1963 Bakersfield Bears Statistics

California League (CL) - Class: A
Team Record: 78-62
Finished 2nd in the CL
Manager: Bob Wellman (78-62)
Affiliation: Philadelphia Phillies
Location: Bakersfield, California
Ballpark: Sam Lynn Ballpark
Attendance: 40,776, Avg. 583

1963 Bakersfield Bears Roster

The Bakersfield Bears of the California League ended the 1963 season with a record of 78 wins and 62 losses, finishing second in the CL.

Bob Wellman 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
Gary Wagner	15	13	.536	3.90	33	27		15	0		201.0	198	119	87	13	108	5	193	12	1	11
Grant Jackson	12	8	.600	3.89	28	25		11	0		176.0	164	100	76	15	87	2	159	3	2	4
Darrell Sutherland	9	4	.692	3.51	21	17		10	0		136.0	145	64	53	9	27	6	118	2	1	4
Dave Bennett	9	6	.600	3.56	19	17		9	1		124.0	103	57	49	5	56	2	102	5	0	7
Bill Wilson	6	2	.750	4.50	12	12		5	0		80.0	83	48	40	8	48	1	75	0	1	5
Rick Wise	6	3	.667	2.63	12	9		6	1		65.0	47	26	19	7	23	0	98	1	0	1
Robert Hellmer	6	5	.545	4.24	36	4		3	0		68.0	68	40	32	1	28	3	36	4	0	2
David Ortwein	5	1	.833	2.95	23	4		2	1		58.0	56	24	19	3	20	3	31	1	0	2
Sammy Martinez	4	10	.286	7.06	18	12		3	1		79.0	101	75	62	11	40	1	83	2	0	14
Dennis Van Cleave	3	2	.600	5.18	30	3		0	0		73.0	71	51	42	7	56	2	69	1	0	13
Jim Enold	2	1	.667	4.78	31	0		0	0		49.0	72	38	26	10	27	5	35	0	0	6
Rich Beck	1	1	.500	4.50	2	2		0	0		12.0	15	7	6	0	5	0	12	0	0	1
Leroy Thomas	0	0		4.20	8	0		0	0		15.0	10	7	7	2	12	0	10	0	0	2
Brian Conway	0	1	.000	12.00	1	0		0	0		3.0	3	4	4	2	5	0	2	1	0	0
Darrell Weber	0	1	.000	22.50	4	1		0	0		4.0	8	10	10	0	8	0	8	0	0	2
Jim Stouder	0	1	.000	243.00	4	0		0	0		0.3	5	11	9	0	9	0	0	0	0	0
Jerry Messerly	0	3	.000	8.54	7	7		0	0		39.0	50	44	37	4	31	0	28	3	0	6
Totals	78	62	.557	4.40	289	140	0	64	4	0	1182.3	1199	725	578	97	590	30	1059	35	5	80	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
James Perkins	140	599	516	116	161	14	7	18	109	51	7	70	71	.312	.403	.471	.874	243		9	3	1
Don Bridges	138	575	494	77	156	38	3	3	87	9	1	66	58	.316	.395	.423	.819	209		5	1	9
Gene Weston	139	641	559	113	152	29	2	0	43	18	5	58	68	.272	.339	.331	.670	185		1	18	5
Frankie Rubino	126	589	531	92	147	25	3	3	51	9	4	49	48	.277	.341	.352	.694	187		3	6	0
John Briggs	120	534	468	94	139	20	6	21	83	20	2	59	62	.297	.379	.500	.879	234		4	1	2
Fred Walters	103	431	345	83	110	18	0	23	100	4	1	82	31	.319	.448	.571	1.019	197		1	0	3
James Couch	126	481	391	66	96	20	1	10	65	8	2	81	73	.246	.374	.379	.752	148		2	2	5
Richie Richman	103	397	351	43	78	8	3	4	49	1	1	42	78	.222	.305	.296	.601	104		1	0	3
Denny Kennedy	94	296	257	26	50	5	1	3	29	0	0	32	89	.195	.287	.257	.544	66		3	0	4
Chuck Green	45	181	159	23	48	8	1	2	35	2	0	20	23	.302	.381	.403	.784	64		1	0	1
Louis Garvin	34	143	128	21	31	4	2	0	13	5	0	15	31	.242	.322	.305	.626	39		0	0	0
Grant Jackson	29	73	69	7	12	0	0	1	9	0	0	3	21	.174	.208	.217	.426	15		0	1	0
Gary Wagner	41	88	76	4	11	1	1	1	4	0	0	10	44	.145	.241	.224	.465	17		0	1	1
Bill Wilson	21	45	43	6	10	0	0	1	6	0	0	2	6	.233	.267	.302	.569	13		0	0	0
Darrell Sutherland	21	58	44	4	10	2	0	1	3	0	0	12	16	.227	.397	.341	.737	15		1	0	1
Dave Bennett	20	48	47	5	9	1	0	2	4	0	0	0	20	.191	.191	.340	.532	16		0	1	0
Rick Wise	16	31	30	4	7	3	0	0	5	0	0	0	9	.233	.233	.333	.567	10		0	1	0
Gary Curkendall	15	18	16	3	5	1	0	0	5	0	0	2	6	.312	.389	.375	.764	6		0	0	0
Jerry Messerly	13	24	21	4	4	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	7	.190	.261	.238	.499	5		1	1	0
Robert Hellmer	36	20	13	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	6	.231	.412	.308	.719	4		0	3	0
Thomas Kerrigan	9	22	18	1	3	1	0	0	4	0	0	2	5	.167	.273	.222	.495	4		1	0	1
Sammy Martinez	21	33	31	3	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	9	.097	.152	.097	.248	3		0	0	0
David Ortwein	23	16	14	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	6	.143	.250	.143	.393	2		0	0	0
Dennis Van Cleave	30	21	15	1	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	5	12	.133	.350	.200	.550	3		0	1	0
Leroy Thomas	8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Darrell Weber	5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Jim Enold	31	14	12	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	7	.000	.143	.000	.143	0		0	0	0
Brian Conway	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	.000	.500	.000	.500	0		0	0	0
Rich Beck	3	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Totals	1511	5390	4659	798	1249	201	30	93	714	127	23	622	814	.268	.356	.384	.740	1789	0	33	40	36	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Richie Richman	1B	99	830	56	15	63	.983	8.949
Louis Garvin	1B	34	266	19	6	19	.979	8.382
Fred Walters	1B	10	51	5	1	5	.982	5.600
Gene Weston	2B	139	320	354	24	71	.966	4.849
James Couch	3B	90	62	174	33	16	.877	2.622
Chuck Green	3B	43	19	83	12	9	.895	2.372
Fred Walters	3B	11	6	15	1	0	.955	1.909
Denny Kennedy	C	79	589	50	15	4	.977	8.089	28
Fred Walters	C	66	446	42	9	4	.982	7.394	21
James Perkins	OF	140	253	4	7	0	.973	1.836
Don Bridges	OF	137	215	9	9	1	.961	1.635
John Briggs	OF	120	142	16	10	2	.940	1.317
James Couch	OF	24	34	3	2	0	.949	1.542
Robert Hellmer	P	36	9	17	4	0	.867	.722
Gary Wagner	P	33	14	32	5	3	.902	1.394
Jim Enold	P	31	2	16	1	1	.947	.581
Dennis Van Cleave	P	30	5	10	3	0	.833	.500
Grant Jackson	P	28	5	19	4	1	.857	.857
David Ortwein	P	23	2	14	0	0	1.000	.696
Darrell Sutherland	P	21	4	30	3	1	.919	1.619
Dave Bennett	P	19	7	20	1	4	.964	1.421
Sammy Martinez	P	18	5	16	3	0	.875	1.167
Rick Wise	P	12	3	5	1	0	.889	.667
Bill Wilson	P	12	5	18	4	4	.852	1.917
Leroy Thomas	P	8						.000
Jerry Messerly	P	7						.000
Darrell Weber	P	4						.000
Jim Stouder	P	4						.000
Rich Beck	P	2						.000
Brian Conway	P	1						.000
Frankie Rubino	SS	126	193	332	48	48	.916	4.167
Fred Walters	SS	18	17	41	6	5	.906	3.222
Totals		1425	3504	1400	227	261	.956	3.441	49	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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