1962 Waterloo Hawks Statistics
Team Record: 73-50
Finished 1st in the MWL
Manager: Matt Sczesny (73-50)
Affiliation: Boston Red Sox
Location: Waterloo, Iowa
Ballpark: Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 57,054, Avg. 928
Playoffs - Dubuque Packers 3 games, Waterloo Hawks 1
The Waterloo Hawks of the Midwest League ended the 1962 season with a record of 73 wins and 50 losses, finishing first in the MWL.
The Hawks scored 680 runs and allowed 592 runs. Vanity Rushing led Waterloo with 16 home runs, and Richie Waite walloped 15 or more, too. Richie Waite drove in 73 runs. Vanity Rushing paced hitters with significant playing time by hitting .281. Barry Shollenberger topped the team with 16 wins, while Ernest Kumerow added 15 or more wins also Barry Shollenberger earned a 2.14 ERA, best among qualifying pitchers.
Glenn Beckert and Mike Ryan both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.
Matt Sczesny 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barry Shollenberger | 16 | 5 | .762 | 2.14 | 29 | 25 | 16 | 3 | 185.0 | 122 | 66 | 44 | 3 | 102 | 0 | 226 | 9 | 1 | 10 | |||
| Ernest Kumerow | 15 | 9 | .625 | 2.83 | 26 | 22 | 14 | 2 | 178.0 | 178 | 81 | 56 | 12 | 47 | 2 | 121 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Gerald Herron | 9 | 9 | .500 | 4.50 | 26 | 18 | 8 | 0 | 142.0 | 147 | 93 | 71 | 11 | 90 | 0 | 139 | 9 | 0 | 10 | |||
| Frederick Holmes | 8 | 4 | .667 | 4.69 | 21 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 117.0 | 122 | 77 | 61 | 13 | 52 | 4 | 105 | 7 | 1 | 10 | |||
| Wayne Tatum | 7 | 10 | .412 | 3.50 | 28 | 21 | 4 | 1 | 139.0 | 122 | 80 | 54 | 12 | 93 | 5 | 133 | 2 | 0 | 17 | |||
| Kenneth Porter | 6 | 2 | .750 | 4.50 | 25 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 52.0 | 52 | 35 | 26 | 5 | 33 | 0 | 51 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Eugene King | 4 | 2 | .667 | 3.81 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 52.0 | 53 | 32 | 22 | 6 | 24 | 1 | 41 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Robert Batchelder | 4 | 4 | .500 | 3.49 | 27 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 85.0 | 88 | 44 | 33 | 7 | 47 | 4 | 83 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Lawrence Krotec | 2 | 3 | .400 | 5.31 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 39.0 | 41 | 27 | 23 | 2 | 31 | 2 | 37 | 2 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Thomas Yost | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.00 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Gary Kountz | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.50 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Darrell Massey | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Donald Semon | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Walter Christiana | 0 | 0 | 5.40 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.0 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Richard Mayo | 0 | 0 | 6.60 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15.0 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 22 | 0 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| William Minkley | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 13.0 | 18 | 17 | 13 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Asa Small | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Ernest Thompson | 0 | 2 | .000 | 11.57 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 7 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 73 | 50 | .593 | 3.76 | 248 | 123 | 0 | 54 | 7 | 0 | 1048.7 | 986 | 592 | 438 | 76 | 587 | 20 | 996 | 38 | 2 | 69 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| William Halter | 108 | 485 | 397 | 82 | 108 | 24 | 2 | 12 | 67 | 8 | 78 | 54 | .272 | .394 | .433 | .827 | 172 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 8 | ||
| Richie Waite | 110 | 484 | 390 | 83 | 106 | 19 | 4 | 15 | 73 | 24 | 72 | 105 | .272 | .396 | .456 | .852 | 178 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 3 | ||
| Vanity Rushing | 114 | 521 | 359 | 106 | 101 | 12 | 7 | 16 | 55 | 41 | 150 | 124 | .281 | .499 | .487 | .986 | 175 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Lawrence Wieck | 104 | 474 | 380 | 76 | 95 | 18 | 1 | 10 | 58 | 10 | 84 | 106 | .250 | .388 | .382 | .770 | 145 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Glenn Beckert | 81 | 346 | 293 | 44 | 82 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 40 | 17 | 41 | 22 | .280 | .377 | .355 | .732 | 104 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Mike Ryan | 117 | 451 | 368 | 56 | 79 | 13 | 3 | 10 | 49 | 0 | 77 | 87 | .215 | .353 | .348 | .701 | 128 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Ronald Morissette | 104 | 432 | 363 | 46 | 76 | 14 | 2 | 7 | 34 | 8 | 59 | 121 | .209 | .325 | .317 | .642 | 115 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Thomas Yost | 93 | 353 | 273 | 43 | 73 | 21 | 3 | 7 | 58 | 2 | 77 | 81 | .267 | .426 | .443 | .869 | 121 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 7 | ||
| Leonard Patinsky | 93 | 305 | 258 | 34 | 59 | 12 | 1 | 10 | 49 | 3 | 39 | 89 | .229 | .328 | .399 | .727 | 103 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Donald Semon | 28 | 113 | 100 | 21 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 13 | 43 | .190 | .283 | .340 | .623 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Dennis Loso | 18 | 82 | 61 | 14 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 20 | 12 | .262 | .444 | .361 | .805 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joseph Kepics | 38 | 141 | 105 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 33 | 52 | .114 | .329 | .181 | .510 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Ernest Kumerow | 30 | 82 | 71 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 22 | .155 | .247 | .197 | .444 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| David Goodwin | 26 | 99 | 75 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 19 | 19 | .147 | .323 | .160 | .483 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Mitchell Milner | 23 | 68 | 54 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 13 | 8 | .185 | .338 | .278 | .616 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Barry Shollenberger | 31 | 79 | 67 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 11 | .149 | .205 | .224 | .429 | 15 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Wayne Tatum | 29 | 56 | 46 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 12 | .174 | .283 | .217 | .500 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Frederick Holmes | 22 | 55 | 46 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 11 | .174 | .240 | .217 | .457 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gerald Herron | 26 | 58 | 46 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 19 | .174 | .309 | .283 | .592 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jack Sargent | 13 | 42 | 35 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 9 | .200 | .286 | .314 | .600 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Otis Henderson | 8 | 24 | 23 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | .174 | .208 | .174 | .382 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Robert Batchelder | 30 | 29 | 23 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 11 | .130 | .259 | .304 | .564 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Kenneth Porter | 25 | 18 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 | .154 | .389 | .154 | .543 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Eugene King | 14 | 21 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | .118 | .167 | .118 | .284 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Asa Small | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lawrence Krotec | 15 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | .000 | .077 | .000 | .077 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| William Minkley | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Walter Christiana | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Donald Bridges | 3 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Richard Mayo | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1322 | 4846 | 3889 | 676 | 911 | 179 | 27 | 96 | 562 | 127 | 0 | 824 | 1062 | .234 | .371 | .368 | .740 | 1432 | 0 | 40 | 68 | 25 | 30 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| William Halter | 1B | 108 | 899 | 64 | 16 | 92 | .984 | 8.917 | ||||
| Ronald Morissette | 2B | 67 | 148 | 148 | 19 | 37 | .940 | 4.418 | ||||
| Vanity Rushing | 2B | 31 | 68 | 65 | 12 | 18 | .917 | 4.290 | ||||
| Dennis Loso | 2B | 14 | 30 | 31 | 10 | 11 | .859 | 4.357 | ||||
| David Goodwin | 2B | 13 | 26 | 25 | 8 | 7 | .864 | 3.923 | ||||
| Vanity Rushing | 3B | 53 | 40 | 85 | 21 | 9 | .856 | 2.358 | ||||
| Donald Semon | 3B | 27 | 21 | 51 | 15 | 2 | .828 | 2.667 | ||||
| Joseph Kepics | 3B | 26 | 22 | 36 | 7 | 0 | .892 | 2.231 | ||||
| Jack Sargent | 3B | 10 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 0 | .800 | 2.000 | ||||
| Glenn Beckert | 3B | 10 | 9 | 16 | 2 | 1 | .926 | 2.500 | ||||
| Mike Ryan | C | 109 | 875 | 93 | 11 | 8 | .989 | 8.881 | 14 | |||
| Joseph Kepics | C | 11 | 80 | 6 | 3 | 1 | .966 | 7.818 | 6 | |||
| Richie Waite | OF | 107 | 163 | 8 | 9 | 0 | .950 | 1.598 | ||||
| Lawrence Wieck | OF | 103 | 140 | 9 | 5 | 1 | .968 | 1.447 | ||||
| Thomas Yost | OF | 82 | 74 | 7 | 6 | 1 | .931 | .988 | ||||
| Leonard Patinsky | OF | 80 | 67 | 4 | 5 | 1 | .934 | .888 | ||||
| Mitchell Milner | OF | 20 | 28 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.600 | ||||
| Barry Shollenberger | P | 29 | 15 | 32 | 3 | 5 | .940 | 1.621 | ||||
| Wayne Tatum | P | 28 | 8 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.179 | ||||
| Robert Batchelder | P | 27 | 5 | 17 | 1 | 1 | .957 | .815 | ||||
| Ernest Kumerow | P | 26 | 7 | 41 | 4 | 2 | .923 | 1.846 | ||||
| Gerald Herron | P | 26 | 9 | 27 | 1 | 5 | .973 | 1.385 | ||||
| Kenneth Porter | P | 25 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 0 | .800 | .480 | ||||
| Frederick Holmes | P | 21 | 6 | 21 | 2 | 1 | .931 | 1.286 | ||||
| Lawrence Krotec | P | 15 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 2 | .889 | .533 | ||||
| Eugene King | P | 14 | 3 | 14 | 1 | 1 | .944 | 1.214 | ||||
| Richard Mayo | P | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ernest Thompson | P | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Gary Kountz | P | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Thomas Yost | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Walter Christiana | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| William Minkley | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Asa Small | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Donald Semon | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Darrell Massey | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Glenn Beckert | SS | 71 | 99 | 211 | 17 | 43 | .948 | 4.366 | ||||
| Ronald Morissette | SS | 35 | 66 | 83 | 20 | 21 | .882 | 4.257 | ||||
| Vanity Rushing | SS | 17 | 22 | 52 | 4 | 9 | .949 | 4.353 | ||||
| Totals | 1242 | 2943 | 1202 | 211 | 281 | .952 | 3.337 | 20 | 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.
