1963 Lexington Giants Statistics
Western Carolinas League (WCL) - Class: A
Team Record: 64-60
Finished 4th in the WCL
Manager: Max Lanier (64-60)
Affiliation: San Francisco Giants
Location: Lexington, North Carolina
Ballpark: Holt-Moffitt Field
Attendance: 62,402, Avg. 1,006
1963 Lexington Giants RosterTeam Record: 64-60
Finished 4th in the WCL
Manager: Max Lanier (64-60)
Affiliation: San Francisco Giants
Location: Lexington, North Carolina
Ballpark: Holt-Moffitt Field
Attendance: 62,402, Avg. 1,006
The Lexington Giants of the Western Carolinas League ended the 1963 season with a record of 64 wins and 60 losses, finishing fourth in the WCL.
The Giants tallied 559 runs and conceded 538 runs. Burnard Crawford paced Lexington with 10 home runs and accounted for 61 RBI. César Gutiérrez topped batters with significant playing time by hitting .320. Ronald Venable led the squad with 11 wins, while Hermenegildo Alvarez recorded a 2.5 ERA, leading qualifying pitchers.
Members of the 1963 Lexington Giants who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Ossie Blanco, Bob Taylor and César Gutiérrez.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ronald Venable | 11 | 7 | .611 | 2.66 | 24 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 142.0 | 114 | 61 | 42 | 3 | 86 | 9 | 166 | 4 | 2 | 12 | |||
| Gary Schaefer | 10 | 10 | .500 | 3.12 | 27 | 22 | 9 | 1 | 150.0 | 114 | 62 | 52 | 7 | 93 | 4 | 176 | 5 | 1 | 11 | |||
| Thomas Abbott | 9 | 2 | .818 | 3.34 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 89.0 | 87 | 55 | 33 | 4 | 73 | 1 | 74 | 5 | 1 | 19 | |||
| Hermenegildo Alvarez | 9 | 4 | .692 | 2.50 | 17 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 126.0 | 103 | 46 | 35 | 4 | 48 | 3 | 114 | 5 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Barry Huntzinger | 6 | 2 | .750 | 2.32 | 44 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 62.0 | 63 | 26 | 16 | 4 | 15 | 4 | 63 | 2 | 0 | 6 | |||
| James Baten | 6 | 6 | .500 | 3.17 | 18 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 105.0 | 77 | 55 | 37 | 10 | 64 | 3 | 140 | 3 | 0 | 17 | |||
| Vohn Lehman | 5 | 7 | .417 | 4.30 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 90.0 | 79 | 50 | 43 | 8 | 62 | 2 | 109 | 4 | 0 | 8 | |||
| Harry Bishop | 2 | 1 | .667 | 4.18 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28.0 | 27 | 18 | 13 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 30 | 6 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Enrique Perez | 2 | 3 | .400 | 4.09 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 66.0 | 58 | 33 | 30 | 7 | 27 | 0 | 36 | 4 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Al Arnold | 1 | 1 | .500 | 3.68 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 22.0 | 32 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 13 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| David Katsulis | 1 | 2 | .333 | 7.33 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 27.0 | 31 | 29 | 22 | 3 | 16 | 0 | 34 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Donald Shafts | 1 | 2 | .333 | 13.50 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Louis DeMar | 1 | 3 | .250 | 6.84 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 25.0 | 24 | 24 | 19 | 2 | 33 | 0 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 6 | |||
| James Saskewitch | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Verle Koch | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Edward Perry | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3.00 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Billy Bates | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4.50 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12.0 | 14 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Bruce Hildreth | 0 | 3 | .000 | 6.16 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 19.0 | 19 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Linward Robinson | 0 | 5 | .000 | 4.00 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 36.0 | 23 | 26 | 16 | 1 | 34 | 2 | 38 | 2 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Totals | 64 | 60 | .516 | 3.51 | 243 | 124 | 0 | 44 | 6 | 0 | 1016.0 | 890 | 538 | 396 | 60 | 619 | 31 | 1083 | 45 | 7 | 97 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| César Gutiérrez | 107 | 431 | 409 | 64 | 131 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 44 | 30 | 3 | 13 | 51 | .320 | .341 | .379 | .720 | 155 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||
| Bob Taylor | 121 | 473 | 420 | 64 | 123 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 47 | 0 | 4 | 44 | 53 | .293 | .365 | .350 | .715 | 147 | 5 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Burnard Crawford | 121 | 520 | 456 | 72 | 115 | 20 | 4 | 10 | 61 | 3 | 1 | 49 | 84 | .252 | .326 | .379 | .705 | 173 | 4 | 4 | 7 | ||
| Joseph Magliarditi | 107 | 460 | 400 | 59 | 107 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 37 | 24 | 4 | 43 | 71 | .268 | .349 | .335 | .684 | 134 | 9 | 5 | 3 | ||
| Charles Johnson | 108 | 407 | 361 | 41 | 93 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 56 | 1 | 1 | 38 | 37 | .258 | .326 | .332 | .658 | 120 | 0 | 5 | 3 | ||
| Marcelo Juarez | 99 | 367 | 324 | 49 | 83 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 32 | 16 | 4 | 36 | 57 | .256 | .341 | .327 | .668 | 106 | 6 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Ossie Blanco | 72 | 267 | 242 | 35 | 68 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 28 | 6 | 1 | 19 | 57 | .281 | .345 | .376 | .721 | 91 | 5 | 0 | 1 | ||
| James Springborn | 55 | 208 | 182 | 22 | 53 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 30 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 24 | .291 | .364 | .418 | .782 | 76 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Neal Austinson | 61 | 228 | 192 | 26 | 48 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 37 | 0 | 1 | 33 | 53 | .250 | .361 | .432 | .794 | 83 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Ronald Ramie | 46 | 174 | 130 | 22 | 30 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 38 | 40 | .231 | .408 | .308 | .716 | 40 | 1 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Ron McKirahan | 34 | 145 | 109 | 22 | 24 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 35 | 41 | .220 | .410 | .330 | .740 | 36 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Verle Koch | 64 | 142 | 115 | 11 | 23 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 32 | .200 | .343 | .330 | .673 | 38 | 3 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Frank Ferro | 15 | 68 | 57 | 16 | 21 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 9 | .368 | .471 | .544 | 1.014 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Paul Thorpe | 42 | 108 | 100 | 8 | 21 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 33 | .210 | .262 | .330 | .592 | 33 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Thomas Abbott | 17 | 44 | 42 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .262 | .279 | .476 | .755 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Gary Schaefer | 27 | 57 | 51 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 13 | .196 | .268 | .216 | .484 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Grover Malone | 27 | 65 | 59 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 22 | .153 | .231 | .220 | .451 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Vohn Lehman | 21 | 38 | 33 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | .212 | .257 | .212 | .469 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| James Baten | 18 | 44 | 36 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 25 | .139 | .244 | .194 | .438 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Linward Robinson | 12 | 14 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .286 | .286 | .500 | .786 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Billy Bates | 3 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .500 | .600 | .750 | 1.350 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Harry Bishop | 13 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .286 | .286 | .286 | .571 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| David Katsulis | 7 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .222 | .222 | .333 | .556 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Omar Gimenez | 5 | 16 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | .133 | .188 | .133 | .321 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Enrique Perez | 13 | 26 | 25 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | .080 | .115 | .080 | .195 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ronald Venable | 24 | 56 | 48 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 35 | .042 | .132 | .042 | .174 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| H. T. McGhee | 11 | 37 | 30 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 13 | .033 | .216 | .033 | .250 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Hermenegildo Alvarez | 18 | 52 | 44 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 29 | .023 | .122 | .023 | .145 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Edward Perry | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bobby Brown | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| James Saskewitch | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Louis DeMar | 10 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Bruce Hildreth | 6 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Al Arnold | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .333 | .000 | .333 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Barry Huntzinger | 44 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | .000 | .154 | .000 | .154 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1343 | 4511 | 3951 | 558 | 1000 | 161 | 30 | 41 | 459 | 105 | 29 | 444 | 836 | .253 | .333 | .340 | .674 | 1344 | 0 | 44 | 48 | 24 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ossie Blanco | 1B | 72 | 496 | 25 | 14 | 37 | .974 | 7.236 | ||||
| Ron McKirahan | 1B | 34 | 240 | 8 | 11 | 11 | .958 | 7.294 | ||||
| Paul Thorpe | 1B | 11 | 69 | 3 | 2 | 7 | .973 | 6.545 | ||||
| Joseph Magliarditi | 2B | 107 | 189 | 257 | 28 | 34 | .941 | 4.168 | ||||
| Frank Ferro | 2B | 15 | 31 | 35 | 2 | 11 | .971 | 4.400 | ||||
| Burnard Crawford | 3B | 121 | 70 | 176 | 22 | 16 | .918 | 2.033 | ||||
| Charles Johnson | C | 97 | 817 | 63 | 17 | 5 | .981 | 9.072 | 18 | |||
| Verle Koch | C | 30 | 221 | 18 | 2 | 2 | .992 | 7.967 | 17 | |||
| Bob Taylor | OF | 120 | 117 | 6 | 14 | 1 | .898 | 1.025 | ||||
| Marcelo Juarez | OF | 75 | 116 | 5 | 3 | 2 | .976 | 1.613 | ||||
| Neal Austinson | OF | 59 | 49 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .962 | .864 | ||||
| James Springborn | OF | 53 | 91 | 4 | 5 | 1 | .950 | 1.792 | ||||
| Ronald Ramie | OF | 46 | 59 | 2 | 4 | 1 | .938 | 1.326 | ||||
| Paul Thorpe | OF | 23 | 23 | 1 | 4 | 0 | .857 | 1.043 | ||||
| Grover Malone | OF | 11 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .800 | .727 | ||||
| Barry Huntzinger | P | 44 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 0 | .933 | .318 | ||||
| Gary Schaefer | P | 27 | 2 | 19 | 3 | 1 | .875 | .778 | ||||
| Ronald Venable | P | 24 | 4 | 12 | 3 | 1 | .842 | .667 | ||||
| James Baten | P | 18 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 0 | .933 | .778 | ||||
| Vohn Lehman | P | 17 | 7 | 15 | 4 | 3 | .846 | 1.294 | ||||
| Hermenegildo Alvarez | P | 17 | 7 | 16 | 4 | 1 | .852 | 1.353 | ||||
| Enrique Perez | P | 13 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 0 | .923 | .923 | ||||
| Harry Bishop | P | 13 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .231 | ||||
| Thomas Abbott | P | 13 | 4 | 15 | 2 | 2 | .905 | 1.462 | ||||
| Linward Robinson | P | 11 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .727 | ||||
| Louis DeMar | P | 10 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .857 | .600 | ||||
| Al Arnold | P | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| David Katsulis | P | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| Bruce Hildreth | P | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Donald Shafts | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Edward Perry | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Billy Bates | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| James Saskewitch | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| César Gutiérrez | SS | 104 | 142 | 222 | 45 | 37 | .890 | 3.500 | ||||
| Marcelo Juarez | SS | 20 | 35 | 39 | 8 | 3 | .902 | 3.700 | ||||
| Totals | 1239 | 2808 | 989 | 205 | 178 | .949 | 3.065 | 35 | 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.
