1962 Bluefield Orioles Statistics
Team Record: 47-23
Finished 1st in the AL
Manager: Billy Hunter (47-23)
Affiliation: Baltimore Orioles
Location: Bluefield, West Virginia
Ballpark: Bowen Field
Attendance: 24,157, Avg. 690
The Bluefield Orioles of the Appalachian League ended the 1962 season with a record of 47 wins and 23 losses, finishing first in the AL.
The Orioles topped the league with 506 runs, sparked by 67 home runs. Bluefield allowed 361 runs, least in the league. John Riddle paced the team with 16 home runs and drove in 60 runs. Wayne Edwards led all qualifying hitters on the roster by connecting at a .340 clip. Tom Fisher and Ronald Kopp paced the squad with 8 wins each, while Ronald Kopp recorded a 2.96 ERA, tops among regularly-used pitchers.
Members of the 1962 Bluefield Orioles who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Mark Belanger, Tom Fisher and Jim Britton.
Billy Hunter 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ronald Kopp | 8 | 2 | .800 | 2.96 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 85.0 | 84 | 40 | 28 | 4 | 28 | 1 | 68 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Tom Fisher | 8 | 4 | .667 | 3.04 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 80.0 | 79 | 45 | 27 | 4 | 35 | 0 | 75 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Dennis Robinson | 6 | 1 | .857 | 4.50 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 58.0 | 57 | 34 | 29 | 4 | 28 | 1 | 56 | 3 | 0 | 5 | |||
| William Larkin | 5 | 3 | .625 | 2.45 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 55.0 | 41 | 26 | 15 | 3 | 38 | 0 | 65 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |||
| Michael Carubia | 4 | 2 | .667 | 3.10 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 58.0 | 43 | 30 | 20 | 1 | 37 | 0 | 61 | 2 | 0 | 4 | |||
| Frank Thomas | 4 | 3 | .571 | 4.42 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 55.0 | 60 | 41 | 27 | 5 | 30 | 0 | 65 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Bernard VanRemmen | 4 | 4 | .500 | 4.42 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 55.0 | 49 | 35 | 27 | 3 | 40 | 0 | 50 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |||
| David Racer | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.54 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 28.0 | 28 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Johnny Elias | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.78 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 32.0 | 23 | 23 | 17 | 4 | 26 | 0 | 30 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Terrence Brown | 2 | 2 | .500 | 6.55 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 33.0 | 40 | 31 | 24 | 6 | 23 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Hank King | 1 | 1 | .500 | 4.09 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 33.0 | 33 | 19 | 15 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Charles Johnson | 0 | 0 | 1.50 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||
| Robert Ursuy | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Robert Erie | 0 | 0 | 13.50 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 23 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||
| Jim Britton | 0 | 1 | .000 | 9.00 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 15 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Totals | 47 | 23 | .671 | 3.96 | 141 | 70 | 0 | 26 | 4 | 0 | 595.0 | 571 | 361 | 262 | 43 | 332 | 2 | 581 | 15 | 0 | 30 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wayne Edwards | 66 | 302 | 241 | 70 | 82 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 41 | 13 | 56 | 32 | .340 | .458 | .494 | .952 | 119 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Charles Aikens | 64 | 277 | 249 | 61 | 81 | 17 | 2 | 6 | 42 | 12 | 24 | 49 | .325 | .386 | .482 | .868 | 120 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| John Riddle | 66 | 259 | 219 | 47 | 63 | 11 | 4 | 16 | 60 | 6 | 35 | 52 | .288 | .390 | .594 | .984 | 130 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
| George Farson | 64 | 279 | 202 | 61 | 57 | 10 | 0 | 11 | 41 | 6 | 75 | 35 | .282 | .477 | .495 | .972 | 100 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| James Chambers | 52 | 165 | 149 | 24 | 50 | 9 | 1 | 10 | 42 | 2 | 9 | 32 | .336 | .376 | .611 | .986 | 91 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Mark Belanger | 47 | 211 | 151 | 44 | 45 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 23 | 15 | 55 | 32 | .298 | .486 | .417 | .903 | 63 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Stewart Grim | 44 | 177 | 154 | 25 | 37 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 5 | 20 | 41 | .240 | .330 | .390 | .719 | 60 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| William Stanley | 49 | 149 | 129 | 21 | 35 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 3 | 17 | 32 | .271 | .365 | .349 | .714 | 45 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Michael Christino | 49 | 169 | 142 | 27 | 35 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 21 | 3 | 24 | 36 | .246 | .367 | .394 | .761 | 56 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| David Kraft | 49 | 160 | 131 | 26 | 31 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 24 | 5 | 26 | 24 | .237 | .356 | .313 | .669 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Rex Peters | 30 | 143 | 112 | 30 | 29 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 3 | 27 | 17 | .259 | .406 | .357 | .763 | 40 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| William Merritt | 13 | 58 | 51 | 8 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 4 | .314 | .397 | .373 | .769 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Charles Powell | 18 | 34 | 28 | 6 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 8 | .429 | .500 | .643 | 1.143 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Donald St. John | 25 | 61 | 54 | 7 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 8 | .222 | .311 | .296 | .608 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Charles Bree | 25 | 80 | 61 | 9 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 14 | 13 | .197 | .380 | .246 | .626 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| William Larkin | 8 | 27 | 23 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | .435 | .500 | .565 | 1.065 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Karl Kovacs | 18 | 48 | 36 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 8 | .250 | .417 | .278 | .694 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Jerry Fletcher | 13 | 41 | 36 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 12 | .222 | .317 | .222 | .539 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tom Fisher | 16 | 34 | 23 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 4 | .261 | .452 | .348 | .799 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ronald Kopp | 14 | 32 | 24 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 13 | .208 | .367 | .417 | .783 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dennis Robinson | 11 | 27 | 26 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | .192 | .192 | .308 | .500 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Terrence Brown | 14 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .364 | .364 | .455 | .818 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Johnny Elias | 6 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .273 | .273 | .273 | .545 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Don Engbers | 2 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .400 | .500 | .400 | .900 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| David Racer | 14 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .222 | .222 | .444 | .667 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Hank King | 11 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .182 | .182 | .182 | .364 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Frank Thomas | 16 | 24 | 23 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | .087 | .125 | .130 | .255 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Robert Erie | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 1.500 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Michael Carubia | 12 | 21 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | .059 | .238 | .059 | .297 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Britton | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| George Ursuy | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bernard VanRemmen | 14 | 19 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | .000 | .167 | .000 | .167 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 837 | 2857 | 2352 | 508 | 657 | 114 | 20 | 67 | 401 | 81 | 0 | 443 | 496 | .279 | .395 | .430 | .826 | 1012 | 0 | 23 | 16 | 23 | 2 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Christino | 1B | 40 | 285 | 5 | 6 | 18 | .980 | 7.250 | ||||
| Charles Bree | 1B | 18 | 108 | 3 | 3 | 4 | .974 | 6.167 | ||||
| Karl Kovacs | 1B | 17 | 76 | 5 | 4 | 7 | .953 | 4.765 | ||||
| Wayne Edwards | 2B | 65 | 131 | 160 | 23 | 26 | .927 | 4.477 | ||||
| David Kraft | 3B | 37 | 27 | 58 | 19 | 3 | .817 | 2.297 | ||||
| Stewart Grim | 3B | 21 | 17 | 36 | 6 | 2 | .898 | 2.524 | ||||
| William Merritt | 3B | 12 | 16 | 19 | 3 | 2 | .921 | 2.917 | ||||
| George Farson | C | 58 | 478 | 27 | 7 | 5 | .986 | 8.707 | 4 | |||
| Donald St. John | C | 18 | 110 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .991 | 6.278 | 7 | |||
| John Riddle | OF | 62 | 71 | 5 | 3 | 2 | .962 | 1.226 | ||||
| Charles Aikens | OF | 59 | 98 | 7 | 13 | 2 | .890 | 1.780 | ||||
| William Stanley | OF | 43 | 47 | 3 | 6 | 1 | .893 | 1.163 | ||||
| James Chambers | OF | 38 | 28 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .935 | .763 | ||||
| Rex Peters | OF | 27 | 50 | 4 | 3 | 0 | .947 | 2.000 | ||||
| Frank Thomas | P | 16 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | .778 | .438 | ||||
| Tom Fisher | P | 15 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 1 | .909 | .667 | ||||
| Bernard VanRemmen | P | 14 | 2 | 15 | 1 | 0 | .944 | 1.214 | ||||
| Ronald Kopp | P | 14 | 6 | 18 | 2 | 1 | .923 | 1.714 | ||||
| David Racer | P | 13 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .308 | ||||
| Terrence Brown | P | 12 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .889 | .667 | ||||
| Dennis Robinson | P | 11 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 1 | .938 | 1.364 | ||||
| Hank King | P | 11 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .455 | ||||
| Michael Carubia | P | 11 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 0 | .833 | .909 | ||||
| William Larkin | P | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| Johnny Elias | P | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Robert Erie | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Charles Johnson | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jim Britton | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Robert Ursuy | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Mark Belanger | SS | 44 | 58 | 123 | 20 | 16 | .900 | 4.114 | ||||
| Stewart Grim | SS | 21 | 23 | 53 | 5 | 3 | .938 | 3.619 | ||||
| Totals | 721 | 1649 | 586 | 134 | 94 | .943 | 3.100 | 11 | 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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