1963 Dubuque Packers Statistics

Midwest League (MWL) - Class: A
Team Record: 47-76
Finished 10th in the MWL
Manager: Walt Novick (47-76)
Affiliation: Cleveland Indians
Location: Dubuque, Iowa
Ballpark: John Patrakis Memorial Park
Attendance: 77,130, Avg. 1,254

1963 Dubuque Packers Roster

The Dubuque Packers of the Midwest League ended the 1963 season with a record of 47 wins and 76 losses, finishing tenth in the MWL.

The Packers scored 573 runs and surrendered 783 runs, most in the circuit. Paul Dicken led Dubuque with 13 home runs Sam Parrilla and Paul Dicken each recorded 51 runs batted in. Joseph Taormina paced batters with significant playing time by hitting .271. Butch Leiby and Tom Kelley topped the team with 8 wins each, while Robert Wolfe recorded a 2.83 ERA, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

Tom Kelley, Hal Kurtz, Sam Parrilla, Gomer Hodge, Paul Dicken, José Arcia and Vern Fuller were all players from the 1963 Dubuque Packers who played in the Majors during their careers.

Walt Novick 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
Butch Leiby	8	13	.381	3.86	33	20		11	0		168.0	175	117	72	11	66	10	161	6	1	8
Tom Kelley	8	14	.364	4.48	33	25		12	3		191.0	186	121	95	9	120	4	226	4	1	8
Thomas Lee	7	9	.438	3.41	31	17		6	1		140.0	114	70	53	5	63	2	147	4	4	6
Robert Wolfe	6	5	.545	2.83	19	14		9	2		108.0	94	68	34	9	53	1	126	2	0	3
José Arcia	4	5	.444	6.47	14	9		5	0		57.0	79	55	41	6	29	0	47	5	1	6
Hal Kurtz	4	11	.267	5.12	30	13		2	0		123.0	133	104	70	5	82	4	100	5	0	12
Roger Walters	3	3	.500	5.49	11	5		2	0		41.0	47	27	25	4	23	2	35	4	0	3
Stanley McDonald	2	0	1.000	3.60	4	3		1	0		20.0	18	15	8	4	13	1	17	1	0	2
Robert Cerese	2	4	.333	7.06	18	6		0	0		51.0	59	54	40	5	48	1	51	5	1	11
Ronald Copeland	1	0	1.000	2.25	1	0		0	0		4.0	1	1	1	1	0	0	4	1	0	1
Richard Robarge	1	0	1.000	3.10	12	1		0	0		29.0	32	23	10	2	18	0	31	2	1	8
Manuel Gazmuri	1	3	.250	8.05	6	4		1	0		19.0	24	19	17	1	14	0	19	0	0	4
William Haffa	0	0		0.00	2	0		0	0		3.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0
Douglas Crawford	0	0		0.00	1	0		0	0		0.3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Kenneth Ellwein	0	0		4.50	2	0		0	0		6.0	12	10	3	0	4	0	4	1	0	3
John Miller	0	0		6.75	4	0		0	0		8.0	9	8	6	0	4	0	7	3	0	0
Mark Zeckman	0	1	.000	4.91	4	1		0	0		11.0	13	9	6	2	4	0	9	0	0	1
Colonel Caldwell	0	2	.000	6.65	7	1		0	0		23.0	33	30	17	2	15	1	24	1	4	3
Dick Burns	0	2	.000	9.00	4	2		0	0		10.0	18	12	10	0	4	0	9	0	0	0
Frank Cardwell	0	4	.000	12.00	13	3		1	0		24.0	26	40	32	3	38	0	19	4	0	6
Totals	47	76	.382	4.69	249	124	0	50	6	0	1036.3	1074	783	540	69	599	26	1039	48	13	85	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 Oring	103	449	400	52	108	14	5	5	39	8	16	39	62	.270	.342	.368	.710	147		5	5	0
Joseph Taormina	117	461	395	72	107	17	6	6	40	6	6	56	65	.271	.369	.390	.759	154		6	3	1
Sam Parrilla	118	504	434	65	104	18	3	10	51	13	6	62	125	.240	.335	.364	.699	158		2	2	4
Vern Fuller	69	293	254	42	70	11	3	7	43	8	6	28	53	.276	.356	.425	.781	108		6	1	4
Douglas Crawford	103	376	323	35	69	13	3	4	38	3	1	46	129	.214	.313	.310	.622	100		2	2	3
Paul Dicken	57	241	211	40	68	16	2	13	51	4	1	26	55	.322	.402	.602	1.004	127		3	0	1
Thomas Newton	70	251	224	32	60	10	2	4	32	3	3	21	24	.268	.339	.384	.723	86		4	0	2
Gomer Hodge	80	259	238	21	52	9	3	2	23	0	2	12	59	.218	.264	.307	.571	73		3	5	1
Gerald Schrock	67	261	226	34	48	13	2	2	19	0	0	30	51	.212	.318	.314	.632	71		5	0	0
Milton Swift	55	226	177	28	45	7	4	5	27	0	3	49	61	.254	.416	.424	.840	75		0	0	0
Kenneth Ellwein	55	197	178	37	40	7	3	6	28	5	0	15	34	.225	.291	.399	.690	71		2	1	1
Manuel Gazmuri	47	169	143	23	34	10	2	4	24	1	0	20	43	.238	.343	.420	.763	60		3	3	0
Roy Kuhl	30	93	83	11	26	1	2	1	16	0	1	7	12	.313	.366	.410	.775	34		1	0	2
Michael Gordon	33	100	83	12	19	2	0	1	9	1	1	16	20	.229	.360	.289	.649	24		1	0	0
Bernard Boland	20	63	58	5	13	5	0	0	4	1	0	3	20	.224	.274	.310	.585	18		1	1	0
Terrence Wenger	13	57	44	11	11	3	0	0	3	1	0	11	17	.250	.421	.318	.739	14		2	0	0
Butch Leiby	39	66	55	4	10	3	0	0	3	1	0	7	18	.182	.274	.236	.511	13		0	4	0
Tom Kelley	35	70	59	3	9	0	0	0	4	0	0	8	25	.153	.271	.153	.424	9		2	0	1
Peter Pavich	37	80	75	11	9	0	0	0	2	0	0	4	28	.120	.175	.120	.295	9		1	0	0
Floyd Persson	14	52	46	7	8	0	2	1	3	0	0	5	7	.174	.269	.326	.595	15		1	0	0
Claude Cleveland	27	64	50	5	6	3	0	0	6	0	0	12	25	.120	.297	.180	.477	9		1	0	1
Robert Wolfe	19	41	37	3	5	2	1	0	6	0	0	0	18	.135	.128	.243	.371	9		0	2	2
José Arcia	16	23	19	2	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	5	.211	.318	.211	.529	4		1	1	0
Thomas Lee	31	49	42	3	4	0	0	0	4	0	0	5	23	.095	.191	.095	.287	4		0	2	0
Albert Stubbe	3	9	9	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.333	.333	.333	.667	3		0	0	0
Roger Walters	11	14	12	2	3	1	2	0	4	0	0	1	4	.250	.286	.667	.952	8		0	0	1
Joseph Dent	5	17	16	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	.125	.125	.125	.250	2		0	1	0
Hal Kurtz	30	44	38	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	25	.053	.143	.053	.195	2		0	2	0
Ronald Copeland	1	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1		0	0	0
Frank Cardwell	13	8	8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.125	.125	.125	.250	1		0	0	0
Stanley McDonald	4	10	9	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	.111	.200	.222	.422	2		0	0	0
Richard Robarge	13	14	10	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	8	.100	.357	.200	.557	2		0	0	0
John Miller	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Dick Burns	4	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Colonel Caldwell	7	8	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Robert Cerese	18	21	19	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	10	.000	.095	.000	.095	0		0	0	0
Mark Zeckman	4	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Totals	1372	4600	3993	572	943	167	45	71	479	56	46	496	1055	.236	.327	.354	.680	1413	0	52	35	24	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Gary Oring	1B	41	307	8	9	11	.972	7.683
Manuel Gazmuri	1B	40	265	19	12	19	.959	7.100
Gerald Schrock	1B	26	184	7	2	14	.990	7.346
Kenneth Ellwein	1B	11	87	5	2	13	.979	8.364
Vern Fuller	2B	57	124	121	8	26	.968	4.298
Gary Oring	2B	53	112	105	13	22	.943	4.094
Terrence Wenger	2B	13	24	25	2	5	.961	3.769
Gomer Hodge	3B	46	52	82	26	6	.838	2.913
Michael Gordon	3B	28	18	46	9	2	.877	2.286
Milton Swift	3B	22	19	48	10	1	.870	3.045
Douglas Crawford	3B	13	10	20	5	0	.857	2.308
Gary Oring	3B	11	10	18	2	3	.933	2.545
Thomas Newton	C	59	467	40	12	3	.977	8.593	24
Milton Swift	C	26	212	25	7	1	.971	9.115	13
Peter Pavich	C	25	165	14	8	2	.957	7.160	22
Roy Kuhl	C	25	176	15	4	0	.979	7.640	9
Sam Parrilla	OF	112	165	12	19	4	.903	1.580
Joseph Taormina	OF	107	140	17	19	4	.892	1.467
Paul Dicken	OF	57	97	4	6	0	.944	1.772
Gerald Schrock	OF	39	45	3	8	0	.857	1.231
Kenneth Ellwein	OF	39	57	6	2	0	.969	1.615
Floyd Persson	OF	12	10	0	2	0	.833	.833
Butch Leiby	P	33	6	38	5	1	.898	1.333
Tom Kelley	P	33	7	35	1	3	.977	1.273
Thomas Lee	P	31	3	23	1	0	.963	.839
Hal Kurtz	P	30	3	35	5	3	.884	1.267
Robert Wolfe	P	19	5	22	3	2	.900	1.421
Robert Cerese	P	18	2	10	1	1	.923	.667
José Arcia	P	14	3	13	2	2	.889	1.143
Frank Cardwell	P	13	0	7	1	1	.875	.538
Richard Robarge	P	12	0	3	2	0	.600	.250
Roger Walters	P	11	6	14	1	0	.952	1.818
Colonel Caldwell	P	7						.000
Mark Zeckman	P	4						.000
John Miller	P	4						.000
Stanley McDonald	P	4						.000
Dick Burns	P	4						.000
William Haffa	P	2						.000
Ronald Copeland	P	1						.000
Douglas Crawford	SS	75	87	163	43	24	.853	3.333
Gomer Hodge	SS	17	20	31	10	4	.836	3.000
Bernard Boland	SS	17	16	26	11	6	.792	2.471
Vern Fuller	SS	12	17	28	4	4	.918	3.750
Totals		1223	2921	1088	277	187	.935	3.278	68	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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