1961 Artesia Dodgers Statistics
Team Record: 48-78
Finished 6th in the SL
Manager: Spider Jorgensen (48-78)
Affiliation: Los Angeles Dodgers
Location: Artesia, New Mexico
Ballpark: Brainard Park
Attendance: 9,724, Avg. 154
The Artesia Dodgers of the Sophomore League ended the 1961 season with a record of 48 wins and 78 losses, finishing sixth in the SL.
The Dodgers scored 742 runs, worst in the league, and allowed 1002 runs, most in the circuit. Luis Alcaraz led Artesia with 21 home runs, while Louis Pannella and Lee Jensen walloped 15 or more as well. Luis Alcaraz drove in 100 runs. Louis Pannella paced batters with significant playing time by hitting .352. John Drysdale topped the team with 14 wins and a team-best 3.33 ERA, best among qualifying pitchers.
Members of the 1961 Artesia Dodgers who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Clarence Jones, Luis Alcaraz and Dan Ardell.
Spider Jorgensen served as manager.Click on column headings to sort.
Pitching:
| Player | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Drysdale | 14 | 11 | .560 | 3.33 | 30 | 26 | 14 | 3 | 192.0 | 194 | 109 | 71 | 11 | 75 | 136 | 2 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Richard Foster | 11 | 12 | .478 | 5.53 | 25 | 22 | 17 | 0 | 171.0 | 222 | 139 | 105 | 26 | 76 | 164 | 7 | 1 | 9 | ||||
| Quinten Price | 9 | 1 | .900 | 4.40 | 36 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 86.0 | 89 | 68 | 42 | 9 | 39 | 56 | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| James Acton | 5 | 8 | .385 | 6.48 | 38 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 132.0 | 129 | 139 | 95 | 22 | 156 | 145 | 4 | 0 | 10 | ||||
| William Herard | 3 | 3 | .500 | 7.24 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 51.0 | 63 | 52 | 41 | 5 | 41 | 42 | 7 | 1 | 10 | ||||
| Jack Helmkamp | 3 | 8 | .273 | 5.28 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 87.0 | 104 | 78 | 51 | 11 | 52 | 52 | 1 | 0 | 9 | ||||
| Rudolph Matulka | 1 | 2 | .333 | 7.12 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 43.0 | 52 | 41 | 34 | 4 | 41 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Ralph McGuire | 1 | 5 | .167 | 7.00 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 36.0 | 42 | 35 | 28 | 5 | 25 | 31 | 2 | 1 | 4 | ||||
| Ron Witkowski | 1 | 9 | .100 | 9.19 | 32 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 94.0 | 128 | 126 | 96 | 6 | 113 | 81 | 3 | 1 | 18 | ||||
| Jack Harlow | 0 | 8 | .000 | 8.79 | 22 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 85.0 | 107 | 123 | 83 | 9 | 112 | 69 | 3 | 1 | 29 | ||||
| William Maddox | 0 | 11 | .000 | 8.50 | 20 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 72.0 | 110 | 96 | 68 | 13 | 66 | 60 | 1 | 0 | 12 | ||||
| Totals | 48 | 78 | .381 | 6.13 | 253 | 126 | 0 | 44 | 3 | 0 | 1049.0 | 1240 | 1006 | 714 | 121 | 796 | 0 | 859 | 37 | 5 | 114 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Luis Alcaraz | 122 | 557 | 477 | 126 | 161 | 24 | 5 | 21 | 100 | 11 | 4 | 73 | 82 | .338 | .423 | .541 | .964 | 258 | 1 | 2 | 4 | ||
| Louis Pannella | 103 | 438 | 375 | 78 | 132 | 21 | 6 | 19 | 87 | 12 | 1 | 57 | 110 | .352 | .440 | .592 | 1.032 | 222 | 3 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Lee Crow | 95 | 418 | 376 | 55 | 93 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 43 | 14 | 7 | 35 | 76 | .247 | .313 | .316 | .630 | 119 | 2 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Paul LaRocca | 91 | 308 | 284 | 44 | 82 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 41 | 5 | 1 | 21 | 53 | .289 | .338 | .387 | .725 | 110 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Richard Strutz | 87 | 348 | 294 | 56 | 77 | 19 | 1 | 3 | 33 | 19 | 4 | 48 | 74 | .262 | .367 | .364 | .731 | 107 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Lee Jensen | 84 | 355 | 294 | 46 | 75 | 7 | 3 | 15 | 63 | 14 | 5 | 52 | 59 | .255 | .361 | .452 | .813 | 133 | 0 | 3 | 6 | ||
| John Minor | 82 | 335 | 274 | 48 | 50 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 24 | 13 | 1 | 56 | 93 | .182 | .322 | .263 | .585 | 72 | 1 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Clarence Jones | 36 | 161 | 118 | 37 | 43 | 10 | 0 | 9 | 32 | 2 | 0 | 41 | 31 | .364 | .522 | .678 | 1.200 | 80 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Steven Keiner | 52 | 201 | 162 | 31 | 39 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 33 | 59 | .241 | .369 | .302 | .671 | 49 | 1 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Bobby Wade | 39 | 160 | 126 | 15 | 35 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 5 | 1 | 26 | 19 | .278 | .424 | .325 | .749 | 41 | 6 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Richard Foster | 32 | 89 | 84 | 14 | 33 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16 | .393 | .409 | .571 | .981 | 48 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Mel Roberts | 50 | 209 | 169 | 21 | 33 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 38 | 52 | .195 | .344 | .260 | .605 | 44 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Dennis Myers | 45 | 199 | 166 | 28 | 31 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 23 | 4 | 1 | 28 | 63 | .187 | .303 | .283 | .586 | 47 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Dan Ardell | 33 | 148 | 125 | 21 | 30 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 25 | 7 | 3 | 22 | 32 | .240 | .351 | .384 | .735 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| William Sebera | 54 | 216 | 160 | 24 | 30 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 3 | 1 | 51 | 53 | .188 | .381 | .231 | .613 | 37 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Rudolph Matulka | 54 | 165 | 152 | 20 | 27 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 60 | .178 | .242 | .270 | .512 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ron Ketchen | 26 | 105 | 85 | 21 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 14 | .259 | .400 | .271 | .671 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| William Lee | 18 | 74 | 59 | 14 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 17 | .254 | .392 | .271 | .663 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Robert Paolinette | 14 | 45 | 42 | 8 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | .333 | .356 | .619 | .975 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| John Drysdale | 30 | 81 | 71 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 17 | .155 | .241 | .197 | .438 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Marc Sloop | 10 | 45 | 37 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 13 | .270 | .400 | .486 | .886 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| William Maddox | 21 | 29 | 28 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .179 | .207 | .179 | .385 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Quinten Price | 36 | 37 | 34 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13 | .147 | .194 | .265 | .459 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Ron Witkowski | 32 | 37 | 30 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 7 | .133 | .250 | .167 | .417 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| William Herard | 15 | 23 | 21 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | .095 | .136 | .095 | .232 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Jack Harlow | 23 | 27 | 21 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 14 | .095 | .240 | .095 | .335 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Jack Helmkamp | 15 | 34 | 30 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 13 | .067 | .152 | .067 | .218 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| James Acton | 38 | 46 | 43 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21 | .023 | .045 | .023 | .069 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Ron Putman | 7 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Ralph McGuire | 7 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 1351 | 4918 | 4165 | 741 | 1064 | 150 | 34 | 99 | 633 | 130 | 39 | 662 | 1084 | .255 | .358 | .379 | .737 | 1579 | 0 | 24 | 33 | 34 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby Wade | 1B | 34 | 258 | 8 | 12 | 17 | .957 | 7.824 | ||||
| Dan Ardell | 1B | 33 | 289 | 15 | 9 | 29 | .971 | 9.212 | ||||
| Richard Strutz | 1B | 20 | 124 | 8 | 4 | 9 | .971 | 6.600 | ||||
| Louis Pannella | 1B | 11 | 85 | 4 | 3 | 4 | .967 | 8.091 | ||||
| Lee Crow | 1B | 10 | 74 | 6 | 2 | 6 | .976 | 8.000 | ||||
| Luis Alcaraz | 2B | 122 | 304 | 268 | 23 | 75 | .961 | 4.689 | ||||
| Louis Pannella | 3B | 92 | 100 | 199 | 38 | 16 | .887 | 3.250 | ||||
| William Lee | 3B | 16 | 15 | 42 | 8 | 3 | .877 | 3.562 | ||||
| Paul LaRocca | C | 67 | 469 | 52 | 20 | 8 | .963 | 7.776 | 33 | |||
| William Sebera | C | 52 | 346 | 37 | 11 | 3 | .972 | 7.365 | 12 | |||
| Lee Jensen | OF | 84 | 175 | 8 | 11 | 1 | .943 | 2.179 | ||||
| John Minor | OF | 73 | 120 | 15 | 13 | 4 | .912 | 1.849 | ||||
| Richard Strutz | OF | 60 | 89 | 10 | 12 | 4 | .892 | 1.650 | ||||
| Mel Roberts | OF | 50 | 79 | 6 | 8 | 0 | .914 | 1.700 | ||||
| Dennis Myers | OF | 37 | 61 | 5 | 11 | 1 | .857 | 1.784 | ||||
| Rudolph Matulka | OF | 33 | 46 | 3 | 6 | 0 | .891 | 1.485 | ||||
| Clarence Jones | OF | 33 | 44 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .938 | 1.364 | ||||
| Marc Sloop | OF | 10 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 0 | .800 | 1.600 | ||||
| James Acton | P | 38 | 4 | 18 | 9 | 1 | .710 | .579 | ||||
| Quinten Price | P | 36 | 3 | 16 | 1 | 2 | .950 | .528 | ||||
| Ron Witkowski | P | 32 | 10 | 17 | 4 | 0 | .871 | .844 | ||||
| John Drysdale | P | 30 | 2 | 26 | 5 | 2 | .848 | .933 | ||||
| Richard Foster | P | 25 | 9 | 29 | 3 | 3 | .927 | 1.520 | ||||
| Jack Harlow | P | 22 | 2 | 12 | 4 | 0 | .778 | .636 | ||||
| William Maddox | P | 20 | 1 | 20 | 2 | 1 | .913 | 1.050 | ||||
| William Herard | P | 15 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .667 | ||||
| Jack Helmkamp | P | 15 | 1 | 14 | 4 | 0 | .789 | 1.000 | ||||
| Rudolph Matulka | P | 13 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | .769 | ||||
| Ralph McGuire | P | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| Lee Crow | SS | 77 | 109 | 221 | 58 | 34 | .851 | 4.286 | ||||
| Steven Keiner | SS | 44 | 50 | 138 | 29 | 21 | .866 | 4.273 | ||||
| Totals | 1211 | 2889 | 1214 | 317 | 247 | .928 | 3.388 | 45 | 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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