1963 Kinston Eagles Statistics
Team Record: 77-66
Finished 1st in the CL's East Division
Manager: Hardy Peterson (77-66)
Affiliation: Pittsburgh Pirates
Location: Kinston, North Carolina
Ballpark: Grainger Stadium
Attendance: 119,346, Avg. 1,669
Playoffs - Wilson Tobs 3 games, Kinston Eagles 0
The Kinston Eagles of the Carolina League ended the 1963 season with a record of 77 wins and 66 losses, finishing first in the league's East Division.
The Eagles paced the circuit with 768 runs. Kinston allowed 672 runs. Jim Price powered the team with 19 home runs and recorded 109 runs batted in. Don Bosch topped all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .332. Rafael Sosa led the squad with 13 wins, while Ernie Kunkle recorded a 2.58 ERA, leading pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Mike Derrick, Vern Law, Don Bosch, Jim Price, Tony Bartirome, José Martínez, Gary Waslewski, Dick Colpaert and Gene Michael were all players from the 1963 Kinston Eagles who played in the Major Leagues during their careers.
Hardy Peterson 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rafael Sosa | 13 | 7 | .650 | 3.10 | 38 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 145.0 | 108 | 63 | 50 | 10 | 76 | 5 | 76 | 3 | 1 | 4 | |||
| Bill Knoch | 12 | 13 | .480 | 3.81 | 33 | 30 | 12 | 2 | 210.0 | 186 | 107 | 89 | 18 | 103 | 6 | 183 | 3 | 0 | 13 | |||
| Jerry Steffey | 11 | 7 | .611 | 3.56 | 26 | 22 | 7 | 0 | 139.0 | 128 | 70 | 55 | 16 | 76 | 5 | 99 | 4 | 1 | 3 | |||
| Ernie Kunkle | 8 | 5 | .615 | 2.58 | 17 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 115.0 | 92 | 47 | 33 | 5 | 62 | 0 | 129 | 2 | 0 | 12 | |||
| Juan Gener | 8 | 7 | .533 | 4.04 | 35 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 136.0 | 138 | 73 | 61 | 13 | 82 | 7 | 100 | 2 | 1 | 17 | |||
| Rich Voss | 6 | 7 | .462 | 5.60 | 28 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 119.0 | 116 | 98 | 74 | 14 | 98 | 6 | 77 | 3 | 0 | 11 | |||
| Jimmy Tyer | 5 | 1 | .833 | 4.03 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 67.0 | 71 | 43 | 30 | 2 | 59 | 2 | 51 | 7 | 1 | 9 | |||
| Dick Colpaert | 5 | 10 | .333 | 3.60 | 34 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 80.0 | 69 | 33 | 32 | 5 | 40 | 9 | 74 | 0 | 2 | 9 | |||
| Pat Donnelly | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.82 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 40.0 | 42 | 19 | 17 | 2 | 24 | 2 | 31 | 0 | 1 | 5 | |||
| Vern Law | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.50 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 18.0 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Gary Waslewski | 1 | 1 | .500 | 4.12 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 24.0 | 20 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 13 | 2 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Ronald Honeycutt | 1 | 1 | .500 | 4.50 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 14.0 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Silvano Quezada | 1 | 2 | .333 | 3.27 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33.0 | 29 | 17 | 12 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Gene Michael | 1 | 3 | .250 | 6.79 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 53.0 | 71 | 47 | 40 | 5 | 36 | 3 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 9 | |||
| Rodolfo Welch | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Tony Bartirome | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Lawrence Zuidmuider | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| William Granok | 0 | 2 | .000 | 15.43 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 14.0 | 14 | 24 | 24 | 6 | 28 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 10 | |||
| Totals | 77 | 66 | .538 | 4.02 | 322 | 143 | 0 | 45 | 10 | 0 | 1212.3 | 1114 | 672 | 542 | 103 | 726 | 55 | 949 | 32 | 7 | 104 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Bosch | 144 | 647 | 570 | 108 | 189 | 19 | 6 | 6 | 64 | 32 | 6 | 65 | 79 | .332 | .400 | .418 | .817 | 238 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
| Jim Price | 136 | 566 | 485 | 81 | 151 | 28 | 5 | 19 | 109 | 4 | 2 | 59 | 56 | .311 | .387 | .507 | .894 | 246 | 6 | 8 | 8 | ||
| Roberto Sanchez | 143 | 598 | 497 | 89 | 148 | 20 | 3 | 9 | 60 | 12 | 8 | 80 | 75 | .298 | .399 | .404 | .803 | 201 | 6 | 11 | 4 | ||
| Rodolfo Welch | 120 | 476 | 424 | 83 | 134 | 20 | 5 | 12 | 70 | 12 | 4 | 40 | 118 | .316 | .382 | .472 | .854 | 200 | 8 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Gene Michael | 125 | 485 | 421 | 73 | 128 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 57 | 10 | 7 | 51 | 49 | .304 | .385 | .380 | .765 | 160 | 5 | 7 | 1 | ||
| Royce McDaniel | 123 | 439 | 378 | 56 | 120 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 61 | 5 | 3 | 47 | 58 | .317 | .394 | .426 | .819 | 161 | 3 | 7 | 4 | ||
| Mike Derrick | 97 | 408 | 368 | 60 | 100 | 28 | 3 | 4 | 59 | 8 | 0 | 35 | 89 | .272 | .337 | .397 | .733 | 146 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Vic Ramirez | 128 | 489 | 422 | 62 | 99 | 14 | 5 | 13 | 56 | 11 | 6 | 52 | 90 | .235 | .322 | .384 | .706 | 162 | 6 | 1 | 8 | ||
| Tony Bartirome | 99 | 324 | 278 | 46 | 76 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 5 | 2 | 33 | 16 | .273 | .354 | .291 | .645 | 81 | 2 | 10 | 1 | ||
| Gary Clemens | 90 | 295 | 258 | 34 | 69 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 31 | 4 | 2 | 22 | 62 | .267 | .328 | .376 | .704 | 97 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||
| José Martínez | 53 | 201 | 171 | 26 | 33 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 24 | 60 | .193 | .296 | .269 | .565 | 46 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Pat Owens | 23 | 106 | 91 | 20 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 32 | .220 | .314 | .396 | .710 | 36 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Rafael Sosa | 38 | 54 | 50 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14 | .200 | .231 | .240 | .471 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Jerry Steffey | 27 | 58 | 43 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 24 | .163 | .333 | .163 | .496 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Ernie Kunkle | 24 | 49 | 41 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 14 | .146 | .239 | .146 | .385 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Rich Voss | 28 | 49 | 43 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | .140 | .140 | .140 | .279 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Juan Gener | 37 | 55 | 46 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 25 | .087 | .192 | .087 | .279 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Bill Knoch | 33 | 78 | 67 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 31 | .060 | .125 | .075 | .200 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Dick Colpaert | 34 | 25 | 22 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | .136 | .208 | .136 | .345 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Vern Law | 2 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .286 | .375 | .714 | 1.089 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gary Waslewski | 8 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .286 | .286 | .714 | 1.000 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Leo Hollas | 16 | 20 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | .118 | .250 | .118 | .368 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ronald Honeycutt | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pat Donnelly | 8 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | .125 | .364 | .125 | .489 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Silvano Quezada | 17 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .125 | .125 | .250 | .375 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Jimmy Tyer | 45 | 30 | 25 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 13 | .040 | .143 | .040 | .183 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| William Granok | 10 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lawrence Zuidmuider | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1615 | 5499 | 4756 | 769 | 1317 | 186 | 50 | 77 | 663 | 111 | 43 | 558 | 956 | .277 | .356 | .386 | .742 | 1834 | 0 | 51 | 88 | 46 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Derrick | 1B | 93 | 657 | 43 | 10 | 50 | .986 | 7.527 | ||||
| Tony Bartirome | 1B | 54 | 299 | 30 | 2 | 26 | .994 | 6.093 | ||||
| Royce McDaniel | 1B | 13 | 85 | 9 | 3 | 5 | .969 | 7.231 | ||||
| Roberto Sanchez | 2B | 88 | 191 | 227 | 16 | 40 | .963 | 4.750 | ||||
| Gary Clemens | 2B | 35 | 54 | 70 | 4 | 9 | .969 | 3.543 | ||||
| Gene Michael | 2B | 32 | 73 | 62 | 3 | 12 | .978 | 4.219 | ||||
| Vic Ramirez | 3B | 62 | 51 | 87 | 27 | 6 | .836 | 2.226 | ||||
| Gary Clemens | 3B | 53 | 33 | 66 | 9 | 7 | .917 | 1.868 | ||||
| Gene Michael | 3B | 39 | 38 | 57 | 5 | 10 | .950 | 2.436 | ||||
| Tony Bartirome | 3B | 13 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 0 | .833 | 1.923 | ||||
| Jim Price | C | 128 | 850 | 85 | 17 | 11 | .982 | 7.305 | 30 | |||
| Rodolfo Welch | C | 28 | 149 | 22 | 5 | 2 | .972 | 6.107 | 17 | |||
| Don Bosch | OF | 144 | 379 | 21 | 11 | 2 | .973 | 2.778 | ||||
| Royce McDaniel | OF | 96 | 120 | 10 | 8 | 1 | .942 | 1.354 | ||||
| Rodolfo Welch | OF | 95 | 148 | 12 | 12 | 3 | .930 | 1.684 | ||||
| Vic Ramirez | OF | 70 | 100 | 7 | 8 | 0 | .930 | 1.529 | ||||
| Pat Owens | OF | 23 | 29 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .969 | 1.348 | ||||
| Tony Bartirome | OF | 21 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.762 | ||||
| Jim Price | OF | 11 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .727 | ||||
| Jimmy Tyer | P | 40 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .350 | ||||
| Rafael Sosa | P | 38 | 7 | 18 | 2 | 1 | .926 | .658 | ||||
| Juan Gener | P | 35 | 8 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .829 | ||||
| Dick Colpaert | P | 34 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .265 | ||||
| Bill Knoch | P | 33 | 14 | 27 | 1 | 2 | .976 | 1.242 | ||||
| Rich Voss | P | 28 | 6 | 17 | 4 | 0 | .852 | .821 | ||||
| Jerry Steffey | P | 26 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 0 | .857 | .692 | ||||
| Silvano Quezada | P | 17 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .412 | ||||
| Ernie Kunkle | P | 17 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 0 | .812 | .765 | ||||
| Gene Michael | P | 16 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | .818 | .562 | ||||
| William Granok | P | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .100 | ||||
| Gary Waslewski | P | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| Pat Donnelly | P | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ronald Honeycutt | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Lawrence Zuidmuider | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Vern Law | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Roberto Sanchez | SS | 57 | 74 | 110 | 13 | 18 | .934 | 3.228 | ||||
| José Martínez | SS | 51 | 69 | 117 | 14 | 22 | .930 | 3.647 | ||||
| Gene Michael | SS | 49 | 86 | 115 | 16 | 22 | .926 | 4.102 | ||||
| Totals | 1574 | 3601 | 1295 | 204 | 254 | .960 | 3.111 | 47 | 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.
