1963 Wytheville Twins Statistics
Appalachian League (AL) - Class: R
Team Record: 35-35
Finished 3rd in the AL
Manager: Del Norwood (35-35)
Affiliation: Minnesota Twins
Location: Wytheville, Virginia
Ballpark: Withers Field
Attendance: 14,802, Avg. 423
1963 Wytheville Twins RosterTeam Record: 35-35
Finished 3rd in the AL
Manager: Del Norwood (35-35)
Affiliation: Minnesota Twins
Location: Wytheville, Virginia
Ballpark: Withers Field
Attendance: 14,802, Avg. 423
The Wytheville Twins of the Appalachian League ended the 1963 season with a record of 35 wins and 35 losses, finishing third in the AL.
The Twins tallied 469 runs and allowed 471 runs. Matt Szykowny paced Wytheville with 11 home runs Charlie Manuel accounted for 45 RBI. Donald Cross led batters with significant playing time by hitting .327. George Talsma topped the team with 6 wins and a team-best 3.08 ERA, leading hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Reggie Smith and Charlie Manuel both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Talsma | 6 | 3 | .667 | 3.08 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 76.0 | 74 | 40 | 26 | 8 | 43 | 0 | 58 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |||
| Richard Tams | 5 | 2 | .714 | 3.91 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 53.0 | 63 | 40 | 23 | 1 | 26 | 1 | 55 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Arvin Tucker | 4 | 2 | .667 | 3.80 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 45.0 | 42 | 31 | 19 | 3 | 30 | 0 | 43 | 2 | 1 | 6 | |||
| Ervin Palica | 4 | 2 | .667 | 4.50 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 82.0 | 69 | 54 | 41 | 1 | 77 | 2 | 85 | 5 | 0 | 11 | |||
| Chuck Papp | 4 | 3 | .571 | 5.74 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 58.0 | 54 | 56 | 37 | 4 | 53 | 0 | 61 | 0 | 1 | 10 | |||
| James Wood | 4 | 8 | .333 | 6.97 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 71.0 | 58 | 69 | 55 | 6 | 100 | 0 | 71 | 5 | 1 | 10 | |||
| William Hansche | 3 | 4 | .429 | 3.47 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 57.0 | 54 | 41 | 22 | 3 | 37 | 1 | 66 | 5 | 0 | 5 | |||
| Jerry Magness | 3 | 4 | .429 | 6.61 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 49.0 | 58 | 37 | 36 | 4 | 22 | 0 | 56 | 5 | 0 | 5 | |||
| Michael Macklin | 2 | 2 | .500 | 4.76 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 34.0 | 41 | 26 | 18 | 3 | 19 | 0 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Philip Dunmeyer | 0 | 0 | 3.00 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Tommy Murphy | 0 | 0 | 7.50 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Peter Sfreddo | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4.15 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13.0 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Denny Lortscher | 0 | 1 | .000 | 5.40 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10.0 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Rueben Nathe | 0 | 1 | .000 | 6.00 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Henry Heglar | 0 | 1 | .000 | 10.20 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 15.0 | 18 | 22 | 17 | 5 | 19 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 1 | |||
| James Blythe | 0 | 1 | .000 | 13.91 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.0 | 25 | 22 | 17 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Totals | 35 | 35 | .500 | 5.07 | 155 | 70 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 595.0 | 602 | 471 | 335 | 44 | 469 | 4 | 570 | 33 | 4 | 59 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Donald Cross | 63 | 239 | 202 | 41 | 66 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 34 | 5 | 0 | 34 | 25 | .327 | .424 | .421 | .845 | 85 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Reggie Smith | 66 | 302 | 253 | 59 | 65 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 37 | 14 | 1 | 44 | 69 | .257 | .370 | .407 | .777 | 103 | 2 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Charlie Manuel | 58 | 203 | 173 | 32 | 62 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 45 | 7 | 2 | 25 | 21 | .358 | .438 | .555 | .993 | 96 | 2 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Eugene Flemmings | 66 | 248 | 215 | 34 | 44 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 22 | .205 | .304 | .274 | .578 | 59 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Matt Szykowny | 51 | 227 | 165 | 47 | 38 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 32 | 9 | 1 | 60 | 57 | .230 | .434 | .485 | .918 | 80 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Michael Macklin | 45 | 153 | 129 | 27 | 36 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 31 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 20 | .279 | .368 | .457 | .826 | 59 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Dennis Jacobs | 57 | 199 | 159 | 33 | 32 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 19 | 8 | 2 | 37 | 62 | .201 | .352 | .327 | .679 | 52 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Larry Hancock | 33 | 147 | 120 | 29 | 30 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 29 | .250 | .377 | .375 | .752 | 45 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Bob Howser | 47 | 130 | 115 | 14 | 29 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 12 | 17 | .252 | .318 | .365 | .683 | 42 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Ruben Francis | 44 | 117 | 109 | 16 | 28 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 24 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 30 | .257 | .291 | .486 | .777 | 53 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Philip Dunmeyer | 45 | 121 | 100 | 20 | 24 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 19 | 33 | .240 | .361 | .390 | .751 | 39 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Laurence Edwards | 45 | 136 | 94 | 17 | 21 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 37 | 40 | .223 | .459 | .372 | .832 | 35 | 4 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Harold Wade | 24 | 72 | 66 | 10 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 5 | .273 | .319 | .409 | .729 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| William Hansche | 37 | 94 | 74 | 24 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 6 | 0 | 18 | 23 | .230 | .376 | .392 | .768 | 29 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Gary Knoop | 31 | 101 | 73 | 17 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 25 | 15 | .192 | .416 | .315 | .731 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jack Todhunter | 10 | 27 | 25 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .400 | .444 | .440 | .884 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| William Patterson | 10 | 31 | 28 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .357 | .419 | .571 | .991 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| George Talsma | 12 | 36 | 33 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | .242 | .286 | .455 | .740 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Ervin Palica | 29 | 59 | 50 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 16 | .140 | .259 | .160 | .419 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Jerry Magness | 9 | 20 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | .400 | .526 | .533 | 1.060 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Gary Copeland | 5 | 19 | 17 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .294 | .368 | .294 | .663 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chuck Papp | 12 | 27 | 25 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | .200 | .259 | .240 | .499 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Arvin Tucker | 11 | 19 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .308 | .312 | .308 | .620 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Richard Treadway | 6 | 22 | 20 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | .200 | .273 | .300 | .573 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| James Wood | 16 | 31 | 22 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 13 | .182 | .367 | .182 | .548 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Denny Lortscher | 2 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .400 | .500 | .400 | .900 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Henry Heglar | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Gary Lasker | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Richard Tams | 24 | 19 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | .077 | .368 | .077 | .445 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| James Blythe | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .500 | .000 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Peter Sfreddo | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .333 | .000 | .333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rueben Nathe | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Charles Baker | 5 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tommy Murphy | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Totals | 891 | 2829 | 2333 | 467 | 592 | 88 | 26 | 61 | 376 | 84 | 12 | 433 | 545 | .254 | .372 | .392 | .765 | 915 | 0 | 21 | 20 | 22 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eugene Flemmings | 1B | 64 | 457 | 25 | 9 | 42 | .982 | 7.531 | ||||
| Michael Macklin | 1B | 14 | 69 | 5 | 6 | 8 | .925 | 5.286 | ||||
| Matt Szykowny | 2B | 35 | 84 | 87 | 6 | 24 | .966 | 4.886 | ||||
| Gary Knoop | 2B | 27 | 30 | 57 | 6 | 12 | .935 | 3.222 | ||||
| Harold Wade | 2B | 20 | 33 | 36 | 8 | 13 | .896 | 3.450 | ||||
| Larry Hancock | 3B | 33 | 37 | 59 | 11 | 7 | .897 | 2.909 | ||||
| Laurence Edwards | 3B | 19 | 16 | 27 | 5 | 6 | .896 | 2.263 | ||||
| Matt Szykowny | 3B | 16 | 17 | 26 | 6 | 3 | .878 | 2.688 | ||||
| Donald Cross | C | 59 | 426 | 33 | 12 | 5 | .975 | 7.780 | 25 | |||
| Laurence Edwards | C | 25 | 147 | 17 | 6 | 2 | .965 | 6.560 | 6 | |||
| Dennis Jacobs | OF | 54 | 67 | 2 | 3 | 0 | .958 | 1.278 | ||||
| Charlie Manuel | OF | 50 | 58 | 6 | 3 | 0 | .955 | 1.280 | ||||
| Ruben Francis | OF | 39 | 40 | 7 | 4 | 0 | .922 | 1.205 | ||||
| Bob Howser | OF | 35 | 24 | 4 | 9 | 1 | .757 | .800 | ||||
| Philip Dunmeyer | OF | 34 | 48 | 7 | 2 | 2 | .965 | 1.618 | ||||
| Michael Macklin | OF | 26 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 1 | .842 | .615 | ||||
| William Hansche | OF | 24 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 0 | .889 | .667 | ||||
| Richard Tams | P | 24 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| James Wood | P | 16 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 1 | .900 | .562 | ||||
| Ervin Palica | P | 16 | 2 | 19 | 1 | 3 | .955 | 1.312 | ||||
| William Hansche | P | 15 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 0 | .667 | .667 | ||||
| George Talsma | P | 12 | 3 | 13 | 1 | 1 | .941 | 1.333 | ||||
| Chuck Papp | P | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 0 | .667 | .667 | ||||
| Arvin Tucker | P | 11 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .909 | .909 | ||||
| Jerry Magness | P | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| James Blythe | P | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| Henry Heglar | P | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| Peter Sfreddo | P | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Tommy Murphy | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Rueben Nathe | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Denny Lortscher | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Reggie Smith | SS | 65 | 88 | 146 | 41 | 38 | .851 | 3.600 | ||||
| Totals | 783 | 1678 | 621 | 155 | 169 | .937 | 2.936 | 31 | 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.
