1963 Raleigh Mets Statistics
Team Record: 62-82
Finished 5th in the CL's West Division
Manager: Clyde McCullough (0-0), Tommy Byrne (0-0)
Affiliation: New York Mets
Location: Raleigh, North Carolina
Ballpark: Devereux Meadow Park
Attendance: 34,309, Avg. 477
The Raleigh Mets of the Carolina League ended the 1963 season with a record of 62 wins and 82 losses, finishing fifth in the league's West Division.
The Mets scored 584 runs, worst in the league, and surrendered 623 runs. Eugene Orf led Raleigh with 10 home runs and drove in 61 runs. Bernie Smith paced all qualifying hitters on the roster with a .287 average. Bob Moorhead topped the squad with 13 wins, while Sherman Jones recorded a 2.1 ERA, tops among regular hurlers.
Players from the 1963 Raleigh Mets who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Bernie Smith, Grover Powell, Bob Moorhead, Cleon Jones, John Stephenson and Sherman Jones.
Clyde McCullough and Tommy Byrne 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Moorhead | 13 | 5 | .722 | 2.19 | 28 | 18 | 11 | 2 | 152.0 | 123 | 41 | 37 | 7 | 40 | 2 | 131 | 7 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Sherman Jones | 12 | 6 | .667 | 2.10 | 21 | 21 | 14 | 2 | 163.0 | 134 | 54 | 38 | 3 | 34 | 3 | 118 | 4 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Paul Deem | 11 | 11 | .500 | 4.02 | 34 | 18 | 8 | 1 | 170.0 | 177 | 89 | 76 | 11 | 72 | 8 | 113 | 3 | 1 | 8 | |||
| Jerry MacDonald | 9 | 14 | .391 | 3.71 | 29 | 24 | 6 | 2 | 177.0 | 179 | 93 | 73 | 8 | 54 | 7 | 122 | 8 | 0 | 10 | |||
| Tom Belcher | 7 | 7 | .500 | 2.65 | 26 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 112.0 | 114 | 50 | 33 | 3 | 31 | 3 | 77 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Grover Powell | 5 | 6 | .455 | 3.07 | 16 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 91.0 | 67 | 44 | 31 | 5 | 63 | 0 | 99 | 4 | 0 | 11 | |||
| Malcolm Warren | 4 | 13 | .235 | 4.12 | 34 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 107.0 | 116 | 68 | 49 | 6 | 41 | 8 | 80 | 3 | 0 | 8 | |||
| James Gaskill | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.00 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15.0 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |||
| Norman Shanahan | 4 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Paul Alspach | 0 | 0 | 1.64 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.0 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| David Tatum | 0 | 2 | .000 | 5.40 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 40.0 | 46 | 29 | 24 | 2 | 16 | 2 | 26 | 4 | 2 | 4 | |||
| John Bukowski | 0 | 2 | .000 | 5.82 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17.0 | 20 | 14 | 11 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Frank Griffith | 0 | 2 | .000 | 10.29 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 14.0 | 22 | 16 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Vincent Scales | 0 | 2 | .000 | 15.00 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jay Carden | 0 | 3 | .000 | 4.80 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 45.0 | 53 | 30 | 24 | 1 | 24 | 3 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |||
| Carl Nelson | 0 | 8 | .000 | 5.71 | 19 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 82.0 | 95 | 67 | 52 | 8 | 60 | 3 | 57 | 4 | 1 | 8 | |||
| Totals | 62 | 81 | .434 | 3.61 | 272 | 143 | 0 | 57 | 9 | 0 | 1199.0 | 1174 | 613 | 481 | 64 | 475 | 42 | 901 | 41 | 4 | 74 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bernie Smith | 144 | 631 | 547 | 80 | 157 | 29 | 5 | 7 | 55 | 18 | 14 | 73 | 71 | .287 | .373 | .397 | .770 | 217 | 5 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Charles Forte | 138 | 588 | 545 | 76 | 156 | 30 | 3 | 2 | 45 | 18 | 7 | 21 | 57 | .286 | .322 | .363 | .685 | 198 | 9 | 10 | 3 | ||
| Eugene Orf | 144 | 599 | 500 | 68 | 117 | 17 | 8 | 10 | 61 | 20 | 9 | 88 | 106 | .234 | .356 | .360 | .716 | 180 | 8 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Wilbur Huckle | 100 | 416 | 372 | 44 | 98 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 36 | 6 | 2 | 37 | 30 | .263 | .330 | .352 | .682 | 131 | 1 | 4 | 2 | ||
| Roger Wattler | 129 | 468 | 383 | 57 | 89 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 39 | 6 | 7 | 76 | 99 | .232 | .360 | .345 | .705 | 132 | 2 | 4 | 3 | ||
| Grimm Mason | 76 | 313 | 259 | 45 | 86 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 44 | 11 | 6 | 45 | 32 | .332 | .428 | .494 | .922 | 128 | 2 | 2 | 5 | ||
| James Burnette | 109 | 360 | 319 | 25 | 83 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 46 | 1 | 2 | 34 | 53 | .260 | .333 | .335 | .669 | 107 | 2 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Cleon Jones | 49 | 209 | 177 | 28 | 54 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 23 | 20 | 2 | 31 | 41 | .305 | .411 | .435 | .847 | 77 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Larry Boerschig | 95 | 287 | 233 | 40 | 47 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 47 | 75 | .202 | .343 | .352 | .695 | 82 | 4 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Lloyd Flodin | 48 | 161 | 146 | 15 | 38 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 22 | .260 | .325 | .336 | .661 | 49 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Jim Handley | 63 | 201 | 170 | 23 | 31 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 8 | 0 | 25 | 66 | .182 | .308 | .276 | .585 | 47 | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bruce Fitzpatrick | 51 | 183 | 168 | 10 | 27 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 64 | .161 | .210 | .256 | .466 | 43 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Lawrence McNulty | 38 | 132 | 114 | 15 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 27 | .184 | .267 | .272 | .539 | 31 | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Sherman Jones | 37 | 81 | 74 | 3 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14 | .230 | .260 | .270 | .530 | 20 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Richard Haymore | 28 | 96 | 79 | 8 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 14 | .215 | .340 | .304 | .644 | 24 | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Jerry MacDonald | 34 | 69 | 63 | 7 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 23 | .238 | .273 | .302 | .574 | 19 | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Robert Worthington | 21 | 72 | 64 | 8 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 14 | .234 | .306 | .422 | .727 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Paul Deem | 36 | 66 | 59 | 2 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 13 | .220 | .270 | .254 | .524 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Grover Powell | 27 | 44 | 38 | 8 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 12 | .316 | .395 | .421 | .816 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Bob Moorhead | 28 | 60 | 51 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 21 | .157 | .228 | .176 | .405 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Malcolm Warren | 43 | 49 | 42 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 27 | .143 | .234 | .167 | .401 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Carl Nelson | 20 | 30 | 27 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | .148 | .207 | .222 | .429 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Wayne Coleman | 19 | 47 | 38 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 9 | .105 | .261 | .132 | .392 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| James Gaskill | 9 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jay Carden | 13 | 16 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | .071 | .188 | .071 | .259 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tom Belcher | 26 | 34 | 30 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 19 | .033 | .121 | .033 | .155 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| John Bukowski | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Stephenson | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| David Tatum | 10 | 16 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | .000 | .188 | .000 | .188 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Frank Griffith | 8 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .250 | .000 | .250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Paul Alspach | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1560 | 5244 | 4540 | 580 | 1118 | 175 | 50 | 60 | 489 | 119 | 50 | 571 | 944 | .246 | .335 | .346 | .682 | 1573 | 0 | 51 | 51 | 31 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roger Wattler | 1B | 111 | 821 | 58 | 17 | 67 | .981 | 7.919 | ||||
| Lawrence McNulty | 1B | 35 | 247 | 18 | 11 | 22 | .960 | 7.571 | ||||
| Charles Forte | 2B | 115 | 229 | 306 | 15 | 61 | .973 | 4.652 | ||||
| Richard Haymore | 2B | 27 | 43 | 58 | 11 | 13 | .902 | 3.741 | ||||
| Grimm Mason | 3B | 65 | 57 | 114 | 23 | 7 | .881 | 2.631 | ||||
| Bernie Smith | 3B | 46 | 51 | 82 | 19 | 11 | .875 | 2.891 | ||||
| Charles Forte | 3B | 22 | 17 | 43 | 4 | 3 | .938 | 2.727 | ||||
| Bruce Fitzpatrick | 3B | 12 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 2 | .786 | 1.833 | ||||
| Jim Handley | C | 47 | 247 | 24 | 14 | 1 | .951 | 5.766 | 19 | |||
| Lloyd Flodin | C | 46 | 264 | 22 | 3 | 0 | .990 | 6.217 | 3 | |||
| James Burnette | C | 46 | 288 | 20 | 6 | 1 | .981 | 6.696 | 5 | |||
| Robert Worthington | C | 16 | 146 | 14 | 4 | 2 | .976 | 1.000 | 4 | |||
| Eugene Orf | OF | 139 | 224 | 14 | 8 | 2 | .967 | 1.712 | ||||
| Bernie Smith | OF | 98 | 195 | 14 | 7 | 4 | .968 | 2.133 | ||||
| Larry Boerschig | OF | 87 | 116 | 4 | 4 | 1 | .968 | 1.379 | ||||
| Cleon Jones | OF | 49 | 119 | 5 | 2 | 1 | .984 | 2.531 | ||||
| James Burnette | OF | 48 | 81 | 6 | 5 | 1 | .946 | 1.812 | ||||
| Roger Wattler | OF | 15 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.267 | ||||
| Grimm Mason | OF | 11 | 19 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .913 | 1.909 | ||||
| Malcolm Warren | P | 34 | 1 | 29 | 1 | 5 | .968 | .882 | ||||
| Paul Deem | P | 34 | 19 | 30 | 3 | 1 | .942 | 1.441 | ||||
| Jerry MacDonald | P | 29 | 6 | 30 | 4 | 0 | .900 | 1.241 | ||||
| Bob Moorhead | P | 28 | 7 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.250 | ||||
| Tom Belcher | P | 26 | 8 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Sherman Jones | P | 21 | 11 | 34 | 6 | 3 | .882 | 2.143 | ||||
| Carl Nelson | P | 19 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 2 | .833 | .789 | ||||
| Grover Powell | P | 16 | 4 | 14 | 1 | 0 | .947 | 1.125 | ||||
| Jay Carden | P | 13 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | .875 | .538 | ||||
| David Tatum | P | 10 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .900 | ||||
| James Gaskill | P | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| John Bukowski | P | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| Frank Griffith | P | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| Paul Alspach | P | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| Vincent Scales | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Wilbur Huckle | SS | 99 | 193 | 258 | 31 | 41 | .936 | 4.556 | ||||
| Bruce Fitzpatrick | SS | 38 | 52 | 83 | 24 | 17 | .849 | 3.553 | ||||
| Totals | 1440 | 3505 | 1360 | 235 | 272 | .954 | 3.378 | 31 | 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.
Persons data from the Chadwick Baseball Bureau are Copyright Chadwick Baseball Bureau, and are made available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License.
