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1963 Batavia Pirates

1963 > Class A > 1963 New York-Pennsylvania League
Overall: 63-67
Scored 634 runs, Allowed 680 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 61-69

Affiliation: Pittsburgh Pirates-NL
Manager: Buddy Hancken
Represented: Batavia, NY
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 Vallee Abbott# 22 21 57 10 1 1 0 .175 .228 13
2 Robert Baird 20 27 42 9 0 0 0 .214 .214 9
3 Marcel Blais 20 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 0
4 William Bradley* 21 18 68 13 3 1 1 .191 .309 21
5 Everett Bredimus* 20 3 4 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 0
6 Jeffrey Broms 20 32 40 2 0 0 0 .050 .050 2
7 Byron Browne 20 128 481 140 19 5 32 .291 .551 265
8 Richard Butler 23 17 32 1 0 0 0 .031 .031 1
9 Henry Cooley 23 3 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 0
10 Andrew Daviault 18 24 45 6 0 0 0 .133 .133 6
11 Ronald Fiorella* 19 57 73 12 1 0 0 .164 .178 13
12 Buddy Hancken 48 1 2 1 0 0 0 .500 .500 1
13 James Hassett 20 125 467 109 14 1 8 .233 .319 149
14 Norm Housley 20 71 272 54 7 0 8 .199 .313 85
15 Luis Isaac 17 8 9 2 0 0 0 .222 .222 2
16 William Kuklenski 22 21 41 6 0 0 2 .146 .293 12
17 Robert Lamkin 21 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 0
18 Bob Lee 25 27 66 18 2 1 4 .273 .515 34
19 Lenny Levine 19 11 16 2 1 0 0 .125 .188 3
20 Jose Martinez 20 69 273 85 17 6 14 .311 .571 156
21 Ross Mersinger 20 17 17 2 0 0 1 .118 .294 5
22 Frederick Michalski 21 80 268 66 14 1 17 .246 .496 133
23 John Moffett 19 36 86 20 7 1 0 .233 .337 29
24 Larry Nichols 23 110 387 104 18 2 21 .269 .488 189
25 Andy Occhionero 20 5 6 1 0 0 0 .167 .167 1
26 Stephen Piestrak 21 8 26 3 0 0 0 .115 .115 3
27 Juan Reyes 22 130 476 133 23 1 4 .279 .357 170
28 Gary Robinson 20 69 254 60 12 3 7 .236 .390 99
29 Richard Schlenker 19 6 12 1 0 0 0 .083 .083 1
30 James Shade* 20 3 3 1 0 0 0 .333 .333 1
31 Albert Stirk 19 3 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 0
32 Carl Taylor 19 120 394 116 13 5 11 .294 .437 172
33 John Thomas* 19 51 185 25 5 0 5 .135 .243 45
34 Gary Vinisky 20 20 15 3 0 0 0 .200 .200 3 Stats for 2 teams
35 Gilbert Watts 26 47 150 51 10 0 7 .340 .547 82
36 Thomas White 22 17 35 2 0 0 0 .057 .057 2
37 Lawrence Zuidmuider 22 2 2 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 0
37 Players 20.7 130 4851 4251 634 1082 167 29 141 575 80 29 470 1178 .255 .332 .407 .739 1730 44 47 39 22
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 Robert Baird 20 4 3 .571 5.40 27 8 80.0 89 81 48 12 55 1.800 10.0 1.4 6.2
2 Marcel Blais 20 0 0 27.00 1 1 1.0 3 3 3 1 0 3.000 27.0 9.0 0.0
3 Everett Bredimus* 20 0 0 9.00 3 0 10.0 9 11 10 1 6 1.500 8.1 0.9 5.4
4 Jeffrey Broms 20 5 9 .357 4.39 32 15 127.0 122 81 62 18 70 1.512 8.6 1.3 5.0
5 Richard Butler 23 8 5 .615 2.82 17 15 102.0 71 39 32 10 57 1.255 6.3 0.9 5.0
6 Henry Cooley 23 0 2 .000 5.14 3 1 7.0 6 5 4 2 4 1.429 7.7 2.6 5.1
7 Andrew Daviault 18 8 8 .500 3.17 24 21 145.0 133 64 51 16 66 1.372 8.3 1.0 4.1
8 Ronald Fiorella* 19 9 9 .500 2.96 41 10 146.0 118 74 48 9 95 1.459 7.3 0.6 5.9
9 Buddy Hancken 48 0 1 .000 12.86 1 0 7.0 13 11 10 3 3 2.286 16.7 3.9 3.9
10 William Kuklenski 22 0 5 .000 4.50 11 3 32.0 38 27 16 6 14 1.625 10.7 1.7 3.9
11 Bob Lee 25 20 2 .909 1.70 27 20 185.0 136 57 35 9 47 0.989 6.6 0.4 2.3
12 Lenny Levine 19 1 4 .200 8.47 11 5 34.0 46 44 32 7 26 2.118 12.2 1.9 6.9
13 Ross Mersinger 20 1 5 .167 6.30 17 6 50.0 61 46 35 7 37 1.960 11.0 1.3 6.7
14 John Moffett 19 0 0 9.00 1 0 1.0 1 1 1 1 0 1.000 9.0 9.0 0.0
15 Andy Occhionero* 20 1 2 .333 12.46 5 4 13.0 25 18 18 4 10 2.692 17.3 2.8 6.9
16 Gary Robinson 20 2 3 .400 3.50 10 4 36.0 31 25 14 2 31 1.722 7.8 0.5 7.8
17 James Shade* 20 0 0 9.00 3 0 6.0 9 8 6 1 0 1.500 13.5 1.5 0.0
18 Albert Stirk 19 0 1 .000 14.14 3 0 7.0 16 16 11 2 5 3.000 20.6 2.6 6.4
19 Roberto Urbano 19 0 0 9.00 1 0 1.0 1 2 1 0 1 2.000 9.0 0.0 9.0
20 Gary Vinisky 20 3 1 .750 5.87 20 2 46.0 52 38 30 6 19 1.543 10.2 1.2 3.7 Stats for 2 teams
21 Gilbert Watts 26 0 0 18.00 1 0 1.0 2 2 2 0 2 4.000 18.0 0.0 18.0
22 Thomas White 22 4 8 .333 3.65 17 14 106.0 105 58 43 11 38 1.349 8.9 0.9 3.2
23 Lawrence Zuidmuider* 22 0 0 6.75 2 2 4.0 6 7 3 1 1 1.750 13.5 2.2 2.2
23 Players 20.8 63 67 .485 3.96 130 130 87 43 7 1101.0 1151 680 485 123 568 11 1137 22 6 93 4818 1.561 9.4 1.0 4.6 9.3 2.00

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
Carl Taylor 112 1000 74 18 .984 9.59
John Moffett 19 133 2 6 .957 7.11

1B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Norm Housley 68 476 38 10 .981 7.56
John Thomas 50 329 25 19 .949 7.08

2B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Jose Martinez 69 137 175 16 .951 4.52

3B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Juan Reyes 87 79 113 24 .889 2.21
Gilbert Watts 29 23 42 8 .890 2.24

SS

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Frederick Michalski 80 98 167 30 .898 3.31

OF

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
James Hassett 121 194 20 10 .955 1.77
Larry Nichols 101 109 20 3 .977 1.28
Byron Browne 86 116 4 10 .923 1.40
Gary Robinson 57 117 18 14 .906 2.37
William Bradley 17 21 3 3 .889 1.41

P

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Ronald Fiorella 41 0.00
Jeffrey Broms 32 0.00
Robert Baird 27 0.00
Bob Lee 27 0.00
Andrew Daviault 24 0.00
Gary Vinisky 20 0.00 Stats for 2 teams
Richard Butler 17 0.00
Ross Mersinger 17 0.00
Thomas White 17 0.00
William Kuklenski 11 0.00
Lenny Levine 11 0.00
Andy Occhionero 5 0.00
Everett Bredimus 3 0.00
Henry Cooley 3 0.00
James Shade 3 0.00
Albert Stirk 3 0.00
Lawrence Zuidmuider 2 0.00
Marcel Blais 1 0.00
Buddy Hancken 1 0.00
Roberto Urbano 1 0.00

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Birthplace
Vallee Abbott 22 S R 6' 1.0" 170 1941
Robert Baird 20 R R 6' 1.0" 195 1943
Marcel Blais 20 R R 6' 0.0" 189 1943
William Bradley 21 L L 6' 0.0" 185 1942
Everett Bredimus 20 L L 5' 11.0" 183 1943
Jeffrey Broms 20 R R 6' 3.0" 180 1943
Byron Browne 20 R R 6' 2.0" 190 Dec 27, 1942 St. Joseph, MO, US
Richard Butler 23 R R 6' 3.0" 205 Nov 18, 1939
Henry Cooley 23 R R 5' 10.0" 170 1940
Andrew Daviault 18 R R 5' 10.0" 170 Oct 4, 1944
Ronald Fiorella 19 L L 5' 11.0" 180 Nov 2, 1943
Buddy Hancken 48 R R 6' 1.0" 175 Aug 30, 1914 Birmingham, AL, US
James Hassett 20 R R 6' 2.0" 185 1943
Norm Housley 20 R R 6' 0.0" 195 Jul 26, 1942
Luis Isaac 17 R R 5' 11.0" 195 Jun 19, 1946 Rio Piedres, PR
William Kuklenski 22 R R 5' 11.0" 165 1941
Robert Lamkin 21 R R 6' 0.0" 200 1942
Bob Lee 25 R R 6' 3.0" 225 Nov 26, 1937 Ottumwa, IA, US
Lenny Levine 19 R R 6' 1.0" 190 1944
Jose Martinez 20 R R 6' 0.0" 178 Jul 26, 1942 Cardenas, Matanzas, CU
Ross Mersinger 20 R R 6' 2.0" 220 1943
Frederick Michalski 21 R R 6' 1.0" 180 Oct 31, 1941
John Moffett 19 R R 5' 11.0" 170 1944
Larry Nichols 23 R R 6' 1.0" 195 1940
Andy Occhionero 20 R L 5' 11.0" 165 1943
Stephen Piestrak 21 R R 6' 0.0" 175 1942
Juan Reyes 22 R R 6' 0.0" 190 1941
Gary Robinson 20 R R 6' 1.0" 180 Feb 13, 1943
Richard Schlenker 19 R R 5' 11.0" 188 1944
James Shade 20 L L 6' 1.0" 186 1943
Albert Stirk 19 R R 6' 2.0" 195 1944
Carl Taylor 19 R R 6' 2.0" 200 Jan 20, 1944 Sarasota, FL, US
John Thomas 19 L R 6' 2.0" 175 Apr 11, 1944
Roberto Urbano 19 R R 5' 9.0" 151 1944
Gary Vinisky 20 R R 6' 0.0" 165 1943
Gilbert Watts 26 R R 5' 11.0" 174 1937
Thomas White 22 R R 6' 0.0" 160 1941
Lawrence Zuidmuider 22 R L 6' 3.0" 175 1941

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