1962 Asheville Tourists Statistics

South Atlantic League (SAL) - Class: A
Team Record: 70-70
Finished 4th in the SAL
Manager: Ray Hathaway (70-70)
Affiliation: Pittsburgh Pirates
Location: Asheville, North Carolina
Ballpark: Old McCormick Field
Attendance: 78,559, Avg. 1,122

1962 Asheville Tourists Roster

Playoffs - Knoxville Smokies 3 games, Asheville Tourists 1

The Asheville Tourists of the South Atlantic League ended the 1962 season with a record of 70 wins and 70 losses, finishing fourth in the SAL.

The Tourists tallied 699 runs and allowed 680 runs. Duncan Campbell and Elmo Plaskett paced Asheville with 27 home runs apiece., and Gary Rushing walloped 15 or more, too. Elmo Plaskett drove in 96 runs and topped all regular batters by connecting at a .350 clip. Dick Lines led the team with 14 wins and a team-best 2.11 ERA, leading pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

Members of the 1962 Asheville Tourists who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were José Martínez, Dick Lines, Ray Hathaway, Frank Bork, Gene Alley, Roberto Peña, Tom Butters, Chet Boak, Red Swanson, Larry Foss, Steve Blass and Elmo Plaskett.

Ray Hathaway 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
Dick Lines	14	6	.700	2.11	22	22		16	9		162.0	128	49	38	6	49	7	83	1	0	3
Larry Foss	10	5	.667	3.67	20	20		7	1		125.0	107	60	51	10	89	1	92	0	0	3
Donald Dobrino	9	9	.500	3.93	33	14		5	0		151.0	151	87	66	14	59	11	73	7	0	10
Rodger Irvine	8	12	.400	4.41	32	23		4	0		145.0	131	92	71	8	113	5	124	4	0	13
James Hardison	7	12	.368	4.67	27	22		7	1		135.0	148	90	70	19	52	9	68	3	1	2
Tom Butters	6	1	.857	1.80	21	5		2	0		75.0	48	15	15	3	41	3	83	2	0	6
Red Swanson	4	4	.500	5.37	17	6		1	0		57.0	64	40	34	7	26	4	34	1	0	2
Ed Strichek	3	6	.333	4.45	34	1		0	0		99.0	99	63	49	14	29	2	51	2	1	4
James Little	2	1	.667	3.60	8	1		0	0		30.0	24	13	12	2	24	0	22	0	1	3
Gary Aldrich	2	1	.667	4.32	10	5		2	0		50.0	55	34	24	3	37	3	41	0	0	9
Dick Doepker	2	3	.400	4.43	23	6		1	0		67.0	79	39	33	3	24	5	35	3	1	4
Bill Jackson	1	0	1.000	0.00	1	0		0	0		2.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jim Stoll	1	2	.333	5.50	5	4		0	0		18.0	19	13	11	3	14	0	14	1	0	1
Steve Blass	1	4	.200	7.20	6	5		1	0		30.0	32	28	24	1	25	3	25	2	1	3
Ray Hathaway	0	0		3.86	1	1		0	0		7.0	6	3	3	0	2	0	1	0	0	1
Duncan Campbell	0	0		6.00	2	0		0	0		3.0	6	5	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
John Massey	0	0		7.71	6	1		0	0		14.0	17	17	12	1	17	1	9	2	0	2
Elmo Plaskett	0	0		9.00	1	0		0	0		1.0	3	3	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
Anselmo Gordon	0	1	.000	4.09	3	0		0	0		11.0	12	6	5	2	2	0	9	0	0	2
Mort Ek	0	1	.000	10.12	1	1		1	0		8.0	7	9	9	2	7	0	4	0	1	1
Frank Bork	0	2	.000	5.14	3	2		0	0		14.0	17	10	8	2	3	0	8	1	0	0
Totals	70	70	.500	4.02	276	139	0	47	11	0	1204.0	1153	676	538	100	616	54	776	29	6	69	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
Elmo Plaskett	134	558	486	91	170	30	2	27	96	7		62	53	.350	.426	.586	1.012	285		4	4	2	9
Duncan Campbell	140	584	515	95	160	27	7	27	94	17		49	87	.311	.378	.548	.925	282		10	4	6	3
José Martínez	119	460	403	49	98	17	6	4	39	12		50	102	.243	.325	.345	.670	139		0	5	2	2
Wayne McDonald	101	408	361	52	97	22	1	12	50	4		33	61	.269	.332	.435	.767	157		3	7	4	2
Gene Alley	88	382	338	64	95	18	3	10	35	7		32	74	.281	.345	.441	.786	149		1	11	0	0
Sandy Johnson	121	439	397	53	88	13	1	7	44	4		31	66	.222	.278	.312	.590	124		1	7	3	1
Tommie Martz	77	287	235	39	66	6	1	2	25	12		49	34	.281	.406	.340	.746	80		1	1	1	0
Gary Rushing	82	310	250	43	65	7	0	16	46	1		53	78	.260	.388	.480	.868	120		2	1	4	5
Bill Jackson	88	297	230	41	58	8	0	4	33	6		59	53	.252	.407	.339	.747	78		4	0	4	1
Larry Fidalgo	38	151	135	19	41	8	1	3	19	0		13	16	.304	.365	.444	.809	60		0	3	0	0
Henry Mitchell	24	100	88	15	22	1	1	4	12	4		12	10	.250	.340	.420	.760	37		0	0	0	0
Rodolfo Welch	22	89	80	7	19	5	0	0	8	1		9	27	.238	.315	.300	.615	24		0	0	0	0
Roberto Peña	13	49	45	6	11	2	0	1	4	0		2	7	.244	.292	.356	.647	16		1	1	0	0
Larry Foss	20	51	46	7	10	2	0	1	4	0		1	24	.217	.250	.326	.576	15		1	3	0	0
Dick Lines	27	66	61	8	10	1	0	0	3	0		3	15	.164	.203	.180	.383	11		0	2	0	0
James Hardison	34	52	48	3	7	0	0	1	1	0		4	19	.146	.212	.208	.420	10		0	0	0	0
Donald Dobrino	40	63	59	4	7	3	0	0	4	0		3	13	.119	.175	.169	.344	10		1	0	0	0
Tom Butters	21	30	27	2	6	2	0	0	1	0		1	10	.222	.250	.296	.546	8		0	2	0	0
Art Blunt	9	31	22	3	5	1	1	1	2	0		8	6	.227	.452	.500	.952	11		1	0	0	1
Eugene Orf	15	44	40	5	5	2	0	0	2	1		3	10	.125	.182	.175	.357	7		0	0	1	0
Rodger Irvine	32	53	44	2	5	0	0	0	3	0		1	25	.114	.133	.114	.247	5		0	8	0	0
Gary Aldrich	10	21	19	2	4	0	0	0	3	0		1	9	.211	.250	.211	.461	4		0	1	0	0
Steve Blass	6	12	10	2	3	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	.300	.364	.300	.664	3		0	1	0	0
Ed Strichek	34	29	24	2	3	2	0	0	2	0		3	7	.125	.222	.208	.431	5		0	2	0	0
Dick Doepker	23	18	16	1	2	0	0	0	0	0		1	3	.125	.176	.125	.301	2		0	1	0	0
Red Swanson	17	20	17	2	2	2	0	0	0	0		1	3	.118	.167	.235	.402	4		0	2	0	0
LeRoy Luketich	13	23	22	2	2	0	0	0	0	0		1	6	.091	.130	.091	.221	2		0	0	0	0
Chet Boak	9	33	29	2	2	1	0	0	0	0		3	4	.069	.156	.103	.260	3		0	1	0	0
Ray Hathaway	1	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1		0	0	0	0
John Massey	6	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	1		0	0	0	0
Jim Stoll	10	7	6	4	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	.167	.167	.167	.333	1		0	1	0	0
James Little	10	10	7	1	1	1	0	0	1	0		2	2	.143	.333	.286	.619	2		0	1	0	0
Mort Ek	1	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0	0
Anselmo Gordon	3	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0	0
Frank Bork	3	4	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	2	.000	.250	.000	.250	0		0	0	0	0
Totals	1391	4695	4076	628	1067	181	24	120	531	76	0	493	834	.262	.344	.406	.750	1656	0	30	69	27	24

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Bill Jackson	1B	73	414	38	6	63	.987	6.192
Elmo Plaskett	1B	36	300	22	9	29	.973	8.944
Gary Rushing	1B	13	118	7	1	13	.992	9.615
Gene Alley	2B	88	200	289	15	69	.970	5.557
Sandy Johnson	2B	49	108	158	7	33	.974	5.429
Duncan Campbell	3B	63	71	101	16	12	.915	2.730
Sandy Johnson	3B	61	51	85	12	13	.919	2.230
Elmo Plaskett	3B	22	33	53	7	4	.925	3.909
Gary Rushing	C	68	346	32	7	5	.982	5.559	11
Larry Fidalgo	C	36	196	25	5	5	.978	6.139	5
Elmo Plaskett	C	31	219	25	6	2	.976	7.871	6
LeRoy Luketich	C	11	29	4	0	1	1.000	3.000	1
Wayne McDonald	OF	99	139	9	5	1	.967	1.495
Duncan Campbell	OF	78	174	11	3	0	.984	2.372
Tommie Martz	OF	61	106	7	7	0	.942	1.852
Elmo Plaskett	OF	41	73	4	3	0	.962	1.878
Henry Mitchell	OF	24	51	1	3	0	.945	2.167
Rodolfo Welch	OF	20	27	3	3	1	.909	1.500
Eugene Orf	OF	12	13	0	0	0	1.000	1.083
Ed Strichek	P	34	7	18	2	1	.926	.735
Donald Dobrino	P	33	16	26	1	1	.977	1.273
Rodger Irvine	P	32	3	23	1	0	.963	.812
James Hardison	P	27	4	35	5	3	.886	1.444
Dick Doepker	P	23	4	17	2	0	.913	.913
Dick Lines	P	22	16	35	2	7	.962	2.318
Tom Butters	P	21	3	5	0	1	1.000	.381
Larry Foss	P	20	3	20	2	1	.920	1.150
Red Swanson	P	17	4	18	1	1	.957	1.294
Gary Aldrich	P	10	2	15	1	2	.944	1.700
James Little	P	8						.000
John Massey	P	6						.000
Steve Blass	P	6						.000
Jim Stoll	P	5						.000
Anselmo Gordon	P	3						.000
Frank Bork	P	3						.000
Duncan Campbell	P	2						.000
Elmo Plaskett	P	1						.000
Bill Jackson	P	1						.000
Ray Hathaway	P	1						.000
Mort Ek	P	1						.000
José Martínez	SS	110	210	316	29	70	.948	4.782
Totals		1272	2940	1402	161	338	.964	3.414	23	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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