1962 Billings Mustangs Statistics

Pioneer League (PL) - Class: C
Team Record: 81-48
Finished 1st in the PL
Manager: Grover Resinger (81-48)
Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals
Location: Billings, Montana
Ballpark: Cobb Field
Attendance: 45,726, Avg. 709

1962 Billings Mustangs Roster

Playoffs - Billings Mustangs 3 games, Boise Braves 0

The Billings Mustangs of the Pioneer League ended the 1962 season with a record of 81 wins and 48 losses, finishing first in the PL.

The Mustangs allowed 641 runs, least in the league. Billings plated 827 runs. Felix DeLeon walloped 37 home runs for the squad, and Calvin Knowles added 15 or more also. Felix DeLeon drove in 125 runs and topped all regular batters by connecting at a .344 clip. Jerry Wild led the squad with 13 wins and a team-best 2.69 ERA, leading regular hurlers.

Players from the 1962 Billings Mustangs who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Mike Lee, Floyd Wicker, George Kernek, Weldon Bowlin and Ron Willis.

Grover Resinger 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
Jerry Wild	13	6	.684	2.69	36	15		9	1		164.0	118	65	49	7	123	0	220	2	0	15
Frederick Ballard	11	4	.733	3.53	26	20		7	1		153.0	136	66	60	15	70	0	158	3	1	8
Leroy Harris	11	4	.733	5.22	29	19		3	0		131.0	154	85	76	13	66	0	119	3	0	6
Cliff Politte	11	15	.423	5.25	35	28		8	1		187.0	170	132	109	16	122	0	218	7	0	23
Otto Meischner	10	4	.714	2.25	41	1		0	0		88.0	65	37	22	6	56	1	95	5	0	4
Larry Crayton	8	7	.533	5.40	19	15		7	1		100.0	111	63	60	16	31	2	75	2	0	2
Elwood Hahn	5	0	1.000	2.68	7	7		1	0		47.0	37	17	14	1	14	0	21	2	0	0
Pete Watson	5	1	.833	4.33	34	1		0	0		79.0	80	49	38	8	46	4	57	2	0	7
Thomas Major	3	3	.500	5.23	16	8		3	0		62.0	54	46	36	5	63	0	64	1	0	16
Ron Willis	2	0	1.000	2.67	6	2		1	0		27.0	25	10	8	4	19	0	26	1	0	2
Jerry Henderson	2	4	.333	8.02	18	11		1	0		55.0	68	56	49	5	66	0	69	1	0	4
Mike Lee	0	0		5.73	9	2		0	0		22.0	18	16	14	0	18	0	22	1	0	3
Totals	81	48	.628	4.32	276	129	0	40	4	0	1115.0	1036	642	535	96	694	7	1144	30	1	90	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
Weldon Bowlin	129	599	501	118	144	27	9	10	68	17	6	81	84	.287	.388	.437	.825	219		4	9	4
Felix DeLeon	117	512	381	113	131	18	6	37	125	11	2	121	113	.344	.506	.714	1.220	272		7	0	3
Zeke Faulkner	112	505	398	95	117	11	5	9	41	32	17	100	53	.294	.438	.415	.853	165		3	3	1
Calvin Knowles	123	532	413	104	114	17	7	20	97	16	6	105	111	.276	.427	.496	.923	205		6	5	3
George Kernek	78	344	300	60	99	13	3	5	59	10	3	42	36	.330	.411	.443	.854	133		0	1	1
Floyd Wicker	111	446	375	64	95	17	2	7	58	4	4	56	88	.253	.351	.365	.716	137		3	7	5
Bill LeFebvre	96	349	301	47	82	12	5	6	53	2	0	39	58	.272	.347	.405	.752	122		0	0	9
Charlie Jennings	75	261	230	38	73	14	2	7	42	8	2	26	23	.317	.382	.487	.869	112		0	2	3
Russ Townsend	50	225	187	31	50	8	2	7	44	1	0	31	44	.267	.378	.444	.822	83		4	0	3
Jon Coller	80	282	215	37	47	5	0	2	24	2	2	59	82	.219	.385	.270	.655	58		0	7	1
Patrick Foley	73	247	213	29	45	8	0	4	29	2	1	30	37	.211	.306	.305	.611	65		0	2	2
Roy Majtyka	36	147	134	22	34	13	2	5	30	1	0	9	20	.254	.297	.493	.789	66		0	2	2
Lee Green	39	138	116	25	33	4	1	2	11	10	1	19	26	.284	.399	.388	.786	45		3	0	0
Leroy Harris	31	59	51	6	10	1	0	0	5	0	0	2	17	.196	.226	.216	.442	11		0	6	0
Larry Crayton	22	44	37	4	9	1	0	1	6	0	0	4	10	.243	.317	.351	.668	13		0	3	0
Thomas Major	24	36	33	2	8	2	0	0	5	0	0	3	7	.242	.306	.303	.609	10		0	0	0
Jerry Henderson	21	30	26	3	7	2	0	1	4	0	0	3	13	.269	.345	.462	.806	12		0	1	0
Cliff Politte	35	75	51	7	7	1	0	0	6	0	0	6	33	.137	.241	.157	.398	8		1	17	0
Elwood Hahn	9	23	21	3	6	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	8	.286	.348	.286	.634	6		0	0	0
Robert Norris	10	19	19	1	5	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	5	.263	.263	.263	.526	5		0	0	0
Ron Willis	11	21	20	2	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	.250	.286	.250	.536	5		1	0	0
Frederick Ballard	31	65	51	5	5	0	0	0	3	0	0	9	30	.098	.246	.098	.344	5		1	4	0
Otto Meischner	41	29	26	5	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	10	.115	.207	.115	.322	3		0	0	0
Mike Lee	9	6	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.167	.167	.167	.333	1		0	0	0
Bill Morton	8	23	17	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	4	.059	.304	.059	.363	1		0	0	0
Pete Watson	35	29	25	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	10	.040	.172	.040	.212	1		0	0	0
Jerry Wild	36	68	60	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	42	.017	.078	.017	.095	1		0	4	0
Kenneth Burchfield	8	19	13	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	5	8	.000	.316	.000	.316	0		1	0	0
Totals	1450	5133	4220	827	1133	174	44	123	716	117	45	769	979	.268	.383	.418	.801	1764	0	34	73	37	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
George Kernek	1B	78	606	37	10	62	.985	8.244
Russ Townsend	1B	50	396	24	5	49	.988	8.400
Weldon Bowlin	2B	128	299	322	23	92	.964	4.852
Floyd Wicker	3B	108	86	192	31	17	.900	2.574
Roy Majtyka	3B	15	16	28	4	5	.917	2.933
Bill LeFebvre	3B	10	3	9	0	0	1.000	1.200
Charlie Jennings	3B	10	5	8	2	3	.867	1.300
Patrick Foley	C	64	537	40	6	6	.990	9.016	12
Charlie Jennings	C	59	475	48	4	5	.992	8.864	12
Felix DeLeon	C	11	98	7	2	1	.981	9.545	3
Calvin Knowles	OF	120	159	9	7	1	.960	1.400
Zeke Faulkner	OF	110	148	12	3	0	.982	1.455
Felix DeLeon	OF	105	85	11	6	2	.941	.914
Lee Green	OF	36	62	3	3	0	.956	1.806
Bill LeFebvre	OF	29	40	3	2	0	.956	1.483
Otto Meischner	P	41	7	16	3	2	.885	.561
Jerry Wild	P	36	5	16	2	2	.913	.583
Cliff Politte	P	35	4	23	1	4	.964	.771
Pete Watson	P	34	2	12	0	2	1.000	.412
Leroy Harris	P	29	6	33	3	2	.929	1.345
Frederick Ballard	P	26	7	28	3	3	.921	1.346
Larry Crayton	P	19	4	16	1	1	.952	1.053
Jerry Henderson	P	18	3	9	2	2	.857	.667
Thomas Major	P	16	5	13	1	0	.947	1.125
Mike Lee	P	9						.000
Elwood Hahn	P	7						.000
Ron Willis	P	6						.000
Jon Coller	SS	78	90	200	23	51	.927	3.718
Bill LeFebvre	SS	48	46	86	20	18	.868	2.750
Roy Majtyka	SS	21	34	49	5	11	.943	3.952
Totals		1356	3228	1254	172	341	.963	3.305	27	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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