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Page 6 College Station, Texas Thursday, May 14, 1964 THE BATTALION I l| MAROON CHAMPIONSHIP STATISTICS 1964 TEXAS A&M VARSITY BASEBALL FINAL SOUTHWEST CONFERENCE STATISTICS (RECORD: 12 WINS, 1 TIE, 3 LOSSES) G AB R H Avg. 2b 3b HR TB BI SB BB SO Lance Cobb, of 16 55 10 21 .383 7 0 2 34 7 4 10 11 Alan Koonce, of 12 39 9 14 .359 2 0 3 25 10 0 5 11 Jerry Ballard, ss 16 69 14 24 .348 1 0 0 25 6 2 2 1 Frank Stark, lb 14 45 11 15 .333 4 1 3 30 13 4 6 11 Mike McClure, 3b 3 3 0 1 .333 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 George Hargett, 3b 15 53 8 17 .321 5 1 0 24 8 1 6 6 Bill Grochett, 2b 16 68 13 20 .294 4 1 0 26 8 Bill Hancock, c, of 16 58 7 17 .293 5 1 0 24 13 4 7 1 Fred Carlton, of 9 11 1 3 .273 0 1 0 5 2 0 0 1 Steve Hillhouse, p 11 21 2 5 .238 0 1 0 7 2 0 4 5 Billy Crain, p. util 16 58 6 12 .207 2 0 0 14 4 0 5 5 John Crain, p 7 6 0 1 .167 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 Neal Thompson, of 8 7 2 1 .143 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 6 DeWayne Stewart, lb 5 15 3 2 .133 1 0 0 3 2 0 3 2 Robert McAdams, of 6 10 1 1 .100 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 9 Chuck McGuire, p 8 19 1 1 .053 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 7 Jerry Pizzitola, c 5 10 1 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 Richard Beller, p 2 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ronald Byrd, p 1 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 AGGIES 16 547 88 155 .283 33 6 8 223 81 18 57 79 FOES 16 519 54 110 .212 18 4 2 148 41 16 59 91 LEFT ON BASE: A&M 135, Foes 114. CONFERENCE PITCHING Pitcher G CG IP H R ER ERA BB SO HP W L John Crain 7 0 171/3 15 8 5 2.6 8 7 0 1 0 Steve Hillhouse 11 4 61% 48 26 11 1.6 25 35 0 7 1 Chuck McGuire 8 4 501/3 38 16 11 1.9 20 45 0 4 2 Billy Crain 2 0 8 8 2 2 2.3 1 3 0 0 0 Ronald Byrd 1 0 % 1 2 0 0.0 3 1 0 0 0 Richard Beller 2 0 1/3 0 0 0 0.0 2 0 0 0 0 AGGIES 16 8 1361/3 110 54 29 1.9 59 91 0 12 3 FOES 16 4 135 155 88 72 4.9 57 79 5 3 12 RECORD: 19 WINS, 1 TIE, 6 LOSSES Player G AB R. H Avg. 2b 3b HR TB BI SB BB SO Richard Beller, p 8 1 0 1 1.000 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 Lance Cobb, of 20 71 12 27 .380 8 0 2 41 16 3 11 11 Frank Stark, lb 22 56 13 20 .357 4 1 3 35 14 4 9 16 Alan Koonce, of 17 52 15 18 .346 2 1 4 34 13 0 12 11 George Hargett, 3b 23 76 15 23 .303 6 3 0 35 12 3 10 7 Bill Hancock, c, of 25 85 15 25 .294 5 1 1 35 19 4 15 3 Jerry Ballard, ss 26 107 17 29 .271 3 0 0 32 9 2 4 4 Bill Grochett, 2b 26 105 24 27 .258 5 1 0 34 11 3 12 4 Robert McAdams, of 16 31 4 8 .258 3 0 0 11 6 4 9 10 Steve Hillhouse, p 15 24 2 6 .250 0 1 0 8 2 0 6 4 Jerry Pizzitola, c 14 25 4 6 .240 1 0 0 7 4 1 2 5 Billy Crain, p, util 25 81 8 18 .222 3 0 0 21 8 1 9 5 Fred Carlton, of 16 27 2 6 .222 1 1 0 9 3 0 1 5 Neal Thompson, of 15 27 5 6 .222 0 0 0 6 1 4 4 7 De Wayne Stewart, lb 14 38 9 6 .158 2 0 1 11 4 0 7 7 Mike McClure, 3b 13 27 2 4 .148 1 0 0 5 5 0 3 3 John Crain, p 10 12 2 1 .083 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 4 Chuck McGuire, p 13 25 0 2 .080 0 0 0 2 1 0 3 9 Richard Weise, of 1 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ronald Byrd, p 2 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Johnny Lee, p 1 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 AGGIES 26 870 149 233 .268 44 9 11 329 128 31 119 117 FOES 26 837 82 176 .211 24 4 9 235 62 27 112 153 LEFT ON BASE: A&M 222, Foes 199. SEASON PITCHING Pitcher G CG IP H R ER ERA BB SO HP W L John Crain 10 0 36i/3 30 14 10 2.4 24 14 0 3 0 Billy Crain -v:-- 6 0 24 19 9 7 2.6 8 15 1 2 0 Steve Hillhouse 15 4 74% 57 29 12 1.4 30 49 0 7 2 Chuck McGuire 13 4 771/3 59 23 17 1.9 33 62 0 7 3 Richard Beller 8 0 8 Vs 6 3 2 2.3 6 6 0 0 1 Ronald Byrd 2 0 1% 1 2 0 0.0 5 4 0 0 0 Johnny Lee 1 0 1 0 3 0 0.0 6 1 0 0 0 AGGIES 26 8 2261/3 176 82 48 1.9 112 153 1 19 6 FOES 26 8 216 233 149 114 4.8 119 117 6 6 19 CARELESS CLARENCE Forgot to have his car checked before his week-end trip. He ran into trouble. CAREFUL CHARLIE Saw us for our free quick Sinclair Safety Service Check. Had a trouble-free week-end trip. Which one are you? Our Sinclair Safety Check means a free, quick check of radiator, fan belt, battery, lights, windshield wipers and tires, including the spare. We put in fresh oil, if needed. We lubricate for $1.00, wash for $1.25. Before you start out this week-end, drive in for our free Sinclair Safety Service Check. Drive with care and buy Sinclair. Sinclair jmf B & L SINCLAIR (STUDENT OPERATED) 601 Sulphur Springs (North Gate) College Station VI 6-9964 Robert A. Yaskovic ’65 — Lu Tierce ’65 •x Chandler Shows Keys To Throne All-SWC Baseball Team Has 9 Ags I Hitting, hurling and humiliation were parlayed into a Southwest Conference baseball championship by the Aggies this season. The humiliation came first. In their SWC opener, against TCU in Fort Worth on March 17, the Aggies lost a 14-7 decision as the Frogs scored nine runs in one in ning. “IT WAS A long, long trip home,” Coach Tom Chandler re called this week. “But the boys examined themselves and decided they could do a lot better. They came back the next game and beat Texas, 5-2.” Two non-conference wins over Minnesota, 7-2 and 3-2, were fol lowed by an 8-7 loss to Baylor and at that point the Aggies were 1-2 in SWC play. Then the Aggies settled down and won 12 straight, 10 in SWC play and they had a two-game bulge on the field when they went to Texas for the final two games. The Longhorns and Aggies play a 5-5 tie, called be cause of darkness, and then in the twinbill the next day Texas won the opener, 3-2 and A&M took the nightcap, 5-2, to clinch their first SWC title since 1959. CHANDLER, IN reviewing the season, pointed to these things for the Aggies’ success: “Great infield defense. We knew Ballard and Grochett had the great gloves but Hargett’s coming through at third base sealed the defense.” Improvement of Hancock behind the plate. “He was a third base- man last year but made the big change and came on strongly as the season progressed.” Clutch hitting, especially by Stark. “Stark broke up some key games for us, especially the final one against Texas. Others, like Cobb, Koonce, Hargett and Grochett came through with key hits during the season.” Steady hurling by Chuck McGuire and Steve Hillhouse. The A&M pitching staff posted a 1.9 earned run average both for the season and for SWC play. For the year Hillhouse won 7 and lost 2 and he had a 7-1 mark in league play. McGuire was 7-3 for the year and 4-2 in SWC. John Crain won the other league game and he was 3-0 for the year. “You never like to be humiliated in a game, but I feel that TCU’s 9-run inning against us in the SWC opener had a lot to do with our becoming a good ball club,” Chandler said. To the victors go the spoils. And with one exception that was the way it turned out when the Associated Press All - Southwest Conference baseball team was re leased Wednesday. Conference champions A&M placed six players on the first team and three more on the second, plus having pitcher Steve Hill house voted Sophomore of the Year. Aggie first-teamers were first baseman Frank Stark, second base- men Bill Grochett, centerfielder Lance Cobb, catcher Bill Hancock and pitcher Hillhouse. Shortstop Jerry Ballard made the team as utility infielder. Named on the second team were third baseman George Hargett, left felder Alan Koonce and er Chuck McGuire. Rounding out the first were third baseman Jerry Baylor; shortstop Tom SMU; outfielder Jay TCU; outfielder Ward S UT; outfielder Donnie Baylor; and Myer. The second team looked S this: First base—Buddy Young, as; second base—Ed Denman, as; shortstop—Joel Tigett, outfielder — Ronnie Waldo, and Bob Bigley, TCU; ca Butch Thompson, Texas; pi John Porter, Baylor; and Hartenstein, Texas. Stark and Cobb were unai choices along with Perkins. New, Rebuilt LEONARD’S AUTO SUPPLY AGGIES: Come to Leonard’s for your discount where your business is appreciated. 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