1962 Kingsport Pirates Statistics

Appalachian League (AL) - Class: D
Team Record: 31-38
Finished 4th in the AL
Manager: Al Kubski (31-38)
Affiliation: Pittsburgh Pirates
Location: Kingsport, Tennessee
Ballpark: J. Fred Johnson Stadium
Attendance: 19,946, Avg. 578
1962 Kingsport Pirates Roster

The Kingsport Pirates of the Appalachian League ended the 1962 season with a record of 31 wins and 38 losses, finishing fourth in the AL.

The Pirates scored 431 runs and yielded 536 runs, most in the circuit. Jimmy Hicks led Kingsport with 10 home runs and drove in 40 runs. Pedro Cepeda paced all regular batters by connecting at a .312 clip. Roberto Urbano topped the team with 7 wins, while Samuel Watson recorded a 3.84 ERA, best among hurlers with significant time on the mound.

Carl Taylor played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Kingsport Pirates to do so.

Al Kubski 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
Roberto Urbano71.8753.291910041.0392615325027304
Gene Ross65.5454.17161574110.09867516740113106
Frank Kamfonik301.0006.0050009.06860917000
Jim Tillman31.7504.09600011.097501115001
Robert Baird32.6004.601562047.0523824331039102
Richard Taaffe24.3335.2213100050.0434529259050507
William Albright27.2225.5619123081.0757650486076105
Gary Vinisky101.0003.8650007.01053236000
Octaviano Martinez11.5007.43910023.0283819422025302
Raymond Skeens11.50011.0041009.01014111196001
Samuel Watson14.2003.841190061.0664726120067004
Raymond Farley17.1256.8917111064.0718349667046409
Raul Fuentes02.0006.471410032.04730233300271011
Wendall Glaze03.0008.081521039.0525235339031104
Totals3138.4495.331686901440584.0606536346384950545200560

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
Pedro Cepeda5020918936594063541417.312.368.429.797814020
Gary Robinson5823420135596223092846.294.385.373.758753021
Richard Emmert5123520037473021553353.235.340.280.620560020
Kenneth Meyer5220416638446473393675.265.399.476.875791100
Jimmy Hicks54229190414491104083746.232.358.447.805851010
Michael Estey43180146264153114143436.281.417.377.793550001
Juan Reyes2911910712323031321011.299.364.411.776441100
Frank Kamfonik4114112329316051531643.252.340.423.763521010
Carl Taylor401391181829501881817.246.348.314.661371110
George Vasquez4318113825276211423764.196.378.290.668404110
John Thomas311098915262221611616.292.422.427.849384000
Samuel Byrne301078916257111631716.281.396.416.812370100
John Moffett29988111242222501615.296.408.444.853360010
James Greblick321229417213121402527.223.393.340.734322011
Paul Berta301281062520420992232.189.328.264.592280000
James Tabor21686061430070827.233.324.283.607170000
Gene Ross164641712303100513.293.370.585.955240000
Wally Jones831249112017355.458.548.6671.21516101
Jeffrey Griffith41414142005004.286.286.429.71460000
William Albright1930233400010615.174.333.174.50740010
Robert Baird151716130002015.188.235.188.42330000
Samuel Watson1126233310250213.130.200.435.635100100
Raymond Skeens454120001011.500.600.5001.1002000
Octaviano Martinez998421001015.250.333.375.7083000
Richard Taaffe131813420003052.154.389.154.54320000
Jim Tillman653110000010.333.500.333.8331010
Wendall Glaze15109010001012.111.200.111.31110000
Raul Fuentes161612211001045.083.312.167.47920000
Raymond Farley1724173110020611.059.304.118.42220100
Luis Isaac71918110001018.056.105.056.1611000
John Summers253200000021.000.400.000.4000000
Roberto Urbano191211000000015.000.083.000.08300000
Gary Vinisky511000000000.000.000.000.00000000
Raymond McDonald265000001002.000.000.000.00000010
Totals82227972342429591852051345800409638.252.367.371.7388690238153

Fielding:

Player Pos GP PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB SB CS CS%
Jimmy Hicks1B47384141324.9688.468
John Thomas1B2116771112.9418.286
Michael Estey2B3577791212.9294.457
Paul Berta2B2971541114.9194.310
James Greblick3B262040178.7792.308
Juan Reyes3B212036112.8362.667
James Tabor3B16202677.8682.875
Carl TaylorC3426716143.9538.32432
John MoffettC291761492.9556.55223
Gary RobinsonOF56110670.9432.071
Kenneth MeyerOF4748070.8731.021
George VasquezOF4342671.8731.116
Pedro CepedaOF41440160.7331.073
Samuel ByrneOF2527271.8061.160
Roberto UrbanoP193420.778.368
William AlbrightP195420.818.474
Raymond FarleyP1721520.8951.000
Gene RossP1661130.8501.062
Wendall GlazeP151620.778.467
Robert BairdP151920.833.667
Raul FuentesP141310.800.286
Richard TaaffeP1304031.000.308
Samuel WatsonP112720.818.818
Octaviano MartinezP9.000
Jim TillmanP6.000
Gary ViniskyP5.000
Frank KamfonikP5.000
Raymond SkeensP4.000
Richard EmmertSS49531242810.8633.612
Frank KamfonikSS222774157.8714.591
Totals7091574561208106.9113.0115500

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.