1962 Houston Colt .45s Statistics

1963 Season

Record: 64-96-2, Finished 8th in National League (Schedule and Results)

Manager: Harry Craft (64-96-2)

General Manager: Paul Richards (Hired 9/7/1961)

Farm Director: Tal Smith

Ballpark: Colt Stadium

Attendance: 924,456 (7th of 10)

Park Factors: (Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.)
Multi-year: Batting - 93, Pitching - 95
One-year: Batting - 93, Pitching - 95

Pythagorean W-L: 66-94, 592 Runs, 717 Runs Allowed

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Top 12 Players

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Team Batting

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Team Batting
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	C	Hal Smith	31	109	376	345	32	81	14	0	12	35	0	0	24	55	.235	.286	.380	.666	83	131	13	2	2	3	1
2	1B	Norm Larker*	31	147	590	506	58	133	19	5	9	63	1	1	70	47	.263	.358	.374	.732	104	189	10	7	4	3	7
3	2B	Joey Amalfitano	28	117	435	380	44	90	12	5	1	27	4	4	45	43	.237	.317	.303	.620	73	115	13	1	5	3	5
4	SS	Bob Lillis	32	129	492	457	38	114	12	4	1	30	7	3	28	23	.249	.292	.300	.591	65	137	10	0	4	2	1
5	3B	Bob Aspromonte	24	149	596	534	59	142	18	4	11	59	4	5	46	54	.266	.332	.376	.708	96	201	10	8	5	3	4
6	LF	Al Spangler*	28	129	500	418	51	119	10	9	5	35	7	6	70	46	.285	.389	.388	.777	117	162	1	3	6	2	6
7	CF	Carl Warwick	25	130	525	477	63	124	17	1	16	60	2	3	38	77	.260	.312	.400	.712	96	191	8	0	5	5	1
8	RF	Román Mejías	36	146	610	566	82	162	12	3	24	76	12	4	30	83	.286	.326	.445	.771	112	252	13	6	3	5	1
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
9	LF	Jim Pendleton	38	117	347	321	30	79	12	2	8	36	0	0	14	57	.246	.279	.371	.650	79	119	6	2	7	3	2
10	C	Merritt Ranew*	24	71	239	218	26	51	6	8	4	24	2	2	14	43	.234	.287	.390	.677	86	85	2	3	2	2	5
11	IF	Billy Goodman*	36	82	174	161	12	41	4	1	0	10	0	0	12	11	.255	.306	.292	.598	67	47	6	0	1	0	2
12	SS	J C Hartman	28	51	153	148	11	33	5	0	0	5	1	1	4	16	.223	.248	.257	.505	41	38	4	1	0	0	0
13	1B	Pidge Browne*	33	65	114	100	8	21	4	2	1	10	0	0	13	9	.210	.298	.320	.618	72	32	8	0	0	1	0
14	2B	Johnny Temple	34	31	107	95	14	25	4	0	0	12	1	0	7	11	.263	.311	.305	.616	72	29	2	0	4	1	0
15	SS	Don Buddin	28	40	100	80	10	13	4	1	2	10	0	0	17	17	.163	.316	.313	.629	75	25	4	1	2	0	2
16	C	Jim Campbell	25	27	92	86	6	19	4	0	3	6	0	0	6	23	.221	.272	.372	.644	77	32	3	0	0	0	0
17	CF	Al Heist	34	27	76	72	4	16	1	0	0	3	0	0	3	9	.222	.263	.236	.499	40	17	5	1	0	0	0
18	UT	Dave Roberts*	29	16	63	53	3	13	3	0	1	10	0	0	8	8	.245	.349	.358	.708	97	19	0	1	0	1	0
19	LF	Bob Cerv	37	19	33	31	2	7	0	0	2	3	0	0	2	10	.226	.273	.419	.692	89	13	2	0	0	0	0
20	OF	John Weekly	25	13	33	26	3	5	1	0	2	2	0	0	7	4	.192	.364	.462	.825	127	12	0	0	0	0	0
21	1B	Dick Gernert	33	10	29	24	1	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	7	.208	.345	.208	.553	58	5	0	0	0	0	0
22	OF	Don Taussig	30	16	27	25	1	5	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	11	.200	.259	.320	.579	60	8	1	0	0	0	0
23	CF	Ron Davis	20	6	16	14	1	3	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	7	.214	.267	.214	.481	35	3	1	0	0	0	0
24	SS	Ernie Fazio	20	12	14	12	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	5	.083	.214	.083	.298	-14	1	0	0	0	0	0
25	CF	Jim Busby	35	15	13	11	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	3	.182	.308	.182	.490	40	2	0	0	0	0	0
26	2B	George Williams	22	5	8	8	1	3	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	.375	.375	.500	.875	141	4	0	0	0	0	0
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
27	P	Turk Farrell	28	43	82	78	3	14	1	0	2	3	0	0	0	28	.179	.190	.269	.459	26	21	1	1	3	0	0
28	P	Bob Bruce	29	32	68	55	8	11	1	0	0	7	0	0	12	14	.200	.343	.218	.561	60	12	2	0	1	0	0
29	P	Ken Johnson	29	33	62	52	1	4	1	0	0	3	0	0	1	24	.077	.094	.096	.190	-47	5	2	0	9	0	0
30	P	Jim Golden*	26	43	59	54	7	12	2	2	0	8	0	0	1	6	.222	.250	.333	.583	60	18	1	1	3	0	0
31	P	Hal Woodeshick	29	31	43	37	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	15	.081	.150	.081	.231	-34	3	1	0	3	0	0
32	P	Dave Giusti	22	26	27	24	3	7	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	7	.292	.346	.333	.679	90	8	1	0	1	0	0
33	P	Dean Stone*	31	15	20	16	0	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	4	.250	.294	.250	.544	53	4	0	0	3	0	0
34	P	George Brunet	27	17	19	17	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	9	.059	.111	.059	.170	-51	1	0	0	1	0	0
35	P	Don McMahon	32	51	12	12	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.083	.083	.083	.167	-54	1	1	0	0	0	0
36	P	Jim Umbricht	31	34	10	9	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	.111	.111	.111	.222	-38	1	0	0	1	0	0
37	P	Russ Kemmerer	31	36	10	9	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.333	.400	.333	.733	106	3	0	0	0	0	0
38	P	Bobby Tiefenauer	32	43	10	9	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	.111	.200	.222	.422	17	2	0	0	0	0	0
39	P	Bobby Shantz	36	7	8	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
40	P	Dick Drott	25	6	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	1	0	0	0	0
41	P	Red Witt	30	8	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.250	.250	.250	.500	39	1	0	0	0	0	0
42	P	John Anderson	32	10	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
43	P	Al Cicotte	32	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
		Team Totals	29.9	162	6202	5558	592	1370	170	47	105	549	42	30	493	806	.246	.310	.351	.661	83	1949	132	38	75	34	37
		Rank in 10 NL teams				5	10	9	9	4	10		10	2	9	1	9	10	10	10		10		6		9
		Non-Pitcher Totals	30.1	162	5762	5168	565	1307	163	45	103	523	42	30	470	680	.253	.318	.362	.679	88	1869	122	36	50	34	37
		Pitcher Totals	28.3	162	440	390	27	63	7	2	2	26	0	0	23	126	.162	.212	.205	.417	16	80	10	2	25	0	0
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB

Team Pitching

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Team Pitching
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1	SP	Turk Farrell	28	10	20	.333	3.02	43	29	9	11	2	4	241.2	210	91	81	21	55	2	203	5	0	9	981	124	2.81	1.097	7.8	0.8	2.0	7.6	3.69
2	SP	Ken Johnson	29	7	16	.304	3.84	33	31	0	5	1	0	197.0	195	100	84	18	46	1	178	7	1	6	826	98	2.80	1.223	8.9	0.8	2.1	8.1	3.87
3	SP	Bob Bruce	29	10	9	.526	4.06	32	27	0	6	0	0	175.0	164	92	79	16	82	3	135	12	1	7	765	92	3.87	1.406	8.4	0.8	4.2	6.9	1.65
4	SP	Hal Woodeshick*	29	5	16	.238	4.39	31	26	3	2	1	0	139.1	161	84	68	3	54	1	82	3	1	13	630	85	2.95	1.543	10.4	0.2	3.5	5.3	1.52
5	SP	George Brunet*	27	2	4	.333	4.50	17	11	3	2	0	0	54.0	62	31	27	2	21	1	36	0	0	1	238	84	2.93	1.537	10.3	0.3	3.5	6.0	1.71
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
6	CL	Don McMahon	32	5	5	.500	1.53	51	0	40	0	0	8	76.2	53	14	13	4	33	1	69	1	0	8	306	247	2.83	1.122	6.2	0.5	3.9	8.1	2.09
7	RP	Jim Golden	26	7	11	.389	4.07	37	18	4	5	2	1	152.2	163	84	69	13	50	4	88	0	1	7	662	92	3.55	1.395	9.6	0.8	2.9	5.2	1.76
8	RP	Bobby Tiefenauer	32	2	4	.333	4.34	43	0	20	0	0	1	85.0	91	42	41	6	21	2	60	2	1	0	360	87	2.93	1.318	9.6	0.6	2.2	6.4	2.86
9	RP	Russ Kemmerer	31	5	3	.625	4.10	36	2	15	0	0	3	68.0	72	34	31	10	15	1	23	3	0	2	283	92	4.65	1.279	9.5	1.3	2.0	3.0	1.53
10	RP	Jim Umbricht	31	4	0	1.000	2.01	34	0	21	0	0	2	67.0	51	19	15	3	17	1	55	2	0	3	263	187	2.41	1.015	6.9	0.4	2.3	7.4	3.24
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
11		Dave Giusti	22	2	3	.400	5.62	22	5	5	0	0	0	73.2	82	49	46	7	30	1	43	0	0	13	327	67	3.91	1.520	10.0	0.9	3.7	5.3	1.43
12		Dean Stone*	31	3	2	.600	4.47	15	7	3	2	2	0	52.1	61	31	26	4	20	0	31	1	0	2	231	84	3.63	1.548	10.5	0.7	3.4	5.3	1.55
13		Bobby Shantz*	36	1	1	.500	1.31	3	3	0	1	0	0	20.2	15	4	3	1	5	0	14	0	0	0	78	292	2.62	0.968	6.5	0.4	2.2	6.1	2.80
14		John Anderson	32	0	0		5.09	10	0	1	0	0	0	17.2	26	12	10	1	3	1	6	0	0	1	81	75	3.18	1.642	13.2	0.5	1.5	3.1	2.00
15		Red Witt	30	0	2	.000	7.04	8	2	2	0	0	0	15.1	20	14	12	2	9	0	10	1	0	0	73	55	4.96	1.891	11.7	1.2	5.3	5.9	1.11
16		Dick Drott	25	1	0	1.000	7.62	6	1	1	0	0	0	13.0	12	12	11	1	9	0	10	0	0	2	60	51	4.16	1.615	8.3	0.7	6.2	6.9	1.11
17		Al Cicotte	32	0	0		3.86	5	0	1	0	0	0	4.2	8	4	2	1	1	0	4	0	0	0	22	106	4.33	1.929	15.4	1.9	1.9	7.7	4.00
		Team Totals	28.8	64	96	.400	3.83	162	162	128	34	8	19	1453.2	1446	717	618	113	471	19	1047	37	5	74	6186	98	3.24	1.319	9.0	0.7	2.9	6.5	2.22
		Rank in 10 NL teams		8	3		7				9	6	9	5	7	7	7	1	3		2
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W