1963 Lynchburg White Sox Statistics
Team Record: 79-61
Finished 2nd in the SAL
Manager: Les Moss (79-61)
Affiliation: Chicago White Sox
Location: Lynchburg, Virginia
Ballpark: City Stadium
Attendance: 74,980, Avg. 1,071
Playoffs - Augusta Yankees 3 games, Lynchburg White Sox 2
The Lynchburg White Sox of the South Atlantic League ended the 1963 season with a record of 79 wins and 61 losses, finishing second in the SAL.
The White Sox paced the league with just 472 runs allowed. Lynchburg scored 582 runs. Frederick Loesekam and Jim Hicks led the team with 21 home runs apiece. Frederick Loesekam and Gary Johnson each accounted for 74 RBI. Gary Johnson topped batters with significant playing time by connecting at a .292 clip. Fred Talbot paced the squad with 18 wins, while Thomas Richards registered a 2.22 earned run average, best among regular hurlers.
Members of the 1963 Lynchburg White Sox who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Andy Etchebarren, Stover McIlwain, Curt Roberts, Brian McCall, Lorencito Fernández, Dick Kenworthy, Bruce Howard, Gene Leek, Frank Carpin, Jim Hicks, Fred Talbot and Dennis Higgins.
Les Moss 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Fred Talbot | 18 | 6 | .750 | 2.74 | 28 | 26 | 15 | 2 | 194.0 | 167 | 69 | 59 | 18 | 60 | 5 | 142 | 4 | 0 | 8 | |||
Jose Lizondro | 13 | 10 | .565 | 2.39 | 31 | 29 | 13 | 7 | 215.0 | 171 | 70 | 57 | 17 | 37 | 8 | 138 | 5 | 2 | 6 | |||
Thomas Richards | 9 | 8 | .529 | 2.22 | 29 | 21 | 5 | 2 | 150.0 | 137 | 48 | 37 | 9 | 43 | 3 | 93 | 5 | 0 | 2 | |||
Manly Johnston | 9 | 9 | .500 | 2.75 | 26 | 25 | 8 | 1 | 167.0 | 144 | 62 | 51 | 4 | 70 | 6 | 140 | 3 | 3 | 10 | |||
Dennis Higgins | 7 | 5 | .583 | 2.84 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 92.0 | 67 | 34 | 29 | 3 | 41 | 10 | 84 | 2 | 3 | 8 | |||
Glen Rosenbaum | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.12 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 52.0 | 43 | 23 | 18 | 3 | 21 | 5 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Ed Nottle | 3 | 2 | .600 | 1.85 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.0 | 25 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 22 | 5 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |||
Kenneth Lawrence | 2 | 3 | .400 | 4.37 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 35.0 | 38 | 23 | 17 | 2 | 24 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 5 | |||
Bob Hamet | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 11.25 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
Edward Drapcho | 1 | 5 | .167 | 3.38 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32.0 | 22 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 16 | 7 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
Frank Carpin | 27 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Gil Downs | 0 | 0 | 1.12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
George Stepanovich | 0 | 0 | 5.40 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Curt Roberts | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||||
Stover McIlwain | 0 | 1 | .000 | 5.82 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17.0 | 14 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |||
Bruce Howard | 0 | 1 | .000 | 6.00 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9.0 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
Rich Sparks | 0 | 2 | .000 | 12.00 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
Totals | 66 | 52 | .559 | 2.83 | 291 | 115 | 0 | 42 | 12 | 0 | 1026.0 | 868 | 396 | 323 | 66 | 364 | 54 | 728 | 22 | 9 | 51 | 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gary Johnson | 138 | 582 | 518 | 73 | 151 | 30 | 3 | 8 | 74 | 15 | 7 | 54 | 59 | .292 | .359 | .407 | .767 | 211 | 3 | 3 | 4 | ||
Brian McCall | 125 | 495 | 438 | 56 | 111 | 17 | 9 | 7 | 42 | 12 | 6 | 48 | 75 | .253 | .331 | .381 | .712 | 167 | 4 | 2 | 3 | ||
John Griffin | 90 | 354 | 323 | 52 | 105 | 23 | 1 | 9 | 49 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 56 | .325 | .375 | .486 | .861 | 157 | 6 | 2 | 2 | ||
Bruce Andrew | 98 | 400 | 374 | 48 | 101 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 30 | 11 | 5 | 19 | 38 | .270 | .311 | .310 | .621 | 116 | 3 | 4 | 0 | ||
Frederick Loesekam | 138 | 497 | 444 | 81 | 101 | 16 | 6 | 21 | 74 | 4 | 0 | 43 | 127 | .227 | .296 | .432 | .728 | 192 | 2 | 3 | 5 | ||
Bill Davidson | 133 | 497 | 409 | 50 | 99 | 14 | 4 | 7 | 32 | 1 | 1 | 78 | 51 | .242 | .366 | .347 | .713 | 142 | 4 | 2 | 4 | ||
Curt Roberts | 109 | 391 | 334 | 43 | 95 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 43 | 6 | 1 | 41 | 32 | .284 | .361 | .347 | .708 | 116 | 3 | 6 | 7 | ||
Gene Leek | 95 | 350 | 309 | 39 | 59 | 9 | 1 | 12 | 38 | 1 | 2 | 34 | 121 | .191 | .280 | .343 | .623 | 106 | 4 | 3 | 0 | ||
Manly Johnston | 69 | 140 | 122 | 12 | 30 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 18 | .246 | .329 | .336 | .665 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
Fred Talbot | 37 | 88 | 79 | 16 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 21 | .241 | .291 | .418 | .708 | 33 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
Dick Kenworthy | 21 | 83 | 75 | 3 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 11 | .227 | .301 | .320 | .621 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
Bobby Kilpatrick | 21 | 71 | 64 | 7 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | .250 | .324 | .297 | .621 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Andy Etchebarren | 30 | 97 | 80 | 9 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 20 | .188 | .316 | .262 | .578 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
Jose Lizondro | 34 | 81 | 75 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 22 | .147 | .190 | .147 | .337 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
Denny Lundgren | 11 | 43 | 37 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 9 | .216 | .326 | .351 | .677 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Oscar Flores | 8 | 29 | 24 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | .167 | .286 | .167 | .452 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Ed Nottle | 19 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .375 | .375 | .500 | .875 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Dennis Higgins | 43 | 20 | 18 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .167 | .211 | .222 | .433 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Ralph DiMeglio | 11 | 26 | 24 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | .125 | .192 | .125 | .317 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Stover McIlwain | 10 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Kenneth Lawrence | 8 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .167 | .231 | .167 | .397 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Allen Schrader | 17 | 38 | 31 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 13 | .065 | .237 | .097 | .334 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Thomas Richards | 29 | 52 | 47 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 19 | .043 | .118 | .106 | .224 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Bruce Howard | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Joe Cherry | 3 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Glen Rosenbaum | 31 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .100 | .100 | .100 | .200 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Bob Hamet | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Edward Drapcho | 24 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Stanley Jaciuk | 2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .000 | .400 | .000 | .400 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Gil Downs | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Rich Sparks | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
George Stepanovich | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Gary Stone | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Totals | 1372 | 4400 | 3886 | 504 | 962 | 154 | 29 | 75 | 440 | 54 | 29 | 418 | 739 | .248 | .324 | .360 | .684 | 1399 | 0 | 32 | 36 | 28 | 0 |
Fielding:
Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gary Johnson | 1B | 138 | 1266 | 79 | 23 | 116 | .983 | 9.746 | ||||
Bruce Andrew | 2B | 98 | 176 | 291 | 19 | 56 | .961 | 4.765 | ||||
Curt Roberts | 2B | 33 | 58 | 123 | 4 | 28 | .978 | 5.485 | ||||
Bobby Kilpatrick | 2B | 18 | 46 | 52 | 2 | 6 | .980 | 5.444 | ||||
Gene Leek | 3B | 73 | 65 | 109 | 7 | 7 | .961 | 2.384 | ||||
Curt Roberts | 3B | 53 | 37 | 92 | 5 | 7 | .963 | 2.434 | ||||
Dick Kenworthy | 3B | 20 | 5 | 31 | 4 | 3 | .900 | 1.800 | ||||
John Griffin | C | 89 | 530 | 56 | 9 | 2 | .985 | 6.584 | 18 | |||
Andy Etchebarren | C | 29 | 163 | 11 | 5 | 1 | .972 | 6.000 | 5 | |||
Allen Schrader | C | 11 | 58 | 6 | 1 | 1 | .985 | 5.818 | 3 | |||
Frederick Loesekam | OF | 132 | 190 | 9 | 11 | 2 | .948 | 1.508 | ||||
Brian McCall | OF | 116 | 218 | 8 | 11 | 1 | .954 | 1.948 | ||||
Gene Leek | OF | 21 | 38 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .974 | 1.810 | ||||
Manly Johnston | OF | 12 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.333 | ||||
Denny Lundgren | OF | 11 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .846 | 1.000 | ||||
Dennis Higgins | P | 43 | 4 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .512 | ||||
Jose Lizondro | P | 31 | 10 | 33 | 2 | 1 | .956 | 1.387 | ||||
Glen Rosenbaum | P | 30 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
Thomas Richards | P | 29 | 5 | 25 | 1 | 5 | .968 | 1.034 | ||||
Fred Talbot | P | 28 | 16 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.071 | ||||
Manly Johnston | P | 26 | 14 | 25 | 2 | 0 | .951 | 1.500 | ||||
Edward Drapcho | P | 23 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .750 | .130 | ||||
Ed Nottle | P | 19 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .368 | ||||
Stover McIlwain | P | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .100 | ||||
Bill Davidson | SS | 129 | 228 | 365 | 22 | 93 | .964 | 4.597 | ||||
Totals | 1222 | 3157 | 1365 | 132 | 333 | .972 | 3.700 | 26 | 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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