1964 Gastonia Pirates Statistics
Team Record: 60-68
Finished 5th in the WCL
Manager: Bob Clear (0-0), Ray Hathaway (0-0)
Affiliation: Pittsburgh Pirates
Location: Gastonia, North Carolina
Ballpark: Sims Legion Park
Attendance: 38,319, Avg. 599
The Gastonia Pirates of the Western Carolinas League ended the 1964 season with a record of 60 wins and 68 losses, finishing fifth in the WCL.
The Pirates plated 556 runs and yielded 665 runs, most in the circuit. George Lott and Frank Vanzin paced Gastonia with 12 home runs apiece. Roy Foster drove in 72 runs. Murray Cook led hitters with significant playing time by hitting .289. Gary Campbell and George Vasquez topped the squad with 11 wins each, while Ross Mersinger registered a 2.72 earned run average, tops among qualifying pitchers.
Ray Hathaway and Roy Foster both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.
Bob Clear and Ray Hathaway 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gary Campbell | 11 | 10 | .524 | 3.81 | 26 | 21 | 10 | 3 | 149.0 | 134 | 84 | 63 | 11 | 83 | 3 | 122 | 2 | 0 | 18 | |||
| George Vasquez | 11 | 11 | .500 | 3.20 | 24 | 22 | 15 | 3 | 166.0 | 110 | 75 | 59 | 6 | 95 | 0 | 188 | 5 | 0 | 16 | |||
| Lenny Levine | 8 | 10 | .444 | 4.50 | 30 | 21 | 10 | 1 | 156.0 | 168 | 92 | 78 | 9 | 65 | 3 | 103 | 4 | 3 | 12 | |||
| Harvey Chaffin | 7 | 7 | .500 | 4.99 | 30 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 128.0 | 117 | 83 | 71 | 10 | 91 | 5 | 74 | 11 | 2 | 10 | |||
| Pat Donnelly | 6 | 3 | .667 | 4.55 | 25 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 99.0 | 106 | 63 | 50 | 4 | 58 | 2 | 96 | 3 | 0 | 21 | |||
| Ross Mersinger | 6 | 5 | .545 | 2.72 | 21 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 119.0 | 100 | 50 | 36 | 5 | 64 | 0 | 92 | 3 | 0 | 11 | |||
| William Queen | 4 | 9 | .308 | 5.48 | 22 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 87.0 | 95 | 71 | 53 | 9 | 59 | 1 | 54 | 3 | 1 | 9 | |||
| Harry Harlow | 3 | 6 | .333 | 4.09 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 66.0 | 72 | 45 | 30 | 4 | 27 | 1 | 44 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Bruce Robbins | 2 | 3 | .400 | 4.38 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 37.0 | 45 | 38 | 18 | 3 | 17 | 1 | 24 | 6 | 0 | 7 | |||
| Larry Gable | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.00 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Rafael Bernard | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.57 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Murray Cook | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5.0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Ronald Johnson | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Ray Hathaway | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Jeffrey Broms | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4.30 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23.0 | 20 | 20 | 11 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Curtis Heavey | 0 | 1 | .000 | 5.62 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Gary Lawrence | 0 | 2 | .000 | 7.41 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17.0 | 20 | 27 | 14 | 2 | 18 | 1 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 11 | |||
| Totals | 60 | 68 | .469 | 4.12 | 231 | 128 | 0 | 62 | 12 | 0 | 1079.0 | 1016 | 665 | 494 | 66 | 602 | 18 | 855 | 46 | 6 | 121 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Murray Cook | 121 | 546 | 456 | 73 | 132 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 44 | 6 | 4 | 69 | 34 | .289 | .387 | .349 | .736 | 159 | 8 | 6 | 7 | ||
| Roy Foster | 127 | 523 | 460 | 65 | 119 | 16 | 6 | 6 | 72 | 9 | 1 | 53 | 79 | .259 | .338 | .359 | .697 | 165 | 5 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Frank Vanzin | 122 | 504 | 414 | 79 | 102 | 14 | 6 | 12 | 55 | 16 | 6 | 81 | 95 | .246 | .375 | .396 | .771 | 164 | 4 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Harry Billie | 127 | 513 | 439 | 55 | 102 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 57 | 21 | 2 | 54 | 82 | .232 | .327 | .328 | .655 | 144 | 10 | 5 | 5 | ||
| George Lott | 90 | 377 | 348 | 52 | 96 | 16 | 0 | 12 | 44 | 14 | 3 | 24 | 69 | .276 | .321 | .425 | .746 | 148 | 1 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Wayne Golden | 121 | 466 | 406 | 47 | 63 | 14 | 3 | 8 | 40 | 3 | 3 | 42 | 141 | .155 | .248 | .264 | .512 | 107 | 10 | 3 | 5 | ||
| Walter Dixon | 80 | 238 | 203 | 28 | 42 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 25 | 3 | 5 | 26 | 71 | .207 | .312 | .300 | .613 | 61 | 6 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Felipe Malcolm | 51 | 199 | 185 | 18 | 37 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 13 | 61 | .200 | .251 | .238 | .489 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Carl Moore | 68 | 236 | 186 | 29 | 36 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 48 | 44 | .194 | .359 | .231 | .590 | 43 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Robert Arnone | 45 | 184 | 150 | 23 | 30 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 31 | 34 | .200 | .337 | .333 | .670 | 50 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Leonard Merullo | 40 | 148 | 125 | 12 | 23 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 19 | .184 | .283 | .216 | .499 | 27 | 0 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Roquel Taylor | 26 | 110 | 95 | 16 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 16 | .189 | .291 | .211 | .501 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Steven Jones | 31 | 91 | 84 | 7 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 25 | .202 | .256 | .262 | .517 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| George Vasquez | 25 | 66 | 57 | 9 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 29 | .211 | .262 | .263 | .525 | 15 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Harvey Chaffin | 31 | 52 | 50 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | .180 | .192 | .260 | .452 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Alan Fabro | 19 | 55 | 46 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 7 | .174 | .296 | .174 | .470 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Harry Harlow | 11 | 28 | 25 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | .280 | .333 | .360 | .693 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Ronald Johnson | 17 | 44 | 34 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 11 | .206 | .386 | .294 | .680 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ross Mersinger | 21 | 42 | 38 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20 | .184 | .225 | .211 | .436 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| William Queen | 25 | 37 | 36 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | .139 | .139 | .222 | .361 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Gary Campbell | 26 | 55 | 50 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 30 | .100 | .167 | .140 | .307 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Pat Donnelly | 25 | 36 | 31 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 11 | .129 | .229 | .161 | .390 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Lenny Levine | 30 | 56 | 43 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 19 | .093 | .204 | .093 | .297 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Rafael Bernard | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gary Lawrence | 7 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bruce Robbins | 18 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | .091 | .231 | .091 | .322 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Larry Gable | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .250 | .000 | .250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jeffrey Broms | 9 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | .000 | .286 | .000 | .286 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Curtis Heavey | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1320 | 4640 | 3989 | 553 | 888 | 123 | 31 | 57 | 453 | 100 | 31 | 523 | 943 | .223 | .317 | .312 | .629 | 1244 | 0 | 47 | 46 | 35 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Felipe Malcolm | 1B | 51 | 415 | 19 | 10 | 35 | .977 | 8.510 | ||||
| Robert Arnone | 1B | 45 | 335 | 29 | 9 | 34 | .976 | 8.089 | ||||
| Walter Dixon | 1B | 27 | 184 | 14 | 8 | 12 | .961 | 7.333 | ||||
| Wayne Golden | 2B | 120 | 261 | 300 | 30 | 62 | .949 | 4.675 | ||||
| Murray Cook | 3B | 71 | 75 | 117 | 18 | 12 | .914 | 2.704 | ||||
| Harry Billie | 3B | 32 | 28 | 38 | 11 | 2 | .857 | 2.062 | ||||
| Frank Vanzin | 3B | 20 | 5 | 26 | 10 | 3 | .756 | 1.550 | ||||
| Carl Moore | C | 61 | 423 | 58 | 15 | 5 | .970 | 7.885 | 17 | |||
| Leonard Merullo | C | 40 | 249 | 31 | 7 | 1 | .976 | 7.000 | 20 | |||
| Alan Fabro | C | 16 | 81 | 10 | 3 | 1 | .968 | 5.688 | 2 | |||
| Roy Foster | OF | 127 | 176 | 19 | 9 | 2 | .956 | 1.535 | ||||
| Frank Vanzin | OF | 106 | 149 | 14 | 11 | 3 | .937 | 1.538 | ||||
| George Lott | OF | 88 | 198 | 6 | 10 | 2 | .953 | 2.318 | ||||
| Walter Dixon | OF | 28 | 29 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .909 | 1.071 | ||||
| Roquel Taylor | OF | 26 | 56 | 0 | 4 | 0 | .933 | 2.154 | ||||
| Steven Jones | OF | 21 | 53 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .964 | 2.571 | ||||
| Lenny Levine | P | 30 | 6 | 40 | 5 | 2 | .902 | 1.533 | ||||
| Harvey Chaffin | P | 30 | 7 | 22 | 6 | 1 | .829 | .967 | ||||
| Gary Campbell | P | 26 | 3 | 17 | 2 | 0 | .909 | .769 | ||||
| Pat Donnelly | P | 25 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .800 | ||||
| George Vasquez | P | 24 | 6 | 29 | 4 | 4 | .897 | 1.458 | ||||
| William Queen | P | 22 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 2 | .857 | .545 | ||||
| Ross Mersinger | P | 21 | 7 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.048 | ||||
| Bruce Robbins | P | 15 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 0 | .700 | .467 | ||||
| Harry Harlow | P | 11 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.091 | ||||
| Harry Billie | SS | 81 | 180 | 217 | 31 | 47 | .928 | 4.901 | ||||
| Murray Cook | SS | 44 | 69 | 124 | 17 | 19 | .919 | 4.386 | ||||
| Totals | 1208 | 3009 | 1184 | 230 | 252 | .948 | 3.471 | 39 | 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.
