1962 Kinston Eagles Statistics

Carolina League (CL) - Class: B
Team Record: 83-57
Finished 2nd in the CL
Manager: Hardy Peterson (83-57)
Affiliation: Pittsburgh Pirates
Location: Kinston, North Carolina
Ballpark: Grainger Stadium
Attendance: 141,227, Avg. 2,018

1962 Kinston Eagles Roster

Playoffs - Kinston Eagles 2 games, Winston-Salem Red Sox 1
Finals - Kinston Eagles 4 games, Durham Bulls 3

The Kinston Eagles of the Carolina League ended the 1962 season with a record of 83 wins and 57 losses, finishing second in the CL.

The Eagles yielded 556 runs, fewest in the league. Kinston plated 648 runs. Pat Owens paced the team with 18 home runs, and Rodolfo Welch walloped 15 or more, too. Pat Owens recorded 75 runs batted in. Ed Napoleon led batters with significant playing time by hitting .285. Frank Bork topped the squad with 19 wins, while Steve Blass, too added 15 or more wins, too Steve Blass recorded a 1.97 ERA, leading pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

Frank Bork, Ron Woods, Gary Waslewski, Steve Blass, Joe Gibbon, Gene Michael, Ron Brand and Roberto Peña were all players from the 1962 Kinston Eagles who played in the Majors during their careers.

Hardy Peterson 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
Frank Bork	19	7	.731	2.00	29	28		18	4		230.0	166	64	51	10	55	6	191	3	0	5
Steve Blass	17	3	.850	1.97	23	23		15	8		178.0	112	44	39	3	82	8	209	2	0	5
Mort Ek	9	5	.643	3.27	32	10		3	1		113.0	96	54	41	9	65	9	106	4	0	8
Phillip Cunningham	8	10	.444	3.96	25	16		6	1		125.0	122	83	55	5	94	8	95	3	1	8
Gary Waslewski	7	8	.467	3.76	27	13		3	2		127.0	122	68	53	9	59	7	106	11	0	8
Anselmo Gordon	5	3	.625	2.39	42	1		0	0		64.0	36	20	17	3	38	6	74	0	1	2
Jerry Steffey	3	1	.750	6.83	7	6		0	0		29.0	34	27	22	2	22	0	35	0	0	1
Thomas Hall	3	3	.500	4.30	19	14		1	1		67.0	71	41	32	4	52	3	72	5	0	1
James Little	3	11	.214	4.00	24	17		5	2		126.0	122	74	56	9	88	6	119	5	0	3
Miguel Lemoine	2	0	1.000	2.67	12	0		0	0		27.0	22	8	8	2	20	1	33	1	0	4
Richard Hunt	1	0	1.000	6.43	5	0		0	0		7.0	7	7	5	0	9	2	3	0	0	0
Bill Knoch	1	1	.500	7.50	5	1		0	0		12.0	9	11	10	1	9	1	15	1	0	1
Norbert Lewandowski					13						0.0
Alfred Knox	0	0		0.00	1	0		0	0		1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
Gene Michael	0	0		0.00	1	0		0	0		2.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Joe Gibbon	0	0		0.00	3	3		0	0		15.0	6	0	0	0	2	0	16	0	0	0
Ed Napoleon	0	0		6.00	1	0		0	0		3.0	5	2	2	0	1	0	2	0	0	0
Bruce Newton	0	1	.000	2.00	3	0		0	0		9.0	5	2	2	1	9	0	4	1	0	1
Troy Giles	0	1	.000	7.50	5	0		0	0		6.0	10	8	5	1	3	1	1	0	0	1
Larry Gable	0	2	.000	7.20	5	2		0	0		15.0	18	15	12	2	12	0	13	0	0	2
Totals	78	56	.582	3.19	282	134	0	51	19	0	1156.0	963	528	410	61	620	58	1096	36	2	51	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
Felix Santana	135	602	514	92	139	13	8	2	41	50		73	71	.270	.362	.339	.701	174		2	11	2	5
Ed Napoleon	132	563	471	77	134	30	5	8	68	4		74	39	.285	.380	.420	.800	198		2	10	6	2
Pat Owens	138	589	502	85	124	29	6	18	75	17		71	145	.247	.342	.436	.779	219		5	5	6	2
Rodolfo Welch	106	434	385	58	104	21	2	16	62	15		39	113	.270	.346	.460	.805	177		7	0	3	5
Gene Michael	138	552	474	58	102	11	3	1	36	10		64	92	.215	.307	.257	.564	122		1	8	5	5
Roberto Peña	78	322	288	40	94	9	7	6	43	6		25	22	.326	.388	.469	.857	135		4	5	0	1
Royce McDaniel	86	304	262	37	79	10	3	0	29	6		37	45	.302	.388	.363	.751	95		0	5	0	2
Norm Housley	125	382	339	43	69	9	2	7	35	5		36	123	.204	.276	.304	.580	103		0	2	5	3
Larry Fidalgo	73	238	209	14	51	5	1	4	24	2		20	39	.244	.312	.335	.647	70		2	4	3	4
Ernest Cooper	92	278	237	20	45	4	0	7	26	0		34	57	.190	.298	.295	.594	70		3	3	1	2
Ron Brand	39	161	129	26	41	8	4	2	20	8		28	16	.318	.447	.488	.936	63		3	0	1	0
Tommie Martz	33	146	118	21	35	3	3	0	13	7		26	15	.297	.424	.373	.796	44		0	2	0	1
Ron Woods	28	127	108	17	26	11	0	0	19	1		17	21	.241	.346	.343	.689	37		1	0	1	1
Steve Blass	26	64	58	7	15	1	0	0	4	0		1	19	.259	.271	.276	.547	16		0	5	0	0
Felix Pizarro	23	65	51	7	11	1	0	0	6	2		11	6	.216	.355	.235	.590	12		0	3	0	0
Frank Bork	44	90	77	10	11	2	0	1	4	1		2	30	.143	.173	.208	.381	16		1	9	1	0
James Little	39	54	52	1	9	0	0	0	1	1		2	17	.173	.204	.173	.377	9		0	0	0	0
Erasmo Felipe	6	23	20	2	7	0	0	0	1	0		3	8	.350	.435	.350	.785	7		0	0	0	0
Phillip Cunningham	26	45	43	4	6	2	0	0	0	0		1	24	.140	.159	.186	.345	8		0	1	0	0
Mort Ek	32	36	32	1	5	1	0	0	2	0		2	20	.156	.206	.188	.393	6		0	2	0	0
Gary Waslewski	27	45	36	4	4	0	0	1	2	0		4	22	.111	.200	.194	.394	7		0	5	0	0
Miguel Lemoine	12	10	9	0	3	0	0	0	1	0		0	3	.333	.333	.333	.667	3		0	1	0	0
Thomas Hall	20	24	16	0	3	1	0	0	1	1		5	7	.188	.364	.250	.614	4		0	2	1	0
Anselmo Gordon	43	20	17	1	3	0	0	1	1	0		1	6	.176	.222	.353	.575	6		0	2	0	0
Richard Hoth	27	60	52	2	3	1	0	0	2	0		6	28	.058	.183	.077	.260	4		2	0	0	1
Jerry Steffey	7	12	8	0	1	0	0	0	1	0		3	3	.125	.364	.125	.489	1		0	1	0	0
Jimmy Hicks	6	15	12	1	1	0	0	0	1	0		3	8	.083	.267	.083	.350	1		0	0	0	0
Bruce Olson	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0	0
Bruce Newton	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0	0
Larry Gable	6	7	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	3	.000	.143	.000	.143	0		0	0	0	0
Joe Gibbon	3	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	1	0	0
Troy Giles	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0	0
Ernie Kunkle	3	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0	0
Richard Hunt	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0	0
Bill Knoch	5	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0	0
Totals	1572	5282	4538	629	1125	172	44	74	518	136	0	589	1012	.248	.336	.354	.690	1607	0	33	87	35	34

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Norm Housley	1B	102	587	43	16	67	.975	6.176
Royce McDaniel	1B	46	313	19	11	26	.968	7.217
Felix Pizarro	1B	11	64	6	1	9	.986	6.364
Felix Santana	2B	134	308	340	30	88	.956	4.836
Gene Michael	3B	60	58	87	15	12	.906	2.417
Pat Owens	3B	32	14	38	7	1	.881	1.625
Norm Housley	3B	16	20	26	7	7	.868	2.875
Ernest Cooper	3B	13	5	3	1	0	.889	.615
Ed Napoleon	3B	12	7	6	6	0	.684	1.083
Ernest Cooper	C	66	512	40	10	2	.982	8.364	10
Larry Fidalgo	C	65	469	30	7	7	.986	7.677	14
Ron Brand	C	30	218	22	2	4	.992	8.000	7
Ed Napoleon	OF	121	210	6	7	2	.969	1.785
Pat Owens	OF	105	145	13	13	3	.924	1.505
Rodolfo Welch	OF	100	171	8	5	4	.973	1.790
Royce McDaniel	OF	37	67	3	1	2	.986	1.892
Tommie Martz	OF	33	27	3	0	0	1.000	.909
Ron Woods	OF	28	48	1	2	0	.961	1.750
Anselmo Gordon	P	42	5	9	3	1	.824	.333
Mort Ek	P	32	5	11	1	2	.941	.500
Frank Bork	P	29	11	31	1	1	.977	1.448
Gary Waslewski	P	27	8	20	0	0	1.000	1.037
Phillip Cunningham	P	25	4	12	2	0	.889	.640
James Little	P	24	11	24	0	2	1.000	1.458
Steve Blass	P	23	7	31	3	3	.927	1.652
Thomas Hall	P	19	1	6	0	0	1.000	.368
Norbert Lewandowski	P	13						.000
Miguel Lemoine	P	12	0	3	0	1	1.000	.250
Jerry Steffey	P	7						.000
Bill Knoch	P	5						.000
Richard Hunt	P	5						.000
Troy Giles	P	5						.000
Larry Gable	P	5						.000
Bruce Newton	P	3						.000
Joe Gibbon	P	3						.000
Ed Napoleon	P	1						.000
Gene Michael	P	1						.000
Alfred Knox	P	1						.000
Gene Michael	SS	72	111	166	23	30	.923	3.847
Roberto Peña	SS	70	135	182	14	34	.958	4.529
Totals		1435	3541	1189	188	308	.962	3.296	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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