1962 Kinston Eagles Statistics

Carolina League (CL) - Class: B
Team Record: 83-57
Finished 2nd in the CL
Manager: Hardy Peterson (83-57)
Affiliation: Pittsburgh Pirates
Location: Kinston, North Carolina
Ballpark: Grainger Stadium
Attendance: 141,227, Avg. 2,018
1962 Kinston Eagles Roster

Playoffs - Kinston Eagles 2 games, Winston-Salem Red Sox 1
Finals - Kinston Eagles 4 games, Durham Bulls 3

The Kinston Eagles of the Carolina League ended the 1962 season with a record of 83 wins and 57 losses, finishing second in the CL.

The Eagles yielded 556 runs, fewest in the league. Kinston plated 648 runs. Pat Owens paced the team with 18 home runs, and Rodolfo Welch walloped 15 or more, too. Pat Owens recorded 75 runs batted in. Ed Napoleon led batters with significant playing time by hitting .285. Frank Bork topped the squad with 19 wins, while Steve Blass, too added 15 or more wins, too Steve Blass recorded a 1.97 ERA, leading pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

Frank Bork, Ron Woods, Roberto Peña, Gary Waslewski, Joe Gibbon, Steve Blass, Gene Michael and Ron Brand were all players from the 1962 Kinston Eagles who played in the Majors during their careers.

Hardy Peterson 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
Frank Bork197.7312.002928184230.0166645110556191305
Steve Blass173.8501.972323158178.011244393828209205
Mort Ek95.6433.27321031113.09654419659106408
Phillip Cunningham810.4443.96251661125.01228355594895318
Gary Waslewski78.4673.76271332127.0122685395971061108
Anselmo Gordon53.6252.394210064.0362017338674012
Jerry Steffey31.7506.83760029.0342722222035001
Thomas Hall33.5004.3019141167.0714132452372501
James Little311.2144.00241752126.012274569886119503
Miguel Lemoine201.0002.671200027.02288220133104
Richard Hunt101.0006.4350007.07750923000
Bill Knoch11.5007.50510012.09111019115101
Norbert Lewandowski130.0
Alfred Knox000.0010001.00000001001
Gene Michael000.0010002.00000001000
Joe Gibbon000.00330015.060002016000
Ed Napoleon006.0010003.05220102000
Bruce Newton01.0002.0030009.05221904101
Troy Giles01.0007.5050006.010851311001
Larry Gable02.0007.20520015.0181512212013002
Totals7856.5823.192821340511901156.096352841061620581096362510

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
Felix Santana13560251492139138241507371.270.362.339.70117421125
Ed Napoleon1325634717713430586847439.285.380.420.80019821062
Pat Owens1385895028512429618751771145.247.342.436.7792195562
Rodolfo Welch1064343855810421216621539113.270.346.460.8051777035
Gene Michael13855247458102113136106492.215.307.257.5641221855
Roberto Peña7832228840949764362522.326.388.469.8571354501
Royce McDaniel86304262377910302963745.302.388.363.751950502
Norm Housley125382339436992735536123.204.276.304.5801030253
Larry Fidalgo7323820914515142422039.244.312.335.647702434
Ernest Cooper9227823720454072603457.190.298.295.594703312
Ron Brand3916112926418422082816.318.447.488.936633010
Tommie Martz3314611821353301372615.297.424.373.796440201
Ron Woods28127108172611001911721.241.346.343.689371011
Steve Blass26645871510040119.259.271.276.547160500
Felix Pizarro23655171110062116.216.355.235.590120300
Frank Bork449077101120141230.143.173.208.381161910
James Little3954521900011217.173.204.173.37790000
Erasmo Felipe62320270001038.350.435.350.78570000
Phillip Cunningham2645434620000124.140.159.186.34580100
Mort Ek3236321510020220.156.206.188.39360200
Gary Waslewski2745364400120422.111.200.194.39470500
Miguel Lemoine12109030001003.333.333.333.66730100
Thomas Hall202416031001157.188.364.250.61440210
Anselmo Gordon432017130011016.176.222.353.57560200
Richard Hoth2760522310020628.058.183.077.26042001
Jerry Steffey7128010001033.125.364.125.48910100
Jimmy Hicks61512110001038.083.267.083.35010000
Bruce Olson111000000001.000.000.000.00000000
Bruce Newton322000000002.000.000.000.00000000
Larry Gable676100000013.000.143.000.14300000
Joe Gibbon332000000001.000.000.000.00000100
Troy Giles511000000000.000.000.000.00000000
Ernie Kunkle333000000002.000.000.000.00000000
Richard Hunt511000000001.000.000.000.00000000
Bill Knoch533000000003.000.000.000.00000000
Totals1572528245386291125172447451813605891012.248.336.354.6901607033873534


Fielding:

Player Pos GP PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB SB CS CS%
Norm Housley1B102587431667.9756.176
Royce McDaniel1B46313191126.9687.217
Felix Pizarro1B1164619.9866.364
Felix Santana2B1343083403088.9564.836
Gene Michael3B6058871512.9062.417
Pat Owens3B32143871.8811.625
Norm Housley3B16202677.8682.875
Ernest Cooper3B135310.889.615
Ed Napoleon3B127660.6841.083
Ernest CooperC6651240102.9828.36410
Larry FidalgoC654693077.9867.67714
Ron BrandC302182224.9928.0007
Ed NapoleonOF121210672.9691.785
Pat OwensOF10514513133.9241.505
Rodolfo WelchOF100171854.9731.790
Royce McDanielOF3767312.9861.892
Tommie MartzOF33273001.000.909
Ron WoodsOF2848120.9611.750
Anselmo GordonP425931.824.333
Mort EkP3251112.941.500
Frank BorkP29113111.9771.448
Gary WaslewskiP27820001.0001.037
Phillip CunninghamP2541220.889.640
James LittleP241124021.0001.458
Steve BlassP2373133.9271.652
Thomas HallP1916001.000.368
Norbert LewandowskiP13.000
Miguel LemoineP1203011.000.250
Jerry SteffeyP7.000
Bill KnochP5.000
Richard HuntP5.000
Troy GilesP5.000
Larry GableP5.000
Bruce NewtonP3.000
Joe GibbonP3.000
Ed NapoleonP1.000
Gene MichaelP1.000
Alfred KnoxP1.000
Gene MichaelSS721111662330.9233.847
Roberto PeñaSS701351821434.9584.529
Totals143535411189188308.9623.2963100

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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