1962 Kingsport Pirates Statistics
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
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 Urbano | 7 | 1 | .875 | 3.29 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 41.0 | 39 | 26 | 15 | 3 | 25 | 0 | 27 | 3 | 0 | 4 | |||
| Gene Ross | 6 | 5 | .545 | 4.17 | 16 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 110.0 | 98 | 67 | 51 | 6 | 74 | 0 | 113 | 1 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Frank Kamfonik | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.00 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Jim Tillman | 3 | 1 | .750 | 4.09 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.0 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 11 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Robert Baird | 3 | 2 | .600 | 4.60 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 47.0 | 52 | 38 | 24 | 3 | 31 | 0 | 39 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Richard Taaffe | 2 | 4 | .333 | 5.22 | 13 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 50.0 | 43 | 45 | 29 | 2 | 59 | 0 | 50 | 5 | 0 | 7 | |||
| William Albright | 2 | 7 | .222 | 5.56 | 19 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 81.0 | 75 | 76 | 50 | 4 | 86 | 0 | 76 | 1 | 0 | 5 | |||
| Gary Vinisky | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.86 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Octaviano Martinez | 1 | 1 | .500 | 7.43 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 23.0 | 28 | 38 | 19 | 4 | 22 | 0 | 25 | 3 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Raymond Skeens | 1 | 1 | .500 | 11.00 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 10 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 19 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Samuel Watson | 1 | 4 | .200 | 3.84 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 61.0 | 66 | 47 | 26 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 67 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |||
| Raymond Farley | 1 | 7 | .125 | 6.89 | 17 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 64.0 | 71 | 83 | 49 | 6 | 67 | 0 | 46 | 4 | 0 | 9 | |||
| Raul Fuentes | 0 | 2 | .000 | 6.47 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 32.0 | 47 | 30 | 23 | 3 | 30 | 0 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 11 | |||
| Wendall Glaze | 0 | 3 | .000 | 8.08 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 39.0 | 52 | 52 | 35 | 3 | 39 | 0 | 31 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |||
| Totals | 31 | 38 | .449 | 5.33 | 168 | 69 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 584.0 | 606 | 536 | 346 | 38 | 495 | 0 | 545 | 20 | 0 | 56 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pedro Cepeda | 50 | 209 | 189 | 36 | 59 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 35 | 4 | 14 | 17 | .312 | .368 | .429 | .797 | 81 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Gary Robinson | 58 | 234 | 201 | 35 | 59 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 30 | 9 | 28 | 46 | .294 | .385 | .373 | .758 | 75 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Richard Emmert | 51 | 235 | 200 | 37 | 47 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 5 | 33 | 53 | .235 | .340 | .280 | .620 | 56 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Kenneth Meyer | 52 | 204 | 166 | 38 | 44 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 33 | 9 | 36 | 75 | .265 | .399 | .476 | .875 | 79 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jimmy Hicks | 54 | 229 | 190 | 41 | 44 | 9 | 1 | 10 | 40 | 8 | 37 | 46 | .232 | .358 | .447 | .805 | 85 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Michael Estey | 43 | 180 | 146 | 26 | 41 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 14 | 34 | 36 | .281 | .417 | .377 | .793 | 55 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Juan Reyes | 29 | 119 | 107 | 12 | 32 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 2 | 10 | 11 | .299 | .364 | .411 | .776 | 44 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Frank Kamfonik | 41 | 141 | 123 | 29 | 31 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 15 | 3 | 16 | 43 | .252 | .340 | .423 | .763 | 52 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Carl Taylor | 40 | 139 | 118 | 18 | 29 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 18 | 17 | .246 | .348 | .314 | .661 | 37 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| George Vasquez | 43 | 181 | 138 | 25 | 27 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 2 | 37 | 64 | .196 | .378 | .290 | .668 | 40 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| John Thomas | 31 | 109 | 89 | 15 | 26 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 1 | 16 | 16 | .292 | .422 | .427 | .849 | 38 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Samuel Byrne | 30 | 107 | 89 | 16 | 25 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 3 | 17 | 16 | .281 | .396 | .416 | .812 | 37 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Moffett | 29 | 98 | 81 | 11 | 24 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 0 | 16 | 15 | .296 | .408 | .444 | .853 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| James Greblick | 32 | 122 | 94 | 17 | 21 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 25 | 27 | .223 | .393 | .340 | .734 | 32 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Paul Berta | 30 | 128 | 106 | 25 | 20 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 22 | 32 | .189 | .328 | .264 | .592 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| James Tabor | 21 | 68 | 60 | 6 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 27 | .233 | .324 | .283 | .607 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gene Ross | 16 | 46 | 41 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 13 | .293 | .370 | .585 | .955 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Wally Jones | 8 | 31 | 24 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 5 | .458 | .548 | .667 | 1.215 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Jeffrey Griffith | 4 | 14 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .286 | .286 | .429 | .714 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| William Albright | 19 | 30 | 23 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 15 | .174 | .333 | .174 | .507 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Robert Baird | 15 | 17 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .188 | .235 | .188 | .423 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Samuel Watson | 11 | 26 | 23 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 13 | .130 | .200 | .435 | .635 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Raymond Skeens | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .500 | .600 | .500 | 1.100 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Octaviano Martinez | 9 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .250 | .333 | .375 | .708 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Richard Taaffe | 13 | 18 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 2 | .154 | .389 | .154 | .543 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Tillman | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .333 | .500 | .333 | .833 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Wendall Glaze | 15 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .111 | .200 | .111 | .311 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Raul Fuentes | 16 | 16 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | .083 | .312 | .167 | .479 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Raymond Farley | 17 | 24 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 11 | .059 | .304 | .118 | .422 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Luis Isaac | 7 | 19 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | .056 | .105 | .056 | .161 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| John Summers | 2 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .000 | .400 | .000 | .400 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Roberto Urbano | 19 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .000 | .083 | .000 | .083 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gary Vinisky | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Raymond McDonald | 2 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 822 | 2797 | 2342 | 429 | 591 | 85 | 20 | 51 | 345 | 80 | 0 | 409 | 638 | .252 | .367 | .371 | .738 | 869 | 0 | 23 | 8 | 15 | 3 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jimmy Hicks | 1B | 47 | 384 | 14 | 13 | 24 | .968 | 8.468 | ||||
| John Thomas | 1B | 21 | 167 | 7 | 11 | 12 | .941 | 8.286 | ||||
| Michael Estey | 2B | 35 | 77 | 79 | 12 | 12 | .929 | 4.457 | ||||
| Paul Berta | 2B | 29 | 71 | 54 | 11 | 14 | .919 | 4.310 | ||||
| James Greblick | 3B | 26 | 20 | 40 | 17 | 8 | .779 | 2.308 | ||||
| Juan Reyes | 3B | 21 | 20 | 36 | 11 | 2 | .836 | 2.667 | ||||
| James Tabor | 3B | 16 | 20 | 26 | 7 | 7 | .868 | 2.875 | ||||
| Carl Taylor | C | 34 | 267 | 16 | 14 | 3 | .953 | 8.324 | 32 | |||
| John Moffett | C | 29 | 176 | 14 | 9 | 2 | .955 | 6.552 | 23 | |||
| Gary Robinson | OF | 56 | 110 | 6 | 7 | 0 | .943 | 2.071 | ||||
| Kenneth Meyer | OF | 47 | 48 | 0 | 7 | 0 | .873 | 1.021 | ||||
| George Vasquez | OF | 43 | 42 | 6 | 7 | 1 | .873 | 1.116 | ||||
| Pedro Cepeda | OF | 41 | 44 | 0 | 16 | 0 | .733 | 1.073 | ||||
| Samuel Byrne | OF | 25 | 27 | 2 | 7 | 1 | .806 | 1.160 | ||||
| Roberto Urbano | P | 19 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | .778 | .368 | ||||
| William Albright | P | 19 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | .818 | .474 | ||||
| Raymond Farley | P | 17 | 2 | 15 | 2 | 0 | .895 | 1.000 | ||||
| Gene Ross | P | 16 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 0 | .850 | 1.062 | ||||
| Wendall Glaze | P | 15 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | .778 | .467 | ||||
| Robert Baird | P | 15 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 0 | .833 | .667 | ||||
| Raul Fuentes | P | 14 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .800 | .286 | ||||
| Richard Taaffe | P | 13 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | .308 | ||||
| Samuel Watson | P | 11 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 0 | .818 | .818 | ||||
| Octaviano Martinez | P | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jim Tillman | P | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Gary Vinisky | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Frank Kamfonik | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Raymond Skeens | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Richard Emmert | SS | 49 | 53 | 124 | 28 | 10 | .863 | 3.612 | ||||
| Frank Kamfonik | SS | 22 | 27 | 74 | 15 | 7 | .871 | 4.591 | ||||
| Totals | 709 | 1574 | 561 | 208 | 106 | .911 | 3.011 | 55 | 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.
