1962 San Antonio Missions Statistics
Team Record: 68-72
Finished 5th in the TL
Manager: Walt Dixon (68-72)
Affiliation: Chicago Cubs
Location: San Antonio, Texas
Ballpark: Mission Stadium
Attendance: 101,917, Avg. 1,456
The San Antonio Missions of the Texas League ended the 1962 season with a record of 68 wins and 72 losses, finishing fifth in the TL.
The Missions scored 763 runs and conceded 818 runs. Billy Ott led San Antonio with 23 home runs and recorded 88 runs batted in. Donald Davis paced all regular hitters with a .302 average. Morrie Steevens topped the team with 15 wins, while Freddie Burdette registered a 3.02 earned run average, best among hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Players from the 1962 San Antonio Missions who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Billy Ott, Harvey Branch, Morrie Steevens, Roger McCardell, Billy Cowan, Elder White, Tony Balsamo, Freddie Burdette, Don Eaddy, Nelson Mathews, Moe Morhardt, Jack Warner, Paul Casanova, Gordon Massa and Daryl Robertson.
Walt Dixon 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Morrie Steevens | 15 | 10 | .600 | 4.98 | 39 | 28 | 6 | 0 | 208.0 | 234 | 135 | 115 | 20 | 86 | 3 | 140 | 9 | 0 | 9 | |||
| Harvey Branch | 14 | 12 | .538 | 4.03 | 37 | 33 | 9 | 2 | 237.0 | 255 | 125 | 106 | 17 | 89 | 2 | 216 | 2 | 1 | 10 | |||
| Freddie Burdette | 9 | 9 | .500 | 3.02 | 65 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 131.0 | 125 | 53 | 44 | 8 | 34 | 10 | 62 | 1 | 0 | 6 | |||
| James Schandevel | 7 | 7 | .500 | 4.37 | 28 | 22 | 5 | 1 | 136.0 | 142 | 76 | 66 | 11 | 41 | 2 | 75 | 5 | 1 | 8 | |||
| Jack Warner | 6 | 6 | .500 | 4.54 | 48 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 103.0 | 106 | 57 | 52 | 7 | 65 | 7 | 74 | 2 | 1 | 4 | |||
| Stewart Bowers | 5 | 7 | .417 | 4.89 | 34 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 116.0 | 124 | 73 | 63 | 19 | 54 | 1 | 86 | 1 | 0 | 5 | |||
| Franklin Hodges | 5 | 7 | .417 | 6.20 | 49 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 119.0 | 135 | 99 | 82 | 10 | 74 | 5 | 65 | 3 | 1 | 7 | |||
| Tony Balsamo | 3 | 3 | .500 | 6.00 | 19 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 54.0 | 59 | 42 | 36 | 10 | 21 | 3 | 37 | 1 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Basil Curry | 2 | 7 | .222 | 6.14 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 44.0 | 62 | 44 | 30 | 5 | 23 | 2 | 29 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Robert Graham | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.80 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10.0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| James Fraser | 1 | 3 | .250 | 11.25 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 28.0 | 43 | 37 | 35 | 4 | 24 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Wayne Connally | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Donald Isaacs | 0 | 0 | 6.00 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Gordon Massa | 0 | 0 | 7.50 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Roy Brooks | 0 | 0 | 16.20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Perry Noun | 0 | 0 | 27.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Pete Embry | 0 | 0 | 45.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Ed Abel | 0 | 1 | .000 | 9.41 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 22.0 | 42 | 31 | 23 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 7 | |||
| Totals | 68 | 72 | .486 | 5.01 | 367 | 137 | 0 | 25 | 4 | 0 | 1231.0 | 1376 | 812 | 685 | 120 | 548 | 41 | 829 | 29 | 4 | 72 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Billy Ott | 137 | 599 | 524 | 85 | 147 | 33 | 12 | 23 | 88 | 5 | 66 | 118 | .281 | .358 | .521 | .879 | 273 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | ||
| Donald Davis | 120 | 526 | 454 | 66 | 137 | 28 | 9 | 8 | 61 | 3 | 64 | 71 | .302 | .390 | .456 | .846 | 207 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 | ||
| Jesse White | 103 | 463 | 425 | 72 | 125 | 23 | 11 | 1 | 36 | 24 | 30 | 30 | .294 | .339 | .407 | .746 | 173 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Don Eaddy | 111 | 489 | 433 | 66 | 117 | 22 | 3 | 8 | 64 | 7 | 49 | 62 | .270 | .345 | .390 | .735 | 169 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||
| Elder White | 104 | 445 | 382 | 80 | 115 | 21 | 6 | 11 | 50 | 8 | 51 | 95 | .301 | .384 | .474 | .857 | 181 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Wayne Connally | 107 | 461 | 396 | 59 | 111 | 21 | 4 | 7 | 56 | 0 | 55 | 56 | .280 | .369 | .407 | .776 | 161 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | ||
| Allen Herring | 122 | 477 | 422 | 65 | 110 | 21 | 5 | 11 | 65 | 3 | 47 | 59 | .261 | .336 | .412 | .748 | 174 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | ||
| Pete Embry | 94 | 262 | 232 | 24 | 65 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 38 | 0 | 24 | 16 | .280 | .341 | .341 | .682 | 79 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | ||
| Gordon Figard | 82 | 284 | 227 | 35 | 62 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 2 | 55 | 38 | .273 | .412 | .335 | .747 | 76 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | ||
| Billy Cowan | 42 | 190 | 173 | 36 | 55 | 8 | 6 | 11 | 36 | 6 | 12 | 38 | .318 | .362 | .624 | .986 | 108 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Moe Morhardt | 50 | 184 | 154 | 24 | 43 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 25 | 1 | 25 | 40 | .279 | .372 | .429 | .800 | 66 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | ||
| Roger McCardell | 46 | 186 | 161 | 23 | 43 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 31 | 0 | 22 | 28 | .267 | .357 | .466 | .823 | 75 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Chuck Staniland | 54 | 161 | 154 | 16 | 31 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 21 | 0 | 6 | 45 | .201 | .230 | .338 | .567 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Morrie Steevens | 47 | 97 | 88 | 13 | 27 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 8 | 17 | .307 | .361 | .375 | .736 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Harvey Branch | 50 | 94 | 82 | 17 | 23 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 29 | .280 | .318 | .366 | .684 | 30 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Gordon Massa | 19 | 37 | 29 | 2 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 4 | .517 | .583 | .724 | 1.307 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Ken Faulkner | 22 | 61 | 49 | 15 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 11 | 6 | .306 | .443 | .510 | .953 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Franklin Hodges | 49 | 40 | 33 | 4 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 11 | .333 | .389 | .424 | .813 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Stewart Bowers | 35 | 40 | 36 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .278 | .308 | .389 | .697 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Perry Noun | 27 | 63 | 54 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 11 | .185 | .286 | .278 | .563 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Nelson Mathews | 11 | 48 | 45 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 14 | .200 | .250 | .244 | .494 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| James Schandevel | 30 | 53 | 46 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 19 | .196 | .245 | .217 | .462 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phil Borders | 14 | 55 | 44 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 7 | .159 | .302 | .205 | .506 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Freddie Burdette | 65 | 43 | 31 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 11 | .194 | .289 | .258 | .548 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Tony Balsamo | 19 | 19 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .176 | .222 | .176 | .399 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jack Warner | 48 | 34 | 28 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | .107 | .188 | .107 | .295 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| James Fraser | 9 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .200 | .273 | .200 | .473 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Roy Brooks | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Donald Isaacs | 7 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ed Abel | 7 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .111 | .111 | .111 | .222 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Basil Curry | 16 | 19 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | .071 | .235 | .071 | .307 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Robert Graham | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Paul Casanova | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1655 | 5461 | 4763 | 739 | 1315 | 243 | 60 | 106 | 675 | 59 | 0 | 576 | 853 | .276 | .353 | .419 | .772 | 1996 | 0 | 20 | 51 | 51 | 35 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Donald Davis | 1B | 118 | 1043 | 81 | 12 | 123 | .989 | 9.525 | ||||
| Gordon Figard | 1B | 14 | 125 | 11 | 3 | 9 | .978 | 9.714 | ||||
| Moe Morhardt | 1B | 10 | 101 | 5 | 3 | 5 | .972 | 1.600 | ||||
| Wayne Connally | 2B | 105 | 260 | 344 | 18 | 92 | .971 | 5.752 | ||||
| Gordon Figard | 2B | 36 | 70 | 64 | 7 | 19 | .950 | 3.722 | ||||
| Don Eaddy | 3B | 109 | 68 | 218 | 28 | 31 | .911 | 2.624 | ||||
| Phil Borders | 3B | 14 | 17 | 28 | 4 | 4 | .918 | 3.214 | ||||
| Pete Embry | C | 67 | 320 | 29 | 8 | 3 | .978 | 5.209 | 8 | |||
| Chuck Staniland | C | 48 | 220 | 14 | 4 | 3 | .983 | 4.875 | 4 | |||
| Roger McCardell | C | 43 | 278 | 27 | 5 | 5 | .984 | 7.093 | 4 | |||
| Billy Ott | OF | 136 | 211 | 17 | 20 | 4 | .919 | 1.676 | ||||
| Allen Herring | OF | 103 | 163 | 5 | 11 | 1 | .939 | 1.631 | ||||
| Jesse White | OF | 93 | 221 | 16 | 8 | 3 | .967 | 2.548 | ||||
| Billy Cowan | OF | 42 | 74 | 3 | 4 | 0 | .951 | 1.833 | ||||
| Moe Morhardt | OF | 35 | 68 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .986 | 1.971 | ||||
| Nelson Mathews | OF | 11 | 26 | 3 | 5 | 0 | .853 | 2.636 | ||||
| Freddie Burdette | P | 65 | 3 | 30 | 1 | 3 | .971 | .508 | ||||
| Franklin Hodges | P | 49 | 9 | 29 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .776 | ||||
| Jack Warner | P | 48 | 3 | 17 | 2 | 2 | .909 | .417 | ||||
| Morrie Steevens | P | 39 | 10 | 28 | 5 | 1 | .884 | .974 | ||||
| Harvey Branch | P | 37 | 17 | 37 | 5 | 5 | .915 | 1.459 | ||||
| Stewart Bowers | P | 34 | 9 | 26 | 3 | 1 | .921 | 1.029 | ||||
| James Schandevel | P | 28 | 10 | 27 | 3 | 2 | .925 | 1.321 | ||||
| Tony Balsamo | P | 19 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .789 | ||||
| Basil Curry | P | 16 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .875 | .438 | ||||
| James Fraser | P | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| Donald Isaacs | P | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ed Abel | P | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Gordon Massa | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Perry Noun | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Robert Graham | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Pete Embry | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Wayne Connally | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Roy Brooks | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Elder White | SS | 104 | 164 | 333 | 35 | 62 | .934 | 4.779 | ||||
| Totals | 1455 | 3495 | 1410 | 196 | 379 | .962 | 3.371 | 16 | 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.
