1962 Wenatchee Chiefs Statistics

Northwest League (NWL) - Class: B
Team Record: 72-69
Finished 3rd in the NWL
Manager: Joe Macko (72-69)
Affiliation: Chicago Cubs
Location: Wenatchee, Washington
Ballpark: Recreation Park
Attendance: 36,619, Avg. 519

1962 Wenatchee Chiefs Roster

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

The Wenatchee Chiefs of the Northwest League ended the 1962 season with a record of 72 wins and 69 losses, finishing third in the NWL.

The Chiefs plated 716 runs and conceded 698 runs. Billy Cowan paced Wenatchee with 24 home runs, while Kenneth Fruchter, Nelson Mathews and Danny Murphy each walloped 15 or more as well. Billy Cowan drove in 86 runs. Ron Campbell led batters with significant playing time by hitting .306. Art Thompson topped the team with 15 wins, and Bill Ballou recorded a 3.41 ERA, tops among qualifying pitchers.

Paul Popovich, Moe Morhardt, Bob Raudman, Billy Cowan, George Gerberman, Danny Murphy, Nelson Mathews and Ron Campbell were all players from the 1962 Wenatchee Chiefs who played in the Majors during their careers.

Joe Macko 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
Art Thompson	15	12	.556	4.72	35	29		15	4		204.0	222	122	107	9	110	5	165	5	0	18
George Gerberman	13	5	.722	3.62	20	20		13	2		154.0	132	68	62	12	72	2	109	8	2	16
Wayne Carlander	13	11	.542	4.57	32	28		13	0		195.0	214	123	99	10	93	1	156	6	1	19
Bill Ballou	12	9	.571	3.41	30	23		13	2		169.0	185	88	64	10	39	4	79	1	0	2
Daniel Saporiti	11	14	.440	4.28	33	26		13	2		181.0	214	123	86	11	91	7	150	11	0	24
Joe Zahn	5	6	.455	4.04	40	1		1	0		98.0	101	53	44	8	34	5	68	3	0	10
Joe Macko	1	0	1.000	5.40	6	1		1	0		25.0	34	21	15	3	10	0	11	0	0	3
James Fraser	1	3	.250	2.57	10	5		1	0		35.0	38	16	10	1	21	0	28	1	0	5
Donald Isaacs	1	7	.125	8.28	17	7		2	0		50.0	68	52	46	7	25	2	28	1	0	5
Peter Thompson	0	0		0.00	2	0		0	0		3.0	2	0	0	0	4	0	3	1	0	1
Jack Silvera	0	0		11.57	5	0		0	0		7.0	6	9	9	0	11	0	6	1	0	2
James Hansen	0	0		27.00	1	0		0	0		2.0	4	6	6	1	4	0	1	0	0	0
Frank DeMoss	0	0		27.00	1	0		0	0		1.0	4	5	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	1
Thomas Petrick	0	1	.000	3.86	5	0		0	0		7.0	4	3	3	0	3	0	6	1	0	0
Danny Murphy	0	1	.000	4.50	2	1		0	0		4.0	4	8	2	0	5	0	3	0	0	1
Totals	72	69	.511	4.41	239	141	0	72	10	0	1135.0	1232	697	556	72	524	26	813	39	3	107	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
Ron Campbell	132	563	532	90	163	25	3	5	51	10	5	17	40	.306	.332	.393	.724	209		4	8	2
Kenneth Fruchter	139	567	465	101	141	21	9	17	84	14	7	90	125	.303	.415	.497	.911	231		2	5	5
Nelson Mathews	101	382	318	74	117	19	10	23	68	11	5	59	83	.368	.465	.708	1.172	225		1	1	3
Billy Cowan	91	375	345	66	104	19	7	24	86	21	2	23	99	.301	.345	.606	.951	209		2	1	4
Frank DeMoss	112	436	388	42	101	19	2	3	45	8	8	36	49	.260	.323	.343	.665	133		2	5	5
Danny Murphy	116	450	367	55	94	17	3	17	58	4	1	73	99	.256	.380	.458	.838	168		4	0	6
William Maloney	104	389	346	48	81	13	3	1	33	2	4	39	74	.234	.311	.298	.609	103		0	3	1
Paul Popovich	83	343	291	38	66	8	1	3	30	4	2	49	50	.227	.337	.292	.629	85		0	2	1
Phil Borders	77	227	187	43	57	13	0	12	45	3	5	31	34	.305	.406	.567	.973	106		3	3	3
Daniel Combs	64	180	164	18	35	5	0	3	25	2	1	12	59	.213	.268	.299	.567	49		1	1	2
Ely Churchich	61	179	153	15	33	6	0	3	16	0	1	24	57	.216	.324	.314	.638	48		1	0	1
Ralph Holding	33	115	99	17	29	3	2	2	13	1	1	15	19	.293	.391	.424	.816	42		1	0	0
Moe Morhardt	30	108	86	20	23	4	0	1	10	0	1	20	24	.267	.411	.349	.760	30		1	1	0
Joe Macko	41	85	69	19	22	6	0	4	15	0	1	16	19	.319	.447	.580	1.027	40		0	0	0
Art Thompson	36	77	76	3	18	2	0	0	8	0	0	0	9	.237	.247	.263	.510	20		1	0	0
Donald Barnett	17	67	60	9	11	1	0	0	7	5	0	6	14	.183	.269	.200	.469	12		1	0	0
Wayne Carlander	32	81	67	6	11	1	0	0	3	0	0	4	33	.164	.211	.179	.390	12		0	10	0
George Gerberman	23	63	58	5	9	3	0	0	8	0	0	4	21	.155	.210	.207	.417	12		0	1	0
Bill Ballou	30	61	54	3	7	0	0	0	4	0	0	3	24	.130	.172	.130	.302	7		0	3	1
Daniel Saporiti	33	72	61	7	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	9	35	.098	.214	.098	.313	6		0	2	0
Joe Zahn	40	23	20	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	8	.100	.182	.100	.282	2		1	1	0
James Hansen	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1		0	0	0
Donald Isaacs	17	15	12	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	.083	.267	.083	.350	1		1	0	0
Thomas Petrick	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
James Fraser	10	12	11	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	1	0
Totals	1429	4872	4231	684	1132	185	40	118	611	85	44	533	985	.268	.351	.414	.764	1751	0	26	48	34	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Kenneth Fruchter	1B	138	1162	73	22	117	.982	8.949
Paul Popovich	2B	81	143	246	11	46	.972	4.802
William Maloney	2B	61	141	200	13	49	.963	5.590
Ron Campbell	3B	131	103	283	30	26	.928	2.947
Ely Churchich	C	61	308	21	8	1	.976	5.393	14
Daniel Combs	C	37	233	11	12	1	.953	6.595	9
Ralph Holding	C	33	165	19	0	1	1.000	5.576	7
Danny Murphy	OF	116	151	14	12	0	.932	1.422
Nelson Mathews	OF	98	187	9	6	5	.970	2.000
Billy Cowan	OF	91	206	12	5	1	.978	2.396
Phil Borders	OF	49	65	5	2	0	.972	1.429
Moe Morhardt	OF	26	33	0	3	0	.917	1.269
Donald Barnett	OF	17	16	0	0	0	1.000	.941
Joe Zahn	P	40	2	16	4	3	.818	.450
Art Thompson	P	35	10	36	2	3	.958	1.314
Daniel Saporiti	P	33	3	50	6	2	.898	1.606
Wayne Carlander	P	32	12	29	3	3	.932	1.281
Bill Ballou	P	30	11	18	5	1	.853	.967
George Gerberman	P	20	12	16	1	0	.966	1.400
Donald Isaacs	P	17	1	11	0	0	1.000	.706
James Fraser	P	10	0	2	1	0	.667	.200
Joe Macko	P	6						.000
Jack Silvera	P	5						.000
Thomas Petrick	P	5						.000
Peter Thompson	P	2						.000
Danny Murphy	P	2						.000
James Hansen	P	1						.000
Frank DeMoss	P	1						.000
Frank DeMoss	SS	108	158	271	32	59	.931	3.972
William Maloney	SS	33	55	87	11	14	.928	4.303
Totals		1319	3177	1429	189	332	.961	3.492	30	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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