1960 Aberdeen Pheasants Statistics
Team Record: 63-61
Finished 3rd in the NL
Manager: Lou Fitzgerald (63-61)
Affiliation: Baltimore Orioles
Location: Aberdeen, South Dakota
Ballpark: Municipal Baseball Park
Attendance: 45,321, Avg. 731
Playoffs - Winnipeg Goldeyes 1 game, Aberdeen Pheasants 0
The Aberdeen Pheasants of the Northern League ended the 1960 season with a record of 63 wins and 61 losses, finishing third in the NL.
The Pheasants plated 558 runs and surrendered 583 runs. Charlie Smiley and Dick Ewin paced Aberdeen with 14 home runs apiece. Charlie Smiley accounted for 69 RBI. Jerry Gilbert led all regular batters by connecting at a .303 clip. Joe Puleo topped the squad with 11 wins, while Alejandro Castro registered a 2.13 earned run average, leading regular hurlers.
Mickey McGuire played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Aberdeen Pheasants to do so.
Lou Fitzgerald 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Puleo | 11 | 7 | .611 | 3.51 | 28 | 20 | 8 | 0 | 177.0 | 160 | 98 | 69 | 13 | 101 | 99 | 0 | 0 | 9 | ||||
| Alejandro Castro | 10 | 11 | .476 | 2.13 | 50 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 127.0 | 98 | 44 | 30 | 7 | 47 | 106 | 0 | 2 | 5 | ||||
| Ronnie Davis | 9 | 6 | .600 | 3.93 | 31 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 149.0 | 151 | 84 | 65 | 11 | 85 | 93 | 10 | 0 | 13 | ||||
| George Gaffney | 9 | 10 | .474 | 2.51 | 24 | 20 | 10 | 0 | 176.0 | 142 | 73 | 49 | 7 | 64 | 137 | 2 | 0 | 15 | ||||
| Jerry Alford | 8 | 11 | .421 | 4.28 | 25 | 22 | 6 | 1 | 141.0 | 110 | 81 | 67 | 12 | 95 | 73 | 3 | 1 | 9 | ||||
| Paul Knechtges | 6 | 8 | .429 | 4.17 | 28 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 110.0 | 114 | 76 | 51 | 6 | 75 | 95 | 3 | 2 | 8 | ||||
| Robert Cooper | 3 | 2 | .600 | 4.60 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 45.0 | 54 | 33 | 23 | 5 | 27 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Ernest Breedlove | 3 | 3 | .500 | 3.79 | 27 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 76.0 | 71 | 40 | 32 | 9 | 57 | 49 | 3 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Harry Riggs | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Ronald Likes | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 6 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Gerald Thomas | 1 | 3 | .250 | 5.52 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 31.0 | 34 | 19 | 19 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Ronald Piotrowski | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| James Caldwell | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Jerry Gilbert | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 63 | 61 | .508 | 3.53 | 240 | 120 | 0 | 39 | 3 | 0 | 1032.0 | 934 | 548 | 405 | 73 | 559 | 0 | 700 | 21 | 6 | 69 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jerry Gilbert | 117 | 506 | 422 | 62 | 128 | 21 | 2 | 3 | 50 | 2 | 73 | 43 | .303 | .403 | .384 | .787 | 162 | 1 | 5 | 5 | |||
| Charlie Smiley | 111 | 494 | 403 | 80 | 112 | 21 | 2 | 14 | 69 | 1 | 77 | 70 | .278 | .397 | .444 | .841 | 179 | 6 | 3 | 5 | |||
| Nielsen Cochran | 124 | 500 | 444 | 54 | 108 | 21 | 2 | 8 | 54 | 2 | 46 | 101 | .243 | .316 | .354 | .670 | 157 | 4 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Mickey McGuire | 124 | 538 | 467 | 46 | 105 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 57 | 0 | 59 | 51 | .225 | .312 | .272 | .584 | 127 | 0 | 12 | 0 | |||
| James Caldwell | 105 | 433 | 371 | 67 | 101 | 22 | 3 | 6 | 57 | 1 | 55 | 67 | .272 | .368 | .396 | .765 | 147 | 2 | 4 | 1 | |||
| Kenneth Tippery | 111 | 502 | 426 | 54 | 96 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 42 | 5 | 56 | 58 | .225 | .316 | .286 | .602 | 122 | 4 | 8 | 8 | |||
| Dick Ewin | 90 | 399 | 317 | 64 | 85 | 15 | 4 | 14 | 52 | 7 | 77 | 67 | .268 | .416 | .473 | .889 | 150 | 3 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Robert Clem | 75 | 304 | 271 | 40 | 74 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 26 | 7 | 26 | 59 | .273 | .344 | .339 | .684 | 92 | 4 | 2 | 1 | |||
| Ronald Piotrowski | 82 | 348 | 271 | 38 | 60 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 25 | 2 | 69 | 44 | .221 | .381 | .288 | .669 | 78 | 2 | 4 | 2 | |||
| Ronald Walp | 36 | 109 | 97 | 8 | 23 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 11 | 16 | .237 | .315 | .278 | .593 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Fred Caviness | 23 | 94 | 80 | 11 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 14 | 19 | .225 | .340 | .362 | .703 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Joe Puleo | 29 | 75 | 58 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 8 | 12 | .190 | .288 | .190 | .478 | 11 | 0 | 9 | 0 | |||
| Jerry Alford | 27 | 55 | 47 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 19 | .213 | .288 | .298 | .586 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||
| Ronnie Davis | 35 | 69 | 60 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 28 | .167 | .239 | .267 | .505 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |||
| James Vadas | 15 | 53 | 46 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 21 | .130 | .245 | .130 | .376 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Paul Knechtges | 28 | 42 | 36 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 13 | .139 | .184 | .139 | .323 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |||
| Jack McGowan | 12 | 55 | 41 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 5 | .122 | .333 | .122 | .455 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Alejandro Castro | 50 | 44 | 42 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18 | .119 | .140 | .119 | .259 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Ellis Olson | 25 | 53 | 46 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 16 | .087 | .173 | .087 | .260 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||
| George Gaffney | 24 | 68 | 58 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 24 | .069 | .129 | .069 | .198 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |||
| Robert Cooper | 9 | 14 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .214 | .214 | .214 | .429 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Harry Riggs | 4 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Gerald Thomas | 6 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .182 | .182 | .182 | .364 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Ernest Breedlove | 27 | 26 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 8 | .045 | .192 | .045 | .238 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ronald Mertus | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Ronald Likes | 6 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Ralph Lairmore | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 1302 | 4811 | 4069 | 554 | 978 | 144 | 26 | 58 | 484 | 27 | 0 | 616 | 759 | .240 | .342 | .331 | .673 | 1348 | 0 | 28 | 68 | 30 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charlie Smiley | 1B | 111 | 978 | 82 | 13 | 90 | .988 | 9.550 | ||||
| Jerry Gilbert | 1B | 13 | 102 | 7 | 2 | 9 | .982 | 8.385 | ||||
| Kenneth Tippery | 2B | 109 | 313 | 296 | 34 | 74 | .947 | 5.587 | ||||
| James Vadas | 2B | 13 | 27 | 32 | 2 | 6 | .967 | 4.538 | ||||
| Nielsen Cochran | 3B | 124 | 106 | 239 | 45 | 10 | .885 | 2.782 | ||||
| James Caldwell | C | 92 | 569 | 34 | 13 | 5 | .979 | 6.554 | 15 | |||
| Ronald Walp | C | 22 | 130 | 15 | 2 | 1 | .986 | 6.591 | 2 | |||
| Ellis Olson | C | 13 | 75 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.077 | 1 | |||
| Jerry Gilbert | OF | 104 | 170 | 13 | 9 | 2 | .953 | 1.760 | ||||
| Dick Ewin | OF | 88 | 160 | 4 | 8 | 1 | .953 | 1.864 | ||||
| Ronald Piotrowski | OF | 75 | 140 | 7 | 3 | 2 | .980 | 1.960 | ||||
| Robert Clem | OF | 62 | 113 | 5 | 6 | 0 | .952 | 1.903 | ||||
| Fred Caviness | OF | 23 | 35 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .949 | 1.609 | ||||
| Jack McGowan | OF | 12 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .850 | 1.417 | ||||
| Alejandro Castro | P | 50 | 6 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .620 | ||||
| Ronnie Davis | P | 31 | 8 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.032 | ||||
| Joe Puleo | P | 28 | 4 | 36 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.429 | ||||
| Paul Knechtges | P | 28 | 5 | 15 | 3 | 0 | .870 | .714 | ||||
| Ernest Breedlove | P | 27 | 2 | 14 | 1 | 0 | .941 | .593 | ||||
| Jerry Alford | P | 25 | 10 | 26 | 1 | 3 | .973 | 1.440 | ||||
| George Gaffney | P | 24 | 11 | 35 | 2 | 0 | .958 | 1.917 | ||||
| Robert Cooper | P | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ronald Likes | P | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Gerald Thomas | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Harry Riggs | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Mickey McGuire | SS | 124 | 196 | 398 | 47 | 73 | .927 | 4.790 | ||||
| Totals | 1222 | 3177 | 1313 | 196 | 280 | .958 | 3.674 | 18 | 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.
Persons data from the Chadwick Baseball Bureau are Copyright Chadwick Baseball Bureau, and are made available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License.
