1963 Statesville Owls Statistics
Western Carolinas League (WCL) - Class: A
Team Record: 52-73
Finished 7th in the WCL
Manager: Bobby Bralley (0-0), Norm Small (0-0)
Location: Statesville, North Carolina
Ballpark: City Park (Stadium)
Attendance: 38,587, Avg. 617
1963 Statesville Owls RosterTeam Record: 52-73
Finished 7th in the WCL
Manager: Bobby Bralley (0-0), Norm Small (0-0)
Location: Statesville, North Carolina
Ballpark: City Park (Stadium)
Attendance: 38,587, Avg. 617
The Statesville Owls of the Western Carolinas League ended the 1963 season with a record of 52 wins and 73 losses, finishing seventh in the WCL.
The Owls scored 610 runs and surrendered 763 runs, most in the circuit. Leonard Patinsky led Statesville with 18 home runs, and Edwin Chasteen walloped 15 or more also. Leonard Patinsky accounted for 77 RBI. Andrew Torrence paced all regular hitters by hitting .275. Mike Szemplenski topped the team with 14 wins and a team-best 2.72 earned run average, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Dave McDonald played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Statesville Owls to do so.
Bobby Bralley and Norm Small 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Szemplenski | 14 | 10 | .583 | 2.72 | 34 | 29 | 18 | 2 | 225.0 | 202 | 108 | 68 | 10 | 107 | 1 | 313 | 3 | 1 | 6 | |||
| Leroy Fonceca | 4 | 1 | .800 | 5.14 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 35.0 | 33 | 24 | 20 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 43 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Samuel Johnson | 4 | 6 | .400 | 3.31 | 22 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 87.0 | 83 | 51 | 32 | 8 | 46 | 1 | 82 | 5 | 1 | 9 | |||
| Jerry Brown | 3 | 1 | .750 | 2.14 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 59.0 | 49 | 36 | 14 | 1 | 21 | 2 | 75 | 3 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Butch McDaniel | 3 | 1 | .750 | 6.08 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 40.0 | 44 | 33 | 27 | 8 | 32 | 0 | 31 | 1 | 0 | 6 | |||
| William Rouse | 3 | 2 | .600 | 6.30 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 60.0 | 58 | 59 | 42 | 3 | 63 | 0 | 70 | 3 | 0 | 25 | |||
| Benjamin Bardes | 3 | 6 | .333 | 3.76 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 67.0 | 68 | 43 | 28 | 1 | 38 | 1 | 76 | 0 | 0 | 13 | |||
| Ronald Kelley | 3 | 7 | .300 | 3.55 | 14 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 76.0 | 85 | 46 | 30 | 1 | 42 | 0 | 69 | 5 | 0 | 8 | |||
| Kenneth Lubert | 2 | 1 | .667 | 3.67 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 27.0 | 26 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| William Nagle | 2 | 3 | .400 | 4.12 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 24.0 | 28 | 18 | 11 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Roy Thomas | 2 | 5 | .286 | 6.94 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 35.0 | 43 | 36 | 27 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
| James Morris | 2 | 6 | .250 | 4.62 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 74.0 | 80 | 62 | 38 | 4 | 40 | 4 | 81 | 2 | 0 | 10 | |||
| Kenneth Porter | 1 | 4 | .200 | 5.67 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 46.0 | 63 | 44 | 29 | 3 | 24 | 0 | 67 | 0 | 1 | 6 | |||
| Tommy Smith | 0 | 0 | 3.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Jackie Loftin | 0 | 0 | 8.10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.0 | 15 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Joe Abernethy | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Gary Houghton | 0 | 0 | 13.50 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Richard Vingle | 0 | 0 | 18.00 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Terry Moore | 0 | 0 | 21.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Andy Martin | 0 | 0 | 27.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Ron Speiser | 0 | 1 | .000 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Keith Fisher | 0 | 1 | .000 | 9.75 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12.0 | 22 | 21 | 13 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |||
| Mike Jones | 0 | 1 | .000 | 9.90 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10.0 | 12 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ronald Norris | 0 | 1 | .000 | 10.00 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 14 | 16 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |||
| Edwin Chasteen | 0 | 1 | .000 | 11.57 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 15 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Oscar Chinique | 0 | 3 | .000 | 5.40 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 20.0 | 24 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Robert MacIntyre | 0 | 3 | .000 | 8.00 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Totals | 46 | 64 | .418 | 4.50 | 265 | 109 | 0 | 35 | 4 | 0 | 944.0 | 995 | 697 | 472 | 56 | 537 | 11 | 1044 | 30 | 3 | 110 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edwin Chasteen | 91 | 358 | 331 | 57 | 109 | 18 | 4 | 15 | 66 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 64 | .329 | .375 | .544 | .918 | 180 | 10 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Andrew Torrence | 104 | 433 | 357 | 69 | 98 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 50 | 5 | 3 | 68 | 72 | .275 | .393 | .409 | .802 | 146 | 3 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Leonard Patinsky | 112 | 422 | 358 | 58 | 98 | 20 | 4 | 18 | 77 | 2 | 2 | 59 | 80 | .274 | .374 | .503 | .877 | 180 | 1 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Mick Campbell | 78 | 330 | 278 | 46 | 71 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 46 | 43 | .255 | .364 | .306 | .670 | 85 | 2 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Butch McDaniel | 92 | 296 | 251 | 36 | 63 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 42 | 2 | 1 | 39 | 51 | .251 | .352 | .327 | .678 | 82 | 1 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Robert Adams | 57 | 236 | 204 | 36 | 50 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 4 | 3 | 28 | 26 | .245 | .333 | .309 | .642 | 63 | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||
| James Schmoyer | 56 | 196 | 179 | 21 | 46 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 32 | .257 | .321 | .385 | .707 | 69 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Charles Byrd | 29 | 121 | 110 | 19 | 40 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 8 | .364 | .405 | .500 | .905 | 55 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Harry Hokanson | 56 | 204 | 168 | 27 | 39 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 33 | 47 | .232 | .368 | .304 | .671 | 51 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Carmine Conrad | 43 | 159 | 142 | 17 | 29 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 13 | 53 | .204 | .272 | .275 | .547 | 39 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| William Wilson | 29 | 118 | 109 | 15 | 20 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 43 | .183 | .231 | .284 | .515 | 31 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Clifford Hathaway | 34 | 118 | 109 | 2 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 31 | .174 | .220 | .202 | .422 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Gilberto Duarte | 20 | 70 | 65 | 4 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 21 | .231 | .286 | .262 | .547 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Morett | 17 | 75 | 66 | 13 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 20 | .227 | .307 | .303 | .610 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Andy Martin | 18 | 60 | 55 | 7 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 15 | .236 | .300 | .327 | .627 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| James Sortisio | 22 | 74 | 60 | 9 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 11 | .217 | .356 | .267 | .623 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Bruce Gallagher | 22 | 83 | 66 | 10 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 35 | .197 | .361 | .394 | .755 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ronald Ruta | 22 | 74 | 66 | 12 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 16 | .197 | .270 | .273 | .543 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| James Diamond | 22 | 82 | 66 | 7 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 20 | .197 | .341 | .258 | .599 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Mike Francek | 30 | 75 | 67 | 10 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 20 | .194 | .280 | .284 | .564 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Szemplenski | 38 | 86 | 70 | 12 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 17 | .186 | .305 | .257 | .562 | 18 | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
| William Rouse | 44 | 56 | 52 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 20 | .192 | .250 | .327 | .577 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lawrence Wieck | 10 | 38 | 30 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 9 | .300 | .447 | .400 | .847 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| James Morris | 13 | 28 | 27 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .185 | .214 | .222 | .437 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Robert Norris | 6 | 18 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | .267 | .389 | .267 | .656 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Benjamin Bardes | 15 | 25 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 5 | .250 | .500 | .250 | .750 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Samuel Johnson | 24 | 36 | 29 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 16 | .138 | .265 | .138 | .403 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Kenneth Lubert | 5 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .300 | .364 | .300 | .664 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Roy Thomas | 20 | 15 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | .200 | .200 | .267 | .467 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joe Abernethy | 3 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .250 | .455 | .250 | .705 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ronald Kelley | 15 | 31 | 29 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 | .069 | .100 | .103 | .203 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Charles Parlagreco | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .333 | .500 | .333 | .833 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jackie Loftin | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Robert MacIntyre | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Oscar Chinique | 5 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .143 | .143 | .286 | .429 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Leroy Fonceca | 16 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .100 | .182 | .200 | .382 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Jones | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .250 | .000 | .250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Terry Moore | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Edwin Isaacs | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jerry Brown | 26 | 17 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | .000 | .059 | .000 | .059 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Keith Fisher | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Kenneth Porter | 9 | 16 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | .000 | .250 | .000 | .250 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| William Nagle | 7 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .000 | .222 | .000 | .222 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Ronald Norris | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1246 | 4024 | 3482 | 520 | 854 | 107 | 32 | 71 | 430 | 47 | 29 | 464 | 841 | .245 | .337 | .356 | .693 | 1238 | 0 | 31 | 26 | 21 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Butch McDaniel | 1B | 65 | 431 | 22 | 13 | 31 | .972 | 6.969 | ||||
| Andrew Torrence | 1B | 42 | 270 | 11 | 12 | 21 | .959 | 6.690 | ||||
| Mike Francek | 1B | 11 | 49 | 3 | 3 | 2 | .945 | 4.727 | ||||
| Robert Adams | 2B | 56 | 105 | 126 | 18 | 22 | .928 | 4.125 | ||||
| Mick Campbell | 2B | 40 | 75 | 75 | 20 | 16 | .882 | 3.750 | ||||
| William Wilson | 2B | 19 | 32 | 36 | 6 | 6 | .919 | 3.579 | ||||
| Mick Campbell | 3B | 36 | 19 | 47 | 10 | 4 | .868 | 1.833 | ||||
| Harry Hokanson | 3B | 24 | 19 | 37 | 4 | 5 | .933 | 2.333 | ||||
| James Diamond | 3B | 17 | 4 | 24 | 2 | 2 | .933 | 1.647 | ||||
| James Schmoyer | 3B | 15 | 11 | 22 | 8 | 2 | .805 | 2.200 | ||||
| Bob Morett | 3B | 10 | 14 | 18 | 4 | 1 | .889 | 3.200 | ||||
| Clifford Hathaway | C | 33 | 247 | 19 | 8 | 2 | .971 | 8.061 | 12 | |||
| James Sortisio | C | 21 | 199 | 14 | 10 | 3 | .955 | 1.143 | 3 | |||
| Ronald Ruta | C | 19 | 177 | 10 | 7 | 2 | .964 | 9.842 | 8 | |||
| Leonard Patinsky | OF | 102 | 106 | 14 | 12 | 2 | .909 | 1.176 | ||||
| Edwin Chasteen | OF | 87 | 120 | 13 | 17 | 2 | .887 | 1.529 | ||||
| Andrew Torrence | OF | 61 | 64 | 3 | 5 | 0 | .931 | 1.098 | ||||
| Carmine Conrad | OF | 40 | 63 | 6 | 6 | 2 | .920 | 1.725 | ||||
| Charles Byrd | OF | 28 | 46 | 1 | 8 | 0 | .855 | 1.679 | ||||
| Harry Hokanson | OF | 16 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .962 | 1.562 | ||||
| Lawrence Wieck | OF | 10 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .944 | 1.700 | ||||
| Mike Szemplenski | P | 34 | 5 | 38 | 3 | 0 | .935 | 1.265 | ||||
| William Rouse | P | 32 | 1 | 13 | 3 | 1 | .824 | .438 | ||||
| Jerry Brown | P | 26 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 1 | .556 | .192 | ||||
| Samuel Johnson | P | 22 | 6 | 14 | 5 | 2 | .800 | .909 | ||||
| Roy Thomas | P | 16 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .562 | ||||
| Leroy Fonceca | P | 16 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .438 | ||||
| Benjamin Bardes | P | 15 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.067 | ||||
| Ronald Kelley | P | 14 | 2 | 14 | 6 | 0 | .727 | 1.143 | ||||
| James Morris | P | 13 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 0 | .769 | .769 | ||||
| Kenneth Porter | P | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| Keith Fisher | P | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| William Nagle | P | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ronald Norris | P | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Robert MacIntyre | P | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Mike Jones | P | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Kenneth Lubert | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Oscar Chinique | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jackie Loftin | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Richard Vingle | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Terry Moore | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ron Speiser | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Gary Houghton | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Joe Abernethy | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| James Schmoyer | SS | 33 | 35 | 66 | 11 | 8 | .902 | 3.061 | ||||
| Gilberto Duarte | SS | 20 | 15 | 43 | 9 | 5 | .866 | 2.900 | ||||
| Bruce Gallagher | SS | 13 | 17 | 19 | 8 | 4 | .818 | 2.769 | ||||
| Harry Hokanson | SS | 12 | 6 | 19 | 8 | 0 | .758 | 2.083 | ||||
| Totals | 1081 | 2188 | 766 | 235 | 151 | .926 | 2.733 | 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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