1961 Boise Braves Statistics

Pioneer League (PL) - Class: C
Team Record: 72-55
Finished 1st in the PL
Manager: Gordon Maltzberger (72-55)
Affiliation: Milwaukee Braves
Location: Boise, Idaho
Ballpark: Braves Field 1955-1963
Attendance: 41,797, Avg. 658

1961 Boise Braves Roster

Playoffs - Great Falls Electrics 3 games, Boise Braves 1

The Boise Braves of the Pioneer League ended the 1961 season with a record of 72 wins and 55 losses, finishing first in the PL.

The Braves scored 810 runs and conceded 707 runs. Raymond Reed led Boise with 23 home runs, while Ronald Liptak, Rafael Gomez and Kenneth Cullum each walloped 15 or more also. George Kopacz drove in 88 runs and topped hitters with significant playing time with a .327 average. Bill Ryan paced the squad with 13 wins, and Richard Holden registered a 3.73 earned run average, best among qualifying pitchers.

Players from the 1961 Boise Braves who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Ethan Blackaby, Arnold Umbach, George Kopacz and Wade Blasingame.

Gordon Maltzberger 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
Bill Ryan	13	5	.722	3.74	25	23		13	3		171.0	162	100	71	15	90		156	8	3	11
Richard Holden	10	4	.714	3.73	19	14		8	0		111.0	106	61	46	12	48		112	2	0	9
Harold Gelein	9	5	.643	4.05	19	16		5	1		120.0	108	69	54	7	60		137	4	0	14
Edward Banach	9	6	.600	5.25	33	13		4	1		120.0	139	80	70	14	49		116	1	0	3
John Wells	7	10	.412	5.19	37	5		0	0		104.0	120	75	60	8	49		76	6	0	7
Wade Blasingame	6	3	.667	4.70	13	12		6	0		90.0	91	52	47	6	51		94	0	0	7
Raymond Short	6	6	.500	4.45	31	4		1	1		97.0	107	53	48	11	34		94	3	0	3
Red Bresnehan	5	3	.625	5.54	18	12		3	0		91.0	110	68	56	12	51		59	4	2	7
John Nance	5	6	.455	5.70	30	16		4	1		109.0	119	84	69	9	78		75	6	0	17
Arnold Umbach	2	6	.250	6.13	10	10		3	0		69.0	78	55	47	9	42		52	4	1	6
Raymond Reed	0	0			1						0.0									0
Richard Sherrow	0	1	.000	3.18	4	2					17.0	23	11	6	0	9				0
Totals	72	55	.567	4.70	240	127	0	47	7	0	1099.0	1163	708	574	103	561	0	971	38	6	84	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
George Kopacz	127	570	501	105	164	32	7	11	88	6	1	58	83	.327	.402	.485	.887	243		7	0	4
Ty Clayton	122	518	453	86	143	33	7	8	84	3	1	51	69	.316	.383	.472	.855	214		3	3	8
Chico Diaz	120	544	493	84	137	27	6	7	47	10	2	41	74	.278	.333	.400	.732	197		2	3	5
Rafael Gomez	120	556	442	110	136	14	5	18	73	14	4	96	121	.308	.437	.484	.921	214		9	4	5
Kenneth Cullum	118	463	390	68	119	22	1	15	83	9	2	61	90	.305	.406	.482	.888	188		7	2	3
Ronald Liptak	113	472	412	73	115	19	0	17	80	8	2	50	104	.279	.357	.449	.806	185		3	2	5
Butler Powell	107	419	373	60	107	26	1	7	60	9	0	40	33	.287	.361	.418	.779	156		4	1	1
Raymond Reed	90	327	279	54	90	11	0	23	67	1	0	41	61	.323	.407	.609	1.016	170		2	0	5
Ethan Blackaby	87	388	339	61	89	13	5	11	44	5	5	39	73	.263	.348	.428	.776	145		6	3	1
Ken Roesler	33	157	141	30	40	7	2	4	23	2	0	14	13	.284	.350	.447	.797	63		1	0	1
Harold Gelein	45	120	98	13	27	7	0	1	15	0	0	19	33	.276	.398	.378	.776	37		1	2	0
Bill Ryan	34	75	62	16	14	1	1	3	13	0	0	9	34	.226	.338	.419	.757	26		2	1	1
Wade Blasingame	18	43	40	5	12	4	0	2	9	0	0	3	16	.300	.349	.550	.899	22		0	0	0
Dennis Johnson	15	47	42	9	12	2	0	3	10	0	0	3	9	.286	.340	.548	.888	23		1	0	1
David Russell	15	53	40	7	10	3	0	2	8	0	0	13	14	.250	.434	.475	.909	19		0	0	0
Raymond Short	40	53	46	4	10	0	0	1	6	0	0	5	15	.217	.288	.283	.571	13		0	1	1
Edward Banach	33	53	46	6	9	1	1	0	4	0	0	4	14	.196	.260	.261	.521	12		0	3	0
George Huntington	13	36	31	3	7	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	6	.226	.314	.226	.540	7		1	1	0
John Nance	30	42	37	3	6	1	0	0	2	0	0	5	17	.162	.262	.189	.451	7		0	0	0
Richard Holden	19	47	40	2	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	7	25	.150	.277	.175	.452	7		0	0	0
Red Bresnehan	21	32	30	4	5	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	8	.167	.167	.200	.367	6		0	2	0
John Wells	38	37	25	6	4	2	0	0	3	0	0	9	13	.160	.382	.240	.622	6		0	3	0
Richard Sherrow	4	6	6		2									.333	.333	.333	.667	2
Arnold Umbach	11	27	23	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	.043	.083	.043	.127	1		0	3	0
Totals	1373	5085	4389	810	1265	227	36	133	722	67	17	572	931	.288	.373	.447	.821	1963	0	49	34	41	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
George Kopacz	1B	127	1062	76	26	106	.978	8.961
Ty Clayton	2B	103	228	284	18	71	.966	4.971
Chico Diaz	2B	29	67	91	5	24	.969	5.448
Rafael Gomez	3B	120	81	214	33	20	.899	2.458
Chico Diaz	3B	10	7	23	2	3	.938	3.000
Butler Powell	C	103	814	55	14	7	.984	8.437	11
David Russell	C	11	79	9	3	0	.967	8.000	2
Dennis Johnson	C	10	75	3	5	1	.940	7.800	2
Kenneth Cullum	OF	116	175	16	9	2	.955	1.647
Chico Diaz	OF	86	96	13	10	1	.916	1.267
Ethan Blackaby	OF	84	122	9	11	2	.923	1.560
Raymond Reed	OF	77	59	3	8	0	.886	.805
Ken Roesler	OF	33	52	7	3	1	.952	1.788
Harold Gelein	OF	17	20	2	1	0	.957	1.294
John Wells	P	37	4	27	0	3	1.000	.838
Edward Banach	P	33	8	13	1	0	.955	.636
Raymond Short	P	31	3	8	1	0	.917	.355
John Nance	P	30	7	21	1	1	.966	.933
Bill Ryan	P	25	13	26	5	1	.886	1.560
Richard Holden	P	19	2	22	2	1	.923	1.263
Harold Gelein	P	19	11	16	2	2	.931	1.421
Red Bresnehan	P	18	4	17	1	1	.955	1.167
Wade Blasingame	P	13	2	13	1	2	.938	1.154
Arnold Umbach	P	10	1	15	2	0	.889	1.600
Richard Sherrow	P	4						.000
Raymond Reed	P	1						.000
Ronald Liptak	SS	109	201	310	48	70	.914	4.688
Ty Clayton	SS	19	32	62	6	17	.940	4.947
Totals		1294	3225	1355	218	336	.955	3.539	15	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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