1962 Charlotte Hornets Statistics

South Atlantic League (SAL) - Class: A
Team Record: 54-86
Finished 8th in the SAL
Manager: Red Robbins (54-86)
Affiliation: Minnesota Twins
Location: Charlotte, North Carolina
Ballpark: Clark Griffith Park
Attendance: 50,712, Avg. 724
1962 Charlotte Hornets Roster

The Charlotte Hornets of the South Atlantic League ended the 1962 season with a record of 54 wins and 86 losses, finishing eighth in the SAL.

The Hornets scored 595 runs and surrendered 683 runs. Tony Oliva paced Charlotte with 17 home runs, and William Thompson walloped 15 or more also. Tony Oliva drove in 93 runs and topped all regular hitters by connecting at a .350 clip. Gary Dotter paced the team with 9 wins and a team-best 2.95 ERA, tops among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

Fred Bruckbauer, Chuck Coles, Jim Donohue, Gary Dotter, Darold Knowles, Ralph Lumenti, Héctor Maestri, Jim Manning, Ron Mrozinski, Joe Nossek, Tony Oliva, Ernie Oravetz, Frank Quilici, Marshall Renfroe, Jim Roland, Garland Shifflett and Ron Stillwell were all players from the 1962 Charlotte Hornets who played in the Majors during their careers.

Red Robbins 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
Gary Dotter913.4092.95292794168.0150805514784110105
Jim Manning711.3894.98232050112.012176621044369514
William Felker712.3683.86341530140.016175601359389208
Bob Saban68.4294.90232151125.013773681141463406
Oscar Chinique56.4554.443900081.08350404401032002
Garland Shifflett59.3573.4746620166.0144776413685126405
Ron Mrozinski47.3643.83201331101.01035243826065306
William Jones410.2864.27302450158.017184757767119506
Pete Pekich23.4003.301300030.0291411410222100
Ralph Lumenti101.0006.0031006.06840900011
Fred Bruckbauer11.5002.84800019.023760719100
Héctor Maestri11.5002.862210044.0462014233534003
Marshall Renfroe11.5006.0031006.07640403000
Jim Roland13.2504.17871041.0362719137140004
Joel Kiger002.57600014.0124434013000
Jose Mejias004.85410013.0137705010001
Jim Donohue007.0031009.09971407001
Red Robbins009.0010001.02111000000
Darold Knowles01.0001.2961007.09710914000
Totals5486.3863.95321139033601241.012626775459255446815262520

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
Tony Oliva12752546971164356179314332.350.402.559.9612623374
Joe Nossek1345745215814417435684446.276.330.342.6721780545
Ernie Oravetz964453696311814312476417.320.420.382.8021411925
Nestor Velazquez103389353398410423472937.238.295.306.6011081331
Wendell Antoine94372341267919143552352.232.281.328.6091121528
Chuck Coles802512133265101114413626.305.406.516.9221100203
William Thompson743002623156131163903360.214.301.454.7551190413
Bob Hartsfield6023520432548262712828.265.352.412.764840212
Jesus Torres4718615720407111112419.255.350.331.681520321
Red Robbins471451291119112801618.147.241.217.458280002
Matthew Daskalakis2296771318202100169.234.368.338.706261110
Garland Shifflett627059715002120616.254.318.356.674210410
Jim Carver329177915402801228.195.300.325.625250112
Frank Quilici259883615200401427.181.299.205.504170100
David Sanchez177764131310034128.203.329.219.548140100
Gary Dotter3264604111206029.183.210.267.476160200
Larry Koehl20605151001211078.196.283.353.636180020
William Jones45746451001070518.156.239.188.427122300
Ron Stillwell1461477851020106.170.328.319.647151303
William Felker3654485810020213.167.200.188.38890400
Dale Bennetch1249434610260613.140.245.302.547130000
Glen Merklen1857464610160119.130.298.217.516100000
Ron Mrozinski2041323510120417.156.250.281.53190500
Jim Manning2443412400020010.098.098.098.19540200
Jim Donohue344020000002.500.500.5001.00020000
Pete Pekich131110120000014.200.273.200.47320000
Héctor Maestri221513021001016.154.214.231.44530100
Oscar Chinique402219220000037.105.227.105.33320000
Hank Lehwald223331020001029.065.121.065.18620000
Bob Saban2345424200000223.048.089.048.13720010
Ralph Lumenti333110000000.333.333.333.66710000
Jim Roland81515110000002.067.067.067.13310000
Fred Bruckbauer833000000002.000.000.000.00000000
Darold Knowles711100000001.000.000.000.00000000
Joel Kiger766000000002.000.000.000.00000000
Marshall Renfroe322000000001.000.000.000.00000000
Jose Mejias432000000011.000.333.000.33300000
Totals1404452039614809811542975454350457586.248.325.358.6831418010642839


Fielding:

Player Pos GP PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB SB CS CS%
William Thompson1B73595461251.9828.781
Chuck Coles1B3223920318.9898.094
Matthew Daskalakis1B141821157.97513.786
Glen Merklen1B111188411.96911.455
Nestor Velazquez2B417296138.9284.098
Bob Hartsfield2B2976721015.9375.103
Frank Quilici2B15324826.9765.333
Bob Hartsfield3B26213641.9342.192
Jesus Torres3B25254851.9362.920
Red Robbins3B21175161.9193.238
Nestor Velazquez3B12202861.8894.000
Joe Nossek3B125510.909.833
Wendell AntoineC91576651313.9807.04418
Jim CarverC2011710001.0006.3501
Hank LehwaldC14415001.0003.2864
Larry KoehlC14851635.9717.2146
Tony OlivaOF12223113193.9282.000
Joe NossekOF10428920133.9602.971
Ernie OravetzOF96164650.9711.771
Chuck ColesOF2138310.9761.952
Dale BennetchOF1014110.9381.500
Garland ShifflettP46122820.952.870
Oscar ChiniqueP39541061.0001.179
William FelkerP3473112.9741.118
William JonesP30112632.9251.233
Gary DotterP2992711.9731.241
Bob SabanP23102510.9721.522
Jim ManningP2351323.900.783
Héctor MaestriP224610.909.455
Ron MrozinskiP2041912.9581.150
Pete PekichP1332001.000.385
Jim RolandP8.000
Fred BruckbauerP8.000
Darold KnowlesP6.000
Joel KigerP6.000
Jose MejiasP4.000
Marshall RenfroeP3.000
Ralph LumentiP3.000
Jim DonohueP3.000
Red RobbinsP1.000
Nestor VelazquezSS2949721019.9244.172
Jesus TorresSS172562912.9065.118
Ron StillwellSS142548710.9125.214
David SanchezSS10203378.8835.300
Totals119431461041171209.9613.5072900

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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