1962 Macon Peaches Statistics
Team Record: 80-59
Finished 3rd in the SAL
Manager: Dave Bristol (80-59)
Affiliation: Cincinnati Reds
Location: Macon, Georgia
Ballpark: Luther Williams Park
Attendance: 100,297, Avg. 1,443
Playoffs - Macon Peaches 3 games, Savannah/Lynchburg White Sox 0
Finals - Macon Peaches 3 games, Knoxville Smokies 1
The Macon Peaches of the South Atlantic League ended the 1962 season with a record of 80 wins and 59 losses, finishing third in the SAL.
The Peaches scored 774 runs and surrendered 613 runs. Art Shamsky led Macon with 16 home runs Mel Queen recorded 93 runs batted in. Tommy Helms paced all regular batters with a .340 average. Marvin Fodor topped the team with 15 wins, while Duane Richards registered a 2.16 earned run average, tops among hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Members of the 1962 Macon Peaches who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Art Shamsky, Charlie Rabe, John Flavin, Mel Queen, Ted Davidson, Pete Rose, Tommy Helms, Gus Gil, Ken Hunt, Dan Dobbek, Duane Richards and Rudy Árias.
Dave Bristol 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marvin Fodor | 15 | 4 | .789 | 4.37 | 31 | 27 | 8 | 1 | 179.0 | 165 | 94 | 87 | 27 | 87 | 2 | 114 | 5 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Michael Mattiace | 11 | 11 | .500 | 4.80 | 32 | 26 | 7 | 3 | 152.0 | 148 | 96 | 81 | 16 | 123 | 9 | 96 | 11 | 1 | 13 | |||
| Ted Davidson | 9 | 4 | .692 | 2.17 | 43 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 108.0 | 89 | 31 | 26 | 7 | 30 | 4 | 87 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Duane Richards | 9 | 8 | .529 | 2.16 | 27 | 18 | 8 | 1 | 150.0 | 135 | 49 | 36 | 8 | 52 | 7 | 117 | 2 | 1 | 7 | |||
| Andrés Ayón | 8 | 4 | .667 | 3.62 | 55 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 112.0 | 96 | 55 | 45 | 8 | 46 | 7 | 93 | 4 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Charlie Rabe | 7 | 9 | .438 | 3.27 | 19 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 113.0 | 123 | 48 | 41 | 7 | 28 | 3 | 71 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Malvern Murphy | 6 | 5 | .545 | 4.43 | 29 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 122.0 | 125 | 72 | 60 | 10 | 59 | 10 | 92 | 3 | 1 | 7 | |||
| Harvey Alex | 5 | 3 | .625 | 3.13 | 20 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 92.0 | 101 | 40 | 32 | 5 | 55 | 5 | 47 | 3 | 2 | 7 | |||
| John Flavin | 4 | 3 | .571 | 2.29 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 63.0 | 44 | 28 | 16 | 4 | 30 | 2 | 46 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Rudy Árias | 2 | 1 | .667 | 2.77 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26.0 | 26 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 13 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Gale Peregrin | 2 | 1 | .667 | 5.88 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 52.0 | 61 | 43 | 34 | 5 | 33 | 1 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Larry Dovel | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ken Hunt | 1 | 6 | .143 | 10.80 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 35.0 | 42 | 45 | 42 | 8 | 51 | 0 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 4 | |||
| Dan Dobbek | 0 | 0 | 18.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Teolindo Acosta | 0 | 0 | 18.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Totals | 80 | 59 | .576 | 3.80 | 311 | 134 | 0 | 48 | 8 | 0 | 1212.0 | 1162 | 616 | 512 | 108 | 617 | 52 | 819 | 36 | 6 | 48 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tommy Helms | 139 | 627 | 573 | 102 | 195 | 38 | 7 | 1 | 50 | 15 | 32 | 32 | .340 | .373 | .436 | .809 | 250 | 0 | 18 | 4 | 3 | ||
| Pete Rose | 139 | 644 | 540 | 136 | 178 | 31 | 17 | 9 | 71 | 15 | 95 | 61 | .330 | .431 | .500 | .931 | 270 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | ||
| Mel Queen | 137 | 598 | 524 | 96 | 144 | 35 | 3 | 11 | 93 | 11 | 58 | 72 | .275 | .345 | .416 | .761 | 218 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 3 | ||
| Miles McWilliams | 129 | 496 | 433 | 68 | 125 | 19 | 1 | 12 | 86 | 8 | 48 | 80 | .289 | .361 | .420 | .782 | 182 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Gus Gil | 134 | 536 | 438 | 59 | 121 | 24 | 1 | 2 | 59 | 8 | 89 | 46 | .276 | .399 | .349 | .748 | 153 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 8 | ||
| Larry Himes | 123 | 434 | 381 | 53 | 96 | 21 | 1 | 10 | 69 | 4 | 48 | 60 | .252 | .335 | .391 | .726 | 149 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | ||
| Teolindo Acosta | 89 | 353 | 313 | 53 | 92 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 28 | 16 | 37 | 30 | .294 | .369 | .351 | .720 | 110 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Art Shamsky | 81 | 332 | 275 | 58 | 78 | 15 | 3 | 16 | 61 | 6 | 52 | 47 | .284 | .396 | .535 | .930 | 147 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Dan Dobbek | 71 | 280 | 241 | 38 | 58 | 6 | 1 | 12 | 51 | 4 | 29 | 41 | .241 | .320 | .423 | .743 | 102 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 3 | ||
| Dick Beall | 78 | 209 | 170 | 18 | 38 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 21 | 0 | 38 | 57 | .224 | .364 | .318 | .681 | 54 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Dick Kennedy | 71 | 188 | 160 | 18 | 33 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 23 | 2 | 24 | 33 | .206 | .316 | .300 | .616 | 48 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||
| William Shepherd | 27 | 119 | 93 | 19 | 22 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 23 | 0 | 20 | 30 | .237 | .376 | .538 | .914 | 50 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | ||
| John Flavin | 12 | 34 | 31 | 5 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 7 | .387 | .412 | .484 | .896 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Martin Dihigo | 46 | 63 | 58 | 8 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 13 | .190 | .242 | .190 | .432 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Michael Mattiace | 41 | 63 | 54 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 25 | .185 | .267 | .185 | .452 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Andrés Ayón | 57 | 37 | 32 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | .250 | .333 | .281 | .615 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Charlie Rabe | 23 | 40 | 36 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .222 | .243 | .278 | .521 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Duane Richards | 27 | 61 | 50 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 20 | .120 | .170 | .180 | .350 | 9 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Marvin Fodor | 31 | 75 | 54 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 13 | .111 | .186 | .130 | .316 | 7 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Harvey Alex | 20 | 37 | 30 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 18 | .100 | .156 | .100 | .256 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ted Davidson | 43 | 35 | 31 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 15 | .097 | .125 | .129 | .254 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Malvern Murphy | 30 | 39 | 32 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 17 | .094 | .237 | .125 | .362 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rudy Árias | 11 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .222 | .222 | .667 | .889 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Larry Dovel | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .250 | 1.000 | 1.250 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gale Peregrin | 24 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .077 | .143 | .077 | .220 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ken Hunt | 11 | 15 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1597 | 5342 | 4585 | 767 | 1254 | 230 | 42 | 86 | 665 | 94 | 0 | 605 | 747 | .274 | .358 | .398 | .756 | 1826 | 0 | 18 | 96 | 38 | 47 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miles McWilliams | 1B | 87 | 633 | 49 | 8 | 79 | .988 | 7.839 | ||||
| Dick Beall | 1B | 52 | 394 | 26 | 5 | 56 | .988 | 8.077 | ||||
| Art Shamsky | 1B | 11 | 77 | 6 | 3 | 7 | .965 | 7.545 | ||||
| Dick Kennedy | 1B | 11 | 48 | 2 | 2 | 5 | .962 | 4.545 | ||||
| Pete Rose | 2B | 139 | 317 | 368 | 24 | 104 | .966 | 4.928 | ||||
| Gus Gil | 3B | 133 | 112 | 246 | 24 | 27 | .937 | 2.692 | ||||
| Mel Queen | 3B | 10 | 8 | 13 | 2 | 3 | .913 | 2.100 | ||||
| Larry Himes | C | 112 | 644 | 52 | 21 | 7 | .971 | 6.214 | 12 | |||
| Dick Kennedy | C | 39 | 232 | 22 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | 6.513 | 6 | |||
| Mel Queen | OF | 131 | 221 | 14 | 12 | 0 | .951 | 1.794 | ||||
| Teolindo Acosta | OF | 83 | 176 | 12 | 8 | 2 | .959 | 2.265 | ||||
| Dan Dobbek | OF | 71 | 119 | 8 | 3 | 1 | .977 | 1.789 | ||||
| Art Shamsky | OF | 70 | 132 | 4 | 3 | 0 | .978 | 1.943 | ||||
| Martin Dihigo | OF | 40 | 36 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Miles McWilliams | OF | 37 | 36 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .929 | 1.054 | ||||
| William Shepherd | OF | 27 | 56 | 1 | 4 | 0 | .934 | 2.111 | ||||
| Andrés Ayón | P | 55 | 13 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .527 | ||||
| Ted Davidson | P | 43 | 3 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .581 | ||||
| Michael Mattiace | P | 32 | 17 | 29 | 1 | 8 | .979 | 1.438 | ||||
| Marvin Fodor | P | 31 | 10 | 27 | 2 | 2 | .949 | 1.194 | ||||
| Malvern Murphy | P | 29 | 9 | 20 | 2 | 1 | .935 | 1.000 | ||||
| Duane Richards | P | 27 | 5 | 30 | 2 | 4 | .946 | 1.296 | ||||
| Gale Peregrin | P | 24 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 2 | .929 | .542 | ||||
| Harvey Alex | P | 20 | 5 | 25 | 3 | 4 | .909 | 1.500 | ||||
| Charlie Rabe | P | 19 | 6 | 18 | 1 | 3 | .960 | 1.263 | ||||
| Ken Hunt | P | 10 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .700 | ||||
| Rudy Árias | P | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| John Flavin | P | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| Larry Dovel | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Dan Dobbek | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Teolindo Acosta | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Tommy Helms | SS | 139 | 245 | 452 | 34 | 102 | .953 | 5.014 | ||||
| Totals | 1503 | 3558 | 1485 | 168 | 427 | .968 | 3.355 | 18 | 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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