1963 Wilson Tobs Statistics
Team Record: 77-67
Finished 2nd in the CL's East Division
Manager: Ralph Rowe (77-67)
Affiliation: Minnesota Twins
Location: Wilson, North Carolina
Ballpark: Fleming Stadium
Attendance: 44,789, Avg. 622
Playoffs - Wilson Tobs 3 games, Kinston Eagles 0
Finals - Wilson Tobs 2 games, Greensboro Yankees 1
The Wilson Tobs of the Carolina League ended the 1963 season with a record of 77 wins and 67 losses, finishing second in the league's East Division.
The Tobs scored 665 runs and conceded 647 runs. Luke Vasser paced Wilson with 17 home runs and drove in 83 runs, while leading all regular hitters with a .311 average. Jerry Fosnow and Charles Holle topped the squad with 13 wins each, and Jerry Fosnow recorded a 2.71 ERA, tops among regular hurlers.
Members of the 1963 Wilson Tobs who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Dan Dobbek, John Donaldson, Jerry Fosnow, Jim Manning, Ron Clark, Steve Jones, Frank Quilici, Paul Ratliff, Bill Whitby, Rob Gardner and Ted Uhlaender.
Ralph Rowe 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jerry Fosnow | 13 | 9 | .591 | 2.71 | 26 | 24 | 11 | 4 | 173.0 | 154 | 77 | 52 | 11 | 58 | 0 | 150 | 3 | 0 | 10 | |||
| Charles Holle | 13 | 10 | .565 | 3.16 | 28 | 24 | 16 | 2 | 202.0 | 176 | 89 | 71 | 9 | 81 | 3 | 124 | 4 | 1 | 8 | |||
| Bill Whitby | 9 | 12 | .429 | 4.14 | 24 | 22 | 11 | 1 | 150.0 | 143 | 86 | 69 | 5 | 62 | 2 | 123 | 2 | 0 | 5 | |||
| Larry Bohannon | 8 | 5 | .615 | 2.62 | 16 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 96.0 | 77 | 34 | 28 | 4 | 34 | 3 | 74 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Louis Yanz | 8 | 6 | .571 | 2.57 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 91.0 | 96 | 41 | 26 | 6 | 35 | 11 | 76 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Steve Jones | 8 | 8 | .500 | 5.04 | 32 | 25 | 4 | 1 | 159.0 | 155 | 117 | 89 | 13 | 119 | 0 | 178 | 11 | 0 | 14 | |||
| Joseph Bolinsky | 4 | 1 | .800 | 3.46 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 39.0 | 43 | 18 | 15 | 5 | 21 | 1 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| William Jones | 3 | 1 | .750 | 3.32 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 38.0 | 34 | 19 | 14 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Jim Manning | 3 | 3 | .500 | 2.77 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 52.0 | 49 | 26 | 16 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 29 | 8 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Frank Rios | 2 | 1 | .667 | 2.25 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44.0 | 31 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 15 | 6 | 49 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Joseph Gocek | 2 | 1 | .667 | 4.20 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 60.0 | 53 | 33 | 28 | 2 | 45 | 1 | 44 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |||
| Francis Ryan | 2 | 2 | .500 | 3.94 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 32.0 | 31 | 18 | 14 | 3 | 21 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Rob Gardner | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 12.00 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Joe Kaiser | 1 | 3 | .250 | 4.63 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35.0 | 35 | 22 | 18 | 3 | 14 | 2 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Roberto Tano | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Thomas Fries | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Jerry Newman | 0 | 1 | .000 | 11.00 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 20 | 16 | 11 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Gene Ross | 0 | 4 | .000 | 5.46 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 28.0 | 24 | 25 | 17 | 6 | 18 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |||
| Totals | 77 | 67 | .535 | 3.62 | 290 | 144 | 0 | 59 | 10 | 0 | 1221.0 | 1137 | 647 | 491 | 73 | 566 | 29 | 996 | 37 | 4 | 62 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nestor Velazquez | 139 | 614 | 553 | 87 | 163 | 20 | 3 | 12 | 46 | 14 | 9 | 51 | 43 | .295 | .360 | .407 | .766 | 225 | 5 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Luke Vasser | 139 | 554 | 489 | 94 | 152 | 22 | 10 | 17 | 83 | 17 | 2 | 55 | 114 | .311 | .377 | .501 | .879 | 245 | 1 | 3 | 6 | ||
| Dan Hagan | 136 | 557 | 481 | 71 | 147 | 21 | 3 | 6 | 75 | 16 | 1 | 59 | 42 | .306 | .380 | .399 | .779 | 192 | 4 | 4 | 9 | ||
| Ron Clark | 127 | 537 | 469 | 79 | 141 | 12 | 4 | 9 | 57 | 9 | 2 | 52 | 69 | .301 | .373 | .401 | .774 | 188 | 5 | 6 | 5 | ||
| Frank Quilici | 110 | 434 | 380 | 39 | 106 | 14 | 3 | 8 | 60 | 10 | 2 | 43 | 57 | .279 | .357 | .395 | .752 | 150 | 5 | 3 | 3 | ||
| Ronnie Flender | 66 | 283 | 249 | 41 | 63 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 36 | 6 | 4 | 26 | 15 | .253 | .338 | .321 | .659 | 80 | 6 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Carmelo Mesa | 82 | 295 | 246 | 34 | 53 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 41 | 1 | 1 | 42 | 56 | .215 | .325 | .358 | .683 | 88 | 1 | 0 | 6 | ||
| William Tarrolly | 60 | 232 | 205 | 31 | 47 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 40 | .229 | .315 | .283 | .598 | 58 | 3 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Wendell Antoine | 66 | 183 | 166 | 21 | 46 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 28 | .277 | .324 | .361 | .686 | 60 | 0 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Roberto Tano | 67 | 218 | 186 | 30 | 42 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 29 | 35 | .226 | .332 | .328 | .660 | 61 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Thomas Fries | 76 | 228 | 191 | 20 | 42 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 21 | 2 | 1 | 30 | 44 | .220 | .336 | .304 | .640 | 58 | 4 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Ted Uhlaender | 34 | 151 | 129 | 23 | 37 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 15 | 11 | .287 | .387 | .411 | .798 | 53 | 6 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Dan Dobbek | 51 | 203 | 167 | 18 | 36 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 4 | 3 | 28 | 32 | .216 | .333 | .299 | .633 | 50 | 3 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Paul Ratliff | 60 | 207 | 181 | 15 | 31 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 60 | .171 | .261 | .282 | .543 | 51 | 2 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Charles Holle | 41 | 111 | 95 | 14 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 29 | .189 | .275 | .274 | .549 | 26 | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Bill Tomb | 16 | 56 | 51 | 7 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | .314 | .375 | .373 | .748 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bill Whitby | 29 | 60 | 56 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 26 | .161 | .175 | .196 | .372 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Jerry Fosnow | 26 | 70 | 61 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 30 | .115 | .141 | .180 | .321 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 1 | ||
| Steve Jones | 32 | 67 | 50 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 24 | .120 | .302 | .160 | .462 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Francis Ryan | 6 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | .500 | .615 | .600 | 1.215 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Manning | 11 | 20 | 20 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Larry Bohannon | 17 | 37 | 36 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | .139 | .162 | .139 | .301 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Frank Rios | 23 | 16 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | .308 | .438 | .385 | .822 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Donaldson | 5 | 16 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .286 | .333 | .286 | .619 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Willie Lee | 9 | 28 | 23 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 | .174 | .286 | .304 | .590 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Tommy Thompson | 14 | 29 | 26 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .154 | .214 | .308 | .522 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Alf Sommerstad | 14 | 36 | 35 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | .114 | .111 | .171 | .283 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Gene Ross | 5 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .300 | .364 | .400 | .764 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| William Jones | 7 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .182 | .182 | .182 | .364 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| William Wagner | 5 | 18 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .133 | .222 | .133 | .356 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Jerry Newman | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joseph Bolinsky | 13 | 16 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | .083 | .267 | .083 | .350 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Louis Yanz | 51 | 20 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 10 | .071 | .316 | .143 | .459 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Joe Kaiser | 18 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .000 | .143 | .000 | .143 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Joseph Gocek | 19 | 20 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12 | .000 | .118 | .000 | .118 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Rob Gardner | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1581 | 5367 | 4670 | 666 | 1207 | 158 | 48 | 77 | 581 | 96 | 31 | 548 | 844 | .258 | .339 | .362 | .701 | 1692 | 0 | 46 | 56 | 47 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Luke Vasser | 1B | 63 | 495 | 20 | 6 | 48 | .988 | 8.175 | ||||
| Dan Hagan | 1B | 63 | 483 | 23 | 12 | 40 | .977 | 8.032 | ||||
| Roberto Tano | 1B | 19 | 133 | 8 | 7 | 12 | .953 | 7.421 | ||||
| Frank Quilici | 2B | 81 | 168 | 232 | 12 | 53 | .971 | 4.938 | ||||
| William Tarrolly | 2B | 60 | 122 | 141 | 14 | 29 | .949 | 4.383 | ||||
| Ron Clark | 3B | 122 | 87 | 225 | 37 | 25 | .894 | 2.557 | ||||
| Roberto Tano | 3B | 16 | 15 | 26 | 10 | 3 | .804 | 2.562 | ||||
| Thomas Fries | C | 64 | 421 | 32 | 9 | 2 | .981 | 7.078 | 7 | |||
| Paul Ratliff | C | 54 | 376 | 25 | 10 | 4 | .976 | 7.426 | 8 | |||
| Wendell Antoine | C | 39 | 239 | 6 | 6 | 1 | .976 | 6.282 | 4 | |||
| Carmelo Mesa | OF | 80 | 143 | 6 | 9 | 0 | .943 | 1.862 | ||||
| Luke Vasser | OF | 78 | 158 | 7 | 7 | 0 | .959 | 2.115 | ||||
| Dan Hagan | OF | 70 | 108 | 2 | 4 | 2 | .965 | 1.571 | ||||
| Ronnie Flender | OF | 66 | 90 | 8 | 2 | 0 | .980 | 1.485 | ||||
| Dan Dobbek | OF | 50 | 74 | 2 | 4 | 0 | .950 | 1.520 | ||||
| Ted Uhlaender | OF | 34 | 72 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .987 | 2.265 | ||||
| Frank Quilici | OF | 24 | 44 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .978 | 1.875 | ||||
| Roberto Tano | OF | 18 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .960 | 1.333 | ||||
| Bill Tomb | OF | 15 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.467 | ||||
| Louis Yanz | P | 51 | 2 | 17 | 2 | 0 | .905 | .373 | ||||
| Steve Jones | P | 32 | 4 | 16 | 5 | 1 | .800 | .625 | ||||
| Charles Holle | P | 28 | 12 | 49 | 3 | 2 | .953 | 2.179 | ||||
| Jerry Fosnow | P | 26 | 7 | 31 | 1 | 1 | .974 | 1.462 | ||||
| Bill Whitby | P | 24 | 11 | 19 | 2 | 0 | .938 | 1.250 | ||||
| Frank Rios | P | 23 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 0 | .857 | .522 | ||||
| Joseph Gocek | P | 19 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 1 | .900 | .474 | ||||
| Joe Kaiser | P | 18 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .389 | ||||
| Larry Bohannon | P | 16 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Joseph Bolinsky | P | 12 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| Jim Manning | P | 11 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.091 | ||||
| William Jones | P | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| Francis Ryan | P | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Gene Ross | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jerry Newman | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Rob Gardner | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Nestor Velazquez | SS | 138 | 238 | 348 | 52 | 65 | .918 | 4.246 | ||||
| Totals | 1439 | 3556 | 1301 | 220 | 290 | .957 | 3.375 | 19 | 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.
