1962 Springfield Giants Statistics

Eastern League (EL) - Class: A
Team Record: 68-72
Finished 4th in the EL
Manager: Andy Gilbert (68-72)
Affiliation: San Francisco Giants
Location: Springfield, Massachusetts
Ballpark: Pynchon Park
Attendance: 78,375, Avg. 1,120

1962 Springfield Giants Roster

Playoffs - Williamsport Grays 2 games, Springfield Giants 1

The Springfield Giants of the Eastern League ended the 1962 season with a record of 68 wins and 72 losses, finishing fourth in the EL.

The Giants scored 642 runs and allowed 601 runs. Jim Ray Hart led Springfield with 18 home runs and drove in 107 runs, while leading all qualifying hitters on the roster by connecting at a .337 clip. John Pregenzer and Bill Hands topped the team with 14 wins each, and John Pregenzer registered a 2.85 earned run average, best among hurlers with significant time on the mound.

Bob Barton, Damaso Blanco, Bill Hands, Jim Ray Hart, Frank Linzy, John Pregenzer, Al Stanek and Moose Stubing were all players from the 1962 Springfield Giants who played in the Majors during their careers.

Andy Gilbert 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
John Pregenzer	14	9	.609	2.85	31	25		19	4		196.0	189	78	62	3	84	5	152	8	0	11
Bill Hands	14	12	.538	2.91	30	29		16	4		210.0	175	88	68	10	81	9	177	6	0	11
Richard Slomkowski	12	13	.480	4.32	32	29		13	5		200.0	202	110	96	13	80	7	149	6	0	10
Paul Colacecchi	8	5	.615	4.54	27	15		6	2		103.0	88	57	52	7	48	3	75	3	1	6
Ken Bracey	5	4	.556	2.54	39	1		0	0		92.0	93	32	26	4	38	5	54	1	1	3
Jackie Blehm	5	8	.385	4.03	33	16		3	1		134.0	133	77	60	9	47	3	77	5	0	2
Ignacio Martinez	3	2	.600	3.08	15	1		0	0		38.0	29	15	13	1	33	3	29	0	1	1
Al Stanek	3	3	.500	4.71	12	11		3	1		65.0	71	36	34	7	36	0	63	2	0	3
Harold DeMars	2	2	.500	4.20	22	0		0	0		30.0	26	17	14	1	19	1	27	1	0	4
Norman Simmons	2	6	.250	5.49	16	6		2	0		59.0	60	40	36	2	21	2	33	0	0	6
Bob Meckwood	0	0		0.00	4	0		0	0		3.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Marc Hoy	0	0		4.50	2	1		0	0		4.0	4	2	2	0	3		4	0	0	0
Harold Kunkel	0	1	.000	3.60	9	0		0	0		15.0	13	8	6	0	5		11	0	0	1
Frank Linzy	0	3	.000	6.52	7	5		0	0		29.0	43	28	21	2	11		17	0	0	1
Richard Holden	0	4	.000	3.43	10	1		0	0		21.0	17	13	8	1	12	0	15	0	0	3
Totals	68	72	.486	3.74	289	140	0	62	17	0	1199.0	1144	601	498	60	518	38	883	32	3	62	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
Jim Ray Hart	140	605	540	97	182	30	9	18	107	5		60	74	.337	.403	.526	.929	284		2	0	3	4
Richard Pawlow	134	602	509	90	137	30	5	3	45	11		85	94	.269	.372	.365	.737	186		0	5	3	0
Jerry Kushner	130	513	435	61	114	16	1	12	61	2		66	111	.262	.361	.386	.747	168		4	3	5	1
Tony Eichelberger	90	409	354	65	93	8	2	0	25	2		50	53	.263	.353	.297	.650	105		0	4	1	1
Arlo Engel	116	431	376	58	93	12	3	13	53	1		48	127	.247	.333	.399	.732	150		2	2	3	3
Ronald Phifer	78	339	307	52	89	13	4	4	50	1		25	38	.290	.340	.397	.738	122		0	4	3	0
Ed Herstek	107	419	387	28	88	11	3	4	49	0		27	62	.227	.278	.302	.580	117		1	1	3	3
Bob Barton	103	374	323	34	85	19	3	1	50	1		43	50	.263	.354	.350	.704	113		4	1	3	6
Charles Koss	64	248	217	34	55	9	2	5	18	1		31	33	.253	.347	.382	.729	83		0	0	0	1
Denny Sommers	78	235	218	17	52	6	1	0	21	0		12	42	.239	.284	.275	.560	60		2	3	0	1
Donald McGillicuddy	53	212	186	20	50	13	3	1	19	0		21	37	.269	.341	.387	.728	72		1	1	3	2
Damaso Blanco	38	145	129	14	26	5	2	0	9	3		12	25	.202	.285	.271	.556	35		3	1	0	0
Chuck Strange	34	104	94	17	25	4	2	0	10	0		9	22	.266	.327	.351	.678	33		0	0	1	2
Moose Stubing	33	117	90	15	21	3	0	1	10	0		27	16	.233	.410	.300	.710	27		0	0	0	0
Bill Dixon	41	105	83	13	17	4	1	1	10	0		20	32	.205	.362	.313	.675	26		1	0	1	3
John Pregenzer	34	81	75	7	12	3	0	0	3	0		2	24	.160	.182	.200	.382	15		0	4	0	0
Julio Linares	16	49	46	5	10	1	0	0	1	0		3	11	.217	.265	.239	.504	11		0	0	0	0
Bill Hands	34	81	69	5	7	0	1	0	2	0		6	41	.101	.171	.130	.301	9		0	5	1	0
Jackie Blehm	33	46	37	0	6	0	0	0	2	0		3	9	.162	.214	.162	.376	6		0	4	2	0
Richard Slomkowski	33	80	71	3	5	0	0	0	4	0		5	31	.070	.130	.070	.200	5		0	3	1	0
Paul Colacecchi	28	37	34	2	3	1	1	0	0	0		1	16	.088	.114	.176	.291	6		0	2	0	0
Frank Linzy	8	12	12	1	2	1	0	0	1	0		0	6	.167	.167	.250	.417	3		0	0	0	0
Ken Bracey	39	24	20	0	2	0	0	0	1	0		2	11	.100	.208	.100	.308	2		1	0	1	0
Harold DeMars	22	8	4	1	1	0	0	0	2	0		2	5	.250	.500	.250	.750	1		0	2	0	0
Norman Simmons	17	16	14	2	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	9	.071	.071	.143	.214	2		0	2	0	0
Al Stanek	12	27	24	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	13	.042	.080	.042	.122	1		1	2	0	0
Richard Holden	10	6	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	2	.000	.167	.000	.167	0		0	0	0	0
Ignacio Martinez	15	12	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	5	.000	.091	.000	.091	0		0	1	0	0
Bob Meckwood	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0					0		0	1	0	0
Harold Kunkel	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0		1.000			0		0	0	0	0
Totals	1553	5339	4669	642	1177	190	43	63	553	27	0	563	999	.252	.333	.352	.685	1642	0	22	51	34	27

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Ronald Phifer	1B	67	538	42	11	52	.981	8.657
Donald McGillicuddy	1B	49	436	24	13	30	.973	9.388
Moose Stubing	1B	11	87	7	2	10	.979	8.545
Bill Dixon	1B	10	99	2	2	7	.981	1.100
Ed Herstek	2B	73	169	190	9	40	.976	4.918
Charles Koss	2B	52	103	150	17	22	.937	4.865
Jim Ray Hart	3B	140	130	214	26	13	.930	2.457
Bob Barton	C	91	551	39	9	2	.985	6.484	12
Denny Sommers	C	56	392	15	8	0	.981	7.268	11
Richard Pawlow	OF	134	222	10	12	3	.951	1.731
Jerry Kushner	OF	124	193	11	11	2	.949	1.645
Arlo Engel	OF	110	214	12	11	1	.954	2.055
Chuck Strange	OF	23	26	1	1	0	.964	1.174
Moose Stubing	OF	18	24	1	2	0	.926	1.389
Ronald Phifer	OF	11	17	0	0	0	1.000	1.545
Ken Bracey	P	39	9	20	0	3	1.000	.744
Jackie Blehm	P	33	5	26	1	1	.969	.939
Richard Slomkowski	P	32	12	28	1	1	.976	1.250
John Pregenzer	P	31	9	28	1	3	.974	1.194
Bill Hands	P	30	13	56	4	3	.945	2.300
Paul Colacecchi	P	27	6	18	3	3	.889	.889
Harold DeMars	P	22	3	7	0	1	1.000	.455
Norman Simmons	P	16	5	6	0	0	1.000	.688
Ignacio Martinez	P	15	4	9	0	0	1.000	.867
Al Stanek	P	12	0	14	1	0	.933	1.167
Richard Holden	P	10	0	4	1	0	.800	.400
Harold Kunkel	P	9						.000
Frank Linzy	P	7						.000
Bob Meckwood	P	4						.000
Marc Hoy	P	2						.000
Tony Eichelberger	SS	84	138	261	20	45	.952	4.750
Damaso Blanco	SS	32	53	104	15	19	.913	4.906
Ed Herstek	SS	23	52	53	7	14	.938	4.565
Totals		1397	3510	1352	188	275	.963	3.480	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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