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1962 Houston Colt .45's Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1963)
64-96, Finished 8th in National League
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Scored 592 runs, Allowed 717 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 66-94
Manager: Harry Craft (64-96)
Ballpark: Colt Stadium (ballparks.com)
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
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1963 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played

Team Roster & Games By Position

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Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR
Joey Amalfitano 28 R R 5' 11" 180 Jan 23, 1934 5 117 100 117 117 0 0 0 110 5 0 0 0 0 0 4 6
John Anderson 29 R R 6' 1" 190 Nov 23, 1932 3 10 0 10 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bob Aspromonte 24 R R 6' 2" 185 Jun 19, 1938 4 149 146 149 149 0 0 0 1 142 11 0 0 0 0 2 0
Pidge Browne 33 L L 6' 1" 190 Mar 21, 1929 1st 65 17 65 65 0 0 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 43 0
Bob Bruce 29 R R 6' 3" 210 May 16, 1933 4 32 27 32 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
George Brunet 27 R L 6' 1" 210 Jun 8, 1935 6 17 11 17 17 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Don Buddin 28 R R 5' 11" 178 May 5, 1934 6 40 25 40 40 0 0 0 0 9 27 0 0 0 0 8 1
Jim Busby 35 R R 6' 1" 175 Jan 8, 1927 13 15 2 15 15 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 8 1 10 4 5
Jim Campbell 25 R R 6' 0" 190 Jun 24, 1937 1st 27 25 27 27 0 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Bob Cerv 36 R R May 5, 1926 12 19 5 19 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 6 13 0
Al Cicotte 32 R R 6' 3" 185 Dec 23, 1929 5 5 0 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ron Davis 20 R R 6' 0" 180 Oct 21, 1941 1st 6 4 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 5 0 2
Dick Drott 25 R R 6' 0" 185 Jul 1, 1936 6 6 1 6 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Turk Farrell 28 R R 6' 4" 220 Apr 8, 1934 7 43 29 43 43 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 All-Star
Ernie Fazio 20 R R 5' 7" 165 Jan 25, 1942 1st 12 3 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 2 6
Dick Gernert 33 R R 6' 3" 210 Sep 28, 1928 11 10 7 10 10 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Dave Giusti 22 R R 5' 11" 195 Nov 27, 1939 1st 26 5 26 26 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2
Jim Golden 26 L R 6' 0" 175 Mar 20, 1936 3 43 18 43 43 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
Billy Goodman 36 L R 5' 11" 165 Mar 22, 1926 16 82 25 82 82 0 0 1 31 17 0 0 0 0 0 54 0
J.C. Hartman 28 R R 6' 0" 175 Apr 15, 1934 1st 51 42 51 51 0 0 0 0 0 48 0 0 0 0 2 2
Al Heist 34 R R 6' 2" 185 Oct 5, 1927 3 27 19 27 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 0 23 6 0
Ken Johnson 29 R R 6' 4" 210 Jun 16, 1933 5 33 31 33 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Russ Kemmerer 30 R R 6' 3" 200 Nov 1, 1931 8 36 2 36 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Norm Larker 31 L L 6' 0" 200 Dec 27, 1930 5 147 135 147 147 0 0 135 0 0 0 6 0 0 6 12 0
Bob Lillis 32 R R 5' 11" 160 Jun 2, 1930 5 129 119 129 129 0 0 0 33 9 99 0 0 0 0 1 3
Don McMahon 32 R R 6' 2" 222 Jan 4, 1930 6 51 0 51 51 51 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Roman Mejias 31 R R 6' 0" 175 Aug 9, 1930 7 146 137 146 146 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 142 142 7 1
Jim Pendleton 38 R R 6' 0" 185 Jan 7, 1924 8 117 72 117 117 0 0 8 0 3 2 63 7 22 90 26 5
Merritt Ranew 24 L R 5' 10" 180 May 10, 1938 1st 71 51 71 71 0 58 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 0
Dave Roberts 29 L L 6' 0" 172 Jun 30, 1933 1st 16 11 16 16 0 0 6 0 0 0 7 0 5 12 4 1
Bobby Shantz 36 R L 5' 6" 142 Sep 26, 1925 14 7 3 7 7 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
Hal Smith 31 R R 6' 0" 195 Dec 7, 1930 8 109 89 109 109 0 92 2 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 15 0
Al Spangler 28 L L 6' 0" 175 Jul 8, 1933 4 129 109 129 129 0 0 0 0 0 0 92 29 0 121 15 3
Dean Stone 31 L L 6' 4" 205 Sep 1, 1930 7 15 7 15 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Don Taussig 30 R R 6' 0" 180 Feb 19, 1932 3 16 3 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 4 13 0
Johnny Temple 34 R R 5' 11" 175 Aug 8, 1927 11 31 24 31 31 0 0 0 26 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
Bobby Tiefenauer 32 R R 6' 2" 185 Oct 10, 1929 5 43 0 43 43 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jim Umbricht 31 R R 6' 4" 215 Sep 17, 1930 4 34 0 34 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Carl Warwick 25 R L 5' 10" 170 Feb 27, 1937 2 130 121 130 130 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 117 7 128 8 1
Johnny Weekly 25 R R 6' 0" 200 Jun 14, 1937 1st 13 5 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 4 7 7 0
George Williams 22 R R 5' 11" 165 Oct 23, 1939 2 5 0 5 5 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1
George Witt 28 R R 6' 3" 200 Nov 9, 1933 6 8 2 8 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hal Woodeshick 29 R L 6' 3" 200 Aug 24, 1932 6 31 26 31 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR

1963 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played