1961 Atlanta Crackers Statistics

Southern Association (SA) - Class: AA
Team Record: 77-74
Finished 4th in the SA
Manager: Rube Walker (77-74)
Affiliation: Los Angeles Dodgers
Location: Atlanta, Georgia
Ballpark: Ponce de Leon Park II
Attendance: 59,061, Avg. 782

1961 Atlanta Crackers Roster

The Atlanta Crackers of the Southern Association ended the 1961 season with a record of 77 wins and 74 losses, finishing fourth in the SA.

The Crackers plated 728 runs and surrendered 714 runs. Gene Marinacci paced Atlanta with 19 home runs, and Al Ferrara walloped 15 or more, too. Al Ferrara drove in 100 runs. Ernie Rodriguez topped hitters with significant playing time by hitting .314. Ken Rowe led the squad with 13 wins, while Jack Smith recorded a 2.09 ERA, leading hurlers with significant time on the mound.

Bart Shirley, Ken Rowe, Thad Tillotson, Larry Burright, Al Ferrara, Don LeJohn, Larry Miller, Jack Smith and Mike Brumley were all players from the 1961 Atlanta Crackers who played in the Major Leagues during their careers.

Rube Walker 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
Ken Rowe	13	7	.650	3.54	28	26		8	3		175.7	179	91	69	8	70	6	80	0	0	3
Jack Smith	12	7	.632	2.09	70	3		2	0		155.0	129	50	36	10	56	15	111	5	0	6
Thad Tillotson	12	11	.522	4.03	34	29		9	2		192.0	201	98	86	8	103	10	98	3	0	7
Ron Hubbard	12	12	.500	4.51	51	10		4	0		179.7	170	108	90	13	111	14	91	6	0	7
Larry Williams	9	13	.409	3.61	37	20		6	2		177.0	163	95	71	16	67	5	105	1	0	10
Edward Dick	8	9	.471	4.41	31	18		6	0		153.0	162	85	75	9	81	7	103	0	0	10
Camilo Estevis	5	5	.500	5.61	24	12		2	0		86.7	95	66	54	4	52	4	42	0	0	2
Larry Miller	3	3	.500	6.89	16	9		1	0		62.7	74	54	48	4	52	3	52	1	1	2
John Kirby	2	4	.333	4.37	17	10		2	0		68.0	70	39	33	7	31	8	36	2	0	3
Robert Arrighi	1	0	1.000	1.59	2						5.7	4		1		4				0
William Hall	0	1	.000	3.32	6						21.7			8						0
Thomas Wells	0	2	.000	7.31	7						16.0			13						0
Totals	77	74	.510	4.06	323	137	0	40	7	0	1293.0	1247	686	584	79	627	72	718	18	1	50	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
Don LeJohn	151	672	543	99	148	31	6	6	56	14		118	77	.273	.401	.385	.786	209		1	6	4	1
Al Ferrara	143	609	543	70	145	31	1	17	100	8		50	65	.267	.332	.422	.753	229		7	0	9	1
Ernie Rodriguez	112	488	437	63	137	29	4	1	34	3		37	17	.314	.378	.405	.783	177		9	4	1	0
Bart Shirley	141	568	518	61	124	24	9	1	55	3		36	78	.239	.292	.326	.618	169		5	3	6	1
Jimmy Williams	105	420	352	52	98	22	2	9	66	0		55	34	.278	.373	.429	.802	151		2	4	7	2
Sammy Hitcher	127	461	381	62	98	13	3	7	56	14		69	71	.257	.368	.362	.730	138		2	2	7	2
Mike Brumley	105	402	348	48	94	15	2	6	37	7		50	29	.270	.364	.376	.741	131		2	1	1	3
Larry Burright	87	348	313	42	91	11	5	6	35	8		29	72	.291	.358	.415	.774	130		4	2	0	2
Gene Wallace	59	281	238	54	73	12	2	7	36	3		40	23	.307	.407	.462	.869	110		1	1	1	2
Gene Marinacci	88	346	288	46	65	9	0	19	55	2		48	77	.226	.343	.455	.798	131		5	2	3	3
Allen Norris	83	301	241	33	58	10	1	7	37	3		51	38	.241	.372	.378	.750	91		3	0	6	1
Charles Julian	54	183	155	23	42	7	3	0	20	2		26	21	.271	.372	.355	.726	55		0	0	2	4
Bob Hartsfield	67	145	129	16	34	4	1	2	17	0		12	19	.264	.317	.357	.674	46		0	0	4	4
Edward Dick	31	62	58	10	19	1	1	1	8	0		4	5	.328	.371	.431	.802	25		0	0	0	0
Ron Hubbard	53	79	76	9	15	5	0	2	15	0		2	26	.197	.218	.342	.560	26		0	1	0	0
Thad Tillotson	34	76	68	7	14	0	0	0	3	0		2	18	.206	.225	.206	.431	14		0	5	1	0
Ken Rowe	29	72	64	8	12	5	0	0	8	0		5	32	.188	.243	.266	.508	17		0	2	1	0
Camilo Estevis	24	28	25	3	7	1	0	0	3	0		0	4	.280	.269	.320	.589	8		0	2	1	0
Wade Arnold	12	35	29	3	7	2	0	0	3	0		5	6	.241	.353	.310	.663	9		0	1	0	1
Larry Williams	37	59	54	5	7	1	0	1	3	0		3	21	.130	.175	.204	.379	11		0	2	0	0
Ronald Rossi	14	22	19	3	6	1	0	0	2	0		3	4	.316	.409	.368	.778	7		0	0	0	0
Jack Smith	70	37	35	1	4	0	0	0	1	0		1	6	.114	.139	.114	.253	4		0	1	0	0
Gary Dempsey	7	18	18		3	0	0	0						.167	.167	.167	.333	3
William Hall	6	6	6		2									.333	.333	.333	.667	2
Larry Miller	16	21	17	3	2	0	0	0	3	0		2	4	.118	.250	.118	.368	2		1	1	0	0
Robert Arrighi	2	2	2		1									.500	.500	.500	1.000	1
John Kirby	17	24	24	1	1	0	0	0	1	0		0	8	.042	.042	.042	.083	1		0	0	0	0
Thomas Wells	7	1	1		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1681	5766	4982	722	1307	234	40	92	654	67	0	648	755	.262	.349	.381	.730	1897	0	42	40	54	27

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Gene Marinacci	1B	81	687	48	7	77	.991	9.074
Allen Norris	1B	69	548	49	8	73	.987	8.652
Larry Burright	2B	87	197	300	17	80	.967	5.713
Gene Wallace	2B	51	137	178	10	42	.969	6.176
Bob Hartsfield	2B	18	44	44	2	15	.978	4.889
Don LeJohn	3B	150	136	281	19	30	.956	2.780
Mike Brumley	C	99	478	42	2	4	.996	5.253	9
Charles Julian	C	52	273	14	3	1	.990	5.519	5
Wade Arnold	C	10	50	5	1	0	.982	5.500	0
Al Ferrara	OF	142	264	9	9	0	.968	1.923
Sammy Hitcher	OF	114	199	6	8	1	.962	1.798
Ernie Rodriguez	OF	112	255	12	5	2	.982	2.384
Jimmy Williams	OF	92	136	5	6	0	.959	1.533
Jack Smith	P	70	1	28	4	2	.879	.414
Ron Hubbard	P	51	13	37	2	3	.962	.980
Larry Williams	P	37	17	22	4	1	.907	1.054
Thad Tillotson	P	34	20	22	1	2	.977	1.235
Edward Dick	P	31	9	13	3	2	.880	.710
Ken Rowe	P	28	17	31	1	3	.980	1.714
Camilo Estevis	P	24	6	12	1	1	.947	.750
John Kirby	P	17	4	11	0	0	1.000	.882
Larry Miller	P	16	1	9	0	0	1.000	.625
Bart Shirley	SS	141	253	411	31	110	.955	4.709
Totals		1526	3745	1589	144	449	.974	3.495	14	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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