1962 Knoxville Smokies Statistics

South Atlantic League (SAL) - Class: A
Team Record: 86-54
Finished 2nd in the SAL
Manager: Frank Carswell (86-54)
Affiliation: Detroit Tigers
Location: Knoxville, Tennessee
Ballpark: Smithson Stadium
Attendance: 90,089, Avg. 1,287

1962 Knoxville Smokies Roster

Playoffs - Knoxville Smokies 3 games, Asheville Tourists 1
Finals - Macon Peaches 3 games, Knoxville Smokies 1

The Knoxville Smokies of the South Atlantic League ended the 1962 season with a record of 86 wins and 54 losses, finishing second in the SAL.

The Smokies led the league with just 570 runs allowed. Knoxville scored 672 runs. Chico Salmon paced the squad with 16 home runs and drove in 82 runs, while leading all regular batters by connecting at a .330 clip. Clifford Adams topped the team with 16 wins, and Joel McDaniel, too added 15 or more wins, too Tom Timmermann registered a 2.66 earned run average, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

Players from the 1962 Knoxville Smokies who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Leo Marentette, Jake Striker, Tom Fletcher, Andy Kosco, Frank Zupo, Ed Kranepool, Willie Smith, George Smith, John Sullivan, Ray Oyler, Tom Timmermann, Jim Northrup, Bill Faul, Jim Command and Chico Salmon.

Frank Carswell 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
Clifford Adams	16	8	.667	2.88	33	20		9	1		175.0	139	71	56	13	52	6	81	3	1	5
Joel McDaniel	15	5	.750	3.50	41	6		4	0		144.0	124	62	56	14	50	5	85	4	0	4
Leo Marentette	14	11	.560	3.14	35	30		14	6		221.0	174	96	77	17	125	2	205	6	1	7
Willie Smith	10	7	.588	3.60	25	16		7	2		120.0	103	58	48	6	61	2	94	1	0	8
Tom Timmermann	9	8	.529	2.66	29	26		6	0		169.0	140	65	50	6	88	3	115	2	0	3
Bill Faul	6	2	.750	2.10	13	13		5	2		90.0	57	25	21	3	53	0	77	3	0	1
Tom Fletcher	5	4	.556	2.33	17	11		2	1		81.0	68	39	21	6	51	1	59	0	0	3
Richard Klunder	4	3	.571	4.32	21	10		3	0		73.0	79	43	35	5	58	2	47	7	0	5
Ricardo Delgado	4	4	.500	3.91	34	0		0	0		76.0	82	36	33	3	27	9	44	2	0	2
Gene Garnell	2	1	.667	5.14	6	6		2	0		35.0	37	25	20	6	34	0	27	0	0	3
Bob Paffel	1	1	.500	6.16	9	0		0	0		19.0	27	17	13	4	13	1	10	0	0	4
David Reed					9						0.0
Jake Striker	0	0		3.00	5	1		0	0		12.0	9	5	4	0	5	1	5	0	0	0
Owen Johnson	0	0		9.00	2	0		0	0		1.0	2	1	1	1	2	0	2	1	0	1
Totals	86	54	.614	3.22	279	139	0	52	12	0	1216.0	1041	543	435	84	619	32	851	29	2	46	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
Chico Salmon	137	625	552	97	182	24	5	16	82	25		61	32	.330	.396	.478	.875	264		4	2	6	5
John Ryan	127	564	476	81	132	12	13	4	49	6		79	47	.277	.380	.382	.762	182		1	6	2	7
George Smith	118	515	445	90	130	15	8	2	45	14		56	70	.292	.373	.375	.749	167		4	6	4	1
Ray Oyler	140	557	475	66	112	17	6	11	60	0		71	108	.236	.338	.366	.704	174		4	4	3	6
John Sullivan	117	473	389	50	104	18	2	6	36	0		69	51	.267	.384	.370	.754	144		6	7	2	12
Al Baker	121	470	415	47	94	21	3	5	49	3		44	85	.227	.296	.328	.624	136		0	4	7	5
Andy Kosco	98	355	327	36	93	12	4	6	46	3		26	59	.284	.339	.401	.740	131		1	1	0	3
Leo Smith	83	350	284	37	91	17	1	9	65	1		56	43	.320	.422	.482	.905	137		0	2	8	10
Bennie Sandlin	126	404	348	50	87	9	5	11	52	1		48	97	.250	.345	.399	.744	139		4	1	3	1
Willie Smith	71	166	147	23	40	7	1	1	23	1		12	12	.272	.319	.354	.673	52		0	3	4	0
Dave Brown	45	170	128	22	32	7	2	4	21	3		40	38	.250	.424	.430	.853	55		0	0	2	1
Jim Northrup	23	93	82	9	20	1	2	2	15	0		9	22	.244	.323	.378	.701	31		1	0	1	2
Joel McDaniel	57	68	65	11	18	1	4	3	6	0		3	16	.277	.309	.554	.863	36		0	0	0	0
Owen Johnson	38	113	111	5	18	6	0	0	7	0		2	23	.162	.177	.216	.393	24		0	0	0	0
Leo Marentette	36	92	85	5	16	1	0	0	3	0		3	16	.188	.216	.200	.416	17		0	4	0	0
Billy Dashner	27	89	72	11	15	2	0	2	12	0		15	11	.208	.348	.319	.668	23		1	0	1	0
Clifford Adams	33	72	64	8	10	2	1	0	5	0		2	29	.156	.194	.219	.413	14		1	5	0	0
Tom Fletcher	17	32	27	5	7	2	0	0	3	0		3	8	.259	.333	.333	.667	9		0	2	0	0
Richard Klunder	25	29	27	3	6	2	3	0	5	0		1	6	.222	.250	.519	.769	14		0	1	0	0
Ed Kranepool	7	20	18	4	5	3	0	0	0	0		2	2	.278	.350	.444	.794	8		0	0	0	0
Tom Timmermann	29	64	58	5	5	2	0	0	2	0		4	31	.086	.172	.121	.293	7		2	0	0	0
Gene Garnell	6	16	15	1	4	1	0	0	0	0		1	3	.267	.312	.333	.646	5		0	0	0	0
Bill Faul	13	34	28	3	4	1	0	0	3	0		3	2	.143	.219	.179	.397	5		0	2	1	0
Jim Command	3	12	10	0	2	0	0	0	1	0		1	4	.200	.250	.200	.450	2		0	0	1	0
Ricardo Delgado	34	14	12	1	2	0	0	0	0	0		2	6	.167	.286	.167	.452	2		0	0	0	0
Frank Zupo	9	21	18	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		2	2	.111	.200	.111	.311	2		0	1	0	1
Terry Bartholome	4	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	4	.200	.200	.200	.400	1		0	0	0	0
Bob Paffel	9	6	6	1	1	1	0	0	1	0		0	3	.167	.167	.333	.500	2		0	0	0	0
Jake Striker	5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0	0
Totals	1558	5431	4691	671	1233	184	60	82	591	57	0	615	832	.263	.349	.380	.729	1783	0	29	51	45	54

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Leo Smith	1B	83	645	60	16	68	.978	8.494
Chico Salmon	1B	66	550	45	6	53	.990	9.015
Al Baker	2B	116	310	322	23	99	.965	5.448
George Smith	2B	30	64	71	6	13	.957	4.500
John Ryan	3B	122	82	245	22	25	.937	2.680
George Smith	3B	21	9	24	1	3	.971	1.571
John Sullivan	C	111	685	66	7	12	.991	6.766	8
Owen Johnson	C	30	154	26	3	3	.984	6.000	6
Bennie Sandlin	OF	121	233	9	11	2	.957	2.000
Andy Kosco	OF	93	155	5	3	1	.982	1.720
Chico Salmon	OF	83	125	6	2	3	.985	1.578
George Smith	OF	61	105	6	1	1	.991	1.820
Dave Brown	OF	40	65	2	4	1	.944	1.675
Jim Northrup	OF	23	30	4	5	0	.872	1.478
Billy Dashner	OF	19	16	2	3	0	.857	.947
Joel McDaniel	P	41	8	24	0	1	1.000	.780
Leo Marentette	P	35	19	29	1	4	.980	1.371
Ricardo Delgado	P	34	5	17	0	2	1.000	.647
Clifford Adams	P	33	8	40	4	1	.923	1.455
Tom Timmermann	P	29	15	38	3	3	.946	1.828
Willie Smith	P	25	7	23	4	0	.882	1.200
Richard Klunder	P	21	4	21	0	2	1.000	1.190
Tom Fletcher	P	17	6	10	2	0	.889	.941
Bill Faul	P	13	4	11	0	0	1.000	1.154
David Reed	P	9						.000
Bob Paffel	P	9						.000
Gene Garnell	P	6						.000
Jake Striker	P	5						.000
Owen Johnson	P	2						.000
Ray Oyler	SS	140	252	439	28	83	.961	4.936
Totals		1438	3556	1545	155	380	.971	3.547	14	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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