1962 Williamsport Grays Statistics
Team Record: 83-57
Finished 1st in the EL
Manager: Frank Lucchesi (83-57)
Affiliation: Philadelphia Phillies
Location: Williamsport, Pennsylvania
Ballpark: Bowman Field 1924-
Attendance: 77,595, Avg. 1,108
Playoffs - Williamsport Grays 2 games, Springfield Giants 1
Finals - Elmira Pioneers 3 games, Williamsport Grays 1
The Williamsport Grays of the Eastern League ended the 1962 season with a record of 83 wins and 57 losses, finishing first in the EL.
The Grays paced the league with 715 runs, ignited by 94 home runs. Williamsport surrendered 593 runs. Bobby Sanders and Dick Allen powered the team with 20 home runs apiece. Dick Allen drove in 109 runs and topped all qualifying hitters on the roster by connecting at a .329 clip. Ray Culp led the squad with 13 wins, while Gary Kroll recorded a 2.15 ERA, tops among hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Members of the 1962 Williamsport Grays who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Ray Culp, Pat Corrales, Costen Shockley, Dave Baldwin, Al Kenders, Bill Heath, Norm Gigon, Ron Mrozinski, Gary Kroll, Dick Allen and Billy Sorrell.
Frank Lucchesi 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ray Culp | 13 | 8 | .619 | 3.20 | 28 | 27 | 14 | 0 | 200.0 | 187 | 93 | 71 | 6 | 82 | 2 | 183 | 5 | 1 | 11 | |||
| Gary Kroll | 12 | 2 | .857 | 2.15 | 16 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 142.0 | 116 | 41 | 34 | 4 | 67 | 4 | 154 | 6 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Harry Oliver | 10 | 5 | .667 | 1.75 | 42 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 108.0 | 89 | 32 | 21 | 3 | 32 | 7 | 98 | 4 | 0 | 1 | |||
| David Getz | 9 | 7 | .562 | 4.27 | 36 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 116.0 | 125 | 62 | 55 | 9 | 34 | 5 | 82 | 3 | 0 | 5 | |||
| Bob Gontkosky | 8 | 8 | .500 | 3.49 | 24 | 19 | 7 | 0 | 142.0 | 124 | 71 | 55 | 4 | 71 | 4 | 99 | 2 | 0 | 11 | |||
| Joel Gibson | 7 | 3 | .700 | 2.54 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 92.0 | 76 | 42 | 26 | 1 | 42 | 0 | 94 | 5 | 0 | 7 | |||
| James Ponceroff | 6 | 7 | .462 | 4.18 | 26 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 114.0 | 145 | 62 | 53 | 14 | 28 | 4 | 71 | 2 | 1 | 7 | |||
| Jack McCracken | 4 | 3 | .571 | 2.88 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 72.0 | 64 | 30 | 23 | 1 | 39 | 4 | 51 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Dave Baldwin | 4 | 4 | .500 | 4.31 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 71.0 | 81 | 39 | 34 | 5 | 25 | 2 | 53 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Ron Mrozinski | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.14 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 21.0 | 23 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 9 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Bobby Bubash | 3 | 3 | .500 | 2.81 | 25 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 64.0 | 55 | 31 | 20 | 2 | 50 | 1 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |||
| John Moltenbrey | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.75 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12.0 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Bruce Gruber | 2 | 5 | .286 | 6.62 | 19 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 68.0 | 82 | 60 | 50 | 3 | 48 | 3 | 28 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||
| John Mustion | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Edward Lunsford | 0 | 0 | 3.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Bernard Belan | 0 | 2 | .000 | 3.86 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Totals | 83 | 57 | .593 | 3.37 | 276 | 140 | 0 | 62 | 6 | 0 | 1235.0 | 1187 | 593 | 463 | 56 | 543 | 36 | 993 | 33 | 3 | 58 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dick Allen | 132 | 584 | 511 | 97 | 168 | 32 | 10 | 20 | 109 | 11 | 69 | 106 | .329 | .409 | .548 | .957 | 280 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | ||
| Bobby Sanders | 132 | 566 | 496 | 98 | 154 | 21 | 5 | 20 | 81 | 14 | 59 | 99 | .310 | .385 | .494 | .879 | 245 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Gerald Griffin | 133 | 578 | 509 | 95 | 150 | 22 | 11 | 7 | 55 | 10 | 56 | 75 | .295 | .372 | .422 | .794 | 215 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 1 | ||
| Billy Sorrell | 134 | 583 | 531 | 85 | 149 | 28 | 5 | 6 | 60 | 23 | 46 | 42 | .281 | .338 | .386 | .725 | 205 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Costen Shockley | 133 | 585 | 511 | 78 | 144 | 29 | 5 | 10 | 82 | 7 | 59 | 77 | .282 | .358 | .417 | .775 | 213 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 7 | ||
| Dick Edwards | 137 | 575 | 527 | 74 | 141 | 27 | 5 | 11 | 75 | 19 | 40 | 87 | .268 | .320 | .400 | .720 | 211 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 3 | ||
| John Weghorn | 94 | 339 | 289 | 42 | 62 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 32 | 3 | 49 | 73 | .215 | .327 | .332 | .660 | 96 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | ||
| Al Kenders | 80 | 249 | 219 | 24 | 58 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 36 | 5 | 26 | 57 | .265 | .349 | .365 | .715 | 80 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | ||
| John Mustion | 84 | 254 | 228 | 24 | 48 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 30 | 1 | 21 | 65 | .211 | .277 | .325 | .601 | 74 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Thomas Norwood | 34 | 131 | 126 | 11 | 34 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 25 | .270 | .298 | .302 | .599 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Larry Cutright | 36 | 138 | 125 | 13 | 30 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 1 | 10 | 33 | .240 | .299 | .368 | .667 | 46 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Pat Corrales | 42 | 143 | 136 | 9 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 27 | .191 | .231 | .221 | .451 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Bill Heath | 23 | 83 | 73 | 17 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 9 | .247 | .301 | .329 | .630 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Bob Gontkosky | 29 | 61 | 54 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 25 | .167 | .207 | .185 | .392 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Ray Culp | 29 | 82 | 65 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 26 | .138 | .200 | .154 | .354 | 10 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Richard Haines | 7 | 28 | 24 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .292 | .393 | .375 | .768 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joel Gibson | 12 | 37 | 31 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | .161 | .161 | .194 | .355 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gary Kroll | 16 | 61 | 51 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 18 | .098 | .175 | .098 | .273 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | ||
| David Getz | 38 | 43 | 41 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 15 | .098 | .140 | .098 | .237 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Fred Walters | 5 | 16 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | .250 | .438 | .333 | .771 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jack McCracken | 17 | 25 | 20 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 8 | .150 | .292 | .300 | .592 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ron Mrozinski | 9 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .250 | .400 | .250 | .650 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bobby Bubash | 27 | 20 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 | .125 | .263 | .125 | .388 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Harry Oliver | 43 | 26 | 19 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 11 | .105 | .320 | .105 | .425 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Larry Daniels | 10 | 30 | 24 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 5 | .083 | .267 | .083 | .350 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| James Ponceroff | 26 | 40 | 34 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 21 | .059 | .158 | .118 | .276 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Norm Gigon | 3 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | .100 | .400 | .100 | .500 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dave Baldwin | 13 | 27 | 21 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 17 | .048 | .091 | .048 | .139 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Moltenbrey | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bruce Gruber | 19 | 20 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Barton Dupon | 3 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Edward Lunsford | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bernard Belan | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Totals | 1507 | 5360 | 4741 | 715 | 1239 | 212 | 46 | 94 | 628 | 101 | 0 | 505 | 962 | .261 | .335 | .385 | .719 | 1825 | 0 | 34 | 45 | 35 | 39 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Costen Shockley | 1B | 132 | 1127 | 104 | 21 | 110 | .983 | 9.326 | ||||
| Bobby Sanders | 2B | 74 | 154 | 224 | 18 | 42 | .955 | 5.108 | ||||
| Billy Sorrell | 2B | 53 | 111 | 131 | 13 | 25 | .949 | 4.566 | ||||
| Dick Allen | 2B | 15 | 41 | 47 | 7 | 14 | .926 | 5.867 | ||||
| Dick Edwards | 3B | 135 | 119 | 213 | 42 | 19 | .888 | 2.459 | ||||
| Al Kenders | C | 51 | 389 | 16 | 2 | 1 | .995 | 7.941 | 10 | |||
| Pat Corrales | C | 37 | 237 | 24 | 7 | 3 | .974 | 7.054 | 6 | |||
| Larry Cutright | C | 32 | 243 | 20 | 2 | 3 | .992 | 8.219 | 4 | |||
| Bill Heath | C | 19 | 140 | 16 | 2 | 1 | .987 | 8.211 | 2 | |||
| Gerald Griffin | OF | 127 | 196 | 9 | 6 | 1 | .972 | 1.614 | ||||
| Dick Allen | OF | 116 | 214 | 12 | 10 | 2 | .958 | 1.948 | ||||
| John Mustion | OF | 65 | 78 | 5 | 7 | 1 | .922 | 1.277 | ||||
| Billy Sorrell | OF | 56 | 96 | 6 | 3 | 2 | .971 | 1.821 | ||||
| Bobby Sanders | OF | 52 | 88 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .989 | 1.788 | ||||
| Harry Oliver | P | 42 | 3 | 14 | 1 | 1 | .944 | .405 | ||||
| David Getz | P | 36 | 10 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .667 | ||||
| Ray Culp | P | 28 | 14 | 26 | 3 | 3 | .930 | 1.429 | ||||
| James Ponceroff | P | 26 | 4 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .731 | ||||
| Bobby Bubash | P | 25 | 8 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .960 | ||||
| Bob Gontkosky | P | 24 | 10 | 23 | 1 | 1 | .971 | 1.375 | ||||
| Bruce Gruber | P | 19 | 2 | 15 | 2 | 1 | .895 | .895 | ||||
| Jack McCracken | P | 17 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.059 | ||||
| Gary Kroll | P | 16 | 4 | 16 | 1 | 0 | .952 | 1.250 | ||||
| Dave Baldwin | P | 13 | 7 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.538 | ||||
| Joel Gibson | P | 12 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 2 | .917 | 1.833 | ||||
| Ron Mrozinski | P | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| John Moltenbrey | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Bernard Belan | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| John Mustion | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Edward Lunsford | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| John Weghorn | SS | 87 | 148 | 235 | 42 | 49 | .901 | 4.402 | ||||
| Thomas Norwood | SS | 34 | 51 | 116 | 14 | 22 | .923 | 4.912 | ||||
| Billy Sorrell | SS | 26 | 41 | 48 | 6 | 11 | .937 | 3.423 | ||||
| Totals | 1387 | 3550 | 1408 | 213 | 314 | .959 | 3.575 | 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.
Persons data from the Chadwick Baseball Bureau are Copyright Chadwick Baseball Bureau, and are made available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License.
