1962 Eau Claire Braves Statistics
Team Record: 65-59
Finished 3rd in the NL
Manager: Jim Fanning (65-59)
Affiliation: Milwaukee Braves
Location: Eau Claire, Wisconsin
Ballpark: Carson Park
Attendance: 20,906, Avg. 337
Playoffs - Eau Claire Braves 1 game, Grand Forks Chiefs 0
Finals - Eau Claire Braves 2 games, Aberdeen Pheasants 0
The Eau Claire Braves of the Northern League ended the 1962 season with a record of 65 wins and 59 losses, finishing third in the NL.
The Braves scored 595 runs and allowed 510 runs. Lorne Johnson paced Eau Claire with 16 home runs and drove in 80 runs. Lynn Moore and Alejandro James led all qualifying hitters on the roster by connecting at a .280 clip. Robert St. John and Ceferino Foy topped the squad with 13 wins each, while Jim Flynn earned a 2.76 ERA, tops among regular hurlers.
Players from the 1962 Eau Claire Braves who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Jack Littrell, Arnold Umbach, Bill Robinson and Dave Eilers.
Jim Fanning 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ceferino Foy | 13 | 7 | .650 | 3.18 | 42 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 147.0 | 127 | 70 | 52 | 5 | 68 | 2 | 100 | 9 | 0 | 10 | |||
| Robert St. John | 13 | 11 | .542 | 3.37 | 39 | 25 | 8 | 2 | 203.0 | 180 | 96 | 76 | 20 | 85 | 6 | 153 | 3 | 0 | 5 | |||
| Dave Eilers | 11 | 9 | .550 | 3.68 | 36 | 19 | 9 | 2 | 154.0 | 140 | 74 | 63 | 13 | 50 | 7 | 116 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |||
| Jim Flynn | 8 | 7 | .533 | 2.76 | 54 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 127.0 | 103 | 51 | 39 | 5 | 76 | 3 | 122 | 5 | 0 | 4 | |||
| John Nance | 6 | 5 | .545 | 4.14 | 20 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 74.0 | 71 | 49 | 34 | 2 | 49 | 2 | 56 | 4 | 1 | 7 | |||
| Arnold Umbach | 5 | 3 | .625 | 3.47 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 70.0 | 69 | 35 | 27 | 2 | 33 | 0 | 58 | 4 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Ken Nixon | 5 | 9 | .357 | 3.43 | 26 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 134.0 | 122 | 64 | 51 | 8 | 78 | 3 | 102 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||
| Butch Hughes | 4 | 5 | .444 | 3.86 | 17 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 84.0 | 84 | 43 | 36 | 5 | 21 | 4 | 44 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Jack Littrell | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Marvin Berbeck | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4.50 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Donald MacLeod | 0 | 1 | .000 | 5.06 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 16.0 | 13 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 17 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Bob Byerly | 0 | 1 | .000 | 5.62 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 16.0 | 19 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 18 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Totals | 65 | 59 | .524 | 3.49 | 260 | 125 | 0 | 39 | 7 | 0 | 1032.0 | 933 | 510 | 400 | 64 | 501 | 28 | 780 | 30 | 5 | 45 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alejandro James | 121 | 522 | 471 | 83 | 132 | 15 | 8 | 8 | 61 | 27 | 37 | 70 | .280 | .340 | .397 | .737 | 187 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Lynn Moore | 119 | 535 | 428 | 80 | 120 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 40 | 25 | 97 | 53 | .280 | .411 | .346 | .757 | 148 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Lorne Johnson | 73 | 319 | 263 | 54 | 95 | 14 | 5 | 16 | 80 | 3 | 50 | 23 | .361 | .458 | .635 | 1.093 | 167 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | ||
| Ken Roesler | 93 | 356 | 287 | 66 | 81 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 42 | 10 | 63 | 33 | .282 | .410 | .362 | .772 | 104 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | ||
| Paul Catto | 105 | 407 | 325 | 40 | 71 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 44 | 5 | 72 | 63 | .218 | .361 | .314 | .675 | 102 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Daniel Kern | 74 | 283 | 246 | 39 | 68 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 49 | 2 | 30 | 45 | .276 | .353 | .455 | .809 | 112 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | ||
| Kenneth Cullum | 86 | 297 | 235 | 32 | 60 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 28 | 6 | 57 | 47 | .255 | .407 | .340 | .748 | 80 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Peter Marchegiano | 73 | 241 | 194 | 24 | 43 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 24 | 2 | 41 | 42 | .222 | .362 | .294 | .656 | 57 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Jack Littrell | 34 | 140 | 122 | 18 | 37 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 24 | 1 | 15 | 21 | .303 | .379 | .508 | .887 | 62 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | ||
| Ronald Liptak | 43 | 183 | 151 | 26 | 35 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 1 | 27 | 32 | .232 | .350 | .377 | .727 | 57 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Robert Aguilar | 50 | 185 | 162 | 17 | 28 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 19 | 0 | 18 | 34 | .173 | .257 | .259 | .516 | 42 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Pat Sherrill | 25 | 102 | 93 | 11 | 25 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 2 | 8 | 15 | .269 | .333 | .398 | .731 | 37 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Wayne Jinske | 41 | 136 | 114 | 16 | 25 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 14 | 14 | .219 | .313 | .272 | .585 | 31 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Thomas Graziano | 44 | 149 | 122 | 13 | 24 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 23 | 14 | .197 | .324 | .230 | .554 | 28 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Peter Caruso | 41 | 157 | 103 | 16 | 21 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 47 | 22 | .204 | .468 | .291 | .759 | 30 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Robert St. John | 45 | 86 | 73 | 11 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 19 | .247 | .312 | .315 | .628 | 23 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ken Nixon | 27 | 55 | 48 | 5 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 16 | .250 | .321 | .354 | .675 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lee Brown | 19 | 50 | 41 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 14 | .244 | .360 | .390 | .750 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Bill Robinson | 23 | 67 | 63 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 21 | .143 | .169 | .190 | .360 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ceferino Foy | 42 | 52 | 44 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 16 | .182 | .217 | .205 | .422 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dave Eilers | 36 | 61 | 48 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 6 | .167 | .268 | .188 | .455 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | ||
| David Russell | 26 | 91 | 73 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 18 | 29 | .096 | .275 | .137 | .412 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Flynn | 54 | 46 | 41 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | .146 | .205 | .171 | .375 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Nance | 20 | 23 | 21 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .238 | .273 | .238 | .511 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| George Hayworth | 12 | 39 | 37 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | .135 | .179 | .162 | .342 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dan Vestal | 9 | 26 | 24 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .167 | .192 | .167 | .359 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Butch Hughes | 19 | 34 | 29 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11 | .138 | .219 | .138 | .357 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Delmer Botkin | 3 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .273 | .273 | .273 | .545 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Arnold Umbach | 12 | 29 | 21 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 7 | .143 | .357 | .238 | .595 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Donald MacLeod | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .333 | .667 | .333 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Marvin Berbeck | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .500 | .000 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Bob Byerly | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Doug Smith | 3 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .000 | .125 | .000 | .125 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 1386 | 4701 | 3904 | 595 | 968 | 132 | 31 | 71 | 512 | 96 | 0 | 664 | 703 | .248 | .360 | .352 | .712 | 1375 | 0 | 37 | 62 | 34 | 28 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Catto | 1B | 73 | 630 | 42 | 10 | 52 | .985 | 9.205 | ||||
| Robert Aguilar | 1B | 48 | 391 | 24 | 8 | 39 | .981 | 8.646 | ||||
| Lynn Moore | 2B | 116 | 250 | 349 | 18 | 62 | .971 | 5.164 | ||||
| Jack Littrell | 3B | 34 | 22 | 65 | 3 | 5 | .967 | 2.559 | ||||
| Peter Caruso | 3B | 31 | 22 | 66 | 7 | 3 | .926 | 2.839 | ||||
| Paul Catto | 3B | 28 | 21 | 46 | 8 | 3 | .893 | 2.393 | ||||
| Thomas Graziano | 3B | 18 | 6 | 29 | 4 | 2 | .897 | 1.944 | ||||
| Ronald Liptak | 3B | 14 | 18 | 33 | 3 | 6 | .944 | 3.643 | ||||
| Peter Marchegiano | C | 62 | 396 | 55 | 7 | 5 | .985 | 7.274 | 10 | |||
| Wayne Jinske | C | 36 | 224 | 15 | 5 | 3 | .980 | 6.639 | 6 | |||
| David Russell | C | 25 | 136 | 23 | 7 | 0 | .958 | 6.360 | 5 | |||
| George Hayworth | C | 12 | 63 | 6 | 2 | 1 | .972 | 5.750 | 4 | |||
| Ken Roesler | OF | 84 | 125 | 9 | 7 | 2 | .950 | 1.595 | ||||
| Kenneth Cullum | OF | 82 | 132 | 9 | 7 | 1 | .953 | 1.720 | ||||
| Lorne Johnson | OF | 73 | 108 | 13 | 6 | 2 | .953 | 1.658 | ||||
| Daniel Kern | OF | 62 | 92 | 4 | 3 | 0 | .970 | 1.548 | ||||
| Ronald Liptak | OF | 26 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.077 | ||||
| Pat Sherrill | OF | 20 | 20 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .958 | 1.150 | ||||
| Bill Robinson | OF | 17 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.706 | ||||
| Lee Brown | OF | 16 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .909 | .625 | ||||
| Jim Flynn | P | 54 | 5 | 25 | 7 | 0 | .811 | .556 | ||||
| Ceferino Foy | P | 42 | 12 | 24 | 2 | 2 | .947 | .857 | ||||
| Robert St. John | P | 39 | 10 | 39 | 4 | 3 | .925 | 1.256 | ||||
| Dave Eilers | P | 36 | 10 | 35 | 1 | 5 | .978 | 1.250 | ||||
| Ken Nixon | P | 26 | 11 | 33 | 4 | 2 | .917 | 1.692 | ||||
| John Nance | P | 20 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 0 | .833 | .750 | ||||
| Butch Hughes | P | 17 | 3 | 17 | 1 | 2 | .952 | 1.176 | ||||
| Arnold Umbach | P | 11 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.455 | ||||
| Bob Byerly | P | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| Donald MacLeod | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Marvin Berbeck | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jack Littrell | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Alejandro James | SS | 120 | 193 | 352 | 51 | 70 | .914 | 4.542 | ||||
| Totals | 1257 | 2974 | 1340 | 180 | 272 | .960 | 3.432 | 25 | 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.
