1963 Gastonia Pirates Statistics
Team Record: 73-52
Finished 1st in the WCL
Manager: Bob Clear (73-52)
Affiliation: Pittsburgh Pirates
Location: Gastonia, North Carolina
Ballpark: Sims Legion Park
Attendance: 37,103, Avg. 594
The Gastonia Pirates of the Western Carolinas League ended the 1963 season with a record of 73 wins and 52 losses, finishing first in the WCL.
The Pirates topped the circuit with 659 runs, fueled by 62 home runs. Gastonia yielded 515 runs, fewest in the league. Bob Oliver paced the squad with 13 home runs and drove in 84 runs. Alfonso Martinez topped hitters with significant playing time by hitting .297. Jim Shellenback led the team with 17 wins and a team-best 2.03 earned run average, leading regular hurlers.
Jim Shellenback and Bob Oliver both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.
Bob Clear 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 Shellenback | 17 | 3 | .850 | 2.03 | 25 | 21 | 17 | 4 | 182.0 | 147 | 61 | 41 | 8 | 66 | 1 | 181 | 2 | 2 | 7 | |||
| Thomas Hall | 10 | 2 | .833 | 2.94 | 17 | 17 | 8 | 1 | 107.0 | 98 | 41 | 35 | 6 | 55 | 3 | 96 | 5 | 0 | 10 | |||
| Jack Gaines | 10 | 8 | .556 | 3.49 | 25 | 21 | 9 | 2 | 142.0 | 110 | 72 | 55 | 4 | 106 | 2 | 160 | 4 | 1 | 18 | |||
| Kenneth Salmon | 8 | 2 | .800 | 2.43 | 14 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 100.0 | 85 | 39 | 27 | 5 | 23 | 3 | 74 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Larry Gable | 8 | 11 | .421 | 4.21 | 22 | 21 | 12 | 1 | 154.0 | 137 | 93 | 72 | 12 | 105 | 2 | 167 | 8 | 0 | 13 | |||
| Curtis Heavey | 7 | 12 | .368 | 3.65 | 27 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 138.0 | 134 | 72 | 56 | 8 | 55 | 3 | 118 | 10 | 0 | 10 | |||
| Bill McGilivray | 6 | 4 | .600 | 3.84 | 31 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 75.0 | 67 | 39 | 32 | 2 | 41 | 8 | 84 | 3 | 1 | 2 | |||
| Frank Kamfonik | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.29 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 14.0 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| William Wade | 2 | 3 | .400 | 3.25 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 36.0 | 29 | 20 | 13 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 38 | 1 | 0 | 8 | |||
| Rafael Bernard | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.16 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37.0 | 34 | 21 | 13 | 1 | 30 | 3 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Murray Cook | 1 | 1 | .500 | 1.64 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.0 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Pat Donnelly | 1 | 3 | .250 | 3.44 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34.0 | 38 | 14 | 13 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 32 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||
| James Richardson | 0 | 1 | .000 | 8.10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 20.0 | 26 | 24 | 18 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 9 | |||
| Jay Anderson | 0 | 2 | .000 | 3.15 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 20.0 | 21 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Totals | 73 | 52 | .584 | 3.25 | 222 | 125 | 0 | 64 | 12 | 0 | 1070.0 | 950 | 515 | 386 | 50 | 550 | 28 | 1031 | 42 | 5 | 91 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Oliver | 124 | 540 | 501 | 82 | 141 | 15 | 6 | 13 | 84 | 9 | 0 | 31 | 93 | .281 | .320 | .413 | .733 | 207 | 0 | 3 | 5 | ||
| Murray Cook | 116 | 525 | 477 | 74 | 139 | 20 | 2 | 3 | 45 | 4 | 3 | 37 | 33 | .291 | .350 | .361 | .710 | 172 | 7 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Alfonso Martinez | 115 | 504 | 454 | 92 | 135 | 24 | 9 | 2 | 49 | 41 | 9 | 34 | 70 | .297 | .351 | .403 | .754 | 183 | 5 | 8 | 3 | ||
| Frank Vanzin | 122 | 526 | 467 | 76 | 117 | 14 | 12 | 7 | 60 | 15 | 4 | 49 | 122 | .251 | .323 | .377 | .700 | 176 | 3 | 3 | 4 | ||
| Larry Fidalgo | 107 | 432 | 371 | 39 | 104 | 24 | 2 | 6 | 68 | 3 | 1 | 51 | 52 | .280 | .364 | .404 | .769 | 150 | 2 | 1 | 7 | ||
| George Lott | 99 | 400 | 343 | 70 | 100 | 18 | 6 | 11 | 61 | 9 | 4 | 48 | 78 | .292 | .383 | .475 | .858 | 163 | 4 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Bill Jackson | 86 | 332 | 264 | 57 | 72 | 10 | 1 | 9 | 49 | 8 | 2 | 59 | 61 | .273 | .415 | .420 | .836 | 111 | 6 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Frank Kamfonik | 109 | 435 | 400 | 40 | 67 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 38 | 13 | 3 | 29 | 140 | .168 | .228 | .230 | .458 | 92 | 3 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Samuel Watson | 80 | 265 | 240 | 30 | 50 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 27 | 4 | 1 | 23 | 117 | .208 | .280 | .317 | .597 | 76 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Jim Shellenback | 38 | 95 | 88 | 8 | 25 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 18 | .284 | .337 | .352 | .689 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pat Owens | 19 | 79 | 70 | 15 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 17 | .286 | .354 | .414 | .769 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| John Thomas | 17 | 66 | 54 | 9 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 12 | .296 | .424 | .444 | .869 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Larry Gable | 29 | 82 | 73 | 12 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 24 | .219 | .296 | .356 | .652 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Jeffrey Griffith | 24 | 67 | 59 | 12 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 16 | .254 | .318 | .305 | .623 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Roger Robertson | 13 | 53 | 47 | 8 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 13 | .255 | .340 | .319 | .659 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| James Tabor | 16 | 60 | 47 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 26 | .213 | .383 | .234 | .617 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Kenneth Salmon | 14 | 39 | 33 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 17 | .242 | .342 | .364 | .706 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Thomas Hall | 17 | 44 | 43 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | .186 | .205 | .256 | .460 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Curtis Heavey | 27 | 51 | 45 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | .133 | .152 | .222 | .374 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Richard Schlenker | 6 | 24 | 19 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 11 | .263 | .417 | .421 | .838 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bill McGilivray | 31 | 25 | 20 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 | .250 | .375 | .250 | .625 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Jack Gaines | 25 | 61 | 48 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 24 | .083 | .182 | .125 | .307 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 1 | ||
| Luis Isaac | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .500 | .600 | .500 | 1.100 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pat Donnelly | 14 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .182 | .182 | .364 | .545 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| William Wade | 9 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | .167 | .231 | .167 | .397 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jay Anderson | 6 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .143 | .333 | .143 | .476 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rafael Bernard | 19 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .083 | .154 | .083 | .237 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| James Richardson | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1291 | 4760 | 4213 | 659 | 1083 | 169 | 54 | 62 | 566 | 114 | 28 | 444 | 1013 | .257 | .331 | .367 | .698 | 1546 | 0 | 35 | 39 | 29 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Oliver | 1B | 82 | 579 | 33 | 13 | 64 | .979 | 7.463 | ||||
| John Thomas | 1B | 17 | 111 | 4 | 4 | 13 | .966 | 6.765 | ||||
| Samuel Watson | 1B | 15 | 118 | 6 | 5 | 15 | .961 | 8.267 | ||||
| Bill Jackson | 1B | 12 | 75 | 10 | 1 | 7 | .988 | 7.083 | ||||
| Frank Kamfonik | 2B | 89 | 194 | 189 | 26 | 51 | .936 | 4.303 | ||||
| Bill Jackson | 2B | 18 | 20 | 38 | 4 | 11 | .935 | 3.222 | ||||
| Roger Robertson | 2B | 12 | 19 | 22 | 6 | 3 | .872 | 3.417 | ||||
| Bill Jackson | 3B | 50 | 31 | 68 | 17 | 6 | .853 | 1.980 | ||||
| Bob Oliver | 3B | 42 | 32 | 75 | 15 | 9 | .877 | 2.548 | ||||
| Pat Owens | 3B | 19 | 23 | 21 | 6 | 2 | .880 | 2.316 | ||||
| James Tabor | 3B | 15 | 14 | 20 | 9 | 1 | .791 | 2.267 | ||||
| Larry Fidalgo | C | 107 | 811 | 73 | 15 | 12 | .983 | 8.262 | 25 | |||
| Jeffrey Griffith | C | 14 | 88 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 6.786 | 6 | |||
| Frank Vanzin | OF | 119 | 127 | 11 | 8 | 2 | .945 | 1.160 | ||||
| Alfonso Martinez | OF | 111 | 140 | 13 | 9 | 4 | .944 | 1.378 | ||||
| George Lott | OF | 96 | 155 | 15 | 13 | 4 | .929 | 1.771 | ||||
| Samuel Watson | OF | 52 | 77 | 4 | 9 | 0 | .900 | 1.558 | ||||
| Bill McGilivray | P | 31 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 1 | .933 | .452 | ||||
| Curtis Heavey | P | 27 | 6 | 21 | 3 | 2 | .900 | 1.000 | ||||
| Jim Shellenback | P | 25 | 7 | 39 | 6 | 3 | .885 | 1.840 | ||||
| Jack Gaines | P | 25 | 2 | 14 | 3 | 3 | .842 | .640 | ||||
| Larry Gable | P | 22 | 9 | 21 | 2 | 4 | .938 | 1.364 | ||||
| Rafael Bernard | P | 19 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 0 | .909 | .526 | ||||
| Thomas Hall | P | 17 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.059 | ||||
| Kenneth Salmon | P | 14 | 8 | 20 | 2 | 3 | .933 | 2.000 | ||||
| Pat Donnelly | P | 14 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 0 | .867 | .929 | ||||
| William Wade | P | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| James Richardson | P | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jay Anderson | P | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Murray Cook | SS | 112 | 192 | 317 | 41 | 81 | .925 | 4.545 | ||||
| Frank Kamfonik | SS | 19 | 35 | 44 | 9 | 7 | .898 | 4.158 | ||||
| Totals | 1218 | 2884 | 1129 | 230 | 310 | .946 | 3.295 | 31 | 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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