1962 Elmira Pioneers Statistics

Eastern League (EL) - Class: A
Team Record: 72-68
Finished 2nd in the EL
Manager: Earl Weaver (72-68)
Affiliation: Baltimore Orioles
Location: Elmira, New York
Ballpark: Dunn Field
Attendance: 83,328, Avg. 1,190

1962 Elmira Pioneers Roster

Playoffs - Elmira Pioneers 2 games, York White Roses 1
Finals - Elmira Pioneers 3 games, Williamsport Grays 1

The Elmira Pioneers of the Eastern League ended the 1962 season with a record of 72 wins and 68 losses, finishing second in the EL.

The Pioneers gave up 549 runs, the lowest total in the circuit. Elmira plated 536 runs, worst in the league,. Raynor Youngdahl paced the squad with 14 home runs and accounted for 67 RBI, while leading batters with significant playing time by hitting .270. Dave McNally topped the team with 15 wins, and Herm Starrette registered a 2.65 earned run average, tops among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

Darold Knowles, Andy Etchebarren, Mickey McGuire, Herm Starrette, Mark Belanger, Dave Vineyard, Dave McNally and John Miller were all players from the 1962 Elmira Pioneers who played in the Majors during their careers.

Earl Weaver 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
Dave McNally	15	11	.577	3.08	34	28		13	4		196.0	153	82	67	6	115	4	195	8	0	19
Herm Starrette	14	10	.583	2.65	61	7		4	0		163.0	155	61	48	6	29	5	133	2	0	8
Richard Tetrault	7	4	.636	3.54	42	9		4	0		145.0	125	66	57	4	63	7	100	6	0	3
Pat Gillick	7	5	.583	3.13	20	19		6	3		112.0	92	42	39	2	62	1	90	2	0	6
Steve Dalkowski	7	10	.412	3.04	31	19		8	6		160.0	117	61	54	2	114	0	192	0	0	12
Dave Vineyard	5	7	.417	2.23	16	13		5	3		105.0	82	33	26	8	24	1	60	2	0	0
Johnny Ellen	5	11	.312	4.26	35	19		1	0		133.0	152	71	63	7	62	5	102	2	0	11
John Miller	4	2	.667	2.76	9	6		3	2		49.0	34	18	15	1	31	1	64	2	0	6
Timothy Pelczynski	3	4	.429	4.67	11	11		2	0		54.0	59	42	28	4	31	2	34	2	0	6
Roger Kudron	2	0	1.000	7.31	15	0		0	0		32.0	40	27	26	1	23	1	21	1	0	7
Joseph Materile	1	0	1.000	0.82	3	1		1	0		11.0	2	1	1	0	9		8	2	0	0
Jerry Gilbert	1	0	1.000	1.20	5	0		0	0		15.0	11	2	2	0	6		10	1	0	0
George Stepanovich	1	0	1.000	5.79	3	1		1	0		14.0	21	11	9	1	7		12	0	0	2
Arne Thorsland	0	0		27.00	2	1		0	0		2.0	5	6	6	2	4		1	0	0	0
Darold Knowles	0	1	.000	4.00	2	2		0	0		9.0	6	5	4	0	6		5	2	1	1
Robert Plemmons	0	3	.000	7.56	5	4		0	0		25.0	25	21	21	2	16		19	1	0	4
Totals	72	68	.514	3.42	294	140	0	48	18	0	1225.0	1079	549	466	46	602	27	1046	33	1	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
Joe Pulliam	126	525	461	67	116	16	6	2	39	15		61	75	.252	.343	.325	.668	150		3	0	0	1
Dick Hickerson	122	487	429	35	114	13	5	0	44	8		47	79	.266	.337	.319	.656	137		1	6	4	5
Raynor Youngdahl	111	443	385	58	104	19	4	14	67	5		46	107	.270	.349	.449	.799	173		3	5	4	1
Jerry Gilbert	118	419	354	45	98	22	2	1	37	5		55	72	.277	.375	.359	.734	127		2	6	2	3
Mickey McGuire	110	488	429	64	96	14	2	6	37	2		49	52	.224	.304	.308	.612	132		2	5	3	3
Nielsen Cochran	124	490	408	42	90	17	3	8	50	6		73	110	.221	.339	.336	.675	137		3	0	6	3
Pete Anthony	112	424	342	58	81	14	5	5	35	2		80	65	.237	.382	.351	.732	120		0	2	0	3
Andy Etchebarren	86	317	265	36	66	15	2	6	32	2		42	80	.249	.361	.389	.750	103		5	4	1	4
John Griffin	84	267	243	24	62	8	2	2	34	1		20	60	.255	.322	.329	.651	80		4	0	0	5
Frank Jaciuk	82	325	288	29	57	11	0	1	19	8		30	47	.198	.273	.247	.520	71		1	3	3	0
Lloyd Fourroux	61	215	186	22	38	5	2	3	20	2		23	58	.204	.304	.301	.605	56		4	1	1	0
Charlie Smiley	41	137	117	14	32	5	2	2	17	0		19	25	.274	.380	.402	.781	47		1	0	0	4
Charlie Johnson	43	153	122	9	30	1	0	0	11	1		28	24	.246	.388	.254	.642	31		1	1	1	1
Jim Liggett	32	124	110	15	29	2	3	3	16	1		10	26	.264	.325	.418	.743	46		1	1	2	1
Steve Dalkowski	32	58	50	3	9	3	0	0	1	0		5	20	.180	.250	.240	.490	12		0	2	1	0
Richard Tetrault	43	50	43	3	8	0	0	0	4	1		4	24	.186	.255	.186	.441	8		0	3	0	0
Dave Vineyard	16	37	32	0	5	1	0	0	1	0		0	16	.156	.156	.188	.344	6		0	5	0	0
Herm Starrette	61	44	37	0	5	0	0	0	2	0		1	15	.135	.158	.135	.293	5		0	6	0	0
Dave McNally	34	76	62	1	5	2	0	0	1	1		7	33	.081	.186	.113	.299	7		1	6	0	0
Pat Gillick	20	41	37	2	4	1	0	0	2	0		2	20	.108	.154	.135	.289	5		0	2	0	0
Johnny Ellen	35	45	37	3	3	0	0	0	0	0		2	17	.081	.128	.081	.209	3		0	6	0	0
Robert Plemmons	5	8	8	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	2		0	0	0	0
John Miller	9	18	17	1	2	0	0	0	2	0		0	8	.118	.118	.118	.235	2		0	1	0	0
Timothy Pelczynski	11	21	19	2	2	0	0	0	0	0		1	12	.105	.150	.105	.255	2		0	1	0	0
James Vadas	19	63	59	2	2	0	0	0	0	0		4	26	.034	.095	.034	.129	2		0	0	0	1
George Stepanovich	3	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	1	0		0	3	.200	.200	.200	.400	1		0	0	0	0
Roger Kudron	15	10	8	0	1	0	0	0	2	0		0	3	.125	.111	.125	.236	1		0	1	1	0
Mark Belanger	8	25	22	0	1	0	0	0	0	1		3	12	.045	.160	.045	.205	1		0	0	0	0
Darold Knowles	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0	0
Joseph Materile	4	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	2	.000	.250	.000	.250	0		0	0	0	0
Totals	1569	5321	4580	535	1063	169	38	53	474	61	0	613	1093	.232	.325	.320	.645	1467	0	32	67	29	35

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Dick Hickerson	1B	105	894	60	16	86	.984	9.086
Charlie Smiley	1B	32	229	12	1	25	.996	7.531
Jerry Gilbert	1B	10	80	6	0	5	1.000	8.600
Pete Anthony	2B	102	174	238	15	66	.965	4.039
Frank Jaciuk	2B	36	80	93	8	20	.956	4.806
James Vadas	2B	19	48	51	3	14	.971	5.211
Nielsen Cochran	3B	98	82	167	31	27	.889	2.541
Frank Jaciuk	3B	42	30	71	7	7	.935	2.405
Andy Etchebarren	C	80	578	44	9	10	.986	7.775	16
John Griffin	C	67	506	42	8	9	.986	8.179	13
Joe Pulliam	OF	119	175	7	7	1	.963	1.529
Raynor Youngdahl	OF	109	189	11	13	2	.939	1.835
Jerry Gilbert	OF	87	137	9	6	1	.961	1.678
Lloyd Fourroux	OF	48	65	3	6	1	.919	1.417
Charlie Johnson	OF	41	51	6	4	1	.934	1.390
Jim Liggett	OF	26	46	0	1	0	.979	1.769
Dick Hickerson	OF	13	23	3	0	2	1.000	2.000
Herm Starrette	P	61	8	21	1	2	.967	.475
Richard Tetrault	P	42	5	23	4	2	.875	.667
Johnny Ellen	P	35	12	11	1	1	.958	.657
Dave McNally	P	34	5	30	1	0	.972	1.029
Steve Dalkowski	P	31	2	12	3	0	.824	.452
Pat Gillick	P	20	2	19	2	1	.913	1.050
Dave Vineyard	P	16	4	10	0	1	1.000	.875
Roger Kudron	P	15	1	3	1	1	.800	.267
Timothy Pelczynski	P	11	5	16	1	2	.955	1.909
John Miller	P	9						.000
Robert Plemmons	P	5						.000
Jerry Gilbert	P	5						.000
George Stepanovich	P	3						.000
Joseph Materile	P	3						.000
Arne Thorsland	P	2						.000
Darold Knowles	P	2						.000
Mickey McGuire	SS	107	170	319	20	58	.961	4.570
Nielsen Cochran	SS	27	42	62	8	15	.929	3.852
Totals		1462	3643	1349	177	360	.966	3.415	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.

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