1962 Charlotte Hornets Statistics
Team Record: 54-86
Finished 8th in the SAL
Manager: Red Robbins (54-86)
Affiliation: Minnesota Twins
Location: Charlotte, North Carolina
Ballpark: Clark Griffith Park
Attendance: 50,712, Avg. 724
The Charlotte Hornets of the South Atlantic League ended the 1962 season with a record of 54 wins and 86 losses, finishing eighth in the SAL.
The Hornets scored 595 runs and surrendered 683 runs. Tony Oliva paced Charlotte with 17 home runs, and William Thompson walloped 15 or more also. Tony Oliva drove in 93 runs and topped all regular hitters by connecting at a .350 clip. Gary Dotter paced the team with 9 wins and a team-best 2.95 ERA, tops among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Jim Manning, Héctor Maestri, Marshall Renfroe, Ernie Oravetz, Jim Roland, Gary Dotter, Tony Oliva, Ron Stillwell, Joe Nossek, Fred Bruckbauer, Ralph Lumenti, Chuck Coles, Darold Knowles, Ron Mrozinski, Frank Quilici, Jim Donohue and Garland Shifflett were all players from the 1962 Charlotte Hornets who played in the Majors during their careers.
Red Robbins 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gary Dotter | 9 | 13 | .409 | 2.95 | 29 | 27 | 9 | 4 | 168.0 | 150 | 80 | 55 | 14 | 78 | 4 | 110 | 1 | 0 | 5 | |||
| Jim Manning | 7 | 11 | .389 | 4.98 | 23 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 112.0 | 121 | 76 | 62 | 10 | 44 | 3 | 69 | 5 | 1 | 4 | |||
| William Felker | 7 | 12 | .368 | 3.86 | 34 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 140.0 | 161 | 75 | 60 | 13 | 59 | 3 | 89 | 2 | 0 | 8 | |||
| Bob Saban | 6 | 8 | .429 | 4.90 | 23 | 21 | 5 | 1 | 125.0 | 137 | 73 | 68 | 11 | 41 | 4 | 63 | 4 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Oscar Chinique | 5 | 6 | .455 | 4.44 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 81.0 | 83 | 50 | 40 | 4 | 40 | 10 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Garland Shifflett | 5 | 9 | .357 | 3.47 | 46 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 166.0 | 144 | 77 | 64 | 13 | 68 | 5 | 126 | 4 | 0 | 5 | |||
| Ron Mrozinski | 4 | 7 | .364 | 3.83 | 20 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 101.0 | 103 | 52 | 43 | 8 | 26 | 0 | 65 | 3 | 0 | 6 | |||
| William Jones | 4 | 10 | .286 | 4.27 | 30 | 24 | 5 | 0 | 158.0 | 171 | 84 | 75 | 7 | 76 | 7 | 119 | 5 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Pete Pekich | 2 | 3 | .400 | 3.30 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30.0 | 29 | 14 | 11 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ralph Lumenti | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.00 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Fred Bruckbauer | 1 | 1 | .500 | 2.84 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19.0 | 23 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Héctor Maestri | 1 | 1 | .500 | 2.86 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 44.0 | 46 | 20 | 14 | 2 | 33 | 5 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Marshall Renfroe | 1 | 1 | .500 | 6.00 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jim Roland | 1 | 3 | .250 | 4.17 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 41.0 | 36 | 27 | 19 | 1 | 37 | 1 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |||
| Joel Kiger | 0 | 0 | 2.57 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14.0 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Jose Mejias | 0 | 0 | 4.85 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13.0 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Jim Donohue | 0 | 0 | 7.00 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Red Robbins | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Darold Knowles | 0 | 1 | .000 | 1.29 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 54 | 86 | .386 | 3.95 | 321 | 139 | 0 | 33 | 6 | 0 | 1241.0 | 1262 | 677 | 545 | 92 | 554 | 46 | 815 | 26 | 2 | 52 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tony Oliva | 127 | 525 | 469 | 71 | 164 | 35 | 6 | 17 | 93 | 1 | 43 | 32 | .350 | .402 | .559 | .961 | 262 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 4 | ||
| Joe Nossek | 134 | 574 | 521 | 58 | 144 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 56 | 8 | 44 | 46 | .276 | .330 | .342 | .672 | 178 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 5 | ||
| Ernie Oravetz | 96 | 445 | 369 | 63 | 118 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 7 | 64 | 17 | .320 | .420 | .382 | .802 | 141 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 5 | ||
| Nestor Velazquez | 103 | 389 | 353 | 39 | 84 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 34 | 7 | 29 | 37 | .238 | .295 | .306 | .601 | 108 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Wendell Antoine | 94 | 372 | 341 | 26 | 79 | 19 | 1 | 4 | 35 | 5 | 23 | 52 | .232 | .281 | .328 | .609 | 112 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 8 | ||
| Chuck Coles | 80 | 251 | 213 | 32 | 65 | 10 | 1 | 11 | 44 | 1 | 36 | 26 | .305 | .406 | .516 | .922 | 110 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | ||
| William Thompson | 74 | 300 | 262 | 31 | 56 | 13 | 1 | 16 | 39 | 0 | 33 | 60 | .214 | .301 | .454 | .755 | 119 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Bob Hartsfield | 60 | 235 | 204 | 32 | 54 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 27 | 1 | 28 | 28 | .265 | .352 | .412 | .764 | 84 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Jesus Torres | 47 | 186 | 157 | 20 | 40 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 24 | 19 | .255 | .350 | .331 | .681 | 52 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Red Robbins | 47 | 145 | 129 | 11 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 16 | 18 | .147 | .241 | .217 | .458 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Matthew Daskalakis | 22 | 96 | 77 | 13 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 16 | 9 | .234 | .368 | .338 | .706 | 26 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Garland Shifflett | 62 | 70 | 59 | 7 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 16 | .254 | .318 | .356 | .674 | 21 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Jim Carver | 32 | 91 | 77 | 9 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 12 | 28 | .195 | .300 | .325 | .625 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Frank Quilici | 25 | 98 | 83 | 6 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 27 | .181 | .299 | .205 | .504 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| David Sanchez | 17 | 77 | 64 | 13 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 8 | .203 | .329 | .219 | .548 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gary Dotter | 32 | 64 | 60 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 9 | .183 | .210 | .267 | .476 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Larry Koehl | 20 | 60 | 51 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 7 | 8 | .196 | .283 | .353 | .636 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| William Jones | 45 | 74 | 64 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 18 | .156 | .239 | .188 | .427 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ron Stillwell | 14 | 61 | 47 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 6 | .170 | .328 | .319 | .647 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||
| William Felker | 36 | 54 | 48 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 13 | .167 | .200 | .188 | .388 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dale Bennetch | 12 | 49 | 43 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 13 | .140 | .245 | .302 | .547 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Glen Merklen | 18 | 57 | 46 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 11 | 9 | .130 | .298 | .217 | .516 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ron Mrozinski | 20 | 41 | 32 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 17 | .156 | .250 | .281 | .531 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Manning | 24 | 43 | 41 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | .098 | .098 | .098 | .195 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Donohue | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pete Pekich | 13 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .200 | .273 | .200 | .473 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Héctor Maestri | 22 | 15 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .154 | .214 | .231 | .445 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Oscar Chinique | 40 | 22 | 19 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | .105 | .227 | .105 | .333 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Hank Lehwald | 22 | 33 | 31 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 9 | .065 | .121 | .065 | .186 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Saban | 23 | 45 | 42 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 23 | .048 | .089 | .048 | .137 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Ralph Lumenti | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Roland | 8 | 15 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .067 | .067 | .067 | .133 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Fred Bruckbauer | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Darold Knowles | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joel Kiger | 7 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Marshall Renfroe | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jose Mejias | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .333 | .000 | .333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1404 | 4520 | 3961 | 480 | 981 | 154 | 29 | 75 | 454 | 35 | 0 | 457 | 586 | .248 | .325 | .358 | .683 | 1418 | 0 | 10 | 64 | 28 | 39 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| William Thompson | 1B | 73 | 595 | 46 | 12 | 51 | .982 | 8.781 | ||||
| Chuck Coles | 1B | 32 | 239 | 20 | 3 | 18 | .989 | 8.094 | ||||
| Matthew Daskalakis | 1B | 14 | 182 | 11 | 5 | 7 | .975 | 13.786 | ||||
| Glen Merklen | 1B | 11 | 118 | 8 | 4 | 11 | .969 | 11.455 | ||||
| Nestor Velazquez | 2B | 41 | 72 | 96 | 13 | 8 | .928 | 4.098 | ||||
| Bob Hartsfield | 2B | 29 | 76 | 72 | 10 | 15 | .937 | 5.103 | ||||
| Frank Quilici | 2B | 15 | 32 | 48 | 2 | 6 | .976 | 5.333 | ||||
| Bob Hartsfield | 3B | 26 | 21 | 36 | 4 | 1 | .934 | 2.192 | ||||
| Jesus Torres | 3B | 25 | 25 | 48 | 5 | 1 | .936 | 2.920 | ||||
| Red Robbins | 3B | 21 | 17 | 51 | 6 | 1 | .919 | 3.238 | ||||
| Nestor Velazquez | 3B | 12 | 20 | 28 | 6 | 1 | .889 | 4.000 | ||||
| Joe Nossek | 3B | 12 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .909 | .833 | ||||
| Wendell Antoine | C | 91 | 576 | 65 | 13 | 13 | .980 | 7.044 | 18 | |||
| Jim Carver | C | 20 | 117 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.350 | 1 | |||
| Hank Lehwald | C | 14 | 41 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.286 | 4 | |||
| Larry Koehl | C | 14 | 85 | 16 | 3 | 5 | .971 | 7.214 | 6 | |||
| Tony Oliva | OF | 122 | 231 | 13 | 19 | 3 | .928 | 2.000 | ||||
| Joe Nossek | OF | 104 | 289 | 20 | 13 | 3 | .960 | 2.971 | ||||
| Ernie Oravetz | OF | 96 | 164 | 6 | 5 | 0 | .971 | 1.771 | ||||
| Chuck Coles | OF | 21 | 38 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .976 | 1.952 | ||||
| Dale Bennetch | OF | 10 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .938 | 1.500 | ||||
| Garland Shifflett | P | 46 | 12 | 28 | 2 | 0 | .952 | .870 | ||||
| Oscar Chinique | P | 39 | 5 | 41 | 0 | 6 | 1.000 | 1.179 | ||||
| William Felker | P | 34 | 7 | 31 | 1 | 2 | .974 | 1.118 | ||||
| William Jones | P | 30 | 11 | 26 | 3 | 2 | .925 | 1.233 | ||||
| Gary Dotter | P | 29 | 9 | 27 | 1 | 1 | .973 | 1.241 | ||||
| Bob Saban | P | 23 | 10 | 25 | 1 | 0 | .972 | 1.522 | ||||
| Jim Manning | P | 23 | 5 | 13 | 2 | 3 | .900 | .783 | ||||
| Héctor Maestri | P | 22 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .909 | .455 | ||||
| Ron Mrozinski | P | 20 | 4 | 19 | 1 | 2 | .958 | 1.150 | ||||
| Pete Pekich | P | 13 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .385 | ||||
| Jim Roland | P | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| Fred Bruckbauer | P | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| Darold Knowles | P | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Joel Kiger | P | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jose Mejias | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Marshall Renfroe | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ralph Lumenti | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jim Donohue | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Red Robbins | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Nestor Velazquez | SS | 29 | 49 | 72 | 10 | 19 | .924 | 4.172 | ||||
| Jesus Torres | SS | 17 | 25 | 62 | 9 | 12 | .906 | 5.118 | ||||
| Ron Stillwell | SS | 14 | 25 | 48 | 7 | 10 | .912 | 5.214 | ||||
| David Sanchez | SS | 10 | 20 | 33 | 7 | 8 | .883 | 5.300 | ||||
| Totals | 1194 | 3146 | 1041 | 171 | 209 | .961 | 3.507 | 29 | 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.
