1960 Kingsport Pirates Statistics
Team Record: 37-31
Finished 2nd in the AL
Manager: Jim Gibbons (37-31)
Affiliation: Pittsburgh Pirates
Location: Kingsport, Tennessee
Ballpark: J. Fred Johnson Stadium
Attendance: 19,252, Avg. 566
The Kingsport Pirates of the Appalachian League ended the 1960 season with a record of 37 wins and 31 losses, finishing second in the AL.
The Pirates tallied 369 runs and conceded 388 runs. Norm Housley paced Kingsport with 10 home runs Pat Owens recorded 56 runs batted in. Conrado Lezcano topped all regular batters by connecting at a .335 clip. Claude Meinhard led the team with 6 wins, while Lawrence Zuidmuider earned a 3.54 ERA, leading qualifying pitchers.
Players from the 1960 Kingsport Pirates who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Steve Blass, Gary Waslewski, Don Bosch and Jim Price.
Jim Gibbons 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Meinhard | 6 | 2 | .750 | 3.99 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 79.0 | 75 | 49 | 35 | 3 | 50 | 69 | 2 | 0 | 10 | ||||
| Steve Blass | 4 | 1 | .800 | 2.57 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 42.0 | 29 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 25 | 64 | 1 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| Gary Waslewski | 4 | 2 | .667 | 2.86 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 44.0 | 36 | 29 | 14 | 4 | 25 | 38 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Lawrence Zuidmuider | 4 | 4 | .500 | 3.54 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 61.0 | 37 | 31 | 24 | 5 | 41 | 78 | 0 | 3 | 6 | ||||
| Bill Knoch | 4 | 5 | .444 | 5.91 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 64.0 | 66 | 52 | 42 | 8 | 47 | 56 | 3 | 2 | 9 | ||||
| Anthony Rao | 3 | 2 | .600 | 2.79 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 42.0 | 36 | 19 | 13 | 2 | 15 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| John Eades | 3 | 4 | .429 | 5.14 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 56.0 | 72 | 44 | 32 | 8 | 23 | 45 | 3 | 2 | 1 | ||||
| Juan Gener | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.50 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 34.0 | 29 | 26 | 17 | 2 | 23 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Howard Sheldon | 2 | 1 | .667 | 12.50 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.0 | 29 | 31 | 25 | 2 | 28 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Louis Montagano | 2 | 2 | .500 | 4.00 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 27.0 | 27 | 19 | 12 | 2 | 21 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Richard Donaldson | 2 | 3 | .400 | 4.95 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 40.0 | 41 | 28 | 22 | 7 | 35 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Douglas Vincill | 1 | 2 | .333 | 3.77 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 31.0 | 33 | 13 | 13 | 5 | 14 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Walter Anderson | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Jim Price | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Manual Castro | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Robert Anderson | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Grover Simpkins | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Samuel Gossett | 0 | 2 | .000 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Totals | 37 | 31 | .544 | 4.37 | 141 | 66 | 0 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 538.0 | 510 | 356 | 261 | 49 | 347 | 0 | 479 | 16 | 9 | 45 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pat Owens | 68 | 296 | 256 | 49 | 74 | 16 | 3 | 9 | 56 | 4 | 32 | 54 | .289 | .373 | .480 | .854 | 123 | 3 | 4 | 1 | |||
| Conrado Lezcano | 63 | 235 | 197 | 40 | 66 | 13 | 0 | 6 | 33 | 4 | 29 | 34 | .335 | .426 | .492 | .918 | 97 | 3 | 5 | 1 | |||
| Jim Price | 61 | 247 | 207 | 32 | 59 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 36 | 1 | 37 | 13 | .285 | .392 | .357 | .749 | 74 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |||
| Robert Dark | 55 | 237 | 212 | 35 | 56 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 14 | 19 | 49 | .264 | .328 | .387 | .714 | 82 | 1 | 5 | 0 | |||
| Norm Housley | 64 | 269 | 214 | 49 | 56 | 11 | 4 | 10 | 42 | 2 | 49 | 64 | .262 | .407 | .491 | .897 | 105 | 4 | 1 | 1 | |||
| William Kennedy | 57 | 241 | 181 | 37 | 49 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 8 | 49 | 24 | .271 | .427 | .365 | .792 | 66 | 2 | 7 | 2 | |||
| Don Bosch | 63 | 249 | 205 | 33 | 43 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 27 | 3 | 39 | 48 | .210 | .339 | .317 | .656 | 65 | 2 | 1 | 2 | |||
| Charles Hotetz | 42 | 170 | 140 | 32 | 35 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 28 | 20 | .250 | .376 | .293 | .669 | 41 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Don Nipp | 17 | 64 | 56 | 10 | 20 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 0 | 7 | 10 | .357 | .422 | .679 | 1.100 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Emanuele Laura | 28 | 84 | 69 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 22 | .116 | .274 | .116 | .390 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Paul Nixon | 23 | 79 | 64 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 35 | .109 | .269 | .156 | .425 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Robert Sinkewicz | 21 | 58 | 48 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 15 | .125 | .263 | .188 | .451 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Howard Sheldon | 28 | 63 | 52 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 21 | .115 | .242 | .135 | .377 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||
| John Eades | 12 | 24 | 22 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | .227 | .227 | .273 | .500 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Bill Knoch | 13 | 25 | 25 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .200 | .200 | .280 | .480 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Reinaldo Vasquez | 8 | 25 | 25 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 5 | |||||||||||
| Claude Meinhard | 14 | 36 | 33 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | .152 | .222 | .182 | .404 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Louis Montagano | 7 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 4 | |||||||||||
| Anthony Rao | 12 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | .231 | .333 | .231 | .564 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Richard Donaldson | 15 | 13 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .231 | .231 | .462 | .692 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Shelby Smith | 2 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Gary Waslewski | 8 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Larry Hatchell | 4 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Samuel Gossett | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Douglas Vincill | 11 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .125 | .222 | .125 | .347 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Steve Blass | 7 | 15 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .067 | .067 | .067 | .133 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Bernard Dunham | 10 | 26 | 20 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 11 | .050 | .269 | .050 | .319 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Grover Simpkins | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| James Marsteller | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Ralph Mabry | 4 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Juan Gener | 9 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Lawrence Zuidmuider | 15 | 24 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 11 | .000 | .125 | .000 | .125 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 747 | 2580 | 2172 | 354 | 525 | 95 | 16 | 40 | 292 | 41 | 0 | 344 | 468 | .242 | .350 | .355 | .705 | 772 | 0 | 23 | 30 | 11 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Norm Housley | 1B | 50 | 366 | 23 | 8 | 26 | .980 | 7.780 | ||||
| Jim Price | 1B | 10 | 46 | 11 | 1 | 6 | .983 | 5.700 | ||||
| Charles Hotetz | 2B | 33 | 77 | 70 | 4 | 14 | .974 | 4.455 | ||||
| William Kennedy | 2B | 32 | 62 | 78 | 9 | 12 | .940 | 4.375 | ||||
| Jim Price | 3B | 40 | 39 | 75 | 12 | 5 | .905 | 2.850 | ||||
| William Kennedy | 3B | 15 | 22 | 27 | 8 | 1 | .860 | 3.267 | ||||
| Conrado Lezcano | C | 32 | 189 | 20 | 9 | 4 | .959 | 6.531 | 26 | |||
| Emanuele Laura | C | 16 | 94 | 9 | 4 | 0 | .963 | 6.438 | 5 | |||
| Robert Sinkewicz | C | 13 | 96 | 6 | 3 | 1 | .971 | 7.846 | 14 | |||
| Don Nipp | C | 12 | 104 | 7 | 3 | 0 | .974 | 9.250 | 1 | |||
| Pat Owens | OF | 68 | 115 | 8 | 8 | 2 | .939 | 1.809 | ||||
| Don Bosch | OF | 55 | 102 | 10 | 5 | 3 | .957 | 2.036 | ||||
| Conrado Lezcano | OF | 31 | 37 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .949 | 1.194 | ||||
| Emanuele Laura | OF | 12 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .923 | 1.000 | ||||
| William Kennedy | OF | 11 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .955 | 1.909 | ||||
| Lawrence Zuidmuider | P | 15 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | .700 | .467 | ||||
| Richard Donaldson | P | 15 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .857 | .400 | ||||
| Claude Meinhard | P | 13 | 5 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.615 | ||||
| Bill Knoch | P | 13 | 4 | 12 | 2 | 0 | .889 | 1.231 | ||||
| Anthony Rao | P | 12 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | .667 | .500 | ||||
| John Eades | P | 12 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | .889 | .667 | ||||
| Douglas Vincill | P | 11 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .636 | ||||
| Juan Gener | P | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| Gary Waslewski | P | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| Steve Blass | P | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| Louis Montagano | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Grover Simpkins | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Manual Castro | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Samuel Gossett | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Robert Anderson | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Walter Anderson | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Robert Dark | SS | 45 | 63 | 82 | 34 | 7 | .810 | 3.222 | ||||
| Paul Nixon | SS | 11 | 17 | 19 | 7 | 2 | .837 | 3.273 | ||||
| Totals | 617 | 1475 | 503 | 129 | 85 | .939 | 3.206 | 46 | 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.
