1963 Portsmouth Tides Statistics
Team Record: 65-79
Finished 4th in the CL's East Division
Manager: Allen Jones (65-79)
Location: Portsmouth, Virginia
Ballpark: Frank Lawrence Stadium
Attendance: 63,468, Avg. 882
The Portsmouth Tides of the Carolina League ended the 1963 season with a record of 65 wins and 79 losses, finishing fourth in the league's East Division.
The Tides scored 612 runs and allowed 751 runs, most in the circuit. Chuck Buheller led Portsmouth with 20 home runs, while Adolfo Suarez, Robert Iglesias and Dick Kenworthy each walloped 15 or more as well. Chuck Buheller accounted for 83 RBI. Rigoberto Mena paced batters with significant playing time by hitting .286. John Lane topped the squad with 10 wins and a team-best 4.71 ERA, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Members of the 1963 Portsmouth Tides who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Larry Stahl, Dick Kenworthy and Chuck Coles.
Allen Jones 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Lane | 10 | 15 | .400 | 4.71 | 32 | 28 | 7 | 2 | 172.0 | 176 | 116 | 90 | 19 | 76 | 5 | 134 | 9 | 0 | 4 | |||
| Owen Johnson | 6 | 4 | .600 | 4.45 | 24 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 89.0 | 99 | 53 | 44 | 5 | 42 | 4 | 58 | 2 | 0 | 4 | |||
| Edward Lunsford | 5 | 2 | .714 | 3.86 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 63.0 | 51 | 34 | 27 | 7 | 44 | 1 | 52 | 4 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Lyndon Kurt | 5 | 4 | .556 | 3.10 | 17 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 93.0 | 79 | 42 | 32 | 10 | 54 | 2 | 77 | 4 | 1 | 4 | |||
| Jack Tupper | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.37 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 19.0 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Roger McCombs | 3 | 5 | .375 | 5.90 | 26 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 87.0 | 99 | 71 | 57 | 4 | 61 | 3 | 79 | 6 | 2 | 6 | |||
| Frank DeMille | 2 | 3 | .400 | 7.20 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 40.0 | 48 | 34 | 32 | 10 | 23 | 3 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |||
| David Jones | 2 | 7 | .222 | 4.64 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 66.0 | 65 | 48 | 34 | 8 | 49 | 1 | 60 | 3 | 0 | 8 | |||
| Kenneth Snyder | 1 | 2 | .333 | 5.40 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 25.0 | 27 | 17 | 15 | 4 | 14 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Scott Seger | 1 | 7 | .125 | 5.55 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 60.0 | 64 | 46 | 37 | 6 | 53 | 0 | 49 | 3 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Sammy Fountain | 40 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Norman Shanahan | 32 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Norman Forsythe | 27 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| James Zwergel | 26 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Chuck Buheller | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Joseph Materile | 0 | 1 | .000 | 7.00 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Pete Pekich | 0 | 2 | .000 | 11.00 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Kenneth Lawrence | 0 | 3 | .000 | 3.98 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 43.0 | 47 | 20 | 19 | 2 | 26 | 1 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 6 | |||
| James Humay | 0 | 3 | .000 | 5.37 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 52.0 | 58 | 35 | 31 | 9 | 28 | 0 | 26 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |||
| Totals | 38 | 58 | .396 | 4.76 | 321 | 113 | 0 | 27 | 3 | 0 | 833.0 | 859 | 541 | 441 | 87 | 502 | 21 | 629 | 36 | 4 | 49 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rigoberto Mena | 143 | 609 | 569 | 67 | 163 | 28 | 8 | 3 | 47 | 10 | 4 | 23 | 36 | .286 | .313 | .380 | .693 | 216 | 2 | 9 | 6 | ||
| Chuck Buheller | 142 | 551 | 510 | 73 | 136 | 22 | 2 | 20 | 83 | 2 | 0 | 31 | 80 | .267 | .314 | .435 | .749 | 222 | 6 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Adolfo Suarez | 128 | 478 | 435 | 59 | 124 | 18 | 1 | 19 | 70 | 1 | 1 | 34 | 84 | .285 | .333 | .462 | .795 | 201 | 1 | 1 | 7 | ||
| Alvin Cooper | 121 | 482 | 435 | 57 | 104 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 40 | 13 | 13 | 42 | 61 | .239 | .307 | .317 | .624 | 138 | 1 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Larry Stahl | 98 | 390 | 332 | 62 | 97 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 41 | 17 | 7 | 55 | 49 | .292 | .393 | .431 | .823 | 143 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Max Johnson | 120 | 408 | 374 | 44 | 93 | 16 | 2 | 8 | 50 | 2 | 3 | 27 | 66 | .249 | .298 | .366 | .664 | 137 | 1 | 2 | 4 | ||
| Robert Iglesias | 118 | 421 | 379 | 42 | 79 | 12 | 1 | 16 | 55 | 3 | 2 | 40 | 116 | .208 | .285 | .372 | .657 | 141 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Dick Kenworthy | 77 | 309 | 289 | 44 | 78 | 13 | 2 | 19 | 47 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 42 | .270 | .312 | .526 | .838 | 152 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Dave Kelly | 76 | 307 | 264 | 33 | 53 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 24 | 11 | 2 | 36 | 67 | .201 | .301 | .292 | .592 | 77 | 3 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Pat Rigby | 62 | 232 | 203 | 26 | 50 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 27 | .246 | .335 | .330 | .665 | 67 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Allen Jones | 67 | 202 | 182 | 20 | 43 | 11 | 0 | 9 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 36 | .236 | .312 | .445 | .757 | 81 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bennie Sandlin | 24 | 96 | 81 | 18 | 23 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 14 | .284 | .379 | .481 | .860 | 39 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| William Burns | 23 | 77 | 68 | 6 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 20 | .294 | .368 | .397 | .765 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Chuck Coles | 27 | 101 | 77 | 11 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 13 | .260 | .436 | .468 | .903 | 36 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Solomon Ashby | 25 | 67 | 66 | 7 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 23 | .258 | .269 | .288 | .557 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Owen Johnson | 47 | 65 | 61 | 6 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 13 | .246 | .277 | .426 | .703 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| John Lane | 45 | 63 | 56 | 10 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 12 | .214 | .267 | .214 | .481 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Edward Lunsford | 10 | 27 | 23 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | .174 | .240 | .174 | .414 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Lyndon Kurt | 18 | 33 | 29 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | .138 | .167 | .172 | .339 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Roger McCombs | 29 | 32 | 31 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | .129 | .156 | .290 | .447 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| James Winn | 5 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .250 | .250 | .417 | .667 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Scott Seger | 17 | 19 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | .188 | .316 | .375 | .691 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Sim Bowden | 5 | 17 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | .143 | .294 | .143 | .437 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pete Pekich | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jack Tupper | 3 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .111 | .111 | .111 | .222 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Kenneth Lawrence | 9 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .083 | .083 | .083 | .167 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Frank DeMille | 10 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | .077 | .200 | .077 | .277 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| James Humay | 13 | 19 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | .077 | .294 | .077 | .371 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| David Jones | 15 | 24 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 | .043 | .083 | .130 | .214 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Kenneth Snyder | 14 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .000 | .167 | .000 | .167 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joseph Materile | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .333 | .000 | .333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1495 | 5089 | 4585 | 598 | 1153 | 182 | 33 | 124 | 549 | 64 | 38 | 417 | 855 | .251 | .315 | .387 | .702 | 1773 | 0 | 23 | 35 | 29 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Iglesias | 1B | 101 | 759 | 48 | 15 | 87 | .982 | 7.990 | ||||
| Chuck Buheller | 1B | 40 | 318 | 23 | 2 | 21 | .994 | 8.525 | ||||
| Dave Kelly | 2B | 67 | 160 | 162 | 18 | 41 | .947 | 4.806 | ||||
| Pat Rigby | 2B | 56 | 122 | 126 | 9 | 25 | .965 | 4.429 | ||||
| Dick Kenworthy | 2B | 28 | 67 | 71 | 5 | 20 | .965 | 4.929 | ||||
| Adolfo Suarez | 3B | 52 | 43 | 72 | 7 | 2 | .943 | 2.212 | ||||
| Dick Kenworthy | 3B | 50 | 46 | 71 | 6 | 10 | .951 | 2.340 | ||||
| Chuck Buheller | 3B | 49 | 42 | 83 | 13 | 7 | .906 | 2.551 | ||||
| Adolfo Suarez | C | 82 | 492 | 46 | 7 | 9 | .987 | 6.561 | 16 | |||
| Allen Jones | C | 61 | 357 | 44 | 2 | 6 | .995 | 6.574 | 7 | |||
| William Burns | C | 21 | 113 | 16 | 1 | 0 | .992 | 6.143 | 5 | |||
| Alvin Cooper | OF | 118 | 220 | 14 | 12 | 1 | .951 | 1.983 | ||||
| Max Johnson | OF | 104 | 131 | 9 | 8 | 2 | .946 | 1.346 | ||||
| Larry Stahl | OF | 95 | 157 | 19 | 8 | 5 | .957 | 1.853 | ||||
| Chuck Buheller | OF | 55 | 76 | 5 | 3 | 1 | .964 | 1.473 | ||||
| Bennie Sandlin | OF | 24 | 37 | 5 | 3 | 0 | .933 | 1.750 | ||||
| Chuck Coles | OF | 17 | 29 | 3 | 7 | 1 | .821 | 1.882 | ||||
| Solomon Ashby | OF | 14 | 24 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .926 | 1.786 | ||||
| Robert Iglesias | OF | 12 | 19 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .864 | 1.583 | ||||
| John Lane | P | 32 | 17 | 30 | 3 | 3 | .940 | 1.469 | ||||
| Roger McCombs | P | 26 | 5 | 13 | 4 | 3 | .818 | .692 | ||||
| Owen Johnson | P | 24 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 2 | .818 | .375 | ||||
| Lyndon Kurt | P | 17 | 3 | 14 | 2 | 1 | .895 | 1.000 | ||||
| David Jones | P | 15 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .900 | .600 | ||||
| Kenneth Snyder | P | 14 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .667 | .143 | ||||
| Scott Seger | P | 14 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.071 | ||||
| James Humay | P | 13 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 3 | .929 | 1.000 | ||||
| Edward Lunsford | P | 10 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .778 | .700 | ||||
| Frank DeMille | P | 10 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .600 | ||||
| Kenneth Lawrence | P | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jack Tupper | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Pete Pekich | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Joseph Materile | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Rigoberto Mena | SS | 143 | 231 | 452 | 38 | 76 | .947 | 4.776 | ||||
| Totals | 1380 | 3485 | 1371 | 185 | 328 | .963 | 3.519 | 28 | 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.
