1962 Amarillo Gold Sox Statistics

Texas League (TL) - Class: AA
Team Record: 56-84
Finished 6th in the TL
Manager: Rube Walker (56-84)
Affiliation: New York Yankees
Location: Amarillo, Texas
Ballpark: Amarillo Dilla Villa
Attendance: 52,257, Avg. 747

1962 Amarillo Gold Sox Roster

The Amarillo Gold Sox of the Texas League ended the 1962 season with a record of 56 wins and 84 losses, finishing sixth in the TL.

The Gold Sox scored 684 runs, worst in the league, and allowed 851 runs, most in the circuit. Elvio Jiménez and Ronald Solomine led Amarillo with 14 home runs apiece. Elvio Jiménez accounted for 82 RBI. Sammy Miley paced batters with significant playing time by connecting at a .333 clip. Raúl Sánchez topped the squad with 10 wins, while Ed Merritt recorded a 4.52 ERA, tops among regular hurlers.

Frank Carpin, Horace Clarke, Bob Meyer, Raúl Sánchez, Elvio Jiménez, Rich Barry, Ted Wieand, Pete Mikkelsen and Frank Verdi were all players from the 1962 Amarillo Gold Sox who played in the Major Leagues during their careers.

Rube 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
Raúl Sánchez	10	6	.625	3.97	38	6		3	0		111.0	113	52	49	16	41	9	77	2	0	4
Ed Merritt	9	16	.360	4.52	33	32		8	1		211.0	205	132	106	16	108	3	166	2	0	9
Paul Erickson	6	2	.750	1.88	25	0		0	0		67.0	57	15	14	2	18	3	39	4	0	1
William Drummond	6	3	.667	6.56	39	1		0	0		70.0	86	58	51	4	48	10	38	4	0	2
James Burton	5	10	.333	5.67	43	12		3	1		146.0	159	108	92	20	72	5	85	2	0	2
Ted Wieand	4	1	.800	5.09	10	7		2	0		46.0	52	28	26	2	13	1	29	1	0	1
Lawrence DelMargo	4	5	.444	5.46	39	11		0	0		127.0	155	96	77	15	67	7	61	3	0	6
Roy Peterson	4	6	.400	6.31	23	10		1	0		87.0	117	74	61	10	32	4	53	2	1	4
Robert Lasko	4	9	.308	5.05	18	17		5	1		107.0	101	64	60	11	75	3	86	6	0	8
Frank Carpin	2	8	.200	6.68	16	11		2	0		62.0	78	48	46	7	35	0	53	3	0	2
Bob Meyer	1	4	.200	4.29	10	9		1	0		42.0	46	35	20	0	38	3	42	3	0	3
Richard Dumas	1	4	.200	7.04	19	7		1	0		46.0	60	49	36	0	31	3	20	0	0	2
Ralph Scorca	0	0		0.00	1	1		0	0		4.0	3	1	0	0	5	1	2	1	0	1
Leonardo Ferguson	0	0		4.50	6	0		0	0		8.0	7	5	4	2	4	0	12	0	0	2
Thomas McNulty	0	0		4.80	3	1		0	0		15.0	22	10	8	1	5	0	8	0	0	2
Pete Mikkelsen	0	0		7.50	5	0		0	0		6.0	13	5	5	0	4	0	7	0	0	1
Dave Davis	0	0		9.00	1	0		0	0		5.0	9	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	1
John Nelson	0	0		27.00	3	0		0	0		1.0	1	3	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
Dale Zeigler	0	0		27.00	3	0		0	0		3.0	5	9	9	1	8	0	2	0	0	0
Howard Kitt	0	3	.000	48.00	3	3		0	0		3.0	4	17	16	0	18	0	3	0	0	1
Charles Loyd	0	7	.000	6.92	9	8		0	0		39.0	44	31	30	5	28	1	30	3	0	1
Totals	56	84	.400	5.36	347	136	0	26	3	0	1206.0	1337	845	718	113	654	53	813	36	1	53	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
Horace Clarke	138	619	560	102	168	29	8	9	50	17		55	56	.300	.363	.429	.792	240		2	0	2	1
Elvio Jiménez	136	559	533	69	165	24	6	14	82	1		20	44	.310	.333	.456	.789	243		1	1	4	1
Sammy Miley	113	478	427	60	142	27	6	5	66	0		46	23	.333	.397	.459	.857	196		2	0	3	5
Ronald Solomine	137	577	492	77	135	13	2	14	81	5		77	67	.274	.373	.394	.767	194		2	3	3	0
Charles Boone	123	458	397	43	111	17	0	5	59	1		53	32	.280	.360	.360	.720	143		1	0	7	2
Dave Davis	99	369	345	53	104	13	8	3	46	5		18	42	.301	.338	.412	.749	142		2	2	2	2
James Orton	114	414	381	41	87	19	3	0	25	3		21	60	.228	.274	.294	.568	112		5	2	5	0
Chuck Buheller	53	214	194	37	64	14	3	12	44	1		18	26	.330	.385	.619	1.004	120		0	1	1	1
William Carr	71	261	242	26	50	9	3	13	30	0		16	51	.207	.258	.430	.687	104		1	1	1	2
Eugene Domzalski	39	174	145	26	44	7	1	4	24	0		26	32	.303	.402	.448	.851	65		0	0	3	2
Michael Mathiesen	35	159	144	21	42	8	2	2	19	1		12	19	.292	.354	.417	.771	60		2	1	0	0
Charlie Keller	36	147	128	25	37	11	1	9	22	0		19	24	.289	.381	.602	.983	77		0	0	0	3
Joe Miller	84	213	174	25	32	6	0	5	25	1		37	46	.184	.324	.305	.629	53		0	0	2	2
Phillip Swimley	19	70	61	5	15	2	1	0	6	1		9	12	.246	.343	.311	.654	19		0	0	0	0
George Risley	15	53	42	4	10	1	0	0	5	0		7	5	.238	.353	.262	.615	11		1	2	1	0
Frank Verdi	23	64	52	10	10	2	1	0	3	0		10	7	.192	.323	.269	.592	14		0	2	0	0
Dick Windle	11	33	27	6	9	2	0	3	7	2		6	5	.333	.455	.741	1.195	20		0	0	0	0
Lawrence DelMargo	39	37	33	5	9	0	0	1	4	0		1	11	.273	.294	.364	.658	12		0	3	0	0
James Burton	50	52	46	8	9	2	0	1	4	0		1	10	.196	.229	.304	.534	14		1	4	0	0
Richard Dumas	22	18	16	4	8	0	1	0	2	0		1	6	.500	.529	.625	1.154	10		0	1	0	0
Ed Merritt	33	85	74	3	8	0	0	0	4	0		10	35	.108	.214	.108	.322	8		0	1	0	1
Charles Reidell	10	36	32	5	7	1	0	0	3	0		3	15	.219	.278	.250	.528	8		0	0	1	0
Raúl Sánchez	38	36	35	3	7	0	0	0	0	0		0	3	.200	.200	.200	.400	7		0	1	0	0
Jim Johnston	13	41	37	5	6	1	0	1	5	0		4	5	.162	.244	.270	.514	10		0	0	0	0
Frank Carpin	18	23	20	1	4	0	0	0	0	0		1	3	.200	.238	.200	.438	4		0	2	0	0
Robert Lasko	19	38	34	1	4	0	0	0	1	0		1	15	.118	.167	.118	.284	4		1	2	0	0
Ted Wieand	10	19	16	2	3	0	0	1	3	0		0	5	.188	.167	.375	.542	6		0	1	2	0
Roy Peterson	25	31	27	3	3	1	0	0	1	0		4	11	.111	.226	.148	.374	4		0	0	0	0
James Fox	4	6	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	1	.200	.333	.200	.533	1		0	0	0	0
Bob Meyer	10	14	10	2	1	0	0	0	0	0		2	1	.100	.250	.100	.350	1		0	2	0	0
Charles Loyd	11	13	13	3	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	8	.077	.077	.077	.154	1		0	0	0	0
William Drummond	39	19	13	0	1	0	0	0	1	0		5	8	.077	.333	.077	.410	1		0	1	0	0
Paul Erickson	25	21	17	1	1	1	0	0	0	0		3	5	.059	.200	.118	.318	2		0	1	0	0
Rich Barry	4	13	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	7	.000	.077	.000	.077	0		0	0	0	0
Howard Kitt	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0	0
Thomas McNulty	3	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0	0
Ralph Scorca	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0					0		0	1	0	0
Totals	1623	5370	4789	677	1298	210	46	102	622	38	0	488	700	.271	.339	.398	.737	1906	0	21	35	37	22

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Sammy Miley	1B	62	453	81	5	50	.991	8.613
Charlie Keller	1B	35	305	33	10	29	.971	9.657
Chuck Buheller	1B	23	224	24	1	22	.996	1.783
Jim Johnston	1B	11	84	5	2	9	.978	8.091
James Orton	2B	110	258	328	29	73	.953	5.327
Dave Davis	2B	37	63	76	11	11	.927	3.757
Eugene Domzalski	3B	39	28	74	10	8	.911	2.615
Michael Mathiesen	3B	35	30	73	5	10	.954	2.943
Dave Davis	3B	33	17	59	11	7	.874	2.303
Frank Verdi	3B	12	6	24	3	1	.909	2.500
Chuck Buheller	3B	11	6	18	3	2	.889	2.182
Charles Boone	C	112	673	53	11	12	.985	6.482	10
Joe Miller	C	35	142	14	9	3	.945	4.457	3
Ronald Solomine	OF	137	308	24	13	3	.962	2.423
Elvio Jiménez	OF	130	198	14	8	1	.964	1.631
William Carr	OF	66	109	2	4	1	.965	1.682
Sammy Miley	OF	47	76	2	3	1	.963	1.660
Phillip Swimley	OF	16	21	5	3	0	.897	1.625
Chuck Buheller	OF	14	14	0	0	0	1.000	1.000
Dave Davis	OF	12	22	1	0	1	1.000	1.917
Joe Miller	OF	11	8	0	0	0	1.000	.727
James Burton	P	43	21	23	1	3	.978	1.023
William Drummond	P	39	2	10	0	3	1.000	.308
Lawrence DelMargo	P	39	7	22	2	2	.935	.744
Raúl Sánchez	P	38	10	18	1	3	.966	.737
Ed Merritt	P	33	18	50	3	2	.958	2.061
Paul Erickson	P	25	3	10	0	0	1.000	.520
Roy Peterson	P	23	8	16	1	1	.960	1.043
Richard Dumas	P	19	8	12	3	1	.870	1.053
Robert Lasko	P	18	14	13	0	1	1.000	1.500
Frank Carpin	P	16	4	12	0	1	1.000	1.000
Ted Wieand	P	10	4	11	0	1	1.000	1.500
Bob Meyer	P	10	3	10	3	1	.812	1.300
Charles Loyd	P	9						.000
Leonardo Ferguson	P	6						.000
Pete Mikkelsen	P	5						.000
Dale Zeigler	P	3						.000
John Nelson	P	3						.000
Thomas McNulty	P	3						.000
Howard Kitt	P	3						.000
Ralph Scorca	P	1						.000
Dave Davis	P	1						.000
Horace Clarke	SS	134	226	379	51	64	.922	4.515
Totals		1469	3373	1496	206	327	.959	3.314	13	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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