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1962 Houston Colt .45's

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1963

64-96, Finished 8th in National League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Harry Craft (64-96)
Scored 592 runs, Allowed 717 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 66-94

Ballparks: 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

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1963 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Team Roster & Games By Position

Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR
Joey Amalfitano 28 R R 5' 11" 175 Jan 23, 1934 5 117 100 117 112 0 0 0 110 5 0 0 0 0 0 4 6 -1.2
John Anderson 32 R R 6' 1" 190 Nov 23, 1929 3 10 0 10 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2
Bob Aspromonte 24 R R 6' 2" 170 Jun 19, 1938 4 149 146 149 148 0 0 0 1 141 12 0 0 0 0 2 0 1.4
Pidge Browne 33 L L 6' 1" 190 Mar 21, 1929 1st 65 17 65 26 0 0 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 43 0 -0.1
Bob Bruce 29 R R 6' 3" 200 May 16, 1933 4 32 27 32 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.8
George Brunet 27 R L 6' 1" 195 Jun 8, 1935 6 17 11 17 17 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1
Don Buddin 28 R R 5' 11" 178 May 5, 1934 6 40 25 40 36 0 0 0 0 9 27 0 0 0 0 8 1 -0.1
Jim Busby 35 R R 6' 1" 175 Jan 8, 1927 13 15 2 15 11 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 8 1 10 4 5 -0.2
Jim Campbell 25 R R 6' 0" 190 Jun 24, 1937 1st 27 25 27 25 0 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 -0.1
Bob Cerv 36 R R 6' 0" 200 May 5, 1926 12 19 5 19 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 6 13 0 -0.3
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 -0.1
Ron Davis 20 R R 6' 0" 175 Oct 21, 1941 1st 6 4 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 5 0 2 -0.1
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 -0.5
Turk Farrell 28 R R 6' 4" 215 Apr 8, 1934 7 43 29 43 43 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7.6 All-Star
Ernie Fazio 20 R R 5' 7" 165 Jan 25, 1942 1st 12 3 12 10 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 2 6 -0.5
Dick Gernert 33 R R 6' 3" 209 Sep 28, 1928 11 10 7 10 9 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -0.1
Dave Giusti 22 R R 5' 11" 190 Nov 27, 1939 1st 26 5 26 22 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0.1
Jim Golden 26 L R 6' 0" 175 Mar 20, 1936 3 43 18 43 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1.7
Billy Goodman 36 L R 5' 11" 165 Mar 22, 1926 16 82 25 82 45 0 0 1 30 17 0 0 0 0 0 54 0 -0.4
J.C. Hartman 28 R R 6' 0" 175 Apr 15, 1934 1st 51 42 51 48 0 0 0 0 0 48 0 0 0 0 2 2 -0.8
Al Heist 34 R R 6' 2" 185 Oct 5, 1927 3 27 19 27 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 0 23 6 0 -0.9
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 2.4
Russ Kemmerer 30 R R 6' 2" 198 Nov 1, 1931 8 36 2 36 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.6
Norm Larker 31 L L 6' 0" 185 Dec 27, 1930 5 147 135 147 138 0 0 135 0 0 0 6 0 0 6 12 0 0.6
Bob Lillis 32 R R 5' 11" 160 Jun 2, 1930 5 128 119 128 126 0 0 0 33 10 98 0 0 0 0 1 3 0.5
Don McMahon 32 R R 6' 2" 215 Jan 4, 1930 6 51 0 51 51 51 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.0
Roman Mejias 31 R R 6' 0" 175 Aug 9, 1930 7 146 137 146 142 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 142 142 7 1 1.9
Jim Pendleton 38 R R 6' 0" 185 Jan 7, 1924 8 117 72 117 100 0 0 9 0 3 2 63 7 22 89 26 5 -1.1
Merritt Ranew 24 L R 5' 11" 170 May 10, 1938 1st 71 51 71 58 0 58 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 0 -0.1
Dave Roberts 29 L L 6' 0" 172 Jun 30, 1933 1st 16 11 16 14 0 0 5 0 0 0 7 0 5 12 4 1 -0.1
Bobby Shantz 36 R L 5' 6" 139 Sep 26, 1925 14 7 3 7 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0.7
Hal Smith 31 R R 6' 0" 195 Dec 7, 1930 8 109 89 109 99 0 92 2 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 15 0 -0.1
Al Spangler 28 L L 6' 0" 175 Jul 8, 1933 4 129 109 129 121 0 0 0 0 0 0 92 29 0 121 15 3 1.1
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 0.4
Don Taussig 30 R R 6' 0" 180 Feb 19, 1932 3 16 3 16 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 4 13 0 0.0
Johnny Temple 34 R R 5' 11" 175 Aug 8, 1927 11 31 24 31 26 0 0 0 26 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0.3
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 0.6
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 1.7
Carl Warwick 25 R L 5' 10" 170 Feb 27, 1937 2 130 121 130 128 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 117 7 128 8 1 0.6
John Weekly 25 R R 6' 0" 200 Jun 14, 1937 1st 13 5 13 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 4 7 7 0 0.2
George Williams 22 R R 5' 11" 165 Oct 23, 1939 2 5 0 5 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0.1
Red Witt 28 R R 6' 3" 185 Nov 9, 1933 6 8 2 8 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4
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 0.5
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR

Uniform Numbers

Baseball Hall of Fame: Team Uniform Colors and Appearance

Jim Busby
Merritt Ranew
Hal Smith
Jim Campbell
Hal Smith
Norm Larker
Joey Amalfitano
Bob Aspromonte
Bob Lillis

Billy Goodman
Carl Warwick
Pidge Browne
Bob Cerv
Dick Gernert
Don Buddin
J.C. Hartman
Ernie Fazio
George Williams
Don Taussig
Carl Warwick
Al Spangler
Al Heist
Jim Pendleton

Dave Roberts
John Weekly
Roman Mejias
Johnny Temple
Pidge Browne
Bob Cerv
Ron Davis
Bob Bruce
Al Cicotte
Don McMahon
Jim Umbricht
George Brunet
Dean Stone

Dave Giusti
Jim Golden
Dick Drott
Ken Johnson
Red Witt
John Anderson
Russ Kemmerer
Ken Johnson
Bobby Shantz
Turk Farrell
Bobby Tiefenauer

Jim Umbricht
Hal Woodeshick

1963 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

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