1962 Omaha Dodgers Statistics
Team Record: 79-68
Finished 2nd in the AA
Manager: Danny Ozark (79-68)
Affiliation: Los Angeles Dodgers
Location: Omaha, Nebraska
Ballpark: Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium
Attendance: 109,851, Avg. 1,495
Playoffs - Denver Bears 3 games, Omaha Dodgers 1
The Omaha Dodgers of the American Association ended the 1962 season with a record of 79 wins and 68 losses, finishing second in the AA.
The Dodgers plated 687 runs and gave up 639 runs. Ken McMullen paced Omaha with 21 home runs, while Dick Smith walloped 15 or more, too. Ken McMullen drove in 81 runs and topped hitters with significant playing time with a .282 average. Nick Willhite led the team with 18 wins, plus Jack Smith added 15 or more wins, too Jack Smith recorded a 2.06 ERA, leading hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Mike Brumley, Curt Roberts, Jim Barbieri, Ken McMullen, Jack Smith, Pete Richert, Bart Shirley, Al Ferrara, Don LeJohn, Dick Smith, Nelson Chittum, Gene Snyder, Joe Moeller, Willard Hunter, Joe Altobelli, Nick Willhite and Nate Smith were all players from the 1962 Omaha Dodgers who played in the Majors during their careers.
Danny Ozark 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nick Willhite | 18 | 14 | .562 | 3.33 | 38 | 32 | 19 | 1 | 243.0 | 229 | 102 | 90 | 17 | 68 | 4 | 129 | 2 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Jack Smith | 17 | 7 | .708 | 2.06 | 71 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 144.0 | 126 | 41 | 33 | 7 | 45 | 7 | 91 | 4 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Scott Breeden | 12 | 14 | .462 | 4.35 | 35 | 27 | 7 | 0 | 184.0 | 219 | 105 | 89 | 14 | 60 | 4 | 97 | 2 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Larry Williams | 8 | 6 | .571 | 3.76 | 39 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 139.0 | 151 | 69 | 58 | 14 | 51 | 8 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Jimmy Ward | 7 | 1 | .875 | 2.55 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 67.0 | 58 | 23 | 19 | 11 | 28 | 1 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Wayne Scarbrough | 6 | 3 | .667 | 4.31 | 22 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 96.0 | 102 | 54 | 46 | 10 | 51 | 3 | 54 | 1 | 3 | 6 | |||
| Jack Lutz | 3 | 3 | .500 | 3.44 | 39 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 68.0 | 59 | 33 | 26 | 5 | 35 | 4 | 55 | 5 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Burbon Wheeler | 3 | 7 | .300 | 6.20 | 26 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 106.0 | 110 | 79 | 73 | 14 | 72 | 1 | 83 | 2 | 0 | 8 | |||
| Joe Moeller | 2 | 1 | .667 | 5.14 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 35.0 | 31 | 20 | 20 | 4 | 21 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Pete Richert | 1 | 1 | .500 | 2.33 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 27.0 | 18 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 22 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Camilo Estevis | 1 | 2 | .333 | 4.00 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 27.0 | 28 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Nelson Chittum | 1 | 5 | .167 | 4.32 | 26 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 102.0 | 120 | 54 | 49 | 7 | 30 | 5 | 41 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Al Malkasian | 0 | 0 | 2.00 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Willard Hunter | 0 | 0 | 6.00 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.0 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Gene Snyder | 0 | 4 | .000 | 8.47 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 17.0 | 26 | 20 | 16 | 2 | 23 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Totals | 79 | 68 | .537 | 3.87 | 347 | 147 | 0 | 39 | 3 | 0 | 1276.0 | 1300 | 639 | 548 | 113 | 523 | 38 | 775 | 19 | 3 | 44 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ken McMullen | 143 | 598 | 529 | 77 | 149 | 28 | 4 | 21 | 81 | 5 | 59 | 124 | .282 | .350 | .469 | .818 | 248 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 8 | ||
| Bart Shirley | 147 | 589 | 532 | 70 | 148 | 27 | 9 | 9 | 75 | 2 | 42 | 87 | .278 | .326 | .414 | .740 | 220 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 3 | ||
| Dick Smith | 144 | 627 | 565 | 85 | 144 | 18 | 11 | 19 | 78 | 30 | 45 | 158 | .255 | .319 | .427 | .745 | 241 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 1 | ||
| Curt Roberts | 142 | 623 | 542 | 62 | 138 | 22 | 6 | 8 | 65 | 3 | 53 | 67 | .255 | .320 | .362 | .681 | 196 | 2 | 19 | 7 | 1 | ||
| Joe Altobelli | 141 | 578 | 502 | 81 | 136 | 23 | 7 | 13 | 67 | 3 | 72 | 63 | .271 | .362 | .422 | .784 | 212 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | ||
| Don LeJohn | 136 | 516 | 449 | 61 | 124 | 20 | 7 | 7 | 60 | 2 | 58 | 50 | .276 | .355 | .399 | .753 | 179 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 4 | ||
| Jim Barbieri | 115 | 491 | 411 | 74 | 109 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 50 | 10 | 70 | 40 | .265 | .372 | .392 | .763 | 161 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | ||
| Mike Brumley | 114 | 412 | 367 | 55 | 104 | 18 | 1 | 3 | 47 | 12 | 39 | 17 | .283 | .350 | .362 | .713 | 133 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | ||
| Nate Smith | 74 | 238 | 206 | 31 | 54 | 14 | 2 | 7 | 35 | 1 | 26 | 47 | .262 | .350 | .451 | .802 | 93 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Ernie Rodriguez | 87 | 202 | 170 | 28 | 46 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 26 | 13 | .271 | .372 | .329 | .701 | 56 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Jimmy Williams | 47 | 114 | 96 | 19 | 27 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 1 | 13 | 14 | .281 | .351 | .417 | .768 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Nick Willhite | 47 | 103 | 92 | 4 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 12 | .228 | .276 | .293 | .569 | 27 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jose Cesar | 29 | 58 | 53 | 6 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 9 | .302 | .362 | .528 | .890 | 28 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Scott Breeden | 35 | 75 | 66 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 32 | .121 | .134 | .121 | .256 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nelson Chittum | 28 | 35 | 30 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .233 | .281 | .267 | .548 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Wayne Scarbrough | 30 | 36 | 29 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 | .207 | .258 | .241 | .499 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Burbon Wheeler | 32 | 39 | 33 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 13 | .182 | .222 | .182 | .404 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Jimmy Ward | 12 | 25 | 24 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | .208 | .208 | .333 | .542 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jack Smith | 71 | 33 | 25 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .200 | .222 | .200 | .422 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Al Ferrara | 16 | 44 | 41 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | .122 | .182 | .146 | .328 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Camilo Estevis | 5 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .375 | .375 | .500 | .875 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Larry Williams | 40 | 52 | 43 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 18 | .070 | .167 | .070 | .236 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gene Snyder | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .500 | .667 | .500 | 1.167 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Willard Hunter | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jack Lutz | 39 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .083 | .083 | .167 | .250 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joe Moeller | 8 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .100 | .000 | .100 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Al Malkasian | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Pete Richert | 9 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .000 | .143 | .000 | .143 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1709 | 5540 | 4848 | 687 | 1267 | 209 | 60 | 99 | 632 | 73 | 0 | 528 | 823 | .261 | .334 | .390 | .724 | 1893 | 0 | 27 | 82 | 55 | 36 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Altobelli | 1B | 139 | 1247 | 89 | 12 | 160 | .991 | 9.612 | ||||
| Ken McMullen | 1B | 12 | 88 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 1.000 | 7.583 | ||||
| Curt Roberts | 2B | 142 | 343 | 444 | 19 | 127 | .976 | 5.542 | ||||
| Don LeJohn | 3B | 135 | 109 | 244 | 24 | 30 | .936 | 2.615 | ||||
| Ken McMullen | 3B | 14 | 17 | 30 | 6 | 3 | .887 | 3.357 | ||||
| Mike Brumley | C | 110 | 564 | 47 | 11 | 9 | .982 | 5.555 | 7 | |||
| Nate Smith | C | 55 | 350 | 23 | 2 | 4 | .995 | 6.782 | 5 | |||
| Dick Smith | OF | 144 | 291 | 13 | 9 | 4 | .971 | 2.111 | ||||
| Ken McMullen | OF | 127 | 204 | 6 | 7 | 0 | .968 | 1.654 | ||||
| Jim Barbieri | OF | 110 | 180 | 17 | 5 | 4 | .975 | 1.791 | ||||
| Ernie Rodriguez | OF | 58 | 84 | 4 | 2 | 1 | .978 | 1.517 | ||||
| Jimmy Williams | OF | 24 | 28 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .968 | 1.250 | ||||
| Al Ferrara | OF | 11 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .895 | 1.545 | ||||
| Jack Smith | P | 71 | 4 | 34 | 3 | 3 | .927 | .535 | ||||
| Larry Williams | P | 39 | 9 | 18 | 7 | 1 | .794 | .692 | ||||
| Jack Lutz | P | 39 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .410 | ||||
| Nick Willhite | P | 38 | 15 | 47 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | 1.632 | ||||
| Scott Breeden | P | 35 | 8 | 38 | 2 | 5 | .958 | 1.314 | ||||
| Burbon Wheeler | P | 26 | 1 | 17 | 2 | 1 | .900 | .692 | ||||
| Nelson Chittum | P | 26 | 2 | 19 | 2 | 4 | .913 | .808 | ||||
| Wayne Scarbrough | P | 22 | 5 | 12 | 1 | 1 | .944 | .773 | ||||
| Jimmy Ward | P | 12 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 1 | .875 | 1.167 | ||||
| Pete Richert | P | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| Gene Snyder | P | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| Willard Hunter | P | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| Joe Moeller | P | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| Camilo Estevis | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Al Malkasian | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Bart Shirley | SS | 147 | 270 | 522 | 57 | 125 | .933 | 5.388 | ||||
| Totals | 1575 | 3842 | 1653 | 176 | 497 | .969 | 3.489 | 12 | 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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