1963 Durham Bulls Statistics
Team Record: 78-65
Finished 2nd in the CL's West Division
Manager: Billy Goodman (78-65)
Affiliation: Houston Colt .45's
Location: Durham, North Carolina
Ballpark: Durham Athletic Park
Attendance: 47,453, Avg. 664
Playoffs - Greensboro Yankees 3 games, Durham Bulls 2
The Durham Bulls of the Carolina League ended the 1963 season with a record of 78 wins and 65 losses, finishing second in the league's West Division.
The Bulls scored 715 runs and allowed 680 runs. Walt Matthews walloped 30 home runs for Durham, while Roy Hartless, Tommy Murray and Bob Rikard each swatted 15 or more, too. Tommy Murray drove in 102 runs. Walt Matthews led all regular batters with a .283 average. Darrell Brandon and James Holbrook topped the team with 14 wins each, and Darrell Brandon registered a 3.26 earned run average, tops among hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Members of the 1963 Durham Bulls who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Billy Goodman, Don Arlich, Danny Coombs, Tom Burgmeier, Joe Morgan, Dave Adlesh, Clint Courtney, Walt Williams, Chuck Harrison and Darrell Brandon.
Billy Goodman 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Darrell Brandon | 14 | 6 | .700 | 3.26 | 32 | 29 | 12 | 2 | 196.0 | 156 | 86 | 71 | 19 | 95 | 2 | 143 | 6 | 0 | 10 | |||
| James Holbrook | 14 | 7 | .667 | 3.51 | 27 | 27 | 9 | 1 | 177.0 | 183 | 90 | 69 | 16 | 60 | 5 | 110 | 4 | 0 | 15 | |||
| Don Arlich | 10 | 7 | .588 | 4.05 | 24 | 24 | 6 | 3 | 140.0 | 142 | 84 | 63 | 19 | 47 | 3 | 115 | 1 | 0 | 5 | |||
| Larry Huebner | 8 | 6 | .571 | 3.79 | 23 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 107.0 | 119 | 55 | 45 | 9 | 20 | 2 | 70 | 4 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Thomas Willwerth | 7 | 2 | .778 | 4.88 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 59.0 | 57 | 37 | 32 | 8 | 37 | 5 | 75 | 2 | 0 | 4 | |||
| Joseph Clement | 7 | 6 | .538 | 4.25 | 39 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 106.0 | 109 | 62 | 50 | 10 | 30 | 3 | 70 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jack Caffery | 4 | 2 | .667 | 5.11 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 44.0 | 43 | 31 | 25 | 3 | 24 | 1 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| John Harms | 4 | 3 | .571 | 3.60 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 75.0 | 72 | 39 | 30 | 5 | 50 | 4 | 75 | 3 | 1 | 12 | |||
| Kenneth Pate | 3 | 6 | .333 | 3.35 | 26 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 86.0 | 73 | 41 | 32 | 9 | 41 | 3 | 68 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Tom Burgmeier | 3 | 9 | .250 | 4.74 | 15 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 76.0 | 98 | 55 | 40 | 6 | 30 | 3 | 43 | 1 | 0 | 7 | |||
| Jimmy Marrujo | 2 | 3 | .400 | 3.55 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 38.0 | 33 | 17 | 15 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Danny Coombs | 1 | 2 | .333 | 4.94 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 31.0 | 40 | 25 | 17 | 2 | 22 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
| James Zwergel | 4 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Sammy Fountain | 6 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Don Altman | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4.50 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 34.0 | 35 | 22 | 17 | 5 | 19 | 0 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 1 | |||
| Bobby Black | 0 | 1 | .000 | 13.50 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Totals | 77 | 61 | .558 | 3.93 | 301 | 141 | 0 | 44 | 11 | 0 | 1173.0 | 1169 | 651 | 512 | 116 | 493 | 31 | 875 | 29 | 3 | 60 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roy Hartless | 141 | 640 | 527 | 112 | 142 | 26 | 9 | 17 | 63 | 6 | 4 | 102 | 130 | .269 | .387 | .450 | .837 | 237 | 2 | 5 | 4 | ||
| Tommy Murray | 144 | 598 | 528 | 86 | 135 | 25 | 1 | 25 | 102 | 3 | 3 | 60 | 87 | .256 | .337 | .449 | .786 | 237 | 6 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Walt Matthews | 136 | 540 | 474 | 78 | 134 | 21 | 3 | 30 | 89 | 0 | 0 | 56 | 73 | .283 | .360 | .530 | .889 | 251 | 4 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Joe Morgan | 95 | 419 | 322 | 74 | 107 | 20 | 2 | 13 | 43 | 7 | 4 | 91 | 38 | .332 | .482 | .528 | 1.010 | 170 | 3 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Hootie Murray | 145 | 553 | 457 | 63 | 106 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 35 | 4 | 0 | 84 | 133 | .232 | .356 | .278 | .634 | 127 | 5 | 5 | 2 | ||
| James Todhunter | 98 | 387 | 342 | 39 | 91 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 27 | 4 | 2 | 39 | 86 | .266 | .344 | .371 | .715 | 127 | 2 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Bob Rikard | 119 | 450 | 339 | 60 | 82 | 13 | 1 | 22 | 80 | 1 | 1 | 102 | 73 | .242 | .416 | .481 | .897 | 163 | 3 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Billy Goodman | 71 | 202 | 175 | 29 | 62 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 8 | .354 | .441 | .526 | .966 | 92 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chuck Harrison | 44 | 182 | 159 | 25 | 45 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 27 | .283 | .354 | .465 | .819 | 74 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Joel Kelfer | 78 | 286 | 230 | 27 | 42 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 50 | 38 | .183 | .326 | .252 | .578 | 58 | 0 | 4 | 2 | ||
| Paul Runge | 50 | 166 | 149 | 14 | 33 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 32 | .221 | .293 | .255 | .548 | 38 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Walt Williams | 32 | 122 | 117 | 25 | 28 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 12 | .239 | .264 | .402 | .666 | 47 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Clint Courtney | 38 | 134 | 113 | 14 | 24 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 13 | .212 | .313 | .416 | .729 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Lee Hyman | 47 | 182 | 153 | 16 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 27 | .157 | .266 | .196 | .462 | 30 | 1 | 5 | 1 | ||
| Darrell Brandon | 38 | 91 | 79 | 16 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 32 | .253 | .326 | .405 | .731 | 32 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Dave Adlesh | 20 | 82 | 73 | 6 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 30 | .219 | .284 | .384 | .668 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Larry Huebner | 23 | 39 | 34 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | .206 | .270 | .235 | .506 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Kenneth Pate | 30 | 35 | 32 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | .188 | .235 | .219 | .454 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Don Arlich | 25 | 56 | 51 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16 | .118 | .151 | .118 | .269 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| James Holbrook | 27 | 75 | 68 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 36 | .074 | .099 | .074 | .172 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 | ||
| John Harms | 35 | 24 | 21 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | .190 | .261 | .381 | .642 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Joseph Clement | 39 | 39 | 34 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 | .118 | .143 | .176 | .319 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Don Altman | 7 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .300 | .364 | .400 | .764 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jack Caffery | 11 | 18 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .176 | .176 | .235 | .412 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Tom Burgmeier | 16 | 30 | 23 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 15 | .130 | .250 | .130 | .380 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Jimmy Marrujo | 7 | 16 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .143 | .200 | .214 | .414 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Fred White | 7 | 14 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | .091 | .286 | .091 | .377 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bobby Black | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Danny Coombs | 5 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | .000 | .100 | .000 | .100 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Thomas Willwerth | 37 | 14 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | .000 | .077 | .000 | .077 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1568 | 5417 | 4574 | 713 | 1135 | 184 | 28 | 146 | 627 | 29 | 15 | 724 | 979 | .248 | .352 | .396 | .749 | 1813 | 0 | 30 | 56 | 33 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Billy Goodman | 1B | 32 | 238 | 16 | 3 | 31 | .988 | 7.938 | ||||
| Tommy Murray | 1B | 31 | 267 | 21 | 5 | 22 | .983 | 9.290 | ||||
| Joel Kelfer | 1B | 29 | 237 | 16 | 4 | 17 | .984 | 8.724 | ||||
| Bob Rikard | 1B | 21 | 170 | 8 | 5 | 8 | .973 | 8.476 | ||||
| Walt Matthews | 1B | 20 | 168 | 10 | 3 | 10 | .983 | 8.900 | ||||
| Chuck Harrison | 1B | 11 | 88 | 6 | 2 | 7 | .979 | 8.545 | ||||
| Paul Runge | 1B | 10 | 94 | 4 | 1 | 8 | .990 | 9.800 | ||||
| Joe Morgan | 2B | 95 | 217 | 273 | 24 | 65 | .953 | 5.158 | ||||
| Joel Kelfer | 2B | 37 | 67 | 84 | 10 | 21 | .938 | 4.081 | ||||
| Billy Goodman | 2B | 18 | 20 | 39 | 3 | 6 | .952 | 3.278 | ||||
| Tommy Murray | 3B | 113 | 102 | 258 | 14 | 21 | .963 | 3.186 | ||||
| Chuck Harrison | 3B | 32 | 35 | 59 | 17 | 3 | .847 | 2.938 | ||||
| Bob Rikard | C | 91 | 542 | 28 | 10 | 4 | .983 | 6.264 | 17 | |||
| Clint Courtney | C | 34 | 201 | 15 | 3 | 0 | .986 | 6.353 | 2 | |||
| Dave Adlesh | C | 19 | 123 | 10 | 3 | 0 | .978 | 7.000 | 8 | |||
| Hootie Murray | OF | 144 | 264 | 13 | 15 | 1 | .949 | 1.924 | ||||
| Roy Hartless | OF | 139 | 201 | 12 | 7 | 0 | .968 | 1.532 | ||||
| Walt Matthews | OF | 110 | 160 | 6 | 10 | 0 | .943 | 1.509 | ||||
| Walt Williams | OF | 29 | 35 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .973 | 1.241 | ||||
| Paul Runge | OF | 20 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .850 | ||||
| Joseph Clement | P | 39 | 12 | 25 | 1 | 1 | .974 | .949 | ||||
| Thomas Willwerth | P | 37 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 0 | .929 | .351 | ||||
| John Harms | P | 35 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 0 | .909 | .286 | ||||
| Darrell Brandon | P | 32 | 16 | 40 | 3 | 7 | .949 | 1.750 | ||||
| James Holbrook | P | 27 | 4 | 26 | 3 | 0 | .909 | 1.111 | ||||
| Kenneth Pate | P | 26 | 6 | 22 | 3 | 0 | .903 | 1.077 | ||||
| Don Arlich | P | 24 | 5 | 21 | 3 | 0 | .897 | 1.083 | ||||
| Larry Huebner | P | 23 | 7 | 19 | 4 | 0 | .867 | 1.130 | ||||
| Tom Burgmeier | P | 15 | 6 | 24 | 3 | 2 | .909 | 2.000 | ||||
| Jack Caffery | P | 11 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .636 | ||||
| Jimmy Marrujo | P | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| Don Altman | P | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| Danny Coombs | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Bobby Black | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| James Todhunter | SS | 98 | 125 | 297 | 42 | 49 | .909 | 4.306 | ||||
| Lee Hyman | SS | 47 | 84 | 110 | 14 | 23 | .933 | 4.128 | ||||
| Totals | 1471 | 3513 | 1491 | 218 | 306 | .958 | 3.402 | 27 | 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.
