1963 Indianapolis Indians Statistics
International League (IL) - Class: AAA
Team Record: 86-67
Finished 1st in the IL's South Division
Manager: Rollie Hemsley (86-67)
Affiliation: Chicago White Sox
Location: Indianapolis, Indiana
Ballpark: Owen J. Bush Stadium
Attendance: 174,558, Avg. 2,282
1963 Indianapolis Indians RosterTeam Record: 86-67
Finished 1st in the IL's South Division
Manager: Rollie Hemsley (86-67)
Affiliation: Chicago White Sox
Location: Indianapolis, Indiana
Ballpark: Owen J. Bush Stadium
Attendance: 174,558, Avg. 2,282
Playoffs - Indianapolis Indians 1 game, Atlanta Crackers 0 - One-game playoff for first place.
Playoffs - Indianapolis Indians 4 games, Syracuse Chiefs 1
Finals - Indianapolis Indians 4 games, Atlanta Crackers 2
The Indianapolis Indians of the International League ended the 1963 season with a record of 86 wins and 67 losses, finishing first in the league's South Division.
Rollie Hemsley 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fritz Ackley | 18 | 5 | .783 | 2.76 | 31 | 27 | 10 | 3 | 196.0 | 168 | 70 | 60 | 13 | 78 | 2 | 138 | 3 | 0 | 15 | |||
| Joe Shipley | 15 | 7 | .682 | 2.83 | 28 | 26 | 8 | 0 | 175.0 | 137 | 63 | 55 | 11 | 88 | 2 | 108 | 15 | 0 | 14 | |||
| Mike Joyce | 13 | 11 | .542 | 3.89 | 26 | 24 | 10 | 2 | 171.0 | 173 | 81 | 74 | 13 | 60 | 4 | 100 | 4 | 0 | 13 | |||
| Frank Kreutzer | 12 | 13 | .480 | 3.51 | 35 | 29 | 10 | 0 | 213.0 | 202 | 98 | 83 | 17 | 88 | 2 | 157 | 2 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Warren Hacker | 9 | 4 | .692 | 2.54 | 47 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 110.0 | 79 | 32 | 31 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 104 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Verle Tiefenthaler | 6 | 11 | .353 | 5.38 | 28 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 117.0 | 144 | 78 | 70 | 17 | 33 | 4 | 67 | 5 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Taylor Phillips | 4 | 4 | .500 | 2.86 | 27 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 88.0 | 77 | 36 | 28 | 9 | 24 | 2 | 57 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Joe Horlen | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.74 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 31.0 | 22 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 33 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Edward Drapcho | 3 | 2 | .600 | 2.29 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 59.0 | 55 | 20 | 15 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 36 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Tom Hoagland | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.27 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11.0 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Fred Talbot | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.91 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11.0 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Ed Nottle | 1 | 1 | .500 | 3.51 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41.0 | 38 | 19 | 16 | 4 | 18 | 1 | 34 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Willie Hooker | 0 | 0 | 3.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Robert Guzek | 0 | 0 | 6.75 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Manly Johnston | 0 | 1 | .000 | 2.70 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10.0 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Glen Rosenbaum | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3.27 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.0 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Greg Jancich | 0 | 1 | .000 | 6.43 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Herb Score | 0 | 6 | .000 | 7.66 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 67.0 | 74 | 62 | 57 | 15 | 64 | 0 | 46 | 1 | 0 | 9 | |||
| Totals | 86 | 67 | .562 | 3.55 | 316 | 153 | 0 | 47 | 7 | 0 | 1329.0 | 1238 | 608 | 524 | 122 | 501 | 24 | 918 | 50 | 1 | 69 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Buford | 152 | 691 | 613 | 114 | 206 | 41 | 3 | 9 | 53 | 42 | 24 | 67 | 81 | .336 | .406 | .457 | .863 | 280 | 7 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Ramón Conde | 135 | 531 | 479 | 69 | 143 | 31 | 4 | 11 | 82 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 46 | .299 | .347 | .449 | .796 | 215 | 5 | 1 | 10 | ||
| Gene Stephens | 137 | 492 | 436 | 68 | 133 | 21 | 5 | 17 | 72 | 5 | 1 | 46 | 76 | .305 | .379 | .493 | .872 | 215 | 7 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Deacon Jones | 97 | 393 | 338 | 64 | 116 | 17 | 3 | 19 | 73 | 7 | 2 | 50 | 55 | .343 | .425 | .580 | 1.005 | 196 | 1 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Ken Berry | 133 | 501 | 453 | 43 | 106 | 19 | 10 | 7 | 48 | 8 | 8 | 34 | 96 | .234 | .294 | .366 | .660 | 166 | 6 | 4 | 4 | ||
| Jim Koranda | 132 | 436 | 388 | 54 | 95 | 18 | 1 | 14 | 50 | 2 | 1 | 44 | 71 | .245 | .321 | .405 | .726 | 157 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Charley Smith | 110 | 409 | 373 | 50 | 86 | 14 | 1 | 25 | 69 | 2 | 3 | 29 | 82 | .231 | .283 | .475 | .757 | 177 | 0 | 2 | 5 | ||
| Len Johnston | 115 | 364 | 305 | 58 | 80 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 30 | 12 | 5 | 50 | 44 | .262 | .366 | .367 | .733 | 112 | 0 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Lou Vassie | 109 | 303 | 257 | 46 | 72 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 30 | 9 | 3 | 35 | 30 | .280 | .361 | .339 | .700 | 87 | 1 | 4 | 6 | ||
| Jerry McNertney | 93 | 322 | 290 | 20 | 65 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 34 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 45 | .224 | .285 | .321 | .606 | 93 | 3 | 3 | 3 | ||
| Jim Napier | 79 | 290 | 269 | 28 | 61 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 31 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 70 | .227 | .280 | .323 | .604 | 87 | 4 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Tommy McCraw | 53 | 220 | 195 | 27 | 55 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 14 | 3 | 17 | 31 | .282 | .343 | .421 | .763 | 82 | 1 | 7 | 0 | ||
| José Valdivielso | 51 | 118 | 110 | 14 | 25 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 28 | .227 | .259 | .291 | .550 | 32 | 2 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Mike Joyce | 26 | 66 | 61 | 6 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 26 | .246 | .281 | .295 | .576 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Harry Simpson | 11 | 35 | 34 | 5 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .382 | .400 | .500 | .900 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Frank Kreutzer | 36 | 85 | 75 | 5 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 41 | .160 | .200 | .227 | .427 | 17 | 0 | 5 | 1 | ||
| Gene Leek | 18 | 68 | 59 | 8 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 23 | .186 | .294 | .356 | .650 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Fritz Ackley | 36 | 84 | 81 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 32 | .136 | .157 | .198 | .354 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Joe Shipley | 28 | 66 | 60 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | .133 | .133 | .133 | .267 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Verle Tiefenthaler | 28 | 38 | 33 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 24 | .121 | .216 | .121 | .337 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Warren Hacker | 47 | 36 | 34 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .118 | .118 | .118 | .235 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Manly Johnston | 5 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .400 | .500 | .600 | 1.100 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joe Horlen | 4 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Edward Drapcho | 24 | 20 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .100 | .100 | .100 | .200 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Herb Score | 21 | 24 | 22 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | .091 | .125 | .273 | .398 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Fred Talbot | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ted Beard | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Greg Jancich | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Robert Guzek | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tom Hoagland | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Ed Nottle | 24 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Glen Rosenbaum | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Taylor Phillips | 27 | 30 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1751 | 5665 | 5053 | 694 | 1330 | 226 | 39 | 128 | 633 | 108 | 54 | 475 | 971 | .263 | .329 | .399 | .728 | 2018 | 0 | 38 | 57 | 42 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deacon Jones | 1B | 95 | 766 | 44 | 7 | 62 | .991 | 8.526 | ||||
| Tommy McCraw | 1B | 53 | 460 | 24 | 4 | 41 | .992 | 9.132 | ||||
| Jim Koranda | 1B | 30 | 77 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 1.000 | 2.667 | ||||
| Ramón Conde | 2B | 92 | 201 | 233 | 9 | 55 | .980 | 4.717 | ||||
| Lou Vassie | 2B | 88 | 151 | 202 | 8 | 37 | .978 | 4.011 | ||||
| Don Buford | 3B | 143 | 113 | 293 | 18 | 27 | .958 | 2.839 | ||||
| Ramón Conde | 3B | 15 | 8 | 21 | 2 | 1 | .935 | 1.933 | ||||
| Jerry McNertney | C | 83 | 491 | 48 | 3 | 8 | .994 | 6.494 | 11 | |||
| Jim Napier | C | 76 | 479 | 40 | 9 | 9 | .983 | 6.829 | 16 | |||
| Ken Berry | OF | 133 | 353 | 9 | 5 | 5 | .986 | 2.722 | ||||
| Gene Stephens | OF | 130 | 218 | 15 | 6 | 6 | .975 | 1.792 | ||||
| Jim Koranda | OF | 102 | 163 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.647 | ||||
| Len Johnston | OF | 93 | 146 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .980 | 1.581 | ||||
| Ramón Conde | OF | 36 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .966 | .778 | ||||
| Warren Hacker | P | 47 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .298 | ||||
| Frank Kreutzer | P | 35 | 10 | 27 | 3 | 1 | .925 | 1.057 | ||||
| Fritz Ackley | P | 31 | 9 | 21 | 6 | 3 | .833 | .968 | ||||
| Verle Tiefenthaler | P | 28 | 17 | 21 | 2 | 2 | .950 | 1.357 | ||||
| Joe Shipley | P | 28 | 6 | 38 | 6 | 4 | .880 | 1.571 | ||||
| Taylor Phillips | P | 27 | 3 | 17 | 1 | 2 | .952 | .741 | ||||
| Mike Joyce | P | 26 | 8 | 40 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.846 | ||||
| Edward Drapcho | P | 24 | 3 | 15 | 1 | 0 | .947 | .750 | ||||
| Ed Nottle | P | 23 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | .889 | .348 | ||||
| Herb Score | P | 20 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 0 | .867 | .650 | ||||
| Charley Smith | SS | 103 | 129 | 275 | 25 | 47 | .942 | 3.922 | ||||
| José Valdivielso | SS | 44 | 47 | 99 | 9 | 26 | .942 | 3.318 | ||||
| Gene Leek | SS | 18 | 30 | 48 | 4 | 9 | .951 | 4.333 | ||||
| Totals | 1623 | 3922 | 1568 | 135 | 355 | .976 | 3.383 | 27 | 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.
