1963 Amarillo Gold Sox Statistics
Team Record: 57-83
Finished 6th in the TL
Manager: Joe Macko (57-83)
Affiliation: Chicago Cubs
Location: Amarillo, Texas
Ballpark: Amarillo Dilla Villa
Attendance: 58,119, Avg. 830
The Amarillo Gold Sox of the Texas League ended the 1963 season with a record of 57 wins and 83 losses, finishing sixth in the TL.
The Gold Sox scored 581 runs, worst in the league, and yielded 726 runs. Paul Popovich, Kenneth Fruchter and Bob Raudman led Amarillo with 17 home runs apiece. Ron Campbell drove in 71 runs. Paul Popovich paced all qualifying hitters on the roster by connecting at a .313 clip. Sterling Slaughter topped the squad with 10 wins and a team-best 3 ERA, best among hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Members of the 1963 Amarillo Gold Sox who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Morrie Steevens, Don Prince, Andy Kosco, George Gerberman, Elder White, Ron Campbell, Dick Burwell, Gordon Massa, Sterling Slaughter, Paul Popovich and Bob Raudman.
Joe Macko 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sterling Slaughter | 10 | 7 | .588 | 3.00 | 24 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 144.0 | 133 | 64 | 48 | 14 | 55 | 2 | 119 | 2 | 0 | 5 | |||
| Dick Burwell | 9 | 12 | .429 | 3.13 | 38 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 181.0 | 164 | 79 | 63 | 15 | 84 | 4 | 132 | 4 | 1 | 9 | |||
| George Gerberman | 9 | 13 | .409 | 5.31 | 50 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 161.0 | 199 | 119 | 95 | 19 | 80 | 4 | 138 | 6 | 1 | 13 | |||
| Don Prince | 7 | 13 | .350 | 5.08 | 30 | 28 | 4 | 2 | 147.0 | 179 | 110 | 83 | 16 | 43 | 3 | 82 | 6 | 0 | 11 | |||
| Roy Peterson | 6 | 4 | .600 | 3.26 | 54 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 80.0 | 66 | 36 | 29 | 9 | 29 | 1 | 52 | 3 | 0 | 5 | |||
| Loyd Wallis | 4 | 4 | .500 | 3.19 | 34 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 79.0 | 65 | 29 | 28 | 5 | 29 | 1 | 71 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Morrie Steevens | 4 | 5 | .444 | 3.76 | 18 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 79.0 | 78 | 43 | 33 | 7 | 36 | 2 | 65 | 7 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Robert Graham | 3 | 4 | .429 | 4.33 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 54.0 | 59 | 40 | 26 | 7 | 19 | 0 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Ron Goerger | 2 | 8 | .200 | 4.50 | 37 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 104.0 | 126 | 66 | 52 | 13 | 44 | 2 | 66 | 4 | 0 | 10 | |||
| Richard Couey | 1 | 1 | .500 | 6.14 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 22.0 | 24 | 15 | 15 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |||
| Art Thompson | 1 | 3 | .250 | 8.33 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 27.0 | 47 | 34 | 25 | 6 | 20 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 4 | |||
| Franklin Hodges | 1 | 4 | .200 | 3.92 | 38 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 78.0 | 86 | 35 | 34 | 6 | 35 | 3 | 53 | 4 | 0 | 5 | |||
| Joe Macko | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Gary Graham | 0 | 0 | 7.50 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| James McGarigle | 0 | 0 | 18.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Bill Ballou | 0 | 2 | .000 | 10.42 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 19.0 | 34 | 24 | 22 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Daniel Saporiti | 0 | 3 | .000 | 5.32 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 22.0 | 32 | 19 | 13 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Totals | 57 | 83 | .407 | 4.30 | 378 | 139 | 0 | 19 | 7 | 0 | 1209.0 | 1310 | 726 | 577 | 130 | 511 | 25 | 861 | 41 | 3 | 74 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Popovich | 139 | 617 | 547 | 94 | 171 | 37 | 2 | 17 | 60 | 5 | 11 | 64 | 69 | .313 | .384 | .481 | .865 | 263 | 0 | 5 | 1 | ||
| Ron Campbell | 136 | 577 | 544 | 68 | 170 | 33 | 6 | 7 | 71 | 5 | 5 | 25 | 64 | .312 | .343 | .434 | .776 | 236 | 1 | 5 | 2 | ||
| Ken Faulkner | 131 | 505 | 465 | 64 | 127 | 26 | 2 | 14 | 68 | 1 | 3 | 33 | 81 | .273 | .321 | .428 | .749 | 199 | 2 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Bob Raudman | 137 | 513 | 471 | 62 | 121 | 24 | 4 | 17 | 56 | 3 | 5 | 32 | 108 | .257 | .305 | .433 | .738 | 204 | 3 | 2 | 5 | ||
| Allen Herring | 131 | 507 | 461 | 47 | 114 | 20 | 3 | 11 | 54 | 3 | 2 | 34 | 62 | .247 | .301 | .375 | .676 | 173 | 4 | 2 | 6 | ||
| Kenneth Fruchter | 122 | 461 | 406 | 54 | 90 | 16 | 2 | 17 | 52 | 5 | 2 | 48 | 119 | .222 | .309 | .397 | .705 | 161 | 4 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Frank DeMoss | 64 | 261 | 234 | 29 | 64 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 34 | .274 | .346 | .321 | .667 | 75 | 5 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Gordon Massa | 93 | 294 | 253 | 29 | 62 | 13 | 1 | 9 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 59 | .245 | .342 | .411 | .754 | 104 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Ralph Holding | 77 | 239 | 223 | 20 | 51 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 63 | .229 | .273 | .314 | .587 | 70 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Joe Macko | 67 | 168 | 143 | 27 | 41 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 22 | 1 | 3 | 23 | 39 | .287 | .387 | .503 | .890 | 72 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Gordon Figard | 79 | 205 | 177 | 19 | 36 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 27 | 44 | .203 | .309 | .266 | .574 | 47 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Andy Kosco | 44 | 156 | 146 | 10 | 31 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 31 | .212 | .258 | .267 | .525 | 39 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Herbert Newman | 41 | 148 | 129 | 15 | 27 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 51 | .209 | .286 | .357 | .642 | 46 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Elder White | 30 | 104 | 93 | 9 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 31 | .140 | .223 | .151 | .374 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Dick Burwell | 40 | 63 | 60 | 3 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 25 | .183 | .197 | .300 | .497 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Sterling Slaughter | 28 | 55 | 47 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 12 | .170 | .235 | .191 | .427 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| George Gerberman | 52 | 53 | 48 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20 | .167 | .184 | .229 | .413 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Morrie Steevens | 18 | 28 | 26 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | .269 | .321 | .346 | .668 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Brian Mee | 11 | 29 | 26 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .269 | .296 | .500 | .796 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Don Prince | 32 | 57 | 51 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 21 | .098 | .148 | .098 | .246 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Ron Goerger | 37 | 32 | 29 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12 | .138 | .194 | .138 | .331 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Robert Graham | 18 | 16 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .214 | .267 | .429 | .695 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Loyd Wallis | 34 | 20 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | .176 | .300 | .235 | .535 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Art Thompson | 8 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .222 | .300 | .444 | .744 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Roy Peterson | 54 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .111 | .273 | .111 | .384 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Daniel Saporiti | 13 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .000 | .250 | .000 | .250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Franklin Hodges | 40 | 14 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Richard Couey | 7 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Bill Ballou | 5 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .000 | .286 | .000 | .286 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1688 | 5161 | 4655 | 581 | 1177 | 210 | 26 | 116 | 526 | 33 | 34 | 414 | 994 | .253 | .315 | .384 | .699 | 1787 | 0 | 23 | 42 | 27 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kenneth Fruchter | 1B | 113 | 905 | 82 | 16 | 92 | .984 | 8.735 | ||||
| Joe Macko | 1B | 28 | 197 | 10 | 2 | 16 | .990 | 7.393 | ||||
| Gordon Figard | 1B | 12 | 87 | 9 | 1 | 6 | .990 | 8.000 | ||||
| Paul Popovich | 2B | 139 | 329 | 381 | 16 | 100 | .978 | 5.108 | ||||
| Ron Campbell | 3B | 131 | 120 | 291 | 42 | 31 | .907 | 3.137 | ||||
| Joe Macko | 3B | 11 | 8 | 17 | 3 | 0 | .893 | 2.273 | ||||
| Gordon Massa | C | 78 | 448 | 66 | 9 | 10 | .983 | 6.590 | 14 | |||
| Ralph Holding | C | 68 | 421 | 43 | 12 | 8 | .975 | 6.824 | 11 | |||
| Bob Raudman | OF | 134 | 277 | 14 | 14 | 1 | .954 | 2.172 | ||||
| Ken Faulkner | OF | 125 | 175 | 8 | 4 | 1 | .979 | 1.464 | ||||
| Allen Herring | OF | 121 | 197 | 15 | 9 | 1 | .959 | 1.752 | ||||
| Andy Kosco | OF | 40 | 75 | 7 | 2 | 0 | .976 | 2.050 | ||||
| Gordon Figard | OF | 11 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .947 | 1.636 | ||||
| Roy Peterson | P | 54 | 8 | 18 | 3 | 4 | .897 | .481 | ||||
| George Gerberman | P | 50 | 4 | 22 | 3 | 0 | .897 | .520 | ||||
| Franklin Hodges | P | 38 | 5 | 17 | 1 | 0 | .957 | .579 | ||||
| Dick Burwell | P | 38 | 9 | 41 | 5 | 2 | .909 | 1.316 | ||||
| Ron Goerger | P | 37 | 6 | 15 | 5 | 0 | .808 | .568 | ||||
| Loyd Wallis | P | 34 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 1 | .867 | .382 | ||||
| Don Prince | P | 30 | 12 | 16 | 3 | 1 | .903 | .933 | ||||
| Sterling Slaughter | P | 24 | 12 | 23 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.458 | ||||
| Morrie Steevens | P | 18 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 0 | .875 | .778 | ||||
| Robert Graham | P | 17 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 1 | .923 | .706 | ||||
| Daniel Saporiti | P | 13 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .800 | .308 | ||||
| Frank DeMoss | SS | 63 | 88 | 166 | 28 | 27 | .901 | 4.032 | ||||
| Herbert Newman | SS | 38 | 67 | 117 | 21 | 27 | .898 | 4.842 | ||||
| Elder White | SS | 28 | 49 | 72 | 7 | 22 | .945 | 4.321 | ||||
| Gordon Figard | SS | 14 | 23 | 27 | 8 | 5 | .862 | 3.571 | ||||
| Totals | 1507 | 3548 | 1512 | 221 | 359 | .958 | 3.358 | 25 | 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.
