1962 Yakima Bears Statistics
Team Record: 69-71
Finished 4th in the NWL
Manager: Buddy Hicks (69-71)
Affiliation: Milwaukee Braves
Location: Yakima, Washington
Ballpark: Parker Field
Attendance: 35,059, Avg. 501
The Yakima Bears of the Northwest League ended the 1962 season with a record of 69 wins and 71 losses, finishing fourth in the NWL.
The Bears plated 716 runs and conceded 658 runs. Rico Carty paced Yakima with 17 home runs, and Ethan Blackaby walloped 15 or more also. Rico Carty drove in 79 runs. Ethan Blackaby topped hitters with significant playing time with a .324 average. Gerry Glynn and Roger Roy led the squad with 13 wins each, while Gerry Glynn recorded a 3.57 ERA, tops among regular hurlers.
Herb Hippauf, Ethan Blackaby, George Kopacz, Rico Carty, Bruce Brubaker, Buddy Hicks, Walt Hriniak and Arnold Umbach were all players from the 1962 Yakima Bears who played in the Majors during their careers.
Buddy Hicks 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gerry Glynn | 13 | 8 | .619 | 3.57 | 32 | 20 | 11 | 2 | 174.0 | 165 | 80 | 69 | 12 | 63 | 0 | 151 | 3 | 1 | 11 | |||
| Roger Roy | 13 | 9 | .591 | 4.08 | 26 | 26 | 15 | 3 | 181.0 | 189 | 99 | 82 | 16 | 74 | 4 | 121 | 5 | 0 | 4 | |||
| Ronald Herr | 10 | 9 | .526 | 5.44 | 43 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 144.0 | 169 | 92 | 87 | 12 | 61 | 3 | 102 | 3 | 2 | 8 | |||
| Bruce Brubaker | 9 | 10 | .474 | 4.14 | 31 | 26 | 7 | 0 | 174.0 | 182 | 106 | 80 | 10 | 91 | 0 | 209 | 12 | 1 | 22 | |||
| A. J. White | 6 | 2 | .750 | 1.47 | 27 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 55.0 | 38 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 78 | 2 | 1 | 5 | |||
| Richard Lamery | 3 | 4 | .429 | 5.36 | 20 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 42.0 | 56 | 27 | 25 | 3 | 18 | 1 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Herb Hippauf | 3 | 5 | .375 | 4.38 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 76.0 | 80 | 42 | 37 | 5 | 31 | 0 | 47 | 1 | 0 | 8 | |||
| Arnold Umbach | 3 | 6 | .333 | 3.51 | 14 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 77.0 | 96 | 46 | 30 | 3 | 33 | 1 | 63 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Paul Chenger | 3 | 6 | .333 | 5.60 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 53.0 | 59 | 40 | 33 | 4 | 33 | 0 | 50 | 1 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Bill Ryan | 2 | 1 | .667 | 4.50 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 26.0 | 25 | 19 | 13 | 3 | 23 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Harold Gelein | 2 | 6 | .250 | 5.54 | 22 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 78.0 | 84 | 55 | 48 | 4 | 59 | 2 | 95 | 3 | 1 | 15 | |||
| David Fracaro | 1 | 1 | .500 | 3.55 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 33.0 | 31 | 17 | 13 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 35 | 2 | 0 | 9 | |||
| Bennie Griggs | 1 | 3 | .250 | 2.33 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 27.0 | 20 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 14 | 2 | 28 | 2 | 0 | 4 | |||
| Buddy Hicks | 0 | 0 | 2.57 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Bernard Poupore | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4.50 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 69 | 71 | .493 | 4.20 | 266 | 143 | 0 | 56 | 10 | 0 | 1151.0 | 1209 | 658 | 537 | 73 | 560 | 13 | 1039 | 39 | 6 | 101 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ethan Blackaby | 139 | 573 | 503 | 108 | 163 | 43 | 6 | 16 | 75 | 8 | 8 | 61 | 96 | .324 | .398 | .529 | .927 | 266 | 3 | 3 | 3 | ||
| George Kopacz | 138 | 574 | 507 | 86 | 144 | 25 | 6 | 8 | 66 | 10 | 3 | 58 | 102 | .284 | .358 | .404 | .762 | 205 | 2 | 4 | 3 | ||
| Kerry Buckner | 133 | 527 | 479 | 62 | 135 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 69 | 21 | 5 | 38 | 94 | .282 | .333 | .395 | .727 | 189 | 1 | 4 | 5 | ||
| Walt Hriniak | 139 | 510 | 444 | 64 | 133 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 54 | 2 | 5 | 60 | 56 | .300 | .383 | .392 | .775 | 174 | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Rafael Gomez | 126 | 527 | 435 | 74 | 130 | 25 | 5 | 12 | 76 | 5 | 3 | 84 | 108 | .299 | .414 | .462 | .876 | 201 | 2 | 5 | 1 | ||
| Rico Carty | 108 | 398 | 352 | 68 | 129 | 21 | 6 | 17 | 79 | 12 | 1 | 42 | 61 | .366 | .433 | .605 | 1.038 | 213 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Leon Douglas | 127 | 450 | 397 | 51 | 102 | 21 | 3 | 10 | 58 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 144 | .257 | .336 | .401 | .736 | 159 | 3 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Ed Zander | 106 | 375 | 317 | 60 | 79 | 16 | 1 | 13 | 55 | 1 | 0 | 52 | 56 | .249 | .355 | .429 | .784 | 136 | 1 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Gerard Rosenthal | 86 | 294 | 248 | 52 | 63 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 27 | 2 | 4 | 41 | 63 | .254 | .361 | .323 | .683 | 80 | 1 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Mike Sinnerud | 54 | 230 | 217 | 24 | 62 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 41 | .286 | .317 | .387 | .704 | 84 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
| John Garofalo | 46 | 154 | 135 | 10 | 41 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 16 | 29 | .304 | .386 | .341 | .726 | 46 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Wayne Jinske | 23 | 85 | 76 | 9 | 24 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 10 | .316 | .388 | .421 | .809 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bruce Brubaker | 31 | 67 | 64 | 6 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24 | .219 | .231 | .250 | .481 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Gerry Glynn | 33 | 68 | 55 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .182 | .196 | .200 | .396 | 11 | 0 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Roger Roy | 26 | 73 | 67 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 33 | .134 | .171 | .224 | .395 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Arnold Umbach | 14 | 29 | 26 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | .308 | .379 | .385 | .764 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Steve Ryder | 8 | 33 | 27 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | .296 | .424 | .370 | .795 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ronald Herr | 43 | 54 | 49 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 22 | .163 | .192 | .224 | .417 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Harold Gelein | 27 | 32 | 27 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 9 | .222 | .323 | .296 | .619 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| A. J. White | 28 | 20 | 16 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | .250 | .333 | .250 | .583 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Herb Hippauf | 13 | 29 | 25 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | .160 | .192 | .160 | .352 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Richard Lamery | 21 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .375 | .375 | .375 | .750 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bill Ryan | 7 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .273 | .273 | .818 | 1.091 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Buddy Hicks | 13 | 13 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .154 | .154 | .308 | .462 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Paul Chenger | 12 | 21 | 19 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | .105 | .190 | .211 | .401 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bennie Griggs | 10 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| David Fracaro | 6 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | .000 | .250 | .000 | .250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bernard Poupore | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Totals | 1518 | 5174 | 4532 | 710 | 1287 | 226 | 50 | 94 | 645 | 73 | 36 | 544 | 1006 | .284 | .361 | .418 | .780 | 1895 | 0 | 21 | 50 | 27 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Kopacz | 1B | 137 | 1066 | 53 | 23 | 81 | .980 | 8.168 | ||||
| Rafael Gomez | 2B | 83 | 116 | 212 | 7 | 32 | .979 | 3.952 | ||||
| Gerard Rosenthal | 2B | 51 | 96 | 136 | 11 | 30 | .955 | 4.549 | ||||
| Mike Sinnerud | 2B | 11 | 21 | 19 | 3 | 3 | .930 | 3.636 | ||||
| Ed Zander | 3B | 53 | 33 | 72 | 18 | 7 | .854 | 1.981 | ||||
| Rafael Gomez | 3B | 53 | 39 | 70 | 2 | 7 | .982 | 2.057 | ||||
| Mike Sinnerud | 3B | 33 | 21 | 51 | 11 | 7 | .867 | 2.182 | ||||
| Gerard Rosenthal | 3B | 19 | 4 | 28 | 9 | 1 | .780 | 1.684 | ||||
| Rico Carty | C | 101 | 789 | 61 | 15 | 5 | .983 | 8.416 | 19 | |||
| Wayne Jinske | C | 23 | 171 | 12 | 1 | 2 | .995 | 7.957 | 3 | |||
| Ed Zander | C | 22 | 105 | 9 | 6 | 0 | .950 | 5.182 | 3 | |||
| Ethan Blackaby | OF | 135 | 180 | 8 | 9 | 1 | .954 | 1.393 | ||||
| Kerry Buckner | OF | 128 | 210 | 10 | 11 | 0 | .952 | 1.719 | ||||
| Leon Douglas | OF | 116 | 133 | 8 | 8 | 1 | .946 | 1.216 | ||||
| John Garofalo | OF | 39 | 72 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .973 | 1.846 | ||||
| Ed Zander | OF | 15 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 1 | .824 | .933 | ||||
| Ronald Herr | P | 43 | 6 | 26 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .744 | ||||
| Gerry Glynn | P | 32 | 7 | 35 | 2 | 2 | .955 | 1.312 | ||||
| Bruce Brubaker | P | 31 | 5 | 25 | 4 | 0 | .882 | .968 | ||||
| A. J. White | P | 27 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 2 | .909 | .370 | ||||
| Roger Roy | P | 26 | 7 | 28 | 1 | 4 | .972 | 1.346 | ||||
| Harold Gelein | P | 22 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .773 | ||||
| Richard Lamery | P | 20 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .450 | ||||
| Arnold Umbach | P | 14 | 2 | 14 | 4 | 2 | .800 | 1.143 | ||||
| Herb Hippauf | P | 13 | 5 | 23 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 2.154 | ||||
| Paul Chenger | P | 12 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | .900 | .750 | ||||
| Bennie Griggs | P | 10 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | .667 | .400 | ||||
| Bill Ryan | P | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| David Fracaro | P | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Buddy Hicks | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Bernard Poupore | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Walt Hriniak | SS | 134 | 204 | 352 | 30 | 67 | .949 | 4.149 | ||||
| Mike Sinnerud | SS | 15 | 29 | 41 | 2 | 9 | .972 | 4.667 | ||||
| Totals | 1434 | 3340 | 1337 | 186 | 272 | .962 | 3.262 | 25 | 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.
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