1964 Grand Forks Chiefs Statistics

Northern League (NL) - Class: A
Team Record: 69-50
Finished 2nd in the NL
Manager: Jimmy Williams (69-50)
Affiliation: Los Angeles Dodgers
Location: Grand Forks, North Dakota
Ballpark: Municipal Park, Unknown
Attendance: 34,654, Avg. 582

1964 Grand Forks Chiefs Roster

The Grand Forks Chiefs of the Northern League ended the 1964 season with a record of 69 wins and 50 losses, finishing second in the NL.

The Chiefs scored 521 runs and surrendered 513 runs. Michael Strickland and George Hunter led Grand Forks with 14 home runs apiece. Tom Richards drove in 61 runs. Michael Strickland topped all regular hitters by connecting at a .310 clip. Charles Lauritson paced the team with 15 wins, while William Hall recorded a 1.71 ERA, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances. Jimmy Williams 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
Charles Lauritson	15	9	.625	3.55	25	24		4	1		152.0	141	70	60	12	84	0	129	0	0	7
William Hall	14	6	.700	1.71	25	24		10	5		189.0	138	55	36	7	61	0	142	2	1	3
Carmelo Aquino	10	3	.769	1.44	51	0		0	0		94.0	51	18	15	6	29	2	102	2	0	4
Kenneth Salmon	10	7	.588	3.47	22	22		6	4		140.0	154	78	54	12	32	0	85	3	1	3
Peter Calamo	7	7	.500	4.86	23	19		6	1		111.0	109	75	60	6	85	0	80	6	2	9
Gary Fischer	5	3	.625	4.08	30	9		4	2		117.0	103	65	53	14	66	0	113	2	0	16
John Mercer	5	6	.455	3.86	23	9		3	0		112.0	99	66	48	12	51	0	85	5	0	10
Theodore Ketterer	1	0	1.000	3.21	7	0		0	0		28.0	21	11	10	3	23	0	31	0	0	4
John Branciforti	1	0	1.000	5.62	2	1		0	0		8.0	4	5	5	0	7	0	8	0	0	1
William Larkin	1	1	.500	3.72	4	4		2	0		29.0	23	13	12	1	18	0	25	1	3	5
James Moore	0	0		7.20	3	0		0	0		5.0	8	5	4	0	4	0	3	0	0	1
Bobby Ellsworth	0	0		27.00	1	0		0	0		1.0	2	5	3	0	3	0	1	0	0	0
Dwight Weatherholtz	0	1	.000	4.50	2	1		0	0		2.0	1	5	1	0	5	0	3	0	1	1
William Palko	0	3	.000	5.25	5	3		0	0		24.0	23	18	14	1	19	0	12	1	1	3
Lyndon Kurt	0	4	.000	4.32	8	3		0	0		25.0	35	24	12	0	27	0	19	2	0	3
Totals	69	50	.580	3.36	231	119	0	35	13	0	1037.0	912	513	387	74	514	2	838	24	9	70	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
Michael Dobbins	119	537	448	80	125	23	4	3	54	31	5	83	47	.279	.394	.368	.763	165		3	2	1
Michael Strickland	98	407	336	64	104	18	4	14	54	5	3	68	56	.310	.426	.512	.938	172		1	1	1
Tom Richards	100	439	380	53	104	13	5	11	61	2	1	46	46	.274	.352	.421	.773	160		4	1	8
Bobby Ball	99	395	336	52	96	15	4	12	55	1	2	57	74	.286	.388	.461	.850	155		0	1	1
George Hunter	109	485	422	63	94	12	2	14	48	1	1	45	80	.223	.310	.360	.670	152		9	7	2
Bobby Ellsworth	78	280	254	23	68	9	3	2	27	4	1	16	57	.268	.315	.350	.666	89		3	4	3
Earl Brown	90	309	271	31	59	2	1	3	28	4	4	34	84	.218	.303	.266	.569	72		0	2	2
Larry Barton	68	243	218	24	53	10	1	1	23	1	0	17	35	.243	.300	.312	.612	68		2	3	3
James Moore	77	242	221	21	52	7	1	4	27	2	2	19	56	.235	.296	.330	.626	73		0	2	0
John Branciforti	76	296	276	26	50	7	2	4	22	4	3	16	67	.181	.228	.264	.492	73		1	2	1
Downey Thomas	56	183	163	19	37	3	2	0	11	6	0	17	25	.227	.302	.270	.572	44		1	1	1
Richard Johnson	43	167	147	20	29	6	0	0	12	3	1	18	24	.197	.285	.238	.523	35		0	2	0
Bill Lohr	25	65	51	7	14	1	0	1	3	0	1	11	9	.275	.406	.353	.759	18		1	1	1
John Mercer	26	51	47	5	12	2	0	1	4	0	1	2	7	.255	.286	.362	.647	17		0	2	0
Gary Fischer	31	45	39	5	11	2	1	0	3	0	0	2	12	.282	.326	.385	.710	15		1	2	1
Peter Calamo	24	44	40	1	7	1	0	0	2	0	0	4	14	.175	.250	.200	.450	8		0	0	0
Charles Lauritson	28	64	54	7	7	0	0	0	6	0	0	10	10	.130	.266	.130	.395	7		0	0	0
William Hall	25	69	62	5	7	2	0	0	1	0	0	4	19	.113	.167	.145	.312	9		0	3	0
James Pechacek	13	49	42	6	6	0	0	0	5	1	0	4	10	.143	.229	.143	.372	6		1	1	1
William Larkin	5	12	11	2	5	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	3	.455	.500	.545	1.045	6		0	0	0
Kenneth Salmon	24	52	42	3	5	0	0	0	2	0	0	7	19	.119	.260	.119	.379	5		1	2	0
Carmelo Aquino	51	18	14	1	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	2	4	.214	.312	.214	.527	3		0	2	0
Theodore Ketterer	8	9	9	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	.222	.222	.444	.667	4		0	0	0
Lyndon Kurt	9	15	13	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	3	.154	.214	.154	.368	2		0	1	0
William Palko	6	8	7	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.143	.250	.286	.536	2		0	0	0
Jimmy Williams	6	6	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.200	.000	.200	0		0	1	0
Totals	1294	4490	3907	521	953	135	31	70	454	65	25	486	767	.244	.330	.348	.678	1360	0	28	43	26	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
George Hunter	1B	107	834	63	11	107	.988	8.383
Larry Barton	1B	10	81	3	1	10	.988	8.400
Michael Dobbins	2B	119	317	310	17	99	.974	5.269
Bobby Ball	3B	81	55	166	21	21	.913	2.728
Downey Thomas	3B	22	14	34	12	4	.800	2.182
James Moore	3B	21	15	39	9	3	.857	2.571
Bobby Ellsworth	C	71	513	39	8	5	.986	7.775	17
Larry Barton	C	47	338	25	4	2	.989	7.723	14
Tom Richards	OF	99	145	12	1	1	.994	1.586
Michael Strickland	OF	96	118	4	3	1	.976	1.271
Earl Brown	OF	87	183	10	6	3	.970	2.218
James Moore	OF	39	72	3	2	1	.974	1.923
Downey Thomas	OF	24	29	1	0	0	1.000	1.250
Bill Lohr	OF	16	11	0	0	0	1.000	.688
James Pechacek	OF	12	7	1	0	1	1.000	.667
Carmelo Aquino	P	51	2	10	3	1	.800	.235
Gary Fischer	P	30	8	22	2	4	.938	1.000
Charles Lauritson	P	25	5	36	0	5	1.000	1.640
William Hall	P	25	9	39	1	1	.980	1.920
John Mercer	P	23	8	27	2	4	.946	1.522
Peter Calamo	P	23	8	23	2	1	.939	1.348
Kenneth Salmon	P	22	9	28	2	2	.949	1.682
Lyndon Kurt	P	8						.000
Theodore Ketterer	P	7						.000
William Palko	P	5						.000
William Larkin	P	4						.000
Dwight Weatherholtz	P	2						.000
John Branciforti	SS	75	100	245	31	44	.918	4.600
Richard Johnson	SS	43	53	121	20	22	.897	4.047
Totals		1194	2934	1261	158	342	.964	3.513	31	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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