1963 Atlanta Crackers Statistics
International League (IL) - Class: AAA
Team Record: 85-68
Finished 2nd in the IL's South Division
Manager: Harry Walker (85-68)
Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals
Location: Atlanta, Georgia
Ballpark: Ponce de Leon Park II
Attendance: 170,677, Avg. 2,231
1963 Atlanta Crackers RosterTeam Record: 85-68
Finished 2nd in the IL's South Division
Manager: Harry Walker (85-68)
Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals
Location: Atlanta, Georgia
Ballpark: Ponce de Leon Park II
Attendance: 170,677, Avg. 2,231
Playoffs - Indianapolis Indians 1 game, Atlanta Crackers 0 - One-game playoff for first place.
Playoffs - Atlanta Crackers 4 games, Toronto Maple Leafs 0
Finals - Indianapolis Indians 4 games, Atlanta Crackers 2
The Atlanta Crackers of the International League ended the 1963 season with a record of 85 wins and 68 losses, finishing second in the league's South Division.
Harry Walker served as manager.
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Pitching:
| Player | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johnny Kucks | 14 | 9 | .609 | 2.77 | 30 | 29 | 10 | 2 | 208.0 | 188 | 83 | 64 | 18 | 53 | 4 | 114 | 8 | 0 | 4 | |||
| Harry Fanok | 11 | 6 | .647 | 3.19 | 19 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 127.0 | 99 | 49 | 45 | 9 | 63 | 2 | 146 | 3 | 0 | 4 | |||
| Harvey Branch | 10 | 9 | .526 | 3.87 | 32 | 28 | 9 | 2 | 163.0 | 188 | 76 | 70 | 17 | 58 | 9 | 83 | 2 | 0 | 5 | |||
| Bob Sadowski | 9 | 2 | .818 | 1.80 | 12 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 95.0 | 66 | 27 | 19 | 8 | 27 | 2 | 61 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |||
| Lee Gregory | 8 | 13 | .381 | 3.41 | 28 | 25 | 8 | 0 | 177.0 | 193 | 81 | 67 | 12 | 67 | 0 | 114 | 4 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Bob Humphreys | 7 | 2 | .778 | 1.92 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 61.0 | 27 | 15 | 13 | 4 | 28 | 2 | 64 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Diomedes Olivo | 3 | 1 | .750 | 3.09 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 35.0 | 29 | 14 | 12 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Dick LeMay | 3 | 3 | .500 | 2.22 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 65.0 | 55 | 18 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Harold Deitz | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.75 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16.0 | 23 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Bob Botz | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 18.00 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Dick Hughes | 1 | 1 | .500 | 1.80 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10.0 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Bruce Gruber | 1 | 1 | .500 | 3.46 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.0 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Bill Wakefield | 1 | 3 | .250 | 5.36 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 42.0 | 40 | 29 | 25 | 4 | 20 | 4 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |||
| Sam Jones | 21 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Ed Hobaugh | 10 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Alan Brice | 15 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Bob Smith | 29 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Bobby Tiefenauer | 24 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Lou Vickery | 0 | 0 | 1.80 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.0 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Ronald Cayll | 0 | 0 | 10.12 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 14 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Dennis Aust | 0 | 1 | .000 | 5.62 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16.0 | 20 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Jerry Wild | 0 | 1 | .000 | 9.82 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11.0 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Totals | 70 | 52 | .574 | 3.32 | 331 | 124 | 0 | 47 | 9 | 0 | 1061.0 | 998 | 464 | 391 | 91 | 366 | 27 | 736 | 24 | 3 | 36 | 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 Buchek | 153 | 603 | 544 | 60 | 156 | 33 | 11 | 10 | 92 | 3 | 5 | 39 | 117 | .287 | .339 | .443 | .783 | 241 | 7 | 8 | 5 | ||
| Doug Clemens | 153 | 614 | 529 | 85 | 147 | 13 | 7 | 13 | 58 | 8 | 10 | 68 | 69 | .278 | .362 | .403 | .765 | 213 | 5 | 7 | 5 | ||
| Jack Kubiszyn | 134 | 491 | 445 | 49 | 131 | 22 | 1 | 2 | 46 | 2 | 3 | 33 | 29 | .294 | .344 | .362 | .706 | 161 | 4 | 3 | 6 | ||
| Johnny Lewis | 136 | 490 | 425 | 75 | 119 | 17 | 7 | 13 | 42 | 20 | 10 | 63 | 109 | .280 | .372 | .445 | .817 | 189 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Dave Ricketts | 132 | 450 | 424 | 34 | 118 | 16 | 1 | 5 | 36 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 22 | .278 | .305 | .356 | .661 | 151 | 0 | 1 | 6 | ||
| Joe Morgan | 131 | 489 | 406 | 61 | 114 | 12 | 3 | 12 | 70 | 3 | 5 | 72 | 71 | .281 | .388 | .414 | .802 | 168 | 3 | 2 | 6 | ||
| Phil Gagliano | 124 | 512 | 458 | 58 | 111 | 17 | 2 | 5 | 21 | 3 | 1 | 35 | 37 | .242 | .297 | .321 | .618 | 147 | 2 | 13 | 4 | ||
| Jack Damaska | 80 | 305 | 285 | 36 | 81 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 30 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 44 | .284 | .322 | .421 | .743 | 120 | 3 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Jeoff Long | 86 | 328 | 292 | 34 | 80 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 43 | 0 | 2 | 33 | 38 | .274 | .348 | .401 | .748 | 117 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Ron Cox | 62 | 201 | 185 | 17 | 45 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 25 | .243 | .286 | .330 | .616 | 61 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||
| John Glenn | 33 | 102 | 94 | 11 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 14 | .245 | .304 | .309 | .612 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lee Gregory | 36 | 77 | 67 | 8 | 22 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 14 | .328 | .416 | .493 | .908 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Moe Thacker | 36 | 104 | 96 | 6 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 24 | .229 | .282 | .302 | .584 | 29 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Harry Fanok | 27 | 52 | 48 | 7 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16 | .271 | .300 | .375 | .675 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Harvey Branch | 36 | 56 | 47 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 18 | .255 | .271 | .298 | .569 | 14 | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Bill LeFebvre | 16 | 46 | 45 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | .222 | .239 | .333 | .572 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Johnny Kucks | 30 | 77 | 56 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 13 | .107 | .180 | .107 | .287 | 6 | 0 | 16 | 0 | ||
| Bob Humphreys | 29 | 17 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .357 | .438 | .357 | .795 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Mike Shannon | 9 | 30 | 25 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | .200 | .300 | .480 | .780 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Diomedes Olivo | 12 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .375 | .375 | .375 | .750 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dick LeMay | 13 | 22 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | .105 | .105 | .105 | .211 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Bob Sadowski | 12 | 34 | 29 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | .069 | .129 | .103 | .232 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Bruce Gruber | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 1.000 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bill Wakefield | 18 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Lou Vickery | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dennis Aust | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dick Hughes | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .333 | .000 | .333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Harold Deitz | 7 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .000 | .400 | .000 | .400 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jerry Wild | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .000 | .500 | .000 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1533 | 5135 | 4562 | 564 | 1228 | 183 | 50 | 76 | 513 | 41 | 44 | 432 | 710 | .269 | .333 | .381 | .715 | 1739 | 0 | 28 | 73 | 40 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeoff Long | 1B | 81 | 627 | 26 | 10 | 51 | .985 | 8.062 | ||||
| Joe Morgan | 1B | 60 | 424 | 37 | 5 | 35 | .989 | 7.683 | ||||
| Doug Clemens | 1B | 34 | 238 | 14 | 5 | 20 | .981 | 7.412 | ||||
| Phil Gagliano | 2B | 120 | 239 | 313 | 15 | 63 | .974 | 4.600 | ||||
| Jack Damaska | 2B | 35 | 81 | 86 | 8 | 24 | .954 | 4.771 | ||||
| Jack Kubiszyn | 3B | 122 | 100 | 238 | 9 | 21 | .974 | 2.770 | ||||
| Joe Morgan | 3B | 32 | 20 | 59 | 4 | 4 | .952 | 2.469 | ||||
| Jack Damaska | 3B | 10 | 14 | 23 | 3 | 4 | .925 | 3.700 | ||||
| Dave Ricketts | C | 118 | 778 | 59 | 9 | 11 | .989 | 7.093 | 20 | |||
| Moe Thacker | C | 30 | 157 | 14 | 2 | 1 | .988 | 5.700 | 2 | |||
| Bill LeFebvre | C | 10 | 69 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .986 | 7.000 | 3 | |||
| Johnny Lewis | OF | 132 | 261 | 9 | 10 | 3 | .964 | 2.045 | ||||
| Doug Clemens | OF | 131 | 215 | 10 | 3 | 3 | .987 | 1.718 | ||||
| Ron Cox | OF | 51 | 69 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .986 | 1.392 | ||||
| Joe Morgan | OF | 46 | 63 | 5 | 3 | 2 | .958 | 1.478 | ||||
| John Glenn | OF | 26 | 33 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .944 | 1.308 | ||||
| Jack Damaska | OF | 25 | 34 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.400 | ||||
| Harvey Branch | P | 32 | 10 | 25 | 1 | 4 | .972 | 1.094 | ||||
| Johnny Kucks | P | 30 | 10 | 43 | 2 | 3 | .964 | 1.767 | ||||
| Bob Humphreys | P | 29 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 0 | .938 | .517 | ||||
| Lee Gregory | P | 28 | 12 | 32 | 2 | 5 | .957 | 1.571 | ||||
| Harry Fanok | P | 19 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 1 | .870 | 1.053 | ||||
| Bill Wakefield | P | 18 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .444 | ||||
| Bob Sadowski | P | 12 | 6 | 25 | 0 | 5 | 1.000 | 2.583 | ||||
| Diomedes Olivo | P | 12 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .750 | .250 | ||||
| Dick LeMay | P | 10 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 0 | .950 | 1.900 | ||||
| Jerry Buchek | SS | 153 | 221 | 443 | 39 | 78 | .945 | 4.340 | ||||
| Totals | 1406 | 3704 | 1508 | 140 | 338 | .974 | 3.707 | 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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