1963 Asheville Tourists Statistics

South Atlantic League (SAL) - Class: AA
Team Record: 79-61
Finished 3rd in the SAL
Manager: Ray Hathaway (79-61)
Affiliation: Pittsburgh Pirates
Location: Asheville, North Carolina
Ballpark: Old McCormick Field
Attendance: 71,845, Avg. 1,026

1963 Asheville Tourists Roster

The Asheville Tourists of the South Atlantic League ended the 1963 season with a record of 79 wins and 61 losses, finishing third in the SAL.

The Tourists led the league with 640 runs, sparked by 86 home runs. Asheville allowed 522 runs. Ron Woods and Charlie Leonard paced the team with 15 home runs apiece. Charlie Leonard accounted for 78 RBI and topped all regular hitters by connecting at a .282 clip. Troy Giles paced the squad with 18 wins, while Phillip Cunningham earned a 2.61 ERA, best among hurlers with significant time on the mound.

Dick Colpaert, John Gelnar, Milt Graff, Bob Lee, Jerry May, Roberto Peña, Red Swanson, Dave Wissman and Ron Woods were all players from the 1963 Asheville Tourists who played in the Major Leagues during their careers.

Ray Hathaway 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
Troy Giles	18	7	.720	2.99	29	29		19	2		214.0	191	85	71	15	73	13	159	9	4	7
Ken Larsen	13	10	.565	3.00	32	28		13	3		195.0	191	89	65	10	62	18	123	0	4	4
John Gelnar	12	5	.706	3.04	27	27		8	2		169.0	158	69	57	12	67	8	134	2	2	3
Rodger Irvine	11	9	.550	3.74	29	20		7	3		125.0	107	64	52	10	76	14	77	6	0	7
Phillip Cunningham	7	6	.538	2.61	22	22		5	0		155.0	117	57	45	6	90	6	104	8	0	2
Dick Doepker	5	4	.556	2.88	24	0		0	0		50.0	46	22	16	5	21	6	36	2	0	2
Anselmo Gordon	5	6	.455	1.99	32	1		0	0		68.0	54	16	15	2	34	6	66	6	1	4
Dick Colpaert	2	1	.667	2.86	13	0		0	0		22.0	21	9	7	0	14	2	13	1	0	2
Stewart Bowers	2	4	.333	4.03	22	5		1	1		67.0	63	35	30	8	38	3	36	0	0	3
Thomas Haake	2	5	.286	3.66	22	4		0	0		59.0	58	29	24	4	42	7	27	1	0	5
Bob Lee	1	1	.500	6.75	5	0		0	0		8.0	14	7	6	0	4	1	9	1	0	1
Ernie Kunkle	1	2	.333	4.97	6	3		1	0		29.0	25	19	16	5	21	1	28	0	0	3
Dean Robbins					1						0.0
Ed Napoleon	0	0		0.00	1	0		0	0		1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ronald Honeycutt	0	0		5.50	7	1		0	0		18.0	20	11	11	2	6	0	11	0	0	0
Red Swanson	0	0		18.00	1	0		0	0		1.0	2	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Thomas Hall	0	1	.000	6.00	5	0		0	0		9.0	8	6	6	0	5	0	4	1	0	1
Totals	79	61	.564	3.20	278	140	0	54	11	0	1190.0	1075	520	423	80	553	85	827	37	11	44	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
Charlie Leonard	140	578	493	81	139	24	6	15	78	4	1	75	59	.282	.375	.446	.822	220		0	8	2
Roberto Peña	138	560	500	67	134	21	3	4	64	16	2	48	61	.268	.335	.346	.681	173		4	4	4
Ron Woods	137	593	527	83	130	29	10	15	65	18	7	54	85	.247	.319	.425	.744	224		3	6	3
Dave Wissman	134	551	471	80	128	18	7	11	49	2	2	67	77	.272	.364	.410	.774	193		4	5	4
Edward Sada	114	448	396	62	107	13	3	9	56	4	2	39	74	.270	.343	.386	.729	153		6	5	2
Jerry May	123	452	398	45	94	23	2	3	41	0	0	46	64	.236	.316	.327	.643	130		2	3	3
Felix Santana	75	326	293	42	88	22	2	7	36	16	3	26	41	.300	.358	.461	.819	135		1	5	1
Milt Graff	101	358	326	44	82	11	2	4	35	1	6	25	28	.252	.306	.334	.640	109		1	5	1
Duncan Campbell	82	326	278	43	73	16	1	6	33	5	4	37	61	.263	.364	.392	.756	109		8	2	1
Ed Napoleon	74	192	158	26	36	6	0	4	20	2	2	29	9	.228	.342	.342	.684	54		0	2	3
Don Nipp	46	106	93	10	24	4	0	2	21	0	0	10	16	.258	.340	.366	.705	34		2	0	1
Rodolfo Welch	18	64	58	10	15	3	0	3	12	2	1	6	17	.259	.328	.466	.794	27		0	0	0
Troy Giles	29	88	80	8	14	5	0	0	7	0	0	2	38	.175	.205	.238	.442	19		1	5	0
Phillip Cunningham	23	63	58	2	9	0	0	0	6	0	0	2	35	.155	.183	.155	.339	9		0	3	0
Ken Larsen	37	80	65	9	9	1	1	1	12	0	0	8	38	.138	.230	.231	.460	15		0	6	1
Stewart Bowers	24	25	23	0	5	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	.217	.217	.304	.522	7		0	2	0
John Gelnar	28	68	58	3	5	0	0	1	6	0	0	2	22	.086	.115	.138	.253	8		0	7	1
Ernie Kunkle	7	11	11	1	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.364	.364	.455	.818	5		0	0	0
Thomas Haake	22	16	15	1	4	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	7	.267	.312	.333	.646	5		0	0	0
Dick Doepker	24	21	13	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	.231	.375	.231	.606	3		0	5	0
Anselmo Gordon	32	18	18	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	.167	.167	.167	.333	3		0	0	0
Rodger Irvine	29	39	34	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	21	.088	.114	.088	.203	3		0	4	0
Bob Lee	5	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	4.000	5.000	4		0	0	0
Thomas Hall	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Ronald Honeycutt	7	6	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	1	0
Dick Colpaert	13	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	.000	.250	.000	.250	0		0	0	0
Totals	1467	4995	4376	624	1110	200	37	86	547	70	30	482	773	.254	.330	.375	.706	1642	0	32	78	27	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Charlie Leonard	1B	140	1183	112	14	145	.989	9.250
Felix Santana	2B	75	164	215	8	52	.979	5.053
Milt Graff	2B	67	129	200	9	54	.973	4.910
Edward Sada	3B	111	113	154	18	19	.937	2.405
Dave Wissman	3B	15	18	20	4	3	.905	2.533
Milt Graff	3B	14	10	20	3	2	.909	2.143
Jerry May	C	121	722	65	18	10	.978	6.504	18
Don Nipp	C	29	147	9	2	2	.987	5.379	8
Ron Woods	OF	137	241	13	7	3	.973	1.854
Dave Wissman	OF	119	204	12	9	4	.960	1.815
Duncan Campbell	OF	78	147	11	10	2	.940	2.026
Ed Napoleon	OF	52	43	0	3	0	.935	.827
Rodolfo Welch	OF	16	28	2	2	1	.938	1.875
Ken Larsen	P	32	16	26	3	3	.933	1.312
Anselmo Gordon	P	32	1	5	0	0	1.000	.188
Rodger Irvine	P	29	8	13	2	2	.913	.724
Troy Giles	P	29	8	29	7	6	.841	1.276
John Gelnar	P	27	9	19	0	3	1.000	1.037
Dick Doepker	P	24	4	10	0	1	1.000	.583
Thomas Haake	P	22	6	12	0	1	1.000	.818
Phillip Cunningham	P	22	4	26	4	2	.882	1.364
Stewart Bowers	P	22	2	11	1	1	.929	.591
Dick Colpaert	P	13	2	3	0	0	1.000	.385
Roberto Peña	SS	138	303	434	34	107	.956	5.341
Totals		1364	3512	1421	158	423	.969	3.617	26	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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