1961 Amarillo Gold Sox Statistics
Team Record: 90-50
Finished 1st in the TL
Manager: Sheriff Robinson (0-0), Bud Souchock (0-0), Sheriff Robinson (0-0)
Affiliation: New York Yankees
Location: Amarillo, Texas
Ballpark: Amarillo Dilla Villa
Attendance: 85,406, Avg. 1,220
Playoffs - Austin Senators 3 games, Amarillo Gold Sox 2
The Amarillo Gold Sox of the Texas League ended the 1961 season with a record of 90 wins and 50 losses, finishing first in the TL.
The Gold Sox paced the league with 775 runs, ignited by 115 home runs. Amarillo allowed 561 runs. Joe Pepitone powered the team with 21 home runs, while Dick Berardino, Jack Davis and Chuck Buheller each walloped 15 or more also. Dick Berardino accounted for 93 RBI. Phil Linz topped all regular batters by connecting at a .349 clip. Hal Stowe and Thomas McNulty led the squad with 14 wins each, and Robert Lasko recorded a 2.62 ERA, tops among qualifying pitchers.
Players from the 1961 Amarillo Gold Sox who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Phil Linz, Pete Mikkelsen, Joe Pepitone, Hal Stowe, Jim Bouton and Jack Cullen.
Sheriff Robinson, Bud Souchock and Sheriff Robinson 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hal Stowe | 14 | 1 | .933 | 3.16 | 24 | 18 | 8 | 1 | 134.0 | 141 | 62 | 47 | 8 | 35 | 2 | 88 | 5 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Thomas McNulty | 14 | 5 | .737 | 3.06 | 32 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 159.0 | 144 | 65 | 54 | 9 | 48 | 5 | 133 | 2 | 0 | 12 | |||
| Jim Bouton | 13 | 7 | .650 | 2.97 | 28 | 27 | 13 | 2 | 197.0 | 179 | 80 | 65 | 11 | 81 | 5 | 151 | 5 | 0 | 11 | |||
| Robert Lasko | 11 | 4 | .733 | 2.62 | 24 | 24 | 5 | 1 | 168.0 | 115 | 63 | 49 | 6 | 111 | 0 | 128 | 3 | 0 | 12 | |||
| Jack Cullen | 11 | 9 | .550 | 3.20 | 32 | 23 | 3 | 3 | 169.0 | 158 | 72 | 60 | 12 | 70 | 6 | 123 | 7 | 0 | 15 | |||
| William Drummond | 10 | 4 | .714 | 3.31 | 34 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 87.0 | 76 | 37 | 32 | 7 | 54 | 8 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 8 | |||
| James Burton | 6 | 9 | .400 | 3.30 | 28 | 20 | 7 | 1 | 150.0 | 127 | 76 | 55 | 15 | 77 | 5 | 90 | 1 | 0 | 18 | |||
| Paul Erickson | 4 | 4 | .500 | 2.25 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 64.0 | 47 | 21 | 16 | 1 | 34 | 5 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Hank Dunn | 2 | 1 | .667 | 8 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Dominick Maisano | 2 | 2 | .500 | 4.36 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33.0 | 30 | 21 | 16 | 3 | 34 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Rudy Serrett | 1 | 1 | .500 | 7 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Raymond Geiser | 1 | 1 | .500 | 6 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Pete Mikkelsen | 1 | 1 | .500 | 3.60 | 5 | 5.0 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Leonardo Ferguson | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Chuck Buheller | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Bruce Swango | 0 | 1 | .000 | 5 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 90 | 50 | .643 | 3.06 | 299 | 133 | 0 | 42 | 11 | 0 | 1166.0 | 1023 | 502 | 396 | 72 | 545 | 37 | 815 | 23 | 0 | 78 | 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 Brummer | 133 | 590 | 557 | 88 | 174 | 30 | 4 | 11 | 74 | 12 | 11 | 21 | 38 | .312 | .338 | .440 | .778 | 245 | 2 | 7 | 3 | ||
| Dick Berardino | 139 | 607 | 529 | 102 | 159 | 16 | 10 | 20 | 93 | 17 | 5 | 50 | 91 | .301 | .373 | .482 | .855 | 255 | 15 | 7 | 6 | ||
| Joe Pepitone | 123 | 531 | 484 | 86 | 153 | 24 | 7 | 21 | 87 | 1 | 2 | 33 | 40 | .316 | .364 | .525 | .888 | 254 | 6 | 3 | 5 | ||
| Phil Linz | 105 | 477 | 433 | 70 | 151 | 28 | 3 | 4 | 41 | 13 | 7 | 34 | 32 | .349 | .396 | .455 | .851 | 197 | 1 | 7 | 2 | ||
| Michael Mathiesen | 134 | 575 | 475 | 88 | 146 | 27 | 9 | 4 | 57 | 13 | 4 | 80 | 89 | .307 | .406 | .427 | .833 | 203 | 4 | 8 | 8 | ||
| Chuck Buheller | 111 | 446 | 416 | 57 | 125 | 15 | 2 | 16 | 88 | 0 | 3 | 25 | 55 | .300 | .342 | .462 | .804 | 192 | 2 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Jack Davis | 134 | 511 | 437 | 88 | 124 | 32 | 0 | 19 | 79 | 8 | 0 | 73 | 104 | .284 | .386 | .487 | .874 | 213 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Joe Miller | 96 | 328 | 287 | 48 | 80 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 50 | 5 | 0 | 32 | 45 | .279 | .355 | .425 | .780 | 122 | 4 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Dick Windle | 67 | 255 | 240 | 36 | 70 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 32 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 31 | .292 | .331 | .429 | .760 | 103 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Dave Davis | 76 | 230 | 215 | 23 | 54 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 23 | .251 | .286 | .307 | .593 | 66 | 0 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Glen Merklen | 44 | 182 | 151 | 22 | 37 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 29 | 3 | 2 | 27 | 34 | .245 | .365 | .430 | .795 | 65 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Thomas McNulty | 40 | 67 | 56 | 5 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 13 | .268 | .379 | .304 | .682 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| James Burton | 31 | 59 | 47 | 6 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 8 | .255 | .375 | .277 | .652 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Jack Cullen | 33 | 68 | 58 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 28 | .190 | .262 | .241 | .503 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Jim Bouton | 39 | 83 | 74 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 24 | .149 | .192 | .162 | .354 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Hal Stowe | 24 | 60 | 51 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 16 | .157 | .246 | .157 | .402 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Ed Gary | 10 | 27 | 23 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 8 | .217 | .308 | .304 | .612 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Gene Hassell | 17 | 57 | 41 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 3 | .122 | .357 | .122 | .479 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Robert Lasko | 24 | 66 | 51 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 17 | .078 | .203 | .078 | .282 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Leonardo Ferguson | 5 | 6 | 6 | 2 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Paul Erickson | 38 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .200 | .333 | .200 | .533 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| William Drummond | 34 | 20 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .133 | .188 | .133 | .321 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Bruce Swango | 6 | 5 | 5 | 1 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Norm Kampschror | 4 | 6 | 6 | 1 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Dominick Maisano | 22 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .143 | .250 | .143 | .393 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Hank Dunn | 10 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .125 | .125 | .125 | .250 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Rudy Serrett | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Pete Mikkelsen | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Raymond Geiser | 7 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 1518 | 5295 | 4690 | 760 | 1354 | 220 | 43 | 115 | 678 | 78 | 38 | 459 | 714 | .289 | .355 | .428 | .783 | 2005 | 0 | 42 | 72 | 32 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chuck Buheller | 1B | 80 | 683 | 61 | 9 | 57 | .988 | 9.300 | ||||
| Glen Merklen | 1B | 43 | 415 | 34 | 6 | 46 | .987 | 1.442 | ||||
| Dick Windle | 1B | 16 | 132 | 10 | 2 | 14 | .986 | 8.875 | ||||
| Joe Pepitone | 1B | 16 | 98 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 1.000 | 6.438 | ||||
| Don Brummer | 2B | 130 | 310 | 375 | 20 | 95 | .972 | 5.269 | ||||
| Dave Davis | 2B | 16 | 31 | 38 | 5 | 6 | .932 | 4.312 | ||||
| Michael Mathiesen | 3B | 97 | 92 | 205 | 27 | 24 | .917 | 3.062 | ||||
| Dave Davis | 3B | 31 | 20 | 65 | 8 | 5 | .914 | 2.742 | ||||
| Gene Hassell | 3B | 14 | 8 | 23 | 2 | 2 | .939 | 2.214 | ||||
| Dick Windle | C | 44 | 273 | 35 | 5 | 3 | .984 | 7.000 | 4 | |||
| Joe Pepitone | CF | 107 | 213 | 10 | 6 | 1 | .974 | 2.084 | ||||
| Jack Davis | CF | 41 | 71 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .961 | 1.805 | ||||
| Dick Berardino | LF | 132 | 202 | 13 | 9 | 3 | .960 | 1.629 | ||||
| Paul Erickson | P | 38 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | .184 | ||||
| William Drummond | P | 34 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 0 | .938 | .441 | ||||
| Thomas McNulty | P | 32 | 4 | 17 | 2 | 0 | .913 | .656 | ||||
| Jack Cullen | P | 32 | 5 | 31 | 1 | 3 | .973 | 1.125 | ||||
| James Burton | P | 28 | 7 | 42 | 2 | 1 | .961 | 1.750 | ||||
| Jim Bouton | P | 28 | 11 | 43 | 1 | 9 | .982 | 1.929 | ||||
| Hal Stowe | P | 24 | 8 | 29 | 2 | 0 | .949 | 1.542 | ||||
| Robert Lasko | P | 24 | 9 | 26 | 2 | 2 | .946 | 1.458 | ||||
| Dominick Maisano | P | 22 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 0 | .923 | .545 | ||||
| Hank Dunn | P | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| Rudy Serrett | P | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| Raymond Geiser | P | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Bruce Swango | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Pete Mikkelsen | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Leonardo Ferguson | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Chuck Buheller | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jack Davis | RF | 98 | 137 | 13 | 3 | 1 | .980 | 1.531 | ||||
| Chuck Buheller | RF | 28 | 30 | 1 | 4 | 0 | .886 | 1.107 | ||||
| Joe Miller | RF | 12 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .917 | .917 | ||||
| Dave Davis | RF | 12 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .923 | 1.000 | ||||
| Phil Linz | SS | 103 | 171 | 335 | 52 | 58 | .907 | 4.913 | ||||
| Michael Mathiesen | SS | 37 | 59 | 104 | 11 | 21 | .937 | 4.405 | ||||
| Totals | 1356 | 3019 | 1545 | 186 | 361 | .961 | 3.366 | 4 | 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.
