1962 Batavia Pirates Statistics
Team Record: 51-67
Finished 5th in the NYPL
Manager: Bob Clear (51-67)
Affiliation: Pittsburgh Pirates
Location: Batavia, New York
Ballpark: Dwyer Stadium
Attendance: 29,237, Avg. 496
The Batavia Pirates of the New York-Pennsylvania League ended the 1962 season with a record of 51 wins and 67 losses, finishing fifth in the NYPL.
The Pirates plated 696 runs and gave up 829 runs, most in the circuit. Ron Woods, Jerry May and Gilbert Watts paced Batavia with 21 home runs apiece., while Leonard Merullo walloped 15 or more also. Jerry May recorded 89 runs batted in. Ron Woods topped all regular batters by hitting .313. Miguel Lemoine led the squad with 12 wins, and Ernie Kunkle recorded a 4.41 ERA, tops among qualifying pitchers.
Ron Woods and Jerry May both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.
Bob Clear 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miguel Lemoine | 12 | 8 | .600 | 4.58 | 21 | 21 | 17 | 0 | 165.0 | 186 | 111 | 84 | 15 | 102 | 134 | 5 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| Ernie Kunkle | 10 | 9 | .526 | 4.41 | 21 | 20 | 9 | 2 | 153.0 | 130 | 110 | 75 | 7 | 112 | 161 | 8 | 3 | 21 | ||||
| Jimmy Tyer | 6 | 11 | .353 | 5.13 | 30 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 135.0 | 160 | 104 | 77 | 8 | 97 | 117 | 5 | 2 | 12 | ||||
| Jennings Cross | 4 | 4 | .500 | 6.23 | 30 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 104.0 | 131 | 93 | 72 | 9 | 62 | 73 | 3 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| Jim Tillman | 4 | 5 | .444 | 4.19 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 58.0 | 59 | 50 | 27 | 3 | 53 | 41 | 2 | 0 | 12 | ||||
| Hector Urbano | 4 | 7 | .364 | 4.50 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 74.0 | 71 | 52 | 37 | 7 | 39 | 69 | 5 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Samuel Watson | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 8.31 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.0 | 18 | 14 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Michael Vetovich | 2 | 1 | .667 | 5.94 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 50.0 | 53 | 43 | 33 | 6 | 42 | 38 | 4 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Bill Knoch | 2 | 4 | .333 | 6.00 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 54.0 | 55 | 47 | 36 | 8 | 46 | 60 | 1 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Rafael Sosa | 2 | 5 | .286 | 5.86 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 63.0 | 55 | 48 | 41 | 7 | 47 | 70 | 5 | 0 | 8 | ||||
| Thomas Donnell | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 8.10 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10.0 | 16 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Gilbert Watts | 1 | 2 | .333 | 3.52 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 23.0 | 24 | 20 | 9 | 3 | 14 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Bill McGilivray | 1 | 10 | .091 | 7.48 | 19 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 71.0 | 91 | 82 | 59 | 12 | 62 | 40 | 4 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| David Koblentz | 5 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Murray Cook | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| William Cox | 0 | 0 | 12.00 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||||
| William Albright | 0 | 1 | .000 | 7.65 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 20.0 | 27 | 19 | 17 | 1 | 21 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Totals | 51 | 67 | .432 | 5.36 | 239 | 116 | 0 | 44 | 3 | 0 | 1001.0 | 1088 | 817 | 596 | 89 | 729 | 0 | 862 | 43 | 5 | 89 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ron Woods | 100 | 458 | 383 | 90 | 120 | 22 | 3 | 21 | 75 | 28 | 11 | 72 | 54 | .313 | .421 | .551 | .972 | 211 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Joe Solimine | 118 | 523 | 459 | 58 | 117 | 14 | 6 | 10 | 68 | 10 | 1 | 55 | 86 | .255 | .343 | .377 | .720 | 173 | 7 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Alfonso Martinez | 98 | 412 | 373 | 63 | 114 | 23 | 4 | 6 | 48 | 12 | 3 | 30 | 78 | .306 | .364 | .437 | .801 | 163 | 5 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Jerry May | 104 | 437 | 388 | 70 | 110 | 21 | 1 | 21 | 89 | 2 | 0 | 44 | 67 | .284 | .359 | .505 | .864 | 196 | 3 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Gilbert Watts | 92 | 388 | 314 | 73 | 104 | 17 | 2 | 21 | 70 | 5 | 2 | 67 | 68 | .331 | .444 | .599 | 1.043 | 188 | 1 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Leonard Merullo | 100 | 446 | 382 | 66 | 102 | 20 | 1 | 15 | 62 | 10 | 1 | 51 | 80 | .267 | .369 | .442 | .811 | 169 | 11 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Brian Murphy | 101 | 446 | 375 | 63 | 100 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 29 | 7 | 3 | 64 | 69 | .267 | .376 | .336 | .712 | 126 | 2 | 4 | 1 | ||
| Murray Cook | 56 | 253 | 215 | 38 | 67 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 4 | 2 | 35 | 19 | .312 | .408 | .377 | .785 | 81 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| William Cox | 89 | 358 | 300 | 44 | 63 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 43 | 6 | 5 | 55 | 118 | .210 | .336 | .337 | .673 | 101 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Johnny Autry | 54 | 240 | 207 | 36 | 55 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 26 | 5 | 0 | 28 | 47 | .266 | .350 | .449 | .799 | 93 | 1 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Leo Hollas | 32 | 107 | 93 | 20 | 30 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 27 | .323 | .406 | .516 | .922 | 48 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Juan Reyes | 17 | 84 | 80 | 12 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 9 | .225 | .244 | .338 | .581 | 27 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Jeffrey Griffith | 21 | 62 | 55 | 7 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 13 | .309 | .367 | .327 | .694 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Miguel Lemoine | 29 | 87 | 84 | 11 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 26 | .190 | .207 | .298 | .505 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Ernie Kunkle | 21 | 66 | 60 | 7 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 28 | .217 | .242 | .317 | .559 | 19 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Jimmy Tyer | 36 | 62 | 52 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 16 | .192 | .271 | .365 | .637 | 19 | 0 | 3 | 1 | ||
| James Munoz | 14 | 41 | 33 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 8 | .182 | .341 | .394 | .735 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Michael Vetovich | 18 | 18 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | .286 | .375 | .286 | .661 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Jack Forrest | 8 | 21 | 21 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .190 | .190 | .238 | .429 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bill McGilivray | 19 | 26 | 24 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | .167 | .231 | .208 | .439 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rafael Sosa | 32 | 16 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .214 | .214 | .214 | .429 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Jim Tillman | 11 | 24 | 20 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | .150 | .227 | .200 | .427 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Bill Knoch | 8 | 23 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | .095 | .174 | .095 | .269 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Hector Urbano | 13 | 28 | 27 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .074 | .107 | .074 | .181 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Samuel Watson | 7 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .200 | .333 | .200 | .533 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jennings Cross | 30 | 44 | 30 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 21 | .033 | .326 | .033 | .359 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Thomas Donnell | 8 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .000 | .200 | .000 | .200 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| William Albright | 6 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1242 | 4687 | 4038 | 686 | 1086 | 198 | 31 | 117 | 598 | 90 | 31 | 562 | 890 | .269 | .361 | .420 | .782 | 1697 | 0 | 34 | 34 | 19 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Solimine | 1B | 118 | 974 | 51 | 28 | 89 | .973 | 8.686 | ||||
| Brian Murphy | 2B | 45 | 133 | 135 | 19 | 31 | .934 | 5.956 | ||||
| Johnny Autry | 2B | 41 | 78 | 125 | 8 | 23 | .962 | 4.951 | ||||
| Gilbert Watts | 2B | 19 | 36 | 54 | 9 | 12 | .909 | 4.737 | ||||
| James Munoz | 2B | 10 | 12 | 18 | 5 | 5 | .857 | 3.000 | ||||
| Leonard Merullo | 3B | 85 | 92 | 144 | 42 | 22 | .849 | 2.776 | ||||
| Juan Reyes | 3B | 14 | 12 | 23 | 6 | 1 | .854 | 2.500 | ||||
| Johnny Autry | 3B | 11 | 14 | 15 | 3 | 2 | .906 | 2.636 | ||||
| Jerry May | C | 101 | 765 | 70 | 14 | 14 | .984 | 8.267 | 22 | |||
| Leo Hollas | C | 13 | 106 | 7 | 6 | 0 | .950 | 8.692 | 2 | |||
| Jeffrey Griffith | C | 12 | 71 | 2 | 4 | 0 | .948 | 6.083 | 9 | |||
| Ron Woods | OF | 100 | 176 | 11 | 2 | 0 | .989 | 1.870 | ||||
| Alfonso Martinez | OF | 97 | 112 | 10 | 8 | 1 | .938 | 1.258 | ||||
| William Cox | OF | 84 | 121 | 13 | 10 | 1 | .931 | 1.595 | ||||
| Gilbert Watts | OF | 63 | 63 | 10 | 6 | 3 | .924 | 1.159 | ||||
| Leo Hollas | OF | 13 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .917 | 1.692 | ||||
| Rafael Sosa | P | 32 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | .917 | .344 | ||||
| Jimmy Tyer | P | 30 | 6 | 21 | 1 | 2 | .964 | .900 | ||||
| Jennings Cross | P | 30 | 3 | 20 | 3 | 1 | .885 | .767 | ||||
| Miguel Lemoine | P | 21 | 9 | 29 | 1 | 0 | .974 | 1.810 | ||||
| Ernie Kunkle | P | 21 | 4 | 20 | 6 | 1 | .800 | 1.143 | ||||
| Bill McGilivray | P | 19 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 2 | .941 | .842 | ||||
| Michael Vetovich | P | 18 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Hector Urbano | P | 12 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.333 | ||||
| Jim Tillman | P | 11 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .455 | ||||
| Gilbert Watts | P | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| Bill Knoch | P | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| Thomas Donnell | P | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| Samuel Watson | P | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| William Albright | P | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| David Koblentz | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| William Cox | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Murray Cook | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Murray Cook | SS | 56 | 97 | 149 | 26 | 31 | .904 | 4.393 | ||||
| Brian Murphy | SS | 51 | 98 | 125 | 22 | 30 | .910 | 4.373 | ||||
| Leonard Merullo | SS | 15 | 25 | 25 | 11 | 5 | .820 | 3.333 | ||||
| Totals | 1187 | 3040 | 1123 | 244 | 278 | .945 | 3.507 | 33 | 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.
Persons data from the Chadwick Baseball Bureau are Copyright Chadwick Baseball Bureau, and are made available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License.
