1960 Columbus Jets Statistics

International League (IL) - Class: AAA
Team Record: 69-84
Finished 6th in the IL
Manager: Cal Ermer (69-84)
Affiliation: Pittsburgh Pirates
Location: Columbus, Ohio
Ballpark: Harold Cooper Stadium
Attendance: 136,195, Avg. 1,780

1960 Columbus Jets Roster

The Columbus Jets of the International League ended the 1960 season with a record of 69 wins and 84 losses, finishing sixth in the IL.

The Jets plated 588 runs and conceded 568 runs. John Powers paced Columbus with 24 home runs, while Tom Burgess and Román Mejías walloped 15 or more, too. Román Mejías accounted for 71 RBI and topped all qualifying hitters on the roster with a .278 average. Al Jackson and Bob Veale led the squad with 10 wins each, and Jim Umbricht recorded a 2.5 ERA, leading pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

Players from the 1960 Columbus Jets who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Dick Gray, Nino Escalera, George Perez, Pidge Browne, Jim Umbricht, Dick Barone, Román Mejías, Bennie Daniels, Curt Raydon, Carlos Bernier, Ron Blackburn, Bill Hall, Tom Cheney, Diomedes Olivo, Jack Lamabe, Dick Lines, Gene Alley, Bob Veale, Ed Bauta, Tom Burgess, Julián Javier, John Powers, Al Jackson, Earl Francis, Don Williams and George Spencer.

Cal Ermer served as manager.

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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 Veale	10	9	.526	3.51	31	29		6	4		172.0	155	77	67	10	119	0	150	1	1	9
Al Jackson	10	14	.417	3.06	35	29		8	4		197.0	159	81	67	8	58	4	122	5	1	6
Jim Umbricht	8	5	.615	2.50	19	16		8	2		126.0	103	39	35	11	43	2	97	0	1	1
Curt Raydon	7	5	.583	3.75	17	15		3	1		84.0	76	42	35	2	66	2	58	2	0	5
Don Williams	7	6	.538	3.50	59	0		0	0		121.0	109	53	47	11	45	6	83	2	0	7
Diomedes Olivo	7	9	.438	2.88	42	12		6	2		150.0	113	58	48	24	37	6	128	1	0	3
Earl Francis	5	4	.556	3.04	11	11		4	1		74.0	52	28	25	6	30	1	61	1	0	3
Tom Cheney	4	8	.333	3.16	15	15		6	0		111.0	79	45	39	8	47	1	115	3	0	2
Bennie Daniels	4	9	.308	3.38	18	16		6	0		117.0	103	52	44	13	32	3	83	4	0	3
Donald Dobrino	3	2	.600	4.75	19	2		0	0		36.0	47	23	19	4	13	3	17	3	0	3
George Spencer	3	5	.375	2.88	38	0		0	0		72.0	63	25	23	9	17	5	43	2	0	0
Ed Bauta	1	0	1.000	0.95	12	0		0	0		19.0	10	2	2	1	4	0	12	0	0	0
George Perez	0	0			2						0.0									0
Jack Lamabe	0	0		0.00	2						4.0	3	0	0		2		2		0
Dick Lines	0	2	.000	6.30	3						10.0	12	8	7		3		4		0
Ron Blackburn	0	6	.000	5.82	14	5		0	0		34.0	44	27	22	5	9	1	21	2	0	0
Totals	69	84	.451	3.26	337	150	0	47	14	0	1327.0	1128	560	480	112	525	34	996	26	3	42	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
Román Mejías	131	518	474	55	132	11	9	16	71	7	4	32	54	.278	.327	.441	.768	209		3	7	2
Nino Escalera	126	527	466	59	125	17	3	4	32	5	9	48	55	.268	.340	.343	.684	160		4	7	2
Pidge Browne	137	508	433	45	117	15	6	9	51	2	3	65	55	.270	.361	.395	.756	171		0	4	6
John Powers	104	436	380	62	105	14	2	24	56	0	2	38	46	.276	.367	.513	.880	195		17	0	1
Dick Barone	143	554	499	52	102	17	2	8	44	2	2	45	92	.204	.274	.295	.568	147		3	6	1
Tom Burgess	117	421	349	56	96	20	1	15	59	0	1	68	45	.275	.395	.467	.862	163		2	1	1
Robert Sagers	125	444	379	47	91	11	4	6	35	2	1	55	85	.240	.336	.338	.673	128		1	6	3
Dick Gray	93	324	275	31	70	9	3	7	32	3	2	44	41	.255	.355	.385	.741	106		0	3	2
Dick Brockell	68	220	203	9	54	13	2	2	29	0	0	12	24	.266	.309	.379	.688	77		1	3	1
Edward Sada	42	175	162	14	39	5	3	3	16	0	2	11	17	.241	.297	.364	.661	59		2	0	0
Leo Rodriguez	43	147	130	19	38	3	0	3	14	0	0	11	8	.292	.345	.385	.729	50		1	2	3
Willie Melendez	45	154	140	24	37	6	0	2	5	2	2	10	12	.264	.318	.350	.668	49		1	3	0
Julián Javier	31	127	111	21	32	4	0	3	12	6	0	12	19	.288	.352	.405	.757	45		0	2	2
Roberto Herrera	49	150	136	15	32	1	2	3	16	2	2	10	38	.235	.297	.338	.636	46		2	2	0
Tony Tornay	49	143	127	8	24	5	0	1	6	0	0	14	21	.189	.280	.252	.532	32		2	0	0
Chuck Buheller	35	89	85	7	22	3	1	2	8	0	0	3	16	.259	.292	.388	.680	33		1	0	0
Bill Hall	34	106	93	9	22	3	1	1	13	0	1	8	10	.237	.298	.323	.621	30		1	2	2
Carlos Bernier	35	96	76	13	14	1	0	1	6	4	0	15	19	.184	.330	.237	.567	18		2	2	1
Diomedes Olivo	46	59	56	3	11	4	0	0	2	0	0	1	15	.196	.211	.268	.478	15		0	2	0
Henry Mitchell	20	64	61	8	11	4	0	1	8	1	0	2	16	.180	.219	.295	.514	18		1	0	0
Bennie Daniels	30	47	45	6	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	15	.200	.217	.222	.440	10		0	1	0
Jim Umbricht	20	44	42	3	8	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	4	.190	.205	.190	.395	8		0	0	1
Al Jackson	49	74	69	9	8	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	26	.116	.116	.159	.275	11		0	5	0
Curt Raydon	18	37	33	4	7	2	0	0	3	0	0	2	16	.212	.257	.273	.530	9		0	2	0
Tom Cheney	18	42	38	0	7	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	11	.184	.205	.184	.389	7		1	3	0
Earl Francis	11	29	25	3	6	3	0	1	3	0	0	0	11	.240	.231	.480	.711	12		0	3	1
Gene Alley	4	14	14	1	5	1	0	1	1	0				.357	.357	.643	1.000	9
Don Williams	59	24	21	2	5	0	0	1	2	0	0	2	4	.238	.304	.381	.685	8		0	1	0
Bob Veale	32	64	59	2	5	0	1	0	1	0	0	3	34	.085	.129	.119	.248	7		0	2	0
Donald Dobrino	23	15	12	1	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	4	.250	.357	.417	.774	5		0	1	0
Bill Onuska	5	5	5		2									.400	.400	.400	.800	2
Dick Lines	5	2	2		1									.500	.500	.500	1.000	1
Ron Blackburn	14	8	8	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.125	.125	.250	.375	2		0	0	0
Ed Bauta	12	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
George Spencer	38	15	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	.000	.143	.000	.143	0		1	1	0
George Perez	2	3	3		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1813	5688	5026	588	1241	174	41	115	534	36	32	516	822	.247	.321	.366	.687	1842	0	46	71	29	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Pidge Browne	1B	130	1048	68	9	82	.992	8.585
Nino Escalera	1B	18	147	10	1	9	.994	8.722
Chuck Buheller	1B	18	139	3	1	9	.993	7.889
Robert Sagers	2B	59	122	134	4	32	.985	4.339
Dick Barone	2B	38	75	106	3	25	.984	4.763
Willie Melendez	2B	31	67	50	5	12	.959	3.774
Julián Javier	2B	30	75	67	8	15	.947	4.733
Dick Gray	2B	10	19	24	4	5	.915	4.300
Dick Gray	3B	69	55	127	8	10	.958	2.638
Robert Sagers	3B	59	43	100	9	7	.941	2.424
Leo Rodriguez	3B	40	24	79	6	9	.945	2.575
Dick Brockell	C	56	390	25	5	1	.988	7.411	9
Roberto Herrera	C	43	213	30	5	2	.980	5.651	5
Tony Tornay	C	42	258	18	1	3	.996	6.571	5
Bill Hall	C	32	188	12	3	2	.985	6.250	1
Román Mejías	OF	128	210	9	3	3	.986	1.711
Nino Escalera	OF	107	215	8	5	1	.978	2.084
Tom Burgess	OF	103	170	5	0	1	1.000	1.699
John Powers	OF	97	157	6	4	1	.976	1.680
Carlos Bernier	OF	32	36	4	0	0	1.000	1.250
Henry Mitchell	OF	18	27	2	2	0	.935	1.611
Chuck Buheller	OF	11	9	1	0	0	1.000	.909
Don Williams	P	59	7	21	0	1	1.000	.475
Diomedes Olivo	P	42	7	15	1	0	.957	.524
George Spencer	P	38	3	13	3	1	.842	.421
Al Jackson	P	35	5	49	1	2	.982	1.543
Bob Veale	P	31	6	29	4	3	.897	1.129
Jim Umbricht	P	19	6	28	0	3	1.000	1.789
Donald Dobrino	P	19	2	8	0	1	1.000	.526
Bennie Daniels	P	18	5	25	2	1	.938	1.667
Curt Raydon	P	17	6	12	0	0	1.000	1.059
Tom Cheney	P	15	3	24	3	0	.900	1.800
Ron Blackburn	P	14	1	5	1	0	.857	.429
Ed Bauta	P	12	0	4	0	0	1.000	.333
Earl Francis	P	11	2	13	2	1	.882	1.364
Dick Lines	P	3						.000
George Perez	P	2						.000
Jack Lamabe	P	2						.000
Dick Barone	SS	103	144	308	28	42	.942	4.388
Edward Sada	SS	42	84	117	9	27	.957	4.786
Willie Melendez	SS	10	8	17	2	1	.926	2.500
Totals		1663	3976	1576	142	312	.975	3.339	20	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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