1962 Decatur Commodores Statistics

Midwest League (MWL) - Class: D
Team Record: 42-78
Finished 10th in the MWL
Manager: Richard Klaus (42-78)
Affiliation: San Francisco Giants
Location: Decatur, Illinois
Ballpark: Fans Field
Attendance: 71,461, Avg. 1,191
1962 Decatur Commodores Roster

The Decatur Commodores of the Midwest League ended the 1962 season with a record of 42 wins and 78 losses, finishing tenth in the MWL.

The Commodores plated 588 runs and yielded 746 runs. John Price paced Decatur with 22 home runs and drove in 88 runs. Frank Johnson led batters with significant playing time by connecting at a .328 clip. William Rygwelski topped the squad with 11 wins and a team-best 3.28 ERA, leading regularly-used pitchers.

Members of the 1962 Decatur Commodores who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Ollie Brown, Frank Johnson and Héctor Torres.

Richard Klaus 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
William Rygwelski1113.4583.283325152217.01991037971005219805
James Parsons712.3684.84361140145.016610378166451084110
Michael Blue510.3334.28281830145.0147936977110896210
Thomas Abbott514.2635.19242380149.0130124869140912110125
Gary Schaefer44.5005.891191055.0544236247075113
Douglas Higgins32.6006.901220030.0413523224330202
Barry Huntzinger35.3756.001941045.0504230221241204
Louis DeMar210.1677.1226162086.077846821081791024
Thomas Dalton11.5003.891820037.0332216414033201
Michael Roberts12.3335.35551037.0302722927243207
Edward Lombardi20.0
Wilfredo Merced004.50700010.0955012011102
Frederic Hill01.0007.71411014.021171204011001
Steve Dunc02.0005.401100015.013129010024001
Robert Musante02.0005.401151035.0363721438029215
Totals4278.3504.89247121037201020.0100674655464680379134161000

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
Frank Johnson11947942474139301045994641.328.393.474.8672012342
John Price120514401821252312288110476.312.451.539.9902163066
Robert Wardle98393328607611374155165.232.355.348.70211412112
Jerry Pedroso873973414175136738541108.220.314.355.6691217530
Héctor Torres9634530444586333313684.191.281.260.541793021
Rodney Bode6323320636579042452239.277.353.379.732783110
Ollie Brown642652353754132102942758.230.308.430.7381010210
Delmar Rutz8030025122547112293865.215.333.263.596667311
Robert Powell492151873146721742517.246.335.321.656600300
Neal Austinson45175152274313333111935.283.366.467.833712020
Bob Marshall491941872038634261649.203.227.332.558620011
Stanley Patykula3815813419285132301740.209.301.328.630442230
Gary Snyder219988101921093813.216.286.261.547231110
Julio Miro3612810414195311802233.183.328.317.645331011
Arthur Wardle2192747173201301414.230.344.324.669240220
Homer McClain30109831715200502421.181.376.205.581172000
Jesus Romero16514441120010059.250.333.295.629131010
Louis DeMar263329471104029.241.290.345.635100200
Michael Blue2858464720040814.152.278.196.47390400
William Rygwelski3387708700030930.100.200.100.30070710
Gary Schaefer112522451002036.227.320.273.59360000
Jimmy Harris1556428510051118.119.327.143.47062100
Thomas Abbott2760562501010417.089.150.125.27570000
Robert Musante11118241001031.500.636.6251.26150000
Michael Roberts61714040101035.286.412.429.8406000
Frank Melos82622241000045.182.308.227.5355000
James Parsons3751463400010223.087.125.087.21240300
Douglas Higgins1299130000002.333.333.333.66730000
Thomas Dalton221916231002014.188.263.250.51341010
Douglas Backhaus41613120001033.154.312.154.4662000
Richard Kruger111000000000.000.000.000.00000000
Barry Huntzinger191411100000037.000.214.000.21400000
Wilfredo Merced732000000012.000.333.000.3330000
Steve Dunc1133000000002.000.000.000.00000000
Michael Bagley344000000003.000.000.000.00000000
Frederic Hill433000000002.000.000.000.00000000
Totals1317464339605879341654470501490562910.236.336.353.6881397049403214


Fielding:

Player Pos GP PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB SB CS CS%
John Price1B119952662176.9808.555
Robert Wardle2B4289821618.9144.071
Delmar Rutz2B366898916.9494.611
Gary Snyder2B214349711.9294.381
Robert Powell3B493499228.8582.714
Delmar Rutz3B352965124.8872.686
Rodney Bode3B221836163.7712.455
Robert WardleC3829832146.9598.68420
Stanley PatykulaC352592672.9768.14320
Homer McClainC272331390.9659.1119
Jesus RomeroC14971821.9838.2143
Frank JohnsonOF9915412113.9381.677
Jerry PedrosoOF851548105.9421.906
Ollie BrownOF64983101.9101.578
Neal AustinsonOF3335360.8641.152
Julio MiroOF32372110.7801.219
Rodney BodeOF2222230.8891.091
Arthur WardleOF2028010.9661.400
James ParsonsP3693532.9361.222
William RygwelskiP3362612.970.970
Michael BlueP2852523.9381.071
Louis DeMarP26112231.9171.269
Thomas AbbottP24103551.9001.875
Barry HuntzingerP1927021.000.474
Thomas DaltonP181610.875.389
Douglas HigginsP1205001.000.417
Gary SchaeferP1128011.000.909
Robert MusanteP1126011.000.727
Steve DuncP1102001.000.182
Wilfredo MercedP7.000
Michael RobertsP5.000
Frederic HillP4.000
Edward LombardiP2.000
Héctor TorresSS811222034929.8694.012
Bob MarshallSS40691261620.9244.875
Totals116128871120267216.9383.4515200

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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