1962 Asheville Tourists Statistics
Team Record: 70-70
Finished 4th in the SAL
Manager: Ray Hathaway (70-70)
Affiliation: Pittsburgh Pirates
Location: Asheville, North Carolina
Ballpark: Old McCormick Field
Attendance: 78,559, Avg. 1,122
Playoffs - Knoxville Smokies 3 games, Asheville Tourists 1
The Asheville Tourists of the South Atlantic League ended the 1962 season with a record of 70 wins and 70 losses, finishing fourth in the SAL.
The Tourists tallied 699 runs and allowed 680 runs. Duncan Campbell and Elmo Plaskett paced Asheville with 27 home runs apiece., and Gary Rushing walloped 15 or more, too. Elmo Plaskett drove in 96 runs and topped all regular batters by connecting at a .350 clip. Dick Lines led the team with 14 wins and a team-best 2.11 ERA, leading pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Members of the 1962 Asheville Tourists who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were José Martínez, Gene Alley, Dick Lines, Ray Hathaway, Frank Bork, Tom Butters, Chet Boak, Larry Foss, Elmo Plaskett, Roberto Peña, Steve Blass and Red Swanson.
Ray Hathaway 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dick Lines | 14 | 6 | .700 | 2.11 | 22 | 22 | 16 | 9 | 162.0 | 128 | 49 | 38 | 6 | 49 | 7 | 83 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Larry Foss | 10 | 5 | .667 | 3.67 | 20 | 20 | 7 | 1 | 125.0 | 107 | 60 | 51 | 10 | 89 | 1 | 92 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Donald Dobrino | 9 | 9 | .500 | 3.93 | 33 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 151.0 | 151 | 87 | 66 | 14 | 59 | 11 | 73 | 7 | 0 | 10 | |||
| Rodger Irvine | 8 | 12 | .400 | 4.41 | 32 | 23 | 4 | 0 | 145.0 | 131 | 92 | 71 | 8 | 113 | 5 | 124 | 4 | 0 | 13 | |||
| James Hardison | 7 | 12 | .368 | 4.67 | 27 | 22 | 7 | 1 | 135.0 | 148 | 90 | 70 | 19 | 52 | 9 | 68 | 3 | 1 | 2 | |||
| Tom Butters | 6 | 1 | .857 | 1.80 | 21 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 75.0 | 48 | 15 | 15 | 3 | 41 | 3 | 83 | 2 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Red Swanson | 4 | 4 | .500 | 5.37 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 57.0 | 64 | 40 | 34 | 7 | 26 | 4 | 34 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Ed Strichek | 3 | 6 | .333 | 4.45 | 34 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 99.0 | 99 | 63 | 49 | 14 | 29 | 2 | 51 | 2 | 1 | 4 | |||
| James Little | 2 | 1 | .667 | 3.60 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 30.0 | 24 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 24 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |||
| Gary Aldrich | 2 | 1 | .667 | 4.32 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 50.0 | 55 | 34 | 24 | 3 | 37 | 3 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 9 | |||
| Dick Doepker | 2 | 3 | .400 | 4.43 | 23 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 67.0 | 79 | 39 | 33 | 3 | 24 | 5 | 35 | 3 | 1 | 4 | |||
| Bill Jackson | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jim Stoll | 1 | 2 | .333 | 5.50 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 18.0 | 19 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Steve Blass | 1 | 4 | .200 | 7.20 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 30.0 | 32 | 28 | 24 | 1 | 25 | 3 | 25 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||
| Ray Hathaway | 0 | 0 | 3.86 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Duncan Campbell | 0 | 0 | 6.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| John Massey | 0 | 0 | 7.71 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14.0 | 17 | 17 | 12 | 1 | 17 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Elmo Plaskett | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Anselmo Gordon | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4.09 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.0 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Mort Ek | 0 | 1 | .000 | 10.12 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8.0 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Frank Bork | 0 | 2 | .000 | 5.14 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 14.0 | 17 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 70 | 70 | .500 | 4.02 | 276 | 139 | 0 | 47 | 11 | 0 | 1204.0 | 1153 | 676 | 538 | 100 | 616 | 54 | 776 | 29 | 6 | 69 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elmo Plaskett | 134 | 558 | 486 | 91 | 170 | 30 | 2 | 27 | 96 | 7 | 62 | 53 | .350 | .426 | .586 | 1.012 | 285 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 9 | ||
| Duncan Campbell | 140 | 584 | 515 | 95 | 160 | 27 | 7 | 27 | 94 | 17 | 49 | 87 | .311 | .378 | .548 | .925 | 282 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 3 | ||
| José Martínez | 119 | 460 | 403 | 49 | 98 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 39 | 12 | 50 | 102 | .243 | .325 | .345 | .670 | 139 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Wayne McDonald | 101 | 408 | 361 | 52 | 97 | 22 | 1 | 12 | 50 | 4 | 33 | 61 | .269 | .332 | .435 | .767 | 157 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 2 | ||
| Gene Alley | 88 | 382 | 338 | 64 | 95 | 18 | 3 | 10 | 35 | 7 | 32 | 74 | .281 | .345 | .441 | .786 | 149 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Sandy Johnson | 121 | 439 | 397 | 53 | 88 | 13 | 1 | 7 | 44 | 4 | 31 | 66 | .222 | .278 | .312 | .590 | 124 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Tommie Martz | 77 | 287 | 235 | 39 | 66 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 25 | 12 | 49 | 34 | .281 | .406 | .340 | .746 | 80 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Gary Rushing | 82 | 310 | 250 | 43 | 65 | 7 | 0 | 16 | 46 | 1 | 53 | 78 | .260 | .388 | .480 | .868 | 120 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | ||
| Bill Jackson | 88 | 297 | 230 | 41 | 58 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 33 | 6 | 59 | 53 | .252 | .407 | .339 | .747 | 78 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1 | ||
| Larry Fidalgo | 38 | 151 | 135 | 19 | 41 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 0 | 13 | 16 | .304 | .365 | .444 | .809 | 60 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Henry Mitchell | 24 | 100 | 88 | 15 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 4 | 12 | 10 | .250 | .340 | .420 | .760 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rodolfo Welch | 22 | 89 | 80 | 7 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 27 | .238 | .315 | .300 | .615 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Roberto Peña | 13 | 49 | 45 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 7 | .244 | .292 | .356 | .647 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Larry Foss | 20 | 51 | 46 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 24 | .217 | .250 | .326 | .576 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dick Lines | 27 | 66 | 61 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 15 | .164 | .203 | .180 | .383 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| James Hardison | 34 | 52 | 48 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 19 | .146 | .212 | .208 | .420 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Donald Dobrino | 40 | 63 | 59 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 13 | .119 | .175 | .169 | .344 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tom Butters | 21 | 30 | 27 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10 | .222 | .250 | .296 | .546 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Arthur Blunt | 9 | 31 | 22 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 6 | .227 | .452 | .500 | .952 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Eugene Orf | 15 | 44 | 40 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | .125 | .182 | .175 | .357 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Rodger Irvine | 32 | 53 | 44 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 25 | .114 | .133 | .114 | .247 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gary Aldrich | 10 | 21 | 19 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | .211 | .250 | .211 | .461 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Steve Blass | 6 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .300 | .364 | .300 | .664 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ed Strichek | 34 | 29 | 24 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | .125 | .222 | .208 | .431 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dick Doepker | 23 | 18 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .125 | .176 | .125 | .301 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Red Swanson | 17 | 20 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .118 | .167 | .235 | .402 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| LeRoy Luketich | 13 | 23 | 22 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .091 | .130 | .091 | .221 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chet Boak | 9 | 33 | 29 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | .069 | .156 | .103 | .260 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ray Hathaway | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Massey | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Stoll | 10 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| James Little | 10 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .143 | .333 | .286 | .619 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mort Ek | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Anselmo Gordon | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Frank Bork | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .000 | .250 | .000 | .250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1391 | 4695 | 4076 | 628 | 1067 | 181 | 24 | 120 | 531 | 76 | 0 | 493 | 834 | .262 | .344 | .406 | .750 | 1656 | 0 | 30 | 69 | 27 | 24 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Jackson | 1B | 73 | 414 | 38 | 6 | 63 | .987 | 6.192 | ||||
| Elmo Plaskett | 1B | 36 | 300 | 22 | 9 | 29 | .973 | 8.944 | ||||
| Gary Rushing | 1B | 13 | 118 | 7 | 1 | 13 | .992 | 9.615 | ||||
| Gene Alley | 2B | 88 | 200 | 289 | 15 | 69 | .970 | 5.557 | ||||
| Sandy Johnson | 2B | 49 | 108 | 158 | 7 | 33 | .974 | 5.429 | ||||
| Duncan Campbell | 3B | 63 | 71 | 101 | 16 | 12 | .915 | 2.730 | ||||
| Sandy Johnson | 3B | 61 | 51 | 85 | 12 | 13 | .919 | 2.230 | ||||
| Elmo Plaskett | 3B | 22 | 33 | 53 | 7 | 4 | .925 | 3.909 | ||||
| Gary Rushing | C | 68 | 346 | 32 | 7 | 5 | .982 | 5.559 | 11 | |||
| Larry Fidalgo | C | 36 | 196 | 25 | 5 | 5 | .978 | 6.139 | 5 | |||
| Elmo Plaskett | C | 31 | 219 | 25 | 6 | 2 | .976 | 7.871 | 6 | |||
| LeRoy Luketich | C | 11 | 29 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 3.000 | 1 | |||
| Wayne McDonald | OF | 99 | 139 | 9 | 5 | 1 | .967 | 1.495 | ||||
| Duncan Campbell | OF | 78 | 174 | 11 | 3 | 0 | .984 | 2.372 | ||||
| Tommie Martz | OF | 61 | 106 | 7 | 7 | 0 | .942 | 1.852 | ||||
| Elmo Plaskett | OF | 41 | 73 | 4 | 3 | 0 | .962 | 1.878 | ||||
| Henry Mitchell | OF | 24 | 51 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .945 | 2.167 | ||||
| Rodolfo Welch | OF | 20 | 27 | 3 | 3 | 1 | .909 | 1.500 | ||||
| Eugene Orf | OF | 12 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.083 | ||||
| Ed Strichek | P | 34 | 7 | 18 | 2 | 1 | .926 | .735 | ||||
| Donald Dobrino | P | 33 | 16 | 26 | 1 | 1 | .977 | 1.273 | ||||
| Rodger Irvine | P | 32 | 3 | 23 | 1 | 0 | .963 | .812 | ||||
| James Hardison | P | 27 | 4 | 35 | 5 | 3 | .886 | 1.444 | ||||
| Dick Doepker | P | 23 | 4 | 17 | 2 | 0 | .913 | .913 | ||||
| Dick Lines | P | 22 | 16 | 35 | 2 | 7 | .962 | 2.318 | ||||
| Tom Butters | P | 21 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .381 | ||||
| Larry Foss | P | 20 | 3 | 20 | 2 | 1 | .920 | 1.150 | ||||
| Red Swanson | P | 17 | 4 | 18 | 1 | 1 | .957 | 1.294 | ||||
| Gary Aldrich | P | 10 | 2 | 15 | 1 | 2 | .944 | 1.700 | ||||
| James Little | P | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| John Massey | P | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Steve Blass | P | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jim Stoll | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Anselmo Gordon | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Frank Bork | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Duncan Campbell | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Elmo Plaskett | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Bill Jackson | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ray Hathaway | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Mort Ek | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| José Martínez | SS | 110 | 210 | 316 | 29 | 70 | .948 | 4.782 | ||||
| Totals | 1272 | 2940 | 1402 | 161 | 338 | .964 | 3.414 | 23 | 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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