1963 Waycross Braves Statistics

Georgia-Florida League (GGL) - Class: A
Team Record: 56-63
Finished 3rd in the GGL
Manager: Bill Steinecke (56-63)
Affiliation: Milwaukee Braves
Location: Waycross, Georgia
Ballpark: Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 21,560, Avg. 362

1963 Waycross Braves Roster

The Waycross Braves of the Georgia-Florida League ended the 1963 season with a record of 56 wins and 63 losses, finishing third in the GGL.

The Braves led the league with 491 runs, sparked by 46 home runs. Waycross allowed 500 runs, most in the circuit. Bill Robinson paced the team with 10 home runs Hal Breeden drove in 64 runs and topped all regular batters by hitting .330. Carl Elmstrom and William West paced the squad with 9 wins each, while Carl Elmstrom recorded a 1.66 ERA, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

Members of the 1963 Waycross Braves who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Hal Breeden, Mike Lum and Bill Robinson.

Bill Steinecke 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
Carl Elmstrom	9	7	.562	1.66	43	5		2	0		125.0	87	44	23	6	65	15	138	2	0	18
William West	9	8	.529	3.00	30	18		5	0		138.0	129	68	46	11	38	4	116	8	0	5
Eldridge Geter	8	7	.533	2.95	32	14		8	1		113.0	83	51	37	2	49	4	117	4	1	8
Jim Burns	8	11	.421	3.45	26	24		7	0		141.0	112	75	54	10	75	4	130	6	0	6
Neil Sharp	7	4	.636	2.76	21	16		2	1		101.0	72	40	31	4	39	4	97	6	1	6
Barry Miller	5	8	.385	3.54	19	13		4	0		94.0	83	51	37	6	43	4	63	5	1	3
Theodore Koerner	3	5	.375	1.80	17	11		6	2		85.0	63	35	17	3	49	5	75	8	0	3
Michael Barrett	2	2	.500	4.50	12	0		0	0		18.0	19	10	9	1	7	1	13	0	0	1
Jose Then	2	2	.500	8.10	6	2		0	0		10.0	14	13	9	1	1	0	11	1	0	0
Carl LeDuc	2	3	.400	3.54	28	9		1	0		94.0	94	49	37	2	25	4	58	4	0	3
Dick Jensen	1	0	1.000	3.60	15	0		0	0		30.0	28	14	12	2	15	1	22	2	0	3
Frank Ballard	0	1	.000	4.24	7	1		0	0		17.0	21	11	8	2	3	0	13	1	1	0
Don Antonangeli	0	1	.000	10.12	3	2		0	0		8.0	9	10	9	0	9	0	7	2	0	5
James McEnroe	0	1	.000	12.86	3	1		0	0		7.0	9	10	10	2	8	0	2	1	0	2
Rondle Tarkington	0	3	.000	2.68	16	3		0	0		37.0	34	23	11	2	23	3	39	3	0	2
Totals	56	63	.471	3.09	278	119	0	35	4	0	1018.0	857	504	350	54	449	49	901	53	4	65	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
Bill Robinson	113	475	418	69	132	18	10	10	62	29	6	37	71	.316	.376	.478	.854	200		6	9	5
Hal Breeden	116	441	397	45	131	15	6	8	64	5	4	28	69	.330	.377	.458	.836	182		4	9	3
Wayne Jinske	114	434	355	47	110	13	2	8	39	6	1	56	34	.310	.407	.425	.832	151		5	14	4
Richard Emmert	82	343	286	37	77	8	6	1	29	4	1	41	61	.269	.361	.350	.710	100		1	13	2
J. B. Davis	97	327	267	27	62	8	4	2	28	2	4	51	78	.232	.366	.315	.681	84		6	2	1
William Eiselstein	64	259	208	24	57	11	4	0	22	3	4	41	55	.274	.393	.365	.758	76		1	7	2
Kenneth Anderson	68	254	226	26	53	7	1	3	16	9	2	24	48	.235	.316	.314	.630	71		3	1	0
Charles Garrett	57	215	163	25	45	6	1	0	10	5	8	46	36	.276	.441	.325	.766	53		2	4	0
Thomas Maust	72	233	187	25	42	1	0	2	10	7	3	35	57	.225	.356	.262	.618	49		3	8	0
Bill Wallin	43	180	135	26	35	8	0	5	18	0	0	41	35	.259	.436	.430	.865	58		2	1	1
James Wells	53	180	153	21	33	3	0	0	4	5	3	21	42	.216	.309	.235	.544	36		0	5	1
Mike Lum	51	139	114	17	30	3	2	0	12	3	1	12	32	.263	.353	.325	.678	37		5	6	2
Don Petersen	37	77	66	7	17	4	0	2	9	0	0	8	30	.258	.342	.409	.751	27		1	1	1
Ronald Mercier	40	105	91	11	16	2	0	1	11	0	0	13	23	.176	.279	.231	.510	21		0	1	0
Mark Meka	32	118	107	9	16	2	0	1	8	1	0	8	24	.150	.212	.196	.408	21		1	0	2
William West	32	56	48	5	10	1	1	0	7	0	0	3	21	.208	.264	.271	.535	13		1	3	1
Jose Cruz	30	37	33	3	7	1	0	1	8	0	2	4	11	.212	.297	.333	.631	11		0	0	0
Barry Miller	19	37	30	3	6	0	0	0	3	1	0	5	17	.200	.314	.200	.514	6		0	2	0
Neil Sharp	21	35	30	1	6	1	0	0	3	0	1	4	12	.200	.294	.233	.527	7		0	1	0
Robert Alexander	10	36	32	7	6	1	1	2	5	1	0	3	18	.188	.257	.469	.726	15		0	1	0
Joseph Winchester	24	38	34	1	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	16	.176	.263	.176	.440	6		0	0	0
Jim Burns	27	53	44	9	5	0	0	0	5	1	0	5	14	.114	.204	.114	.318	5		0	4	0
John Bailey	8	23	22	2	4	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	3	.182	.217	.273	.490	6		0	0	0
Eldridge Geter	35	38	35	3	4	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	14	.114	.139	.143	.282	5		0	2	0
Michael Slivnik	14	17	17	0	2	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	5	.118	.118	.235	.353	4		0	0	0
Chuck Giambelluca	12	27	18	8	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	2	.111	.385	.111	.496	2		0	1	0
Fred Gallo	19	22	19	1	2	2	0	0	4	0	0	2	10	.105	.227	.211	.438	4		1	0	0
Carl Elmstrom	43	46	28	6	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	13	7	.071	.366	.071	.437	2		0	5	0
Theodore Koerner	17	34	31	2	2	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	12	.065	.121	.065	.186	2		1	1	0
Carl LeDuc	28	28	21	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	13	.048	.231	.048	.278	1		0	2	0
James McEnroe	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Michael Barrett	13	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Dick Jensen	16	10	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	.000	.100	.000	.100	0		0	0	0
Rondle Tarkington	16	10	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.000	.100	.000	.100	0		1	0	0
Jose Then	6	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.500	.000	.500	0		1	0	0
Frank Ballard	7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Herman Lubieski	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.500	.000	.500	0		0	0	0
Don Antonangeli	3	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Totals	1445	4346	3649	469	921	118	39	46	387	83	41	524	889	.252	.351	.344	.695	1255	0	45	103	25	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Hal Breeden	1B	109	892	41	10	45	.989	8.560
Don Petersen	1B	24	109	7	3	7	.975	4.833
Bill Wallin	1B	10	61	5	1	4	.985	6.600
Charles Garrett	2B	56	94	119	12	18	.947	3.804
Mark Meka	2B	30	50	55	8	9	.929	3.500
James Wells	2B	26	43	45	4	10	.957	3.385
Thomas Maust	2B	18	29	29	9	8	.866	3.222
William Eiselstein	2B	13	25	35	5	7	.923	4.615
Thomas Maust	3B	44	28	45	23	6	.760	1.659
Ronald Mercier	3B	37	30	46	11	4	.874	2.054
William Eiselstein	3B	28	17	62	9	0	.898	2.821
James Wells	3B	20	10	26	4	1	.900	1.800
Wayne Jinske	C	111	870	68	17	13	.982	8.450	12
Joseph Winchester	C	10	54	2	0	0	1.000	5.600	1
Fred Gallo	C	10	19	3	0	0	1.000	2.200	2
Bill Robinson	OF	111	225	10	8	3	.967	2.117
J. B. Davis	OF	86	93	7	7	3	.935	1.163
Kenneth Anderson	OF	68	79	6	2	0	.977	1.250
Mike Lum	OF	43	47	2	4	1	.925	1.140
Bill Wallin	OF	37	34	2	1	0	.973	.973
Carl Elmstrom	P	43	8	16	2	0	.923	.558
Eldridge Geter	P	32	3	11	4	0	.778	.438
William West	P	30	9	45	3	6	.947	1.800
Carl LeDuc	P	28	7	22	3	0	.906	1.036
Jim Burns	P	26	6	23	5	0	.853	1.115
Neil Sharp	P	21	2	15	3	1	.850	.810
Barry Miller	P	19	5	15	1	0	.952	1.053
Theodore Koerner	P	17	5	18	4	0	.852	1.353
Rondle Tarkington	P	16	3	2	0	0	1.000	.312
Dick Jensen	P	15	1	2	0	1	1.000	.200
Michael Barrett	P	12	0	3	1	0	.750	.250
Frank Ballard	P	7						.000
Jose Then	P	6						.000
James McEnroe	P	3						.000
Don Antonangeli	P	3						.000
Richard Emmert	SS	80	119	168	37	30	.886	3.588
William Eiselstein	SS	23	29	52	16	6	.835	3.522
Totals		1272	3006	1007	217	183	.949	3.155	15	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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