1961 Alamance Indians Statistics

Carolina League (CL) - Class: B
Team Record: 71-66
Finished 2nd in the CL
Manager: Bill Herring (0-0), Walt Novick (0-0)
Affiliation: Cleveland Indians
Location: Burlington, North Carolina
Ballpark: Burlington Athletic Park
Attendance: 32,405, Avg. 473

1961 Alamance Indians Roster

The Alamance Indians of the Carolina League ended the 1961 season with a record of 71 wins and 66 losses, finishing second in the CL.

The Indians scored 682 runs and allowed 670 runs. Duke Sims led Alamance with 21 home runs and recorded 88 runs batted in. Fred Krase paced all regular batters by hitting .307. Al Eisele topped the team with 15 wins, while Julius French recorded a 2.5 ERA, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

Members of the 1961 Alamance Indians who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Gordy Lund, Duke Sims and Floyd Weaver.

Bill Herring and Walt Novick 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
Al Eisele	15	11	.577	3.64	38	27		11	0		207.7	223	114	84	12	94	3	111	12	0	10
Pete Pekich	9	10	.474	3.65	52	13		4	0		150.3	155	73	61	11	50	7	68	5	3	5
Julius French	8	4	.667	2.50	44	10		2	1		126.0	92	49	35	4	68	2	97	3	0	8
Dave Seemann	7	0	1.000	1.79	7	7		6	1		60.3	52	13	12	1	16	1	32	1	0	1
Floyd Weaver	6	4	.600	4.01	15	14		6	0		83.0	61	45	37	7	62	0	57	3	0	3
Richard Almes	5	7	.417	3.38	19	14		4	1		98.7	76	47	37	8	65	3	65	5	0	3
George Denyer	4	6	.400	4.88	21	9		2	0		79.3	93	54	43	6	52	3	37	3	0	7
Sheldon Dent	3	1	.750	6.18	8	6		2	0		43.7	54	31	30	3	26	4	22	1	0	3
Robert Miller	2	2	.500	5.21	11	5		0	0		38.0	38	28	22	3	34	0	29	1	0	2
Thomas Maine	2	3	.400	4.27	27	5		1	0		71.7	78	46	34	5	17	3	36	6	0	1
Robert Casburn	2	6	.250	3.84	18	6		1	0		63.3	70	39	27	5	22	1	34	1	0	1
Donald Johnson	1	1	.500	8.10	4						6.7			6						0
Paul Springer	1	2	.333	2.85	18	1		1	0		41.0	28	21	13	0	37	1	29	1	0	0
Ron Schamp	1	2	.333	4.20	10	5		1	0		40.7	38	27	19	6	20	0	26	1	0	2
Richard Beres	1	4	.200	7.99	12	5		2	0		32.7	31	34	29	4	48	0	20	5	0	5
Frank Slusser		0			3	0		0	0		0.0				0		0		0	0
Robert Gordon	0	1	.000	36.00	2						1.0			4						0
Totals	67	64	.511	3.88	309	127	0	43	3	0	1144.0	1089	621	493	75	611	28	663	48	3	51	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
Bob Immediato	134	562	470	77	130	13	10	2	56	8		82	63	.277	.386	.360	.746	169		3	5	2	2
Fred Krase	125	485	411	78	126	23	4	7	44	13		65	34	.307	.407	.433	.840	178		5	3	1	7
Lew Randall	126	472	437	54	125	14	4	6	49	11		24	40	.286	.324	.378	.702	165		3	3	5	0
Duke Sims	124	478	404	83	123	36	1	21	88	5		61	49	.304	.401	.554	.956	224		7	2	4	6
Gordy Lund	114	504	439	55	114	13	5	7	76	7		54	64	.260	.339	.360	.699	158		1	6	4	3
Larry Bulla	137	606	501	65	113	14	3	2	47	3		86	63	.226	.342	.277	.619	139		4	12	3	3
Wayne Newberry	75	319	275	52	69	12	1	10	50	5		35	59	.251	.340	.411	.751	113		3	4	2	4
Bobby Ledford	56	228	188	39	48	9	0	9	29	4		34	32	.255	.366	.447	.813	84		0	4	2	4
Robert Beattie	83	250	205	25	44	13	1	3	31	1		38	51	.215	.349	.332	.681	68		5	1	1	1
James Card	54	207	170	24	41	7	2	3	22	0		29	42	.241	.353	.359	.711	61		3	0	5	2
Johnny Parker	51	192	161	26	39	3	3	2	17	8		28	26	.242	.356	.335	.691	54		1	1	1	0
Augie Garrido	56	176	142	19	33	4	2	1	15	0		30	37	.232	.360	.310	.670	44		0	1	3	0
Kenneth Ellwein	46	150	143	20	31	7	1	6	22	1		5	37	.217	.253	.406	.659	58		2	0	0	0
Al Eisele	38	82	67	6	8	1	0	0	2	0		9	18	.119	.244	.134	.378	9		2	4	0	0
Larry Bartlome	11	38	33	8	6	2	0	0	4	0		5	9	.182	.289	.242	.532	8		0	0	0	1
Julius French	44	35	30	2	5	0	0	0	3	0		4	9	.167	.257	.167	.424	5		0	0	1	0
Tony Attanasio	11	46	40	2	5	0	0	0	2	2		6	8	.125	.239	.125	.364	5		0	0	0	1
Pete Pekich	52	49	41	3	5	1	0	0	2	0		3	11	.122	.182	.146	.328	6		0	5	0	0
Ron Schamp	10	14	13	1	4	1	0	0	0	0		0	6	.308	.308	.385	.692	5		0	1	0	0
Floyd Weaver	15	30	25	3	4	1	0	0	3	0		5	15	.160	.300	.200	.500	5		0	0	0	0
Richard Almes	19	39	34	4	3	0	0	0	1	0		2	14	.088	.139	.088	.227	3		0	3	0	0
Frank Lanier	6	10	10		2	0	0	0						.200	.200	.200	.400	2
Dave Seemann	9	21	21		2									.095	.095	.095	.190	2
Donald Johnson	4	2	2		1									.500	.500	.500	1.000	1
Jose Rivero	3	8	8		1	0	0	0						.125	.125	.125	.250	1
Richard Beres	12	11	8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	7	.125	.222	.125	.347	1		0	2	0	0
Robert Miller	11	14	12	0	1	0	0	0	1	0		0	5	.083	.083	.083	.167	1		0	2	0	0
Robert Casburn	18	22	15	2	1	0	0	0	0	0		4	7	.067	.263	.067	.330	1		0	3	0	0
Sheldon Dent	8	17	17		1									.059	.059	.059	.118	1
Thomas Maine	27	20	18	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	7	.056	.056	.056	.111	1		0	2	0	0
Robert Gordon	2	1	1		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
George Denyer	21	30	25	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		2	13	.000	.107	.000	.107	0		1	2	0	0
Paul Springer	18	13	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	7	.000	.083	.000	.083	0		0	1	0	0
Totals	1520	5131	4377	649	1087	174	37	79	565	68	0	613	733	.248	.344	.359	.703	1572	0	40	67	34	34

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Bob Immediato	1B	85	555	36	18	79	.970	6.953
Larry Bulla	2B	111	281	320	17	75	.972	5.414
Johnny Parker	2B	21	44	44	3	10	.967	4.190
Tony Attanasio	2B	10	26	26	3	8	.945	5.200
Wayne Newberry	3B	69	82	167	23	20	.915	3.609
Robert Beattie	3B	32	21	31	4	8	.929	1.625
James Card	3B	24	42	52	11	4	.895	3.917
Larry Bartlome	3B	10	3	24	3	3	.900	2.700
Duke Sims	C	114	609	56	13	7	.981	5.833	26
Robert Beattie	C	34	176	18	7	8	.965	5.706	9
Fred Krase	OF	123	181	12	15	4	.928	1.569
Lew Randall	OF	112	184	14	12	4	.943	1.768
Bobby Ledford	OF	56	113	5	7	3	.944	2.107
Bob Immediato	OF	54	81	6	5	5	.946	1.611
Augie Garrido	OF	47	83	13	6	0	.941	2.043
Kenneth Ellwein	OF	36	68	7	6	0	.926	2.083
Johnny Parker	OF	23	21	7	3	1	.903	1.217
James Card	OF	12	30	2	2	0	.941	2.667
Pete Pekich	P	52	1	21	0	1	1.000	.423
Julius French	P	44	4	24	1	0	.966	.636
Al Eisele	P	38	15	46	9	4	.871	1.605
Thomas Maine	P	27	8	13	0	1	1.000	.778
George Denyer	P	21	1	14	1	2	.938	.714
Richard Almes	P	19	7	15	1	0	.957	1.158
Paul Springer	P	18	1	5	0	1	1.000	.333
Robert Casburn	P	18	2	16	0	0	1.000	1.000
Floyd Weaver	P	15	2	8	1	0	.909	.667
Richard Beres	P	12	2	7	0	1	1.000	.750
Robert Miller	P	11	0	2	0	0	1.000	.182
Ron Schamp	P	10	6	14	1	3	.952	2.000
Sheldon Dent	P	8						.000
Dave Seemann	P	7						.000
Donald Johnson	P	4						.000
Robert Gordon	P	2						.000
Gordy Lund	SS	114	215	363	32	89	.948	5.070
Larry Bulla	SS	22	43	78	2	10	.984	5.500
Totals		1415	2907	1466	206	351	.955	3.090	35	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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