1961 Bluefield Orioles Statistics
Team Record: 34-34
Finished 4th in the AL
Manager: Dee Phillips (0-0), John Youse (0-0), Joe Cusick (0-0), Hubert Bates (0-0)
Affiliation: Baltimore Orioles
Location: Bluefield, West Virginia
Ballpark: Bowen Field
Attendance: 19,066, Avg. 561
The Bluefield Orioles of the Appalachian League ended the 1961 season with a record of 34 wins and 34 losses, finishing fourth in the AL.
The Orioles topped the league with 503 runs. Bluefield allowed 481 runs, most in the circuit. Dick Hickerson led the team with 13 home runs and accounted for 63 RBI. Richard Jones paced all regular hitters by connecting at a .380 clip. Gary Justice paced the squad with 7 wins and a team-best 3.53 ERA, best among regular hurlers.
Larry Haney played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Bluefield Orioles to do so.
Dee Phillips, John Youse, Joe Cusick and Hubert Bates 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gary Justice | 7 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.53 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 79.0 | 81 | 45 | 31 | 4 | 47 | 99 | 1 | 0 | 10 | ||||
| Jake Rushing | 4 | 1 | .800 | 2.74 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 46.0 | 36 | 20 | 14 | 5 | 22 | 44 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Joe Rowden | 4 | 3 | .571 | 7.16 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 49.0 | 54 | 42 | 39 | 5 | 49 | 47 | 1 | 2 | 12 | ||||
| Lawrence Eck | 4 | 6 | .400 | 3.51 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 41.0 | 41 | 33 | 16 | 5 | 23 | 28 | 4 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Howard Stethers | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.53 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 32.0 | 18 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 34 | 59 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Paul Snyder | 3 | 3 | .500 | 6.26 | 19 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 69.0 | 92 | 57 | 48 | 8 | 40 | 63 | 3 | 0 | 8 | ||||
| Richard Pakulski | 3 | 5 | .375 | 6.24 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 49.0 | 54 | 43 | 34 | 5 | 27 | 56 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Donald Gallon | 2 | 4 | .333 | 6.25 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 36.0 | 38 | 42 | 25 | 2 | 37 | 38 | 8 | 0 | 8 | ||||
| Robert Gore | 1 | 1 | .500 | 4.50 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32.0 | 31 | 21 | 16 | 4 | 23 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| William St. Peter | 1 | 3 | .250 | 7.84 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 31.0 | 48 | 46 | 27 | 3 | 21 | 28 | 3 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Jerry Scott | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Ronald Reese | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Harlan Anderson | 12 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| James Justice | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Jerry Jones | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Dick Hickerson | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| James Burns | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Robert Thieme | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| William Stone | 0 | 0 | 8.40 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15.0 | 18 | 16 | 14 | 0 | 10 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| John O'Connor | 0 | 1 | .000 | 5 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Edward Petryshyn | 0 | 5 | .000 | 15.00 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 27.0 | 37 | 52 | 45 | 7 | 44 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Totals | 32 | 32 | .500 | 5.66 | 189 | 65 | 0 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 506.0 | 548 | 428 | 318 | 48 | 377 | 0 | 525 | 27 | 3 | 56 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richard Jones | 60 | 269 | 216 | 54 | 82 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 62 | 6 | 46 | 38 | .380 | .483 | .593 | 1.076 | 128 | 2 | 0 | 5 | |||
| Bill Oplinger | 60 | 260 | 225 | 53 | 82 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 41 | 9 | 31 | 27 | .364 | .444 | .471 | .915 | 106 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Jack Seymore | 66 | 269 | 230 | 45 | 72 | 17 | 1 | 11 | 61 | 5 | 32 | 69 | .313 | .405 | .539 | .944 | 124 | 5 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Robert Litchfield | 64 | 308 | 244 | 71 | 71 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 16 | 55 | 29 | .291 | .427 | .348 | .775 | 85 | 5 | 1 | 3 | |||
| Dick Hickerson | 64 | 267 | 219 | 47 | 70 | 13 | 6 | 13 | 63 | 5 | 44 | 42 | .320 | .431 | .612 | 1.043 | 134 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |||
| John Price | 51 | 158 | 141 | 27 | 50 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 33 | 3 | 15 | 33 | .355 | .420 | .489 | .910 | 69 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Charles Embrey | 64 | 261 | 190 | 53 | 49 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 30 | 5 | 67 | 65 | .258 | .456 | .421 | .877 | 80 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Thomas Denofa | 48 | 179 | 158 | 24 | 45 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 31 | 0 | 19 | 32 | .285 | .358 | .399 | .756 | 63 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Larry Haney | 47 | 192 | 145 | 24 | 37 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 26 | 0 | 27 | 47 | .255 | .438 | .421 | .858 | 61 | 20 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jerry Scott | 40 | 138 | 124 | 27 | 35 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 1 | 12 | 33 | .282 | .343 | .403 | .746 | 50 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Ronald Pajak | 36 | 93 | 79 | 18 | 21 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 9 | 23 | .266 | .352 | .443 | .795 | 35 | 2 | 2 | 1 | |||
| Carmen Iannaccone | 18 | 71 | 62 | 12 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 18 | 0 | 9 | 18 | .306 | .394 | .548 | .943 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Lawrence Clayton | 8 | 27 | 27 | 9 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 9 | ||||||||||||||
| Alfonso Cole | 16 | 46 | 39 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 8 | .231 | .348 | .333 | .681 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Paul Snyder | 20 | 32 | 31 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | .194 | .194 | .226 | .419 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Gary Justice | 19 | 39 | 34 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 17 | .147 | .256 | .206 | .462 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Richard Pakulski | 16 | 19 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | .250 | .368 | .250 | .618 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jake Rushing | 7 | 18 | 18 | 4 | .222 | .222 | .222 | .444 | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| Robert Gore | 17 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .286 | .286 | .429 | .714 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Willie Williams | 5 | 9 | 9 | 2 | .222 | .222 | .222 | .444 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Howard Stethers | 5 | 10 | 10 | 2 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Edward Petryshyn | 13 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .167 | .231 | .333 | .564 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Donald Gallon | 13 | 17 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | .143 | .250 | .143 | .393 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| William Pate | 3 | 5 | 5 | 1 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| John O'Connor | 8 | 7 | 7 | 1 | .143 | .143 | .143 | .286 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Joe Rowden | 16 | 18 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9 | .000 | .111 | .000 | .111 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| James Justice | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| William St. Peter | 10 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | .000 | .214 | .000 | .214 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Lawrence Eck | 22 | 15 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | .000 | .067 | .000 | .067 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| William Stone | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| James Burns | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 828 | 2767 | 2308 | 483 | 682 | 128 | 28 | 54 | 428 | 53 | 0 | 389 | 540 | .295 | .403 | .445 | .849 | 1028 | 0 | 41 | 11 | 18 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dick Hickerson | 1B | 62 | 412 | 33 | 8 | 36 | .982 | 7.177 | ||||
| Bill Oplinger | 2B | 54 | 130 | 106 | 16 | 25 | .937 | 4.370 | ||||
| John Price | 2B | 18 | 24 | 34 | 7 | 6 | .892 | 3.222 | ||||
| Charles Embrey | 3B | 44 | 25 | 66 | 17 | 7 | .843 | 2.068 | ||||
| John Price | 3B | 13 | 9 | 17 | 5 | 3 | .839 | 2.000 | ||||
| Larry Haney | C | 44 | 356 | 20 | 6 | 6 | .984 | 8.545 | 21 | |||
| Ronald Pajak | C | 25 | 156 | 14 | 4 | 2 | .977 | 6.800 | 2 | |||
| Jerry Scott | C | 11 | 64 | 5 | 3 | 1 | .958 | 6.273 | 1 | |||
| Jack Seymore | OF | 59 | 68 | 11 | 2 | 2 | .975 | 1.339 | ||||
| Richard Jones | OF | 57 | 70 | 6 | 5 | 3 | .938 | 1.333 | ||||
| Thomas Denofa | OF | 46 | 76 | 1 | 4 | 0 | .951 | 1.674 | ||||
| Jerry Scott | OF | 27 | 28 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .968 | 1.111 | ||||
| Alfonso Cole | OF | 12 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .875 | .583 | ||||
| Lawrence Eck | P | 22 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 0 | .917 | .500 | ||||
| Paul Snyder | P | 19 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .895 | ||||
| Robert Gore | P | 17 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .412 | ||||
| Richard Pakulski | P | 16 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 1 | .900 | .562 | ||||
| Gary Justice | P | 16 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 0 | .850 | 1.062 | ||||
| Joe Rowden | P | 15 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .923 | .800 | ||||
| Edward Petryshyn | P | 13 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .385 | ||||
| Donald Gallon | P | 11 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | .800 | .727 | ||||
| William St. Peter | P | 10 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 1 | .800 | .800 | ||||
| William Stone | P | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jake Rushing | P | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| Howard Stethers | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| John O'Connor | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jerry Jones | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Robert Thieme | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| James Justice | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| James Burns | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ronald Reese | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Robert Litchfield | SS | 63 | 97 | 151 | 22 | 24 | .919 | 3.937 | ||||
| Totals | 710 | 1554 | 528 | 111 | 117 | .949 | 2.932 | 24 | 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.
