
1960 Columbus Jets Statistics
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
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 Román Mejías and Tom Burgess 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, Curt Raydon, Dick Barone, Román Mejías, Bennie Daniels, George Perez, Pidge Browne, Jim Umbricht, Ed Bauta, Julián Javier, Tom Burgess, Bill Hall, Tom Cheney, Gene Alley, Bob Veale, Dick Lines, Jack Lamabe, Al Jackson, John Powers, Diomedes Olivo, Ron Blackburn, Carlos Bernier, Don Williams, Earl Francis and George Spencer.
Cal Ermer 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 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 | 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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