1962 Syracuse Chiefs Statistics
Team Record: 53-101
Finished 8th in the IL
Manager: Frank Verdi (0-0), Johnny Vander Meer (0-0)
Affiliation: Washington Senators, New York Mets
Location: Syracuse, New York
Ballpark: MacArthur Stadium
Attendance: 103,191, Avg. 1,340
The Syracuse Chiefs of the International League ended the 1962 season with a record of 53 wins and 101 losses, finishing eighth in the IL.
The Chiefs scored 623 runs and yielded 825 runs, most in the circuit. Bud Zipfel led Syracuse with 13 home runs Ed Bouchee drove in 48 runs. Jack Waters paced hitters with significant playing time by hitting .249. Carl Bouldin topped the squad with 10 wins and a team-best 4.38 ERA, best among qualifying pitchers.
Players from the 1962 Syracuse Chiefs who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Ed Hobaugh, Don Gross, Tom McAvoy, Carl Mathias, Ed Kranepool, Rick Herrscher, Rudy Hernández, Bob Miller, Evans Killeen, Bud Zipfel, Larry Bearnarth, John Glenn, Grover Powell, Jim Hannan, Cliff Cook, Reno Bertoia, Sammy Drake, Dutch Dotterer, Ron Stillwell, Fred Green, Joe Christopher, Héctor Maestri, Choo-Choo Coleman, Marshall Renfroe, Ernie Oravetz, John Gabler, Sherman Jones, Charlie Rabe, Frank Verdi, Carl Bouldin, Joe McClain, Ed Donnelly, Dwight Siebler, Ray Daviault, Chet Boak and Ed Bouchee.
Frank Verdi and Johnny Vander Meer 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carl Bouldin | 10 | 7 | .588 | 4.38 | 27 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 154.0 | 171 | 100 | 75 | 19 | 73 | 5 | 98 | 3 | 0 | 5 | |||
| Carl Mathias | 9 | 13 | .409 | 4.90 | 36 | 26 | 7 | 1 | 182.0 | 190 | 111 | 99 | 20 | 59 | 7 | 136 | 9 | 1 | 4 | |||
| Bob Miller | 4 | 1 | .800 | 3.60 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40.0 | 39 | 18 | 16 | 9 | 20 | 2 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Joe McClain | 4 | 11 | .267 | 4.62 | 24 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 113.0 | 135 | 71 | 58 | 11 | 36 | 5 | 59 | 4 | 0 | 5 | |||
| Jim Hannan | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.90 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 31.0 | 28 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 13 | 3 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Ed Hobaugh | 3 | 2 | .600 | 2.67 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 54.0 | 49 | 22 | 16 | 5 | 16 | 0 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Evans Killeen | 2 | 1 | .667 | 5.31 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 39.0 | 31 | 24 | 23 | 5 | 25 | 4 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |||
| Charlie Rabe | 2 | 3 | .400 | 5.80 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 45.0 | 54 | 34 | 29 | 4 | 27 | 6 | 37 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Grover Powell | 2 | 6 | .250 | 5.79 | 31 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 56.0 | 48 | 38 | 36 | 5 | 41 | 1 | 43 | 0 | 1 | 6 | |||
| Larry Bearnarth | 2 | 13 | .133 | 6.67 | 19 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 89.0 | 120 | 72 | 66 | 8 | 41 | 3 | 39 | 3 | 0 | 7 | |||
| Tommy Addington | 1 | 1 | .500 | 4.71 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 21.0 | 20 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 16 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ray Apple | 1 | 7 | .125 | 5.61 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 61.0 | 58 | 44 | 38 | 8 | 42 | 7 | 42 | 3 | 0 | 4 | |||
| Tom Belcher | 1 | 12 | .077 | 4.85 | 21 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 104.0 | 115 | 65 | 56 | 15 | 46 | 8 | 57 | 4 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Dwight Siebler | 26 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Fred Green | 26 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Héctor Maestri | 12 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Marshall Renfroe | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Paul Alspach | 0 | 0 | 2.25 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Don Gross | 0 | 0 | 2.25 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Marc Hoy | 0 | 0 | 4.74 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19.0 | 19 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Sherman Jones | 0 | 0 | 12.00 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Ed Donnelly | 0 | 1 | .000 | 5.40 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Tom McAvoy | 0 | 1 | .000 | 6.75 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12.0 | 18 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Ray Daviault | 0 | 1 | .000 | 7.20 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.0 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Rudy Hernández | 0 | 1 | .000 | 9.90 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.0 | 15 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Totals | 44 | 81 | .352 | 4.95 | 351 | 131 | 0 | 29 | 5 | 0 | 1064.0 | 1153 | 686 | 585 | 128 | 503 | 54 | 668 | 35 | 3 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Waters | 137 | 542 | 506 | 52 | 126 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 41 | 6 | 1 | 32 | 91 | .249 | .295 | .332 | .627 | 168 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Dutch Dotterer | 123 | 425 | 350 | 36 | 89 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 42 | 1 | 1 | 67 | 61 | .254 | .380 | .323 | .703 | 113 | 5 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Francisco Obregon | 138 | 528 | 439 | 52 | 87 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 39 | 10 | 6 | 72 | 66 | .198 | .310 | .260 | .570 | 114 | 2 | 9 | 6 | ||
| Ed Bouchee | 80 | 318 | 251 | 52 | 72 | 21 | 3 | 8 | 48 | 1 | 0 | 59 | 40 | .287 | .424 | .490 | .914 | 123 | 3 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Ron Stillwell | 88 | 331 | 296 | 37 | 65 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 29 | 3 | 0 | 29 | 45 | .220 | .288 | .331 | .619 | 98 | 0 | 5 | 1 | ||
| Bud Zipfel | 61 | 232 | 194 | 31 | 50 | 8 | 3 | 13 | 36 | 0 | 1 | 36 | 38 | .258 | .372 | .531 | .903 | 103 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Choo-Choo Coleman | 71 | 251 | 226 | 26 | 44 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 8 | 2 | 21 | 24 | .195 | .275 | .279 | .554 | 63 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Reno Bertoia | 55 | 201 | 173 | 13 | 39 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 27 | .225 | .306 | .306 | .612 | 53 | 1 | 5 | 2 | ||
| Cliff Cook | 36 | 126 | 115 | 17 | 29 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 26 | .252 | .302 | .478 | .780 | 55 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Joe Christopher | 24 | 99 | 83 | 23 | 25 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 16 | 7 | .301 | .414 | .639 | 1.053 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rick Herrscher | 26 | 107 | 96 | 14 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 10 | .260 | .321 | .438 | .758 | 42 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Frank Verdi | 26 | 70 | 65 | 8 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 10 | .262 | .294 | .354 | .648 | 23 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Frank Jaciuk | 26 | 82 | 73 | 5 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 15 | .233 | .309 | .342 | .651 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Jay Franklin | 21 | 62 | 52 | 13 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 3 | .288 | .393 | .327 | .720 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Joe McClain | 33 | 49 | 44 | 5 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | .273 | .298 | .545 | .843 | 24 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Ed Kranepool | 14 | 54 | 48 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 12 | .229 | .315 | .292 | .606 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Thomas Dotterer | 7 | 28 | 25 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .400 | .429 | .640 | 1.069 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| William Whalen | 29 | 65 | 59 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 12 | .136 | .215 | .254 | .470 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Carl Mathias | 36 | 66 | 56 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 17 | .125 | .197 | .125 | .322 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Carl Bouldin | 33 | 63 | 58 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 22 | .121 | .150 | .138 | .288 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Larry Bearnarth | 21 | 35 | 33 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | .152 | .152 | .242 | .394 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Grover Powell | 32 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .273 | .385 | .364 | .748 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Charlie Rabe | 12 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Ed Hobaugh | 10 | 19 | 19 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .158 | .158 | .211 | .368 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Evans Killeen | 24 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .200 | .273 | .500 | .773 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tom McAvoy | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Hannan | 5 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .091 | .091 | .091 | .182 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ernie Oravetz | 9 | 16 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .071 | .188 | .071 | .259 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Paul Alspach | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Robert Worthington | 4 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ray Apple | 17 | 20 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | .000 | .211 | .000 | .211 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Bob Miller | 22 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| James Burnette | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Marc Hoy | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .200 | .000 | .200 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tom Belcher | 21 | 35 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 12 | .000 | .125 | .000 | .125 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Rudy Hernández | 10 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chet Boak | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ray Daviault | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .000 | .667 | .000 | .667 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Tommy Addington | 4 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .000 | .125 | .000 | .125 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1278 | 3923 | 3406 | 428 | 774 | 124 | 37 | 63 | 387 | 44 | 16 | 423 | 599 | .227 | .315 | .341 | .656 | 1161 | 0 | 24 | 48 | 22 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bud Zipfel | 1B | 45 | 397 | 34 | 7 | 36 | .984 | 9.578 | ||||
| Ed Bouchee | 1B | 35 | 259 | 21 | 7 | 36 | .976 | 8.000 | ||||
| Ed Kranepool | 1B | 14 | 138 | 10 | 2 | 16 | .987 | 1.571 | ||||
| Ron Stillwell | 2B | 77 | 156 | 211 | 15 | 48 | .961 | 4.766 | ||||
| Reno Bertoia | 2B | 41 | 89 | 110 | 5 | 34 | .975 | 4.854 | ||||
| Sammy Drake | 3B | 43 | 36 | 78 | 16 | 8 | .877 | 2.651 | ||||
| Cliff Cook | 3B | 19 | 8 | 23 | 4 | 2 | .886 | 1.632 | ||||
| Frank Jaciuk | 3B | 17 | 14 | 33 | 2 | 1 | .959 | 2.765 | ||||
| Reno Bertoia | 3B | 14 | 6 | 24 | 4 | 0 | .882 | 2.143 | ||||
| Rick Herrscher | 3B | 11 | 11 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.636 | ||||
| Dutch Dotterer | C | 108 | 563 | 47 | 7 | 3 | .989 | 5.648 | 9 | |||
| Choo-Choo Coleman | C | 34 | 166 | 22 | 2 | 1 | .989 | 5.529 | 6 | |||
| William Whalen | C | 15 | 73 | 7 | 3 | 1 | .964 | 5.333 | 8 | |||
| Jack Waters | OF | 132 | 329 | 8 | 13 | 0 | .963 | 2.553 | ||||
| Ed Bouchee | OF | 37 | 73 | 3 | 7 | 1 | .916 | 2.054 | ||||
| Choo-Choo Coleman | OF | 27 | 37 | 2 | 3 | 0 | .929 | 1.444 | ||||
| Joe Christopher | OF | 24 | 40 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .952 | 1.667 | ||||
| Jay Franklin | OF | 16 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.688 | ||||
| Bud Zipfel | OF | 14 | 22 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .920 | 1.643 | ||||
| Cliff Cook | OF | 11 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.636 | ||||
| Carl Mathias | P | 36 | 12 | 20 | 3 | 3 | .914 | .889 | ||||
| Grover Powell | P | 31 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .355 | ||||
| Carl Bouldin | P | 27 | 8 | 25 | 3 | 0 | .917 | 1.222 | ||||
| Dwight Siebler | P | 26 | .000 | |||||||||
| Fred Green | P | 26 | .000 | |||||||||
| Joe McClain | P | 24 | 5 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .917 | ||||
| Bob Miller | P | 22 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .364 | ||||
| Tom Belcher | P | 21 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .619 | ||||
| Larry Bearnarth | P | 19 | 10 | 12 | 1 | 1 | .957 | 1.158 | ||||
| Evans Killeen | P | 18 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .389 | ||||
| Ray Apple | P | 17 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .765 | ||||
| Charlie Rabe | P | 12 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .889 | .667 | ||||
| Héctor Maestri | P | 12 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ed Hobaugh | P | 10 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 2 | .909 | 1.000 | ||||
| Rudy Hernández | P | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .200 | ||||
| Marc Hoy | P | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Sherman Jones | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jim Hannan | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ed Donnelly | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ray Daviault | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Tommy Addington | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Tom McAvoy | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Don Gross | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Paul Alspach | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Marshall Renfroe | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Francisco Obregon | SS | 134 | 257 | 378 | 26 | 101 | .961 | 4.739 | ||||
| Ron Stillwell | SS | 12 | 10 | 29 | 1 | 6 | .975 | 3.250 | ||||
| Totals | 1231 | 2788 | 1181 | 137 | 301 | .967 | 3.224 | 23 | 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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