1964 Asheville Tourists Statistics

Southern League (SL) - Class: AA
Team Record: 52-86
Finished 8th in the SL
Manager: Ray Hathaway (0-0), Bob Clear (0-0)
Affiliation: Pittsburgh Pirates
Location: Asheville, North Carolina
Ballpark: Old McCormick Field
Attendance: 41,086, Avg. 595

1964 Asheville Tourists Roster

The Asheville Tourists of the Southern League ended the 1964 season with a record of 52 wins and 86 losses, finishing eighth in the SL.

The Tourists tallied 619 runs and yielded 706 runs, most in the league. José Martínez paced Asheville with 20 home runs, while George Spriggs, Don Bosch, Elmo Plaskett and Edward Sada each walloped 15 or more also. José Martínez accounted for 78 RBI. George Spriggs topped hitters with significant playing time by connecting at a .322 clip. Ken Larsen led the squad with 12 wins, and Jim Shellenback registered a 3.53 earned run average, leading qualifying pitchers.

Buddy Pritchard, Jim Shellenback, Gary Waslewski, Roberto Peña, Elmo Plaskett, Dick Colpaert, George Spriggs, Ron Woods, Dave Roberts, Don Bosch, José Martínez, Bert Cueto, Luke Walker, Mike Derrick, Ron Blackburn, Jerry May and John Gelnar were all players from the 1964 Asheville Tourists who played in the Majors during their careers.

Ray Hathaway and Bob Clear 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
Ken Larsen	12	13	.480	4.21	36	27		13	3		186.0	186	102	87	30	75	5	137	1	0	4
Jim Shellenback	8	14	.364	3.53	29	26		10	3		181.0	179	88	71	20	94	10	132	5	0	8
Luke Walker	8	14	.364	3.72	29	28		7	2		184.0	185	111	76	11	122	6	164	5	3	23
Gary Waslewski	5	5	.500	3.84	15	15		5	2		96.0	95	51	41	8	41	4	56	6	0	4
Dick Colpaert	4	3	.571	4.94	42	1		0	0		93.0	90	55	51	15	50	6	84	3	1	3
John Gelnar	3	1	.750	3.53	7	7		1	0		51.0	42	27	20	7	14	3	39	1	0	0
Dave Roberts	3	3	.500	4.58	11	10		3	0		59.0	64	33	30	10	28	2	44	0	0	0
Ron Blackburn	3	5	.375	2.31	22	0		0	0		35.0	33	14	9	3	5	2	18	0	0	0
Bill McGilivray	2	2	.500	4.38	17	0		0	0		37.0	35	22	18	6	22	4	39	3	1	3
Juan Gener	2	4	.333	9.47	11	1		0	0		19.0	33	24	20	0	11	3	20	0	1	1
Ernie Kunkle	1	6	.143	6.00	13	11		1	0		54.0	63	39	36	5	38	5	33	2	0	2
Chuck Herzberger	1	9	.100	5.47	23	3		2	0		74.0	83	54	45	10	34	3	36	0	0	5
Gene McKamey	0	0		3.86	6	0		0	0		21.0	23	15	9	2	22	1	8	0	0	2
Ed Napoleon	0	0		18.00	1	0		0	0		1.0	1	2	2	0	2	0	1	1	0	0
Rafael Sosa	0	0		24.43	5	0		0	0		7.0	15	21	19	2	10	1	3	0	0	0
Bert Cueto	0	1	.000	4.00	8	0		0	0		18.0	16	8	8	3	7	1	14	0	0	0
Larry Gable	0	1	.000	7.07	3	3		0	0		14.0	21	14	11	1	8	1	9	0	0	0
William Drummond	0	2	.000	5.06	9	1		0	0		16.0	22	10	9	2	5	1	6	0	0	0
Phillip Cunningham	0	3	.000	7.11	6	5		0	0		19.0	24	16	15	5	15	0	13	0	0	1
Totals	52	86	.377	4.46	293	138	0	42	10	0	1165.0	1210	706	577	140	603	58	856	27	6	56	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
George Spriggs	136	586	509	96	164	14	10	16	53	33	4	70	108	.322	.404	.483	.888	246		1	5	1
Roberto Peña	113	471	433	63	131	21	3	14	56	10	4	29	40	.303	.347	.462	.809	200		3	1	5
Don Bosch	133	603	530	70	131	27	6	15	54	8	8	59	85	.247	.323	.406	.729	215		4	3	7
Edward Sada	114	460	412	60	115	17	2	15	49	5	1	39	50	.279	.349	.439	.789	181		6	2	1
José Martínez	119	452	403	65	110	18	4	20	78	3	0	43	88	.273	.347	.486	.834	196		4	0	2
Elmo Plaskett	90	355	320	54	91	11	0	18	47	3	1	30	36	.284	.352	.488	.840	156		4	0	1
Jerry May	113	403	346	32	86	15	0	6	33	0	1	50	65	.249	.346	.344	.690	119		2	4	1
Roberto Herrera	98	327	286	38	77	7	0	10	36	2	2	34	55	.269	.356	.399	.754	114		5	1	1
Ed Napoleon	82	232	213	16	58	15	0	2	28	0	0	18	18	.272	.328	.371	.698	79		0	0	1
Buddy Pritchard	47	156	135	17	41	4	0	5	13	1	0	13	12	.304	.368	.444	.813	60		2	4	2
Ron Woods	35	143	128	11	32	3	4	0	15	3	1	13	21	.250	.317	.336	.653	43		0	1	1
Lou Ertle	33	114	106	13	29	4	2	2	16	1	0	7	13	.274	.316	.406	.721	43		0	0	1
Mike Derrick	44	148	131	19	26	5	1	4	18	1	1	16	38	.198	.284	.344	.627	45		0	0	1
David Kwiatkowski	34	144	113	21	22	1	0	12	30	0	0	29	37	.195	.368	.522	.890	59		2	0	0
Ken Larsen	52	89	75	14	15	1	4	5	14	0	0	9	26	.200	.279	.520	.799	39		0	3	2
Jim Shellenback	31	70	66	4	13	0	1	1	6	1	0	1	18	.197	.209	.273	.482	18		0	3	0
Harry Billie	10	37	35	3	8	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	3	.229	.222	.229	.451	8		0	1	1
Wayne Golden	10	37	36	4	8	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	13	.222	.243	.250	.493	9		0	0	0
Dave Roberts	14	25	25	1	6	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	6	.240	.240	.280	.520	7		0	0	0
John Gelnar	8	23	21	1	4	1	0	1	3	0	0	0	9	.190	.190	.381	.571	8		0	2	0
Gene McKamey	6	7	7	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.429	.429	.429	.857	3		0	0	0
Dick Colpaert	43	21	17	4	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	4	7	.176	.333	.176	.510	3		0	0	0
Ernie Kunkle	23	21	19	3	3	1	2	0	2	0	0	1	4	.158	.200	.421	.621	8		0	1	0
Gary Waslewski	15	37	31	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	13	.097	.152	.097	.248	3		0	4	0
Luke Walker	29	71	56	4	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	7	32	.054	.159	.054	.212	3		0	8	0
Juan Gener	11	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	2		0	0	0
Ron Blackburn	22	9	9	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.222	.222	.222	.444	2		0	0	0
Chuck Herzberger	26	31	29	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	.069	.069	.069	.138	2		0	2	0
Rafael Sosa	5	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	1.000	1.500	2		0	0	0
Richard Yencha	11	16	15	2	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	6	.067	.125	.067	.192	1		0	0	0
Bert Cueto	8	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Phillip Cunningham	6	8	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.125	.000	.125	0		0	0	0
Bill McGilivray	17	10	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	.000	.222	.000	.222	0		0	1	0
William Drummond	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Larry Gable	3	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Totals	1550	5123	4537	620	1190	168	39	146	561	73	24	479	830	.262	.335	.413	.748	1874	0	33	46	28	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Roberto Herrera	1B	56	463	28	10	40	.980	8.768
Mike Derrick	1B	37	260	19	8	29	.972	7.541
Edward Sada	1B	26	200	16	1	12	.995	8.308
David Kwiatkowski	1B	26	209	7	2	18	.991	8.308
José Martínez	2B	69	129	176	12	35	.962	4.420
Buddy Pritchard	2B	33	79	75	7	20	.957	4.667
Lou Ertle	2B	30	75	84	6	28	.964	5.300
Wayne Golden	2B	10	22	35	4	9	.934	5.700
Edward Sada	3B	84	50	112	16	10	.910	1.929
Elmo Plaskett	3B	22	13	34	4	1	.922	2.136
José Martínez	3B	22	12	39	4	2	.927	2.318
Roberto Peña	3B	10	8	24	1	3	.970	3.200
Jerry May	C	107	672	59	13	10	.983	6.832	16
Roberto Herrera	C	26	171	19	1	2	.995	7.308	4
Elmo Plaskett	C	14	60	4	1	0	.985	4.571	5
George Spriggs	OF	134	234	17	17	1	.937	1.873
Don Bosch	OF	132	263	21	16	1	.947	2.152
Ed Napoleon	OF	58	78	4	5	1	.943	1.414
Elmo Plaskett	OF	47	71	9	2	0	.976	1.702
Ron Woods	OF	25	59	6	6	2	.915	2.600
David Kwiatkowski	OF	11	17	1	1	0	.947	1.636
Dick Colpaert	P	42	3	14	1	1	.944	.405
Ken Larsen	P	36	5	24	0	0	1.000	.806
Luke Walker	P	29	8	38	2	0	.958	1.586
Jim Shellenback	P	29	11	33	1	1	.978	1.517
Chuck Herzberger	P	23	2	7	1	0	.900	.391
Ron Blackburn	P	22	5	8	0	1	1.000	.591
Bill McGilivray	P	17	1	4	0	0	1.000	.294
Gary Waslewski	P	15	3	26	1	1	.967	1.933
Ernie Kunkle	P	13	4	9	1	0	.929	1.000
Dave Roberts	P	11	1	12	0	0	1.000	1.182
Juan Gener	P	11	0	3	0	1	1.000	.273
Roberto Peña	SS	103	166	331	22	56	.958	4.825
José Martínez	SS	23	41	61	9	21	.919	4.435
Harry Billie	SS	10	19	39	4	8	.935	5.800
Totals		1363	3414	1398	179	314	.964	3.530	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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