1962 Savannah/Lynchburg White Sox Statistics

South Atlantic League (SAL) - Class: A
Team Record: 92-47
Finished 1st in the SAL
Manager: Les Moss (92-47)
Affiliation: Chicago White Sox
Location: Savannah, Georgia; Lynchburg, Virginia
Ballpark: Grayson Stadium, City Stadium
Attendance: 53,349, Avg. 768

1962 Savannah/Lynchburg White Sox Roster

Playoffs - Macon Peaches 3 games, Savannah/Lynchburg White Sox 0

The Savannah/Lynchburg White Sox of the South Atlantic League ended the 1962 season with a record of 92 wins and 47 losses, finishing first in the SAL.Savannah (89-47) moved to Lynchburg on August 26 because of racial conflict.

The White Sox led the league with 834 runs, sparked by 127 home runs. Savannah/Lynchburg surrendered 613 runs. Deacon Jones paced the team with 26 home runs, and Manly Johnston walloped 15 or more also. Deacon Jones drove in 101 runs. Don Buford topped all qualifying hitters on the roster by connecting at a .323 clip. Manly Johnston and Fritz Ackley paced the squad with 13 wins each, while Mike DeGerick recorded a 2.89 ERA, tops among regular hurlers.

Players from the 1962 Savannah/Lynchburg White Sox who spent time in the Majors during their careers included J. C. Martin, Dennis Higgins, Jim Hicks, Mike Joyce, Deacon Jones, Mike DeGerick, Joe Hoerner, Fred Talbot, Brian McCall, Dick Kenworthy, Don Buford, Dean Look, Dave DeBusschere, Fritz Ackley and Ken Berry.

Les Moss 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
Manly Johnston	13	6	.684	4.14	23	20		11	0		152.0	150	79	70	8	62	8	112	6	2	12
Fritz Ackley	13	6	.684	4.37	36	13		3	0		142.0	135	88	69	19	83	8	109	7	0	12
Mike DeGerick	12	8	.600	2.89	29	25		8	2		184.0	146	75	59	7	76	2	119	8	1	9
Ronald Woods	12	9	.571	3.56	26	19		4	1		134.0	124	65	53	12	48	6	71	2	0	6
Dave DeBusschere	10	1	.909	2.49	15	14		7	2		94.0	62	35	26	4	53	0	93	1	0	2
Joe Hoerner	9	1	.900	2.49	27	10		5	1		94.0	81	26	26	3	26	6	60	2	0	1
Mike Joyce	6	3	.667	2.08	13	10		4	2		78.0	55	26	18	5	17	1	42	1	0	0
Dennis Higgins	4	6	.400	2.93	48	3		1	0		86.0	68	38	28	5	44	6	78	4	0	5
Bob Hamet	3	1	.750	4.80	17	8		2	0		60.0	68	36	32	3	33	3	51	0	0	7
Fred Talbot	3	2	.600	9.27	15	5		0	0		33.0	50	42	34	9	18	1	26	2	0	0
Kenneth Lawrence	2	0	1.000	3.21	5	4		1	0		28.0	27	13	10	4	11	0	26	0	0	3
Scott Seger	2	0	1.000	3.30	10	2		0	0		30.0	25	15	11	3	28	4	25	1	0	1
Gerald Moeller	2	2	.500	6.30	15	0		0	0		30.0	45	23	21	4	15	0	13	0	0	1
Glen Crable	1	1	.500	6.19	8	0		0	0		16.0	22	13	11	0	7	2	7	0	0	0
Don Bacon	0	0		5.40	2	0		0	0		5.0	10	9	3	0	4	0	5	1	0	0
Herbert Duff	0	0		9.00	1	1		0	0		6.0	8	6	6	0	3	0	7	1	0	1
Don Buford	0	0		27.00	1	0		0	0		1.0	4	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
Jose Lizondro	0	1	.000	6.86	5	4		0	0		21.0	35	21	16	3	7	3	16	1	0	0
Totals	92	47	.662	3.74	296	138	0	46	8	0	1194.0	1115	613	496	89	536	50	860	37	4	60	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
Deacon Jones	136	615	499	119	159	30	5	26	101	11		98	68	.319	.423	.555	.978	277		2	3	13	9
Don Buford	111	512	418	100	135	22	5	6	43	18		91	45	.323	.443	.443	.886	185		0	2	1	6
Jim Hicks	127	523	448	80	135	24	11	11	96	12		63	75	.301	.394	.478	.872	214		7	3	2	6
J. C. Martin	94	379	338	64	111	18	1	8	52	4		34	50	.328	.389	.459	.847	155		2	1	4	3
Don Bacon	120	449	393	66	106	7	6	4	44	11		39	34	.270	.336	.349	.685	137		2	12	3	3
Ken Berry	76	327	277	52	102	13	4	6	44	4		37	34	.368	.449	.509	.958	141		6	4	3	3
Bill Davidson	121	490	384	69	91	14	2	8	58	3		96	50	.237	.390	.346	.736	133		3	3	4	3
Frederick Loesekam	102	360	291	48	77	6	2	7	46	4		60	51	.265	.388	.371	.759	108		1	4	4	3
Dayton Orsburn	90	336	287	45	75	10	0	6	48	6		43	68	.261	.361	.359	.720	103		3	1	2	5
Manly Johnston	78	189	179	38	65	10	0	20	45	0		7	18	.363	.383	.754	1.137	135		0	1	2	0
Dean Look	41	166	151	20	42	5	0	2	23	4		15	23	.278	.343	.351	.694	53		0	0	0	1
Dick Kenworthy	36	150	143	17	41	6	2	8	31	1		5	29	.287	.311	.524	.835	75		0	2	0	1
Allen Schrader	53	161	123	27	27	6	1	4	17	0		33	42	.220	.394	.382	.776	47		3	1	1	2
Brian McCall	30	130	108	20	23	1	2	3	16	7		18	24	.213	.328	.343	.671	37		1	2	1	1
Bruce Andrew	19	81	67	13	19	6	1	2	14	1		10	12	.284	.383	.493	.875	33		2	0	2	0
Lefty Izquierdo	24	71	51	9	14	4	0	1	9	0		19	10	.275	.479	.412	.891	21		1	0	0	2
Fritz Ackley	44	65	56	8	11	2	1	1	8	0		5	15	.196	.258	.321	.579	18		0	3	1	0
Oscar Flores	15	67	58	7	10	1	1	0	5	0		9	6	.172	.284	.224	.508	13		0	0	0	2
Dave DeBusschere	15	44	38	8	9	1	0	1	6	0		2	15	.237	.293	.342	.635	13		1	3	0	0
Joe Hoerner	28	40	38	4	8	1	0	1	7	0		0	20	.211	.211	.316	.526	12		0	2	0	0
Mike Joyce	14	32	28	1	6	1	0	0	1	0		2	4	.214	.290	.250	.540	7		1	1	0	0
Dennis Higgins	48	31	30	2	4	0	0	0	1	0		1	12	.133	.161	.133	.295	4		0	0	0	0
Ronald Woods	27	48	38	4	4	0	0	2	6	0		3	17	.105	.190	.263	.454	10		1	6	0	0
Scott Seger	10	13	9	3	3	1	0	0	1	0		4	5	.333	.538	.444	.983	4		0	0	0	0
Kenneth Lawrence	5	13	13	0	3	0	0	0	2	0		0	3	.231	.231	.231	.462	3		0	0	0	0
Mike DeGerick	30	73	60	6	3	0	0	0	3	0		3	32	.050	.108	.050	.158	3		1	8	1	0
Pat Rigby	6	9	9	0	2	0	0	0	3	0		0	0	.222	.222	.222	.444	2		0	0	0	0
Fred Talbot	16	14	13	1	2	1	0	0	0	0		0	2	.154	.154	.231	.385	3		0	1	0	0
Herbert Duff	1	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1		0	0	0	0
Glen Crable	8	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	.333	.333	.667	1.000	2		0	0	0	0
Bob Hamet	17	24	20	2	1	0	0	0	0	0		2	13	.050	.136	.050	.186	1		0	2	0	0
Gerald Moeller	15	10	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	6	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0	0
Jose Lizondro	5	9	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0	0
Totals	1562	5436	4590	833	1290	191	44	127	730	86	0	700	787	.281	.377	.425	.802	1950	0	37	65	44	50

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Deacon Jones	1B	136	1145	73	10	103	.992	8.956
Don Bacon	2B	100	179	260	11	55	.976	4.390
Dick Kenworthy	2B	36	69	77	3	14	.980	4.056
Bruce Andrew	2B	18	44	56	9	13	.917	5.556
Dayton Orsburn	3B	83	59	121	31	15	.853	2.169
Don Buford	3B	43	47	67	17	6	.870	2.651
J. C. Martin	C	90	506	57	8	5	.986	6.256	32
Allen Schrader	C	44	237	16	4	3	.984	5.750	9
Lefty Izquierdo	C	12	128	8	1	1	.993	11.333	5
Jim Hicks	OF	127	250	7	12	2	.955	2.024
Frederick Loesekam	OF	89	126	8	7	0	.950	1.506
Ken Berry	OF	76	163	8	9	3	.950	2.250
Don Buford	OF	67	124	12	1	5	.993	2.030
Dean Look	OF	33	53	2	8	0	.873	1.667
Brian McCall	OF	28	34	4	1	0	.974	1.357
Manly Johnston	OF	28	25	1	3	0	.897	.929
Dennis Higgins	P	48	5	16	1	1	.955	.438
Fritz Ackley	P	36	9	21	2	3	.938	.833
Mike DeGerick	P	29	7	29	5	2	.878	1.241
Joe Hoerner	P	27	7	23	0	3	1.000	1.111
Ronald Woods	P	26	4	22	1	2	.963	1.000
Manly Johnston	P	23	10	31	3	2	.932	1.783
Bob Hamet	P	17	6	16	1	2	.957	1.294
Fred Talbot	P	15	4	4	1	0	.889	.533
Gerald Moeller	P	15	1	2	0	0	1.000	.200
Dave DeBusschere	P	15	6	11	0	0	1.000	1.133
Mike Joyce	P	13	3	10	0	1	1.000	1.000
Scott Seger	P	10	2	6	2	0	.800	.800
Glen Crable	P	8						.000
Jose Lizondro	P	5						.000
Kenneth Lawrence	P	5						.000
Don Bacon	P	2						.000
Herbert Duff	P	1						.000
Don Buford	P	1						.000
Bill Davidson	SS	121	198	359	29	68	.951	4.603
Don Bacon	SS	22	33	42	7	6	.915	3.409
Oscar Flores	SS	12	20	28	4	4	.923	4.000
Totals		1461	3504	1397	191	319	.962	3.355	46	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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