1963 Knoxville Smokies Statistics

South Atlantic League (SAL) - Class: AA
Team Record: 71-68
Finished 5th in the SAL
Manager: Frank Carswell (0-0), Frank Lary (0-0), Frank Skaff (0-0)
Affiliation: Detroit Tigers
Location: Knoxville, Tennessee
Ballpark: Smithson Stadium
Attendance: 43,894, Avg. 632
1963 Knoxville Smokies Roster

The Knoxville Smokies of the South Atlantic League ended the 1963 season with a record of 71 wins and 68 losses, finishing fifth in the SAL.

The Smokies plated 626 runs and gave up 599 runs. Willie Horton paced Knoxville with 14 home runs and drove in 70 runs, while leading batters with significant playing time by connecting at a .333 clip. Johnny Ison topped the squad with 11 wins, and Fritz Fisher recorded a 2.97 ERA, tops among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

Members of the 1963 Knoxville Smokies who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Arlo Brunsberg, Don Bryant, Pete Craig, Mike Cuellar, Pat Dobson, Lorencito Fernández, Fritz Fisher, Vern Holtgrave, Willie Horton, Andy Kosco, Frank Lary, Leo Marentette, Tommy Matchick, Denny McLain, Jim Northrup, Jim Proctor, Nate Smith, Joe Sparma, Mickey Stanley, Tom Timmermann and Elder White.

Frank Carswell, Frank Lary and Frank Skaff 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 IBB SO HBP BK WP BF
Johnny Ison1113.4583.733726132198.0205988213576132409
Fritz Fisher106.6252.97211981118.0975639365466807
Leo Marentette87.5334.31221662119.011069577663964012
Tom Timmermann88.5003.70321261112.0985846348473404
Frank Lary72.7783.4111114074.0743928420034201
Pat Dobson51.8331.331082161.044149427143002
Denny McLain54.5563.5111113077.0613430128082021
John Teeter59.3574.01311431119.01135953849377605
Quineth Roberts32.6003.101031029.0251110220121000
Vern Holtgrave33.5002.4837400109.01044830442573127
Joel McDaniel23.4005.731652055.0703735823324400
Pete Craig11.5000.64311114.082103011000
Mike Cuellar11.5002.54831039.0331511020239101
Jim Proctor11.5004.50811026.0261513210020201
Darrell Clark12.3334.00331018.02098213012001
Tommy Thompson01.0000.0040006.03300105000
Joe Sparma01.0005.82620017.017141111215013
Ken Magown01.00015.0020003.07551201000
Ricardo Delgado02.00012.8651007.01213102715003
Totals7168.5113.58277140052901201.011275994786551334819365570

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
Jim Northrup1335414928215228101066844275.309.365.467.833230322
Willie Horton118493442771472091470323855.333.387.514.900227373
Mickey Stanley11245240456102192551353579.252.311.347.657140184
John Ryan9942937465931431042115350.249.343.382.726143110
Al Baker1003533114373132642133562.235.313.347.661108223
Don Bryant77267243206091121002249.247.308.305.61374011
Wilbert Franklin44185165295971425011823.358.424.485.90980110
Tommy Matchick592552223058100214022345.261.332.333.66574181
Elder White58243209315644725122852.268.360.426.78589312
Charlie Smiley712722312755112536103641.238.339.368.70785113
Leo Smith50216186235483431112634.290.375.430.80580103
Rufus Anderson59210197275081115421132.254.292.320.61263011
Arlo Brunsberg692352042450122326202344.245.333.368.70175512
Bennie Sandlin2489778193011210823.247.341.325.66625310
Andy Kosco2766557131002101114.236.364.255.61814000
Johnny Ison39837271221311001132.167.277.347.62425000
Joel McDaniel547768710201900712.147.224.221.44415011
Fritz Fisher21454079100301417.225.295.250.54510010
Frank Lary16393468011300210.235.278.382.66013030
Larry Rojas13544668110332515.174.269.239.50811120
Joe Pulliam1124224710000024.318.375.364.7398000
Leo Marentette22423726030300415.162.244.324.56812010
Pat Dobson1021190410010006.211.211.263.4745020
Tom Timmermann32393524110200218.114.184.200.3847110
John Teeter31434114100200022.098.098.122.2205020
Vern Holtgrave37372923000100415.103.206.103.3093031
Jim Proctor810101201020002.200.200.400.6004000
Tom Hinkle616150200040014.133.188.133.3212000
Mike Cuellar10171602000100010.125.125.125.2502010
Denny McLain11323012000200214.067.125.067.1922000
Nate Smith3431110010001.333.250.667.9172001
Pete Craig3440100000001.250.250.250.5001000
Quineth Roberts15883100000006.125.125.125.2501000
Darrell Clark3880100000005.125.125.125.2501000
Ricardo Delgado5210000000011.000.500.000.5000000
Tom Orton415100000000042.000.286.000.2860010
Joe Sparma6421000000012.000.333.000.3330010
Tommy Thompson41010000000101.0000000
Totals146449314362601112817848785263026460892.259.331.375.706163602754280


Fielding:

Player Pos GP PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB SB CS CS%
Charlie Smiley1B71573521056.9848.803
Leo Smith1B5036242635.9858.080
Jim Northrup1B1512311412.9718.933
Al Baker1B15233051.0001.733
Al Baker2B832132341554.9685.386
Rufus Anderson2B387897624.9674.605
Elder White2B13303227.9694.769
Larry Rojas2B122836210.9705.333
John Ryan3B98941652024.9282.643
Elder White3B35354843.9542.371
Don BryantC7544729115.9776.34710
Arlo BrunsbergC623583162.9856.27416
Willie HortonOF117183770.9641.624
Jim NorthrupOF115203963.9721.843
Mickey StanleyOF111259572.9742.378
Wilbert FranklinOF4482251.9441.909
Bennie SandlinOF2241421.9572.045
Andy KoscoOF1016110.9441.700
Johnny IsonP37131923.941.865
Vern HoltgraveP3791330.880.595
Tom TimmermannP32123133.9351.344
John TeeterP31102121.9391.000
Leo MarentetteP2281832.8971.182
Fritz FisherP2182531.9171.571
Joel McDanielP1649001.000.812
Denny McLainP1145011.000.818
Frank LaryP1181221.9091.818
Quineth RobertsP1045001.000.900
Pat DobsonP1058011.0001.300
Tommy MatchickSS59791611034.9604.068
Totals128333121135142291.9693.4662600

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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