1962 Lakeland Giants Statistics
Florida State League (FSL) - Class: D
Team Record: 49-66
Finished 7th in the FSL
Manager: Bert Haas (0-0), Max Lanier (0-0)
Affiliation: San Francisco Giants
Location: Lakeland, Florida
Ballpark: Henley Stadium
Attendance: 28,343, Avg. 493
1962 Lakeland Giants RosterTeam Record: 49-66
Finished 7th in the FSL
Manager: Bert Haas (0-0), Max Lanier (0-0)
Affiliation: San Francisco Giants
Location: Lakeland, Florida
Ballpark: Henley Stadium
Attendance: 28,343, Avg. 493
The Lakeland Giants of the Florida State League ended the 1962 season with a record of 49 wins and 66 losses, finishing seventh in the FSL.
The Giants plated 496 runs and allowed 552 runs. Tommy Pruitt and Ramon Almont each recorded 55 runs batted in. Terry Cobb led hitters with significant playing time by hitting .292. Robert Bishop topped the squad with 12 wins and a team-best 2.28 ERA, tops among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Tito Fuentes and Bob Taylor both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.
Bert Haas and Max Lanier 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Bishop | 12 | 12 | .500 | 2.28 | 27 | 25 | 19 | 4 | 197.0 | 145 | 73 | 50 | 1 | 87 | 6 | 224 | 4 | 0 | 19 | |||
| Larry Whitley | 9 | 4 | .692 | 2.79 | 19 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 113.0 | 86 | 42 | 35 | 1 | 33 | 2 | 102 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |||
| Paul Miller | 8 | 11 | .421 | 3.00 | 30 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 117.0 | 93 | 64 | 39 | 4 | 71 | 4 | 124 | 7 | 1 | 16 | |||
| Edward Perry | 5 | 4 | .556 | 3.80 | 31 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 90.0 | 75 | 48 | 38 | 3 | 65 | 2 | 69 | 7 | 1 | 15 | |||
| Harry Bishop | 5 | 12 | .294 | 5.45 | 25 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 119.0 | 113 | 84 | 72 | 4 | 73 | 2 | 100 | 2 | 1 | 17 | |||
| Robert Miller | 4 | 8 | .333 | 2.49 | 22 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 130.0 | 120 | 77 | 36 | 2 | 69 | 2 | 97 | 8 | 0 | 13 | |||
| James Thrower | 2 | 2 | .500 | 2.48 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29.0 | 29 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
| James Baten | 2 | 3 | .400 | 4.11 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 46.0 | 46 | 22 | 21 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 43 | 2 | 0 | 7 | |||
| Russell Wham | 2 | 3 | .400 | 5.14 | 29 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 98.0 | 86 | 77 | 56 | 3 | 94 | 4 | 76 | 3 | 1 | 15 | |||
| Edward Wilson | 1 | 1 | .500 | 9.00 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15.0 | 13 | 20 | 15 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 9 | |||
| James Wimbish | 1 | 5 | .167 | 6.08 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 40.0 | 34 | 35 | 27 | 2 | 27 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Jack Simon | 0 | 0 | 45.00 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Totals | 51 | 65 | .440 | 3.64 | 225 | 116 | 0 | 48 | 10 | 0 | 995.0 | 847 | 557 | 402 | 20 | 578 | 22 | 927 | 36 | 4 | 124 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terry Cobb | 115 | 503 | 469 | 82 | 137 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 51 | 11 | 24 | 48 | .292 | .326 | .356 | .682 | 167 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Tommy Pruitt | 112 | 466 | 369 | 56 | 100 | 13 | 1 | 7 | 55 | 10 | 89 | 94 | .271 | .412 | .369 | .781 | 136 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 5 | ||
| Ramon Almont | 101 | 403 | 365 | 46 | 88 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 55 | 7 | 24 | 63 | .241 | .295 | .290 | .585 | 106 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 1 | ||
| Mario Cia | 97 | 418 | 329 | 62 | 80 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 30 | 25 | 78 | 64 | .243 | .389 | .298 | .687 | 98 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Daniel Kovaleski | 73 | 281 | 252 | 28 | 59 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 2 | 24 | 31 | .234 | .302 | .270 | .572 | 68 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Tito Fuentes | 68 | 280 | 255 | 25 | 56 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 24 | 15 | 16 | 44 | .220 | .267 | .267 | .534 | 68 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Richard Kruger | 69 | 276 | 246 | 25 | 51 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 31 | 2 | 26 | 50 | .207 | .281 | .293 | .574 | 72 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| David Blackwell | 79 | 264 | 224 | 24 | 48 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 28 | 56 | .214 | .327 | .250 | .577 | 56 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Lewis Bishop | 45 | 178 | 152 | 27 | 44 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 6 | 23 | 29 | .289 | .388 | .408 | .796 | 62 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Bob Taylor | 45 | 194 | 166 | 21 | 40 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 21 | 30 | .241 | .342 | .265 | .607 | 44 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Jesus Lechler | 55 | 199 | 173 | 17 | 29 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 20 | 41 | .168 | .268 | .225 | .493 | 39 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Francisco Polo | 20 | 68 | 59 | 7 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 10 | .288 | .373 | .390 | .763 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Robert Bishop | 32 | 82 | 75 | 11 | 17 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 29 | .227 | .284 | .333 | .617 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Wayne Bosley | 35 | 112 | 100 | 5 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 9 | 34 | .150 | .216 | .180 | .396 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Vicente Rios | 15 | 52 | 50 | 4 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 10 | .280 | .308 | .320 | .628 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jack Jones | 14 | 49 | 42 | 9 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 7 | .286 | .388 | .333 | .721 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Larry Whitley | 28 | 52 | 49 | 5 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9 | .245 | .288 | .286 | .574 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Steve Oleschuk | 24 | 82 | 73 | 5 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 11 | .164 | .256 | .178 | .434 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Russell Vanderziel | 19 | 61 | 53 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 12 | .189 | .279 | .283 | .562 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Robert Miller | 24 | 47 | 37 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 10 | .108 | .227 | .135 | .362 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Harry Bishop | 25 | 46 | 42 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 21 | .095 | .116 | .143 | .259 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| James Thrower | 13 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .375 | .375 | .375 | .750 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| James Wimbish | 11 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .300 | .364 | .300 | .664 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Burnard Crawford | 5 | 20 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .167 | .250 | .167 | .417 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Edward Perry | 31 | 28 | 23 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 14 | .130 | .231 | .130 | .361 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| H. T. McGhee | 8 | 32 | 27 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 11 | .111 | .250 | .148 | .398 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Paul Miller | 30 | 46 | 37 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 17 | .081 | .244 | .081 | .326 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| James Baten | 8 | 17 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | .154 | .353 | .154 | .507 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Orien Franks | 7 | 23 | 20 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | .100 | .174 | .100 | .274 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Russell Wham | 30 | 30 | 26 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 16 | .077 | .138 | .115 | .253 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Gerald Dembrowski | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Edward Wilson | 8 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1247 | 4334 | 3766 | 494 | 873 | 100 | 29 | 20 | 405 | 92 | 0 | 452 | 782 | .232 | .319 | .290 | .608 | 1091 | 0 | 45 | 35 | 36 | 13 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daniel Kovaleski | 1B | 65 | 495 | 19 | 20 | 32 | .963 | 7.908 | ||||
| Ramon Almont | 1B | 53 | 385 | 25 | 8 | 26 | .981 | 7.736 | ||||
| Tito Fuentes | 2B | 68 | 203 | 172 | 24 | 30 | .940 | 5.515 | ||||
| Mario Cia | 2B | 30 | 76 | 61 | 9 | 14 | .938 | 4.567 | ||||
| David Blackwell | 2B | 15 | 32 | 29 | 1 | 5 | .984 | 4.067 | ||||
| Mario Cia | 3B | 61 | 59 | 90 | 16 | 5 | .903 | 2.443 | ||||
| Terry Cobb | 3B | 24 | 24 | 42 | 10 | 4 | .868 | 2.750 | ||||
| David Blackwell | 3B | 13 | 12 | 14 | 6 | 1 | .812 | 2.000 | ||||
| Jesus Lechler | C | 52 | 387 | 29 | 10 | 6 | .977 | 8.000 | 11 | |||
| Wayne Bosley | C | 31 | 175 | 21 | 5 | 2 | .975 | 6.323 | 13 | |||
| Francisco Polo | C | 19 | 150 | 11 | 2 | 1 | .988 | 8.474 | 5 | |||
| Tommy Pruitt | OF | 110 | 221 | 7 | 15 | 1 | .938 | 2.073 | ||||
| Richard Kruger | OF | 67 | 83 | 10 | 6 | 2 | .939 | 1.388 | ||||
| Bob Taylor | OF | 45 | 58 | 1 | 5 | 1 | .922 | 1.311 | ||||
| Ramon Almont | OF | 43 | 59 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .968 | 1.419 | ||||
| Lewis Bishop | OF | 35 | 53 | 2 | 8 | 1 | .873 | 1.571 | ||||
| David Blackwell | OF | 30 | 34 | 6 | 4 | 0 | .909 | 1.333 | ||||
| Jack Jones | OF | 11 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .933 | 1.273 | ||||
| Edward Perry | P | 31 | 5 | 11 | 5 | 0 | .762 | .516 | ||||
| Paul Miller | P | 30 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 0 | .941 | .533 | ||||
| Russell Wham | P | 29 | 2 | 15 | 1 | 0 | .944 | .586 | ||||
| Robert Bishop | P | 27 | 10 | 19 | 3 | 1 | .906 | 1.074 | ||||
| Harry Bishop | P | 25 | 6 | 19 | 4 | 2 | .862 | 1.000 | ||||
| Robert Miller | P | 22 | 10 | 22 | 7 | 1 | .821 | 1.455 | ||||
| Larry Whitley | P | 19 | 3 | 25 | 4 | 1 | .875 | 1.474 | ||||
| James Thrower | P | 13 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .917 | .846 | ||||
| James Wimbish | P | 11 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .727 | ||||
| Edward Wilson | P | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| James Baten | P | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jack Simon | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Terry Cobb | SS | 90 | 115 | 244 | 28 | 29 | .928 | 3.989 | ||||
| Steve Oleschuk | SS | 14 | 15 | 23 | 4 | 4 | .905 | 2.714 | ||||
| Russell Vanderziel | SS | 12 | 16 | 22 | 4 | 4 | .905 | 3.167 | ||||
| Totals | 1113 | 2709 | 969 | 214 | 175 | .945 | 3.305 | 29 | 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.
