
1961 Binghamton Triplets Statistics
Team Record: 75-64
Finished 3rd in the EL
Manager: Jim Gleeson (75-64)
Affiliation: New York Yankees
Location: Binghamton, New York
Ballpark: Johnson Field
Attendance: 62,283, Avg. 896
The Binghamton Triplets of the Eastern League ended the 1961 season with a record of 75 wins and 64 losses, finishing third in the EL.
The Triplets scored 702 runs and yielded 666 runs. George Banks walloped 30 home runs for Binghamton, while Rich Barry and Charlie Keller swatted 15 or more as well. George Banks drove in 108 runs. Charlie Keller paced all regular hitters by connecting at a .349 clip. Roy Peterson topped the team with 14 wins, and Pete Mikkelsen registered a 3.49 earned run average, best among qualifying pitchers.
George Banks, Horace Clarke, Bob Meyer, Al Downing, Pete Mikkelsen, Dooley Womack, Elvio Jiménez and Rich Barry were all players from the 1961 Binghamton Triplets who played in the Majors during their careers.
Jim Gleeson 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Roy Peterson | 14 | 8 | .636 | 4.29 | 30 | 23 | 11 | 2 | 170.0 | 207 | 97 | 81 | 12 | 51 | 8 | 77 | 3 | 3 | 3 | |||
Lawrence DelMargo | 11 | 9 | .550 | 3.86 | 26 | 22 | 8 | 2 | 154.0 | 178 | 78 | 66 | 12 | 49 | 11 | 79 | 1 | 0 | 5 | |||
Richard Dumas | 10 | 7 | .588 | 3.70 | 17 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 124.0 | 125 | 54 | 51 | 7 | 43 | 6 | 65 | 1 | 1 | 7 | |||
Al Downing | 9 | 1 | .900 | 1.84 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 98.0 | 70 | 28 | 20 | 3 | 50 | 4 | 96 | 2 | 0 | 7 | |||
Bob Meyer | 9 | 11 | .450 | 4.50 | 24 | 24 | 9 | 1 | 132.0 | 100 | 82 | 66 | 5 | 128 | 2 | 147 | 4 | 0 | 18 | |||
Leonardo Ferguson | 6 | 3 | .667 | 4.05 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 91.0 | 94 | 51 | 41 | 3 | 50 | 8 | 84 | 8 | 0 | 8 | |||
Hub King | 5 | 7 | .417 | 6.40 | 22 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 83.0 | 98 | 75 | 59 | 10 | 48 | 8 | 49 | 3 | 0 | 4 | |||
Pete Mikkelsen | 4 | 10 | .286 | 3.49 | 27 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 129.0 | 112 | 66 | 50 | 15 | 59 | 13 | 92 | 11 | 0 | 4 | |||
Terry Murry | 3 | 2 | .600 | 4.57 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 65.0 | 74 | 44 | 33 | 3 | 32 | 6 | 63 | 3 | 0 | 8 | |||
John Nelson | 3 | 3 | .500 | 4.44 | 27 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 71.0 | 67 | 38 | 35 | 7 | 33 | 6 | 61 | 4 | 0 | 1 | |||
Howard Kitt | 1 | 2 | .333 | 8.55 | 5 | 20.0 | 20 | 23 | 19 | 27 | 0 | |||||||||||
Hugh Hendry | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
Dale Zeigler | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
Dooley Womack | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0.75 | 5 | 12.0 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 | |||||||||||
Totals | 75 | 64 | .540 | 4.09 | 289 | 134 | 0 | 55 | 11 | 0 | 1149.0 | 1153 | 641 | 522 | 77 | 575 | 72 | 813 | 40 | 5 | 65 | 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Charlie Keller | 139 | 572 | 464 | 104 | 162 | 38 | 17 | 19 | 104 | 1 | 95 | 102 | .349 | .460 | .627 | 1.087 | 291 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 9 | ||
Horace Clarke | 135 | 612 | 532 | 100 | 148 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 38 | 40 | 65 | 64 | .278 | .356 | .359 | .715 | 191 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 2 | ||
George Banks | 139 | 578 | 473 | 110 | 140 | 24 | 10 | 30 | 108 | 3 | 95 | 86 | .296 | .410 | .579 | .989 | 274 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | ||
Elvio Jiménez | 120 | 462 | 438 | 58 | 131 | 28 | 8 | 10 | 83 | 1 | 10 | 42 | .299 | .322 | .468 | .790 | 205 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | ||
James Orton | 119 | 490 | 440 | 65 | 123 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 42 | 14 | 37 | 53 | .280 | .337 | .345 | .683 | 152 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 0 | ||
Fred Carpenter | 130 | 499 | 448 | 60 | 118 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 47 | 7 | 37 | 52 | .263 | .322 | .333 | .654 | 149 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 0 | ||
Rich Barry | 128 | 488 | 416 | 52 | 114 | 27 | 5 | 23 | 85 | 2 | 50 | 111 | .274 | .358 | .529 | .887 | 220 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 2 | ||
Alan Hall | 114 | 427 | 364 | 48 | 95 | 19 | 1 | 14 | 48 | 8 | 51 | 100 | .261 | .360 | .434 | .794 | 158 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 10 | ||
Ed Gary | 81 | 310 | 280 | 51 | 83 | 8 | 4 | 11 | 36 | 5 | 24 | 61 | .296 | .355 | .471 | .826 | 132 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | ||
Boyd Coffie | 39 | 105 | 90 | 13 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 12 | 21 | .211 | .298 | .322 | .620 | 29 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||
Eugene Domzalski | 21 | 90 | 78 | 9 | 17 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 9 | 9 | .218 | .311 | .295 | .606 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Leonardo Ferguson | 40 | 33 | 28 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | .321 | .387 | .393 | .780 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
Al Downing | 12 | 45 | 39 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 10 | .231 | .244 | .333 | .577 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | ||
Barry Nidiffer | 27 | 60 | 49 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 18 | .184 | .322 | .245 | .567 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
Pete Mikkelsen | 28 | 45 | 43 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 22 | .163 | .182 | .233 | .414 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
Roy Peterson | 30 | 71 | 62 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 19 | .113 | .179 | .113 | .292 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
Richard Dumas | 26 | 51 | 44 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 14 | .136 | .224 | .159 | .384 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
Lawrence DelMargo | 26 | 62 | 56 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 20 | .089 | .105 | .089 | .195 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||
John Nelson | 27 | 24 | 23 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | .130 | .130 | .130 | .261 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
Bob Meyer | 24 | 47 | 37 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 23 | .081 | .244 | .081 | .326 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
Terry Murry | 45 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .200 | .273 | .300 | .573 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Danny Bishop | 12 | 25 | 21 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 | .095 | .240 | .095 | .335 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
Hub King | 22 | 37 | 32 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 19 | .062 | .143 | .062 | .205 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
Howard Kitt | 5 | 7 | 7 | 1 | .143 | .143 | .143 | .286 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
Richard Carter | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
Dooley Womack | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
Dale Zeigler | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
Totals | 1505 | 5157 | 4480 | 701 | 1215 | 207 | 59 | 121 | 627 | 84 | 0 | 525 | 879 | .271 | .350 | .425 | .775 | 1903 | 0 | 44 | 64 | 44 | 38 |
Fielding:
Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Charlie Keller | 1B | 139 | 1152 | 74 | 21 | 148 | .983 | 8.820 | ||||
James Orton | 2B | 118 | 304 | 341 | 21 | 109 | .968 | 5.466 | ||||
Eugene Domzalski | 2B | 21 | 46 | 63 | 8 | 18 | .932 | 5.190 | ||||
George Banks | 3B | 139 | 108 | 240 | 27 | 30 | .928 | 2.504 | ||||
Alan Hall | C | 107 | 657 | 59 | 15 | 15 | .979 | 6.692 | 5 | |||
Boyd Coffie | C | 29 | 200 | 21 | 3 | 2 | .987 | 7.621 | 5 | |||
Fred Carpenter | OF | 125 | 239 | 3 | 6 | 0 | .976 | 1.936 | ||||
Rich Barry | OF | 119 | 240 | 5 | 7 | 3 | .972 | 2.059 | ||||
Elvio Jiménez | OF | 111 | 139 | 15 | 4 | 2 | .975 | 1.387 | ||||
Ed Gary | OF | 69 | 89 | 4 | 2 | 2 | .979 | 1.348 | ||||
Terry Murry | P | 45 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | .556 | .111 | ||||
Leonardo Ferguson | P | 38 | 3 | 18 | 1 | 2 | .955 | .553 | ||||
Roy Peterson | P | 30 | 8 | 32 | 6 | 6 | .870 | 1.333 | ||||
John Nelson | P | 27 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 0 | .923 | .444 | ||||
Pete Mikkelsen | P | 27 | 14 | 21 | 4 | 2 | .897 | 1.296 | ||||
Lawrence DelMargo | P | 26 | 7 | 27 | 1 | 3 | .971 | 1.308 | ||||
Bob Meyer | P | 24 | 8 | 28 | 1 | 2 | .973 | 1.500 | ||||
Hub King | P | 22 | 4 | 17 | 2 | 0 | .913 | .955 | ||||
Richard Dumas | P | 17 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 2 | .923 | .706 | ||||
Al Downing | P | 12 | 3 | 21 | 1 | 1 | .960 | 2.000 | ||||
Horace Clarke | SS | 135 | 203 | 382 | 45 | 91 | .929 | 4.333 | ||||
Totals | 1380 | 3435 | 1389 | 181 | 440 | .964 | 3.496 | 10 | 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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