1963 Greensboro Yankees Statistics
Team Record: 85-59
Finished 1st in the CL's West Division
Manager: Frank Verdi (85-59)
Affiliation: New York Yankees
Location: Greensboro, North Carolina
Ballpark: War Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 44,556, Avg. 619
Playoffs - Greensboro Yankees 3 games, Durham Bulls 2
Finals - Wilson Tobs 2 games, Greensboro Yankees 1
The Greensboro Yankees of the Carolina League ended the 1963 season with a record of 85 wins and 59 losses, finishing first in the league's West Division.
The Yankees plated 738 runs and yielded 666 runs. Curt Blefary paced Greensboro with 25 home runs, while Thomas Kowalowski and Daniel Eoff walloped 15 or more, too. Thomas Kowalowski recorded 94 runs batted in. Art López led all regular hitters by connecting at a .338 clip. James Horsford and Jack Spurgin topped the squad with 12 wins each, and James Horsford registered a 1.41 earned run average, leading pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Art López, Curt Blefary, John Miller, Frank Verdi, Roy White, Hal Stowe and George Culver were all players from the 1963 Greensboro Yankees who played in the Majors during their careers.
Frank Verdi 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Horsford | 12 | 4 | .750 | 1.41 | 36 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 140.0 | 113 | 30 | 22 | 4 | 47 | 3 | 121 | 3 | 1 | 8 | |||
| Jack Spurgin | 12 | 9 | .571 | 4.06 | 31 | 25 | 6 | 1 | 162.0 | 151 | 83 | 73 | 19 | 57 | 1 | 107 | 2 | 0 | 7 | |||
| Teddy Dillard | 11 | 5 | .688 | 2.21 | 39 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 151.0 | 135 | 57 | 37 | 8 | 66 | 2 | 108 | 3 | 1 | 7 | |||
| Charles Loyd | 10 | 3 | .769 | 4.50 | 27 | 21 | 4 | 0 | 140.0 | 135 | 79 | 70 | 15 | 63 | 1 | 110 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Tony Przybycien | 10 | 8 | .556 | 3.21 | 27 | 26 | 11 | 1 | 168.0 | 181 | 84 | 60 | 14 | 48 | 4 | 86 | 5 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Bob Koehler | 8 | 4 | .667 | 3.54 | 44 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 89.0 | 95 | 47 | 35 | 5 | 35 | 6 | 61 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Asa Small | 7 | 8 | .467 | 4.50 | 34 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 120.0 | 101 | 80 | 60 | 15 | 59 | 1 | 109 | 7 | 0 | 13 | |||
| Gerald Heintz | 6 | 6 | .500 | 4.76 | 20 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 87.0 | 87 | 66 | 46 | 11 | 47 | 4 | 56 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Hal Stowe | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.00 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 19.0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| James Dietz | 2 | 2 | .500 | 6.43 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28.0 | 31 | 20 | 20 | 3 | 23 | 1 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Butch Cretara | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jay Rasmussen | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.50 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Freeman Sutton | 1 | 1 | .500 | 9.00 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 17.0 | 19 | 17 | 17 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Tommy Fleming | 1 | 2 | .333 | 11.37 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 19.0 | 24 | 25 | 24 | 1 | 45 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 7 | |||
| George Haney | 1 | 3 | .250 | 8.57 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 21.0 | 33 | 21 | 20 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Norman Forsythe | 3 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Phillip Swimley | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| George Culver | 0 | 0 | 3.00 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Ian Dixon | 0 | 0 | 3.27 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.0 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Frank Verdi | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Daniel Eoff | 0 | 0 | 27.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Charles Boone | 0 | 0 | 27.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Preston Parker | 0 | 0 | 108.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Hub King | 0 | 1 | .000 | 1.59 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17.0 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Richard Dumas | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4.26 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19.0 | 22 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Totals | 85 | 57 | .599 | 3.79 | 336 | 143 | 0 | 40 | 9 | 0 | 1228.0 | 1181 | 654 | 517 | 110 | 551 | 29 | 886 | 34 | 2 | 57 | 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 White | 146 | 663 | 554 | 117 | 171 | 25 | 10 | 9 | 66 | 8 | 5 | 100 | 66 | .309 | .413 | .439 | .851 | 243 | 1 | 4 | 4 | ||
| Joseph Faraci | 144 | 637 | 544 | 78 | 133 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 52 | 13 | 2 | 55 | 48 | .244 | .315 | .278 | .592 | 151 | 2 | 33 | 3 | ||
| Art López | 109 | 436 | 391 | 61 | 132 | 22 | 12 | 10 | 67 | 14 | 2 | 36 | 47 | .338 | .395 | .532 | .927 | 208 | 3 | 3 | 3 | ||
| Thomas Kowalowski | 128 | 523 | 467 | 67 | 120 | 15 | 3 | 18 | 94 | 1 | 0 | 48 | 72 | .257 | .323 | .418 | .741 | 195 | 1 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Daniel Eoff | 144 | 582 | 489 | 69 | 113 | 21 | 1 | 15 | 81 | 0 | 2 | 74 | 97 | .231 | .338 | .370 | .708 | 181 | 8 | 5 | 6 | ||
| Phillip Swimley | 123 | 425 | 351 | 56 | 106 | 14 | 4 | 10 | 57 | 6 | 1 | 70 | 64 | .302 | .416 | .450 | .867 | 158 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Curt Blefary | 88 | 374 | 304 | 79 | 88 | 8 | 5 | 25 | 67 | 2 | 2 | 60 | 53 | .289 | .409 | .595 | 1.004 | 181 | 5 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Charles Boone | 88 | 344 | 309 | 37 | 86 | 11 | 0 | 8 | 49 | 0 | 2 | 26 | 30 | .278 | .336 | .392 | .728 | 121 | 2 | 5 | 2 | ||
| Butch Cretara | 114 | 434 | 367 | 69 | 83 | 23 | 1 | 12 | 49 | 5 | 2 | 55 | 104 | .226 | .326 | .392 | .719 | 144 | 3 | 2 | 7 | ||
| James Horsford | 56 | 114 | 102 | 14 | 30 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 19 | .294 | .333 | .392 | .725 | 40 | 1 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Ian Dixon | 58 | 181 | 144 | 24 | 30 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 34 | 35 | .208 | .358 | .326 | .684 | 47 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
| James Strickland | 21 | 60 | 48 | 15 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 17 | .312 | .433 | .604 | 1.038 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Joseph Gillings | 25 | 68 | 60 | 12 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 12 | .233 | .313 | .417 | .730 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Jack Davis | 19 | 65 | 56 | 2 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 15 | .214 | .323 | .393 | .716 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Charles Loyd | 29 | 58 | 54 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 24 | .148 | .164 | .167 | .330 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Gerald Heintz | 23 | 39 | 37 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | .189 | .231 | .297 | .528 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Asa Small | 39 | 48 | 43 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15 | .163 | .234 | .256 | .490 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Jack Spurgin | 31 | 64 | 49 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 22 | .143 | .276 | .143 | .419 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| George Haney | 15 | 33 | 29 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 12 | .207 | .281 | .345 | .626 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Norman Harding | 16 | 39 | 31 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 2 | .161 | .333 | .194 | .527 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Teddy Dillard | 40 | 57 | 52 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 32 | .096 | .145 | .154 | .299 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Frank Verdi | 7 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .231 | .286 | .231 | .516 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Miller | 8 | 23 | 19 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .158 | .227 | .211 | .438 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Robert Guy | 14 | 44 | 39 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 9 | .077 | .182 | .103 | .284 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ralph DiMeglio | 6 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .222 | .364 | .667 | 1.030 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Koehler | 45 | 33 | 32 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 | .062 | .091 | .062 | .153 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tony Przybycien | 27 | 65 | 57 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 25 | .035 | .068 | .035 | .103 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Warren Williams | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Hal Stowe | 4 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .167 | .286 | .333 | .619 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Hub King | 9 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .000 | .250 | .000 | .250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| George Culver | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| James Dietz | 18 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Richard Dumas | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Freeman Sutton | 4 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .000 | .167 | .000 | .167 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Tommy Fleming | 11 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | .000 | .250 | .000 | .250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joseph Mackey | 3 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | .000 | .429 | .000 | .429 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gary London | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Preston Parker | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Totals | 1632 | 5484 | 4687 | 741 | 1195 | 178 | 49 | 120 | 657 | 58 | 22 | 639 | 873 | .255 | .345 | .391 | .736 | 1831 | 0 | 31 | 84 | 43 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daniel Eoff | 1B | 141 | 1138 | 62 | 16 | 119 | .987 | 8.511 | ||||
| Roy White | 2B | 142 | 326 | 350 | 33 | 94 | .953 | 4.761 | ||||
| Ian Dixon | 3B | 53 | 34 | 79 | 14 | 6 | .890 | 2.132 | ||||
| Thomas Kowalowski | 3B | 27 | 21 | 32 | 4 | 6 | .930 | 1.963 | ||||
| Charles Boone | 3B | 27 | 30 | 34 | 5 | 7 | .928 | 2.370 | ||||
| Butch Cretara | 3B | 21 | 11 | 32 | 8 | 5 | .843 | 2.048 | ||||
| Joseph Gillings | 3B | 15 | 12 | 22 | 3 | 2 | .919 | 2.267 | ||||
| Thomas Kowalowski | C | 88 | 566 | 51 | 13 | 10 | .979 | 7.011 | 15 | |||
| Charles Boone | C | 62 | 376 | 33 | 2 | 8 | .995 | 6.597 | 5 | |||
| Phillip Swimley | OF | 111 | 255 | 12 | 8 | 3 | .971 | 2.405 | ||||
| Art López | OF | 105 | 196 | 4 | 13 | 3 | .939 | 1.905 | ||||
| Butch Cretara | OF | 89 | 153 | 11 | 12 | 3 | .932 | 1.843 | ||||
| Curt Blefary | OF | 78 | 144 | 10 | 8 | 2 | .951 | 1.974 | ||||
| Jack Davis | OF | 16 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .947 | 1.125 | ||||
| James Strickland | OF | 15 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Thomas Kowalowski | OF | 13 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.154 | ||||
| James Horsford | OF | 12 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .923 | 1.000 | ||||
| Robert Guy | OF | 11 | 19 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .917 | 2.000 | ||||
| Bob Koehler | P | 44 | 4 | 12 | 2 | 0 | .889 | .364 | ||||
| Teddy Dillard | P | 39 | 3 | 15 | 1 | 2 | .947 | .462 | ||||
| James Horsford | P | 36 | 7 | 23 | 2 | 2 | .938 | .833 | ||||
| Asa Small | P | 34 | 5 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .824 | ||||
| Jack Spurgin | P | 31 | 6 | 23 | 3 | 1 | .906 | .935 | ||||
| Tony Przybycien | P | 27 | 13 | 25 | 1 | 0 | .974 | 1.407 | ||||
| Charles Loyd | P | 27 | 7 | 16 | 3 | 2 | .885 | .852 | ||||
| Gerald Heintz | P | 20 | 7 | 13 | 2 | 0 | .909 | 1.000 | ||||
| James Dietz | P | 17 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .176 | ||||
| Tommy Fleming | P | 10 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .400 | ||||
| Hub King | P | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| Richard Dumas | P | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| George Haney | P | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Freeman Sutton | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Hal Stowe | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jay Rasmussen | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| George Culver | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Preston Parker | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Joseph Faraci | SS | 143 | 203 | 417 | 37 | 89 | .944 | 4.336 | ||||
| Totals | 1493 | 3596 | 1309 | 194 | 365 | .962 | 3.285 | 20 | 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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