1961 Cedar Rapids Braves Statistics
Team Record: 73-57
Finished 2nd in the IIIL
Manager: Jimmy Brown (73-57)
Affiliation: Milwaukee Braves
Location: Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Ballpark: Veterans Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 69,617, Avg. 1,071
The Cedar Rapids Braves of the Illinois-Iowa-Indiana League ended the 1961 season with a record of 73 wins and 57 losses, finishing second in the IIIL.
The Braves scored 642 runs and allowed 570 runs. Barry Morgan led Cedar Rapids with 23 home runs, while Joe Trenary, Gene Johnson and Ron Hunt each walloped 15 or more as well. Barry Morgan drove in 89 runs. Joe Trenary paced all regular batters by connecting at a .314 clip. Bill Holmes topped the team with 18 wins, plus Dick Kelley added 15 or more wins, too Bill Holmes recorded a 2.2 ERA, best among qualifying pitchers.
Players from the 1961 Cedar Rapids Braves who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Ron Hunt, Bruce Brubaker, John Braun and Dick Kelley.
Jimmy Brown 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Holmes | 18 | 4 | .818 | 2.20 | 24 | 23 | 17 | 2 | 200.0 | 168 | 60 | 49 | 10 | 65 | 2 | 172 | 7 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Dick Kelley | 15 | 5 | .750 | 2.42 | 26 | 24 | 14 | 4 | 186.0 | 132 | 61 | 50 | 15 | 122 | 2 | 200 | 9 | 1 | 9 | |||
| Larry Huebner | 12 | 5 | .706 | 3.50 | 24 | 24 | 9 | 0 | 167.0 | 187 | 83 | 65 | 12 | 54 | 1 | 106 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |||
| A. J. White | 7 | 7 | .500 | 3.88 | 40 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 95.0 | 73 | 55 | 41 | 9 | 66 | 2 | 102 | 6 | 3 | 3 | |||
| David Fracaro | 5 | 3 | .625 | 3.36 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 59.0 | 58 | 32 | 22 | 3 | 35 | 0 | 48 | 5 | 0 | 11 | |||
| Paul Roof | 5 | 6 | .455 | 3.39 | 15 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 109.0 | 97 | 55 | 41 | 9 | 54 | 1 | 74 | 2 | 1 | 7 | |||
| Robert Wedin | 2 | 1 | .667 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| John Braun | 2 | 1 | .667 | 2.84 | 6 | 19.0 | 18 | 6 | 17 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| Tony Komisar | 2 | 1 | .667 | 4.33 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27.0 | 23 | 21 | 13 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Bennie Griggs | 2 | 5 | .286 | 2.35 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 69.0 | 53 | 30 | 18 | 4 | 25 | 3 | 49 | 4 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Dennis Overby | 1 | 1 | .500 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Bernard Poupore | 1 | 1 | .500 | 7 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Fred Walker | 1 | 4 | .200 | 4.61 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 41.0 | 45 | 24 | 21 | 2 | 26 | 1 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Joe Trenary | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| William Marnie | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Jerry Hummitzsch | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0.00 | 3 | 4.0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| Gerry Glynn | 0 | 4 | .000 | 5.14 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 56.0 | 53 | 52 | 32 | 5 | 46 | 0 | 44 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Bruce Brubaker | 0 | 7 | .000 | 6.92 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 39.0 | 58 | 35 | 30 | 2 | 16 | 1 | 35 | 2 | 0 | 5 | |||
| Totals | 73 | 57 | .562 | 3.26 | 233 | 121 | 0 | 59 | 8 | 0 | 1071.0 | 967 | 508 | 388 | 73 | 544 | 13 | 875 | 40 | 7 | 46 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Snyder | 126 | 551 | 493 | 72 | 153 | 19 | 4 | 14 | 76 | 1 | 47 | 62 | .310 | .375 | .450 | .825 | 222 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 4 | ||
| Joe Trenary | 119 | 508 | 452 | 83 | 142 | 24 | 4 | 21 | 72 | 12 | 48 | 86 | .314 | .382 | .524 | .907 | 237 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | ||
| Ron Hunt | 121 | 545 | 461 | 98 | 136 | 25 | 7 | 16 | 72 | 9 | 71 | 61 | .295 | .389 | .484 | .873 | 223 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Barry Morgan | 130 | 543 | 456 | 77 | 132 | 20 | 4 | 23 | 89 | 6 | 79 | 86 | .289 | .396 | .502 | .898 | 229 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | ||
| Steve Ryder | 123 | 519 | 461 | 57 | 122 | 17 | 4 | 6 | 50 | 5 | 47 | 55 | .265 | .334 | .358 | .692 | 165 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 6 | ||
| Gene Johnson | 106 | 443 | 386 | 53 | 98 | 11 | 0 | 17 | 63 | 8 | 46 | 60 | .254 | .339 | .415 | .753 | 160 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 4 | ||
| Dan Newman | 95 | 360 | 314 | 37 | 84 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 34 | 3 | 37 | 47 | .268 | .348 | .366 | .715 | 115 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 7 | ||
| Karl Frantz | 103 | 404 | 369 | 38 | 81 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 40 | 1 | 29 | 61 | .220 | .287 | .293 | .580 | 108 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Herm Hubbard | 53 | 217 | 186 | 37 | 47 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 6 | 29 | 61 | .253 | .356 | .376 | .733 | 70 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Thomas Brown | 60 | 232 | 198 | 27 | 47 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 23 | 4 | 32 | 35 | .237 | .343 | .354 | .697 | 70 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Richard Rogers | 33 | 124 | 107 | 8 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 30 | .187 | .273 | .271 | .544 | 29 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Larry Huebner | 24 | 74 | 61 | 8 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 19 | .230 | .273 | .262 | .535 | 16 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Pete Codella | 18 | 64 | 46 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 17 | 15 | .239 | .444 | .457 | .901 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Dick Kelley | 22 | 74 | 61 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 32 | .164 | .250 | .213 | .463 | 13 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Paul Roof | 15 | 45 | 42 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bill Holmes | 24 | 85 | 68 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 39 | .103 | .197 | .118 | .315 | 8 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gerry Glynn | 11 | 24 | 23 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .217 | .250 | .217 | .467 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| A. J. White | 42 | 37 | 35 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 17 | .143 | .189 | .143 | .332 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dennis Overby | 5 | 8 | 8 | 3 | .375 | .375 | .375 | .750 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Fred Walker | 15 | 19 | 18 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .167 | .167 | .333 | .500 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bennie Griggs | 10 | 26 | 26 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14 | .115 | .115 | .154 | .269 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tony Komisar | 22 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .286 | .375 | .286 | .661 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| George Huntington | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| John Braun | 6 | 7 | 7 | 1 | .143 | .143 | .143 | .286 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| David Fracaro | 10 | 23 | 21 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | .048 | .130 | .048 | .178 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Robert Wedin | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Bruce Brubaker | 7 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Horace Garner | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Bernard Poupore | 7 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| William Marnie | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Marcial Allen | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 1321 | 4968 | 4334 | 630 | 1135 | 169 | 30 | 119 | 571 | 55 | 0 | 517 | 813 | .262 | .344 | .397 | .741 | 1721 | 0 | 35 | 59 | 23 | 47 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Snyder | 1B | 124 | 1052 | 74 | 15 | 101 | .987 | 9.081 | ||||
| Ron Hunt | 2B | 120 | 306 | 333 | 26 | 80 | .961 | 5.325 | ||||
| Joe Trenary | 2B | 14 | 23 | 26 | 2 | 6 | .961 | 3.500 | ||||
| Gene Johnson | 3B | 106 | 74 | 223 | 17 | 27 | .946 | 2.802 | ||||
| Joe Trenary | 3B | 25 | 19 | 52 | 15 | 6 | .826 | 2.840 | ||||
| Dan Newman | C | 93 | 728 | 61 | 17 | 2 | .979 | 8.484 | 24 | |||
| Richard Rogers | C | 25 | 200 | 14 | 3 | 2 | .986 | 8.560 | 8 | |||
| Pete Codella | C | 17 | 113 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .992 | 7.059 | 2 | |||
| Barry Morgan | OF | 130 | 173 | 7 | 6 | 0 | .968 | 1.385 | ||||
| Steve Ryder | OF | 122 | 146 | 8 | 7 | 2 | .957 | 1.262 | ||||
| Thomas Brown | OF | 54 | 100 | 7 | 6 | 1 | .947 | 1.981 | ||||
| Herm Hubbard | OF | 46 | 86 | 1 | 6 | 0 | .935 | 1.891 | ||||
| Joe Trenary | OF | 44 | 76 | 2 | 5 | 0 | .940 | 1.773 | ||||
| A. J. White | P | 40 | 7 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .625 | ||||
| Dick Kelley | P | 26 | 14 | 41 | 4 | 6 | .932 | 2.115 | ||||
| Larry Huebner | P | 24 | 6 | 27 | 3 | 1 | .917 | 1.375 | ||||
| Bill Holmes | P | 24 | 12 | 36 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Tony Komisar | P | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .048 | ||||
| Fred Walker | P | 15 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 3 | .923 | .800 | ||||
| Paul Roof | P | 15 | 9 | 32 | 6 | 2 | .872 | 2.733 | ||||
| Gerry Glynn | P | 11 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .909 | .909 | ||||
| Bennie Griggs | P | 10 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.200 | ||||
| David Fracaro | P | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| Bernard Poupore | P | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| Bruce Brubaker | P | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| John Braun | P | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Robert Wedin | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Dennis Overby | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| William Marnie | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jerry Hummitzsch | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Karl Frantz | SS | 98 | 172 | 287 | 31 | 59 | .937 | 4.684 | ||||
| Joe Trenary | SS | 36 | 46 | 82 | 18 | 14 | .877 | 3.556 | ||||
| Totals | 1282 | 3371 | 1364 | 190 | 317 | .961 | 3.693 | 34 | 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.
