1963 Lexington Giants Statistics

Western Carolinas League (WCL) - Class: A
Team Record: 64-60
Finished 4th in the WCL
Manager: Max Lanier (64-60)
Affiliation: San Francisco Giants
Location: Lexington, North Carolina
Ballpark: Holt-Moffitt Field
Attendance: 62,402, Avg. 1,006

1963 Lexington Giants Roster

The Lexington Giants of the Western Carolinas League ended the 1963 season with a record of 64 wins and 60 losses, finishing fourth in the WCL.

The Giants tallied 559 runs and conceded 538 runs. Burnard Crawford paced Lexington with 10 home runs and accounted for 61 RBI. César Gutiérrez topped batters with significant playing time by hitting .320. Ronald Venable led the squad with 11 wins, while Hermenegildo Alvarez recorded a 2.5 ERA, leading qualifying pitchers.

Members of the 1963 Lexington Giants who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Ossie Blanco, Bob Taylor and César Gutiérrez.

Max Lanier 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
Ronald Venable	11	7	.611	2.66	24	19		6	1		142.0	114	61	42	3	86	9	166	4	2	12
Gary Schaefer	10	10	.500	3.12	27	22		9	1		150.0	114	62	52	7	93	4	176	5	1	11
Thomas Abbott	9	2	.818	3.34	13	13		4	0		89.0	87	55	33	4	73	1	74	5	1	19
Hermenegildo Alvarez	9	4	.692	2.50	17	15		10	3		126.0	103	46	35	4	48	3	114	5	0	6
Barry Huntzinger	6	2	.750	2.32	44	1		0	0		62.0	63	26	16	4	15	4	63	2	0	6
James Baten	6	6	.500	3.17	18	17		5	0		105.0	77	55	37	10	64	3	140	3	0	17
Vohn Lehman	5	7	.417	4.30	17	12		5	0		90.0	79	50	43	8	62	2	109	4	0	8
Harry Bishop	2	1	.667	4.18	13	0		0	0		28.0	27	18	13	1	13	1	30	6	0	0
Enrique Perez	2	3	.400	4.09	13	6		2	0		66.0	58	33	30	7	27	0	36	4	0	2
Al Arnold	1	1	.500	3.68	8	2		1	1		22.0	32	12	9	2	13	1	21	0	0	0
David Katsulis	1	2	.333	7.33	7	5		0	0		27.0	31	29	22	3	16	0	34	2	1	0
Donald Shafts	1	2	.333	13.50	5	0		0	0		2.0	4	4	3	1	3	0	2	0	1	0
Louis DeMar	1	3	.250	6.84	10	2		0	0		25.0	24	24	19	2	33	0	30	1	0	6
James Saskewitch	0	0		4.50	1	0		0	0		4.0	3	2	2	1	1	0	3	0	0	0
Verle Koch	0	0		9.00	2	0		0	0		2.0	5	3	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	0
Edward Perry	0	1	.000	3.00	4	1		0	0		9.0	13	7	3	0	12	0	12	0	0	3
Billy Bates	0	1	.000	4.50	3	2		0	0		12.0	14	11	6	0	8	1	16	1	1	1
Bruce Hildreth	0	3	.000	6.16	6	3		0	0		19.0	19	14	13	1	18	0	17	1	0	0
Linward Robinson	0	5	.000	4.00	11	4		2	0		36.0	23	26	16	1	34	2	38	2	0	6
Totals	64	60	.516	3.51	243	124	0	44	6	0	1016.0	890	538	396	60	619	31	1083	45	7	97	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
César Gutiérrez	107	431	409	64	131	12	3	2	44	30	3	13	51	.320	.341	.379	.720	155		2	3	4
Bob Taylor	121	473	420	64	123	19	1	1	47	0	4	44	53	.293	.365	.350	.715	147		5	2	2
Burnard Crawford	121	520	456	72	115	20	4	10	61	3	1	49	84	.252	.326	.379	.705	173		4	4	7
Joseph Magliarditi	107	460	400	59	107	18	0	3	37	24	4	43	71	.268	.349	.335	.684	134		9	5	3
Charles Johnson	108	407	361	41	93	16	4	1	56	1	1	38	37	.258	.326	.332	.658	120		0	5	3
Marcelo Juarez	99	367	324	49	83	8	3	3	32	16	4	36	57	.256	.341	.327	.668	106		6	0	1
Ossie Blanco	72	267	242	35	68	12	1	3	28	6	1	19	57	.281	.345	.376	.721	91		5	0	1
James Springborn	55	208	182	22	53	8	0	5	30	4	1	20	24	.291	.364	.418	.782	76		2	2	2
Neal Austinson	61	228	192	26	48	13	2	6	37	0	1	33	53	.250	.361	.432	.794	83		1	1	1
Ronald Ramie	46	174	130	22	30	6	2	0	12	6	4	38	40	.231	.408	.308	.716	40		1	5	0
Ron McKirahan	34	145	109	22	24	6	0	2	15	2	1	35	41	.220	.410	.330	.740	36		0	1	0
Verle Koch	64	142	115	11	23	5	2	2	12	2	0	22	32	.200	.343	.330	.673	38		3	2	0
Frank Ferro	15	68	57	16	21	4	3	0	11	3	3	11	9	.368	.471	.544	1.014	31		0	0	0
Paul Thorpe	42	108	100	8	21	5	2	1	7	3	1	5	33	.210	.262	.330	.592	33		2	1	0
Thomas Abbott	17	44	42	8	11	4	1	1	8	0	0	1	4	.262	.279	.476	.755	20		0	1	0
Gary Schaefer	27	57	51	8	10	1	0	0	4	0	0	5	13	.196	.268	.216	.484	11		0	1	0
Grover Malone	27	65	59	4	9	1	0	1	3	0	0	5	22	.153	.231	.220	.451	13		1	0	0
Vohn Lehman	21	38	33	5	7	0	0	0	4	0	0	2	8	.212	.257	.212	.469	7		0	3	0
James Baten	18	44	36	5	5	0	1	0	3	0	0	5	25	.139	.244	.194	.438	7		0	3	0
Linward Robinson	12	14	14	2	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	.286	.286	.500	.786	7		0	0	0
Billy Bates	3	5	4	0	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	.500	.600	.750	1.350	3		0	0	0
Harry Bishop	13	7	7	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.286	.286	.286	.571	2		0	0	0
David Katsulis	7	9	9	1	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	4	.222	.222	.333	.556	3		0	0	0
Omar Gimenez	5	16	15	2	2	0	0	0	1	2	0	1	9	.133	.188	.133	.321	2		0	0	0
Enrique Perez	13	26	25	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	9	.080	.115	.080	.195	2		0	0	0
Ronald Venable	24	56	48	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	35	.042	.132	.042	.174	2		0	3	0
H. T. McGhee	11	37	30	5	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	5	13	.033	.216	.033	.250	1		2	0	0
Hermenegildo Alvarez	18	52	44	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	29	.023	.122	.023	.145	1		1	3	0
Edward Perry	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Bobby Brown	2	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
James Saskewitch	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Louis DeMar	10	9	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	1	0
Bruce Hildreth	6	8	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Al Arnold	8	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.333	.000	.333	0		0	1	0
Barry Huntzinger	44	14	11	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	7	.000	.154	.000	.154	0		0	1	0
Totals	1343	4511	3951	558	1000	161	30	41	459	105	29	444	836	.253	.333	.340	.674	1344	0	44	48	24	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Ossie Blanco	1B	72	496	25	14	37	.974	7.236
Ron McKirahan	1B	34	240	8	11	11	.958	7.294
Paul Thorpe	1B	11	69	3	2	7	.973	6.545
Joseph Magliarditi	2B	107	189	257	28	34	.941	4.168
Frank Ferro	2B	15	31	35	2	11	.971	4.400
Burnard Crawford	3B	121	70	176	22	16	.918	2.033
Charles Johnson	C	97	817	63	17	5	.981	9.072	18
Verle Koch	C	30	221	18	2	2	.992	7.967	17
Bob Taylor	OF	120	117	6	14	1	.898	1.025
Marcelo Juarez	OF	75	116	5	3	2	.976	1.613
Neal Austinson	OF	59	49	2	2	1	.962	.864
James Springborn	OF	53	91	4	5	1	.950	1.792
Ronald Ramie	OF	46	59	2	4	1	.938	1.326
Paul Thorpe	OF	23	23	1	4	0	.857	1.043
Grover Malone	OF	11	8	0	2	0	.800	.727
Barry Huntzinger	P	44	3	11	1	0	.933	.318
Gary Schaefer	P	27	2	19	3	1	.875	.778
Ronald Venable	P	24	4	12	3	1	.842	.667
James Baten	P	18	3	11	1	0	.933	.778
Vohn Lehman	P	17	7	15	4	3	.846	1.294
Hermenegildo Alvarez	P	17	7	16	4	1	.852	1.353
Enrique Perez	P	13	3	9	1	0	.923	.923
Harry Bishop	P	13	0	3	0	0	1.000	.231
Thomas Abbott	P	13	4	15	2	2	.905	1.462
Linward Robinson	P	11	1	7	0	1	1.000	.727
Louis DeMar	P	10	1	5	1	0	.857	.600
Al Arnold	P	8						.000
David Katsulis	P	7						.000
Bruce Hildreth	P	6						.000
Donald Shafts	P	5						.000
Edward Perry	P	4						.000
Billy Bates	P	3						.000
James Saskewitch	P	1						.000
César Gutiérrez	SS	104	142	222	45	37	.890	3.500
Marcelo Juarez	SS	20	35	39	8	3	.902	3.700
Totals		1239	2808	989	205	178	.949	3.065	35	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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