
1960 Charlotte Hornets Statistics
Team Record: 79-61
Finished 2nd in the SAL
Manager: Gene Verble (79-61)
Affiliation: Washington Senators
Location: Charlotte, North Carolina
Ballpark: Clark Griffith Park
Attendance: 87,432, Avg. 1,249
Playoffs - Knoxville Smokies 3 games, Charlotte Hornets 1
The Charlotte Hornets of the South Atlantic League ended the 1960 season with a record of 79 wins and 61 losses, finishing second in the SAL.
The Hornets plated 686 runs and yielded 625 runs. Curtis Hardaway paced Charlotte with 12 home runs Matthew Daskalakis recorded 74 runs batted in. Hernan Valdes led all regular batters by connecting at a .305 clip. Bob Saban topped the team with 14 wins, while Héctor Maestri registered a 2.45 earned run average, tops among hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Members of the 1960 Charlotte Hornets who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Bruce Barmes, Vern Morgan, Bert Cueto, Hal Griggs, Garland Shifflett, Fred Bruckbauer, Jake Jacobs, Sonny Dixon, Héctor Maestri, Bill Pleis and Minnie Mendoza.
Gene Verble 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bob Saban | 14 | 13 | .519 | 3.71 | 30 | 30 | 14 | 3 | 204.0 | 230 | 98 | 84 | 14 | 44 | 7 | 94 | 4 | 1 | 0 | |||
Héctor Maestri | 11 | 9 | .550 | 2.45 | 51 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 143.0 | 96 | 44 | 39 | 6 | 60 | 3 | 109 | 2 | 1 | 5 | |||
Bill Pleis | 10 | 4 | .714 | 2.73 | 26 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 138.7 | 119 | 52 | 42 | 6 | 40 | 4 | 97 | 9 | 0 | 1 | |||
Richard Schultz | 8 | 3 | .727 | 2.80 | 18 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 122.0 | 111 | 41 | 38 | 4 | 29 | 2 | 64 | 2 | 0 | 6 | |||
William Felker | 8 | 4 | .667 | 3.88 | 40 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 132.3 | 141 | 75 | 57 | 4 | 50 | 2 | 75 | 5 | 0 | 11 | |||
Oscar Chinique | 6 | 5 | .545 | 5.16 | 42 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 104.7 | 132 | 71 | 60 | 11 | 50 | 7 | 56 | 3 | 2 | 2 | |||
Bert Cueto | 6 | 8 | .429 | 4.50 | 27 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 116.0 | 127 | 67 | 58 | 12 | 38 | 1 | 63 | 11 | 0 | 5 | |||
Jose Mejias | 4 | 2 | .667 | 4.77 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 54.7 | 56 | 37 | 29 | 6 | 36 | 1 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |||
Fred Bruckbauer | 4 | 5 | .444 | 3.66 | 17 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 76.3 | 76 | 43 | 31 | 4 | 46 | 0 | 40 | 4 | 0 | 3 | |||
Sonny Dixon | 3 | 1 | .750 | 3.70 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 48.7 | 58 | 22 | 20 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
Hal Griggs | 3 | 3 | .500 | 3.75 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 60.0 | 74 | 31 | 25 | 1 | 13 | 2 | 31 | 1 | 0 | 5 | |||
Richard Griffith | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.00 | 4 | 12.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
Earl Furlow | 1 | 1 | .500 | 0.00 | 3 | 14.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
Gary Mitchell | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 4.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
Roberto Tano | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 7.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
Danny Hayling | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0.00 | 2 | 5.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
Garland Shifflett | 0 | 2 | .000 | 4.50 | 6 | 20.0 | 21 | 10 | 10 | 13 | 0 | |||||||||||
Totals | 79 | 61 | .564 | 3.51 | 306 | 133 | 0 | 43 | 8 | 0 | 1262.3 | 1241 | 591 | 493 | 69 | 426 | 31 | 693 | 43 | 4 | 41 | 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jake Jacobs | 138 | 638 | 588 | 84 | 167 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 35 | 18 | 26 | 51 | .284 | .326 | .335 | .661 | 197 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 1 | ||
Minnie Mendoza | 138 | 566 | 516 | 71 | 152 | 21 | 8 | 2 | 43 | 2 | 38 | 35 | .295 | .343 | .378 | .721 | 195 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | ||
Matthew Daskalakis | 141 | 602 | 507 | 73 | 140 | 19 | 4 | 3 | 74 | 2 | 79 | 35 | .276 | .376 | .347 | .723 | 176 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 9 | ||
Hernan Valdes | 106 | 420 | 397 | 55 | 121 | 18 | 8 | 10 | 41 | 1 | 16 | 43 | .305 | .331 | .466 | .797 | 185 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | ||
William Springfield | 109 | 484 | 422 | 74 | 116 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 47 | 10 | 56 | 55 | .275 | .360 | .374 | .734 | 158 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | ||
Vern Morgan | 106 | 433 | 371 | 61 | 110 | 18 | 3 | 11 | 65 | 3 | 50 | 44 | .296 | .376 | .450 | .827 | 167 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 3 | ||
Curtis Hardaway | 114 | 438 | 360 | 61 | 106 | 20 | 6 | 12 | 54 | 6 | 69 | 85 | .294 | .414 | .483 | .898 | 174 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 5 | ||
Roberto Tano | 116 | 421 | 355 | 63 | 90 | 15 | 2 | 11 | 50 | 2 | 60 | 71 | .254 | .361 | .400 | .761 | 142 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | ||
Bruce Barmes | 89 | 325 | 273 | 37 | 82 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 1 | 41 | 21 | .300 | .396 | .333 | .729 | 91 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | ||
Guy Lavalliere | 100 | 364 | 306 | 39 | 76 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 58 | 3 | 44 | 46 | .248 | .344 | .340 | .684 | 104 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 6 | ||
Edward Stogoski | 75 | 239 | 203 | 15 | 46 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 0 | 33 | 41 | .227 | .335 | .266 | .601 | 54 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | ||
Juan Vistuer | 26 | 80 | 63 | 12 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 17 | 11 | .222 | .388 | .286 | .673 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||
Bob Saban | 31 | 82 | 76 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 36 | .158 | .200 | .276 | .476 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
Bill Pleis | 27 | 54 | 47 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 14 | .170 | .235 | .213 | .448 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
Héctor Maestri | 51 | 44 | 42 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 18 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
Oscar Chinique | 42 | 37 | 37 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 15 | .162 | .162 | .216 | .378 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Bert Cueto | 28 | 41 | 41 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | .146 | .146 | .171 | .317 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Gene Davis | 15 | 63 | 51 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 11 | 10 | .118 | .270 | .196 | .466 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
William Felker | 40 | 40 | 38 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | .132 | .128 | .158 | .286 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
Reyes Figueroa | 2 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 4 | |||||||||||
Sonny Dixon | 16 | 19 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | .176 | .263 | .235 | .498 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Richard Schultz | 18 | 50 | 41 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 14 | .073 | .191 | .073 | .265 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
Jose Mejias | 12 | 19 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .111 | .111 | .111 | .222 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
Richard Griffith | 4 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 1 | |||||||||||
Hal Griggs | 9 | 22 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .045 | .045 | .045 | .091 | 1 | |||||||||||
Fred Bruckbauer | 17 | 29 | 27 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | .037 | .037 | .037 | .074 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
Gary Mitchell | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
Danny Hayling | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
Earl Furlow | 3 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
Garland Shifflett | 6 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
Totals | 1583 | 5538 | 4846 | 679 | 1285 | 192 | 46 | 59 | 557 | 49 | 0 | 555 | 688 | .265 | .343 | .360 | .703 | 1746 | 0 | 42 | 51 | 44 | 47 |
Fielding:
Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Matthew Daskalakis | 1B | 141 | 1200 | 104 | 17 | 110 | .987 | 9.248 | ||||
Minnie Mendoza | 2B | 132 | 367 | 372 | 36 | 87 | .954 | 5.598 | ||||
Curtis Hardaway | 3B | 81 | 62 | 142 | 22 | 19 | .903 | 2.519 | ||||
Roberto Tano | 3B | 49 | 42 | 51 | 6 | 10 | .939 | 1.898 | ||||
Guy Lavalliere | C | 93 | 528 | 66 | 10 | 12 | .983 | 6.387 | 7 | |||
Edward Stogoski | C | 60 | 317 | 31 | 8 | 3 | .978 | 5.800 | 6 | |||
Jake Jacobs | OF | 138 | 382 | 13 | 15 | 2 | .963 | 2.862 | ||||
Vern Morgan | OF | 102 | 170 | 13 | 5 | 3 | .973 | 1.794 | ||||
Bruce Barmes | OF | 75 | 132 | 9 | 5 | 1 | .966 | 1.880 | ||||
Roberto Tano | OF | 49 | 79 | 12 | 1 | 1 | .989 | 1.857 | ||||
Juan Vistuer | OF | 23 | 29 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .968 | 1.304 | ||||
Curtis Hardaway | OF | 22 | 28 | 0 | 5 | 0 | .848 | 1.273 | ||||
Hernan Valdes | OF | 15 | 31 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .971 | 2.200 | ||||
Gene Davis | OF | 15 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 2 | .913 | 1.400 | ||||
William Springfield | OF | 12 | 21 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.083 | ||||
Héctor Maestri | P | 51 | 8 | 22 | 3 | 0 | .909 | .588 | ||||
Oscar Chinique | P | 42 | 6 | 14 | 2 | 1 | .909 | .476 | ||||
William Felker | P | 40 | 9 | 28 | 3 | 1 | .925 | .925 | ||||
Bob Saban | P | 30 | 19 | 39 | 4 | 3 | .935 | 1.933 | ||||
Bert Cueto | P | 27 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 1 | .941 | .593 | ||||
Bill Pleis | P | 26 | 7 | 21 | 1 | 1 | .966 | 1.077 | ||||
Richard Schultz | P | 18 | 9 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.722 | ||||
Fred Bruckbauer | P | 17 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .647 | ||||
Sonny Dixon | P | 16 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.188 | ||||
Jose Mejias | P | 12 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 1 | .900 | .750 | ||||
Hernan Valdes | SS | 68 | 112 | 156 | 13 | 30 | .954 | 3.941 | ||||
William Springfield | SS | 68 | 159 | 201 | 31 | 41 | .921 | 5.294 | ||||
Totals | 1422 | 3745 | 1371 | 193 | 333 | .964 | 3.598 | 13 | 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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