1961 Columbia Reds Statistics

South Atlantic League (SAL) - Class: A
Team Record: 70-65
Finished 4th in the SAL
Manager: Ted Beard (0-0), Hersh Freeman (0-0)
Affiliation: Cincinnati Reds
Location: Columbia, South Carolina
Ballpark: Capital City Stadium
Attendance: 25,998, Avg. 385

1961 Columbia Reds Roster

The Columbia Reds of the South Atlantic League ended the 1961 season with a record of 70 wins and 65 losses, finishing fourth in the SAL.

The Reds scored 603 runs and conceded 598 runs. Marv Schultz led Columbia with 18 home runs, and William Shepherd walloped 15 or more also. Marv Schultz drove in 83 runs. Teolindo Acosta paced all regular hitters with a .343 average. Héctor Maestri and Sammy Ellis topped the squad with 10 wins each, while Sammy Ellis recorded a 1.89 ERA, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

Jim Duckworth, Héctor Maestri, Sammy Ellis, Ted Davidson, Vic Davalillo, Gus Gil and Bobby Klaus were all players from the 1961 Columbia Reds who played in the Majors during their careers.

Ted Beard and Hersh Freeman 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
Héctor Maestri	10	1	.909	2.25	27	5		2	1		88.0	79	29	22	7	31	1	74	0	2	1
Sammy Ellis	10	3	.769	1.89	16	15		10	5		114.0	84	28	24	2	62	2	129	1	0	6
Gale Peregrin	9	8	.529	4.98	34	16		4	1		124.7	119	81	69	13	57	0	68	6	1	4
George McWilliams	8	8	.500	3.20	30	26		10	1		194.0	186	81	69	11	75	2	106	4	0	8
Marvin Fodor	7	5	.583	4.18	24	17		3	0		97.0	89	53	45	6	60	0	47	2	0	4
Jim Duckworth	7	14	.333	3.62	33	24		4	0		171.3	127	94	69	9	118	1	124	14	2	17
James Sprankle	4	4	.500	3.73	32	0		0	0		70.0	69	44	29	7	43	0	39	4	0	6
Ollie Brantley	4	5	.444	3.84	18	7		1	0		65.7	74	35	28	7	13	0	31	0	0	0
Larry Dovel	3	2	.600	2.33	6	3		1	0		38.7	28	11	10	1	24	0	27	3	0	0
William Cooke	2	3	.400	6.02	11	6		1	0		49.3	51	41	33	11	32	1	30	4	0	0
Ivan Davis	1	0	1.000	0.00	1						2.0			0						0
Vic Davalillo	1	4	.200	4.22	18	0		0	0		42.7	45	28	20	2	29	1	27	2	0	3
Burton Dziadek					26						0.0
Larry Helms	0	0			1						0.0									0
Ted Davidson	0	0		5.14	3	1					7.0	7	4	4		0				0
Michael Thornton	0	0		9.82	5						7.3			8						0
Greg Jancich	0	2	.000	5.73	2						11.0	11		7		5				0
Totals	66	59	.528	3.63	287	120	0	36	8	0	1082.7	969	529	437	76	549	8	702	40	5	49	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
Teolindo Acosta	125	561	487	104	167	11	9	1	27	40		60	27	.343	.423	.409	.832	199		8	6	0	4
Marv Schultz	130	562	493	83	150	16	2	18	83	5		54	62	.304	.370	.454	.825	224		3	3	9	3
Bobby Klaus	135	599	522	72	146	31	5	6	58	10		69	56	.280	.363	.393	.756	205		2	2	4	0
Gus Gil	127	523	439	43	118	9	3	1	51	7		71	51	.269	.369	.310	.679	136		2	6	5	1
Dick Beall	134	555	427	63	109	20	2	12	68	0		113	96	.255	.413	.396	.809	169		5	5	5	4
Larry Helms	101	363	319	40	84	20	3	9	53	0		32	79	.263	.337	.429	.766	137		6	1	5	2
William Shepherd	102	366	319	52	82	13	3	15	59	0		43	89	.257	.346	.458	.804	146		1	2	1	1
Joe Wilson	72	275	237	36	61	11	0	10	34	2		32	39	.257	.349	.430	.780	102		2	3	1	1
Thomas Dotterer	59	251	218	21	53	15	3	3	15	0		29	32	.243	.333	.381	.714	83		1	2	1	2
Bobby Smith	81	290	248	24	52	8	2	0	23	2		37	30	.210	.307	.258	.565	64		0	0	5	1
Larry Himes	46	174	155	10	38	4	1	0	18	0		16	33	.245	.312	.284	.596	44		0	1	2	1
Albert Bullock	31	83	73	10	12	1	0	1	6	1		8	12	.164	.256	.219	.475	16		1	1	0	0
Vic Davalillo	34	52	46	2	9	1	0	1	8	0		2	4	.196	.224	.283	.507	13		0	3	1	0
George McWilliams	30	76	72	5	9	1	0	0	2	0		0	21	.125	.125	.139	.264	10		0	4	0	0
Gale Peregrin	34	45	40	2	7	1	0	0	1	0		1	15	.175	.195	.200	.395	8		0	4	0	0
William Cooke	11	19	17	2	6	0	0	1	4	0		1	8	.353	.389	.529	.918	9		0	1	0	0
Jim Duckworth	33	61	57	2	5	1	0	0	0	0		3	24	.088	.133	.105	.239	6		0	1	0	0
Marvin Fodor	24	34	32	3	4	1	0	0	1	0		1	8	.125	.152	.156	.308	5		0	1	0	0
Sammy Ellis	17	45	40	3	4	1	1	0	2	0		4	18	.100	.182	.175	.357	7		0	1	0	0
Héctor Maestri	27	35	32	1	3	0	0	0	1	0		2	6	.094	.147	.094	.241	3		0	1	0	0
Ted Davidson	3	1	1		1									1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1
James Passilla	5	7	7		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
James Jones	1	1	1		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Juan Iglesias	5	5	5		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Ollie Brantley	18	22	22	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		0	5	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0	0
James Sprankle	33	14	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	5	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	1	0	0
Michael Thornton	5	2	2		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Larry Dovel	8	13	13		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1431	5034	4337	578	1120	165	34	78	515	67	0	578	720	.258	.347	.366	.713	1587	0	31	49	39	20

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Dick Beall	1B	134	1047	71	9	107	.992	8.343
Bobby Klaus	2B	134	301	290	24	69	.961	4.410
Marv Schultz	3B	74	84	136	23	14	.905	2.973
Thomas Dotterer	3B	50	61	67	14	6	.901	2.560
Albert Bullock	3B	13	20	25	4	6	.918	3.462
Bobby Smith	C	79	442	36	12	6	.976	6.051	8
Larry Himes	C	46	299	34	8	6	.977	7.239	2
Teolindo Acosta	OF	123	279	14	15	2	.951	2.382
William Shepherd	OF	94	165	16	4	0	.978	1.926
Larry Helms	OF	82	133	9	13	4	.916	1.732
Joe Wilson	OF	67	104	4	0	2	1.000	1.612
Marv Schultz	OF	54	105	6	3	1	.974	2.056
Gale Peregrin	P	34	5	29	1	1	.971	1.000
Jim Duckworth	P	33	11	23	2	2	.944	1.030
James Sprankle	P	32	3	13	0	1	1.000	.500
George McWilliams	P	30	11	28	3	0	.929	1.300
Héctor Maestri	P	27	4	12	2	1	.889	.593
Marvin Fodor	P	24	4	17	2	3	.913	.875
Vic Davalillo	P	18	4	13	2	2	.895	.944
Ollie Brantley	P	18	6	10	0	1	1.000	.889
Sammy Ellis	P	16	5	12	1	2	.944	1.062
William Cooke	P	11	10	11	0	3	1.000	1.909
Gus Gil	SS	124	223	335	39	63	.935	4.500
Totals		1317	3326	1211	181	302	.962	3.445	10	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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