1961 Austin Senators Statistics
Team Record: 69-71
Finished 4th in the TL
Manager: Bill Adair (69-71)
Affiliation: Milwaukee Braves
Location: Austin, Texas
Ballpark: Disch-Falk Field
Attendance: 68,761, Avg. 982
Playoffs - Austin Senators 1 game, Victoria/Ardmore Rosebuds 0 - One-game playoff for fourth place.
Playoffs - Austin Senators 3 games, Amarillo Gold Sox 2
Finals - San Antonio Missions 3 games, Austin Senators 0
The Austin Senators of the Texas League ended the 1961 season with a record of 69 wins and 71 losses, finishing fourth in the TL.
The Senators scored 543 runs, worst in the league, and surrendered 544 runs. Tommie Aaron led Austin with 15 home runs and drove in 70 runs, while leading batters with significant playing time by hitting .299. Larry Maxie topped the team with 17 wins and a team-best 2.08 ERA, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Corky Withrow, Dennis Ribant, Bruce Brubaker, Ossie Álvarez, Em Lindbeck, Phil Niekro, Tommie Aaron and Larry Maxie were all players from the 1961 Austin Senators who played in the Majors during their careers.
Bill Adair 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Larry Maxie | 17 | 7 | .708 | 2.08 | 27 | 23 | 15 | 4 | 203.0 | 122 | 55 | 47 | 9 | 97 | 1 | 47 | 15 | 0 | 17 | |||
| Les Bass | 13 | 7 | .650 | 2.83 | 33 | 25 | 12 | 2 | 197.0 | 180 | 72 | 62 | 13 | 54 | 6 | 122 | 3 | 1 | 4 | |||
| Hank Hemmerly | 10 | 10 | .500 | 3.32 | 34 | 19 | 7 | 1 | 160.0 | 144 | 81 | 59 | 12 | 65 | 3 | 78 | 4 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Roger Clapp | 10 | 11 | .476 | 3.34 | 35 | 17 | 7 | 0 | 159.0 | 148 | 69 | 59 | 11 | 58 | 3 | 68 | 4 | 0 | 12 | |||
| Paul Chenger | 8 | 10 | .444 | 3.19 | 31 | 22 | 8 | 1 | 155.0 | 138 | 73 | 55 | 8 | 93 | 4 | 102 | 6 | 0 | 5 | |||
| Dennis Ribant | 4 | 2 | .667 | 1.17 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 54.0 | 33 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 18 | 1 | 46 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Phil Niekro | 4 | 4 | .500 | 2.95 | 51 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 110.0 | 100 | 45 | 36 | 6 | 53 | 10 | 84 | 1 | 1 | 9 | |||
| Jim Grimm | 1 | 2 | .333 | 4 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Richard Smith | 1 | 3 | .250 | 2.76 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 49.0 | 47 | 23 | 15 | 5 | 24 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |||
| Bruce Brubaker | 1 | 8 | .111 | 4.27 | 21 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 97.0 | 97 | 60 | 46 | 6 | 56 | 2 | 84 | 2 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Michael Marinko | 5 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Dennis Overby | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Bernard Poupore | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Lorne Johnson | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| William Marnie | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Antonio Diaz | 0 | 2 | .000 | 2 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| David Fracaro | 0 | 2 | .000 | 6.60 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15.0 | 17 | 14 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |||
| Totals | 69 | 69 | .500 | 2.98 | 280 | 133 | 0 | 56 | 11 | 0 | 1199.0 | 1026 | 500 | 397 | 72 | 529 | 31 | 664 | 38 | 2 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tommie Aaron | 138 | 609 | 528 | 77 | 158 | 25 | 3 | 15 | 70 | 5 | 2 | 66 | 72 | .299 | .377 | .443 | .820 | 234 | 2 | 10 | 3 | ||
| James Hay | 108 | 387 | 362 | 41 | 88 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 41 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 65 | .243 | .279 | .334 | .613 | 121 | 1 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Lorne Johnson | 117 | 464 | 394 | 39 | 87 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 47 | 6 | 2 | 53 | 49 | .221 | .313 | .269 | .582 | 106 | 4 | 4 | 9 | ||
| Juan Guzman | 109 | 403 | 346 | 44 | 84 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 42 | 1 | 1 | 49 | 35 | .243 | .337 | .309 | .646 | 107 | 1 | 5 | 2 | ||
| Billy Shields | 112 | 400 | 355 | 34 | 84 | 19 | 1 | 8 | 46 | 5 | 1 | 38 | 84 | .237 | .310 | .363 | .673 | 129 | 1 | 3 | 3 | ||
| Bill Lucas | 87 | 380 | 309 | 60 | 70 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 20 | 6 | 67 | 51 | .227 | .365 | .291 | .656 | 90 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Pepper Thomas | 61 | 262 | 218 | 25 | 56 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 5 | 1 | 37 | 23 | .257 | .363 | .353 | .716 | 77 | 1 | 3 | 3 | ||
| Bill Davidson | 56 | 249 | 187 | 27 | 49 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 53 | 14 | .262 | .431 | .342 | .773 | 64 | 4 | 3 | 2 | ||
| James Callaway | 58 | 223 | 199 | 16 | 49 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 7 | .246 | .307 | .261 | .569 | 52 | 0 | 5 | 1 | ||
| Corky Withrow | 50 | 203 | 175 | 20 | 47 | 11 | 2 | 8 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 35 | .269 | .345 | .491 | .836 | 86 | 2 | 3 | 3 | ||
| Em Lindbeck | 59 | 225 | 199 | 20 | 46 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 38 | .231 | .306 | .291 | .598 | 58 | 1 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Ossie Álvarez | 67 | 218 | 183 | 23 | 44 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 31 | 12 | .240 | .350 | .262 | .613 | 48 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Thomas Brown | 54 | 196 | 171 | 25 | 41 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 28 | .240 | .326 | .368 | .695 | 63 | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Charles Smith | 36 | 131 | 118 | 14 | 31 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 28 | .263 | .315 | .390 | .705 | 46 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Don Williams | 35 | 112 | 96 | 7 | 23 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 21 | .240 | .330 | .344 | .674 | 33 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Carl Derr | 37 | 119 | 109 | 8 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 18 | .211 | .263 | .220 | .483 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Robert Jacobs | 34 | 126 | 103 | 8 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 29 | .194 | .306 | .282 | .587 | 29 | 0 | 5 | 1 | ||
| Gene Johnson | 25 | 84 | 76 | 8 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | .197 | .265 | .237 | .502 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Les Bass | 34 | 77 | 72 | 3 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 21 | .181 | .224 | .222 | .446 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Hank Hemmerly | 39 | 60 | 51 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 11 | .176 | .246 | .255 | .501 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Roger Clapp | 35 | 57 | 48 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 19 | .167 | .286 | .271 | .557 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Phil Niekro | 51 | 30 | 26 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | .269 | .345 | .269 | .614 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| John Garofalo | 11 | 43 | 34 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 9 | .176 | .250 | .206 | .456 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Wayne McDonald | 16 | 51 | 46 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | .130 | .184 | .196 | .379 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Paul Chenger | 31 | 59 | 51 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 24 | .118 | .164 | .157 | .320 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 1 | ||
| Larry Maxie | 27 | 79 | 69 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 19 | .087 | .160 | .101 | .261 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| David Fracaro | 10 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Richard Smith | 9 | 17 | 17 | 1 | .059 | .059 | .059 | .118 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Bruce Brubaker | 21 | 33 | 30 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | .000 | .032 | .000 | .032 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Jim Grimm | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Dennis Ribant | 7 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| William Marnie | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Antonio Diaz | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 1544 | 5327 | 4602 | 528 | 1079 | 140 | 27 | 65 | 467 | 63 | 19 | 579 | 745 | .234 | .321 | .319 | .640 | 1468 | 0 | 23 | 87 | 36 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tommie Aaron | 1B | 137 | 1236 | 88 | 12 | 113 | .991 | 9.664 | ||||
| Bill Lucas | 2B | 69 | 166 | 188 | 13 | 38 | .965 | 5.130 | ||||
| Pepper Thomas | 2B | 34 | 107 | 85 | 4 | 28 | .980 | 5.647 | ||||
| Robert Jacobs | 2B | 28 | 61 | 79 | 4 | 20 | .972 | 5.000 | ||||
| Ossie Álvarez | 2B | 17 | 42 | 29 | 2 | 9 | .973 | 4.176 | ||||
| Juan Guzman | 3B | 95 | 72 | 157 | 18 | 16 | .927 | 2.411 | ||||
| Pepper Thomas | 3B | 22 | 21 | 49 | 1 | 6 | .986 | 3.182 | ||||
| Gene Johnson | 3B | 22 | 15 | 39 | 3 | 3 | .947 | 2.455 | ||||
| James Hay | C | 90 | 557 | 35 | 7 | 5 | .988 | 6.578 | 18 | |||
| James Callaway | C | 37 | 205 | 22 | 3 | 1 | .987 | 6.135 | 3 | |||
| Don Williams | C | 20 | 87 | 12 | 3 | 2 | .971 | 4.950 | 4 | |||
| Billy Shields | CF | 52 | 140 | 5 | 1 | 1 | .993 | 2.788 | ||||
| Em Lindbeck | CF | 42 | 117 | 5 | 4 | 0 | .968 | 2.905 | ||||
| Thomas Brown | CF | 27 | 57 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .983 | 2.148 | ||||
| Corky Withrow | LF | 49 | 83 | 2 | 3 | 0 | .966 | 1.735 | ||||
| Charles Smith | LF | 31 | 37 | 5 | 9 | 0 | .824 | 1.355 | ||||
| Billy Shields | LF | 27 | 42 | 4 | 2 | 1 | .958 | 1.704 | ||||
| Thomas Brown | LF | 16 | 30 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .968 | 1.875 | ||||
| Em Lindbeck | LF | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .800 | .800 | ||||
| James Callaway | LF | 10 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .947 | 1.800 | ||||
| Phil Niekro | P | 51 | 6 | 23 | 1 | 0 | .967 | .569 | ||||
| Roger Clapp | P | 35 | 6 | 36 | 1 | 1 | .977 | 1.200 | ||||
| Hank Hemmerly | P | 34 | 14 | 51 | 2 | 2 | .970 | 1.912 | ||||
| Les Bass | P | 33 | 3 | 40 | 4 | 3 | .915 | 1.303 | ||||
| Paul Chenger | P | 31 | 5 | 30 | 3 | 4 | .921 | 1.129 | ||||
| Larry Maxie | P | 27 | 8 | 27 | 2 | 1 | .946 | 1.296 | ||||
| Bruce Brubaker | P | 21 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 1 | .941 | .762 | ||||
| David Fracaro | P | 10 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .600 | ||||
| Richard Smith | P | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| Dennis Ribant | P | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| Michael Marinko | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Bernard Poupore | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| William Marnie | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jim Grimm | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Lorne Johnson | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Antonio Diaz | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Dennis Overby | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Lorne Johnson | RF | 110 | 152 | 12 | 9 | 1 | .948 | 1.491 | ||||
| Billy Shields | RF | 18 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
| Em Lindbeck | RF | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .091 | ||||
| Bill Davidson | SS | 55 | 100 | 181 | 19 | 40 | .937 | 5.109 | ||||
| Ossie Álvarez | SS | 37 | 54 | 93 | 2 | 12 | .987 | 3.973 | ||||
| Carl Derr | SS | 34 | 51 | 88 | 12 | 16 | .921 | 4.088 | ||||
| Bill Lucas | SS | 15 | 30 | 33 | 3 | 5 | .955 | 4.200 | ||||
| Totals | 1395 | 3561 | 1438 | 153 | 329 | .970 | 3.584 | 25 | 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.
