1963 Charlotte Hornets Statistics

South Atlantic League (SAL) - Class: AA
Team Record: 58-82
Finished 7th in the SAL
Manager: Al Evans (58-82)
Affiliation: Minnesota Twins
Location: Charlotte, North Carolina
Ballpark: Clark Griffith Park
Attendance: 46,065, Avg. 658

1963 Charlotte Hornets Roster

The Charlotte Hornets of the South Atlantic League ended the 1963 season with a record of 58 wins and 82 losses, finishing seventh in the SAL.

The Hornets plated 517 runs and conceded 588 runs. Bert Barth paced Charlotte with 17 home runs and drove in 80 runs. Ernie Oravetz led hitters with significant playing time by connecting at a .287 clip. Al Schroll topped the squad with 10 wins, while Pete Cimino recorded a 3.05 ERA, leading pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

Members of the 1963 Charlotte Hornets who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Ted Uhlaender, Jim Merritt, Ron Clark, Ray Webster, Jim Donohue, Paul Ratliff, Frank Quilici, Bill Whitby, Garland Shifflett, Chuck Nieson, Jake Jacobs, Ernie Oravetz, Pete Cimino, Ron Henry, Jerry Fosnow, Marty Martínez, Fred Lasher, Gerry Arrigo, Al Schroll, Minnie Mendoza and Jim Manning.

Al Evans 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
Al Schroll	10	10	.500	3.81	32	25		5	0		177.0	196	91	75	9	52	5	129	5	0	3
Jim Merritt	9	12	.429	4.13	34	27		6	1		159.0	186	97	73	14	60	8	125	4	1	5
Garland Shifflett	8	4	.667	3.33	59	0		0	0		100.0	94	42	37	7	20	9	81	3	0	5
Chuck Nieson	6	12	.333	4.32	28	26		6	1		148.0	153	82	71	7	71	5	97	7	3	21
Pete Cimino	5	9	.357	3.05	20	20		9	2		127.0	94	50	43	9	48	4	97	5	0	4
Jim Manning	5	11	.312	4.07	18	17		5	2		115.0	128	63	52	8	40	2	62	4	1	2
Gerry Arrigo	4	5	.444	2.68	13	10		4	1		74.0	48	24	22	3	18	1	91	3	0	7
Bruce Swango	4	7	.364	2.32	35	4		2	0		97.0	88	47	25	7	31	2	51	4	0	2
Fred Lasher	3	5	.375	2.84	32	0		0	0		57.0	39	24	18	6	27	6	72	2	1	3
Joe Kaiser	1	0	1.000	3.38	6	0		0	0		8.0	6	5	3	1	2	0	5	0	0	0
William Felker	1	0	1.000	4.85	9	0		0	0		13.0	16	7	7	1	5	0	7	0	0	1
Jim Donohue	1	3	.250	4.02	25	5		0	0		56.0	60	27	25	3	17	0	58	3	0	0
George Miller					5						0.0
Julio Guerra	0	0		3.00	2	0		0	0		3.0	4	1	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	2
Bill Whitby	0	0		5.00	3	1		0	0		9.0	7	6	5	0	5	0	4	0	0	1
Jerry Fosnow	0	1	.000	5.00	9	0		0	0		9.0	11	5	5	0	7	0	14	0	0	0
Totals	57	79	.419	3.61	330	135	0	37	7	0	1152.0	1130	571	462	75	403	42	896	40	6	56	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
Bert Barth	132	533	468	57	133	26	3	17	80	3	0	54	85	.284	.366	.462	.828	216		7	3	1
Ernie Oravetz	129	524	439	58	126	16	2	1	26	12	7	83	19	.287	.401	.339	.740	149		1	0	1
Minnie Mendoza	84	345	319	47	91	10	4	0	29	9	1	23	16	.285	.333	.342	.675	109		0	3	0
Jake Jacobs	101	394	359	39	91	9	2	1	28	12	7	28	32	.253	.311	.298	.609	107		2	5	0
Jack Krol	101	370	342	45	84	13	1	11	55	3	1	19	51	.246	.284	.386	.670	132		2	0	7
Ted Uhlaender	93	364	324	39	74	10	0	5	30	9	4	37	32	.228	.307	.306	.612	99		0	2	1
Ray Webster	104	378	329	30	74	15	0	6	33	2	1	38	54	.225	.304	.325	.629	107		1	6	4
Reginald Hamilton	88	307	278	20	71	15	1	3	37	7	2	24	57	.255	.312	.349	.661	97		0	3	2
Marty Martínez	110	398	349	35	67	6	2	2	30	6	4	39	59	.192	.274	.238	.511	83		1	7	2
Bill Lajoie	60	223	196	28	55	4	0	4	21	2	1	21	28	.281	.345	.362	.708	71		1	0	5
Chuck Weatherspoon	61	234	195	39	48	11	1	7	22	0	1	36	56	.246	.365	.421	.785	82		1	1	1
Ron Henry	51	197	175	18	42	9	1	3	17	0	0	21	37	.240	.320	.354	.674	62		0	0	1
Thomas Videtich	61	172	142	12	26	2	1	3	11	1	1	25	38	.183	.316	.275	.590	39		3	1	1
Paul Ratliff	29	101	91	10	22	3	0	2	16	0	1	6	37	.242	.307	.341	.648	31		3	0	1
Jim Merritt	35	62	59	5	13	4	1	0	6	0	0	2	24	.220	.246	.322	.568	19		0	1	0
Jim Manning	20	44	41	3	10	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	9	.244	.279	.244	.523	10		0	1	0
Pete Gongola	18	54	47	3	8	2	0	1	2	0	0	5	13	.170	.278	.277	.554	13		2	0	0
Bruce Swango	35	29	28	4	7	4	0	1	1	0	1	1	6	.250	.276	.500	.776	14		0	0	0
Al Schroll	32	68	57	6	7	1	0	0	2	1	0	7	28	.123	.219	.140	.359	8		0	4	0
Virgil Bernhardt	17	40	34	2	6	1	0	1	4	0	0	6	11	.176	.300	.294	.594	10		0	0	0
Ron Clark	8	26	23	3	4	1	0	1	3	0	0	2	3	.174	.269	.348	.617	8		1	0	0
Frank Quilici	17	29	27	2	4	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	4	.148	.207	.222	.429	6		1	0	0
Gerry Arrigo	13	30	28	0	4	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	7	.143	.172	.143	.315	4		0	1	0
Chuck Nieson	28	57	47	3	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	19	.085	.157	.085	.242	4		0	6	0
Jim Donohue	26	11	11	2	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.273	.273	.364	.636	4		0	0	0
Pete Cimino	20	50	41	3	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	16	.073	.170	.073	.243	3		1	3	1
Bill Whitby	3	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	1		0	1	0
Garland Shifflett	64	14	13	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.077	.077	.077	.154	1		0	1	0
Joe Kaiser	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Julio Guerra	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Ronnie Flender	6	12	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.083	.000	.083	0		0	0	0
William Felker	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Fred Lasher	32	12	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	.000	.083	.000	.083	0		1	0	0
Totals	1595	5086	4491	516	1079	165	19	69	460	67	32	490	759	.240	.317	.332	.649	1489	0	28	49	28	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Bert Barth	1B	130	1065	102	18	77	.985	8.977
Jack Krol	1B	11	67	3	3	6	.959	6.364
Jack Krol	2B	78	153	169	12	27	.964	4.128
Reginald Hamilton	2B	40	53	93	15	18	.907	3.650
Ray Webster	2B	25	48	61	11	12	.908	4.360
Frank Quilici	2B	11	13	25	1	4	.974	3.455
Minnie Mendoza	3B	83	61	134	11	11	.947	2.349
Ray Webster	3B	50	54	88	7	9	.953	2.840
Thomas Videtich	C	61	275	18	4	2	.987	4.803	8
Ron Henry	C	50	356	27	7	3	.982	7.660	11
Paul Ratliff	C	26	173	10	6	1	.968	7.038	2
Pete Gongola	C	14	73	4	2	0	.975	5.500	1
Virgil Bernhardt	C	10	60	7	1	0	.985	6.700	1
Ernie Oravetz	OF	117	217	10	5	1	.978	1.940
Jake Jacobs	OF	95	192	10	5	2	.976	2.126
Ted Uhlaender	OF	85	180	11	4	2	.979	2.247
Chuck Weatherspoon	OF	55	65	6	6	0	.922	1.291
Bill Lajoie	OF	54	79	3	0	2	1.000	1.519
Ray Webster	OF	23	24	1	0	0	1.000	1.087
Garland Shifflett	P	59	9	18	2	0	.931	.458
Bruce Swango	P	35	7	18	3	2	.893	.714
Jim Merritt	P	34	9	28	4	0	.902	1.088
Al Schroll	P	32	11	40	2	3	.962	1.594
Fred Lasher	P	32	0	10	2	0	.833	.312
Chuck Nieson	P	28	11	26	2	1	.949	1.321
Jim Donohue	P	25	4	3	0	0	1.000	.280
Pete Cimino	P	20	7	14	0	1	1.000	1.050
Jim Manning	P	18	5	25	2	3	.938	1.667
Gerry Arrigo	P	13	5	7	0	2	1.000	.923
Marty Martínez	SS	108	178	249	39	49	.916	3.954
Reginald Hamilton	SS	38	55	85	13	12	.915	3.684
Totals		1460	3509	1305	187	250	.963	3.297	23	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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