
1961 Carlsbad Potashes Statistics
Team Record: 56-71
Finished 5th in the SL
Manager: Lou Klein (0-0), Walt Dixon (0-0)
Affiliation: Chicago Cubs
Location: Carlsbad, New Mexico
Ballpark: Montgomery Field
Attendance: 14,974, Avg. 236
The Carlsbad Potashes of the Sophomore League ended the 1961 season with a record of 56 wins and 71 losses, finishing fifth in the SL.
The Potashes scored 870 runs and yielded 906 runs. Rafael Imbert led Carlsbad with 24 home runs and drove in 103 runs, while leading all regular hitters by connecting at a .306 clip. Joseph Johnson topped the squad with 12 wins, and Cornelius Morales earned a 4.67 ERA, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Players from the 1961 Carlsbad Potashes who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Jimmy Stewart, Bob Raudman, Bill Connors and Jake Jaeckel.
Lou Klein and Walt Dixon 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Joseph Johnson | 12 | 11 | .522 | 5.24 | 38 | 26 | 7 | 0 | 201.0 | 217 | 169 | 117 | 16 | 123 | 147 | 11 | 1 | 18 | ||||
Cornelius Morales | 10 | 9 | .526 | 4.67 | 37 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 104.0 | 133 | 68 | 54 | 9 | 47 | 54 | 1 | 1 | 10 | ||||
Ed Abel | 5 | 4 | .556 | 3.97 | 16 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 77.0 | 82 | 46 | 34 | 9 | 58 | 89 | 0 | 0 | 8 | ||||
Vern Sellmeyer | 4 | 4 | .500 | 6.91 | 24 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 56.0 | 76 | 58 | 43 | 7 | 21 | 28 | 4 | 1 | 8 | ||||
Evan Harris | 3 | 4 | .429 | 8.39 | 15 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 44.0 | 44 | 43 | 41 | 3 | 54 | 49 | 2 | 2 | 11 | ||||
Richard Orzel | 3 | 5 | .375 | 6.71 | 23 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 59.0 | 70 | 56 | 44 | 7 | 45 | 56 | 1 | 0 | 7 | ||||
Dick Bolli | 3 | 6 | .333 | 7.52 | 16 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 61.0 | 77 | 70 | 51 | 6 | 56 | 50 | 3 | 0 | 10 | ||||
Jack Silvera | 3 | 8 | .273 | 5.21 | 18 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 76.0 | 82 | 56 | 44 | 4 | 55 | 86 | 0 | 0 | 9 | ||||
Michael Rasberry | 2 | 2 | .500 | 8.14 | 21 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 63.0 | 92 | 69 | 57 | 8 | 53 | 49 | 3 | 1 | 7 | ||||
Jake Jaeckel | 2 | 4 | .333 | 6.47 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 32.0 | 26 | 27 | 23 | 1 | 39 | 41 | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||||
Bill Connors | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.52 | 4 | 2 | 23.0 | 28 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 0 | ||||||||||
Bobby Teague | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.50 | 5 | 2 | 16.0 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 10 | 0 | |||||||||
Don Churchill | 1 | 3 | .250 | 5.83 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 54.0 | 45 | 44 | 35 | 7 | 58 | 59 | 7 | 0 | 9 | ||||
Steve Mandy | 1 | 3 | .250 | 10.69 | 5 | 4 | 16.0 | 23 | 23 | 19 | 2 | 19 | 0 | |||||||||
Archie Stewart | 30 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
Rafael Imbert | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
Bob Kennedy | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
Lou Leonard | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
Kenneth Marvel | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Paul Smith | 0 | 0 | 5.28 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 29.0 | 27 | 29 | 17 | 2 | 21 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 4 | |||||
Willie Philpot | 0 | 1 | .000 | 7.96 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 26.0 | 32 | 26 | 23 | 0 | 30 | 23 | 5 | 0 | 6 | ||||
Totals | 51 | 64 | .443 | 5.94 | 308 | 114 | 0 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 938.0 | 1065 | 804 | 619 | 82 | 693 | 0 | 750 | 44 | 6 | 111 | 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bob Raudman | 121 | 538 | 446 | 94 | 131 | 29 | 9 | 13 | 77 | 7 | 6 | 83 | 80 | .294 | .405 | .487 | .892 | 217 | 4 | 0 | 5 | ||
Rafael Imbert | 113 | 475 | 392 | 108 | 120 | 24 | 4 | 24 | 103 | 9 | 3 | 69 | 103 | .306 | .407 | .571 | .979 | 224 | 4 | 1 | 9 | ||
Jimmy Stewart | 85 | 405 | 325 | 77 | 100 | 13 | 14 | 5 | 56 | 12 | 2 | 76 | 54 | .308 | .440 | .480 | .920 | 156 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
Ken Faulkner | 95 | 388 | 301 | 81 | 99 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 75 | 18 | 4 | 78 | 32 | .329 | .468 | .468 | .936 | 141 | 4 | 1 | 4 | ||
Michael Maloney | 124 | 551 | 430 | 88 | 96 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 53 | 5 | 1 | 112 | 85 | .223 | .385 | .267 | .652 | 115 | 3 | 3 | 3 | ||
Jake Jaeckel | 111 | 409 | 351 | 57 | 95 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 59 | 4 | 3 | 51 | 68 | .271 | .364 | .390 | .754 | 137 | 2 | 2 | 3 | ||
Mack Kuykendall | 63 | 280 | 242 | 54 | 71 | 18 | 6 | 9 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 79 | .293 | .384 | .529 | .912 | 128 | 3 | 1 | 1 | ||
George Burnett | 73 | 236 | 196 | 45 | 57 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 47 | 4 | 4 | 37 | 61 | .291 | .404 | .500 | .904 | 98 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
Lou Leonard | 69 | 240 | 192 | 48 | 55 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 44 | 11 | 2 | 44 | 21 | .286 | .421 | .474 | .895 | 91 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
Robert Chandanais | 48 | 173 | 133 | 33 | 43 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 31 | 3 | 0 | 37 | 11 | .323 | .477 | .504 | .981 | 67 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
Kenneth Fruchter | 40 | 156 | 125 | 24 | 42 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 25 | 3 | 0 | 29 | 29 | .336 | .462 | .544 | 1.006 | 68 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
Cornelius Morales | 75 | 179 | 157 | 30 | 33 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 33 | .210 | .291 | .306 | .596 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
Dick Moziejko | 32 | 137 | 114 | 17 | 24 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 32 | .211 | .328 | .272 | .600 | 31 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
Bill Connors | 29 | 124 | 97 | 13 | 22 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 22 | .227 | .382 | .278 | .660 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
Bob Kennedy | 40 | 113 | 99 | 19 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 31 | .192 | .283 | .232 | .516 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
Michael Esposito | 25 | 83 | 58 | 10 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 17 | .241 | .458 | .276 | .734 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
Joseph Johnson | 38 | 90 | 78 | 13 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 30 | .179 | .247 | .179 | .427 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 0 | ||
Pete Embry | 15 | 64 | 47 | 10 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 3 | .277 | .429 | .404 | .833 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
Robert Michael | 19 | 76 | 57 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 18 | .175 | .373 | .246 | .619 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
Dick Bolli | 16 | 25 | 23 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | .304 | .360 | .435 | .795 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Jack Silvera | 21 | 32 | 26 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 9 | .269 | .367 | .385 | .751 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
Gary Johnson | 7 | 18 | 18 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 6 | |||||||||||
Evan Harris | 15 | 21 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | .312 | .476 | .500 | .976 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
Will Mastin | 6 | 17 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .294 | .294 | .294 | .588 | 5 | |||||||||||
Bobby Ivey | 14 | 35 | 31 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | .161 | .235 | .194 | .429 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Richard Orzel | 23 | 23 | 19 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 | .158 | .304 | .158 | .462 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Ed Abel | 18 | 32 | 25 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 13 | .120 | .281 | .320 | .601 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
Steve Mandy | 5 | 6 | 6 | 2 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
Paul Smith | 14 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .286 | .375 | .286 | .661 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Thomas Janecko | 6 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .182 | .182 | .364 | .545 | 4 | |||||||||||
Don Churchill | 16 | 22 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | .118 | .318 | .235 | .553 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
Michael Rasberry | 21 | 26 | 23 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | .087 | .160 | .087 | .247 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Spencer Davis | 4 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
Vern Sellmeyer | 24 | 18 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Willie Philpot | 10 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Bobby Teague | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
Totals | 1440 | 5033 | 4117 | 858 | 1109 | 170 | 67 | 97 | 725 | 83 | 26 | 813 | 887 | .269 | .391 | .414 | .805 | 1704 | 0 | 37 | 24 | 42 | 0 |
Fielding:
Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mack Kuykendall | 1B | 63 | 507 | 23 | 7 | 47 | .987 | 8.413 | ||||
Kenneth Fruchter | 1B | 39 | 310 | 11 | 5 | 26 | .985 | 8.231 | ||||
Rafael Imbert | 1B | 22 | 155 | 5 | 5 | 11 | .970 | 7.273 | ||||
Cornelius Morales | 1B | 11 | 66 | 7 | 1 | 7 | .986 | 6.636 | ||||
Michael Maloney | 2B | 80 | 172 | 188 | 22 | 37 | .942 | 4.500 | ||||
Bill Connors | 2B | 25 | 59 | 57 | 9 | 19 | .928 | 4.640 | ||||
Cornelius Morales | 2B | 14 | 40 | 32 | 4 | 6 | .947 | 5.143 | ||||
Jimmy Stewart | 3B | 48 | 38 | 78 | 11 | 4 | .913 | 2.417 | ||||
Michael Maloney | 3B | 45 | 39 | 84 | 10 | 8 | .925 | 2.733 | ||||
Dick Moziejko | 3B | 30 | 24 | 58 | 4 | 6 | .953 | 2.733 | ||||
Lou Leonard | C | 48 | 315 | 26 | 9 | 1 | .974 | 7.104 | 10 | |||
Robert Chandanais | C | 39 | 218 | 33 | 12 | 5 | .954 | 6.436 | 12 | |||
Michael Esposito | C | 25 | 166 | 17 | 10 | 1 | .948 | 7.320 | 3 | |||
Pete Embry | C | 12 | 81 | 12 | 2 | 2 | .979 | 7.750 | 8 | |||
Bob Raudman | OF | 118 | 201 | 18 | 18 | 5 | .924 | 1.856 | ||||
Ken Faulkner | OF | 93 | 120 | 7 | 5 | 2 | .962 | 1.366 | ||||
Rafael Imbert | OF | 85 | 86 | 9 | 15 | 1 | .864 | 1.118 | ||||
George Burnett | OF | 59 | 74 | 4 | 5 | 0 | .940 | 1.322 | ||||
Bob Kennedy | OF | 21 | 23 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .885 | 1.095 | ||||
Robert Michael | OF | 18 | 26 | 2 | 4 | 0 | .875 | 1.556 | ||||
Joseph Johnson | P | 38 | 15 | 40 | 10 | 0 | .846 | 1.447 | ||||
Cornelius Morales | P | 37 | 8 | 28 | 1 | 0 | .973 | .973 | ||||
Vern Sellmeyer | P | 24 | 5 | 20 | 2 | 0 | .926 | 1.042 | ||||
Richard Orzel | P | 23 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 0 | .818 | .391 | ||||
Michael Rasberry | P | 21 | 3 | 15 | 2 | 2 | .900 | .857 | ||||
Jack Silvera | P | 18 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 1 | .769 | .556 | ||||
Dick Bolli | P | 16 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 1 | .833 | .625 | ||||
Ed Abel | P | 16 | 0 | 18 | 4 | 0 | .818 | 1.125 | ||||
Evan Harris | P | 15 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .600 | ||||
Don Churchill | P | 15 | 5 | 13 | 1 | 0 | .947 | 1.200 | ||||
Paul Smith | P | 14 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | .875 | .500 | ||||
Jake Jaeckel | P | 12 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | .750 | .500 | ||||
Willie Philpot | P | 10 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .857 | .600 | ||||
Bobby Teague | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
Steve Mandy | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
Bill Connors | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
Bob Kennedy | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
Kenneth Marvel | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
Lou Leonard | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
Rafael Imbert | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
Jake Jaeckel | SS | 90 | 152 | 292 | 56 | 45 | .888 | 4.933 | ||||
Jimmy Stewart | SS | 36 | 62 | 131 | 15 | 22 | .928 | 5.361 | ||||
Totals | 1299 | 2978 | 1277 | 263 | 260 | .942 | 3.276 | 33 | 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.