1963 Kingsport Pirates Statistics
Team Record: 31-37
Finished 5th in the AL
Manager: Al Kubski (31-37)
Affiliation: Pittsburgh Pirates
Location: Kingsport, Tennessee
Ballpark: J. Fred Johnson Stadium
Attendance: 12,852, Avg. 378
The Kingsport Pirates of the Appalachian League ended the 1963 season with a record of 31 wins and 37 losses, finishing fifth in the AL.
The Pirates scored 442 runs and gave up 469 runs. Charles Howard led Kingsport with 11 home runs and accounted for 49 RBI. Bill Bradley paced batters with significant playing time by connecting at a .298 clip. Martin Bunnell and Lenny Levine topped the team with 5 wins each, while John Tarboro recorded a 3.21 ERA, best among regularly-used pitchers.
Roy Foster and Dick Bosman both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Martin Bunnell | 5 | 4 | .556 | 5.04 | 15 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 84.0 | 83 | 68 | 47 | 8 | 79 | 0 | 75 | 3 | 0 | 13 | |||
| Lenny Levine | 5 | 4 | .556 | 5.65 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 78.0 | 81 | 65 | 49 | 6 | 58 | 0 | 80 | 3 | 0 | 5 | |||
| Eric Maya | 4 | 4 | .500 | 3.77 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 62.0 | 50 | 38 | 26 | 7 | 41 | 0 | 67 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |||
| Andy Occhionero | 4 | 4 | .500 | 4.50 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 68.0 | 55 | 45 | 34 | 12 | 35 | 0 | 64 | 1 | 0 | 6 | |||
| William Westenhouser | 4 | 5 | .444 | 3.62 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 72.0 | 76 | 40 | 29 | 5 | 29 | 0 | 92 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |||
| Dick Bosman | 3 | 3 | .500 | 3.52 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 46.0 | 50 | 26 | 18 | 2 | 23 | 0 | 66 | 2 | 0 | 7 | |||
| John Tarboro | 3 | 6 | .333 | 3.21 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 56.0 | 39 | 37 | 20 | 4 | 45 | 0 | 56 | 2 | 0 | 5 | |||
| James Strobel | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.86 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14.0 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Marcel Blais | 1 | 2 | .333 | 9.43 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 21.0 | 34 | 30 | 22 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Joe Keith | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Vallee Abbott | 0 | 0 | 5.45 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33.0 | 24 | 33 | 20 | 2 | 40 | 0 | 33 | 6 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| John Arganbright | 0 | 0 | 27.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 5 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| James Richardson | 0 | 2 | .000 | 7.20 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 25.0 | 33 | 26 | 20 | 6 | 28 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 8 | |||
| Roy Massey | 0 | 3 | .000 | 14.85 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20.0 | 39 | 40 | 33 | 5 | 21 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| Totals | 31 | 37 | .456 | 5.13 | 157 | 69 | 0 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 584.0 | 586 | 469 | 333 | 58 | 444 | 0 | 594 | 24 | 4 | 64 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Bradley | 61 | 271 | 205 | 57 | 61 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 24 | 27 | 1 | 55 | 68 | .298 | .461 | .390 | .851 | 80 | 8 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Charles Howard | 68 | 272 | 232 | 45 | 56 | 12 | 3 | 11 | 49 | 10 | 1 | 34 | 56 | .241 | .349 | .461 | .810 | 107 | 5 | 0 | 1 | ||
| John Peterman | 45 | 220 | 181 | 40 | 54 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 19 | 2 | 35 | 37 | .298 | .423 | .370 | .793 | 67 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| George Johnson | 54 | 206 | 153 | 53 | 51 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 30 | 9 | 2 | 51 | 30 | .333 | .500 | .497 | .997 | 76 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| William Martin | 59 | 238 | 217 | 27 | 46 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 42 | .212 | .269 | .290 | .559 | 63 | 2 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Roy Foster | 61 | 215 | 165 | 42 | 42 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 29 | 7 | 2 | 46 | 35 | .255 | .419 | .394 | .813 | 65 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Steven Jones | 54 | 207 | 168 | 30 | 39 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 16 | 3 | 33 | 39 | .232 | .366 | .262 | .628 | 44 | 3 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Robert Haren | 44 | 157 | 140 | 33 | 38 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 26 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 31 | .271 | .344 | .379 | .723 | 53 | 3 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Conard Brown | 40 | 147 | 124 | 22 | 34 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 49 | .274 | .381 | .435 | .816 | 54 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Larry Hinsley | 31 | 116 | 97 | 14 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 16 | .237 | .362 | .268 | .630 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jerome Cole | 36 | 103 | 89 | 9 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 27 | .225 | .317 | .337 | .654 | 30 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Robert Croon | 26 | 95 | 75 | 12 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 34 | .253 | .400 | .320 | .720 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Wayne Smith | 22 | 88 | 71 | 13 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 10 | .254 | .386 | .408 | .795 | 29 | 3 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Alan Fabro | 22 | 77 | 56 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 21 | .179 | .403 | .232 | .635 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Arganbright | 13 | 41 | 27 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 10 | .259 | .512 | .370 | .883 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Vallee Abbott | 17 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .500 | .538 | .583 | 1.122 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Theodore Payne | 6 | 25 | 21 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 7 | .286 | .400 | .381 | .781 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nicki Parrott | 6 | 23 | 23 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | .217 | .217 | .348 | .565 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Eric Maya | 12 | 25 | 23 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | .217 | .280 | .348 | .628 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Andy Occhionero | 14 | 29 | 26 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | .192 | .222 | .192 | .415 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| William Westenhouser | 12 | 29 | 23 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | .174 | .240 | .174 | .414 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Lenny Levine | 16 | 33 | 25 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 | .120 | .179 | .120 | .299 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 1 | ||
| Larry Sellers | 3 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | .250 | .455 | .250 | .705 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Roy Massey | 14 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dan Harvey | 4 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .111 | .200 | .111 | .311 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Major Martin | 3 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .111 | .273 | .222 | .495 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Wayne Golden | 4 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .091 | .083 | .091 | .174 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Martin Bunnell | 15 | 33 | 29 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 | .034 | .152 | .034 | .186 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dick Bosman | 21 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 | .000 | .308 | .000 | .308 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Marcel Blais | 10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .333 | .000 | .333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| James Strobel | 5 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| John Tarboro | 12 | 19 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11 | .000 | .167 | .000 | .167 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| James Richardson | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .000 | .400 | .000 | .400 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 819 | 2758 | 2256 | 439 | 559 | 92 | 15 | 37 | 326 | 104 | 13 | 430 | 606 | .248 | .374 | .351 | .726 | 792 | 0 | 36 | 21 | 15 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Bradley | 1B | 58 | 404 | 21 | 19 | 26 | .957 | 7.328 | ||||
| John Arganbright | 1B | 10 | 60 | 0 | 3 | 4 | .952 | 6.000 | ||||
| John Peterman | 2B | 37 | 79 | 85 | 21 | 15 | .886 | 4.432 | ||||
| Wayne Smith | 2B | 17 | 30 | 38 | 10 | 3 | .872 | 4.000 | ||||
| William Martin | 2B | 12 | 21 | 19 | 5 | 3 | .889 | 3.333 | ||||
| Robert Haren | 3B | 33 | 22 | 48 | 9 | 1 | .886 | 2.121 | ||||
| Robert Croon | 3B | 23 | 13 | 39 | 15 | 2 | .776 | 2.261 | ||||
| Larry Hinsley | C | 29 | 245 | 17 | 15 | 0 | .946 | 9.034 | 9 | |||
| Jerome Cole | C | 22 | 191 | 7 | 5 | 1 | .975 | 9.000 | 7 | |||
| Alan Fabro | C | 19 | 161 | 8 | 3 | 0 | .983 | 8.895 | 4 | |||
| Charles Howard | OF | 63 | 64 | 4 | 5 | 1 | .932 | 1.079 | ||||
| Roy Foster | OF | 51 | 78 | 7 | 6 | 0 | .934 | 1.667 | ||||
| George Johnson | OF | 50 | 72 | 5 | 3 | 1 | .962 | 1.540 | ||||
| Steven Jones | OF | 45 | 68 | 2 | 3 | 0 | .959 | 1.556 | ||||
| Dick Bosman | P | 21 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .381 | ||||
| Lenny Levine | P | 16 | 3 | 15 | 1 | 3 | .947 | 1.125 | ||||
| Martin Bunnell | P | 15 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 3 | .867 | .867 | ||||
| Vallee Abbott | P | 15 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | .750 | .400 | ||||
| Andy Occhionero | P | 14 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 0 | .833 | 1.071 | ||||
| Roy Massey | P | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .071 | ||||
| William Westenhouser | P | 12 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 0 | .714 | .833 | ||||
| Eric Maya | P | 12 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 0 | .909 | .833 | ||||
| John Tarboro | P | 11 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 1 | .800 | 1.091 | ||||
| Marcel Blais | P | 10 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .667 | .200 | ||||
| James Richardson | P | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| James Strobel | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Joe Keith | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| William Martin | SS | 38 | 66 | 88 | 29 | 15 | .842 | 4.053 | ||||
| Conard Brown | SS | 25 | 31 | 45 | 13 | 5 | .854 | 3.040 | ||||
| Totals | 687 | 1618 | 515 | 181 | 84 | .922 | 3.105 | 20 | 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.
