1961 Durham Bulls Statistics
Team Record: 65-73
Finished 5th in the CL
Manager: Al Lakeman (65-73)
Affiliation: Detroit Tigers
Location: Durham, North Carolina
Ballpark: Durham Athletic Park
Attendance: 33,235, Avg. 482
The Durham Bulls of the Carolina League ended the 1961 season with a record of 65 wins and 73 losses, finishing fifth in the CL.
The Bulls scored 622 runs and conceded 677 runs. Rufus Anderson led Durham with 19 home runs, while Owen Johnson and Gates Brown walloped 15 or more as well. Rufus Anderson accounted for 77 RBI. Gates Brown paced hitters with significant playing time with a .324 average. Richard Klunder topped the squad with 13 wins and a team-best 2.55 earned run average, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Players from the 1961 Durham Bulls who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Gates Brown, Pat Dobson, Chico Salmon, Lorencito Fernández, Leo Marentette and Mickey Lolich.
Al Lakeman 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richard Klunder | 13 | 8 | .619 | 2.55 | 34 | 24 | 12 | 3 | 198.0 | 172 | 88 | 56 | 9 | 97 | 6 | 146 | 9 | 2 | 6 | |||
| Joel McDaniel | 12 | 3 | .800 | 2.93 | 42 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 107.3 | 100 | 52 | 35 | 16 | 36 | 6 | 73 | 2 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Clifford Adams | 8 | 11 | .421 | 2.96 | 41 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 182.3 | 181 | 86 | 60 | 1 | 64 | 5 | 118 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||
| Harry Stigelman | 8 | 13 | .381 | 3.56 | 31 | 24 | 8 | 2 | 177.0 | 180 | 102 | 70 | 10 | 73 | 10 | 87 | 2 | 1 | 14 | |||
| Mickey Lolich | 5 | 5 | .500 | 2.99 | 18 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 102.3 | 92 | 42 | 34 | 4 | 73 | 2 | 102 | 3 | 0 | 7 | |||
| Bob Paffel | 5 | 5 | .500 | 3.85 | 36 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 124.0 | 123 | 73 | 53 | 9 | 62 | 9 | 99 | 2 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Quineth Roberts | 4 | 4 | .500 | 5.40 | 18 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 71.7 | 87 | 50 | 43 | 11 | 29 | 1 | 43 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Pat Dobson | 4 | 9 | .308 | 5.85 | 25 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 103.0 | 104 | 76 | 67 | 13 | 96 | 5 | 71 | 4 | 1 | 16 | |||
| Allen Phelon | 3 | 5 | .375 | 5.19 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 50.3 | 57 | 36 | 29 | 1 | 31 | 2 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Will Hill | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.40 | 6 | 20.0 | 31 | 12 | 6 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| Leo Marentette | 1 | 2 | .333 | 4.22 | 7 | 10.7 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Floyd Lager | 0 | 0 | 5.40 | 1 | 3.3 | 2 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Dick Sheldon | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0.00 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Olide Campanioni | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0.00 | 1 | 2.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Raymond Cordeiro | 0 | 1 | .000 | 2.48 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 40.0 | 34 | 19 | 11 | 1 | 21 | 3 | 39 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ricardo Delgado | 0 | 1 | .000 | 27.00 | 2 | 0 | 1.3 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Bob Nonnenmocher | 0 | 3 | .000 | 6.75 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20.0 | 23 | 17 | 15 | 3 | 12 | 3 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Totals | 65 | 72 | .474 | 3.67 | 303 | 133 | 0 | 36 | 7 | 0 | 1215.3 | 1195 | 652 | 496 | 78 | 612 | 52 | 819 | 28 | 5 | 65 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chico Salmon | 135 | 568 | 513 | 84 | 150 | 25 | 3 | 8 | 50 | 38 | 44 | 42 | .292 | .355 | .400 | .755 | 205 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Rufus Anderson | 133 | 565 | 526 | 83 | 143 | 21 | 5 | 19 | 77 | 17 | 29 | 77 | .272 | .314 | .439 | .753 | 231 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 4 | ||
| Gates Brown | 113 | 496 | 432 | 84 | 140 | 33 | 3 | 15 | 72 | 33 | 61 | 45 | .324 | .408 | .519 | .927 | 224 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Dan Briner | 106 | 462 | 412 | 66 | 118 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 31 | 15 | 36 | 34 | .286 | .354 | .369 | .723 | 152 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Lorencito Fernández | 119 | 456 | 421 | 37 | 104 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 5 | 18 | 27 | .247 | .290 | .283 | .573 | 119 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Harold Trapp | 113 | 433 | 396 | 45 | 99 | 16 | 2 | 13 | 66 | 5 | 28 | 113 | .250 | .301 | .399 | .700 | 158 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 2 | ||
| Robert Patrick | 134 | 523 | 456 | 45 | 89 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 52 | 11 | 58 | 118 | .195 | .286 | .272 | .558 | 124 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 5 | ||
| Owen Johnson | 104 | 356 | 318 | 48 | 85 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 48 | 1 | 32 | 40 | .267 | .337 | .447 | .784 | 142 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | ||
| Wayne McLean | 73 | 211 | 176 | 23 | 46 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 28 | 0 | 33 | 15 | .261 | .379 | .398 | .777 | 70 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Jimmy Wilson | 50 | 155 | 139 | 16 | 35 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 12 | 36 | .252 | .311 | .353 | .664 | 49 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Larry Koehl | 33 | 107 | 98 | 11 | 31 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 8 | 6 | .316 | .364 | .347 | .711 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Bennie Sandlin | 17 | 72 | 61 | 10 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 2 | 10 | 20 | .328 | .431 | .639 | 1.070 | 39 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Terry Bartholome | 26 | 103 | 92 | 14 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 0 | 10 | 24 | .207 | .291 | .446 | .737 | 41 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Jack Bowen | 18 | 57 | 50 | 7 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 3 | .320 | .404 | .420 | .824 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Richard Klunder | 37 | 83 | 77 | 5 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 34 | .182 | .232 | .234 | .465 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| James Goodwin | 25 | 94 | 81 | 11 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 7 | .173 | .287 | .259 | .546 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Clifford Adams | 41 | 65 | 55 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 23 | .200 | .267 | .255 | .521 | 14 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Harry Stigelman | 31 | 68 | 57 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 15 | .175 | .217 | .246 | .462 | 14 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Mooring | 28 | 74 | 70 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | .143 | .176 | .186 | .361 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Joel McDaniel | 45 | 50 | 40 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 9 | .200 | .347 | .275 | .622 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bruce Maher | 13 | 31 | 27 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 9 | .222 | .323 | .333 | .656 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mickey Lolich | 18 | 37 | 30 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 16 | .200 | .306 | .200 | .506 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Pat Dobson | 25 | 40 | 36 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 13 | .111 | .154 | .139 | .293 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Will Hill | 7 | 9 | 9 | 3 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Raymond Cordeiro | 17 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | .222 | .462 | .222 | .684 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Maxmillian Stoll | 13 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .182 | .250 | .182 | .432 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Allen Phelon | 12 | 20 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12 | .118 | .250 | .118 | .368 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Paffel | 37 | 44 | 37 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 25 | .054 | .146 | .054 | .200 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Quineth Roberts | 23 | 26 | 21 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 | .048 | .167 | .048 | .214 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dick Sheldon | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Floyd Lager | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Bob Nonnenmocher | 11 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .250 | .000 | .250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Leo Marentette | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 1567 | 5238 | 4674 | 620 | 1190 | 177 | 34 | 99 | 535 | 146 | 0 | 448 | 789 | .255 | .324 | .371 | .694 | 1732 | 0 | 41 | 52 | 23 | 29 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Patrick | 1B | 134 | 1110 | 67 | 8 | 123 | .993 | 8.784 | ||||
| Rufus Anderson | 2B | 108 | 305 | 335 | 24 | 99 | .964 | 5.926 | ||||
| Chico Salmon | 2B | 41 | 104 | 97 | 21 | 22 | .905 | 4.902 | ||||
| Chico Salmon | 3B | 92 | 98 | 149 | 23 | 22 | .915 | 2.685 | ||||
| Terry Bartholome | 3B | 26 | 16 | 42 | 10 | 5 | .853 | 2.231 | ||||
| Wayne McLean | 3B | 20 | 26 | 27 | 5 | 3 | .914 | 2.650 | ||||
| Owen Johnson | C | 91 | 526 | 52 | 24 | 6 | .960 | 6.352 | 18 | |||
| Wayne McLean | C | 29 | 144 | 8 | 3 | 3 | .981 | 5.241 | 5 | |||
| Larry Koehl | C | 21 | 124 | 10 | 3 | 0 | .978 | 6.381 | 7 | |||
| Jack Bowen | C | 14 | 93 | 8 | 3 | 1 | .971 | 7.214 | 1 | |||
| Gates Brown | OF | 113 | 144 | 16 | 11 | 1 | .936 | 1.416 | ||||
| Harold Trapp | OF | 109 | 162 | 10 | 6 | 2 | .966 | 1.578 | ||||
| Dan Briner | OF | 106 | 237 | 12 | 6 | 2 | .976 | 2.349 | ||||
| Jimmy Wilson | OF | 41 | 50 | 3 | 7 | 0 | .883 | 1.293 | ||||
| James Goodwin | OF | 25 | 54 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .982 | 2.240 | ||||
| Bennie Sandlin | OF | 17 | 43 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .977 | 2.529 | ||||
| Jim Mooring | OF | 17 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .955 | 1.235 | ||||
| Joel McDaniel | P | 42 | 4 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .524 | ||||
| Clifford Adams | P | 41 | 19 | 39 | 2 | 2 | .967 | 1.415 | ||||
| Bob Paffel | P | 36 | 6 | 21 | 1 | 1 | .964 | .750 | ||||
| Richard Klunder | P | 34 | 11 | 40 | 4 | 4 | .927 | 1.500 | ||||
| Harry Stigelman | P | 31 | 18 | 27 | 4 | 0 | .918 | 1.452 | ||||
| Pat Dobson | P | 25 | 6 | 18 | 1 | 1 | .960 | .960 | ||||
| Quineth Roberts | P | 18 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .667 | ||||
| Mickey Lolich | P | 18 | 3 | 25 | 3 | 2 | .903 | 1.556 | ||||
| Raymond Cordeiro | P | 16 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Allen Phelon | P | 12 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .417 | ||||
| Bob Nonnenmocher | P | 11 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .727 | ||||
| Leo Marentette | P | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| Will Hill | P | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Dick Sheldon | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ricardo Delgado | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Floyd Lager | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Olide Campanioni | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Lorencito Fernández | SS | 119 | 179 | 383 | 36 | 77 | .940 | 4.723 | ||||
| Rufus Anderson | SS | 24 | 37 | 66 | 14 | 13 | .880 | 4.292 | ||||
| Totals | 1450 | 3543 | 1505 | 222 | 393 | .958 | 3.481 | 31 | 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.
