1962 Grand Forks Chiefs Statistics
Team Record: 72-52
Finished 1st in the NL
Manager: Tom Saffell (72-52)
Affiliation: Pittsburgh Pirates
Location: Grand Forks, North Dakota
Ballpark: Municipal Park, Unknown
Attendance: 37,309, Avg. 602
Playoffs - Eau Claire Braves 1 game, Grand Forks Chiefs 0
The Grand Forks Chiefs of the Northern League ended the 1962 season with a record of 72 wins and 52 losses, finishing first in the NL.
The Chiefs led the league with 661 runs. Grand Forks allowed 531 runs. Jim Price paced the team with 13 home runs and recorded 79 runs batted in. Mike Derrick topped hitters with significant playing time by connecting at a .306 clip. Troy Giles paced the squad with 18 wins and a team-best 1.72 ERA, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Players from the 1962 Grand Forks Chiefs who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Tom Saffell, Jim Price, Don Bosch, Dave Wissman, Mike Derrick and José Vidal.
Tom Saffell 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Troy Giles | 18 | 5 | .783 | 1.72 | 26 | 23 | 20 | 3 | 194.0 | 151 | 49 | 37 | 11 | 55 | 3 | 122 | 5 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Ken Larsen | 9 | 5 | .643 | 2.11 | 16 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 115.0 | 98 | 33 | 27 | 3 | 43 | 5 | 93 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||
| Lyle VanBoeyen | 9 | 8 | .529 | 4.17 | 25 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 136.0 | 128 | 81 | 63 | 7 | 89 | 0 | 79 | 8 | 1 | 9 | |||
| Bruce Newton | 8 | 6 | .571 | 4.41 | 31 | 15 | 8 | 0 | 153.0 | 167 | 85 | 75 | 14 | 56 | 6 | 61 | 8 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Silvano Quezada | 8 | 8 | .500 | 3.58 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 73.0 | 77 | 34 | 29 | 5 | 25 | 7 | 39 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |||
| John Eades | 6 | 3 | .667 | 3.78 | 14 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 69.0 | 58 | 41 | 29 | 5 | 46 | 2 | 38 | 3 | 1 | 4 | |||
| Kenneth Weber | 5 | 5 | .500 | 4.20 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 75.0 | 88 | 35 | 35 | 8 | 36 | 2 | 36 | 2 | 0 | 4 | |||
| Juan Gener | 2 | 1 | .667 | 8.18 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 22.0 | 31 | 20 | 20 | 4 | 16 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||
| Claude Meinhard | 2 | 2 | .500 | 8.50 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 18.0 | 24 | 18 | 17 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| John Massey | 2 | 4 | .333 | 4.50 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 56.0 | 52 | 35 | 28 | 2 | 51 | 2 | 40 | 3 | 1 | 4 | |||
| Hector Urbano | 1 | 1 | .500 | 3.68 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 22.0 | 21 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Bill Drabble | 1 | 1 | .500 | 4.70 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44.0 | 37 | 33 | 23 | 2 | 58 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Robert Sinkewicz | 1 | 2 | .333 | 7.05 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 37.0 | 37 | 31 | 29 | 2 | 37 | 0 | 23 | 3 | 4 | 2 | |||
| José Vidal | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Lawrence Zuidmuider | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Jerry Steffey | 0 | 0 | 12.00 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Tom Saffell | 0 | 0 | 18.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Tommy Cobb | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4.00 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 18.0 | 13 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |||
| Totals | 72 | 52 | .581 | 3.80 | 230 | 125 | 0 | 62 | 8 | 0 | 1040.3 | 1000 | 531 | 439 | 67 | 564 | 30 | 609 | 39 | 10 | 49 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Derrick | 115 | 487 | 415 | 71 | 127 | 29 | 5 | 11 | 73 | 5 | 63 | 80 | .306 | .398 | .480 | .877 | 199 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | ||
| Vic Ramirez | 123 | 544 | 434 | 102 | 126 | 20 | 6 | 10 | 53 | 18 | 92 | 90 | .290 | .413 | .433 | .846 | 188 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 3 | ||
| Dave Wissman | 119 | 520 | 454 | 85 | 111 | 19 | 2 | 11 | 70 | 12 | 50 | 81 | .244 | .320 | .368 | .688 | 167 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 4 | ||
| Roberto Sanchez | 115 | 483 | 398 | 69 | 107 | 20 | 4 | 11 | 74 | 19 | 73 | 53 | .269 | .383 | .422 | .805 | 168 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | ||
| Jim Price | 104 | 416 | 368 | 44 | 104 | 25 | 1 | 13 | 79 | 5 | 31 | 35 | .283 | .345 | .462 | .807 | 170 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 4 | ||
| Don Bosch | 114 | 487 | 407 | 87 | 104 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 43 | 29 | 75 | 85 | .256 | .373 | .359 | .732 | 146 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Albert Muench | 124 | 502 | 409 | 63 | 100 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 46 | 5 | 76 | 61 | .244 | .367 | .313 | .680 | 128 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 1 | ||
| Larry Nichols | 75 | 291 | 245 | 32 | 50 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 20 | 1 | 38 | 70 | .204 | .321 | .294 | .614 | 72 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Kenneth Weber | 57 | 165 | 146 | 17 | 29 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 2 | 18 | 55 | .199 | .287 | .267 | .554 | 39 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| José Vidal | 32 | 136 | 109 | 26 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 22 | 2 | 25 | 22 | .239 | .382 | .358 | .740 | 39 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Kenneth Frankfort | 52 | 157 | 117 | 19 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 33 | 34 | .154 | .342 | .179 | .521 | 21 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Donald DiChiara | 27 | 74 | 62 | 8 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 12 | 10 | .210 | .338 | .274 | .612 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ken Larsen | 16 | 49 | 38 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 15 | .289 | .386 | .421 | .807 | 16 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Troy Giles | 26 | 75 | 69 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 19 | .159 | .183 | .203 | .386 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Eades | 16 | 32 | 30 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .300 | .323 | .367 | .689 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lyle VanBoeyen | 25 | 55 | 48 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18 | .146 | .163 | .188 | .351 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bruce Newton | 32 | 62 | 52 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 24 | .135 | .224 | .154 | .378 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Robert Sinkewicz | 13 | 24 | 19 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 9 | .263 | .417 | .263 | .680 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Harry Land | 10 | 39 | 32 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 10 | .156 | .308 | .188 | .495 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tom Saffell | 9 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | .500 | .667 | .667 | 1.333 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Silvano Quezada | 38 | 22 | 21 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 11 | .143 | .182 | .381 | .563 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tommy Cobb | 4 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .400 | .500 | .400 | .900 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Kevin Scarpelli | 9 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | .200 | .667 | .200 | .867 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Bill Drabble | 27 | 22 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .053 | .100 | .053 | .153 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Massey | 9 | 23 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | .053 | .182 | .053 | .234 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Claude Meinhard | 5 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Juan Gener | 5 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .000 | .143 | .000 | .143 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Hector Urbano | 9 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .000 | .286 | .000 | .286 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Lawrence Zuidmuider | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jerry Steffey | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Totals | 1314 | 4719 | 3945 | 663 | 981 | 165 | 36 | 74 | 548 | 100 | 0 | 632 | 813 | .249 | .355 | .365 | .720 | 1440 | 0 | 38 | 64 | 40 | 27 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Derrick | 1B | 114 | 960 | 68 | 29 | 106 | .973 | 9.018 | ||||
| Jim Price | 1B | 10 | 62 | 8 | 0 | 14 | 1.000 | 7.000 | ||||
| Albert Muench | 2B | 124 | 302 | 340 | 23 | 97 | .965 | 5.177 | ||||
| Dave Wissman | 3B | 115 | 119 | 235 | 39 | 29 | .901 | 3.078 | ||||
| Jim Price | C | 86 | 435 | 55 | 6 | 11 | .988 | 5.698 | 11 | |||
| Kenneth Frankfort | C | 45 | 203 | 24 | 5 | 2 | .978 | 5.044 | 7 | |||
| Vic Ramirez | OF | 122 | 186 | 13 | 8 | 4 | .961 | 1.631 | ||||
| Don Bosch | OF | 109 | 263 | 17 | 6 | 1 | .979 | 2.569 | ||||
| Larry Nichols | OF | 74 | 130 | 12 | 7 | 0 | .953 | 1.919 | ||||
| Kenneth Weber | OF | 33 | 33 | 5 | 1 | 2 | .974 | 1.152 | ||||
| José Vidal | OF | 32 | 42 | 3 | 2 | 1 | .957 | 1.406 | ||||
| Donald DiChiara | OF | 14 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .889 | 1.143 | ||||
| Silvano Quezada | P | 38 | 5 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .632 | ||||
| Bruce Newton | P | 31 | 9 | 41 | 3 | 3 | .943 | 1.613 | ||||
| Troy Giles | P | 26 | 9 | 38 | 3 | 3 | .940 | 1.808 | ||||
| Lyle VanBoeyen | P | 25 | 10 | 24 | 4 | 0 | .895 | 1.360 | ||||
| Bill Drabble | P | 22 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 1 | .765 | .591 | ||||
| Ken Larsen | P | 16 | 4 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.312 | ||||
| John Eades | P | 14 | 5 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.786 | ||||
| Kenneth Weber | P | 13 | 4 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.538 | ||||
| Robert Sinkewicz | P | 10 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 2 | .750 | .900 | ||||
| John Massey | P | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| Hector Urbano | P | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Claude Meinhard | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Juan Gener | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Tommy Cobb | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jerry Steffey | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Lawrence Zuidmuider | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| José Vidal | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Tom Saffell | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Roberto Sanchez | SS | 115 | 219 | 313 | 32 | 71 | .943 | 4.626 | ||||
| Harry Land | SS | 10 | 19 | 33 | 8 | 6 | .867 | 5.200 | ||||
| Totals | 1233 | 3040 | 1318 | 185 | 356 | .959 | 3.534 | 18 | 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.
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