1964 Bluefield Orioles Statistics
Team Record: 27-44
Finished 4th in the AL
Manager: Jim Frey (27-44)
Affiliation: Baltimore Orioles
Location: Bluefield, West Virginia
Ballpark: Bowen Field
Attendance: 15,144, Avg. 427
The Bluefield Orioles of the Appalachian League ended the 1964 season with a record of 27 wins and 44 losses, finishing fourth in the AL.
The Orioles scored 413 runs, worst in the league, and conceded 538 runs, most in the circuit. Gary Fancher led Bluefield with 18 home runs and drove in 62 runs, while leading hitters with significant playing time by connecting at a .336 clip. Jackie Hedrick topped the team with 6 wins and a team-best 4.27 earned run average, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Sparky Lyle and Mike Wegener both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.
Jim Frey 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jackie Hedrick | 6 | 6 | .500 | 4.27 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 78.0 | 61 | 45 | 37 | 6 | 49 | 0 | 74 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Derrel Wilkerson | 5 | 5 | .500 | 6.75 | 14 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 76.0 | 89 | 72 | 57 | 11 | 51 | 0 | 83 | 4 | 0 | 7 | |||
| William Seifert | 4 | 4 | .500 | 6.52 | 17 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 58.0 | 71 | 58 | 42 | 9 | 29 | 1 | 57 | 7 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Sparky Lyle | 3 | 2 | .600 | 4.36 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 33.0 | 23 | 19 | 16 | 1 | 25 | 1 | 44 | 2 | 1 | 4 | |||
| Richard Noe | 3 | 3 | .500 | 4.74 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 38.0 | 32 | 26 | 20 | 3 | 18 | 0 | 28 | 3 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Robert Patrylo | 3 | 5 | .375 | 4.62 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 74.0 | 91 | 44 | 38 | 1 | 31 | 3 | 72 | 1 | 1 | 8 | |||
| Bill Rogers | 1 | 2 | .333 | 7.66 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 47.0 | 70 | 63 | 40 | 10 | 29 | 0 | 48 | 1 | 1 | 7 | |||
| Joe Costello | 1 | 6 | .143 | 5.37 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 62.0 | 82 | 57 | 37 | 7 | 34 | 0 | 50 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |||
| Thomas Sapp | 1 | 6 | .143 | 8.36 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 42.0 | 48 | 56 | 39 | 10 | 44 | 1 | 50 | 2 | 0 | 4 | |||
| Patrick Lutz | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Emmanuel Fitzgerald | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 3 | ||||
| Robert Stengle | 0 | 0 | 7.71 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Lynn Morrow | 0 | 0 | 12.86 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Mike Wegener | 0 | 1 | .000 | 12.00 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 12 | 19 | 12 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jerry Tyson | 0 | 1 | .000 | 16.50 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 13 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| John Beach | 0 | 3 | .000 | 6.17 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 35.0 | 44 | 41 | 24 | 2 | 42 | 0 | 30 | 2 | 0 | 8 | |||
| Totals | 27 | 44 | .380 | 6.02 | 169 | 71 | 0 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 582.0 | 664 | 538 | 389 | 67 | 395 | 7 | 576 | 29 | 7 | 57 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gary Fancher | 68 | 295 | 253 | 61 | 85 | 15 | 5 | 18 | 62 | 5 | 2 | 36 | 31 | .336 | .420 | .648 | 1.068 | 164 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Robert Connolly | 71 | 305 | 268 | 43 | 79 | 16 | 0 | 8 | 55 | 5 | 3 | 32 | 29 | .295 | .370 | .444 | .815 | 119 | 2 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Kenneth Gay | 71 | 322 | 261 | 67 | 75 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 24 | 5 | 1 | 57 | 46 | .287 | .413 | .421 | .834 | 110 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Merrill Hyde | 68 | 279 | 232 | 39 | 57 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 47 | 4 | 0 | 40 | 49 | .246 | .366 | .392 | .758 | 91 | 5 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Marvin Miller | 63 | 220 | 194 | 31 | 54 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 36 | .278 | .356 | .335 | .691 | 65 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| John Wyatt | 41 | 169 | 146 | 34 | 48 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 20 | 15 | .329 | .420 | .397 | .817 | 58 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Michael Kelley | 48 | 184 | 160 | 12 | 35 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 46 | .219 | .315 | .325 | .640 | 52 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Patrick Lutz | 54 | 181 | 146 | 27 | 34 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 29 | 21 | .233 | .365 | .247 | .612 | 36 | 2 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Harold Dickerson | 25 | 102 | 91 | 17 | 28 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 8 | .308 | .382 | .396 | .778 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Steve Myshrall | 51 | 162 | 144 | 18 | 26 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 38 | .181 | .262 | .264 | .526 | 38 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Alfred Weaver | 26 | 99 | 83 | 13 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 23 | .205 | .333 | .446 | .779 | 37 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Douglas Fisher | 28 | 98 | 92 | 14 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 31 | .163 | .214 | .196 | .410 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Derrel Wilkerson | 21 | 41 | 39 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 | .256 | .293 | .436 | .729 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joe Costello | 19 | 31 | 30 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15 | .200 | .226 | .333 | .559 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Robert Patrylo | 23 | 34 | 31 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | .194 | .242 | .194 | .436 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Robert Schnauffer | 14 | 52 | 43 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 11 | .140 | .288 | .256 | .544 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Sparky Lyle | 9 | 16 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .267 | .312 | .400 | .712 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jackie Hedrick | 16 | 31 | 26 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 12 | .154 | .267 | .154 | .421 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| William Seifert | 18 | 22 | 18 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | .167 | .318 | .167 | .485 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Emmanuel Fitzgerald | 8 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| George Berger | 5 | 20 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | .133 | .350 | .133 | .483 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bill Rogers | 20 | 18 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | .125 | .222 | .125 | .347 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lynn Morrow | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Thomas Sapp | 21 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .083 | .214 | .083 | .298 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Richard Noe | 6 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .077 | .200 | .077 | .277 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jerry Tyson | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Robert Stengle | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Wegener | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .000 | .667 | .000 | .667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Beach | 16 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | .000 | .375 | .000 | .375 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 827 | 2735 | 2344 | 412 | 601 | 83 | 13 | 60 | 341 | 39 | 19 | 344 | 476 | .256 | .355 | .380 | .735 | 890 | 0 | 23 | 11 | 13 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Kelley | 1B | 21 | 146 | 8 | 2 | 6 | .987 | 7.333 | ||||
| Alfred Weaver | 1B | 18 | 125 | 5 | 3 | 6 | .977 | 7.222 | ||||
| Robert Schnauffer | 1B | 13 | 81 | 4 | 3 | 10 | .966 | 6.538 | ||||
| Steve Myshrall | 1B | 11 | 65 | 5 | 7 | 9 | .909 | 6.364 | ||||
| Kenneth Gay | 2B | 57 | 113 | 117 | 17 | 20 | .931 | 4.035 | ||||
| Douglas Fisher | 2B | 13 | 23 | 23 | 3 | 5 | .939 | 3.538 | ||||
| Robert Connolly | 3B | 27 | 24 | 46 | 18 | 2 | .795 | 2.593 | ||||
| Harold Dickerson | 3B | 25 | 25 | 26 | 9 | 2 | .850 | 2.040 | ||||
| Marvin Miller | 3B | 19 | 9 | 25 | 6 | 3 | .850 | 1.789 | ||||
| Patrick Lutz | C | 38 | 192 | 15 | 10 | 0 | .954 | 5.447 | 17 | |||
| Michael Kelley | C | 26 | 193 | 10 | 3 | 0 | .985 | 7.808 | 12 | |||
| Gary Fancher | C | 16 | 118 | 5 | 4 | 0 | .969 | 7.688 | 8 | |||
| Merrill Hyde | OF | 67 | 78 | 4 | 10 | 0 | .891 | 1.224 | ||||
| Gary Fancher | OF | 53 | 78 | 1 | 9 | 0 | .898 | 1.491 | ||||
| John Wyatt | OF | 37 | 55 | 5 | 12 | 1 | .833 | 1.622 | ||||
| Douglas Fisher | OF | 16 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .895 | 1.062 | ||||
| Thomas Sapp | P | 21 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .524 | ||||
| Bill Rogers | P | 20 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | .875 | .350 | ||||
| Robert Patrylo | P | 18 | 2 | 12 | 2 | 0 | .875 | .778 | ||||
| William Seifert | P | 17 | 2 | 11 | 3 | 0 | .812 | .765 | ||||
| Jackie Hedrick | P | 16 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .562 | ||||
| John Beach | P | 16 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .600 | .188 | ||||
| Derrel Wilkerson | P | 14 | 6 | 17 | 7 | 0 | .767 | 1.643 | ||||
| Joe Costello | P | 13 | 2 | 11 | 3 | 0 | .812 | 1.000 | ||||
| Sparky Lyle | P | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| Richard Noe | P | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Emmanuel Fitzgerald | P | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Mike Wegener | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Lynn Morrow | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jerry Tyson | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Robert Stengle | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Robert Connolly | SS | 48 | 57 | 118 | 30 | 12 | .854 | 3.646 | ||||
| Steve Myshrall | SS | 26 | 30 | 59 | 13 | 8 | .873 | 3.423 | ||||
| Totals | 699 | 1449 | 549 | 179 | 87 | .918 | 2.858 | 37 | 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.
Persons data from the Chadwick Baseball Bureau are Copyright Chadwick Baseball Bureau, and are made available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License.
