1963 Batavia Pirates Statistics

New York-Pennsylvania League (NYPL) - Class: A
Team Record: 63-67
Finished 3rd in the NYPL
Manager: Buddy Hancken (63-67)
Affiliation: Pittsburgh Pirates
Location: Batavia, New York
Ballpark: Dwyer Stadium
Attendance: 28,967, Avg. 446

1963 Batavia Pirates Roster

Playoffs - Batavia Pirates 2 games, Auburn Mets 0
Finals - Batavia Pirates 2 games, Jamestown Tigers 1

The Batavia Pirates of the New York-Pennsylvania League ended the 1963 season with a record of 63 wins and 67 losses, finishing third in the NYPL.

The Pirates scored 634 runs and allowed 680 runs. Byron Browne walloped 32 home runs for Batavia, while Larry Nichols and Fred Michalski swatted 15 or more, too. Byron Browne drove in 96 runs. Carl Taylor led hitters with significant playing time by hitting .294. Bob Lee topped the squad with 20 wins and a team-best 1.7 ERA, tops among qualifying pitchers.

Players from the 1963 Batavia Pirates who spent time in the Majors during their careers included José Martínez, Bob Lee, Buddy Hancken, Byron Browne and Carl Taylor.

Buddy Hancken 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
Bob Lee	20	2	.909	1.70	27	20		19	3		185.0	136	57	35	9	47	0	240	1	0	10
Ronald Fiorella	9	9	.500	2.96	41	10		3	1		146.0	118	74	48	9	95	4	207	2	2	18
Richard Butler	8	5	.615	2.82	17	15		7	2		102.0	71	39	32	10	57	1	98	0	0	4
Andrew Daviault	8	8	.500	3.17	24	21		9	1		145.0	133	64	51	16	66	0	178	4	1	8
Jeffrey Broms	5	9	.357	4.39	32	15		1	0		127.0	122	81	62	18	70	2	87	0	0	10
Robert Baird	4	3	.571	5.40	27	8		0	0		80.0	89	81	48	12	55	0	66	4	0	10
Thomas White	4	8	.333	3.65	17	14		3	0		106.0	105	58	43	11	38	0	88	5	1	5
Gary Robinson	2	3	.400	3.50	10	4		0	0		36.0	31	25	14	2	31	0	33	0	0	8
Andy Occhionero	1	2	.333	12.46	5	4		0	0		13.0	25	18	18	4	10	1	11	0	0	2
Lenny Levine	1	4	.200	8.47	11	5		0	0		34.0	46	44	32	7	26	0	30	2	0	5
Ross Mersinger	1	5	.167	6.30	17	6		1	0		50.0	61	46	35	7	37	2	46	2	0	5
Gary Vinisky					15						0.0
Lawrence Zuidmuider	0	0		6.75	2	2		0	0		4.0	6	7	3	1	1	0	3	0	0	0
Roberto Urbano	0	0		9.00	1	0		0	0		1.0	1	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
James Shade	0	0		9.00	3	0		0	0		6.0	9	8	6	1	0	0	7	0	0	0
Everett Bredimus	0	0		9.00	3	0		0	0		10.0	9	11	10	1	6	0	8	0	0	3
John Moffett	0	0		9.00	1	0		0	0		1.0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Gilbert Watts	0	0		18.00	1	0		0	0		1.0	2	2	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
Marcel Blais	0	0		27.00	1	1		0	0		1.0	3	3	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	0
Buddy Hancken	0	1	.000	12.86	1	0		0	0		7.0	13	11	10	3	3	1	0	0	0	1
Albert Stirk	0	1	.000	14.14	3	0		0	0		7.0	16	16	11	2	5	0	9	0	0	1
Gene Cooley	0	2	.000	5.14	3	1		0	0		7.0	6	5	4	2	4	0	6	0	0	1
William Kuklenski	0	5	.000	4.50	11	3		0	0		32.0	38	27	16	6	14	0	19	2	1	1
Totals	63	67	.485	3.96	273	129	0	43	7	0	1101.0	1041	680	485	123	568	11	1137	22	5	92	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
Byron Browne	128	551	481	90	140	19	5	32	96	13	2	59	135	.291	.371	.551	.922	265		4	4	3
Juan Reyes	130	529	476	62	133	23	1	4	48	4	2	34	47	.279	.340	.357	.697	170		12	3	4
Carl Taylor	120	477	394	79	116	13	5	11	58	9	5	70	87	.294	.403	.437	.840	172		5	3	5
James Hassett	125	505	467	57	109	14	1	8	46	2	2	33	153	.233	.282	.319	.601	149		0	1	4
Larry Nichols	110	452	387	60	104	18	2	21	71	12	3	46	105	.269	.346	.488	.834	189		6	1	12
José Martínez	69	319	273	59	85	17	6	14	44	13	5	39	75	.311	.398	.571	.970	156		1	5	1
Fred Michalski	80	301	268	48	66	14	1	17	45	5	3	24	51	.246	.318	.496	.814	133		5	2	2
Gary Robinson	69	279	254	37	60	12	3	7	29	9	1	19	69	.236	.296	.390	.686	99		3	2	1
Norm Housley	71	302	272	34	54	7	0	8	26	3	1	27	83	.199	.268	.312	.581	85		0	0	3
Gilbert Watts	47	186	150	26	51	10	0	7	27	3	4	34	34	.340	.462	.547	1.009	82		1	0	1
John Thomas	51	212	185	21	25	5	0	5	12	4	0	22	73	.135	.245	.243	.489	45		5	0	0
John Moffett	36	96	86	13	20	7	1	0	14	0	0	7	16	.233	.302	.337	.639	29		2	0	1
Bob Lee	28	79	66	10	18	2	1	4	16	0	0	7	25	.273	.351	.515	.867	34		1	5	0
Bill Bradley	18	81	68	12	13	3	1	1	11	4	0	7	29	.191	.291	.309	.600	21		3	2	1
Ronald Fiorella	57	83	73	5	12	1	0	0	4	0	0	4	17	.164	.218	.178	.396	13		1	5	0
Vallee Abbott	22	64	57	7	10	1	1	0	5	1	0	5	24	.175	.266	.228	.494	13		2	0	0
Robert Baird	32	46	42	0	9	0	0	0	4	0	0	2	9	.214	.244	.214	.459	9		0	1	1
William Kuklenski	21	42	41	3	6	0	0	2	2	0	0	1	15	.146	.167	.293	.459	12		0	0	0
Andrew Daviault	24	56	45	5	6	0	0	0	5	0	0	8	17	.133	.264	.133	.397	6		0	3	0
Stephen Piestrak	8	30	26	3	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	12	.115	.233	.115	.349	3		0	0	0
Luis Isaac	8	10	9	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.222	.300	.222	.522	2		0	0	0
Lenny Levine	11	19	16	0	2	1	0	0	3	0	0	2	6	.125	.222	.188	.410	3		0	1	0
Ross Mersinger	17	17	17	1	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	9	.118	.118	.294	.412	5		0	0	0
Thomas White	21	36	35	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	26	.057	.083	.057	.140	2		0	0	0
Jeffrey Broms	34	50	40	4	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	33	.050	.095	.050	.145	2		0	8	0
Buddy Hancken	1	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1		0	0	0
James Shade	3	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	1		0	0	0
Andy Occhionero	5	6	6	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	.167	.167	.167	.333	1		0	0	0
Richard Schlenker	6	15	12	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	.083	.214	.083	.298	1		0	1	0
Richard Butler	17	40	32	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	8	13	.031	.225	.031	.256	1		0	0	0
Albert Stirk	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Gene Cooley	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.500	.000	.500	0		0	0	0
Everett Bredimus	3	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Marcel Blais	1	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.500	.000	.500	0		0	0	0
Robert Lamkin	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Lawrence Zuidmuider	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Totals	1382	4900	4293	641	1055	167	28	142	575	82	29	470	1184	.246	.325	.397	.722	1704	0	51	47	39	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Norm Housley	1B	68	476	38	10	39	.981	7.559
John Thomas	1B	50	329	25	19	31	.949	7.080
José Martínez	2B	69	137	175	16	37	.951	4.522
Byron Browne	2B	32	62	61	17	16	.879	3.844
Gilbert Watts	2B	13	26	21	1	6	.979	3.615
William Kuklenski	2B	10	12	9	3	3	.875	2.100
Juan Reyes	3B	87	79	113	24	13	.889	2.207
Gilbert Watts	3B	29	23	42	8	4	.890	2.241
Carl Taylor	C	112	1000	74	18	9	.984	9.589	32
John Moffett	C	19	133	2	6	0	.957	7.105	3
James Hassett	OF	121	194	20	10	4	.955	1.769
Larry Nichols	OF	101	109	20	3	1	.977	1.277
Byron Browne	OF	86	116	4	10	2	.923	1.395
Gary Robinson	OF	57	117	18	14	2	.906	2.368
Bill Bradley	OF	17	21	3	3	0	.889	1.412
Ronald Fiorella	P	41	7	17	3	2	.889	.585
Jeffrey Broms	P	32	3	18	3	1	.875	.656
Bob Lee	P	27	13	27	4	1	.909	1.481
Robert Baird	P	27						.000
Andrew Daviault	P	24	6	18	3	3	.889	1.000
Thomas White	P	17	4	9	2	0	.867	.765
Ross Mersinger	P	17	2	10	1	1	.923	.706
Richard Butler	P	17						.000
Lenny Levine	P	11	0	2	0	0	1.000	.182
William Kuklenski	P	11	2	7	1	1	.900	.818
Gary Robinson	P	10	2	3	0	0	1.000	.500
Andy Occhionero	P	5						.000
Albert Stirk	P	3						.000
James Shade	P	3						.000
Gene Cooley	P	3						.000
Everett Bredimus	P	3						.000
Lawrence Zuidmuider	P	2						.000
Roberto Urbano	P	1						.000
Buddy Hancken	P	1						.000
Marcel Blais	P	1						.000
Fred Michalski	SS	80	98	167	30	26	.898	3.312
Juan Reyes	SS	43	61	79	11	15	.927	3.256
Totals		1250	3032	982	220	217	.948	3.211	35	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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