1963 Knoxville Smokies Statistics
Team Record: 71-68
Finished 5th in the SAL
Manager: Frank Carswell (0-0), Frank Lary (0-0), Frank Skaff (0-0)
Affiliation: Detroit Tigers
Location: Knoxville, Tennessee
Ballpark: Smithson Stadium
Attendance: 43,894, Avg. 632
The Knoxville Smokies of the South Atlantic League ended the 1963 season with a record of 71 wins and 68 losses, finishing fifth in the SAL.
The Smokies plated 626 runs and gave up 599 runs. Willie Horton paced Knoxville with 14 home runs and drove in 70 runs, while leading batters with significant playing time by connecting at a .333 clip. Johnny Ison topped the squad with 11 wins, and Fritz Fisher recorded a 2.97 ERA, tops among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Members of the 1963 Knoxville Smokies who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Tommy Matchick, Joe Sparma, Leo Marentette, Fritz Fisher, Mickey Stanley, Elder White, Frank Lary, Andy Kosco, Mike Cuellar, Willie Horton, Pat Dobson, Don Bryant, Jim Northrup, Tom Timmermann, Lorencito Fernández, Jim Proctor, Nate Smith, Arlo Brunsberg, Pete Craig, Denny McLain and Vern Holtgrave.
Frank Carswell, Frank Lary and Frank Skaff 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johnny Ison | 11 | 13 | .458 | 3.73 | 37 | 26 | 13 | 2 | 198.0 | 205 | 98 | 82 | 13 | 57 | 6 | 132 | 4 | 0 | 9 | |||
| Fritz Fisher | 10 | 6 | .625 | 2.97 | 21 | 19 | 8 | 1 | 118.0 | 97 | 56 | 39 | 3 | 65 | 4 | 66 | 8 | 0 | 7 | |||
| Leo Marentette | 8 | 7 | .533 | 4.31 | 22 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 119.0 | 110 | 69 | 57 | 7 | 66 | 3 | 96 | 4 | 0 | 12 | |||
| Tom Timmermann | 8 | 8 | .500 | 3.70 | 32 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 112.0 | 98 | 58 | 46 | 3 | 48 | 4 | 73 | 4 | 0 | 4 | |||
| Frank Lary | 7 | 2 | .778 | 3.41 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 74.0 | 74 | 39 | 28 | 4 | 20 | 0 | 34 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Pat Dobson | 5 | 1 | .833 | 1.33 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 61.0 | 44 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 27 | 1 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Denny McLain | 5 | 4 | .556 | 3.51 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 77.0 | 61 | 34 | 30 | 1 | 28 | 0 | 82 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |||
| John Teeter | 5 | 9 | .357 | 4.01 | 31 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 119.0 | 113 | 59 | 53 | 8 | 49 | 3 | 77 | 6 | 0 | 5 | |||
| Quineth Roberts | 3 | 2 | .600 | 3.10 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 29.0 | 25 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 20 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Vern Holtgrave | 3 | 3 | .500 | 2.48 | 37 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 109.0 | 104 | 48 | 30 | 4 | 42 | 5 | 73 | 1 | 2 | 7 | |||
| Joel McDaniel | 2 | 3 | .400 | 5.73 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 55.0 | 70 | 37 | 35 | 8 | 23 | 3 | 24 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Pete Craig | 1 | 1 | .500 | 0.64 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 14.0 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Mike Cuellar | 1 | 1 | .500 | 2.54 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 39.0 | 33 | 15 | 11 | 0 | 20 | 2 | 39 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Jim Proctor | 1 | 1 | .500 | 4.50 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 26.0 | 26 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Darrell Clark | 1 | 2 | .333 | 4.00 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 18.0 | 20 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Tommy Thompson | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0.00 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Joe Sparma | 0 | 1 | .000 | 5.82 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 17.0 | 17 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |||
| Ken Magown | 0 | 1 | .000 | 15.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ricardo Delgado | 0 | 2 | .000 | 12.86 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Totals | 71 | 68 | .511 | 3.58 | 277 | 140 | 0 | 52 | 9 | 0 | 1201.0 | 1127 | 599 | 478 | 65 | 513 | 34 | 819 | 36 | 5 | 57 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Northrup | 133 | 541 | 492 | 82 | 152 | 28 | 10 | 10 | 66 | 8 | 4 | 42 | 75 | .309 | .365 | .467 | .833 | 230 | 3 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Willie Horton | 118 | 493 | 442 | 77 | 147 | 20 | 9 | 14 | 70 | 3 | 2 | 38 | 55 | .333 | .387 | .514 | .900 | 227 | 3 | 7 | 3 | ||
| Mickey Stanley | 112 | 452 | 404 | 56 | 102 | 19 | 2 | 5 | 51 | 3 | 5 | 35 | 79 | .252 | .311 | .347 | .657 | 140 | 1 | 8 | 4 | ||
| John Ryan | 99 | 429 | 374 | 65 | 93 | 14 | 3 | 10 | 42 | 1 | 1 | 53 | 50 | .249 | .343 | .382 | .726 | 143 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Al Baker | 100 | 353 | 311 | 43 | 73 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 42 | 1 | 3 | 35 | 62 | .235 | .313 | .347 | .661 | 108 | 2 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Don Bryant | 77 | 267 | 243 | 20 | 60 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 49 | .247 | .308 | .305 | .613 | 74 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Wilbert Franklin | 44 | 185 | 165 | 29 | 59 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 23 | .358 | .424 | .485 | .909 | 80 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Tommy Matchick | 59 | 255 | 222 | 30 | 58 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 23 | 45 | .261 | .332 | .333 | .665 | 74 | 1 | 8 | 1 | ||
| Elder White | 58 | 243 | 209 | 31 | 56 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 25 | 1 | 2 | 28 | 52 | .268 | .360 | .426 | .785 | 89 | 3 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Charlie Smiley | 71 | 272 | 231 | 27 | 55 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 36 | 1 | 0 | 36 | 41 | .238 | .339 | .368 | .707 | 85 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Leo Smith | 50 | 216 | 186 | 23 | 54 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 31 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 34 | .290 | .375 | .430 | .805 | 80 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Rufus Anderson | 59 | 210 | 197 | 27 | 50 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 32 | .254 | .292 | .320 | .612 | 63 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Arlo Brunsberg | 69 | 235 | 204 | 24 | 50 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 44 | .245 | .333 | .368 | .701 | 75 | 5 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Bennie Sandlin | 24 | 89 | 77 | 8 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 23 | .247 | .341 | .325 | .666 | 25 | 3 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Andy Kosco | 27 | 66 | 55 | 7 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 14 | .236 | .364 | .255 | .618 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Johnny Ison | 39 | 83 | 72 | 7 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 32 | .167 | .277 | .347 | .624 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joel McDaniel | 54 | 77 | 68 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 12 | .147 | .224 | .221 | .444 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Fritz Fisher | 21 | 45 | 40 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 17 | .225 | .295 | .250 | .545 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Frank Lary | 16 | 39 | 34 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | .235 | .278 | .382 | .660 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Larry Rojas | 13 | 54 | 46 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 15 | .174 | .269 | .239 | .508 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Joe Pulliam | 11 | 24 | 22 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .318 | .375 | .364 | .739 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Leo Marentette | 22 | 42 | 37 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 15 | .162 | .244 | .324 | .568 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Pat Dobson | 10 | 21 | 19 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .211 | .211 | .263 | .474 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Tom Timmermann | 32 | 39 | 35 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18 | .114 | .184 | .200 | .384 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| John Teeter | 31 | 43 | 41 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | .098 | .098 | .122 | .220 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Vern Holtgrave | 37 | 37 | 29 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 15 | .103 | .206 | .103 | .309 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Jim Proctor | 8 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .200 | .200 | .400 | .600 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tom Hinkle | 6 | 16 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .133 | .188 | .133 | .321 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Cuellar | 10 | 17 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | .125 | .125 | .125 | .250 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Denny McLain | 11 | 32 | 30 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14 | .067 | .125 | .067 | .192 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nate Smith | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .333 | .250 | .667 | .917 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Pete Craig | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Quineth Roberts | 15 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .125 | .125 | .125 | .250 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Darrell Clark | 3 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .125 | .125 | .125 | .250 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ricardo Delgado | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .500 | .000 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tom Orton | 4 | 15 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | .000 | .286 | .000 | .286 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Joe Sparma | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .000 | .333 | .000 | .333 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Tommy Thompson | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Totals | 1464 | 4931 | 4362 | 601 | 1128 | 178 | 48 | 78 | 526 | 30 | 26 | 460 | 892 | .259 | .331 | .375 | .706 | 1636 | 0 | 27 | 54 | 28 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charlie Smiley | 1B | 71 | 573 | 52 | 10 | 56 | .984 | 8.803 | ||||
| Leo Smith | 1B | 50 | 362 | 42 | 6 | 35 | .985 | 8.080 | ||||
| Jim Northrup | 1B | 15 | 123 | 11 | 4 | 12 | .971 | 8.933 | ||||
| Al Baker | 1B | 15 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 1.000 | 1.733 | ||||
| Al Baker | 2B | 83 | 213 | 234 | 15 | 54 | .968 | 5.386 | ||||
| Rufus Anderson | 2B | 38 | 78 | 97 | 6 | 24 | .967 | 4.605 | ||||
| Elder White | 2B | 13 | 30 | 32 | 2 | 7 | .969 | 4.769 | ||||
| Larry Rojas | 2B | 12 | 28 | 36 | 2 | 10 | .970 | 5.333 | ||||
| John Ryan | 3B | 98 | 94 | 165 | 20 | 24 | .928 | 2.643 | ||||
| Elder White | 3B | 35 | 35 | 48 | 4 | 3 | .954 | 2.371 | ||||
| Don Bryant | C | 75 | 447 | 29 | 11 | 5 | .977 | 6.347 | 10 | |||
| Arlo Brunsberg | C | 62 | 358 | 31 | 6 | 2 | .985 | 6.274 | 16 | |||
| Willie Horton | OF | 117 | 183 | 7 | 7 | 0 | .964 | 1.624 | ||||
| Jim Northrup | OF | 115 | 203 | 9 | 6 | 3 | .972 | 1.843 | ||||
| Mickey Stanley | OF | 111 | 259 | 5 | 7 | 2 | .974 | 2.378 | ||||
| Wilbert Franklin | OF | 44 | 82 | 2 | 5 | 1 | .944 | 1.909 | ||||
| Bennie Sandlin | OF | 22 | 41 | 4 | 2 | 1 | .957 | 2.045 | ||||
| Andy Kosco | OF | 10 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .944 | 1.700 | ||||
| Johnny Ison | P | 37 | 13 | 19 | 2 | 3 | .941 | .865 | ||||
| Vern Holtgrave | P | 37 | 9 | 13 | 3 | 0 | .880 | .595 | ||||
| Tom Timmermann | P | 32 | 12 | 31 | 3 | 3 | .935 | 1.344 | ||||
| John Teeter | P | 31 | 10 | 21 | 2 | 1 | .939 | 1.000 | ||||
| Leo Marentette | P | 22 | 8 | 18 | 3 | 2 | .897 | 1.182 | ||||
| Fritz Fisher | P | 21 | 8 | 25 | 3 | 1 | .917 | 1.571 | ||||
| Joel McDaniel | P | 16 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .812 | ||||
| Denny McLain | P | 11 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .818 | ||||
| Frank Lary | P | 11 | 8 | 12 | 2 | 1 | .909 | 1.818 | ||||
| Quineth Roberts | P | 10 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .900 | ||||
| Pat Dobson | P | 10 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.300 | ||||
| Tommy Matchick | SS | 59 | 79 | 161 | 10 | 34 | .960 | 4.068 | ||||
| Totals | 1283 | 3312 | 1135 | 142 | 291 | .969 | 3.466 | 26 | 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.
