1961 Birmingham Barons Statistics

Southern Association (SA) - Class: AA
Team Record: 89-63
Finished 2nd in the SA
Manager: Frank Skaff (89-63)
Affiliation: Detroit Tigers
Location: Birmingham, Alabama
Ballpark: Rickwood Field
Attendance: 112,217, Avg. 1,477

1961 Birmingham Barons Roster

The Birmingham Barons of the Southern Association ended the 1961 season with a record of 89 wins and 63 losses, finishing second in the SA.

The Barons led the league with 854 runs. Birmingham allowed 660 runs. Leo Smith paced the team with 18 home runs Stan Palys drove in 114 runs and topped hitters with significant playing time by connecting at a .333 clip. Howie Koplitz notched 23 wins on the mound for the squad, while Doug Gallagher and Alan Koch added 15 or more victories as well Howie Koplitz recorded a 2.11 ERA, tops among regular hurlers.

Players from the 1961 Birmingham Barons who spent time in the Majors during their careers included John Sullivan, Bob Humphreys, Doug Gallagher, Don Kaiser, Joe Grzenda, Bill Graham, Andy Kosco, Dick Egan, Alan Koch, Herb Plews, Mickey Micelotta, Purnal Goldy, Stan Palys, Johnnie Seale, Em Lindbeck and Howie Koplitz.

Frank Skaff 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
Howie Koplitz	23	3	.885	2.11	36	24		18	3		230.0	163	68	54	13	75	4	166	1	0	7
Doug Gallagher	15	9	.625	3.54	30	27		17	3		208.7	196	99	82	8	105	2	161	5	1	14
Alan Koch	15	10	.600	3.53	32	26		11	3		194.0	175	85	76	7	87	2	173	11	0	16
Johnnie Seale	12	10	.545	3.15	36	24		12	3		188.7	171	89	66	10	76	4	122	4	2	8
Dick Egan	4	3	.571	3.84	25	8		2	0		98.3	94	49	42	5	37	4	57	4	0	4
Jerry Lock	4	5	.444	3.74	47	0		0	0		86.7	87	43	36	4	41	3	65	2	1	6
Don Kaiser	4	6	.400	5.19	23	10		2	0		85.0	96	55	49	5	24	2	35	1	1	2
Bill Graham	3	7	.300	4.88	15	10		3	1		79.3	78	46	43	6	24	4	63	3	0	6
Bob Humphreys	2	2	.500	4.55	10	3		1	0		29.7	30	17	15	2	26	1	17	0	1	1
Phillip Kliewer	2	2	.500	5.44	17	4		1	0		44.7	54	31	27	0	25	2	25	1	0	0
Dick Smallwood	1	2	.333	3.57	5						17.7			7						0
Kenneth Moursund	1	2	.333	4.03	8						22.3			10						0
Joe Grzenda	1	2	.333	7.61	9	7		1	0		36.7	52	37	31	5	30	1	19	2	0	3
Totals	87	63	.580	3.66	293	143	0	68	13	0	1321.7	1196	619	538	65	550	29	903	34	6	67	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
Legrant Scott	152	733	592	128	186	22	7	4	55	18		123	84	.314	.433	.395	.828	234		2	14	2	3
Stan Palys	139	603	492	110	164	33	7	13	114	2		93	49	.333	.436	.508	.944	250		5	2	11	10
George McCue	141	602	517	89	146	19	4	13	70	2		65	47	.282	.363	.410	.773	212		3	13	4	2
Purnal Goldy	88	415	382	72	134	24	7	6	78	2		23	46	.351	.391	.497	.889	190		5	1	4	1
Leo Smith	133	561	466	74	127	28	5	18	94	2		85	96	.273	.385	.470	.855	219		3	3	4	9
Herb Plews	82	333	301	55	112	15	1	0	43	0		28	31	.372	.423	.429	.852	129		0	2	2	1
Mickey Micelotta	112	471	401	57	95	16	3	7	55	0		64	84	.237	.339	.344	.683	138		0	2	4	4
John Sullivan	126	489	415	47	95	14	2	8	57	0		70	76	.229	.339	.330	.670	137		1	0	3	11
Norm Manning	84	297	253	26	57	8	1	0	24	0		30	44	.225	.314	.265	.578	67		3	10	1	4
Frank Jaciuk	61	280	247	28	56	10	3	3	28	2		23	28	.227	.289	.328	.617	81		0	7	3	0
Pat Duke	51	166	155	24	36	8	1	7	25	1		8	38	.232	.270	.432	.702	67		0	3	0	1
Johnnie Seale	43	75	70	11	20	0	0	0	5	0		2	17	.286	.306	.286	.591	20		0	3	0	0
Andy Kosco	24	89	78	14	19	5	0	2	14	0		7	22	.244	.292	.385	.677	30		0	0	4	1
Howie Koplitz	37	102	81	13	17	5	3	0	9	1		16	23	.210	.343	.346	.689	28		1	3	1	0
Doug Gallagher	30	88	81	9	16	2	0	0	8	0		4	23	.198	.235	.222	.458	18		0	3	0	0
Billy Dashner	15	51	39	7	13	4	0	2	10	0		11	5	.333	.490	.590	1.080	23		1	0	0	0
Alan Koch	32	81	77	6	12	3	1	0	1	0		3	11	.156	.188	.221	.408	17		0	1	0	0
Bob Humphreys	10	15	14	3	10	0	0	0	1	0		1	0	.714	.733	.714	1.448	10		0	0	0	0
Bill Graham	15	30	27	2	6	0	0	1	6	0		2	9	.222	.276	.333	.609	9		0	1	0	0
Phillip Kliewer	17	15	13	3	5	0	0	0	1	0		0	3	.385	.385	.385	.769	5		0	2	0	0
Don Kaiser	23	33	28	2	5	1	0	0	2	0		2	9	.179	.226	.214	.440	6		0	2	1	0
Jerry Lock	47	25	23	0	4	0	0	0	2	0		2	7	.174	.240	.174	.414	4		0	0	0	0
Dave Brown	10	19	16	3	3	0	1	0	2	0		3	6	.188	.316	.312	.628	5		0	0	0	1
Dick Egan	25	33	30	5	3	0	0	0	3	0		3	7	.100	.182	.100	.282	3		0	0	0	0
Kenneth Moursund	9	6	6		2									.333	.333	.333	.667	2
Joe Grzenda	9	12	12		2									.167	.167	.167	.333	2
Dick Smallwood	5	6	6		1									.167	.167	.167	.333	1
Totals	1520	5630	4822	788	1346	217	46	84	707	30	0	668	765	.279	.367	.395	.762	1907	0	24	72	44	48

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Leo Smith	1B	126	1020	92	19	101	.983	8.825
Legrant Scott	2B	151	351	465	38	110	.956	5.404
Herb Plews	3B	75	74	116	12	12	.941	2.533
Frank Jaciuk	3B	60	54	102	12	14	.929	2.600
Mickey Micelotta	3B	27	28	53	4	6	.953	3.000
John Sullivan	C	123	732	51	7	9	.991	6.366	3
Pat Duke	C	43	266	15	5	4	.983	6.535	6
Stan Palys	OF	138	212	5	9	0	.960	1.572
George McCue	OF	138	333	13	3	3	.991	2.507
Purnal Goldy	OF	88	143	6	4	1	.974	1.693
Andy Kosco	OF	19	29	0	1	0	.967	1.526
Billy Dashner	OF	13	19	0	0	0	1.000	1.462
Jerry Lock	P	47	9	15	2	3	.923	.511
Gene Bacque	P	39	22	25	2	1	.959	1.205
Johnnie Seale	P	36	12	26	3	1	.927	1.056
Howie Koplitz	P	36	18	45	1	1	.984	1.750
Alan Koch	P	32	12	20	2	0	.941	1.000
Doug Gallagher	P	30	8	33	2	2	.953	1.367
Dick Egan	P	25	6	18	3	2	.889	.960
Don Kaiser	P	23	8	11	1	1	.950	.826
Phillip Kliewer	P	17	1	14	0	0	1.000	.882
Bill Graham	P	15	9	9	0	0	1.000	1.200
Bob Humphreys	P	10	2	4	1	1	.857	.600
Mickey Micelotta	SS	82	153	212	20	45	.948	4.451
Norm Manning	SS	72	127	191	15	34	.955	4.417
Totals		1465	3648	1541	166	351	.969	3.542	9	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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