1961 Charleston White Sox Statistics

South Atlantic League (SAL) - Class: A
Team Record: 70-68
Finished 5th in the SAL
Manager: Ira Hutchinson (70-68)
Affiliation: Chicago White Sox
Location: Charleston, South Carolina
Ballpark: Hampton Park
Attendance: 40,600, Avg. 588

1961 Charleston White Sox Roster

The Charleston White Sox of the South Atlantic League ended the 1961 season with a record of 70 wins and 68 losses, finishing fifth in the SAL.

The White Sox conceded 558 runs, the lowest total in the circuit. Charleston plated 628 runs. Manly Johnston paced the team with 16 home runs Jerry McNertney accounted for 79 RBI. Deacon Jones led batters with significant playing time with a .283 average. Ronald Woods topped the squad with 14 wins, while Gerald Moeller registered a 1.5 earned run average, leading pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

Members of the 1961 Charleston White Sox who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Stover McIlwain, Dean Look, Don Buford, Jerry McNertney, Al Weis, Dan Osinski, Joe Hoerner, Charlie Lindstrom, Fred Talbot and Deacon Jones.

Ira Hutchinson 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
Ronald Woods	14	8	.636	3.24	29	29		12	3		197.0	161	88	71	10	79	7	100	6	0	4
Fred Talbot	12	11	.522	3.42	32	30		12	2		208.0	176	95	79	10	97	2	119	9	1	17
Gerald Moeller	11	4	.733	1.50	52	1		0	0		114.0	80	26	19	1	47	4	78	2	0	3
Dan Osinski	8	6	.571	2.50	56	1		1	0		108.0	89	40	30	7	55	3	114	1	0	6
Rudy Serrett	8	7	.533	3.57	22	17		3	0		123.7	112	57	49	5	53	4	71	3	0	6
Joe Hoerner	6	13	.316	3.11	25	19		3	0		130.3	141	62	45	4	31	2	86	2	1	2
Ronald Teunis	5	5	.500	3.99	33	16		3	0		137.7	103	71	61	12	102	1	81	10	0	15
Carl Winton	4	6	.400	3.78	26	13		2	1		104.7	99	51	44	4	37	7	94	3	1	2
Michael McCarthy	1	1	.500	6.75	2						6.7			5						0
Richard Grant	1	2	.333	4.91	11	2		0	0		22.0	29	14	12	1	7	1	11	0	0	4
John Zahn	0	1	.000	0.00	1						4.0			0						0
Gene Lippold	0	1	.000	6.39	9						25.3			18						0
Bob Anderton	0	1	.000	12.00	2						6.0			8						0
Stover McIlwain	0	2	.000	7.36	4						11.0			9						0
Totals	70	68	.507	3.38	304	128	0	36	6	0	1198.3	990	504	450	54	508	31	754	36	3	59	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
Al Weis	137	599	536	91	140	20	1	2	39	23		45	78	.261	.319	.313	.632	168		4	6	8	3
Dean Look	132	546	513	61	137	20	10	11	56	11		28	96	.267	.308	.409	.717	210		3	0	2	1
Jerry McNertney	134	567	498	64	136	21	3	6	79	9		53	76	.273	.348	.363	.711	181		6	6	4	1
Deacon Jones	132	550	427	81	121	19	5	13	78	18		102	63	.283	.426	.443	.868	189		9	5	7	4
Manly Johnston	120	497	451	66	121	25	4	16	65	3		42	76	.268	.332	.448	.780	202		2	0	2	2
Don Buford	132	592	496	76	117	18	7	7	27	19		78	100	.236	.345	.343	.688	170		7	7	4	5
Don Bacon	135	544	442	71	109	7	4	2	41	17		88	51	.247	.375	.294	.669	130		4	8	2	6
Allison Owen	67	256	204	25	53	4	1	5	23	2		49	40	.260	.400	.363	.763	74		0	1	2	3
Jim Lynn	62	173	161	16	45	8	2	0	16	0		11	23	.280	.324	.354	.678	57		0	0	1	1
Oscar Flores	50	207	175	15	41	7	1	0	16	3		29	19	.234	.341	.286	.627	50		0	2	1	0
Dick Selinger	73	174	148	15	35	6	1	3	17	1		23	30	.236	.337	.351	.689	52		0	2	1	4
Ronald Woods	34	85	72	6	13	2	0	0	2	0		5	35	.181	.234	.208	.442	15		0	8	0	0
Fred Talbot	33	76	68	6	11	1	0	0	2	0		2	25	.162	.186	.176	.362	12		0	6	0	0
Charley Schaffernoth	24	54	46	6	10	3	0	0	5	0		8	13	.217	.333	.283	.616	13		0	0	0	1
Joe Hoerner	31	48	41	5	9	2	0	1	4	0		5	12	.220	.304	.341	.646	14		0	2	0	0
Carl Winton	20	40	39	4	7	2	0	0	4	0		0	12	.179	.179	.231	.410	9		0	1	0	0
Rudy Serrett	22	50	45	5	7	1	0	1	3	0		2	20	.156	.191	.244	.436	11		0	3	0	0
Ronald Teunis	34	57	46	8	7	1	0	0	1	0		8	10	.152	.278	.174	.452	8		0	3	0	0
Dan Osinski	56	29	24	1	5	2	0	1	3	0		0	11	.208	.259	.417	.676	10		2	2	1	0
Douglass Hubacek	4	9	9		4	0	0	0						.444	.444	.444	.889	4
Stover McIlwain	6	3	3		2									.667	.667	.667	1.333	2
Richard Grant	11	6	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	.167	.167	.167	.333	1		0	0	0	0
Gene Lippold	7	7	7		1									.143	.143	.143	.286	1
Gerald Moeller	52	27	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	10	.000	.045	.000	.045	0		0	5	0	0
Bob Anderton	2	1	1		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Michael McCarthy	2	2	2		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Charlie Lindstrom	3	2	2		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
John Zahn	1	1	1		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1516	5202	4484	622	1132	169	39	68	481	106	0	579	801	.252	.340	.353	.693	1583	0	37	67	35	31

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Deacon Jones	1B	131	1106	48	16	72	.986	8.809
Don Bacon	2B	87	207	235	12	41	.974	5.080
Oscar Flores	2B	49	119	116	10	22	.959	4.796
Allison Owen	3B	66	67	98	17	6	.907	2.500
Don Bacon	3B	45	55	91	6	10	.961	3.244
Dick Selinger	3B	33	44	46	9	2	.909	2.727
Jerry McNertney	C	128	790	77	17	5	.981	6.773	23
Charley Schaffernoth	C	13	66	2	2	1	.971	5.231	2
Dean Look	OF	132	252	19	14	3	.951	2.053
Don Buford	OF	132	284	19	7	1	.977	2.295
Manly Johnston	OF	119	176	11	6	3	.969	1.571
Jim Lynn	OF	37	44	0	4	0	.917	1.189
Dan Osinski	P	56	3	14	1	0	.944	.304
Gerald Moeller	P	52	2	16	1	1	.947	.346
Ronald Teunis	P	33	9	23	2	5	.941	.970
Fred Talbot	P	32	11	28	3	2	.929	1.219
Ronald Woods	P	29	9	28	1	0	.974	1.276
Carl Winton	P	26	2	20	1	1	.957	.846
Joe Hoerner	P	25	6	23	1	0	.967	1.160
Rudy Serrett	P	22	5	26	0	2	1.000	1.409
Richard Grant	P	11	1	8	0	0	1.000	.818
Al Weis	SS	137	226	404	46	65	.932	4.599
Totals		1395	3484	1352	176	242	.965	3.467	25	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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