1963 Erie Sailors Statistics

New York-Pennsylvania League (NYPL) - Class: A
Team Record: 57-73
Finished 6th in the NYPL
Manager: Frank Franchi (57-73)
Affiliation: Minnesota Twins
Location: Erie, Pennsylvania
Ballpark: Ainsworth Field
Attendance: 29,775, Avg. 458

1963 Erie Sailors Roster

The Erie Sailors of the New York-Pennsylvania League ended the 1963 season with a record of 57 wins and 73 losses, finishing sixth in the NYPL.

The Sailors scored 611 runs and conceded 698 runs. Willie Lee led Erie with 23 home runs, while Kenneth Gilbert and Darryl Ovesen walloped 15 or more, too. Kenneth Gilbert accounted for 72 RBI. Bill Tomb topped all regular batters with a .269 average. Carl Finafrock and Jerry Crider paced the squad with 10 wins each, and Carl Finafrock registered a 3.62 earned run average, best among regularly-used pitchers.

Jerry Crider and Pat Kelly both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.

Frank Franchi 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
Carl Finafrock	10	10	.500	3.62	34	14		8	1		149.0	156	76	60	13	60	5	100	6	1	1
Jerry Crider	10	14	.417	4.26	31	27		12	2		209.0	218	112	99	26	69	4	167	3	0	6
Robert Calvert	8	3	.727	4.32	39	4		1	0		146.0	157	91	70	15	67	7	131	7	0	5
Jerry Newman	8	11	.421	3.80	25	22		14	2		168.0	159	83	71	16	50	4	151	9	1	3
Don Gregson	5	3	.625	3.42	27	7		4	0		79.0	70	36	30	11	28	1	79	5	0	1
Richard Taaffe	5	6	.455	4.60	16	13		0	0		90.0	80	59	46	10	54	1	42	1	0	6
William Pittman	5	10	.333	4.29	29	14		1	0		109.0	126	68	52	10	45	9	52	6	0	7
Raymond Sevilla	4	7	.364	5.31	26	15		5	1		95.0	92	63	56	7	73	4	113	5	0	5
Alfred Mantei	2	3	.400	6.15	8	7		1	0		41.0	46	34	28	5	30	1	34	1	0	2
Willie Lee	0	0			1	0		0	0		0.0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
Robert Stephenson	0	0		0.00	1	0		0	0		2.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
Darryl Ovesen	0	0		9.00	1	0		0	0		3.0	2	3	3	0	3	0	2	0	0	0
Ruben Francis	0	0		36.00	1	0		0	0		1.0	2	4	4	0	3	0	1	0	0	0
Wes Mugford	0	2	.000	5.91	12	0		0	0		32.0	43	27	21	3	9	0	19	1	1	2
Robert Alred	0	2	.000	9.82	5	4		0	0		22.0	38	27	24	4	14	0	7	0	0	3
Timothy Wells	0	2	.000	10.29	3	3		0	0		7.0	13	15	8	0	7	0	10	1	0	0
Totals	57	73	.438	4.46	259	130	0	46	6	0	1153.0	1202	698	572	120	515	36	910	45	3	41	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
Bill Tomb	110	506	453	61	122	20	7	11	42	9	7	45	73	.269	.335	.417	.753	189		2	2	4
Willie Lee	110	465	388	81	98	12	2	23	70	7	4	61	103	.253	.365	.472	.837	183		10	2	4
Russell Forman	127	528	452	58	97	10	7	3	27	3	1	61	134	.215	.311	.288	.599	130		4	7	4
Kenneth Gilbert	119	471	383	74	87	8	1	22	72	4	1	81	88	.227	.369	.426	.795	163		6	0	1
Donald Dillard	81	340	303	36	81	9	3	2	45	1	1	30	48	.267	.337	.337	.674	102		3	2	2
Paul Sullivan	79	332	294	47	76	15	2	8	42	1	0	29	94	.259	.323	.405	.728	119		1	4	4
Darryl Ovesen	115	434	364	60	75	11	4	20	54	5	3	61	128	.206	.323	.423	.746	154		3	3	3
Pat Kelly	69	283	247	50	70	10	4	4	30	2	1	35	44	.283	.375	.405	.779	100		1	0	0
William Patterson	47	191	171	34	48	9	1	8	20	2	2	15	43	.281	.353	.485	.838	83		4	1	0
Barry Freitag	63	226	212	17	46	7	4	4	28	1	1	10	64	.217	.253	.344	.598	73		1	1	2
Jerry Crider	39	99	96	8	26	4	0	0	17	0	1	0	18	.271	.268	.312	.581	30		0	2	1
Don Gregson	61	154	133	13	25	1	0	2	10	1	2	17	29	.188	.285	.241	.525	32		1	3	0
Jerry Newman	36	85	82	8	21	1	1	2	7	1	0	3	24	.256	.282	.366	.648	30		0	0	0
Robert Brandon	27	108	98	11	20	3	0	0	7	1	2	7	19	.204	.252	.235	.487	23		0	1	2
Harold Wade	21	89	77	10	18	3	0	1	4	2	0	10	17	.234	.322	.312	.634	24		0	2	0
Matt Szykowny	25	101	87	10	18	6	0	3	16	1	0	12	33	.207	.307	.379	.686	33		1	0	1
Robert Calvert	55	97	89	13	16	4	0	0	7	2	0	6	19	.180	.232	.225	.456	20		0	2	0
Gilberto Duarte	17	69	59	5	13	0	1	0	3	0	1	7	18	.220	.313	.254	.568	15		1	2	0
Carl Finafrock	34	56	51	2	11	1	1	0	4	0	0	4	24	.216	.273	.275	.547	14		0	1	0
William Goldy	14	48	46	3	10	1	0	0	3	0	0	2	14	.217	.250	.239	.489	11		0	0	0
Frank Franchi	15	39	22	5	7	0	1	0	4	0	1	15	4	.318	.590	.409	.999	9		1	0	1
Raymond Sevilla	28	41	35	6	7	2	1	0	3	0	0	3	19	.200	.282	.314	.596	11		1	2	0
Alfred Mantei	15	25	20	3	6	1	0	0	4	0	0	3	6	.300	.375	.350	.725	7		0	1	1
William Pittman	29	37	31	2	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	13	.194	.286	.194	.479	6		0	2	0
Richard Taaffe	23	32	28	1	5	0	0	0	3	0	0	2	13	.179	.233	.179	.412	5		0	2	0
Ernesto Noble	9	24	22	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	7	.136	.208	.227	.436	5		2	0	0
Robert Stephenson	6	24	23	2	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	9	.130	.167	.130	.297	3		0	0	0
Ruben Francis	8	15	13	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	9	.154	.200	.231	.431	3		0	0	1
Robert Alred	5	6	6	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.167	.167	.333	.500	2		0	0	0
Gary Knoop	8	20	16	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	6	.062	.250	.062	.312	1		1	0	0
Gerald Gann	10	25	21	2	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	8	.048	.160	.048	.208	1		0	0	1
Wes Mugford	12	10	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Timothy Wells	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	.000	.667	.000	.667	0		0	0	0
Totals	1420	4983	4333	623	1020	140	41	113	526	44	31	533	1139	.235	.323	.365	.688	1581	0	43	42	32	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Willie Lee	1B	81	626	40	15	62	.978	8.222
Paul Sullivan	1B	23	168	11	7	13	.962	7.783
Bill Tomb	1B	12	85	2	2	6	.978	7.250
Paul Sullivan	2B	51	124	105	10	35	.958	4.490
Robert Brandon	2B	21	39	44	4	7	.954	3.952
Gilberto Duarte	2B	17	38	26	8	10	.889	3.765
Bill Tomb	2B	11	22	30	1	9	.981	4.727
Russell Forman	2B	11	24	16	1	5	.976	3.636
Matt Szykowny	2B	10	18	10	1	1	.966	2.800
Donald Dillard	3B	77	24	157	15	15	.923	2.351
Don Gregson	3B	18	18	26	10	1	.815	2.444
Willie Lee	3B	17	15	27	4	2	.913	2.471
Kenneth Gilbert	C	63	461	22	8	4	.984	7.667	13
Barry Freitag	C	56	429	33	9	4	.981	8.250	8
Darryl Ovesen	OF	108	162	12	10	2	.946	1.611
Bill Tomb	OF	85	167	8	3	6	.983	2.059
Pat Kelly	OF	68	137	4	9	2	.940	2.074
William Patterson	OF	47	65	6	10	2	.877	1.511
Kenneth Gilbert	OF	38	55	3	1	2	.983	1.526
William Goldy	OF	14	13	0	0	0	1.000	.929
Matt Szykowny	OF	10	18	0	0	0	1.000	1.800
Robert Calvert	P	39	7	27	1	1	.971	.872
Carl Finafrock	P	34	5	22	2	1	.931	.794
Jerry Crider	P	31	12	47	4	1	.937	1.903
William Pittman	P	29						.000
Don Gregson	P	27	7	10	1	2	.944	.630
Raymond Sevilla	P	26	3	13	2	0	.889	.615
Jerry Newman	P	25	6	18	3	2	.889	.960
Richard Taaffe	P	16	6	10	2	0	.889	1.000
Wes Mugford	P	12	2	8	1	0	.909	.833
Alfred Mantei	P	8						.000
Robert Alred	P	5						.000
Timothy Wells	P	3						.000
Russell Forman	SS	116	197	253	44	70	.911	3.879
Harold Wade	SS	19	27	46	4	12	.948	3.842
Totals		1228	2980	1036	192	277	.954	3.270	21	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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