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1963 Durham Bulls

1963 > Class A > 1963 Carolina League (West)
Overall: 78-65
Scored 715 runs, Allowed 680 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 75-68

Affiliation: Houston Colt .45's-NL
Manager: Billy Goodman
Represented: Durham, NC
Ballpark: n/a
Attendance: n/a
Other Years: 1962 / 1964

Team Batting

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer
Rk Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1 Dave Adlesh 19 20 73 16 3 0 3 .219 .384 28
2 Don Altman 24 7 10 3 1 0 0 .300 .400 4
3 Don Arlich* 20 24 51 6 0 0 0 .118 .118 6
4 Bobby Black 19 3 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 0
5 Bucky Brandon 22 32 79 20 3 0 3 .253 .405 32
6 Tom Burgmeier* 19 15 23 3 0 0 0 .130 .130 3
7 John Caffery 29 11 17 3 1 0 0 .176 .235 4
8 Joseph Clement* 23 39 34 4 2 0 0 .118 .176 6
9 Danny Coombs 21 5 9 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 0
10 Clint Courtney* 36 38 113 24 5 0 6 .212 .416 47
11 Sammy Fountain 25 46 16 6 1 0 0 .375 .438 7 Stats for 2 teams
12 Billy Goodman* 37 71 175 62 12 0 6 .354 .526 92
13 John Harms 21 35 21 4 1 0 1 .190 .381 8
14 Chuck Harrison 22 44 159 45 6 1 7 .283 .465 74
15 Roy Hartless* 23 141 527 142 26 9 17 .269 .450 237
16 James Holbrook 21 27 68 5 0 0 0 .074 .074 5
17 Larry Huebner 24 23 34 7 1 0 0 .206 .235 8
18 Lee Hyman 20 47 153 24 3 0 1 .157 .196 30
19 Joel Kelfer 23 78 230 42 9 2 1 .183 .252 58
20 Jimmy Marrujo 19 7 14 2 1 0 0 .143 .214 3
21 Walt Matthews* 28 136 474 134 21 3 30 .283 .530 251
22 Joe Morgan* 19 95 322 107 20 2 13 .332 .528 170
23 Guinn Murray* 23 145 457 106 9 3 2 .232 .278 127
24 Tommy Murray 21 144 528 135 25 1 25 .256 .449 237
25 Kenneth Pate* 21 26 32 6 1 0 0 .188 .219 7
26 Robert Rikard 30 119 339 82 13 1 22 .242 .481 163
27 Paul Runge* 22 50 149 33 5 0 0 .221 .255 38
28 James Todhunter 20 98 342 91 10 4 6 .266 .371 127
29 Fred White 22 7 11 1 0 0 0 .091 .091 1
30 Walt Williams 19 32 117 28 6 2 3 .239 .402 47
31 Thomas Willwerth 25 37 12 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 0
32 James Zwergel 20 30 23 2 0 1 0 .087 .174 4 Stats for 2 teams
32 Players 23.7 143 5431 4584 715 1136 185 28 146 627 29 15 727 983 .248 .352 .396 .748 1815 30 57 33 32
Only players for whom we have stats are shown. See roster for more complete team list.

Team Pitching

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer
Rk Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1 Don Altman 24 0 1 .000 4.50 7 3 34.0 35 22 17 5 19 1.588 9.3 1.3 5.0
2 Don Arlich* 20 10 7 .588 4.05 24 24 140.0 142 84 63 19 47 1.350 9.1 1.2 3.0
3 Bobby Black 19 0 1 .000 13.50 3 1 4.0 9 7 6 1 8 4.250 20.2 2.2 18.0
4 Bucky Brandon 22 14 6 .700 3.26 32 29 196.0 156 86 71 19 95 1.281 7.2 0.9 4.4
5 Tom Burgmeier* 19 3 9 .250 4.74 15 15 76.0 98 55 40 6 30 1.684 11.6 0.7 3.6
6 John Caffery* 29 4 2 .667 5.11 11 8 44.0 43 31 25 3 24 1.523 8.8 0.6 4.9
7 Joseph Clement 23 7 6 .538 4.25 39 5 106.0 109 62 50 10 30 1.311 9.3 0.8 2.5
8 Danny Coombs* 21 1 2 .333 4.94 5 5 31.0 40 25 17 2 22 2.000 11.6 0.6 6.4
9 Sammy Fountain 25 8 5 .615 4.00 46 2 81.0 65 42 36 2 57 1.506 7.2 0.2 6.3 Stats for 2 teams
10 John Harms 21 4 3 .571 3.60 35 0 75.0 72 39 30 5 50 1.627 8.6 0.6 6.0
11 James Holbrook 21 14 7 .667 3.51 27 27 177.0 183 90 69 16 60 1.373 9.3 0.8 3.1
12 Larry Huebner 24 8 6 .571 3.79 23 15 107.0 119 55 45 9 20 1.299 10.0 0.8 1.7
13 Jimmy Marrujo 19 2 3 .400 3.55 7 4 38.0 33 17 15 4 10 1.132 7.8 0.9 2.4
14 Kenneth Pate* 21 3 6 .333 3.35 26 5 86.0 72 41 32 9 41 1.314 7.5 0.9 4.3
15 Thomas Willwerth* 25 7 2 .778 4.88 37 0 59.0 57 37 32 8 37 1.593 8.7 1.2 5.6
16 James Zwergel 20 6 5 .545 6.91 30 8 82.0 100 66 63 11 48 1.805 11.0 1.2 5.3 Stats for 2 teams
16 Players 22.2 78 65 .545 4.05 143 143 98 45 13 1200.0 1202 680 540 120 512 31 895 30 3 62 5307 1.428 9.0 0.9 3.8 6.7 1.75

Team Fielding--By Pos

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer

C

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB SB CS CS% lgCS% PO
Robert Rikard 91 542 28 10 .983 6.26
Clint Courtney 34 201 15 3 .986 6.35
Dave Adlesh 19 123 10 3 .978 7.00

1B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Billy Goodman 32 238 16 3 .988 7.94

2B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Joe Morgan 95 217 273 24 .953 5.16
Joel Kelfer 37 67 84 10 .938 4.08

3B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Tommy Murray 113 102 258 14 .963 3.19
Chuck Harrison 32 35 59 17 .847 2.94

SS

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
James Todhunter 98 125 297 42 .909 4.31
Lee Hyman 47 84 110 14 .933 4.13

OF

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Guinn Murray 144 264 13 15 .949 1.92
Roy Hartless 139 201 12 7 .968 1.53
Walt Matthews 110 160 6 10 .943 1.51
Walt Williams 29 35 1 1 .973 1.24
Paul Runge 20 16 1 0 1.000 0.85

P

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Sammy Fountain 46 0.00 Stats for 2 teams
Joseph Clement 39 0.00
Thomas Willwerth 37 0.00
John Harms 35 0.00
Bucky Brandon 32 0.00
James Zwergel 30 0.00 Stats for 2 teams
James Holbrook 27 0.00
Kenneth Pate 26 0.00
Don Arlich 24 0.00
Larry Huebner 23 0.00
Tom Burgmeier 15 0.00
John Caffery 11 0.00
Don Altman 7 0.00
Jimmy Marrujo 7 0.00
Danny Coombs 5 0.00
Bobby Black 3 0.00

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Birthplace
Dave Adlesh 19 R R 6' 0.0" 187 Jul 15, 1943 Long Beach, CA, US
Don Altman 24 R R 5' 11.0" 180 Mar 14, 1939
Don Arlich 20 L L 6' 2.0" 185 Feb 15, 1943 Wayne, MI, US
Bobby Black 19 R R 6' 3.0" 180 Nov 6, 1943
Bucky Brandon 22 R R 6' 2.0" 200 Jul 8, 1940 Nacogdoches, TX, US
Tom Burgmeier 19 L L 5' 11.0" 185 Aug 2, 1943 St. Paul, MN, US
John Caffery 29 R L 6' 1.0" 175 Jun 30, 1934 Kingston, ON, CA
Joseph Clement 23 L R 6' 1.0" 185 Sep 25, 1939
Danny Coombs 21 R L 6' 4.0" 200 Mar 23, 1942 Lincoln, ME, US
Clint Courtney 36 L R 5' 8.0" 180 Mar 16, 1927 Hall Summit, LA, US
Sammy Fountain 25 R R 6' 2.0" 180 1938
Billy Goodman 37 L R 5' 11.0" 165 Mar 22, 1926 Concord, NC, US
John Harms 21 R R 6' 2.0" 195 Apr 13, 1942
Chuck Harrison 22 R R 5' 10.0" 185 Apr 25, 1941 Abilene, TX, US
Roy Hartless 23 L R 5' 11.0" 175 1940
James Holbrook 21 R R 6' 0.0" 190 Aug 15, 1941
Larry Huebner 24 R R 6' 0.0" 190 Mar 31, 1939 Appleton, WI, US
Lee Hyman 20 R R 6' 0.0" 165 1943
Joel Kelfer 23 R R 5' 10.0" 175 1940
Jimmy Marrujo 19 R R 5' 11.0" 180 Aug 27, 1943 Claremore, OK, US
Walt Matthews 28 L L 6' 2.0" 200 Oct 19, 1934 Ashdown, AR, US
Joe Morgan 19 L R 5' 7.0" 160 Sep 19, 1943 Bonham, TX, US
Guinn Murray 23 L R 5' 10.0" 175 1940
Tommy Murray 21 R R 6' 0.0" 190 Mar 22, 1942 Marshall, TX, US
Kenneth Pate 21 L L 5' 11.0" 170 1942
Robert Rikard 30 R R 6' 1.0" 195 1933
Paul Runge 22 L R 6' 1.0" 190 Oct 20, 1940 St. Catharines, ON, CA
James Todhunter 20 R R 5' 11.0" 155 Mar 14, 1943
Fred White 22 R R 6' 3.0" 200 Nov 4, 1940
Walt Williams 19 R R 5' 6.0" 165 Dec 19, 1943 Brownwood, TX, US
Thomas Willwerth 25 R L 6' 2.0" 170 1938
James Zwergel 20 R R 6' 3.0" 200 Aug 9, 1942 Pittsburgh, PA, US

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