 | 141 | 479 | 28 | 1216 | 40 | 3 | 71 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eduardo Ventura | 116 | 483 | 440 | 69 | 135 | 25 | 5 | 0 | 39 | 8 | 3 | 32 | 24 | .307 | .355 | .386 | .741 | 170 | 4 | 1 | 6 | ||
| John Pavlus | 129 | 530 | 479 | 71 | 125 | 22 | 2 | 3 | 47 | 9 | 0 | 38 | 77 | .261 | .317 | .334 | .651 | 160 | 4 | 3 | 6 | ||
| Richard Martin | 107 | 437 | 383 | 63 | 116 | 25 | 3 | 8 | 58 | 7 | 1 | 43 | 50 | .303 | .377 | .446 | .823 | 171 | 5 | 2 | 4 | ||
| Richard Bazinet | 115 | 487 | 390 | 105 | 114 | 26 | 5 | 17 | 96 | 14 | 2 | 83 | 83 | .292 | .430 | .515 | .945 | 201 | 12 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Robert Sturges | 117 | 489 | 407 | 91 | 112 | 24 | 4 | 30 | 93 | 7 | 0 | 71 | 76 | .275 | .383 | .575 | .958 | 234 | 3 | 3 | 5 | ||
| Alan Feldstein | 86 | 350 | 315 | 45 | 96 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 43 | 2 | 1 | 27 | 49 | .305 | .361 | .432 | .793 | 136 | 3 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Donald Trolliet | 100 | 402 | 350 | 60 | 93 | 17 | 4 | 8 | 51 | 5 | 4 | 50 | 69 | .266 | .358 | .406 | .763 | 142 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| William Boyce | 84 | 344 | 294 | 40 | 81 | 14 | 2 | 11 | 74 | 6 | 4 | 44 | 58 | .276 | .370 | .449 | .819 | 132 | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Ron Price | 79 | 311 | 261 | 53 | 73 | 15 | 1 | 7 | 40 | 1 | 1 | 48 | 53 | .280 | .389 | .425 | .814 | 111 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| John Stephenson | 59 | 234 | 203 | 34 | 53 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 36 | 3 | 2 | 26 | 28 | .261 | .353 | .438 | .792 | 89 | 3 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Paul Serra | 42 | 159 | 137 | 23 | 37 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 22 | .270 | .371 | .394 | .765 | 54 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ron Locke | 33 | 99 | 92 | 13 | 30 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 18 | .326 | .361 | .380 | .741 | 35 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Arthur Jones | 26 | 96 | 82 | 18 | 25 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 12 | .305 | .385 | .476 | .861 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Cleon Jones | 14 | 59 | 50 | 19 | 18 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 11 | .360 | .458 | .560 | 1.018 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Edward Wine | 24 | 101 | 83 | 17 | 17 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 29 | .205 | .313 | .434 | .747 | 36 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Frank Griffith | 18 | 51 | 49 | 8 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 | .286 | .314 | .347 | .661 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Paul Alspach | 24 | 72 | 63 | 5 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 26 | .190 | .271 | .222 | .494 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| James Hardy | 13 | 44 | 40 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 10 | .275 | .326 | .375 | .701 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Preston Aldridge | 32 | 56 | 47 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 16 | .234 | .294 | .255 | .549 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Bruce Wilson | 34 | 65 | 60 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 22 | .150 | .177 | .217 | .394 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Clifford McWilliams | 14 | 48 | 44 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 22 | .136 | .208 | .182 | .390 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Vincent Scales | 24 | 48 | 41 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 16 | .098 | .213 | .122 | .335 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Rick Smoliak | 12 | 22 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | .176 | .318 | .176 | .495 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| William Robinson | 38 | 17 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | .154 | .353 | .154 | .507 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Strickler | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tracy Rivers | 7 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .100 | .100 | .100 | .200 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Frank Horne | 15 | 22 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 | .053 | .100 | .053 | .153 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Robert Fletcher | 19 | 26 | 23 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 | .043 | .120 | .043 | .163 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Vincent Smedes | 3 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .000 | .200 | .000 | .200 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jerome Terry | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Doug Linehan | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1393 | 5076 | 4405 | 773 | 1201 | 229 | 46 | 103 | 681 | 71 | 19 | 562 | 829 | .273 | .357 | .416 | .773 | 1831 | 0 | 38 | 35 | 36 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ron Price | 1B | 76 | 515 | 22 | 8 | 31 | .985 | 7.066 | ||||
| Paul Serra | 1B | 35 | 244 | 13 | 5 | 20 | .981 | 7.343 | ||||
| Richard Martin | 1B | 23 | 168 | 15 | 1 | 11 | .995 | 7.957 | ||||
| Alan Feldstein | 2B | 81 | 128 | 173 | 19 | 26 | .941 | 3.716 | ||||
| Donald Trolliet | 2B | 59 | 80 | 116 | 13 | 23 | .938 | 3.322 | ||||
| Robert Sturges | 3B | 95 | 81 | 147 | 17 | 9 | .931 | 2.400 | ||||
| Donald Trolliet | 3B | 41 | 32 | 64 | 10 | 10 | .906 | 2.341 | ||||
| William Boyce | C | 79 | 711 | 35 | 15 | 3 | .980 | 9.443 | 9 | |||
| John Stephenson | C | 18 | 156 | 11 | 4 | 0 | .977 | 9.278 | 8 | |||
| Clifford McWilliams | C | 14 | 137 | 11 | 1 | 0 | .993 | 1.571 | 3 | |||
| Arthur Jones | C | 11 | 77 | 2 | 4 | 0 | .952 | 7.182 | 2 | |||
| Richard Bazinet | OF | 113 | 123 | 13 | 10 | 2 | .932 | 1.204 | ||||
| Eduardo Ventura | OF | 111 | 178 | 12 | 6 | 1 | .969 | 1.712 | ||||
| Richard Martin | OF | 82 | 113 | 8 | 7 | 3 | .945 | 1.476 | ||||
| John Stephenson | OF | 37 | 38 | 10 | 3 | 1 | .941 | 1.297 | ||||
| Edward Wine | OF | 21 | 20 | 4 | 2 | 0 | .923 | 1.143 | ||||
| Robert Sturges | OF | 14 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.357 | ||||
| Arthur Jones | OF | 13 | 17 | 1 | 4 | 0 | .818 | 1.385 | ||||
| Cleon Jones | OF | 12 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.083 | ||||
| James Hardy | OF | 11 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .889 | .727 | ||||
| William Robinson | P | 38 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .474 | ||||
| Preston Aldridge | P | 32 | 8 | 20 | 1 | 2 | .966 | .875 | ||||
| Bruce Wilson | P | 30 | 4 | 26 | 4 | 0 | .882 | 1.000 | ||||
| Ron Locke | P | 26 | 7 | 40 | 1 | 2 | .979 | 1.808 | ||||
| Paul Alspach | P | 21 | 6 | 16 | 3 | 0 | .880 | 1.048 | ||||
| Robert Fletcher | P | 19 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .889 | .421 | ||||
| Vincent Scales | P | 17 | 3 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.118 | ||||
| Frank Horne | P | 15 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .800 | ||||
| Frank Griffith | P | 15 | 1 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.533 | ||||
| Tracy Rivers | P | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| John Strickler | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Johnny McKee | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jerome Terry | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| John Pavlus | SS | 127 | 189 | 314 | 32 | 64 | .940 | 3.961 | ||||
| Totals | 1303 | 3090 | 1147 | 172 | 211 | .961 | 3.252 | 22 | 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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