1963 Kingsport Pirates Statistics

Appalachian League (AL) - Class: R
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

1963 Kingsport Pirates Roster

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. Chuck Howard led Kingsport with 11 home runs and drove in 49 runs. 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.

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Pitching:

Player	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
Martin Bunnell	5	4	.556	5.04	15	15		2	0		84.0	83	68	47	8	79	75	3	0	13
Lenny Levine	5	4	.556	5.65	16	13		3	0		78.0	81	65	49	6	58	80	3	0	5
Eric Maya	4	4	.500	3.77	12	8		2	0		62.0	50	38	26	7	41	67	1	0	4
Andy Occhionero	4	4	.500	4.50	14	9		4	1		68.0	55	45	34	12	35	64	1	0	6
William Westenhouser	4	5	.444	3.62	12	10		5	0		72.0	76	40	29	5	29	92	1	1	5
Dick Bosman	3	3	.500	3.52	21	1		0	0		46.0	50	26	18	2	23	66	2	0	7
John Tarboro	3	6	.333	3.21	11	8		2	0		56.0	39	37	20	4	45	56	2	0	5
James Strobel	2	0	1.000	3.86	5	0		0	0		14.0	16	10	6	0	12	15	1	0	1
Marcel Blais	1	2	.333	9.43	10	1		0	0		21.0	34	30	22	0	22	13	1	0	2
Joe Keith	0	0		0.00	1	0		0	0		2.0	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0
Vallee Abbott	0	0		5.45	15	0		0	0		33.0	24	33	20	2	40	33	6	0	3
John Arganbright	0	0		27.00	2	0		0	0		3.0	5	10	9	1	10	1	1	0	3
James Richardson	0	2	.000	7.20	9	4		1	0		25.0	33	26	20	6	28	14	1	2	8
Roy Massey	0	3	.000	14.85	14	0		0	0		20.0	39	40	33	5	21	16	1	1	2
Totals	31	37	.456	5.13	157	69	0	19	1	0	584.0	586	469	333	58	444	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
Chuck 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
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
Chuck 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.

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