1963 Orlando Twins Statistics

Florida State League (FSL) - Class: A
Team Record: 64-59
Finished 3rd in the FSL
Manager: Harry Warner (64-59)
Affiliation: Minnesota Twins
Location: Orlando, Florida
Ballpark: Tinker Field
Attendance: 33,404, Avg. 543

1963 Orlando Twins Roster

The Orlando Twins of the Florida State League ended the 1963 season with a record of 64 wins and 59 losses, finishing third in the FSL.

The Twins scored 493 runs and yielded 516 runs. Richard Ashcroft accounted for 65 RBI. Hank Izquierdo paced all regular batters with a .297 average. Rob Gardner topped the team with 16 wins and a team-best 2.22 ERA, best among hurlers with significant time on the mound.

Players from the 1963 Orlando Twins who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Hank Izquierdo, Pat Kelly, Rob Gardner and John Donaldson.

Harry Warner 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
Rob Gardner	16	11	.593	2.22	33	29		16	3		235.0	199	85	58	5	66	7	213	2	0	8
Curt Sauer	10	3	.769	2.73	16	16		5	2		112.0	102	43	34	8	40	1	60	1	1	6
John Randolph	10	14	.417	4.29	29	29		10	1		195.0	193	120	93	4	98	3	153	6	0	17
Jose Mejias	7	1	.875	2.13	42	4		1	1		97.0	61	28	23	3	37	4	78	2	0	6
Kenneth Dyson	7	6	.538	2.88	62	0		0	0		103.0	110	51	33	5	35	12	68	3	4	4
Denny Lortscher	4	3	.571	3.68	10	10		3	0		71.0	68	36	29	5	30	2	46	3	1	8
Francis Ryan	4	8	.333	4.72	15	12		1	0		82.0	87	50	43	2	56	2	55	3	0	8
Gene Ross	4	10	.286	4.08	17	17		5	2		108.0	121	61	49	2	59	3	71	4	1	4
Robert Alred	1	0	1.000	2.52	13	0		0	0		25.0	23	11	7	2	18	0	14	3	0	2
Alfred Mantei	1	2	.333	3.90	7	5		0	0		30.0	42	21	13	1	14	0	21	0	0	1
Rueben Nathe	0	0		2.25	3	0		0	0		4.0	3	1	1	0	4	0	2	0	0	0
Joseph Gocek	0	0		5.14	6	0		0	0		7.0	8	4	4	0	5	0	6	0	0	3
Richard Taaffe	0	1	.000	11.25	4	1		0	0		4.0	5	5	5	0	8	0	2	0	0	0
Totals	64	59	.520	3.29	257	123	0	41	9	0	1073.0	1022	516	392	37	470	34	789	27	7	67	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
Hank Izquierdo	115	499	428	58	127	19	5	1	42	11	6	60	39	.297	.387	.371	.758	159		4	5	2
Richard Ashcroft	118	508	427	66	125	16	8	4	65	4	4	71	62	.293	.392	.396	.788	169		1	6	3
John Donaldson	121	542	458	65	115	16	5	3	52	6	8	72	69	.251	.359	.328	.686	150		6	4	2
William Wagner	98	422	372	40	103	19	2	0	46	0	5	31	53	.277	.336	.339	.674	126		5	8	6
Alan Menke	122	491	411	40	92	11	0	4	53	2	1	58	66	.224	.333	.280	.612	115		12	4	6
Tommy Thompson	76	290	256	28	70	7	3	3	26	1	1	26	21	.273	.346	.359	.706	92		3	4	1
William Tarrolly	62	271	241	32	57	10	3	2	11	4	0	22	27	.237	.300	.328	.627	79		1	4	3
Tommy Quick	71	227	201	19	49	8	1	2	24	2	0	22	69	.244	.319	.323	.642	65		1	1	2
Donald Cowan	78	292	229	35	49	9	1	2	28	0	4	55	60	.214	.364	.288	.652	66		2	1	5
Pat Kelly	49	202	157	27	38	6	3	0	26	8	4	40	25	.242	.391	.318	.710	50		1	0	4
Chester Kaminski	46	182	156	21	35	4	0	0	12	3	1	20	12	.224	.326	.250	.576	39		4	1	1
Robert Stephenson	23	66	61	7	13	0	1	1	8	0	0	3	19	.213	.258	.295	.553	18		1	0	1
Anthony Hable	21	75	64	9	13	3	2	0	8	0	0	10	22	.203	.320	.312	.633	20		1	0	0
Raymond Roberts	20	70	67	5	13	1	0	0	4	0	2	3	7	.194	.229	.209	.438	14		0	0	0
Robert Kostka	23	77	58	12	11	0	0	0	6	1	1	18	7	.190	.377	.190	.566	11		0	0	1
James Gnerre	15	36	34	1	9	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	9	.265	.286	.265	.550	9		0	1	0
Denny Lortscher	11	30	25	4	6	0	0	1	5	0	0	1	4	.240	.269	.360	.629	9		0	4	0
Rob Gardner	34	93	71	4	6	0	0	0	3	0	0	8	29	.085	.198	.085	.282	6		2	12	0
John Randolph	29	80	63	4	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	9	17	.079	.203	.079	.282	5		1	6	1
Jose Mejias	42	26	17	2	4	0	0	0	4	0	0	2	3	.235	.316	.235	.551	4		0	7	0
Fred Ainsworth	18	41	33	3	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	7	3	.121	.268	.152	.420	5		0	0	1
Curt Sauer	16	47	38	5	4	0	0	0	3	0	0	3	18	.105	.190	.105	.296	4		1	5	0
Alfred Mantei	9	13	10	0	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	0	.300	.462	.300	.762	3		0	0	0
Jose Halman	7	23	21	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	9	.143	.217	.143	.360	3		0	0	0
Francis Ryan	15	29	26	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	2	.115	.179	.115	.294	3		0	1	0
Kenneth Dyson	62	17	14	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	7	.143	.200	.143	.343	2		0	2	0
Gene Ross	17	46	39	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	16	.051	.098	.051	.149	2		0	5	0
Howard Quoss	12	18	14	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	3	5	.071	.222	.071	.294	1		0	0	1
Robert Alred	13	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	1	0
Totals	1343	4718	3995	493	962	130	34	23	437	43	38	555	682	.241	.337	.308	.645	1229	0	46	82	40	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Alan Menke	1B	122	1072	57	21	90	.982	9.254
William Tarrolly	2B	51	134	142	11	33	.962	5.412
Chester Kaminski	2B	40	99	97	8	29	.961	4.900
Tommy Thompson	2B	17	36	41	4	9	.951	4.529
William Wagner	2B	11	23	15	0	4	1.000	3.455
William Wagner	3B	86	70	167	26	13	.901	2.756
Anthony Hable	3B	19	14	42	8	3	.875	2.947
William Tarrolly	3B	10	15	20	2	3	.946	3.500
Hank Izquierdo	C	107	740	87	19	18	.978	7.729	13
James Gnerre	C	12	45	9	1	0	.982	4.500	1
Richard Ashcroft	OF	114	263	2	6	0	.978	2.325
Donald Cowan	OF	61	81	8	3	0	.967	1.459
Tommy Quick	OF	58	83	8	6	3	.938	1.569
Pat Kelly	OF	48	77	3	0	3	1.000	1.667
Tommy Thompson	OF	46	78	5	3	1	.965	1.804
Raymond Roberts	OF	15	21	0	0	0	1.000	1.400
Robert Kostka	OF	15	20	0	1	0	.952	1.333
Robert Stephenson	OF	12	24	2	0	0	1.000	2.167
Kenneth Dyson	P	62	7	18	1	1	.962	.403
Jose Mejias	P	42	4	11	0	0	1.000	.357
Rob Gardner	P	33	5	38	2	2	.956	1.303
John Randolph	P	29	3	31	1	3	.971	1.172
Gene Ross	P	17	7	14	2	1	.913	1.235
Curt Sauer	P	16	5	21	1	1	.963	1.625
Francis Ryan	P	15	2	19	2	0	.913	1.400
Robert Alred	P	13	1	4	0	0	1.000	.385
Denny Lortscher	P	10	0	7	2	0	.778	.700
Alfred Mantei	P	7						.000
Joseph Gocek	P	6						.000
Richard Taaffe	P	4						.000
Rueben Nathe	P	3						.000
John Donaldson	SS	121	181	386	36	67	.940	4.686
Totals		1222	3110	1254	166	284	.963	3.571	14	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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