1963 Modesto Colts

1963 > Class A > 1963 California League
Overall: 72-68

Affiliation: Houston Colt .45's-NL
Manager: Dave Philley
Represented: Modesto, CA
Ballpark: John Thurman Field (Modesto, CA)
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	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	Robert Ackerman	--	10		21		2	0	0	0						.095		.095		2
2	Nicomedes Aizpurua	21	57		199		41	5	0	1						.206		.246		49
3	Jerome Brown	19	4		5		0	0	0	0						.000		.000		0
4	Gaynor Cawley#	21	9		6		0	0	0	0						.000		.000		0
5	Ron Cole	20	22		38		7	0	0	1						.184		.263		10
6	Danny Coombs	21	23		56		6	1	0	1						.107		.179		10
7	Raymond Earls	23	16		34		3	0	0	0						.088		.088		3
8	Raymond Ferrand	20	38		149		50	7	2	2						.336		.450		67
9	Joseph Flood	20	9		12		1	0	0	0						.083		.083		1
10	Robert Frati	22	70		172		32	5	1	0						.186		.227		39					Stats for 2 teams
11	Tommy Fullen	20	31		21		6	0	0	0						.286		.286		6
12	Alan Goldfield	19	10		13		0	0	0	0						.000		.000		0
13	James Hansen	25	35		17		2	0	0	0						.118		.118		2
14	John Hoffman*	19	85		295		74	8	3	9						.251		.390		115
15	Doug Holmquist	21	40		126		30	6	1	3						.238		.373		47
16	Lee Hyman	20	90		350		96	21	2	5						.274		.389		136
17	Sonny Jackson*	18	139		579		172	19	7	3						.297		.370		214
18	Tom Johnson	20	129		448		114	19	1	13						.254		.388		174
19	Richard Loughridge*	22	20		34		8	1	0	0						.235		.265		9
20	Jack Lucas	19	11		27		5	3	0	0						.185		.296		8
21	Larry Mason	20	29		37		6	1	0	0						.162		.189		7
22	Kenneth McCain	21	39		144		40	9	0	5						.278		.444		64
23	Leon McFadden	19	22		49		11	2	1	1						.224		.367		18
24	Joe Morgan*	19	45		152		40	5	3	5						.263		.434		66
25	Ed Moxey	20	75		261		93	19	3	12						.356		.590		154
26	Allison Owen*	27	41		143		39	9	1	2						.273		.392		56
27	John Paciorek	18	78		274		60	15	4	9						.219		.401		110
28	Dave Philley#	43	6		10		4	0	0	0						.400		.400		4
29	Fred Rivero	20	7		3		0	0	0	0						.000		.000		0
30	Paul Runge*	22	55		190		48	9	1	0						.253		.311		59
31	Carroll Sembera	21	26		75		14	4	1	0						.187		.267		20
32	Raymond Staub*	21	4		3		0	0	0	0						.000		.000		0
33	James Todhunter	20	43		152		41	8	1	1						.270		.355		54
34	Len Tucker	33	92		353		115	16	2	26						.326		.603		213
35	Charles Willett	21	26		46		4	1	0	0						.087		.109		5
36	Walt Williams	19	73		302		115	13	7	6						.381		.530		160
	36 Players	21.0	140	5456	4719	822	1262	204	41	105	712	150	34	648	1116	.267	.358	.395	.752	1863	34	19	36	26

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	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9
1	Robert Ackerman	--	0	1	.000	6.00	10	0	24.0	26	19	16	2	10	1.500	9.8	0.8	3.8
2	Jerome Brown	19	1	0	1.000	5.29	4	3	17.0	19	11	10	0	11	1.765	10.1	0.0	5.8
3	Gaynor Cawley*	21	1	0	1.000	5.14	9	0	21.0	24	14	12	0	11	1.667	10.3	0.0	4.7
4	Ron Cole	20	6	6	.500	5.46	22	12	94.0	116	78	57	9	50	1.766	11.1	0.9	4.8
5	Danny Coombs*	21	9	10	.474	3.48	23	22	155.0	134	82	60	5	112	1.587	7.8	0.3	6.5
6	Raymond Earls	23	7	5	.583	4.30	16	11	92.0	98	52	44	7	36	1.457	9.6	0.7	3.5
7	Joseph Flood	20	0	4	.000	4.71	9	6	42.0	54	26	22	5	15	1.643	11.6	1.1	3.2
8	Tommy Fullen	20	3	6	.333	7.48	31	4	71.0	97	73	59	12	32	1.817	12.3	1.5	4.1
9	Alan Goldfield*	19	2	3	.400	5.49	10	8	41.0	44	28	25	4	31	1.829	9.7	0.9	6.8
10	James Hansen	25	5	1	.833	3.86	35	0	56.0	56	26	24	4	21	1.375	9.0	0.6	3.4
11	Tom Johnson	20	0	0		9.00	1	0	2.0	1	2	2	0	3	2.000	4.5	0.0	13.5
12	Jack Lucas	19	7	3	.700	3.41	11	10	66.0	61	33	25	8	25	1.303	8.3	1.1	3.4
13	Larry Mason	20	4	4	.500	4.67	29	9	104.0	98	64	54	8	89	1.798	8.5	0.7	7.7
14	Leon McFadden	19	5	8	.385	5.40	22	12	90.0	106	63	54	3	54	1.778	10.6	0.3	5.4
15	Fred Rivero	20	2	1	.667	9.00	7	0	9.0	10	10	9	1	8	2.000	10.0	1.0	8.0
16	Carroll Sembera	21	12	7	.632	3.95	26	23	164.0	151	94	72	10	89	1.463	8.3	0.5	4.9
17	Charles Willett	21	8	9	.471	3.68	26	20	132.0	96	68	54	11	67	1.235	6.5	0.8	4.6
	17 Players	20.8	72	68	.514		140	140

Team Fielding--By Pos

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer

C

	G	PO	A	E	Fld%	RF/G
John Hoffman	75	558	55	21	.967	8.17
Robert Frati	60	104	28	12	.917	2.20	Stats for 2 teams
Doug Holmquist	32	282	10	8	.973	9.13

1B

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Len Tucker	92		813	51	28		.969	9.39
Allison Owen	39		270	16	8		.973	7.33

2B

	G	PO	A	E	Fld%	RF/G
Nicomedes Aizpurua	46	88	119	19	.916	4.50
Joe Morgan	45	81	104	15	.925	4.11
Raymond Ferrand	38	83	103	10	.949	4.89

3B

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Lee Hyman	85		74	131	11		.949	2.41

SS

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Sonny Jackson	101		163	255	35		.923	4.14
James Todhunter	25		37	51	10		.898	3.52

OF

	G	PO	A	E	Fld%	RF/G
Tom Johnson	106	172	9	13	.933	1.71
John Paciorek	78	131	8	6	.959	1.78
Walt Williams	72	88	9	4	.960	1.35
Ed Moxey	71	92	3	5	.950	1.34
Paul Runge	42	52	6	3	.951	1.38
Kenneth McCain	39	90	2	2	.979	2.36
Richard Loughridge	18	19	1	1	.952	1.11

P

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
James Hansen	35							0.00
Tommy Fullen	31							0.00
Larry Mason	29							0.00
Carroll Sembera	26							0.00
Charles Willett	26							0.00
Danny Coombs	23							0.00
Ron Cole	22							0.00
Leon McFadden	22							0.00
Raymond Earls	16							0.00
Jack Lucas	11							0.00
Robert Ackerman	10							0.00
Alan Goldfield	10							0.00
Gaynor Cawley	9							0.00
Joseph Flood	9							0.00
Fred Rivero	7							0.00
Jerome Brown	4							0.00

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors

	Age	B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Birthplace
Robert Ackerman	--	R	R			Unknown
Nicomedes Aizpurua	21	R	R	5' 11.0"	155	1942
Jerome Brown	19	R	R	6' 2.0"	220	1944
Gaynor Cawley	21	S	L	6' 0.0"	175	Jun 19, 1942
Ron Cole	20	R	R	5' 11.0"	175	Sep 26, 1942	King City, CA, US
Danny Coombs	21	R	L	6' 4.0"	200	Mar 23, 1942	Lincoln, ME, US
Raymond Earls	23	R	R	5' 10.0"	195	May 26, 1940
Raymond Ferrand	20	R	R	5' 10.0"	170	Jun 4, 1943
Joseph Flood	20	R	R	5' 11.0"	168	1943
Robert Frati	22	R	R	5' 11.0"	190	Jun 23, 1941	Santa Rosa, CA, US
Tommy Fullen	20	R	R	6' 2.0"	180	Mar 22, 1943
Alan Goldfield	19	R	L	5' 11.0"	168	Jul 20, 1943	Brooklyn, NY, US
James Hansen	25	R	R	6' 1.0"	195	Aug 17, 1937	Portland, OR, US
John Hoffman	19	L	R	6' 0.0"	190	Oct 31, 1943	Aberdeen, SD, US
Doug Holmquist	21	R	R	6' 2.0"	195	Oct 4, 1941	Bridgeport, CT, US
Lee Hyman	20	R	R	6' 0.0"	165	1943
Sonny Jackson	18	L	R	5' 9.0"	150	Jul 9, 1944	Washington, DC, US
Tom Johnson	20	R	R	6' 1.0"	182	Dec 6, 1942	San Antonio, TX, US
Richard Loughridge	22	L	R	5' 11.0"	190	1941
Jack Lucas	19	R	R	6' 1.0"	170	1944
Larry Mason	20	R	R	6' 2.0"	175	Oct 22, 1942
Kenneth McCain	21	R	R	6' 2.0"	190	1942
Leon McFadden	19	R	R	6' 2.0"	195	Apr 26, 1944	Little Rock, AR, US
Joe Morgan	19	L	R	5' 7.0"	160	Sep 19, 1943	Bonham, TX, US
Ed Moxey	20	R	R	5' 7.0"	185	Jul 8, 1942	Nassau, BS
Allison Owen	27	L	R	5' 11.0"	185	1936
John Paciorek	18	R	R	6' 2.0"	200	Feb 11, 1945	Detroit, MI, US
Dave Philley	43	S	R	6' 0.0"	188	May 16, 1920	Paris, TX, US
Fred Rivero	20	R	R	6' 2.0"	185	1943
Paul Runge	22	L	R	6' 1.0"	190	Oct 20, 1940	St. Catharines, ON, CA
Carroll Sembera	21	R	R	6' 0.0"	155	Jul 26, 1941	Shiner, TX, US
Raymond Staub	21	L	L	5' 10.0"	170	1942
James Todhunter	20	R	R	5' 11.0"	155	Mar 14, 1943
Len Tucker	33	R	L	6' 2.0"	205	Nov 18, 1929	Mounds, IL, US
Charles Willett	21	R	R	6' 3.0"	205	Jul 29, 1941
Walt Williams	19	R	R	5' 6.0"	165	Dec 19, 1943	Brownwood, TX, US

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