1963 Aberdeen Pheasants Statistics

Northern League (NL) - Class: A
Team Record: 65-55
Finished 2nd in the NL
Manager: Cal Ripken (65-55)
Affiliation: Baltimore Orioles
Location: Aberdeen, South Dakota
Ballpark: Municipal Baseball Park
Attendance: 39,949, Avg. 666

1963 Aberdeen Pheasants Roster

The Aberdeen Pheasants of the Northern League ended the 1963 season with a record of 65 wins and 55 losses, finishing second in the NL.

The Pheasants scored 550 runs and conceded 518 runs. Jim Rouse led Aberdeen with 27 home runs, and Johnny Scruggs walloped 15 or more also. Jim Rouse recorded 80 runs batted in and topped hitters with significant playing time by connecting at a .332 clip. William St. Peter paced the squad with 11 wins, while Howard Stethers registered a 2.8 earned run average, best among hurlers with significant time on the mound.

Players from the 1963 Aberdeen Pheasants who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Dave Leonhard, John Matias, Eddie Watt, Jim Lehew, Andy Etchebarren and Don Secrist.

Cal Ripken served as manager.

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Pitching:

Player	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
William St. Peter	11	10	.524	3.21	24	23		13	2		174.0	154	83	62	13	96	5	148	7	1	16
Howard Stethers	10	6	.625	2.80	21	20		9	2		151.0	120	63	47	4	78	3	151	4	0	11
Eddie Watt	10	12	.455	3.14	24	23		13	0		172.0	158	77	60	9	63	4	136	9	0	10
Don Secrist	7	0	1.000	1.96	24	1		1	0		69.0	43	24	15	3	24	2	57	1	1	0
David Pickle	5	3	.625	4.00	38	1		0	0		54.0	64	36	24	2	35	4	40	2	0	9
Norman Skikas	5	5	.500	4.15	17	13		4	2		89.0	93	52	41	10	45	1	72	1	2	7
Dave Leonhard	4	2	.667	2.45	10	7		4	2		55.0	37	19	15	4	25	1	53	1	1	3
Jerry Alford	4	6	.400	3.54	15	14		4	1		89.0	98	59	35	4	38	0	48	3	0	6
John Stephens	3	0	1.000	1.53	21	2		1	0		47.0	32	10	8	4	9	1	30	3	0	4
Robert Plemmons	3	4	.429	3.17	10	8		4	0		54.0	43	33	19	7	20	1	35	0	0	5
Martin Barrier	1	1	.500	2.57	4	0		0	0		7.0	6	3	2	0	5	0	7	0	0	2
Mark Clarke	1	1	.500	2.62	10	0		0	0		24.0	10	9	7	4	7	1	21	2	0	0
Ken Temple	1	3	.250	7.92	6	6		0	0		25.0	37	27	22	7	13	1	11	2	0	0
Phil Henderson	0	0		0.00	3	0		0	0		1.0	2	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0
Nielsen Cochran	0	0		3.00	1	0		0	0		3.0	4	3	1	0	3	0	1	0	0	1
Johnny Ellen	0	0		5.14	4	1		0	0		7.0	8	10	4	0	5	0	7	1	0	2
Jim Lehew	0	2	.000	3.32	5	1		0	0		19.0	15	10	7	1	6	0	6	0	0	2
Totals	65	55	.542	3.19	237	120	0	53	9	0	1040.0	924	518	369	72	474	24	824	36	5	78	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
Jim Rouse	119	503	431	84	143	16	3	27	80	13	3	69	60	.332	.427	.571	.998	246		3	0	0
Johnny Scruggs	120	544	490	72	115	15	6	23	57	36	10	49	124	.235	.309	.431	.740	211		4	1	0
Herman Rathman	120	474	430	65	114	19	5	10	50	8	3	37	104	.265	.328	.402	.730	173		4	1	2
Nielsen Cochran	103	423	360	61	94	13	3	8	55	12	2	53	62	.261	.358	.381	.738	137		4	1	5
Robert Litchfield	111	465	397	48	90	3	10	0	20	13	2	58	70	.227	.325	.285	.610	113		1	7	2
John Riddle	99	353	316	32	74	13	5	8	52	1	1	31	85	.234	.304	.383	.687	121		2	1	3
Andy Etchebarren	79	310	278	38	71	9	2	11	48	1	1	29	54	.255	.330	.421	.751	117		2	1	0
Robert Beattie	92	389	327	57	71	17	2	10	40	7	3	47	59	.217	.319	.373	.692	122		4	6	5
Charles Aikens	49	171	156	12	37	10	1	0	19	2	5	10	29	.237	.286	.314	.600	49		1	3	1
Robert Adams	26	103	99	13	22	7	1	1	5	4	3	4	23	.222	.252	.343	.596	34		0	0	0
George Farson	29	113	95	13	16	2	1	2	11	2	1	18	27	.168	.301	.274	.575	26		0	0	0
Rex Peters	29	72	63	8	15	3	0	2	8	0	0	7	12	.238	.333	.381	.714	24		2	0	0
Eddie Watt	32	78	71	5	13	1	1	1	11	0	0	3	16	.183	.216	.268	.484	19		0	4	0
Larry Smith	37	80	73	7	12	2	0	1	5	0	0	6	11	.164	.238	.233	.470	17		1	0	0
Norman Skikas	18	35	29	3	7	1	0	0	4	0	0	4	6	.241	.324	.276	.599	8		0	1	1
Howard Stethers	23	64	52	7	7	0	1	1	3	0	0	10	30	.135	.274	.231	.505	12		0	2	0
Robert Millinich	9	38	30	3	6	2	0	0	3	1	0	6	6	.200	.316	.267	.582	8		0	0	2
William St. Peter	28	68	58	3	6	1	0	0	1	0	0	4	19	.103	.161	.121	.282	7		0	6	0
Mark Clarke	11	12	10	2	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	3	.300	.417	.400	.817	4		0	0	0
Robert Plemmons	11	21	17	4	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	5	.176	.263	.176	.440	3		0	2	0
Don Secrist	24	23	18	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	7	.167	.286	.167	.452	3		1	2	0
Robert Matias	9	28	25	3	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	11	.120	.214	.120	.334	3		0	0	0
James Vadas	8	34	30	5	3	1	0	1	6	3	1	2	13	.100	.152	.233	.385	7		0	1	1
Jerry Alford	15	31	30	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	.100	.100	.100	.200	3		0	1	0
Johnny Ellen	4	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	1		0	0	0
Jim Lehew	5	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	1		0	0	0
John Matias	4	6	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.167	.167	.333	1		0	0	0
Ken Temple	6	10	7	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	.143	.333	.143	.476	1		0	1	0
Dave Leonhard	10	19	12	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	.083	.214	.083	.298	1		1	5	0
David Pickle	38	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.250	.000	.250	0		0	0	0
Martin Barrier	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
William Shirah	4	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
John Stephens	21	11	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Totals	1297	4495	3937	548	936	136	41	106	484	103	35	460	866	.238	.321	.374	.694	1472	0	30	46	22	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Jim Rouse	1B	119	974	57	15	82	.986	8.664
Robert Litchfield	2B	82	184	215	10	53	.976	4.866
Charles Aikens	2B	14	31	20	9	2	.850	3.643
Robert Adams	2B	13	29	33	5	8	.925	4.769
Robert Beattie	3B	75	52	105	16	5	.908	2.093
Charles Aikens	3B	13	9	14	3	3	.885	1.769
Johnny Scruggs	3B	11	5	14	8	0	.704	1.727
Nielsen Cochran	3B	11	8	27	6	4	.854	3.182
Robert Adams	3B	10	2	15	3	0	.850	1.700
Andy Etchebarren	C	78	573	58	9	7	.986	8.090	12
George Farson	C	29	195	13	5	1	.977	7.172	4
Robert Beattie	C	17	114	9	3	1	.976	7.235	3
Herman Rathman	OF	118	181	6	15	1	.926	1.585
Johnny Scruggs	OF	116	153	13	9	3	.949	1.431
John Riddle	OF	90	128	7	8	1	.944	1.500
Charles Aikens	OF	19	29	3	0	1	1.000	1.684
Larry Smith	OF	18	20	1	3	0	.875	1.167
Rex Peters	OF	16	21	2	0	0	1.000	1.438
David Pickle	P	38	1	11	2	0	.857	.316
Eddie Watt	P	24	7	37	3	2	.936	1.833
William St. Peter	P	24	12	35	4	2	.922	1.958
Don Secrist	P	24	2	14	1	0	.941	.667
Howard Stethers	P	21	4	32	3	5	.923	1.714
John Stephens	P	21	5	13	1	0	.947	.857
Norman Skikas	P	17	3	16	2	2	.905	1.118
Jerry Alford	P	15	4	15	1	2	.950	1.267
Robert Plemmons	P	10	3	10	0	1	1.000	1.300
Dave Leonhard	P	10	1	11	2	0	.857	1.200
Mark Clarke	P	10	0	8	0	1	1.000	.800
Ken Temple	P	6						.000
Jim Lehew	P	5						.000
Johnny Ellen	P	4						.000
Martin Barrier	P	4						.000
Phil Henderson	P	3						.000
Nielsen Cochran	SS	92	135	278	49	61	.894	4.489
Robert Litchfield	SS	27	42	79	17	8	.877	4.481
Totals		1204	2927	1171	212	256	.951	3.404	19	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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