1962 Tri-City Braves Statistics

Northwest League (NWL) - Class: B
Team Record: 78-62
Finished 1st in the NWL
Manager: Tommy Heath (78-62)
Affiliation: Los Angeles Angels
Location: Kennewick, Washington; Pasco, Washington; Richland, Washington
Ballpark: Sanders-Jacobs Field
Attendance: 68,399, Avg. 977

1962 Tri-City Braves Roster

Playoffs - Wenatchee Chiefs 4 games, Tri-City Braves 2

The Tri-City Braves of the Northwest League ended the 1962 season with a record of 78 wins and 62 losses, finishing first in the NWL.

The Braves paced the league with 792 runs. Tri-City surrendered 664 runs. Brian McCall led the squad with 11 home runs Gary Johnson drove in 103 runs and topped all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .341. Lee Featherstone paced the squad with 12 wins, while Ed Nottle earned a 2.25 ERA, best among qualifying pitchers.

Aubrey Gatewood, Bill Harris, Johnny James, Brian McCall, Bob Raudman, Bob Sprout and Artie Wilson were all players from the 1962 Tri-City Braves who played in the Majors during their careers.

Tommy Heath 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
Lee Featherstone	12	12	.500	4.38	35	29		8	2		195.0	212	116	95	21	65	3	172	4	1	4
Ed Nottle	10	6	.625	2.25	50	1		1	1		116.0	93	35	29	4	47	7	146	1	0	5
Bob Sprout	10	11	.476	4.01	29	26		6	0		173.0	155	88	77	8	106	5	165	7	0	15
Paul Knechtges	9	3	.750	4.46	32	9		3	1		107.0	122	66	53	15	49	4	103	2	0	5
Bill Harris	9	5	.643	4.01	18	17		10	2		128.0	135	60	57	17	35	1	100	0	0	2
Joe Puleo	8	4	.667	5.57	43	7		2	0		118.0	120	81	73	13	62	4	94	4	2	6
John Dewald	6	0	1.000	2.86	10	9		4	0		66.0	76	27	21	6	16	3	50	4	0	2
Johnny James	4	3	.571	4.14	8	8		1	0		50.0	58	32	23	2	25	3	30	2	0	5
Bob House	4	4	.500	4.50	12	10		4	0		54.0	63	38	27	7	18	1	33	2	0	2
Joseph Petrikovic	2	4	.333	6.32	13	9		3	0		57.0	73	47	40	15	25	0	23	3	1	2
George Conrad	2	5	.286	4.72	14	7		1	0		40.0	35	24	21	6	27	2	35	1	0	4
Ronald Boone	1	2	.333	3.00	7	1		0	0		21.0	18	8	7	2	12	3	10	2	0	0
Aubrey Gatewood	1	3	.250	9.96	7	7		1	0		28.0	45	32	31	4	18	2	21	0	0	0
Ronald O'Shields	0	0		0.00	1	0		0	0		1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Mike Pankey	0	0		9.00	3	1		0	0		9.0	10	12	9	1	14	0	9	1	0	1
Totals	78	62	.557	4.36	282	141	0	44	6	0	1163.0	1215	666	563	121	520	38	991	33	4	53	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
Gary Johnson	135	585	522	89	178	35	10	9	103	6	6	55	62	.341	.406	.498	.904	260		3	4	1
Emiliano Telleria	134	543	484	91	161	17	7	9	94	31	8	38	65	.333	.393	.452	.846	219		13	4	4
Irvin Knowles	109	420	350	54	101	24	6	0	51	2	2	59	55	.289	.391	.391	.782	137		3	3	5
Juan Guzman	108	468	364	74	96	9	4	3	49	5	4	84	37	.264	.399	.335	.734	122		2	12	6
Chico Heron	86	333	289	53	93	15	3	5	39	6	1	39	57	.322	.402	.446	.848	129		1	2	2
Brian McCall	83	361	297	74	90	12	8	11	50	13	5	55	65	.303	.408	.508	.917	151		2	1	6
Neil Martin	97	386	307	70	89	15	5	1	34	8	0	73	66	.290	.430	.381	.811	117		3	2	1
Adolfo Suarez	69	234	200	31	63	7	4	9	49	0	0	30	36	.315	.403	.525	.928	105		1	1	2
Bob Rudd	88	298	250	43	62	7	0	10	48	3	1	43	81	.248	.360	.396	.756	99		2	1	2
Ronald O'Shields	85	300	250	34	55	6	2	8	47	0	1	44	54	.220	.334	.356	.690	89		1	1	4
Gary Snyder	40	168	151	22	39	5	0	0	7	2	2	12	27	.258	.323	.291	.615	44		3	1	1
Ralph Alomar	36	131	121	15	30	1	1	2	22	1	1	4	15	.248	.267	.322	.589	39		1	0	5
Donald Dingwerth	40	139	121	21	24	1	2	3	14	2	0	16	19	.198	.302	.314	.616	38		2	0	0
Bill Harris	22	56	56	5	15	3	1	0	8	0	0	0	7	.268	.268	.357	.625	20		0	0	0
Eddie Crawford	30	86	65	14	12	1	1	1	11	2	1	19	15	.185	.384	.277	.661	18		2	0	0
Lee Featherstone	35	76	64	9	10	4	0	0	6	0	0	7	25	.156	.239	.219	.458	14		0	5	0
Richard Young	15	50	38	8	9	1	0	1	7	0	0	8	6	.237	.367	.342	.709	13		1	1	2
Artie Wilson	14	51	42	7	9	0	0	0	2	1	0	6	14	.214	.312	.214	.527	9		0	3	0
Bob Sprout	42	73	59	9	8	0	0	0	2	1	0	9	29	.136	.250	.136	.386	8		0	5	0
Joe Puleo	43	34	31	3	7	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	15	.226	.273	.226	.499	7		1	1	0
Ed Nottle	50	32	25	6	4	1	1	0	2	0	0	2	12	.160	.222	.280	.502	7		0	5	0
John Dewald	10	28	23	5	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	4	9	.130	.259	.130	.390	3		0	1	0
Paul Knechtges	32	37	36	1	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	14	.083	.108	.111	.219	4		0	0	0
Ronald Boone	8	15	15	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	.133	.133	.133	.267	2		0	0	0
Joseph Petrikovic	13	22	20	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	6	.100	.100	.100	.200	2		0	2	0
Bob House	13	23	20	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	10	.100	.100	.100	.200	2		0	3	0
Mike Pankey	3	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	1		0	0	0
Floyd Taylor	5	6	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.167	.167	.167	.333	1		0	0	0
Aubrey Gatewood	7	13	12	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	.083	.154	.083	.237	1		0	0	0
Johnny James	10	21	20	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	.050	.050	.050	.100	1		0	1	0
George Conrad	15	11	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.091	.000	.091	0		0	0	0
Totals	1477	5003	4251	746	1171	165	55	72	655	83	32	611	828	.275	.369	.391	.760	1662	0	41	59	41	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Gary Johnson	1B	134	982	70	19	88	.982	7.851
Irvin Knowles	2B	108	234	295	6	62	.989	4.898
Artie Wilson	2B	14	33	20	2	5	.964	3.786
Richard Young	2B	10	22	25	3	3	.940	4.700
Chico Heron	2B	10	20	27	2	6	.959	4.700
Bob Rudd	3B	72	68	116	17	11	.915	2.556
Chico Heron	3B	69	53	119	13	11	.930	2.493
Ronald O'Shields	C	76	506	46	10	6	.982	7.263	7
Adolfo Suarez	C	48	305	27	4	1	.988	6.917	6
Emiliano Telleria	OF	131	266	18	8	2	.973	2.168
Neil Martin	OF	93	145	7	4	1	.974	1.634
Brian McCall	OF	74	146	10	7	2	.957	2.108
Donald Dingwerth	OF	33	51	3	2	0	.964	1.636
Ralph Alomar	OF	31	35	4	1	1	.975	1.258
Eddie Crawford	OF	23	31	0	1	0	.969	1.348
Adolfo Suarez	OF	13	13	2	1	0	.938	1.154
Ed Nottle	P	50	6	11	1	0	.944	.340
Joe Puleo	P	43	2	15	1	0	.944	.395
Lee Featherstone	P	35	11	22	2	2	.943	.943
Paul Knechtges	P	32	4	8	0	0	1.000	.375
Bob Sprout	P	29	8	24	3	2	.914	1.103
Bill Harris	P	18	5	15	1	2	.952	1.111
George Conrad	P	14	3	6	0	0	1.000	.643
Joseph Petrikovic	P	13	2	9	0	0	1.000	.846
Bob House	P	12	2	6	1	0	.889	.667
John Dewald	P	10	1	8	1	0	.900	.900
Johnny James	P	8						.000
Aubrey Gatewood	P	7						.000
Ronald Boone	P	7						.000
Mike Pankey	P	3						.000
Ronald O'Shields	P	1						.000
Juan Guzman	SS	101	141	233	13	48	.966	3.703
Gary Snyder	SS	36	46	73	19	12	.862	3.306
Totals		1358	3141	1219	142	265	.968	3.211	13	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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