1962 Aberdeen Pheasants Statistics
Team Record: 64-60
Finished 4th in the NL
Manager: Billy DeMars (64-60)
Affiliation: Baltimore Orioles
Location: Aberdeen, South Dakota
Ballpark: Municipal Baseball Park
Attendance: 39,101, Avg. 631
Playoffs - Aberdeen Pheasants 1 game, Duluth-Superior Dukes 0
Finals - Eau Claire Braves 2 games, Aberdeen Pheasants 0
The Aberdeen Pheasants of the Northern League ended the 1962 season with a record of 64 wins and 60 losses, finishing fourth in the NL.
The Pheasants scored 642 runs and gave up 619 runs. Phillip Barth led Aberdeen with 14 home runs and drove in 78 runs. Bill Barraclough paced all qualifying hitters on the roster by connecting at a .292 clip. Tom Phoebus and Frank Bertaina topped the squad with 13 wins each, while Frank Bertaina registered a 3.4 earned run average, best among qualifying pitchers.
Members of the 1962 Aberdeen Pheasants who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Tom Phoebus, Frank Bertaina and Don Wallace.
Billy DeMars 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frank Bertaina | 13 | 10 | .565 | 3.40 | 28 | 24 | 12 | 4 | 159.0 | 129 | 79 | 60 | 7 | 98 | 2 | 160 | 3 | 3 | 8 | |||
| Tom Phoebus | 13 | 10 | .565 | 4.47 | 30 | 26 | 9 | 1 | 167.0 | 124 | 101 | 83 | 7 | 152 | 2 | 195 | 4 | 0 | 31 | |||
| Sigfield Tyler | 8 | 3 | .727 | 3.90 | 35 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 83.0 | 76 | 48 | 36 | 5 | 67 | 4 | 69 | 6 | 0 | 7 | |||
| Hugh Springer | 8 | 9 | .471 | 4.19 | 39 | 20 | 8 | 1 | 174.0 | 150 | 110 | 81 | 12 | 149 | 7 | 154 | 14 | 0 | 17 | |||
| Del Hill | 7 | 4 | .636 | 3.12 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 98.0 | 90 | 47 | 34 | 4 | 57 | 1 | 63 | 2 | 0 | 5 | |||
| Robert Young | 6 | 6 | .500 | 3.78 | 18 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 100.0 | 104 | 61 | 42 | 8 | 49 | 1 | 68 | 5 | 0 | 10 | |||
| Harley Anderson | 3 | 2 | .600 | 4.00 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 36.0 | 32 | 21 | 16 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |||
| Mark Clarke | 3 | 7 | .300 | 5.53 | 25 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 114.0 | 96 | 81 | 70 | 12 | 103 | 3 | 85 | 7 | 0 | 10 | |||
| Lloyd Fourroux | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ronald Kopp | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.80 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Robert Erie | 1 | 1 | .500 | 5.85 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20.0 | 22 | 18 | 13 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |||
| Phillip Barth | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Arne Thorsland | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Bill Barraclough | 0 | 0 | 27.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Joe Rowden | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4.50 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 14.0 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| William Larkin | 0 | 2 | .000 | 10.29 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Freeman Sutton | 0 | 5 | .000 | 2.77 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.0 | 30 | 22 | 12 | 5 | 23 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 64 | 60 | .516 | 4.12 | 259 | 125 | 0 | 44 | 9 | 0 | 1030.0 | 889 | 619 | 472 | 62 | 754 | 22 | 900 | 42 | 3 | 101 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Oplinger | 124 | 544 | 471 | 75 | 135 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 43 | 9 | 64 | 42 | .287 | .371 | .346 | .717 | 163 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | ||
| Phillip Barth | 114 | 474 | 408 | 69 | 115 | 17 | 3 | 14 | 78 | 9 | 51 | 58 | .282 | .370 | .441 | .811 | 180 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 1 | ||
| Don Wallace | 89 | 403 | 317 | 70 | 103 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 15 | 76 | 50 | .325 | .455 | .347 | .802 | 110 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Bill Barraclough | 101 | 411 | 336 | 55 | 98 | 15 | 4 | 10 | 61 | 11 | 63 | 59 | .292 | .413 | .449 | .862 | 151 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 5 | ||
| John Mason | 92 | 362 | 320 | 51 | 91 | 16 | 3 | 6 | 47 | 12 | 36 | 47 | .284 | .351 | .409 | .760 | 131 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Dave Massarelli | 74 | 284 | 245 | 28 | 58 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 33 | 3 | 30 | 35 | .237 | .332 | .355 | .687 | 87 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Charles Embrey | 51 | 199 | 146 | 33 | 49 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 36 | 2 | 47 | 40 | .336 | .497 | .562 | 1.059 | 82 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Lloyd Fourroux | 51 | 208 | 155 | 41 | 46 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 41 | 0 | 47 | 40 | .297 | .457 | .542 | .999 | 84 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | ||
| Jesse Baker | 43 | 184 | 171 | 19 | 43 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 8 | 10 | 34 | .251 | .291 | .316 | .607 | 54 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Herman Rathman | 60 | 205 | 172 | 32 | 42 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 31 | 1 | 29 | 53 | .244 | .353 | .395 | .748 | 68 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Robert Clem | 37 | 133 | 116 | 20 | 37 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 5 | 16 | 22 | .319 | .406 | .431 | .837 | 50 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dick Kristinik | 48 | 194 | 153 | 26 | 37 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 8 | 34 | 11 | .242 | .385 | .288 | .673 | 44 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Jim Rouse | 43 | 161 | 142 | 22 | 35 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 33 | 0 | 13 | 29 | .246 | .312 | .394 | .707 | 56 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Richard Yencha | 33 | 145 | 127 | 18 | 26 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 16 | 27 | .205 | .303 | .291 | .595 | 37 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Charles Aikens | 32 | 122 | 109 | 13 | 23 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 2 | 9 | 28 | .211 | .275 | .330 | .605 | 36 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Robert Beattie | 22 | 90 | 76 | 10 | 22 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 3 | 12 | 11 | .289 | .378 | .513 | .891 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Frank Bertaina | 49 | 92 | 77 | 12 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 12 | 23 | .286 | .378 | .377 | .754 | 29 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Tom Phoebus | 30 | 70 | 62 | 7 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 17 | .226 | .273 | .258 | .531 | 16 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Hugh Springer | 40 | 69 | 58 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 21 | .172 | .250 | .190 | .440 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||
| James Caldwell | 20 | 63 | 50 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 12 | 15 | .160 | .333 | .240 | .573 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Robert Young | 20 | 42 | 33 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 12 | .212 | .257 | .242 | .500 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Charles Bree | 16 | 53 | 50 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 16 | .120 | .170 | .140 | .310 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Del Hill | 20 | 41 | 35 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 11 | .143 | .231 | .286 | .516 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| George Ursuy | 7 | 22 | 21 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | .143 | .143 | .143 | .286 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Sigfield Tyler | 35 | 35 | 29 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 19 | .069 | .206 | .138 | .344 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mark Clarke | 26 | 46 | 39 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 18 | .051 | .159 | .051 | .210 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Robert Erie | 14 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Harley Anderson | 8 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | .091 | .286 | .091 | .377 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Arne Thorsland | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Freeman Sutton | 31 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .000 | .167 | .000 | .167 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joe Rowden | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| William Larkin | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ronald Kopp | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1339 | 4687 | 3946 | 635 | 1041 | 144 | 33 | 75 | 561 | 90 | 0 | 610 | 758 | .264 | .365 | .374 | .739 | 1476 | 0 | 40 | 53 | 38 | 22 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Mason | 1B | 71 | 533 | 49 | 10 | 50 | .983 | 8.197 | ||||
| Jim Rouse | 1B | 40 | 276 | 23 | 8 | 26 | .974 | 7.475 | ||||
| Charles Bree | 1B | 13 | 93 | 2 | 2 | 7 | .979 | 7.308 | ||||
| Bill Oplinger | 2B | 123 | 209 | 281 | 24 | 64 | .953 | 3.984 | ||||
| Phillip Barth | 3B | 110 | 82 | 164 | 29 | 13 | .895 | 2.236 | ||||
| Dick Kristinik | 3B | 13 | 10 | 21 | 4 | 1 | .886 | 2.385 | ||||
| Dave Massarelli | C | 74 | 553 | 38 | 13 | 3 | .978 | 7.986 | 14 | |||
| Robert Beattie | C | 21 | 125 | 11 | 2 | 3 | .986 | 6.476 | 7 | |||
| James Caldwell | C | 20 | 135 | 10 | 3 | 1 | .980 | 7.250 | 13 | |||
| Bill Barraclough | OF | 101 | 192 | 10 | 13 | 2 | .940 | 2.000 | ||||
| Herman Rathman | OF | 54 | 76 | 2 | 7 | 1 | .918 | 1.444 | ||||
| Lloyd Fourroux | OF | 49 | 68 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .973 | 1.449 | ||||
| Jesse Baker | OF | 43 | 81 | 3 | 5 | 0 | .944 | 1.953 | ||||
| Charles Embrey | OF | 40 | 60 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .984 | 1.525 | ||||
| Charles Aikens | OF | 32 | 49 | 1 | 7 | 0 | .877 | 1.562 | ||||
| Robert Clem | OF | 31 | 51 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .981 | 1.677 | ||||
| Dick Kristinik | OF | 23 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.304 | ||||
| Hugh Springer | P | 39 | 2 | 29 | 3 | 4 | .912 | .795 | ||||
| Sigfield Tyler | P | 35 | 7 | 16 | 3 | 0 | .885 | .657 | ||||
| Freeman Sutton | P | 31 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | .750 | .194 | ||||
| Tom Phoebus | P | 30 | 12 | 24 | 1 | 1 | .973 | 1.200 | ||||
| Frank Bertaina | P | 28 | 6 | 31 | 1 | 3 | .974 | 1.321 | ||||
| Mark Clarke | P | 25 | 8 | 22 | 1 | 0 | .968 | 1.200 | ||||
| Del Hill | P | 19 | 3 | 20 | 3 | 2 | .885 | 1.211 | ||||
| Robert Young | P | 18 | 4 | 16 | 1 | 0 | .952 | 1.111 | ||||
| Robert Erie | P | 14 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .357 | ||||
| Harley Anderson | P | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| Arne Thorsland | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Joe Rowden | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| William Larkin | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ronald Kopp | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Lloyd Fourroux | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Phillip Barth | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Bill Barraclough | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Don Wallace | SS | 88 | 167 | 232 | 19 | 51 | .955 | 4.534 | ||||
| Richard Yencha | SS | 33 | 56 | 78 | 18 | 12 | .882 | 4.061 | ||||
| Totals | 1238 | 2888 | 1099 | 183 | 244 | .956 | 3.221 | 34 | 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.
Persons data from the Chadwick Baseball Bureau are Copyright Chadwick Baseball Bureau, and are made available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License.
