1962 Wytheville Twins Statistics
Appalachian League (AL) - Class: D
Team Record: 40-30
Finished 2nd in the AL
Manager: Del Norwood (40-30)
Affiliation: Minnesota Twins
Location: Wytheville, Virginia
Ballpark: Withers Field
Attendance: 20,426, Avg. 584
1962 Wytheville Twins RosterTeam Record: 40-30
Finished 2nd in the AL
Manager: Del Norwood (40-30)
Affiliation: Minnesota Twins
Location: Wytheville, Virginia
Ballpark: Withers Field
Attendance: 20,426, Avg. 584
The Wytheville Twins of the Appalachian League ended the 1962 season with a record of 40 wins and 30 losses, finishing second in the AL.
The Twins scored 480 runs and allowed 410 runs. Jerry Pritchett and Roger Sorenson led Wytheville with 10 home runs apiece. Jerry Pritchett accounted for 66 RBI and topped all regular hitters by hitting .337. Geoffrey Maloney paced the team with 8 wins and a team-best 3.19 earned run average, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Jerry Crider played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Wytheville Twins to do so.
Del Norwood 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Geoffrey Maloney | 8 | 2 | .800 | 3.19 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 93.0 | 76 | 43 | 33 | 14 | 37 | 2 | 94 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Wayne McAlpin | 7 | 3 | .700 | 5.10 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 90.0 | 97 | 59 | 51 | 9 | 25 | 0 | 100 | 5 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Richard Sorenson | 6 | 2 | .750 | 3.84 | 14 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 75.0 | 73 | 41 | 32 | 9 | 43 | 1 | 80 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |||
| John Randolph | 5 | 4 | .556 | 5.34 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 59.0 | 63 | 45 | 35 | 4 | 33 | 0 | 66 | 5 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Jerry Newman | 4 | 1 | .800 | 4.03 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 38.0 | 29 | 23 | 17 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 58 | 5 | 1 | 2 | |||
| Robert Alred | 2 | 1 | .667 | 3.66 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 32.0 | 29 | 18 | 13 | 2 | 25 | 0 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 5 | |||
| Jerry Crider | 2 | 1 | .667 | 4.03 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 29.0 | 26 | 16 | 13 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |||
| John Szeigis | 2 | 3 | .400 | 7.55 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 31.0 | 47 | 29 | 26 | 3 | 13 | 1 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Raymond Sevilla | 2 | 5 | .286 | 4.80 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 45.0 | 38 | 25 | 24 | 6 | 19 | 0 | 64 | 2 | 1 | 2 | |||
| Richard Allen | 1 | 1 | .500 | 6.46 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 39.0 | 44 | 39 | 28 | 6 | 22 | 1 | 52 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Robert Calvert | 1 | 2 | .333 | 5.91 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 32.0 | 33 | 23 | 21 | 3 | 17 | 0 | 33 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |||
| William Haffa | 0 | 0 | 3.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Gary Guthrie | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||||
| Ronald Michel | 0 | 0 | 18.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||||
| James Kubes | 0 | 0 | 108.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Joseph Grosser | 0 | 1 | .000 | 6.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Bobby Auten | 0 | 1 | .000 | 9.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Charles Ray | 0 | 1 | .000 | 45.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| William Pittman | 0 | 2 | .000 | 13.09 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11.0 | 20 | 19 | 16 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Totals | 40 | 30 | .571 | 5.02 | 146 | 70 | 0 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 589.3 | 597 | 410 | 329 | 65 | 296 | 5 | 653 | 25 | 3 | 34 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jerry Pritchett | 68 | 288 | 255 | 60 | 86 | 8 | 11 | 10 | 66 | 5 | 33 | 37 | .337 | .413 | .573 | .986 | 146 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Tom Solters | 60 | 247 | 206 | 48 | 64 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 36 | 8 | 37 | 32 | .311 | .409 | .505 | .914 | 104 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Alan Menke | 60 | 247 | 205 | 33 | 58 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 25 | 4 | 37 | 28 | .283 | .405 | .380 | .785 | 78 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Roger Sorenson | 49 | 192 | 153 | 43 | 49 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 35 | 3 | 37 | 23 | .320 | .453 | .575 | 1.028 | 88 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Donald Dillard | 55 | 203 | 171 | 36 | 49 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 27 | 6 | 31 | 29 | .287 | .394 | .444 | .839 | 76 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Paul Sullivan | 44 | 159 | 135 | 28 | 38 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 24 | 0 | 22 | 40 | .281 | .377 | .474 | .851 | 64 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Ray Harris | 52 | 158 | 138 | 21 | 36 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 37 | 0 | 13 | 28 | .261 | .335 | .514 | .850 | 71 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Robert Brandon | 50 | 175 | 146 | 31 | 36 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 5 | 25 | 24 | .247 | .360 | .322 | .682 | 47 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Pedro Mayari | 25 | 82 | 74 | 22 | 31 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 5 | .419 | .476 | .554 | 1.030 | 41 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| William Goldy | 42 | 122 | 109 | 28 | 28 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 23 | 6 | 11 | 28 | .257 | .336 | .569 | .905 | 62 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Donald Cowan | 39 | 124 | 99 | 14 | 24 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 25 | 24 | .242 | .395 | .293 | .688 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Robert Brumfield | 16 | 70 | 62 | 9 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 17 | .339 | .414 | .565 | .979 | 35 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Don Gregson | 37 | 105 | 90 | 24 | 20 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 3 | 12 | 28 | .222 | .314 | .400 | .714 | 36 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Darryl Ovesen | 33 | 108 | 88 | 15 | 19 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 19 | 27 | .216 | .352 | .330 | .681 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Robert Stephenson | 34 | 78 | 68 | 18 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 1 | 10 | 23 | .235 | .333 | .485 | .819 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Howard Quoss | 28 | 66 | 57 | 7 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 9 | 19 | .228 | .333 | .456 | .789 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Allan Richards | 31 | 79 | 62 | 10 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 15 | 14 | .210 | .380 | .290 | .670 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Wayne McAlpin | 13 | 34 | 30 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | .267 | .324 | .267 | .590 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Hank Lehwald | 4 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .714 | .714 | .714 | 1.429 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pedro Lay | 7 | 17 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | .333 | .412 | .533 | .945 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Geoffrey Maloney | 13 | 43 | 37 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 12 | .135 | .256 | .135 | .391 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jerry Newman | 7 | 16 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .267 | .312 | .867 | 1.179 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| John Randolph | 13 | 23 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 6 | .222 | .391 | .333 | .725 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Richard Sorenson | 14 | 32 | 22 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 10 | .182 | .387 | .273 | .660 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Robert Calvert | 16 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | .333 | .462 | .556 | 1.017 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Bernie Richards | 3 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Richard Allen | 17 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | .231 | .333 | .308 | .641 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Raymond Sevilla | 14 | 16 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .188 | .188 | .438 | .625 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Szeigis | 15 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Robert Alred | 9 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| William Pittman | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Robert Foor | 4 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .143 | .143 | .143 | .286 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| William Haffa | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joseph Grosser | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jerry Crider | 8 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .000 | .091 | .000 | .091 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Gary Guthrie | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Charles Ray | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Totals | 889 | 2778 | 2356 | 478 | 654 | 87 | 39 | 80 | 406 | 57 | 0 | 381 | 501 | .278 | .380 | .449 | .829 | 1059 | 0 | 20 | 1 | 20 | 7 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alan Menke | 1B | 58 | 417 | 17 | 9 | 19 | .980 | 7.483 | ||||
| Tom Solters | 2B | 44 | 78 | 85 | 14 | 15 | .921 | 3.705 | ||||
| Paul Sullivan | 2B | 19 | 25 | 24 | 8 | 5 | .860 | 2.579 | ||||
| Donald Cowan | 2B | 18 | 30 | 32 | 6 | 6 | .912 | 3.444 | ||||
| Donald Dillard | 3B | 51 | 46 | 72 | 25 | 5 | .825 | 2.314 | ||||
| Robert Brumfield | 3B | 12 | 7 | 36 | 4 | 0 | .915 | 3.583 | ||||
| Ray Harris | C | 50 | 367 | 18 | 4 | 3 | .990 | 7.700 | 15 | |||
| Allan Richards | C | 26 | 151 | 12 | 6 | 1 | .964 | 6.269 | 8 | |||
| Howard Quoss | C | 23 | 134 | 10 | 1 | 0 | .993 | 6.261 | 6 | |||
| Jerry Pritchett | OF | 64 | 88 | 5 | 5 | 1 | .949 | 1.453 | ||||
| Roger Sorenson | OF | 47 | 56 | 2 | 3 | 0 | .951 | 1.234 | ||||
| William Goldy | OF | 35 | 56 | 3 | 3 | 1 | .952 | 1.686 | ||||
| Robert Stephenson | OF | 25 | 35 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .921 | 1.400 | ||||
| Don Gregson | OF | 25 | 23 | 2 | 4 | 0 | .862 | 1.000 | ||||
| Darryl Ovesen | OF | 21 | 23 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .923 | 1.143 | ||||
| Tom Solters | OF | 14 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .818 | .643 | ||||
| Richard Allen | P | 17 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .667 | .118 | ||||
| John Szeigis | P | 14 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Richard Sorenson | P | 14 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | .900 | .643 | ||||
| Raymond Sevilla | P | 14 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .429 | ||||
| John Randolph | P | 13 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 1 | .889 | .615 | ||||
| Wayne McAlpin | P | 13 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 0 | .875 | 1.615 | ||||
| Geoffrey Maloney | P | 13 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 1 | .933 | 1.077 | ||||
| Robert Calvert | P | 13 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .231 | ||||
| Robert Alred | P | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jerry Crider | P | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jerry Newman | P | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| William Pittman | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Charles Ray | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ronald Michel | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| James Kubes | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| William Haffa | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Gary Guthrie | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Joseph Grosser | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Bobby Auten | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Robert Brandon | SS | 47 | 40 | 84 | 21 | 14 | .855 | 2.638 | ||||
| Pedro Mayari | SS | 19 | 18 | 31 | 8 | 6 | .860 | 2.579 | ||||
| Paul Sullivan | SS | 15 | 8 | 29 | 6 | 3 | .860 | 2.467 | ||||
| Totals | 759 | 1630 | 514 | 141 | 82 | .938 | 2.825 | 29 | 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.
