1962 Indianapolis Indians Statistics
Team Record: 89-58
Finished 1st in the AA
Manager: Luke Appling (89-58)
Affiliation: Chicago White Sox
Location: Indianapolis, Indiana
Ballpark: Owen J. Bush Stadium
Attendance: 148,626, Avg. 2,022
Playoffs - Louisville Colonels 3 games, Indianapolis Indians 0
The Indianapolis Indians of the American Association ended the 1962 season with a record of 89 wins and 58 losses, finishing first in the AA.
The Indians topped the league with just 596 runs allowed. Indianapolis scored 722 runs. Harry Simpson and Jim Koranda led the squad with 19 home runs apiece. Jim Koranda drove in 103 runs. Tommy McCraw paced all regular batters with a .326 average. Frank Kreutzer and Al Worthington paced the team with 15 wins each, while Al Worthington registered a 2.94 earned run average, best among regular hurlers.
Members of the 1962 Indianapolis Indians who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Jerry McNertney, Frank Kreutzer, Taylor Phillips, Don Buford, Alan Brice, Jake Striker, Herb Score, Charley Smith, Gary Peters, Mike Joyce, Ramón Conde, Joe Shipley, Warren Hacker, Tommy McCraw, Al Weis, Ted Beard, Harry Simpson, Al Worthington, Tony Roig and Jim Rivera.
Luke Appling 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al Worthington | 15 | 4 | .789 | 2.94 | 30 | 29 | 12 | 3 | 217.0 | 203 | 84 | 71 | 10 | 64 | 2 | 149 | 5 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Frank Kreutzer | 15 | 10 | .600 | 3.29 | 32 | 30 | 6 | 3 | 194.0 | 168 | 84 | 71 | 14 | 105 | 1 | 121 | 4 | 1 | 8 | |||
| Warren Hacker | 10 | 6 | .625 | 3.88 | 45 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 116.0 | 117 | 53 | 50 | 14 | 17 | 3 | 80 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Herb Score | 10 | 7 | .588 | 4.82 | 26 | 26 | 6 | 0 | 155.0 | 148 | 96 | 83 | 20 | 91 | 0 | 93 | 3 | 0 | 16 | |||
| Taylor Phillips | 8 | 5 | .615 | 2.11 | 30 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 94.0 | 86 | 31 | 22 | 3 | 34 | 4 | 73 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Gary Peters | 8 | 10 | .444 | 3.69 | 23 | 23 | 8 | 3 | 161.0 | 155 | 77 | 66 | 9 | 64 | 2 | 121 | 4 | 0 | 10 | |||
| Glen Rosenbaum | 7 | 5 | .583 | 2.56 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 109.0 | 108 | 46 | 31 | 9 | 29 | 5 | 59 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |||
| Edward Drapcho | 5 | 3 | .625 | 3.32 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38.0 | 36 | 14 | 14 | 4 | 13 | 2 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Alan Brice | 5 | 5 | .500 | 3.63 | 20 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 109.0 | 104 | 50 | 44 | 6 | 40 | 1 | 76 | 10 | 0 | 10 | |||
| Joe Shipley | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.50 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 44.0 | 37 | 30 | 22 | 3 | 36 | 0 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Ronald Woods | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.80 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Gerald Moeller | 1 | 1 | .500 | 6.48 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25.0 | 33 | 19 | 18 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Jake Striker | 4 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Mike Joyce | 0 | 2 | .000 | 4.50 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 12.0 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Totals | 88 | 58 | .603 | 3.51 | 322 | 147 | 0 | 40 | 12 | 0 | 1279.0 | 1210 | 595 | 499 | 99 | 509 | 21 | 845 | 34 | 1 | 65 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tommy McCraw | 140 | 616 | 525 | 93 | 171 | 29 | 11 | 7 | 59 | 19 | 67 | 81 | .326 | .408 | .463 | .871 | 243 | 8 | 13 | 3 | 6 | ||
| Al Weis | 136 | 628 | 577 | 94 | 171 | 15 | 13 | 3 | 49 | 31 | 36 | 92 | .296 | .346 | .383 | .729 | 221 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Jim Koranda | 142 | 585 | 521 | 67 | 155 | 24 | 3 | 19 | 103 | 3 | 58 | 85 | .298 | .366 | .464 | .831 | 242 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | ||
| Harry Simpson | 132 | 535 | 444 | 74 | 124 | 17 | 2 | 19 | 79 | 1 | 77 | 97 | .279 | .382 | .455 | .837 | 202 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 13 | ||
| Ramón Conde | 89 | 380 | 329 | 63 | 116 | 24 | 0 | 12 | 76 | 0 | 34 | 35 | .353 | .412 | .535 | .947 | 176 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 2 | ||
| Len Johnston | 113 | 426 | 352 | 59 | 95 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 45 | 16 | 67 | 48 | .270 | .384 | .327 | .711 | 115 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | ||
| Jerry McNertney | 101 | 380 | 344 | 43 | 92 | 14 | 5 | 8 | 51 | 0 | 30 | 53 | .267 | .326 | .407 | .733 | 140 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | ||
| Lou Vassie | 111 | 407 | 346 | 52 | 84 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 28 | 7 | 55 | 48 | .243 | .347 | .358 | .705 | 124 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Tony Roig | 90 | 291 | 261 | 35 | 55 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 28 | 0 | 24 | 60 | .211 | .277 | .364 | .641 | 95 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Dick Berardino | 68 | 228 | 202 | 21 | 53 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 26 | 2 | 21 | 52 | .262 | .329 | .337 | .666 | 68 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | ||
| Jim Napier | 63 | 217 | 197 | 20 | 48 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 0 | 17 | 52 | .244 | .302 | .299 | .602 | 59 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Charley Smith | 51 | 216 | 200 | 28 | 47 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 34 | 2 | 14 | 43 | .235 | .284 | .400 | .684 | 80 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Jim Rivera | 56 | 208 | 177 | 33 | 35 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 23 | 10 | 24 | 39 | .198 | .300 | .384 | .684 | 68 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Al Worthington | 30 | 87 | 76 | 9 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 24 | .237 | .294 | .276 | .570 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Gary Peters | 44 | 84 | 79 | 6 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 25 | .190 | .198 | .253 | .451 | 20 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Herb Score | 27 | 65 | 56 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 27 | .161 | .186 | .268 | .454 | 15 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Alan Brice | 20 | 40 | 37 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 16 | .216 | .275 | .270 | .545 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Taylor Phillips | 30 | 25 | 23 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | .304 | .304 | .304 | .609 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Frank Kreutzer | 32 | 74 | 55 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 24 | .127 | .234 | .127 | .362 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Glen Rosenbaum | 45 | 30 | 26 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | .154 | .185 | .154 | .339 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joe Shipley | 13 | 16 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Don Buford | 12 | 35 | 27 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 9 | .111 | .265 | .148 | .413 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Warren Hacker | 45 | 36 | 31 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 8 | .097 | .176 | .097 | .273 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Joyce | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ronald Woods | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Edward Drapcho | 35 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .000 | .200 | .000 | .200 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gerald Moeller | 15 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ted Beard | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .333 | .000 | .333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1646 | 5629 | 4916 | 722 | 1324 | 174 | 50 | 110 | 647 | 92 | 0 | 557 | 946 | .269 | .344 | .392 | .737 | 1928 | 0 | 32 | 73 | 51 | 40 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tommy McCraw | 1B | 140 | 1193 | 84 | 11 | 128 | .991 | 9.121 | ||||
| Jim Koranda | 1B | 10 | 98 | 9 | 1 | 10 | .991 | 1.700 | ||||
| Lou Vassie | 2B | 106 | 291 | 289 | 16 | 73 | .973 | 5.472 | ||||
| Tony Roig | 2B | 47 | 112 | 109 | 4 | 25 | .982 | 4.702 | ||||
| Ramón Conde | 3B | 88 | 78 | 186 | 15 | 25 | .946 | 3.000 | ||||
| Charley Smith | 3B | 50 | 27 | 97 | 10 | 9 | .925 | 2.480 | ||||
| Jerry McNertney | C | 96 | 577 | 57 | 11 | 4 | .983 | 6.604 | 7 | |||
| Jim Napier | C | 58 | 333 | 31 | 6 | 0 | .984 | 6.276 | 8 | |||
| Harry Simpson | OF | 124 | 193 | 4 | 10 | 0 | .952 | 1.589 | ||||
| Jim Koranda | OF | 124 | 200 | 9 | 3 | 3 | .986 | 1.685 | ||||
| Len Johnston | OF | 94 | 202 | 13 | 3 | 5 | .986 | 2.287 | ||||
| Dick Berardino | OF | 58 | 110 | 4 | 8 | 1 | .934 | 1.966 | ||||
| Jim Rivera | OF | 49 | 115 | 10 | 4 | 2 | .969 | 2.551 | ||||
| Glen Rosenbaum | P | 45 | 6 | 19 | 3 | 3 | .893 | .556 | ||||
| Warren Hacker | P | 45 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| Edward Drapcho | P | 35 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | .900 | .257 | ||||
| Frank Kreutzer | P | 32 | 10 | 28 | 2 | 1 | .950 | 1.188 | ||||
| Al Worthington | P | 30 | 17 | 36 | 3 | 3 | .946 | 1.767 | ||||
| Taylor Phillips | P | 30 | 4 | 14 | 2 | 0 | .900 | .600 | ||||
| Herb Score | P | 26 | 3 | 15 | 3 | 1 | .857 | .692 | ||||
| Gary Peters | P | 23 | 14 | 33 | 2 | 6 | .959 | 2.043 | ||||
| Alan Brice | P | 20 | 6 | 16 | 2 | 1 | .917 | 1.100 | ||||
| Gerald Moeller | P | 15 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .467 | ||||
| Joe Shipley | P | 13 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 0 | .857 | .923 | ||||
| Jake Striker | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ronald Woods | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Mike Joyce | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Al Weis | SS | 136 | 230 | 443 | 36 | 88 | .949 | 4.949 | ||||
| Tony Roig | SS | 12 | 14 | 31 | 1 | 6 | .978 | 3.750 | ||||
| Totals | 1514 | 3843 | 1570 | 159 | 396 | .971 | 3.575 | 15 | 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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