1963 Sarasota Sun Sox Statistics

Florida State League (FSL) - Class: A
Team Record: 80-42
Finished 1st in the FSL
Manager: Ira Hutchinson (80-42)
Affiliation: Chicago White Sox
Location: Sarasota, Florida
Ballpark: Payne Park
Attendance: 48,136, Avg. 789

1963 Sarasota Sun Sox Roster

The Sarasota Sun Sox of the Florida State League ended the 1963 season with a record of 80 wins and 42 losses, finishing first in the FSL.

The Sun Sox led the league with 604 runs, fueled by 43 home runs. Sarasota allowed 411 runs, least in the league. Richard Littleton paced the squad with 12 home runs Buddy Bradford accounted for 71 RBI. Richard Littleton topped batters with significant playing time by hitting .289. Tom Hoagland and Gil Downs paced the squad with 13 wins each, while Gil Downs earned a 1.38 ERA, tops among hurlers with significant time on the mound.

Buddy Bradford played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Sarasota Sun Sox to do so.

Ira Hutchinson 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
Gil Downs	13	3	.812	1.38	24	24		13	6		183.0	133	41	28	1	45	3	164	2	0	12
Tom Hoagland	13	5	.722	2.65	27	25		10	2		187.0	177	74	55	4	64	10	168	10	0	6
Stanley Blunt	12	8	.600	3.58	28	23		7	2		166.0	163	81	66	2	55	8	106	8	0	4
Willie Hooker	10	9	.526	1.21	41	0		0	0		82.0	57	22	11	3	35	9	82	3	0	3
Robert Gordon	9	7	.562	2.68	22	17		10	3		121.0	102	45	36	2	70	2	92	4	0	8
Samuel Russo	6	1	.857	1.70	18	4		4	2		69.0	42	19	13	1	30	2	50	4	0	7
Stephen Devener	6	3	.667	4.85	17	15		3	1		91.0	103	59	49	4	42	1	81	1	1	5
Robert Guzek	5	0	1.000	2.08	7	6		4	0		52.0	52	17	12	1	21	0	38	1	0	2
Arthur Cottey	4	2	.667	0.93	17	1		1	1		58.0	43	10	6	1	14	4	30	1	0	0
Andrew Jackson	1	0	1.000	3.27	4	0		0	0		11.0	16	4	4	1	1	0	7	0	0	0
James Morris	1	2	.333	4.41	13	7		0	0		49.0	56	30	24	1	35	2	51	2	0	4
Roger Boyles	0	0		1.50	4	0		0	0		6.0	5	1	1	0	3	0	4	0	0	0
Michael McCarthy	0	2	.000	4.50	3	0		0	0		6.0	15	8	3	0	1	0	9	0	0	0
Totals	80	42	.656	2.56	225	122	0	52	17	0	1081.0	964	411	308	21	416	41	882	36	1	51	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
Buddy Bradford	122	530	456	77	129	14	8	3	71	32	12	61	86	.283	.371	.368	.740	168		5	5	3
Richard Littleton	107	477	374	84	108	16	2	12	47	43	10	84	45	.289	.425	.439	.863	164		9	4	6
Francis Felichio	120	506	431	64	106	15	3	8	62	4	4	61	100	.246	.343	.350	.694	151		6	2	6
Billy Hicks	104	430	379	52	105	19	3	5	54	9	0	42	80	.277	.352	.383	.735	145		3	4	2
Haley Young	105	467	413	70	102	18	7	8	56	16	5	46	81	.247	.325	.383	.708	158		3	3	2
Bob McKillop	115	463	359	57	99	15	2	0	45	10	6	95	65	.276	.428	.329	.757	118		2	5	2
Herbert Wright	113	447	403	40	99	7	5	2	58	11	2	29	69	.246	.296	.303	.599	122		1	11	3
Joe Cherry	97	399	329	59	83	15	4	3	34	21	6	65	73	.252	.375	.350	.725	115		1	2	2
Gregg Nelsen	88	374	343	46	79	7	1	0	24	17	4	21	30	.230	.274	.257	.531	88		1	6	3
Tom Hoagland	28	81	68	5	14	2	0	0	7	0	0	10	18	.206	.308	.235	.543	16		0	3	0
Dennis Norman	26	71	62	3	12	2	0	0	6	0	0	7	16	.194	.275	.226	.501	14		0	2	0
Robert Gordon	27	55	52	6	11	4	0	0	4	0	0	2	15	.212	.241	.288	.529	15		0	1	0
Stanley Blunt	28	66	58	3	11	0	0	0	6	0	0	5	23	.190	.254	.190	.444	11		0	3	0
Gil Downs	24	73	68	6	10	0	0	0	2	0	1	2	14	.147	.171	.147	.318	10		0	3	0
Don Purcell	17	48	37	6	9	0	0	1	4	2	0	11	6	.243	.417	.324	.741	12		0	0	0
Gerald Olver	13	54	45	4	8	1	0	0	6	1	0	5	5	.178	.283	.200	.483	9		2	1	1
Robert Guzek	8	25	21	4	5	2	0	0	1	1	0	3	7	.238	.333	.333	.667	7		0	1	0
Stephen Devener	17	42	35	5	5	1	0	1	3	0	0	6	9	.143	.268	.257	.525	9		0	1	0
Arthur Cottey	17	21	17	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	.235	.278	.235	.513	4		0	3	0
John Kirkwood	5	13	12	3	3	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	5	.250	.308	.250	.558	3		0	0	0
Tebbie Fowler	7	15	15	1	3	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	4	.200	.200	.200	.400	3		0	0	0
Samuel Russo	20	25	21	4	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	8	.143	.250	.143	.393	3		0	1	0
James Morris	13	15	13	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	.154	.214	.154	.368	2		0	1	0
Willie Hooker	41	26	24	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	7	.083	.120	.083	.203	2		0	1	0
Michael McCarthy	3	1	1	1	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	3.000	4.000	3		0	0	0
George Crutchley	5	5	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.250	.400	.250	.650	1		0	0	0
Andrew Jackson	4	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Roger Boyles	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Totals	1278	4733	4044	604	1014	138	36	43	499	168	50	563	779	.251	.345	.335	.679	1353	0	33	63	30	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Francis Felichio	1B	120	991	53	22	85	.979	8.700
Richard Littleton	2B	81	202	230	13	39	.971	5.333
Gregg Nelsen	2B	44	96	111	8	28	.963	4.705
Bob McKillop	3B	105	104	206	15	24	.954	2.952
Gregg Nelsen	3B	20	18	36	6	5	.900	2.700
Joe Cherry	C	93	742	68	23	10	.972	8.710	21
Dennis Norman	C	18	102	12	5	2	.958	6.333	1
Don Purcell	C	12	88	10	3	3	.970	8.167	4
Buddy Bradford	OF	122	262	25	11	0	.963	2.352
Herbert Wright	OF	111	159	17	9	2	.951	1.586
Billy Hicks	OF	95	145	7	7	0	.956	1.600
Gregg Nelsen	OF	17	28	8	2	0	.947	2.118
Gerald Olver	OF	12	11	0	1	0	.917	.917
Willie Hooker	P	41	3	13	2	0	.889	.390
Stanley Blunt	P	28	7	26	1	0	.971	1.179
Tom Hoagland	P	27	4	33	4	0	.902	1.370
Gil Downs	P	24	8	35	1	1	.977	1.792
Robert Gordon	P	22	6	15	1	1	.955	.955
Samuel Russo	P	18	2	11	1	1	.929	.722
Stephen Devener	P	17	6	10	2	0	.889	.941
Arthur Cottey	P	17	2	11	2	1	.867	.765
James Morris	P	13	1	8	1	1	.900	.692
Robert Guzek	P	7						.000
Andrew Jackson	P	4						.000
Roger Boyles	P	4						.000
Michael McCarthy	P	3						.000
Haley Young	SS	103	160	305	45	37	.912	4.515
Richard Littleton	SS	20	40	79	6	15	.952	5.950
Totals		1198	3187	1329	191	255	.959	3.770	26	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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