1962 Salisbury Braves Statistics

Western Carolina League (WCL) - Class: D
Team Record: 52-44
Finished 2nd in the WCL
Manager: Harvey Stratton (52-44)
Location: Salisbury, North Carolina
Ballpark: Newman Park (Field)
Attendance: 23,461, Avg. 489

1962 Salisbury Braves Roster

The Salisbury Braves of the Western Carolina League ended the 1962 season with a record of 52 wins and 44 losses, finishing second in the WCL.

The Braves scored 546 runs, most in the league. Salisbury conceded 437 runs. Robert Weaver drove in 41 runs. Lester Kero led all regular batters by hitting .271. Eugene Williams, Ronald Foltz and Tommy Addington topped the team with 7 wins each, while Ronald Foltz recorded a 2.66 ERA, tops among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

Jerry Johnson played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Salisbury Braves to do so.

Harvey Stratton 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
Tommy Addington	7	3	.700	3.73	11	10		6	1		70.0	54	32	29	6	37		81	2	0	14
Ronald Foltz	7	4	.636	2.66	17	11		5	2		88.0	88	39	26	7	12		59	2	2	3
Eugene Williams	7	7	.500	3.67	21	13		0	1		108.0	97	63	44	4	61		111	9	1	11
John Stolarchuck	6	4	.600	3.66	13	10		6	1		64.0	58	32	26	5	21		49	2	0	2
Edwin Chasteen	4	1	.800	3.21	12	5		2	0		56.0	45	31	20	5	37		50	1	1	8
Bruce Wilson	4	3	.571	4.50	10	9		3	1		50.0	53	35	25	5	34		52	5	0	6
Johnny McKee	4	5	.444	3.80	11	9		4	0		64.0	48	35	27	5	48		73	3	2	4
Jimmy Basinger	3	3	.500	3.08	33	2		1	0		73.0	59	35	25	4	31		63	2	3	3
Joe Hurley	3	4	.429	4.70	15	8		2	0		67.0	66	44	35	5	40		68	2	0	8
Joe Rowden	2	2	.500	5.76	8	5		1	0		25.0	19	18	16	2	28		15	2	0	6
Steve Rivera	2	3	.400	9.38	8	3		0	0		24.0	27	26	25	1	22		30	0	0	1
Gary Geisen	2	4	.333	3.26	15	9		3	0		69.0	52	36	25	4	44		75	2	1	8
Ronald Dicicco	1	0	1.000	3.86	5	2		0	0		14.0	17	7	6	0	12		15	1	0	1
Robert Kleinke					1						0.0
Robert Averette	0	1	.000	1.80	2	0		0	0		5.0	6	3	1	0	1		6	0	0	1
Totals	52	44	.542	3.82	182	96	0	33	6	0	777.0	689	436	330	53	428	0	747	33	10	76	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
Carmen Iannaccone	68	282	257	45	88	10	8	4	31	8		21	23	.342	.394	.490	.884	126		2	0	2
Lester Kero	82	321	277	46	75	13	3	0	28	8		32	40	.271	.365	.339	.704	94		9	3	0
Frank Forbis	74	310	273	45	68	14	0	0	33	3		29	36	.249	.327	.300	.627	82		4	1	3
John Pavlus	61	262	224	42	65	10	1	2	26	7		29	37	.290	.378	.371	.749	83		4	3	2
Ronald Henson	55	224	191	34	51	11	2	7	39	0		28	29	.267	.371	.455	.826	87		4	0	1
Edward Griffin	66	214	183	42	50	3	3	4	24	5		25	44	.273	.360	.388	.748	71		1	3	2
Robert Weaver	70	240	190	45	48	8	2	3	41	5		45	28	.253	.397	.363	.760	69		1	3	1
Charles Crook	61	246	193	42	48	7	0	4	31	10		48	40	.249	.398	.347	.746	67		2	0	3
Gene Salsman	43	164	137	27	38	8	1	5	24	2		21	31	.277	.387	.460	.846	63		4	1	1
Jerry Johnson	32	122	109	16	27	5	0	1	9	3		11	24	.248	.328	.321	.649	35		2	0	0
Gary Jarrett	24	106	91	15	21	0	0	0	8	3		12	22	.231	.320	.231	.551	21		0	3	0
Don Bush	22	87	73	14	18	3	1	2	16	2		13	18	.247	.368	.397	.765	29		1	0	0
Alan Baade	25	102	75	16	18	3	0	0	8	0		23	10	.240	.412	.280	.692	21		1	0	3
William MacKellar	38	84	73	8	14	4	0	0	14	0		9	18	.192	.274	.247	.520	18		0	0	2
Philip Hatcher	17	56	46	6	11	1	0	0	9	1		7	12	.239	.357	.261	.618	12		2	0	1
Doug Linehan	23	59	48	7	11	3	1	0	7	1		10	9	.229	.356	.333	.689	16		0	0	1
Tommy Addington	11	30	28	7	10	3	0	0	6	0		2	3	.357	.400	.464	.864	13		0	0	0
Edwin Chasteen	13	28	26	4	9	2	1	1	9	0		2	5	.346	.393	.615	1.008	16		0	0	0
David Little	9	35	31	4	9	0	0	0	2	2		4	8	.290	.371	.290	.662	9		0	0	0
John Stolarchuck	16	30	23	5	8	2	0	0	5	0		5	4	.348	.483	.435	.918	10		1	1	0
Bruce Wilson	12	21	20	1	7	0	0	0	3	0		0	5	.350	.381	.350	.731	7		1	0	0
Oscar Steadman	7	30	26	7	7	0	0	0	4	1		3	13	.269	.367	.269	.636	7		1	0	0
Johnny McKee	12	29	28	1	6	0	0	0	3	0		0	4	.214	.214	.214	.429	6		0	1	0
Ken Ducker	16	56	45	8	6	0	0	0	10	1		9	12	.133	.286	.133	.419	6		1	0	1
Ronald Foltz	17	36	32	1	5	0	0	0	1	0		2	13	.156	.206	.156	.362	5		0	2	0
Eugene Williams	21	47	38	5	4	3	0	0	5	1		8	18	.105	.255	.184	.440	7		0	0	1
John Zimmerman	4	12	12	0	3	0	0	0	0	0		0	2	.250	.250	.250	.500	3		0	0	0
Jimmy Basinger	36	27	20	2	3	0	0	0	1	0		5	3	.150	.346	.150	.496	3		1	1	0
William Moore	2	8	8	1	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	2	.250	.250	.250	.500	2		0	0	0
Gary Geisen	15	23	20	1	2	0	0	0	0	0		1	10	.100	.143	.100	.243	2		0	2	0
Joe Hurley	15	28	25	1	2	0	0	0	3	0		2	5	.080	.148	.080	.228	2		0	1	0
Joe Rowden	8	10	8	0	1	0	0	0	1	0		1	2	.125	.222	.125	.347	1		0	1	0
Steve Rivera	9	12	10	2	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	3	.100	.182	.100	.282	1		0	1	0
Charles Hennessy	5	17	16	1	1	1	0	0	0	1		1	5	.062	.118	.125	.243	2		0	0	0
Ronald Dicicco	6	5	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Robert Averette	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Totals	997	3365	2863	502	737	114	23	33	401	64	0	409	540	.257	.356	.348	.704	996	0	42	27	24	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Edward Griffin	1B	47	237	13	4	21	.984	5.319
Ken Ducker	1B	10	61	5	2	3	.971	6.600
Frank Forbis	2B	72	110	145	14	34	.948	3.542
Edward Griffin	2B	10	9	8	2	0	.895	1.700
Charles Crook	3B	39	26	44	15	6	.824	1.795
Jerry Johnson	3B	29	17	29	7	5	.868	1.586
Gary Jarrett	3B	23	16	31	12	3	.797	2.043
Robert Weaver	C	59	375	38	9	4	.979	7.000	11
William MacKellar	C	26	122	16	5	0	.965	5.308	5
Doug Linehan	C	12	96	8	0	1	1.000	8.667	2
Philip Hatcher	C	10	56	4	2	0	.968	6.000	5
Lester Kero	OF	76	107	3	8	0	.932	1.447
Carmen Iannaccone	OF	65	43	6	4	1	.925	.754
Ronald Henson	OF	54	62	8	8	2	.897	1.296
Gene Salsman	OF	40	36	4	4	1	.909	1.000
Alan Baade	OF	21	42	6	4	1	.923	2.286
Jimmy Basinger	P	33	5	8	1	1	.929	.394
Eugene Williams	P	21	0	16	1	0	.941	.762
Ronald Foltz	P	17	1	15	7	0	.696	.941
Joe Hurley	P	15	3	10	1	1	.929	.867
Gary Geisen	P	15	0	10	3	0	.769	.667
John Stolarchuck	P	13	2	9	0	0	1.000	.846
Edwin Chasteen	P	12	3	9	1	0	.923	1.000
Johnny McKee	P	11	4	9	1	0	.929	1.182
Tommy Addington	P	11	3	5	0	1	1.000	.727
Bruce Wilson	P	10	1	5	1	0	.857	.600
Joe Rowden	P	8						.000
Steve Rivera	P	8						.000
Ronald Dicicco	P	5						.000
Robert Averette	P	2						.000
Robert Kleinke	P	1						.000
John Pavlus	SS	61	89	123	25	25	.895	3.475
Don Bush	SS	20	38	43	12	5	.871	4.050
Charles Crook	SS	15	10	24	5	1	.872	2.267
Totals		871	1574	654	158	116	.934	2.558	23	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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