1963 Duluth-Superior Dukes Statistics

Northern League (NL) - Class: A
Team Record: 77-43
Finished 1st in the NL
Manager: Bob Mavis (77-43)
Affiliation: Detroit Tigers
Location: Duluth, Minnesota; Superior, Wisconsin
Ballpark: Wade Stadium
Attendance: 42,082, Avg. 701

1963 Duluth-Superior Dukes Roster

The Duluth-Superior Dukes of the Northern League ended the 1963 season with a record of 77 wins and 43 losses, finishing first in the NL.

The Dukes scored 655 runs, most in the league. Duluth-Superior yielded 446 runs, fewest in the league. Jim Rooker paced the team with 19 home runs, and Mike Cloutier walloped 15 or more, too. Jim Rooker drove in 78 runs. Bill Fulk topped all regular batters with a .297 average. Pat Jarvis led the squad with 14 wins, while Ken Magown recorded a 2.06 ERA, tops among hurlers with significant time on the mound.

Players from the 1963 Duluth-Superior Dukes who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Ike Brown, Joe Sparma, Jim Rooker, Pete Craig, Denny McLain and Pat Jarvis.

Bob Mavis 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
Pat Jarvis	14	6	.700	2.76	28	24		15	3		196.0	152	77	60	16	59	4	185	3	0	6
Denny McLain	13	2	.867	2.55	18	17		14	2		141.0	117	47	40	9	51	0	157	2	1	8
Ken Avery	13	4	.765	3.59	19	18		9	2		128.0	138	57	51	18	30	2	68	0	0	3
Thomas Charon	8	5	.615	3.11	17	15		8	1		110.0	103	46	38	5	44	1	70	4	1	7
Ken Magown	7	4	.636	2.06	14	11		7	1		96.0	75	28	22	7	31	1	90	1	0	4
Pete Craig	7	5	.583	2.51	17	14		10	2		122.0	90	42	34	12	28	2	117	4	0	2
Tommy Thompson	5	4	.556	4.24	22	8		5	0		102.0	117	62	48	10	33	6	40	2	0	6
Buck Grover	4	7	.364	3.09	31	1		0	0		67.0	59	31	23	1	42	5	54	6	0	9
Michael Fedak	3	1	.750	3.12	4	3		2	0		26.0	26	11	9	2	16	0	15	1	0	0
Joe Sparma	2	4	.333	4.60	8	7		4	1		43.0	35	27	22	0	37	1	58	0	0	6
Ronnie Chandler	1	0	1.000	2.25	2	2		1	0		12.0	11	6	3	0	7	0	7	0	0	1
Kenneth Palmateer	0	0		0.90	6	0		0	0		10.0	3	4	1	0	4	0	4	0	0	0
Arthur Cabadas	0	0		4.50	1	1		0	0		2.0	4	2	1	0	3	0	2	0	0	1
Totals	77	42	.647	3.00	187	121	0	75	12	0	1055.0	930	440	352	80	385	22	867	23	2	53	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
Richard DeLong	121	549	464	63	129	17	1	7	73	1	0	59	50	.278	.358	.364	.722	169		4	13	9
Martin Richardson	120	568	494	90	119	12	9	7	59	23	9	62	38	.241	.330	.344	.674	170		6	1	5
Jim Rooker	115	474	412	82	112	12	11	19	78	12	5	53	127	.272	.358	.493	.851	203		3	5	1
Mike Cloutier	112	486	425	75	111	17	2	15	73	0	0	37	71	.261	.333	.416	.749	177		12	5	7
Bill Fulk	100	421	344	67	102	11	6	2	57	1	1	66	72	.297	.411	.381	.792	131		4	3	4
Paul Pavelko	107	474	415	67	102	19	4	0	34	7	10	42	50	.246	.326	.311	.637	129		8	8	1
Ike Brown	115	467	394	71	96	14	3	9	59	17	2	60	93	.244	.343	.363	.706	143		2	7	4
Ken Magown	68	221	184	27	57	10	1	3	33	1	1	34	17	.310	.423	.424	.847	78		2	1	0
Dave Kelly	53	220	177	35	51	8	3	4	21	4	3	37	32	.288	.409	.435	.844	77		0	5	1
Victor Prosser	66	196	176	21	40	4	1	0	36	0	0	15	36	.227	.285	.261	.546	46		0	3	2
Charles Dodge	47	154	123	10	22	4	1	0	16	1	0	23	31	.179	.325	.228	.552	28		4	3	1
Thomas Schroeder	24	84	64	16	13	1	0	2	10	0	0	18	20	.203	.386	.312	.698	20		1	1	0
Denny McLain	18	61	59	4	11	0	0	0	6	0	0	2	20	.186	.213	.186	.400	11		0	0	0
Pete Craig	20	53	43	5	9	1	1	0	3	0	0	10	10	.209	.358	.279	.638	12		0	0	0
Pat Jarvis	30	76	65	7	9	1	1	0	6	0	0	7	24	.138	.222	.185	.407	12		0	4	0
Tommy Thompson	23	38	33	3	7	1	0	0	2	0	0	5	6	.212	.316	.242	.558	8		0	0	0
Thomas Charon	17	46	44	4	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	16	.159	.178	.159	.337	7		0	1	0
Ken Avery	19	53	48	4	5	1	0	0	3	0	0	1	20	.104	.122	.125	.247	6		0	4	0
Buck Grover	31	20	16	0	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	6	.250	.368	.312	.681	5		1	1	0
Michael Fedak	4	12	10	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.200	.273	.200	.473	2		0	1	0
Joe Sparma	8	17	13	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	4	.154	.353	.154	.507	2		0	0	0
Kenneth Palmateer	7	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Ronnie Chandler	2	5	4	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	1
Arthur Cabadas	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Totals	1228	4699	4011	656	1010	134	44	68	572	67	31	539	749	.252	.344	.358	.703	1436	0	47	66	36	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Mike Cloutier	1B	106	742	59	34	55	.959	7.557
Ken Magown	1B	18	139	7	4	7	.973	8.111
Martin Richardson	2B	113	248	258	18	48	.966	4.478
Dave Kelly	3B	53	50	70	8	9	.938	2.264
Victor Prosser	3B	36	26	41	10	2	.870	1.861
Thomas Schroeder	3B	23	20	33	9	0	.855	2.304
Charles Dodge	3B	14	9	20	10	2	.744	2.071
Bill Fulk	C	98	740	40	15	7	.981	7.959	11
Charles Dodge	C	31	176	14	2	2	.990	6.129	8
Richard DeLong	OF	121	203	5	4	1	.981	1.719
Jim Rooker	OF	113	276	20	11	2	.964	2.619
Paul Pavelko	OF	105	206	8	9	3	.960	2.038
Ken Magown	OF	25	41	0	2	0	.953	1.640
Buck Grover	P	31	2	18	0	2	1.000	.645
Pat Jarvis	P	28	19	30	3	2	.942	1.750
Tommy Thompson	P	22	6	23	1	1	.967	1.318
Ken Avery	P	19	6	22	0	0	1.000	1.474
Denny McLain	P	18	2	19	0	0	1.000	1.167
Pete Craig	P	17	10	16	3	0	.897	1.529
Thomas Charon	P	17	5	29	5	0	.872	2.000
Ken Magown	P	14	5	16	0	0	1.000	1.500
Joe Sparma	P	8						.000
Kenneth Palmateer	P	6						.000
Michael Fedak	P	4						.000
Ronnie Chandler	P	2						.000
Arthur Cabadas	P	1						.000
Ike Brown	SS	114	186	286	49	39	.906	4.140
Martin Richardson	SS	12	11	22	0	5	1.000	2.750
Totals		1169	3128	1056	197	187	.955	3.579	19	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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