1963 Billings Mustangs Statistics

Pioneer League (PL) - Class: A
Team Record: 61-66
Finished 4th in the PL
Manager: Ron Plaza (61-66)
Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals
Location: Billings, Montana
Ballpark: Cobb Field
Attendance: 44,648, Avg. 703

1963 Billings Mustangs Roster

Playoffs - Billings Mustangs 2 games, Great Falls Electrics 0
Finals - Idaho Falls Yankees 2 games, Billings Mustangs 1

The Billings Mustangs of the Pioneer League ended the 1963 season with a record of 61 wins and 66 losses, finishing fourth in the PL.

Ron Plaza 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
Ron Willis	13	7	.650	4.66	27	23		12	0		166.0	156	112	86	13	114	2	172	8	0	17
Ron Cayll	12	5	.706	3.44	25	23		8	4		162.0	148	88	62	10	91	1	166	2	1	6
Cliff Politte	9	4	.692	3.87	63	1		0	0		128.0	107	78	55	8	99	3	167	7	0	16
Michael Sloan	8	7	.533	5.34	20	18		5	0		113.0	119	77	67	13	59	2	108	2	0	9
Thomas Major	6	8	.429	5.22	20	14		2	0		100.0	113	75	58	12	66	1	74	2	2	13
Otto Meischner	4	1	.800	3.17	27	1		0	0		54.0	44	25	19	3	31	1	62	3	0	8
Dave Guthrie	3	7	.300	5.31	11	10		2	0		61.0	64	41	36	8	31	0	55	1	0	2
Larry Crayton	3	7	.300	5.52	19	12		2	0		75.0	77	54	46	14	45	2	58	3	0	12
Frank Montgomery	2	9	.182	6.12	24	14		2	0		100.0	104	83	68	18	75	1	88	1	1	6
Wayne Pietri	1	0	1.000	0.00	3	0		0	0		3.0	2	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	1
Danny Breeden	0	0		0.00	1	0		0	0		1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Calvin Knowles	0	0		0.00	1	0		0	0		0.3	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Don Young	0	0		0.00	1	0		0	0		1.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
Richard Limke	0	0		3.86	15	2		0	0		42.0	34	20	18	2	35	0	19	3	0	2
David Fritz	0	0		4.50	1	0		0	0		4.0	3	2	2	0	1	0	5	0	0	0
Billy Tolar	0	1	.000	9.00	5	0		0	0		8.0	10	9	8	1	6	1	8	0	0	3
Richard Vingle	0	1	.000	9.00	5	2		0	0		10.0	17	14	10	3	9	0	7	0	1	0
Jimmy Carothers	0	1	.000	9.75	6	0		0	0		12.0	15	15	13	1	15	1	9	0	0	0
Terry Olson	0	2	.000	6.55	12	1		0	0		22.0	23	17	16	4	20	2	14	0	0	1
Elwood Hahn	0	6	.000	9.26	9	6		0	0		35.0	56	42	36	6	12	0	27	1	0	4
Totals	61	66	.480	4.92	295	127	0	33	4	0	1097.3	1096	752	600	116	712	18	1042	33	5	100	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
Jimmy Harris	119	574	472	109	139	20	0	6	54	15	7	90	95	.294	.411	.375	.786	177		5	4	3
Zeke Faulkner	121	568	459	106	125	19	7	13	63	22	6	100	62	.272	.402	.429	.831	197		3	1	5
Wayne Pietri	87	398	352	61	110	18	2	12	86	2	2	38	66	.312	.372	.477	.849	168		0	0	8
Calvin Knowles	111	454	360	79	97	29	1	13	67	3	1	84	75	.269	.414	.464	.878	167		7	0	3
Jack Newcomer	95	339	292	35	82	11	0	2	42	5	1	41	55	.281	.368	.339	.707	99		1	2	3
Felix DeLeon	70	258	200	44	66	14	0	8	43	7	1	53	62	.330	.479	.520	.999	104		4	1	0
Danny Breeden	51	213	192	20	56	10	1	5	31	0	1	19	52	.292	.355	.432	.788	83		0	2	0
Don Young	58	240	210	20	54	14	2	3	25	0	1	25	89	.257	.331	.386	.716	81		0	1	4
Bill Bethea	36	178	143	33	53	14	0	6	26	4	2	25	26	.371	.462	.594	1.057	85		2	5	3
George Kernek	41	182	160	33	52	6	2	8	39	7	1	19	20	.325	.396	.538	.933	86		1	0	2
Bill LeFebvre	45	192	162	28	44	11	1	3	25	0	1	28	38	.272	.377	.407	.784	66		0	1	1
John Bramlett	31	142	124	18	35	8	2	1	14	2	0	16	41	.282	.373	.403	.776	50		2	0	0
Gary Wyche	40	165	145	24	35	9	0	3	24	2	1	19	33	.241	.327	.366	.693	53		0	0	1
Craig Heimbigner	42	164	145	19	33	3	0	1	19	2	0	17	44	.228	.305	.269	.574	39		0	0	2
David Fritz	40	136	112	14	29	6	3	2	15	0	0	21	27	.259	.368	.420	.787	47		0	0	3
Tom Seidel	26	116	90	18	25	7	0	1	20	1	1	26	19	.278	.440	.389	.829	35		0	0	0
Ron Willis	37	84	76	16	24	6	0	1	11	0	0	5	10	.316	.354	.434	.788	33		0	2	1
Joseph Liguori	28	100	92	12	21	5	0	2	12	1	0	6	25	.228	.283	.348	.631	32		1	1	0
Dennis Smith	31	98	81	13	15	2	1	0	10	0	1	16	20	.185	.316	.235	.551	19		0	0	1
James Chambers	30	113	97	15	15	1	0	8	15	0	0	15	38	.155	.274	.412	.687	40		1	0	0
Ron Cayll	25	74	64	7	10	3	1	0	4	1	0	4	30	.156	.203	.234	.437	15		0	5	1
Michael Sloan	22	47	37	6	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	12	.216	.293	.243	.536	9		0	6	0
Thomas Major	20	42	31	4	7	1	0	0	4	0	0	6	4	.226	.351	.258	.609	8		0	5	0
Frank Montgomery	24	42	33	4	7	2	0	1	2	0	0	4	11	.212	.289	.364	.653	12		0	4	1
Tommy Smith	13	43	41	5	7	3	0	0	5	0	0	1	11	.171	.190	.244	.434	10		0	1	0
Elwood Hahn	9	12	11	1	4	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	.364	.417	.636	1.053	7		0	0	0
Larry Crayton	20	30	25	1	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	.160	.222	.240	.462	6		0	3	0
Jan Firek	6	27	25	5	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	12	.120	.185	.120	.305	3		0	0	0
Jimmy Carothers	6	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	1		0	1	0
Richard Vingle	5	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500	1		0	0	0
Otto Meischner	27	17	14	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	8	.071	.188	.071	.259	1		0	1	0
Dave Guthrie	11	24	23	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	14	.043	.083	.043	.127	1		0	0	0
Cliff Politte	63	38	34	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	20	.029	.081	.029	.110	1		0	1	1
Richard Limke	15	14	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	.000	.091	.000	.091	0		0	3	0
Billy Tolar	5	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Terry Olson	12	7	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	.000	.286	.000	.286	0		0	0	0
Totals	1422	5142	4327	757	1165	225	23	100	660	74	27	695	1038	.269	.371	.401	.772	1736	0	27	50	43	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Wayne Pietri	1B	84	656	60	16	78	.978	8.524
George Kernek	1B	41	289	33	8	25	.976	7.854
Jimmy Harris	2B	61	160	171	19	45	.946	5.426
Jack Newcomer	2B	48	90	118	18	26	.920	4.333
Bill LeFebvre	2B	17	45	44	5	11	.947	5.235
Gary Wyche	3B	40	32	58	8	5	.918	2.250
John Bramlett	3B	31	30	47	12	5	.865	2.484
Tom Seidel	3B	23	14	38	14	3	.788	2.261
Jack Newcomer	3B	19	12	23	4	2	.897	1.842
Bill Bethea	3B	15	8	39	1	6	.979	3.133
Danny Breeden	C	48	383	31	10	9	.976	8.625	16
Dennis Smith	C	27	213	13	5	0	.978	8.370	9
Bill LeFebvre	C	26	207	18	4	0	.983	8.654	5
Joseph Liguori	C	24	157	21	4	1	.978	7.417	13
Tommy Smith	C	11	76	8	2	0	.977	7.636	10
Zeke Faulkner	OF	118	192	12	6	0	.971	1.729
Calvin Knowles	OF	100	126	11	3	1	.979	1.370
Felix DeLeon	OF	57	67	2	3	0	.958	1.211
Don Young	OF	56	94	3	1	0	.990	1.732
David Fritz	OF	30	27	4	1	1	.969	1.033
James Chambers	OF	28	48	1	4	0	.925	1.750
Cliff Politte	P	63	6	19	4	0	.862	.397
Ron Willis	P	27	11	27	2	2	.950	1.407
Otto Meischner	P	27	4	12	0	0	1.000	.593
Ron Cayll	P	25	17	17	2	2	.944	1.360
Frank Montgomery	P	24	4	16	1	0	.952	.833
Michael Sloan	P	20	4	17	3	2	.875	1.050
Thomas Major	P	20	12	22	1	3	.971	1.700
Larry Crayton	P	19	5	15	1	1	.952	1.053
Richard Limke	P	15	3	2	1	1	.833	.333
Terry Olson	P	12	0	5	2	0	.714	.417
Dave Guthrie	P	11	3	16	0	1	1.000	1.727
Elwood Hahn	P	9						.000
Jimmy Carothers	P	6						.000
Richard Vingle	P	5						.000
Billy Tolar	P	5						.000
Jimmy Harris	SS	59	128	150	19	28	.936	4.712
Craig Heimbigner	SS	38	56	94	12	26	.926	3.947
Bill Bethea	SS	22	29	73	9	13	.919	4.636
Jack Newcomer	SS	14	16	28	3	6	.936	3.143
Totals		1325	3224	1268	208	303	.956	3.390	53	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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