1963 Salisbury Dodgers Statistics
Team Record: 73-53
Finished 2nd in the WCL
Manager: George Scherger (73-53)
Affiliation: Los Angeles Dodgers
Location: Salisbury, North Carolina
Ballpark: Newman Park (Field)
Attendance: 38,857, Avg. 617
Playoffs - Greenville Braves 2 games, Salisbury Dodgers 0
The Salisbury Dodgers of the Western Carolinas League ended the 1963 season with a record of 73 wins and 53 losses, finishing second in the WCL.
The Dodgers scored 630 runs and conceded 528 runs. Michael Strickland led Salisbury with 14 home runs and recorded 71 runs batted in. Gary Dempsey paced hitters with significant playing time by connecting at a .319 clip. Glenn Davis topped the team with 17 wins and a team-best 2.77 ERA, best among qualifying pitchers.
Jack Billingham played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Salisbury Dodgers to do so.
George Scherger 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glenn Davis | 17 | 9 | .654 | 2.77 | 32 | 29 | 15 | 2 | 208.0 | 191 | 78 | 64 | 18 | 61 | 3 | 206 | 1 | 0 | 9 | |||
| William Hall | 14 | 9 | .609 | 2.80 | 33 | 29 | 15 | 4 | 206.0 | 194 | 89 | 64 | 12 | 80 | 4 | 187 | 2 | 0 | 9 | |||
| Jack Billingham | 9 | 6 | .600 | 3.49 | 31 | 18 | 9 | 1 | 142.0 | 124 | 72 | 55 | 10 | 53 | 4 | 136 | 6 | 0 | 9 | |||
| Jimmy Davis | 9 | 9 | .500 | 4.07 | 27 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 135.0 | 112 | 73 | 61 | 17 | 77 | 0 | 133 | 6 | 2 | 4 | |||
| Steve Schroer | 8 | 6 | .571 | 3.10 | 18 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 122.0 | 92 | 53 | 42 | 9 | 52 | 5 | 87 | 9 | 0 | 4 | |||
| John Mays | 7 | 4 | .636 | 2.91 | 37 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 68.0 | 56 | 40 | 22 | 5 | 34 | 3 | 84 | 1 | 0 | 10 | |||
| Donald Sargent | 3 | 4 | .429 | 4.30 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 44.0 | 58 | 29 | 21 | 1 | 20 | 2 | 31 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Thomas Gamberton | 2 | 2 | .500 | 2.79 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 29.0 | 17 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 13 | 2 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Jimmy Currie | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.40 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15.0 | 17 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Gail Hutchinson | 1 | 1 | .500 | 3.12 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 26.0 | 32 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 17 | 1 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jim Payne | 0 | 0 | 1.50 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Clarence Stanley | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Richard Dare | 0 | 0 | 10.50 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| John Heck | 0 | 0 | 12.60 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Stanley Bergman | 0 | 0 | 13.50 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Raymond Skeens | 0 | 0 | 19.80 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| James Sanders | 0 | 1 | .000 | 2.25 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 71 | 51 | .582 | 3.41 | 241 | 122 | 0 | 55 | 10 | 0 | 1031.0 | 933 | 509 | 391 | 80 | 459 | 25 | 968 | 33 | 3 | 61 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gerald Orlandini | 126 | 538 | 486 | 70 | 138 | 25 | 2 | 1 | 68 | 5 | 1 | 40 | 52 | .284 | .340 | .350 | .690 | 170 | 5 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Michael Strickland | 122 | 532 | 442 | 96 | 136 | 25 | 5 | 14 | 71 | 25 | 10 | 78 | 76 | .308 | .415 | .482 | .897 | 213 | 5 | 4 | 3 | ||
| Gary Dempsey | 104 | 436 | 398 | 57 | 127 | 17 | 5 | 8 | 63 | 4 | 1 | 25 | 53 | .319 | .360 | .447 | .808 | 178 | 3 | 6 | 4 | ||
| Michael Dobbins | 118 | 528 | 434 | 102 | 124 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 40 | 31 | 4 | 80 | 56 | .286 | .403 | .359 | .762 | 156 | 7 | 4 | 3 | ||
| Mel Roberts | 125 | 492 | 432 | 49 | 105 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 55 | 26 | 5 | 46 | 112 | .243 | .333 | .333 | .666 | 144 | 12 | 2 | 0 | ||
| John Branciforti | 72 | 286 | 251 | 34 | 66 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 46 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 59 | .263 | .339 | .406 | .746 | 102 | 5 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Wally Jones | 99 | 362 | 292 | 54 | 66 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 36 | 7 | 0 | 58 | 73 | .226 | .360 | .305 | .664 | 89 | 4 | 6 | 2 | ||
| James DeSpain | 86 | 301 | 266 | 26 | 53 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 28 | 5 | 1 | 28 | 81 | .199 | .277 | .316 | .592 | 84 | 2 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Clarence Stanley | 73 | 266 | 236 | 42 | 52 | 11 | 2 | 11 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 79 | .220 | .288 | .424 | .712 | 100 | 3 | 2 | 4 | ||
| Hary Golsan | 45 | 135 | 124 | 20 | 31 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 21 | .250 | .299 | .290 | .589 | 36 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| James Bice | 40 | 127 | 110 | 9 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 35 | .173 | .268 | .173 | .440 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Jim Payne | 23 | 69 | 63 | 10 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 15 | .254 | .294 | .317 | .612 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Glenn Davis | 33 | 80 | 66 | 5 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 13 | .197 | .264 | .258 | .521 | 17 | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Jack Billingham | 31 | 55 | 48 | 3 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22 | .250 | .265 | .333 | .599 | 16 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Richard McAvoy | 20 | 68 | 59 | 11 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 19 | .203 | .279 | .237 | .517 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Jimmy Davis | 29 | 60 | 57 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | .193 | .207 | .193 | .400 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| William Hall | 34 | 83 | 70 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 31 | .143 | .228 | .214 | .442 | 15 | 0 | 4 | 1 | ||
| Pascual Ramirez | 19 | 61 | 44 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 17 | .182 | .393 | .250 | .643 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Billy Ray Jones | 20 | 62 | 50 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 17 | .160 | .306 | .180 | .486 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Gerald Eveland | 13 | 28 | 27 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | .259 | .286 | .296 | .582 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Steve Schroer | 19 | 53 | 47 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 | .149 | .200 | .149 | .349 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Gail Hutchinson | 12 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .375 | .444 | .375 | .819 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Mays | 37 | 20 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | .167 | .167 | .222 | .389 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Thomas Gamberton | 6 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .083 | .154 | .083 | .237 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| James Sanders | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Donald Sargent | 16 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .000 | .083 | .000 | .083 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Jimmy Currie | 6 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .000 | .400 | .000 | .400 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Stanley Bergman | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1337 | 4688 | 4060 | 628 | 1028 | 144 | 36 | 61 | 512 | 116 | 28 | 482 | 891 | .253 | .337 | .351 | .689 | 1427 | 0 | 52 | 56 | 38 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gerald Orlandini | 1B | 126 | 890 | 58 | 20 | 80 | .979 | 7.524 | ||||
| Wally Jones | 2B | 51 | 83 | 113 | 8 | 18 | .961 | 3.843 | ||||
| Michael Dobbins | 2B | 45 | 94 | 129 | 12 | 36 | .949 | 4.956 | ||||
| Hary Golsan | 2B | 30 | 45 | 65 | 7 | 13 | .940 | 3.667 | ||||
| Gary Dempsey | 3B | 104 | 76 | 146 | 16 | 18 | .933 | 2.135 | ||||
| John Branciforti | 3B | 11 | 11 | 16 | 2 | 2 | .931 | 2.455 | ||||
| James DeSpain | C | 82 | 568 | 44 | 21 | 3 | .967 | 7.463 | 31 | |||
| James Bice | C | 39 | 251 | 25 | 8 | 2 | .972 | 7.077 | 13 | |||
| Pascual Ramirez | C | 16 | 113 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .992 | 7.438 | 5 | |||
| Mel Roberts | OF | 125 | 220 | 20 | 12 | 4 | .952 | 1.920 | ||||
| Michael Strickland | OF | 122 | 170 | 13 | 6 | 5 | .968 | 1.500 | ||||
| Clarence Stanley | OF | 65 | 86 | 7 | 4 | 1 | .959 | 1.431 | ||||
| Wally Jones | OF | 29 | 35 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .946 | 1.207 | ||||
| Billy Ray Jones | OF | 20 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .957 | 1.100 | ||||
| Jim Payne | OF | 15 | 24 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .923 | 1.600 | ||||
| Richard McAvoy | OF | 15 | 21 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .960 | 1.600 | ||||
| John Mays | P | 37 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 2 | .882 | .405 | ||||
| William Hall | P | 33 | 4 | 29 | 7 | 2 | .825 | 1.000 | ||||
| Glenn Davis | P | 32 | 9 | 25 | 3 | 1 | .919 | 1.062 | ||||
| Jack Billingham | P | 31 | 5 | 30 | 1 | 1 | .972 | 1.129 | ||||
| Jimmy Davis | P | 27 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 0 | .737 | .519 | ||||
| Steve Schroer | P | 18 | 4 | 20 | 4 | 0 | .857 | 1.333 | ||||
| Donald Sargent | P | 16 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .562 | ||||
| Gail Hutchinson | P | 12 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .833 | .417 | ||||
| Thomas Gamberton | P | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jimmy Currie | P | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Richard Dare | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| James Sanders | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| John Heck | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Stanley Bergman | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Raymond Skeens | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Michael Dobbins | SS | 69 | 88 | 161 | 36 | 35 | .874 | 3.609 | ||||
| John Branciforti | SS | 56 | 76 | 137 | 20 | 25 | .914 | 3.804 | ||||
| Totals | 1258 | 2905 | 1080 | 202 | 249 | .952 | 3.168 | 49 | 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.
