1962 Oklahoma City 89ers Statistics
Team Record: 66-81
Finished 5th in the AA
Manager: Connie Ryan (66-81)
Affiliation: Houston Colt .45's
Location: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Ballpark: All Sports Stadium
Attendance: 184,683, Avg. 2,513
The Oklahoma City 89ers of the American Association ended the 1962 season with a record of 66 wins and 81 losses, finishing fifth in the AA.
The 89ers scored 701 runs and yielded 755 runs, most in the circuit. Dave Roberts led Oklahoma City with 15 home runs and drove in 96 runs, while leading all regular batters by connecting at a .322 clip. Gerry Nelson and Al Cicotte topped the squad with 10 wins each, and Al Cicotte recorded a 3.08 ERA, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Members of the 1962 Oklahoma City 89ers who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were George Williams, Manny Montejo, Jesse Hickman, Dave Roberts, Mike White, Ron Davis, Bob Boyd, Jim Umbricht, Pidge Browne, Joe Hoerner, George Brunet, Lee Tate, Ben Johnson, Gordon Jones, J C Hartman, Jim Campbell, Tom Borland, Dave Giusti, Aaron Pointer, Wally Wolf, Clint Courtney, Jim Dickson, Merritt Ranew, Dick Drott, Ernie Fazio, Jim Busby, Von McDaniel, Red Witt, Don Bradey, Don Taussig, Chuck Churn and Al Cicotte.
Connie Ryan 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al Cicotte | 10 | 8 | .556 | 3.08 | 26 | 20 | 8 | 1 | 158.0 | 135 | 66 | 54 | 14 | 52 | 6 | 117 | 5 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Gerry Nelson | 10 | 13 | .435 | 3.96 | 36 | 24 | 8 | 1 | 191.0 | 202 | 109 | 84 | 13 | 97 | 17 | 126 | 6 | 0 | 8 | |||
| Tom Borland | 8 | 10 | .444 | 4.47 | 41 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 149.0 | 173 | 94 | 74 | 19 | 50 | 7 | 107 | 3 | 0 | 6 | |||
| George Brunet | 7 | 6 | .538 | 3.22 | 20 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 109.0 | 91 | 47 | 39 | 10 | 59 | 5 | 98 | 3 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Red Witt | 6 | 5 | .545 | 2.79 | 17 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 87.0 | 62 | 34 | 27 | 4 | 48 | 2 | 84 | 4 | 1 | 2 | |||
| Jim Dickson | 5 | 10 | .333 | 4.61 | 33 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 121.0 | 118 | 73 | 62 | 12 | 58 | 5 | 80 | 2 | 0 | 4 | |||
| Gordon Jones | 4 | 1 | .800 | 3.33 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27.0 | 22 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Jesse Hickman | 4 | 7 | .364 | 5.79 | 18 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 84.0 | 80 | 62 | 54 | 13 | 60 | 3 | 66 | 7 | 0 | 13 | |||
| Dick Drott | 3 | 1 | .750 | 4.50 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 38.0 | 27 | 21 | 19 | 7 | 16 | 1 | 44 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jim Umbricht | 3 | 4 | .429 | 3.39 | 23 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 61.0 | 49 | 23 | 23 | 2 | 25 | 3 | 58 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Ben Johnson | 2 | 2 | .500 | 4.50 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 28.0 | 29 | 18 | 14 | 2 | 18 | 4 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Dave Giusti | 2 | 3 | .400 | 4.31 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 48.0 | 40 | 24 | 23 | 4 | 26 | 2 | 32 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |||
| Bill Griffin | 1 | 1 | .500 | 7.11 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 38.0 | 48 | 31 | 30 | 8 | 21 | 1 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Ramón Arano | 1 | 1 | .500 | 9.82 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11.0 | 17 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Joe Hoerner | 0 | 0 | 5.40 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10.0 | 22 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Chuck Churn | 0 | 0 | 6.68 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31.0 | 47 | 29 | 23 | 2 | 17 | 1 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Loyd Wallis | 0 | 0 | 27.00 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Don Bradey | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3.67 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27.0 | 25 | 16 | 11 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Larry Huebner | 0 | 1 | .000 | 6.14 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 22.0 | 23 | 15 | 15 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Gene Lary | 0 | 1 | .000 | 6.43 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21.0 | 21 | 15 | 15 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Wally Wolf | 0 | 6 | .000 | 9.93 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 29.0 | 43 | 36 | 32 | 5 | 17 | 2 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 5 | |||
| Totals | 66 | 81 | .449 | 4.41 | 350 | 147 | 0 | 36 | 5 | 0 | 1292.0 | 1282 | 755 | 633 | 126 | 625 | 62 | 962 | 42 | 2 | 60 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave Roberts | 133 | 559 | 481 | 86 | 155 | 38 | 8 | 15 | 96 | 3 | 61 | 57 | .322 | .397 | .528 | .926 | 254 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 6 | ||
| J C Hartman | 90 | 411 | 388 | 54 | 126 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 40 | 9 | 14 | 24 | .325 | .356 | .397 | .753 | 154 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Von McDaniel | 134 | 506 | 458 | 54 | 113 | 25 | 4 | 14 | 79 | 2 | 37 | 79 | .247 | .309 | .410 | .719 | 188 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Mike White | 104 | 404 | 364 | 51 | 107 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 35 | 3 | 33 | 51 | .294 | .356 | .396 | .751 | 144 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Jim Campbell | 70 | 258 | 234 | 41 | 82 | 12 | 3 | 9 | 47 | 1 | 18 | 46 | .350 | .396 | .543 | .939 | 127 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Joe Wooten | 82 | 274 | 255 | 32 | 61 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 37 | 1 | 15 | 44 | .239 | .280 | .388 | .669 | 99 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Aaron Pointer | 69 | 252 | 219 | 28 | 48 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 30 | 10 | 27 | 44 | .219 | .302 | .306 | .608 | 67 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | ||
| Ernie Fazio | 50 | 203 | 173 | 23 | 39 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 5 | 25 | 47 | .225 | .320 | .335 | .655 | 58 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Phil Shartzer | 71 | 215 | 195 | 19 | 37 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 18 | 31 | .190 | .258 | .256 | .515 | 50 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Allison Owen | 55 | 150 | 117 | 31 | 35 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 31 | 34 | .299 | .443 | .427 | .870 | 50 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| George Williams | 30 | 129 | 114 | 25 | 34 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 4 | 11 | 18 | .298 | .357 | .421 | .778 | 48 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Merritt Ranew | 37 | 143 | 133 | 10 | 31 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 8 | 25 | .233 | .275 | .316 | .590 | 42 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Ron Davis | 30 | 115 | 105 | 13 | 23 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 24 | .219 | .278 | .257 | .535 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Pidge Browne | 27 | 82 | 71 | 6 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 11 | 9 | .268 | .366 | .338 | .704 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Don Taussig | 24 | 85 | 76 | 9 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 12 | .250 | .318 | .408 | .726 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Jack Waters | 19 | 79 | 74 | 11 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 12 | .230 | .278 | .392 | .670 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Al Cicotte | 39 | 83 | 75 | 9 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 20 | .227 | .293 | .333 | .626 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Busby | 23 | 84 | 77 | 6 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 11 | .195 | .253 | .208 | .461 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gerry Nelson | 36 | 71 | 65 | 6 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 24 | .200 | .235 | .262 | .497 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Dickson | 37 | 44 | 40 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .225 | .244 | .350 | .594 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tom Borland | 47 | 62 | 57 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 17 | .158 | .186 | .228 | .415 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Wayne Connally | 20 | 66 | 61 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | .148 | .188 | .164 | .351 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Red Witt | 17 | 27 | 25 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 9 | .200 | .259 | .200 | .459 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dave Giusti | 10 | 22 | 22 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .182 | .182 | .318 | .500 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| George Brunet | 20 | 41 | 35 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 12 | .114 | .184 | .143 | .327 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dick Drott | 9 | 15 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .214 | .214 | .357 | .571 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Umbricht | 23 | 21 | 19 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .158 | .200 | .211 | .411 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Don Bradey | 18 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .400 | .400 | .600 | 1.000 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Clint Courtney | 3 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .333 | .500 | .333 | .833 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jesse Hickman | 18 | 32 | 28 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | .071 | .071 | .071 | .143 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gordon Jones | 18 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .333 | .500 | .333 | .833 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gene Lary | 6 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .125 | .125 | .500 | .625 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Wally Wolf | 9 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .111 | .111 | .222 | .333 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chuck Churn | 23 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ramón Arano | 3 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .000 | .200 | .000 | .200 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bill Griffin | 19 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .000 | .200 | .000 | .200 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Larry Huebner | 9 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Loyd Wallis | 3 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .000 | .200 | .000 | .200 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joe Hoerner | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ben Johnson | 7 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | .000 | .444 | .000 | .444 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Manny Montejo | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Totals | 1452 | 4517 | 4044 | 542 | 1046 | 181 | 36 | 76 | 509 | 44 | 0 | 368 | 708 | .259 | .322 | .378 | .699 | 1527 | 0 | 23 | 52 | 30 | 17 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave Roberts | 1B | 71 | 540 | 38 | 7 | 61 | .988 | 8.141 | ||||
| Pidge Browne | 1B | 14 | 61 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 4.786 | ||||
| George Williams | 2B | 30 | 77 | 79 | 8 | 24 | .951 | 5.200 | ||||
| Phil Shartzer | 2B | 21 | 48 | 39 | 5 | 15 | .946 | 4.143 | ||||
| Wayne Connally | 2B | 20 | 46 | 52 | 4 | 15 | .961 | 4.900 | ||||
| Von McDaniel | 3B | 121 | 94 | 256 | 29 | 26 | .923 | 2.893 | ||||
| Phil Shartzer | 3B | 27 | 25 | 54 | 4 | 7 | .952 | 2.926 | ||||
| Allison Owen | 3B | 13 | 9 | 16 | 2 | 3 | .926 | 1.923 | ||||
| Joe Wooten | C | 65 | 365 | 26 | 6 | 4 | .985 | 6.015 | 11 | |||
| Jim Campbell | C | 58 | 359 | 25 | 4 | 6 | .990 | 6.621 | 12 | |||
| Merritt Ranew | C | 37 | 222 | 27 | 8 | 3 | .969 | 6.730 | 6 | |||
| Mike White | OF | 96 | 174 | 11 | 6 | 2 | .969 | 1.927 | ||||
| Dave Roberts | OF | 73 | 107 | 2 | 5 | 1 | .956 | 1.493 | ||||
| Aaron Pointer | OF | 66 | 145 | 3 | 9 | 1 | .943 | 2.242 | ||||
| Ron Davis | OF | 30 | 68 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .986 | 2.400 | ||||
| Allison Owen | OF | 29 | 30 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .939 | 1.069 | ||||
| Don Taussig | OF | 22 | 32 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .941 | 1.455 | ||||
| Jack Waters | OF | 19 | 36 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .973 | 1.895 | ||||
| Jim Busby | OF | 18 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.833 | ||||
| Pidge Browne | OF | 12 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .947 | 1.500 | ||||
| Joe Wooten | OF | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .400 | ||||
| Tom Borland | P | 41 | 6 | 24 | 3 | 0 | .909 | .732 | ||||
| Gerry Nelson | P | 36 | 16 | 36 | 4 | 2 | .929 | 1.444 | ||||
| Jim Dickson | P | 33 | 5 | 26 | 4 | 3 | .886 | .939 | ||||
| Al Cicotte | P | 26 | 12 | 29 | 5 | 3 | .891 | 1.577 | ||||
| Jim Umbricht | P | 23 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | .609 | ||||
| Chuck Churn | P | 23 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .857 | .261 | ||||
| George Brunet | P | 20 | 4 | 22 | 2 | 2 | .929 | 1.300 | ||||
| Bill Griffin | P | 19 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .789 | ||||
| Gordon Jones | P | 18 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .278 | ||||
| Jesse Hickman | P | 18 | 9 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.444 | ||||
| Don Bradey | P | 18 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .444 | ||||
| Red Witt | P | 17 | 5 | 14 | 1 | 0 | .950 | 1.118 | ||||
| Wally Wolf | P | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| Larry Huebner | P | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| Dick Drott | P | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ben Johnson | P | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| Joe Hoerner | P | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| Gene Lary | P | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Dave Giusti | P | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Loyd Wallis | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ramón Arano | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| J C Hartman | SS | 90 | 125 | 248 | 16 | 47 | .959 | 4.144 | ||||
| Ernie Fazio | SS | 49 | 77 | 115 | 23 | 23 | .893 | 3.918 | ||||
| Phil Shartzer | SS | 15 | 8 | 39 | 5 | 7 | .904 | 3.133 | ||||
| Totals | 1356 | 2771 | 1246 | 168 | 264 | .960 | 2.962 | 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.
