1963 Grand Forks Chiefs Statistics
Team Record: 54-64
Finished 5th in the NL
Manager: Ray Dabek (54-64)
Affiliation: Cleveland Indians
Location: Grand Forks, North Dakota
Ballpark: Municipal Park, Unknown
Attendance: 18,336, Avg. 311
The Grand Forks Chiefs of the Northern League ended the 1963 season with a record of 54 wins and 64 losses, finishing fifth in the NL.
The Chiefs scored 540 runs and surrendered 593 runs. John Butler and Jose Villar led Grand Forks with 19 home runs apiece. John Butler drove in 74 runs. Jose Villar paced all regular batters by connecting at a .319 clip. Robert Casburn topped the team with 15 wins, while William Wolfe recorded a 3.21 ERA, best among hurlers with significant time on the mound.
José Arcia played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Grand Forks Chiefs to do so.
Ray Dabek 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Casburn | 15 | 8 | .652 | 3.35 | 26 | 24 | 19 | 3 | 199.0 | 175 | 96 | 74 | 16 | 73 | 5 | 169 | 5 | 0 | 9 | |||
| Richard Orsagh | 12 | 9 | .571 | 3.22 | 27 | 23 | 15 | 1 | 176.0 | 153 | 82 | 63 | 17 | 62 | 1 | 140 | 5 | 0 | 7 | |||
| William Wolfe | 10 | 10 | .500 | 3.21 | 32 | 24 | 8 | 1 | 171.0 | 158 | 85 | 61 | 14 | 67 | 1 | 145 | 7 | 2 | 7 | |||
| Huey Howden | 6 | 15 | .286 | 4.42 | 32 | 22 | 7 | 0 | 163.0 | 175 | 107 | 80 | 12 | 75 | 8 | 116 | 3 | 0 | 16 | |||
| Walter Bugajski | 3 | 3 | .500 | 4.60 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 47.0 | 44 | 34 | 24 | 4 | 31 | 0 | 27 | 4 | 0 | 5 | |||
| José Arcia | 3 | 4 | .429 | 2.75 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36.0 | 34 | 27 | 11 | 2 | 34 | 8 | 21 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||
| Thomas Moser | 3 | 8 | .273 | 4.21 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 92.0 | 84 | 58 | 43 | 11 | 44 | 3 | 81 | 0 | 0 | 9 | |||
| Sales Paddyfoot | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.09 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22.0 | 24 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Ramon Seara | 0 | 0 | 3.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Robert Wolfe | 0 | 0 | 6.35 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17.0 | 18 | 16 | 12 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| Roger Walters | 0 | 0 | 12.00 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Richard Stancavage | 0 | 3 | .000 | 6.65 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 23.0 | 23 | 21 | 17 | 1 | 24 | 0 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 6 | |||
| James Johnson | 0 | 4 | .000 | 4.43 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 61.0 | 83 | 47 | 30 | 10 | 19 | 0 | 56 | 1 | 0 | 9 | |||
| Totals | 53 | 64 | .453 | 3.84 | 223 | 118 | 0 | 56 | 6 | 0 | 1016.0 | 983 | 596 | 434 | 89 | 454 | 28 | 810 | 32 | 3 | 78 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ed Bays | 117 | 491 | 457 | 65 | 140 | 25 | 5 | 13 | 72 | 4 | 3 | 31 | 88 | .306 | .348 | .468 | .817 | 214 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Jose Villar | 115 | 489 | 423 | 91 | 135 | 21 | 8 | 19 | 63 | 28 | 7 | 56 | 77 | .319 | .402 | .541 | .943 | 229 | 5 | 1 | 4 | ||
| John Butler | 113 | 467 | 393 | 68 | 111 | 17 | 2 | 19 | 74 | 9 | 5 | 62 | 50 | .282 | .380 | .481 | .861 | 189 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
| Chico DeCastris | 108 | 456 | 399 | 44 | 94 | 10 | 2 | 9 | 39 | 8 | 9 | 36 | 81 | .236 | .302 | .338 | .641 | 135 | 6 | 6 | 9 | ||
| James Zeiter | 96 | 376 | 328 | 54 | 89 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 31 | 28 | 2 | 33 | 61 | .271 | .352 | .372 | .724 | 122 | 9 | 4 | 2 | ||
| Walter Bugajski | 83 | 332 | 298 | 48 | 87 | 11 | 6 | 12 | 53 | 2 | 0 | 28 | 96 | .292 | .360 | .490 | .849 | 146 | 4 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Roy Brandhurst | 89 | 306 | 270 | 19 | 61 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 3 | 3 | 30 | 29 | .226 | .306 | .296 | .602 | 80 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Roy Kuhl | 62 | 215 | 204 | 25 | 60 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 37 | .294 | .322 | .397 | .719 | 81 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Bill DelVecchio | 87 | 278 | 243 | 24 | 57 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 32 | 74 | .235 | .325 | .313 | .638 | 76 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Roberto Santana | 52 | 199 | 191 | 27 | 46 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 27 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 24 | .241 | .271 | .366 | .638 | 70 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Terrence Wenger | 57 | 201 | 165 | 12 | 25 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 57 | .152 | .277 | .242 | .519 | 40 | 1 | 6 | 1 | ||
| Robert Casburn | 30 | 90 | 71 | 14 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 21 | .211 | .349 | .310 | .659 | 22 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Richard Stancavage | 49 | 109 | 89 | 12 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 13 | .169 | .315 | .169 | .483 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Joseph Dent | 18 | 59 | 55 | 5 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 9 | .236 | .288 | .291 | .579 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Willard West | 25 | 63 | 56 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 14 | .196 | .274 | .321 | .596 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Richard Orsagh | 27 | 65 | 56 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 21 | .179 | .213 | .196 | .410 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 2 | ||
| William Wolfe | 33 | 64 | 56 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 29 | .125 | .197 | .143 | .340 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| James Johnson | 21 | 20 | 19 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | .211 | .250 | .211 | .461 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Thomas Moser | 16 | 31 | 30 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | .133 | .161 | .133 | .295 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| C. W. Price | 12 | 16 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | .214 | .312 | .357 | .670 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nazario Cruz | 9 | 24 | 18 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 9 | .167 | .348 | .333 | .681 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Huey Howden | 32 | 57 | 46 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 26 | .065 | .189 | .065 | .254 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| José Arcia | 28 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Sales Paddyfoot | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Michael Halcrow | 3 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .167 | .286 | .333 | .619 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Robert Wolfe | 9 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .125 | .222 | .125 | .347 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Roger Walters | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Francis Steedman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Totals | 1313 | 4432 | 3903 | 534 | 998 | 150 | 38 | 92 | 471 | 91 | 35 | 418 | 848 | .256 | .331 | .384 | .715 | 1500 | 0 | 36 | 44 | 31 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ed Bays | 1B | 49 | 360 | 23 | 4 | 19 | .990 | 7.816 | ||||
| Jose Villar | 1B | 42 | 305 | 20 | 12 | 19 | .964 | 7.738 | ||||
| James Zeiter | 1B | 17 | 116 | 9 | 3 | 4 | .977 | 7.353 | ||||
| Willard West | 1B | 12 | 87 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 1.000 | 7.333 | ||||
| John Butler | 2B | 46 | 110 | 105 | 7 | 17 | .968 | 4.674 | ||||
| Ed Bays | 2B | 39 | 79 | 74 | 8 | 12 | .950 | 3.923 | ||||
| Roberto Santana | 2B | 38 | 67 | 68 | 4 | 14 | .971 | 3.553 | ||||
| Walter Bugajski | 3B | 64 | 52 | 121 | 27 | 7 | .865 | 2.703 | ||||
| Ed Bays | 3B | 26 | 17 | 46 | 8 | 5 | .887 | 2.423 | ||||
| Roberto Santana | 3B | 13 | 6 | 26 | 3 | 3 | .914 | 2.462 | ||||
| John Butler | 3B | 13 | 14 | 17 | 4 | 1 | .886 | 2.385 | ||||
| Roy Brandhurst | C | 70 | 478 | 34 | 18 | 2 | .966 | 7.314 | 16 | |||
| Roy Kuhl | C | 51 | 347 | 37 | 12 | 3 | .970 | 7.529 | 3 | |||
| Chico DeCastris | OF | 108 | 261 | 11 | 6 | 1 | .978 | 2.519 | ||||
| Bill DelVecchio | OF | 79 | 111 | 6 | 6 | 1 | .951 | 1.481 | ||||
| Jose Villar | OF | 77 | 103 | 3 | 5 | 0 | .955 | 1.377 | ||||
| James Zeiter | OF | 73 | 109 | 6 | 7 | 0 | .943 | 1.575 | ||||
| Richard Stancavage | OF | 30 | 50 | 2 | 4 | 0 | .929 | 1.733 | ||||
| Ed Bays | OF | 15 | 27 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .967 | 1.933 | ||||
| William Wolfe | P | 32 | 9 | 19 | 2 | 0 | .933 | .875 | ||||
| Huey Howden | P | 32 | 9 | 36 | 6 | 0 | .882 | 1.406 | ||||
| Richard Orsagh | P | 27 | 6 | 28 | 1 | 2 | .971 | 1.259 | ||||
| Robert Casburn | P | 26 | 6 | 33 | 6 | 0 | .867 | 1.500 | ||||
| José Arcia | P | 21 | 2 | 16 | 1 | 1 | .947 | .857 | ||||
| James Johnson | P | 20 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 0 | .917 | .550 | ||||
| Thomas Moser | P | 16 | 3 | 19 | 2 | 0 | .917 | 1.375 | ||||
| Sales Paddyfoot | P | 13 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Richard Stancavage | P | 11 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .636 | ||||
| Robert Wolfe | P | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| Roger Walters | P | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ramon Seara | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| John Butler | SS | 60 | 78 | 149 | 21 | 20 | .915 | 3.783 | ||||
| Terrence Wenger | SS | 51 | 83 | 116 | 25 | 12 | .888 | 3.902 | ||||
| Joseph Dent | SS | 16 | 19 | 29 | 12 | 4 | .800 | 3.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1204 | 2922 | 1079 | 216 | 160 | .949 | 3.323 | 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.
Persons data from the Chadwick Baseball Bureau are Copyright Chadwick Baseball Bureau, and are made available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License.
