1962 Erie Sailors Statistics
New York-Pennsylvania League (NYPL) - Class: D
Team Record: 68-51
Finished 2nd in the NYPL
Manager: Frank Franchi (68-51)
Affiliation: Minnesota Twins
Location: Erie, Pennsylvania
Ballpark: Ainsworth Field
Attendance: 33,766, Avg. 567
1962 Erie Sailors RosterTeam Record: 68-51
Finished 2nd in the NYPL
Manager: Frank Franchi (68-51)
Affiliation: Minnesota Twins
Location: Erie, Pennsylvania
Ballpark: Ainsworth Field
Attendance: 33,766, Avg. 567
Playoffs - Olean Red Sox 2 games, Erie Sailors 0
The Erie Sailors of the New York-Pennsylvania League ended the 1962 season with a record of 68 wins and 51 losses, finishing second in the NYPL.
The Sailors scored 741 runs and allowed 692 runs. Ted Uhlaender drove in 85 runs and topped all regular batters with a .342 average. Jim Merritt paced the team with 19 wins, while Garry Roggenburk registered a 2.07 earned run average, best among qualifying pitchers.
Players from the 1962 Erie Sailors who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Jim Merritt, Steve Jones, Garry Roggenburk, Ted Uhlaender and Joe Foy.
Frank Franchi 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Merritt | 19 | 8 | .704 | 3.67 | 35 | 26 | 16 | 2 | 223.0 | 199 | 100 | 91 | 20 | 96 | 249 | 8 | 2 | 14 | ||||
| Garry Roggenburk | 13 | 4 | .765 | 2.07 | 18 | 18 | 14 | 3 | 148.0 | 111 | 51 | 34 | 6 | 54 | 149 | 11 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Pedro Sierra | 8 | 11 | .421 | 4.23 | 23 | 20 | 10 | 0 | 151.0 | 157 | 101 | 71 | 14 | 59 | 107 | 7 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Frank Rios | 7 | 4 | .636 | 3.80 | 46 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 83.0 | 83 | 44 | 35 | 9 | 44 | 78 | 1 | 0 | 8 | ||||
| Steve Jones | 6 | 4 | .600 | 3.96 | 22 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 116.0 | 98 | 72 | 51 | 6 | 70 | 132 | 10 | 1 | 13 | ||||
| James Ward | 4 | 1 | .800 | 5.84 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 57.0 | 50 | 42 | 37 | 4 | 51 | 47 | 1 | 0 | 9 | ||||
| Wes Mugford | 4 | 5 | .444 | 5.74 | 23 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 80.0 | 101 | 61 | 51 | 4 | 48 | 64 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||||
| Robert Calvert | 2 | 1 | .667 | 9.69 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 39.0 | 56 | 56 | 42 | 5 | 40 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 8 | ||||
| Jerry Newman | 1 | 1 | .500 | 7.07 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 14.0 | 19 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Charles Kirk | 1 | 2 | .333 | 7.27 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 26.0 | 29 | 31 | 21 | 4 | 32 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| William Haffa | 1 | 2 | .333 | 8.62 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 24.0 | 30 | 26 | 23 | 3 | 22 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||||
| William Pollack | 1 | 2 | .333 | 9.47 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 19.0 | 23 | 26 | 20 | 1 | 23 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Joseph Gocek | 1 | 4 | .200 | 8.08 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 39.0 | 40 | 40 | 35 | 5 | 44 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Barry Freitag | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Frank Franchi | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Jorge Rapado | 0 | 2 | .000 | 15.00 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 13 | 18 | 15 | 3 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Totals | 68 | 51 | .571 | 4.69 | 238 | 119 | 0 | 45 | 5 | 0 | 1030.0 | 1011 | 680 | 537 | 84 | 604 | 0 | 963 | 52 | 5 | 79 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ted Uhlaender | 106 | 481 | 404 | 98 | 138 | 25 | 15 | 8 | 85 | 14 | 3 | 60 | 29 | .342 | .422 | .537 | .959 | 217 | 4 | 2 | 11 | ||
| Nick August | 110 | 517 | 440 | 81 | 131 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 52 | 9 | 4 | 65 | 31 | .298 | .388 | .330 | .717 | 145 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
| William Wagner | 111 | 507 | 432 | 81 | 128 | 25 | 2 | 5 | 79 | 13 | 7 | 54 | 61 | .296 | .387 | .398 | .785 | 172 | 14 | 1 | 6 | ||
| Joe Foy | 113 | 490 | 379 | 87 | 108 | 19 | 3 | 9 | 76 | 6 | 0 | 109 | 69 | .285 | .444 | .422 | .866 | 160 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Barry Freitag | 106 | 401 | 345 | 56 | 75 | 17 | 3 | 5 | 58 | 2 | 1 | 46 | 94 | .217 | .310 | .328 | .637 | 113 | 2 | 4 | 4 | ||
| Alberto Valdez | 88 | 300 | 233 | 61 | 69 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 41 | 14 | 2 | 55 | 73 | .296 | .450 | .438 | .888 | 102 | 11 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Thomas Hatton | 66 | 252 | 222 | 34 | 59 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 39 | 10 | 1 | 21 | 61 | .266 | .336 | .401 | .737 | 89 | 3 | 5 | 1 | ||
| David Sanchez | 46 | 210 | 190 | 26 | 50 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 18 | 21 | .263 | .330 | .326 | .656 | 62 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| William Burns | 67 | 276 | 250 | 26 | 50 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 34 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 59 | .200 | .258 | .296 | .554 | 74 | 2 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Bernie Richards | 37 | 178 | 139 | 38 | 38 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 34 | 27 | .273 | .423 | .417 | .840 | 58 | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Donald Dillard | 38 | 167 | 155 | 23 | 35 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 26 | .226 | .263 | .297 | .560 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Pedro Sierra | 33 | 87 | 81 | 13 | 25 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 43 | .309 | .349 | .444 | .793 | 36 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Garry Roggenburk | 20 | 64 | 62 | 8 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15 | .306 | .317 | .355 | .672 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| William Nelson | 24 | 86 | 82 | 8 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 19 | .232 | .259 | .305 | .564 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Jesse Smith | 17 | 65 | 56 | 10 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 11 | .304 | .400 | .339 | .739 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Merritt | 46 | 102 | 78 | 20 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 36 | .218 | .382 | .269 | .652 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Alan Menke | 22 | 85 | 63 | 14 | 16 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 18 | .254 | .435 | .365 | .800 | 23 | 7 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Frank Franchi | 39 | 85 | 65 | 15 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 14 | .246 | .424 | .400 | .824 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Fred Ainsworth | 11 | 43 | 34 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 6 | .235 | .395 | .265 | .660 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Steve Jones | 22 | 51 | 45 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 17 | .178 | .255 | .200 | .455 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Frank Rios | 47 | 37 | 29 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 11 | .241 | .389 | .379 | .768 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Alberto Montalvo | 12 | 47 | 44 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | .114 | .152 | .159 | .311 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Jerry Newman | 5 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Robert Calvert | 14 | 18 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | .308 | .500 | .385 | .885 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| William Haffa | 7 | 19 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 8 | .250 | .368 | .312 | .681 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| William Pollack | 8 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .429 | .556 | .429 | .984 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Charles Kirk | 9 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .300 | .364 | .400 | .764 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Wes Mugford | 25 | 28 | 21 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 10 | .095 | .321 | .190 | .512 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joseph Gocek | 11 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | .000 | .267 | .000 | .267 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tim Gifford | 3 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .000 | .167 | .000 | .167 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jorge Rapado | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ramon Buduen | 3 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| James Ward | 15 | 23 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14 | .000 | .136 | .000 | .136 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1287 | 4675 | 3945 | 734 | 1058 | 185 | 45 | 46 | 609 | 98 | 28 | 607 | 798 | .268 | .370 | .373 | .743 | 1471 | 0 | 55 | 28 | 40 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Foy | 1B | 89 | 692 | 64 | 25 | 66 | .968 | 8.494 | ||||
| Alan Menke | 1B | 17 | 131 | 12 | 5 | 17 | .966 | 8.412 | ||||
| Frank Franchi | 1B | 11 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 4.455 | ||||
| Nick August | 2B | 60 | 142 | 137 | 9 | 36 | .969 | 4.650 | ||||
| William Wagner | 2B | 55 | 115 | 130 | 14 | 24 | .946 | 4.455 | ||||
| William Wagner | 3B | 55 | 65 | 107 | 25 | 9 | .873 | 3.127 | ||||
| Donald Dillard | 3B | 36 | 30 | 64 | 7 | 2 | .931 | 2.611 | ||||
| Thomas Hatton | 3B | 16 | 8 | 15 | 5 | 1 | .821 | 1.438 | ||||
| Barry Freitag | C | 93 | 778 | 46 | 7 | 11 | .992 | 8.860 | 21 | |||
| Joe Foy | C | 22 | 138 | 14 | 4 | 3 | .974 | 6.909 | 8 | |||
| Ted Uhlaender | OF | 106 | 205 | 12 | 15 | 5 | .935 | 2.047 | ||||
| Alberto Valdez | OF | 76 | 77 | 12 | 8 | 0 | .918 | 1.171 | ||||
| William Burns | OF | 66 | 104 | 13 | 7 | 4 | .944 | 1.773 | ||||
| Bernie Richards | OF | 36 | 62 | 8 | 2 | 2 | .972 | 1.944 | ||||
| Thomas Hatton | OF | 33 | 30 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .943 | 1.000 | ||||
| Jesse Smith | OF | 12 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 1 | .875 | 1.750 | ||||
| Alberto Montalvo | OF | 12 | 27 | 1 | 4 | 0 | .875 | 2.333 | ||||
| Frank Rios | P | 46 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 0 | .933 | .304 | ||||
| Jim Merritt | P | 35 | 6 | 31 | 4 | 0 | .902 | 1.057 | ||||
| Pedro Sierra | P | 23 | 11 | 23 | 5 | 4 | .872 | 1.478 | ||||
| Wes Mugford | P | 23 | 2 | 12 | 2 | 0 | .875 | .609 | ||||
| Steve Jones | P | 22 | 8 | 22 | 4 | 0 | .882 | 1.364 | ||||
| Garry Roggenburk | P | 18 | 9 | 25 | 3 | 3 | .919 | 1.889 | ||||
| James Ward | P | 14 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 0 | .833 | .714 | ||||
| Joseph Gocek | P | 11 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .455 | ||||
| Robert Calvert | P | 11 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .909 | ||||
| Charles Kirk | P | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| William Pollack | P | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jorge Rapado | P | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jerry Newman | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| William Haffa | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Barry Freitag | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Frank Franchi | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Nick August | SS | 47 | 91 | 133 | 19 | 25 | .922 | 4.766 | ||||
| David Sanchez | SS | 42 | 66 | 116 | 10 | 26 | .948 | 4.333 | ||||
| William Nelson | SS | 23 | 30 | 44 | 10 | 10 | .881 | 3.217 | ||||
| Thomas Hatton | SS | 13 | 17 | 32 | 6 | 5 | .891 | 3.769 | ||||
| Totals | 1158 | 2919 | 1110 | 208 | 257 | .951 | 3.479 | 29 | 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.
