1963 Springfield Giants Statistics

Eastern League (EL) - Class: AA
Team Record: 72-68
Finished 3rd in the EL
Manager: Buddy Kerr (72-68)
Affiliation: San Francisco Giants
Location: Springfield, Massachusetts
Ballpark: Pynchon Park
Attendance: 76,376, Avg. 1,091

1963 Springfield Giants Roster

The Springfield Giants of the Eastern League ended the 1963 season with a record of 72 wins and 68 losses, finishing third in the EL.

Buddy Kerr served as manager.

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Pitching:

Player	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
Frank Linzy	16	6	.727	1.55	26	22		18	7		186.0	128	39	32	2	48	8	115	2	1	4
Thomas Arruda	15	7	.682	2.41	29	25		13	5		187.0	149	63	50	6	93	7	134	10	0	13
Carl Shelen	7	7	.500	2.82	48	2		1	1		99.0	87	35	31	6	39	7	104	2	0	4
Matt Gayeski	6	2	.750	3.18	11	10		5	1		68.0	66	27	24	3	32	0	51	1	0	2
Paul Colacecchi	5	7	.417	5.19	33	16		3	1		130.0	138	86	75	10	77	7	86	2	1	7
Robert Bishop	4	2	.667	1.33	8	8		5	2		61.0	29	12	9	1	30	5	59	0	0	1
Ken Bracey	4	4	.500	2.66	34	0		0	0		71.0	59	24	21	5	26	6	49	0	0	2
Joe Overton	4	6	.400	2.44	15	11		4	1		85.0	65	26	23	7	19	3	72	2	0	0
Donald Carlson	4	8	.333	4.12	17	14		4	4		83.0	93	40	38	6	20	4	49	2	0	1
Dick Estelle	4	12	.250	2.92	33	20		5	2		151.0	123	56	49	7	65	10	126	1	2	7
Bill Hands	1	0	1.000	0.00	1	1		1	1		9.0	5	0	0	0	2	0	7	0	0	0
George Shoemaker	1	1	.500	2.84	2	2		2	0		19.0	15	6	6	1	7	0	8	1	0	0
Michael Roberts	1	5	.167	4.27	20	7		1	0		59.0	65	32	28	5	43	2	44	2	0	3
Francisco Rivas	0	0		0.75	10	0		0	0		12.0	11	4	1	0	9	0	12	1	0	0
Jerry Kushner	0	0		2.57	3	0		0	0		7.0	5	3	2	0	2	0	5	0	0	1
Roger Sinner	0	1	.000	7.50	2	2		0	0		6.0	11	5	5	1	4	0	1	1	0	1
Totals	72	68	.514	2.88	292	140	0	62	25	0	1233.0	1049	458	394	60	516	59	922	27	4	46	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
Hal Lanier	138	618	577	77	163	27	9	6	49	6	5	33	57	.282	.325	.392	.717	226		4	3	1
Tony Eichelberger	140	594	506	79	145	17	8	4	52	11	11	76	56	.287	.378	.375	.753	190		2	4	6
Allen Erickson	133	542	479	60	132	21	4	7	58	0	0	50	61	.276	.342	.380	.722	182		2	4	7
Ronald Phifer	121	456	413	41	109	15	4	3	47	9	4	35	47	.264	.320	.341	.661	141		1	3	4
James McClain	109	392	348	49	94	19	4	6	42	12	4	31	66	.270	.332	.399	.732	139		4	4	5
Frank Johnson	114	393	371	32	93	13	2	2	40	4	4	19	43	.251	.286	.313	.598	116		0	1	2
Denny Sommers	140	508	464	33	93	12	0	3	47	1	0	32	101	.200	.259	.246	.505	114		5	6	1
Richard Pawlow	118	298	247	32	55	5	3	1	18	4	3	47	52	.223	.346	.279	.625	69		0	3	1
Jose Calero	49	176	165	22	54	11	2	4	20	1	0	6	18	.327	.358	.491	.849	81		3	0	2
Frank Corej	96	300	244	31	47	6	0	4	23	2	2	56	54	.193	.343	.266	.610	65		0	0	0
Jerry Kushner	44	134	114	16	29	6	2	1	11	1	2	19	31	.254	.361	.368	.729	42		0	1	0
Rick Joseph	25	108	94	10	24	4	2	2	17	1	1	11	19	.255	.333	.404	.738	38		1	0	2
Donald Pope	31	118	112	10	24	0	1	2	7	0	0	5	25	.214	.248	.286	.534	32		0	1	0
Paul Colacecchi	35	51	49	8	18	3	2	1	7	0	0	1	17	.367	.380	.571	.951	28		0	1	0
Frank Linzy	30	79	72	5	14	2	1	1	11	0	0	1	31	.194	.213	.292	.505	21		1	4	1
Thomas Arruda	34	82	69	6	9	2	1	0	5	0	0	7	33	.130	.231	.188	.419	13		2	4	0
Jim Martin	7	29	25	2	7	0	0	0	4	0	0	3	5	.280	.345	.280	.625	7		0	0	1
Robert Bishop	16	29	26	1	4	1	1	0	1	0	0	2	8	.154	.214	.269	.484	7		0	1	0
Rodney Bode	9	34	29	3	4	1	0	0	2	0	0	4	6	.138	.265	.172	.437	5		1	0	0
Joe Overton	15	29	25	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	12	.120	.120	.120	.240	3		0	4	0
Dick Estelle	33	52	48	1	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	26	.062	.098	.062	.161	3		0	1	1
Gilles St. Onge	8	13	11	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	4	.182	.308	.182	.490	2		0	0	0
Carl Shelen	49	22	19	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	14	.105	.190	.105	.296	2		0	1	0
Donald Carlson	17	30	29	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	.069	.100	.069	.169	2		0	0	0
Francisco Rivas	10	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1		0	0	0
George Shoemaker	2	8	6	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.167	.286	.333	.619	2		0	1	0
Bill Dixon	6	8	8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.125	.125	.125	.250	1		0	0	0
Matt Gayeski	11	26	22	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	17	.045	.125	.045	.170	1		0	2	0
Michael Roberts	20	17	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	12	.000	.067	.000	.067	0		0	2	0
Ken Bracey	34	14	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	.000	.071	.000	.071	0		0	0	0
Roger Sinner	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Bill Hands	1	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Totals	1597	5167	4606	525	1134	166	46	47	465	52	36	450	831	.246	.315	.333	.648	1533	0	26	51	34	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Ronald Phifer	1B	92	816	44	8	68	.991	9.348
Jose Calero	1B	46	364	29	3	39	.992	8.543
Hal Lanier	2B	138	359	379	18	85	.976	5.348
Frank Corej	3B	73	59	113	14	11	.925	2.356
Donald Pope	3B	26	15	37	7	2	.881	2.000
Frank Johnson	3B	26	27	25	4	1	.929	2.000
Rick Joseph	3B	21	16	34	4	5	.926	2.381
Denny Sommers	C	140	934	93	20	13	.981	7.336	21
Allen Erickson	C	17	34	0	1	0	.971	2.000	1
Allen Erickson	OF	125	168	4	5	0	.972	1.376
Richard Pawlow	OF	102	151	4	2	1	.987	1.520
James McClain	OF	99	160	13	0	1	1.000	1.747
Frank Johnson	OF	82	82	6	9	0	.907	1.073
Jerry Kushner	OF	35	40	2	3	0	.933	1.200
Ronald Phifer	OF	27	32	4	0	1	1.000	1.333
Carl Shelen	P	48	2	19	0	3	1.000	.438
Ken Bracey	P	34	1	20	0	2	1.000	.618
Dick Estelle	P	33	5	23	5	1	.848	.848
Paul Colacecchi	P	33	8	21	1	3	.967	.879
Thomas Arruda	P	29	20	49	0	8	1.000	2.379
Frank Linzy	P	26	15	66	1	10	.988	3.115
Michael Roberts	P	20	0	13	0	0	1.000	.650
Donald Carlson	P	17	14	17	1	0	.969	1.824
Joe Overton	P	15	6	10	0	0	1.000	1.067
Matt Gayeski	P	11	5	9	1	0	.933	1.273
Francisco Rivas	P	10	1	2	0	0	1.000	.300
Tony Eichelberger	SS	140	242	444	32	89	.955	4.900
Totals		1465	3576	1480	139	343	.973	3.451	22	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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