1961 Alpine Cowboys Statistics

Sophomore League (SL) - Class: D
Team Record: 62-63
Finished 4th in the SL
Manager: Mel Parnell (62-63)
Affiliation: Boston Red Sox
Location: Alpine, Texas
Ballpark: Kokemot Field
Attendance: 9,392, Avg. 150

1961 Alpine Cowboys Roster

The Alpine Cowboys of the Sophomore League ended the 1961 season with a record of 62 wins and 63 losses, finishing fourth in the SL.

The Cowboys plated 817 runs and surrendered 754 runs. Ronald Thompson paced Alpine with 24 home runs, while John Harmon walloped 15 or more, too. Ronald Thompson accounted for 102 RBI. Joseph Cammarata topped all regular batters by hitting .321. Rocco Giordano led the squad with 12 wins and a team-best 3.39 earned run average, leading pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

Members of the 1961 Alpine Cowboys who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Pete Smith, Dalton Jones and Bobby Guindon.

Mel Parnell served as manager.

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Pitching:

Player	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
Rocco Giordano	12	9	.571	3.39	25	24		10	1		175.0	153	114	66	10	109		199	8	1	14
Fred Hatter	10	11	.476	5.11	25	24		15	3		155.0	132	101	88	6	120		201	15	3	17
Stewart MacDonald	6	4	.600	3.53	13	8		7	0		79.0	65	36	31	3	37		87	1	0	8
Doug Anderson	6	12	.333	7.08	27	16		8	0		122.0	166	119	96	14	55		105	3	1	16
Harvey Casey	5	4	.556	6.26	18	7		4	0		69.0	98	60	48	3	43		60	4	0	8
Walter Christiana	5	6	.455	6.72	21	12		3	0		79.0	83	67	59	3	74		74	1	0	7
Jim Moser	5	7	.417	3.73	20	16		7	2		111.0	123	69	46	5	70		84	1	1	1
Pete Smith	4	6	.400	3.68	12	9		6	1		66.0	73	44	27	5	28		69	1	0	3
William Whalen	3	2	.600	5.06	19	1		0	0		48.0	66	37	27	4	20		34	0	1	4
Kenneth Porter	2	1	.667	3.91	16	1		0	0		46.0	47	25	20	4	21		33	0	0	6
Kenneth Purcell	1	0	1.000		8						0.0									1
Darrell Massey	1	0	1.000	2.77	3	3					13.0	5	6	4	1	13				0
Burdette Morago	1	1	.500	4.50	2	2					14.0	17	14	7	3	4				0
Richard Johnson	0	0			1						0.0									0
Jimmy Tyer	0	0			3						0.0									0
Ernest Kumerow	0	0		9.69	5	0					13.0	21	20	14	3	6				0
James Shields	0	0		21.00	4	0					3.0	10	7	7	1	2				0
Stephen Cottrell	0	0		27.00	1	0					1.0	3	3	3	1	1				0
Totals	61	63	.492	4.92	223	123	0	60	7	0	994.0	1062	722	543	66	603	0	946	34	8	84	0

Batting:

Player	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
Joseph Cammarata	119	529	452	98	145	28	7	7	59	12	5	73	71	.321	.414	.460	.875	208		0	3	1
Don Sears	119	562	470	102	132	20	9	2	71	16	2	84	67	.281	.391	.374	.766	176		3	2	3
John Harmon	119	517	406	90	119	8	9	17	87	15	2	97	69	.293	.425	.483	.908	196		2	4	8
Ronald Thompson	118	472	420	79	113	22	3	24	102	3	2	39	76	.269	.325	.507	.832	213		0	4	9
Dalton Jones	77	334	286	58	92	18	8	6	48	15	3	34	38	.322	.399	.503	.902	144		4	8	2
Richard Matern	90	367	289	66	85	9	4	13	79	0	1	63	92	.294	.422	.488	.910	141		6	2	7
Lawrence Wieck	89	337	271	48	71	12	5	10	46	2	3	59	90	.262	.398	.454	.852	123		3	3	1
Bobby Guindon	64	259	213	43	61	15	5	5	43	7	0	40	50	.286	.401	.474	.875	101		2	2	2
Darrell Farrar	47	185	164	30	45	13	3	2	24	0	2	15	34	.274	.341	.427	.767	70		2	3	1
Kenneth Purcell	70	234	187	38	42	9	0	5	33	0	2	35	45	.225	.364	.353	.717	66		7	3	2
Thomas Yost	57	208	163	31	38	8	2	3	26	1	1	40	57	.233	.394	.362	.756	59		4	0	1
John Morreale	38	161	140	21	33	3	1	0	9	4	0	18	30	.236	.329	.271	.601	38		2	0	1
James Mitchell	48	153	120	22	25	4	1	3	18	0	0	28	47	.208	.364	.333	.698	40		2	2	1
Richard Johnson	26	69	55	9	14	3	0	0	11	0	0	13	13	.255	.397	.309	.706	17		0	1	0
William Cox	30	85	74	9	13	3	2	2	11	0	0	10	39	.176	.282	.351	.634	26		1	0	0
Walter Christiana	25	37	31	4	11	3	2	0	8	0	0	3	6	.355	.417	.581	.997	18		1	1	1
Doug Anderson	36	55	51	8	11	2	0	1	7	0	0	3	21	.216	.259	.314	.573	16		0	1	0
Pete Smith	15	30	25	5	7	1	1	0	4	0	0	4	5	.280	.379	.400	.779	10		0	1	0
Jimmy Tyer	11	30	28	8	7	0	0	0	3	2	0	2	4	.250	.300	.250	.550	7		0	0	0
Jim Moser	21	47	46	6	7	2	0	3	8	0	0	0	17	.152	.152	.391	.543	18		0	1	0
Fred Hatter	26	66	53	8	7	1	0	1	2	0	0	9	33	.132	.254	.208	.462	11		0	3	1
Rocco Giordano	26	77	66	9	6	0	0	0	5	0	0	9	29	.091	.211	.091	.301	6		1	1	0
Burdette Morago	4	13	13		5									.385	.385	.385	.769	5
Stewart MacDonald	14	36	31	3	5	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	8	.161	.182	.161	.343	5		0	3	1
William Whalen	19	19	14	3	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	7	.286	.474	.286	.759	4		1	0	0
Harvey Casey	20	31	25	6	4	0	0	1	6	0	0	5	7	.160	.300	.280	.580	7		0	1	0
James Shields	5	4	4		1									.250	.250	.250	.500	1
Darrell Massey	6	5	5		1									.200	.200	.200	.400	1
Kenneth Porter	16	14	9	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	3	.111	.429	.111	.540	1		0	0	0
Ernest Kumerow	5	3	3		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1360	4939	4114	807	1105	184	62	105	713	77	23	693	958	.269	.376	.420	.796	1728	0	41	49	42	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Bobby Guindon	1B	58	418	31	20	28	.957	7.741
Richard Matern	1B	48	387	25	9	28	.979	8.583
Kenneth Purcell	1B	16	110	6	7	8	.943	7.250
Thomas Yost	1B	10	55	5	0	4	1.000	6.000
John Harmon	2B	119	238	290	40	44	.930	4.437
Don Sears	3B	71	70	128	17	6	.921	2.789
John Morreale	3B	35	24	56	10	5	.889	2.286
Joseph Cammarata	3B	22	13	34	14	3	.770	2.136
Ronald Thompson	C	81	669	48	13	4	.982	8.852	18
Richard Matern	C	40	292	30	9	3	.973	8.050	14
James Mitchell	C	13	84	8	3	0	.968	7.077	2
Joseph Cammarata	OF	92	106	11	8	2	.936	1.272
Lawrence Wieck	OF	86	141	9	6	2	.962	1.744
Thomas Yost	OF	44	52	2	3	0	.947	1.227
Darrell Farrar	OF	42	57	9	3	1	.957	1.571
Kenneth Purcell	OF	40	49	4	3	0	.946	1.325
Ronald Thompson	OF	32	24	0	4	0	.857	.750
James Mitchell	OF	25	16	3	5	0	.792	.760
William Cox	OF	22	24	2	0	0	1.000	1.182
Richard Johnson	OF	14	10	2	2	1	.857	.857
Doug Anderson	P	27	4	22	4	0	.867	.963
Fred Hatter	P	25	4	37	4	4	.911	1.640
Rocco Giordano	P	25	12	46	8	0	.879	2.320
Walter Christiana	P	21	3	19	4	2	.846	1.048
Jim Moser	P	20	6	18	1	1	.960	1.200
William Whalen	P	19	1	16	1	0	.944	.895
Harvey Casey	P	18	4	19	2	0	.920	1.278
Kenneth Porter	P	16	0	6	0	0	1.000	.375
Stewart MacDonald	P	13	2	9	2	0	.846	.846
Pete Smith	P	12	6	15	0	1	1.000	1.750
Kenneth Purcell	P	8						.000
Ernest Kumerow	P	5						.000
James Shields	P	4						.000
Jimmy Tyer	P	3						.000
Darrell Massey	P	3						.000
Burdette Morago	P	2						.000
Richard Johnson	P	1						.000
Stephen Cottrell	P	1						.000
Dalton Jones	SS	77	87	181	32	30	.893	3.481
Don Sears	SS	48	55	143	21	17	.904	4.125
Totals		1258	3023	1234	255	194	.943	3.384	34	0	0

Average attendance is based upon the number of actual home dates where known (most leagues from 1992 and later). Where the number of home dates is not known, the average is calculated using half the team's total games.

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