1961 Batavia Pirates Statistics
Team Record: 65-59
Finished 3rd in the NYPL
Manager: James Adlam (0-0), Gene Baker (0-0)
Affiliation: Pittsburgh Pirates
Location: Batavia, New York
Ballpark: Dwyer Stadium
Attendance: 32,211, Avg. 520
Playoffs - Batavia Pirates 2 games, Erie Sailors 1
Finals - Olean Red Sox 2 games, Batavia Pirates 0
The Batavia Pirates of the New York-Pennsylvania League ended the 1961 season with a record of 65 wins and 59 losses, finishing third in the NYPL.
The Pirates plated 757 runs and surrendered 764 runs. Roberto Sanchez walloped 36 home runs for Batavia, while Gilbert Watts and Art Blunt added 15 or more also. Roberto Sanchez accounted for 117 RBI. Gilbert Watts led batters with significant playing time by hitting .316. Steve Blass topped the squad with 13 wins, and Gary Aldrich recorded a 2.58 ERA, leading hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Players from the 1961 Batavia Pirates who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Don Bosch, Dave Wissman, Gene Baker, Steve Blass and Buddy Booker.
James Adlam and Gene Baker 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Blass | 13 | 6 | .684 | 3.32 | 23 | 21 | 10 | 3 | 160.0 | 133 | 81 | 59 | 11 | 117 | 227 | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Gary Aldrich | 12 | 6 | .667 | 2.58 | 24 | 18 | 12 | 1 | 150.0 | 124 | 65 | 43 | 8 | 94 | 143 | 2 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Lawrence Zuidmuider | 8 | 7 | .533 | 3.79 | 17 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 126.0 | 116 | 70 | 53 | 8 | 75 | 132 | 5 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Robert Slezak | 7 | 5 | .583 | 4.94 | 14 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 93.0 | 121 | 67 | 51 | 12 | 33 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Gilbert Watts | 4 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.95 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 40.0 | 38 | 28 | 22 | 4 | 30 | 33 | 6 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Robert Sinkewicz | 4 | 5 | .444 | 4.27 | 25 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 78.0 | 68 | 78 | 37 | 8 | 71 | 65 | 2 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Ramon Saba | 4 | 5 | .444 | 4.50 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 66.0 | 55 | 35 | 33 | 6 | 52 | 62 | 0 | 1 | 4 | ||||
| Troy Giles | 3 | 2 | .600 | 6.18 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 51.0 | 56 | 45 | 35 | 11 | 16 | 35 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Bob Hamilton | 3 | 7 | .300 | 5.38 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 77.0 | 79 | 58 | 46 | 10 | 58 | 53 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||||
| John Sheerin | 2 | 1 | .667 | 5.54 | 5 | 5 | 26.0 | 31 | 29 | 16 | 3 | 18 | 0 | |||||||||
| Don Rahr | 2 | 5 | .286 | 4.94 | 28 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 102.0 | 105 | 72 | 56 | 11 | 53 | 51 | 4 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| Paul Murphy | 1 | 1 | .500 | 9.00 | 6 | 0 | 10.0 | 20 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 11 | 0 | |||||||||
| James Johns | 1 | 2 | .333 | 4.50 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24.0 | 27 | 25 | 12 | 4 | 17 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Larry Gable | 1 | 2 | .333 | 16.88 | 3 | 3 | 8.0 | 6 | 18 | 15 | 1 | 9 | 1 | |||||||||
| Gene Baker | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Hector Urbano | 0 | 0 | 5.29 | 8 | 0 | 17.0 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 14 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Anthony Rao | 0 | 0 | 7.20 | 1 | 1 | 5.0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Charles Ling | 0 | 0 | 7.20 | 3 | 0 | 5.0 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Michael Vetovich | 0 | 1 | .000 | 11.25 | 3 | 0 | 4.0 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 0 | |||||||||
| Dick Newberg | 0 | 1 | .000 | 12.75 | 5 | 1 | 12.0 | 15 | 24 | 17 | 3 | 18 | 0 | |||||||||
| Ronald Spring | 0 | 3 | .000 | 9.00 | 5 | 3 | 17.0 | 18 | 20 | 17 | 4 | 19 | 0 | |||||||||
| Totals | 65 | 59 | .524 | 4.58 | 237 | 121 | 0 | 45 | 6 | 0 | 1071.0 | 1045 | 763 | 545 | 111 | 717 | 0 | 856 | 25 | 4 | 37 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roberto Sanchez | 123 | 569 | 494 | 125 | 152 | 25 | 7 | 36 | 117 | 27 | 7 | 64 | 55 | .308 | .391 | .605 | .996 | 299 | 5 | 4 | 2 | ||
| Gilbert Watts | 117 | 494 | 408 | 87 | 129 | 30 | 1 | 26 | 99 | 4 | 1 | 82 | 71 | .316 | .431 | .586 | 1.017 | 239 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Buddy Booker | 118 | 482 | 418 | 91 | 123 | 24 | 0 | 14 | 75 | 12 | 0 | 55 | 58 | .294 | .373 | .452 | .825 | 189 | 0 | 5 | 4 | ||
| Don Bosch | 123 | 562 | 474 | 85 | 119 | 23 | 4 | 11 | 71 | 15 | 6 | 78 | 121 | .251 | .361 | .386 | .747 | 183 | 5 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Reinaldo Vasquez | 103 | 430 | 393 | 58 | 107 | 17 | 3 | 7 | 58 | 5 | 3 | 26 | 72 | .272 | .320 | .384 | .704 | 151 | 4 | 2 | 5 | ||
| Art Blunt | 101 | 450 | 357 | 94 | 106 | 18 | 0 | 35 | 92 | 5 | 2 | 75 | 93 | .297 | .437 | .641 | 1.078 | 229 | 15 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Gene Baker | 53 | 195 | 155 | 48 | 60 | 12 | 0 | 8 | 45 | 6 | 2 | 36 | 22 | .387 | .505 | .619 | 1.125 | 96 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Donald DiChiara | 68 | 273 | 228 | 36 | 54 | 9 | 2 | 12 | 44 | 1 | 0 | 41 | 66 | .237 | .354 | .452 | .806 | 103 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Harry Land | 60 | 282 | 235 | 32 | 41 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 0 | 3 | 40 | 73 | .174 | .296 | .260 | .556 | 61 | 2 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Lyle Owens | 37 | 163 | 136 | 17 | 38 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 32 | .279 | .395 | .390 | .785 | 53 | 3 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Russell Mueller | 37 | 162 | 127 | 24 | 34 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 30 | 16 | .268 | .403 | .339 | .741 | 43 | 0 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Joe Reddick | 59 | 179 | 150 | 15 | 33 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 30 | .220 | .326 | .240 | .566 | 36 | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||
| George Grant | 19 | 87 | 68 | 16 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 7 | .265 | .419 | .397 | .816 | 27 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Robert Slezak | 16 | 48 | 45 | 4 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | .333 | .354 | .400 | .754 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Roy Renfro | 16 | 61 | 51 | 8 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 13 | .294 | .377 | .333 | .710 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Lawrence Zuidmuider | 17 | 49 | 41 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12 | .244 | .295 | .244 | .539 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Larry Schultz | 16 | 67 | 59 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 23 | .169 | .258 | .186 | .444 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Gary Aldrich | 25 | 57 | 51 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 18 | .176 | .263 | .176 | .440 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Steve Blass | 23 | 76 | 65 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 23 | .138 | .222 | .138 | .361 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Ramon Saba | 28 | 29 | 26 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | .308 | .379 | .346 | .725 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mortimer Davis | 7 | 16 | 16 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .438 | .438 | .562 | 1.000 | 9 | |||||||||||
| Troy Giles | 11 | 25 | 25 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | .200 | .200 | .320 | .520 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Don Rahr | 29 | 43 | 35 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 16 | .143 | .262 | .143 | .405 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Bob Hamilton | 16 | 35 | 30 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 11 | .133 | .235 | .267 | .502 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Dave Wissman | 2 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .375 | .375 | .500 | .875 | 4 | |||||||||||
| Robert Sinkewicz | 29 | 25 | 21 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 | .143 | .280 | .190 | .470 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Hector Urbano | 8 | 5 | 5 | 1 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Dick Newberg | 6 | 5 | 5 | 1 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| John Sheerin | 5 | 10 | 10 | 1 | .100 | .100 | .100 | .200 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Ronald Spring | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Larry Gable | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Donald Comeaux | 9 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| James Johns | 10 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Anthony Rao | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Paul Murphy | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 1306 | 4913 | 4161 | 786 | 1120 | 198 | 22 | 157 | 701 | 86 | 28 | 637 | 864 | .269 | .370 | .441 | .810 | 1833 | 0 | 45 | 38 | 32 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Donald DiChiara | 1B | 67 | 547 | 42 | 12 | 47 | .980 | 8.791 | ||||
| Gilbert Watts | 1B | 49 | 277 | 17 | 11 | 22 | .964 | 6.000 | ||||
| Art Blunt | 1B | 12 | 92 | 1 | 4 | 3 | .959 | 7.750 | ||||
| Roberto Sanchez | 2B | 67 | 163 | 171 | 14 | 46 | .960 | 4.985 | ||||
| George Grant | 2B | 18 | 40 | 46 | 12 | 7 | .878 | 4.778 | ||||
| Larry Schultz | 2B | 15 | 32 | 36 | 6 | 7 | .919 | 4.533 | ||||
| Lyle Owens | 2B | 12 | 33 | 23 | 0 | 5 | 1.000 | 4.667 | ||||
| Gene Baker | 3B | 41 | 25 | 80 | 10 | 9 | .913 | 2.561 | ||||
| Gilbert Watts | 3B | 36 | 18 | 32 | 10 | 4 | .833 | 1.389 | ||||
| Russell Mueller | 3B | 29 | 17 | 33 | 15 | 2 | .769 | 1.724 | ||||
| Lyle Owens | 3B | 24 | 28 | 43 | 6 | 1 | .922 | 2.958 | ||||
| Buddy Booker | C | 70 | 585 | 43 | 10 | 8 | .984 | 8.971 | 14 | |||
| Joe Reddick | C | 38 | 264 | 16 | 10 | 0 | .966 | 7.368 | 15 | |||
| Roy Renfro | C | 12 | 105 | 10 | 2 | 4 | .983 | 9.583 | 4 | |||
| Don Bosch | OF | 122 | 223 | 10 | 17 | 1 | .932 | 1.910 | ||||
| Reinaldo Vasquez | OF | 101 | 117 | 9 | 10 | 1 | .926 | 1.248 | ||||
| Art Blunt | OF | 89 | 124 | 14 | 12 | 3 | .920 | 1.551 | ||||
| Buddy Booker | OF | 30 | 36 | 5 | 3 | 0 | .932 | 1.367 | ||||
| Gilbert Watts | OF | 12 | 19 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .913 | 1.750 | ||||
| Don Rahr | P | 28 | 12 | 23 | 4 | 2 | .897 | 1.250 | ||||
| Robert Sinkewicz | P | 25 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 3 | .933 | .560 | ||||
| Ramon Saba | P | 25 | 2 | 11 | 2 | 2 | .867 | .520 | ||||
| Gary Aldrich | P | 24 | 14 | 28 | 2 | 3 | .955 | 1.750 | ||||
| Steve Blass | P | 23 | 7 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.348 | ||||
| Lawrence Zuidmuider | P | 17 | 7 | 19 | 2 | 0 | .929 | 1.529 | ||||
| Robert Slezak | P | 14 | 6 | 22 | 4 | 2 | .875 | 2.000 | ||||
| Bob Hamilton | P | 14 | 6 | 17 | 2 | 0 | .920 | 1.643 | ||||
| James Johns | P | 10 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .500 | .200 | ||||
| Troy Giles | P | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| Gilbert Watts | P | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| Hector Urbano | P | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| Paul Murphy | P | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ronald Spring | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| John Sheerin | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Dick Newberg | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Michael Vetovich | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Charles Ling | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Larry Gable | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Anthony Rao | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Gene Baker | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Harry Land | SS | 60 | 99 | 121 | 24 | 33 | .902 | 3.667 | ||||
| Roberto Sanchez | SS | 54 | 104 | 153 | 13 | 22 | .952 | 4.759 | ||||
| Totals | 1195 | 3003 | 1066 | 222 | 238 | .948 | 3.405 | 33 | 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.
