1963 Shelby Colonels Statistics
Western Carolinas League (WCL) - Class: A
Team Record: 48-74
Finished 8th in the WCL
Manager: Billy Shantz (48-74)
Affiliation: New York Yankees
Location: Shelby, North Carolina
Ballpark: City Park
Attendance: 34,324, Avg. 563
1963 Shelby Colonels RosterTeam Record: 48-74
Finished 8th in the WCL
Manager: Billy Shantz (48-74)
Affiliation: New York Yankees
Location: Shelby, North Carolina
Ballpark: City Park
Attendance: 34,324, Avg. 563
The Shelby Colonels of the Western Carolinas League ended the 1963 season with a record of 48 wins and 74 losses, finishing eighth in the WCL.
The Colonels plated 546 runs, worst in the league, and allowed 672 runs. Steve Whitaker paced Shelby with 11 home runs Mike Ferraro drove in 64 runs and topped all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .248. Robert Connelly and Charles Payne led the team with 6 wins each, while Robert Connelly registered a 3.4 earned run average, tops among qualifying pitchers.
Players from the 1963 Shelby Colonels who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Mike Ferraro, Dave McDonald, Dale Roberts, George Culver and Steve Whitaker.
Billy Shantz 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charles Payne | 6 | 4 | .600 | 4.94 | 14 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 71.0 | 69 | 53 | 39 | 2 | 55 | 0 | 65 | 12 | 0 | 10 | |||
| Robert Connelly | 6 | 5 | .545 | 3.40 | 17 | 16 | 8 | 1 | 106.0 | 94 | 54 | 40 | 5 | 51 | 4 | 97 | 1 | 0 | 5 | |||
| Gary Wallman | 4 | 4 | .500 | 3.66 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 59.0 | 65 | 36 | 24 | 7 | 21 | 0 | 38 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |||
| James Smith | 4 | 5 | .444 | 2.57 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 77.0 | 64 | 33 | 22 | 3 | 29 | 2 | 71 | 2 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Greggory Wilde | 4 | 6 | .400 | 6.08 | 22 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 71.0 | 69 | 71 | 48 | 5 | 105 | 1 | 94 | 7 | 1 | 23 | |||
| George Culver | 3 | 3 | .500 | 1.71 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 58.0 | 25 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 21 | 0 | 94 | 2 | 1 | 5 | |||
| Dennis Rutter | 3 | 5 | .375 | 5.75 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 61.0 | 55 | 45 | 39 | 5 | 32 | 1 | 57 | 3 | 0 | 4 | |||
| Louis Romanucci | 2 | 1 | .667 | 3.68 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 22.0 | 22 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 25 | 5 | 0 | 2 | |||
| John Mills | 2 | 2 | .500 | 4.05 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 20.0 | 25 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Derek McGillivray | 2 | 2 | .500 | 5.19 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 26.0 | 26 | 16 | 15 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 27 | 4 | 0 | 1 | |||
| John Bayne | 2 | 2 | .500 | 6.08 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40.0 | 43 | 37 | 27 | 6 | 40 | 5 | 30 | 3 | 0 | 5 | |||
| Thom Freeman | 2 | 5 | .286 | 3.32 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 65.0 | 51 | 32 | 24 | 3 | 16 | 0 | 58 | 7 | 0 | 4 | |||
| Gene Usrey | 2 | 5 | .286 | 5.05 | 20 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 57.0 | 60 | 38 | 32 | 5 | 28 | 0 | 66 | 1 | 0 | 11 | |||
| David Nunnenkamp | 2 | 5 | .286 | 6.28 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 53.0 | 62 | 42 | 37 | 6 | 17 | 0 | 58 | 0 | 0 | 7 | |||
| David Kuhl | 2 | 7 | .222 | 4.00 | 25 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 81.0 | 83 | 53 | 36 | 4 | 34 | 0 | 84 | 5 | 0 | 11 | |||
| Ian Dixon | 1 | 2 | .333 | 4.39 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 41.0 | 42 | 27 | 20 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 34 | 3 | 0 | 5 | |||
| James Dietz | 1 | 3 | .250 | 4.65 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 31.0 | 29 | 20 | 16 | 2 | 21 | 1 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Reginald Main | 0 | 0 | 3.00 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.0 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Fred Pollier | 0 | 0 | 7.00 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Thomas Chapman | 0 | 0 | 7.36 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.0 | 10 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 13 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Thomas Burrell | 0 | 1 | .000 | 1.80 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Dale Roberts | 0 | 2 | .000 | 6.55 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.0 | 20 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Tommy Fleming | 0 | 5 | .000 | 9.33 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 27.0 | 29 | 35 | 28 | 1 | 41 | 0 | 30 | 4 | 0 | 12 | |||
| Totals | 48 | 74 | .393 | 4.48 | 262 | 123 | 0 | 35 | 4 | 0 | 1014.0 | 970 | 672 | 505 | 63 | 591 | 16 | 1012 | 65 | 2 | 121 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Ferraro | 122 | 481 | 447 | 59 | 111 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 64 | 4 | 3 | 27 | 57 | .248 | .289 | .383 | .672 | 171 | 1 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Stephen Schaub | 102 | 394 | 354 | 59 | 80 | 15 | 10 | 8 | 50 | 3 | 3 | 37 | 72 | .226 | .297 | .393 | .690 | 139 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| James Townsend | 111 | 413 | 378 | 42 | 78 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 41 | 10 | 4 | 26 | 83 | .206 | .261 | .320 | .581 | 121 | 3 | 3 | 3 | ||
| Neil MacClellan | 92 | 299 | 270 | 38 | 66 | 9 | 1 | 10 | 41 | 5 | 1 | 26 | 44 | .244 | .309 | .396 | .705 | 107 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Simeon Blahut | 59 | 214 | 203 | 32 | 64 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 22 | .315 | .347 | .488 | .835 | 99 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| John Lynch | 73 | 281 | 252 | 31 | 59 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 3 | 6 | 21 | 31 | .234 | .301 | .274 | .575 | 69 | 3 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Ron Boyer | 94 | 314 | 282 | 31 | 51 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 29 | 4 | 0 | 28 | 75 | .181 | .255 | .245 | .499 | 69 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Steve Whitaker | 45 | 160 | 150 | 29 | 44 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 29 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 29 | .293 | .331 | .640 | .971 | 96 | 3 | 0 | 1 | ||
| James Palma | 51 | 182 | 169 | 28 | 43 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 19 | .254 | .298 | .325 | .624 | 55 | 3 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Richard Kayla | 43 | 159 | 148 | 24 | 36 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 15 | .243 | .283 | .324 | .607 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Bruce Camilli | 53 | 171 | 154 | 18 | 35 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 23 | .227 | .298 | .325 | .623 | 50 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Cecil Shamberger | 41 | 156 | 142 | 30 | 33 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 13 | 2 | 11 | 35 | .232 | .301 | .303 | .604 | 43 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Willie Mobley | 45 | 150 | 140 | 22 | 32 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 13 | 1 | 7 | 27 | .229 | .280 | .321 | .601 | 45 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Eddy Singleton | 39 | 158 | 145 | 20 | 29 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 19 | .200 | .266 | .269 | .535 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Thomas Booker | 23 | 90 | 84 | 17 | 23 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 11 | .274 | .311 | .357 | .668 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Charles Payne | 20 | 36 | 33 | 10 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .394 | .429 | .424 | .853 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Larry Hawk | 33 | 92 | 81 | 9 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 22 | .160 | .261 | .247 | .508 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ronald Forte | 8 | 37 | 31 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 8 | .323 | .432 | .387 | .820 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Robert Connelly | 17 | 43 | 40 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 | .200 | .256 | .200 | .456 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| George Culver | 9 | 23 | 23 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .261 | .261 | .348 | .609 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| James Smith | 15 | 26 | 23 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .217 | .250 | .217 | .467 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Mark Sheperd | 21 | 59 | 52 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 16 | .096 | .203 | .115 | .319 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ian Dixon | 14 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .400 | .400 | .700 | 1.100 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Thom Freeman | 10 | 23 | 23 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .174 | .174 | .174 | .348 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Bayne | 27 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .300 | .364 | .600 | .964 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| David Nunnenkamp | 10 | 17 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | .231 | .375 | .231 | .606 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Gary Wallman | 10 | 20 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .176 | .263 | .176 | .440 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Greggory Wilde | 22 | 25 | 22 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12 | .136 | .240 | .136 | .376 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| David Kuhl | 25 | 26 | 24 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | .125 | .160 | .125 | .285 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Thomas Chapman | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.500 | 2.500 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| James Dietz | 11 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .154 | .154 | .231 | .385 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Gene Usrey | 20 | 16 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .133 | .188 | .133 | .321 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dennis Rutter | 11 | 23 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | .091 | .091 | .091 | .182 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Derek McGillivray | 4 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .143 | .333 | .286 | .619 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Tommy Fleming | 10 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .091 | .091 | .091 | .182 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Kenneth Barbieri | 11 | 38 | 35 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15 | .029 | .105 | .029 | .134 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Thomas Burrell | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Reginald Main | 7 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .000 | .250 | .000 | .250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Louis Romanucci | 4 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Dale Roberts | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Mills | 9 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1332 | 4212 | 3849 | 532 | 878 | 141 | 49 | 60 | 436 | 80 | 24 | 284 | 721 | .228 | .285 | .337 | .622 | 1297 | 0 | 33 | 23 | 23 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Townsend | 1B | 107 | 440 | 20 | 17 | 47 | .964 | 4.299 | ||||
| Bruce Camilli | 1B | 12 | 32 | 4 | 3 | 3 | .923 | 3.000 | ||||
| John Lynch | 2B | 72 | 89 | 84 | 15 | 23 | .920 | 2.403 | ||||
| Eddy Singleton | 2B | 33 | 40 | 38 | 16 | 14 | .830 | 2.364 | ||||
| Ron Boyer | 3B | 89 | 37 | 97 | 25 | 11 | .843 | 1.506 | ||||
| Mike Ferraro | 3B | 18 | 7 | 17 | 3 | 1 | .889 | 1.333 | ||||
| Richard Kayla | 3B | 12 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | .636 | .583 | ||||
| Neil MacClellan | C | 77 | 316 | 23 | 14 | 1 | .960 | 4.403 | 23 | |||
| Larry Hawk | C | 25 | 94 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .970 | 3.880 | 11 | |||
| Stephen Schaub | OF | 99 | 84 | 6 | 7 | 1 | .928 | .909 | ||||
| Simeon Blahut | OF | 45 | 30 | 1 | 5 | 0 | .861 | .689 | ||||
| Steve Whitaker | OF | 44 | 62 | 6 | 8 | 1 | .895 | 1.545 | ||||
| Willie Mobley | OF | 38 | 38 | 3 | 4 | 0 | .911 | 1.079 | ||||
| James Palma | OF | 36 | 33 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .947 | 1.000 | ||||
| Cecil Shamberger | OF | 34 | 33 | 1 | 7 | 0 | .829 | 1.000 | ||||
| Bruce Camilli | OF | 31 | 19 | 2 | 3 | 0 | .875 | .677 | ||||
| Thomas Booker | OF | 21 | 22 | 3 | 2 | 1 | .926 | 1.190 | ||||
| Mark Sheperd | OF | 17 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .857 | .706 | ||||
| Kenneth Barbieri | OF | 11 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .938 | 1.364 | ||||
| John Bayne | P | 26 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | .889 | .308 | ||||
| David Kuhl | P | 25 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | .556 | .200 | ||||
| Greggory Wilde | P | 22 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 0 | .583 | .318 | ||||
| Gene Usrey | P | 20 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | .500 | .250 | ||||
| Robert Connelly | P | 17 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | .600 | .353 | ||||
| James Smith | P | 15 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | .700 | .467 | ||||
| Charles Payne | P | 14 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .214 | ||||
| Ian Dixon | P | 13 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .667 | .154 | ||||
| Dennis Rutter | P | 11 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .833 | .455 | ||||
| James Dietz | P | 11 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .857 | .545 | ||||
| Gary Wallman | P | 10 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Thom Freeman | P | 10 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .833 | .500 | ||||
| Tommy Fleming | P | 10 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .600 | ||||
| George Culver | P | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| David Nunnenkamp | P | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| John Mills | P | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| Fred Pollier | P | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| Reginald Main | P | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| Thomas Chapman | P | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| Louis Romanucci | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Derek McGillivray | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Dale Roberts | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Thomas Burrell | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Mike Ferraro | SS | 101 | 88 | 117 | 43 | 29 | .827 | 2.030 | ||||
| Richard Kayla | SS | 23 | 18 | 28 | 10 | 7 | .821 | 2.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1207 | 1523 | 519 | 220 | 141 | .903 | 1.692 | 34 | 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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