1960 Decatur Commodores Statistics
Midwest League (MWL) - Class: D
Team Record: 51-71
Finished 8th in the MWL
Manager: Al Federoff (51-71)
Affiliation: Detroit Tigers
Location: Decatur, Illinois
Ballpark: Fans Field
Attendance: 53,531, Avg. 878
1960 Decatur Commodores RosterTeam Record: 51-71
Finished 8th in the MWL
Manager: Al Federoff (51-71)
Affiliation: Detroit Tigers
Location: Decatur, Illinois
Ballpark: Fans Field
Attendance: 53,531, Avg. 878
The Decatur Commodores of the Midwest League ended the 1960 season with a record of 51 wins and 71 losses, finishing eighth in the MWL.
The Commodores scored 512 runs, worst in the league, and conceded 638 runs. John Ryan recorded 62 runs batted in and topped hitters with significant playing time by connecting at a .313 clip. Bob Sprout led the team with 15 wins and a team-best 2.61 ERA, best among qualifying pitchers.
Members of the 1960 Decatur Commodores who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Jim Rooker, Bob Sprout and Lorencito Fernández.
Al Federoff 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 Sprout | 15 | 7 | .682 | 2.61 | 28 | 24 | 14 | 5 | 190.0 | 113 | 75 | 55 | 7 | 120 | 264 | 2 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Dick Ryan | 9 | 6 | .600 | 4.99 | 19 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 101.0 | 108 | 82 | 56 | 7 | 70 | 69 | 3 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| Ron Falkenhagen | 5 | 7 | .417 | 4.32 | 24 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 98.0 | 94 | 61 | 47 | 6 | 66 | 72 | 4 | 1 | 19 | ||||
| Rick Conrad | 5 | 7 | .417 | 4.58 | 21 | 15 | 7 | 0 | 114.0 | 105 | 63 | 58 | 4 | 72 | 112 | 5 | 0 | 9 | ||||
| Johnny Ison | 5 | 12 | .294 | 4.04 | 23 | 19 | 6 | 0 | 127.0 | 132 | 70 | 57 | 7 | 94 | 81 | 3 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| James Fekete | 4 | 9 | .308 | 5.67 | 27 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 81.0 | 97 | 68 | 51 | 5 | 52 | 61 | 3 | 0 | 10 | ||||
| Ricardo Delgado | 3 | 10 | .231 | 3.13 | 38 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 112.0 | 106 | 67 | 39 | 5 | 59 | 106 | 6 | 1 | 6 | ||||
| Tony Joseph | 2 | 4 | .333 | 5.20 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 45.0 | 34 | 35 | 26 | 2 | 40 | 48 | 1 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| Lyndon Kurt | 2 | 6 | .250 | 4.57 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 63.0 | 54 | 53 | 32 | 2 | 51 | 60 | 8 | 0 | 10 | ||||
| Wayne Hittell | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Don Rink | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Charles Regan | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Joseph Priestes | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Tommy Thompson | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Thomas Carter | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Jon Nelson | 0 | 2 | .000 | 5 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 51 | 71 | .418 | 4.07 | 235 | 120 | 0 | 43 | 7 | 0 | 931.0 | 843 | 574 | 421 | 45 | 624 | 0 | 873 | 35 | 3 | 74 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Ryan | 122 | 495 | 412 | 70 | 129 | 19 | 11 | 3 | 62 | 4 | 73 | 51 | .313 | .420 | .434 | .854 | 179 | 4 | 4 | 2 | |||
| Richard Hazard | 111 | 463 | 394 | 52 | 112 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 19 | 17 | 55 | 63 | .284 | .378 | .343 | .721 | 135 | 5 | 8 | 1 | |||
| Mike Cloutier | 115 | 459 | 414 | 31 | 94 | 23 | 3 | 3 | 53 | 3 | 34 | 96 | .227 | .288 | .319 | .607 | 132 | 4 | 1 | 6 | |||
| Lorencito Fernández | 56 | 239 | 222 | 41 | 72 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 6 | 9 | 12 | .324 | .350 | .374 | .724 | 83 | 1 | 5 | 2 | |||
| Jim Rooker | 69 | 278 | 254 | 33 | 56 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 4 | 20 | 82 | .220 | .282 | .299 | .581 | 76 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Owen Johnson | 32 | 138 | 127 | 27 | 47 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 25 | 1 | 9 | 17 | .370 | .413 | .606 | 1.019 | 77 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Pat Duke | 41 | 158 | 137 | 23 | 43 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 30 | 4 | 17 | 25 | .314 | .397 | .533 | .930 | 73 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Willie Lee | 46 | 163 | 143 | 20 | 38 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 3 | 16 | 39 | .266 | .333 | .420 | .753 | 60 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |||
| Robert Tuttle | 52 | 198 | 165 | 28 | 38 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 27 | 33 | .230 | .352 | .327 | .679 | 54 | 4 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Jerry Sabatini | 47 | 186 | 142 | 24 | 36 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 22 | 5 | 40 | 17 | .254 | .416 | .331 | .747 | 47 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| Joseph Long | 47 | 181 | 157 | 20 | 36 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 25 | 6 | 19 | 35 | .229 | .311 | .363 | .674 | 57 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||
| Paul Orr | 50 | 188 | 173 | 16 | 33 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 9 | 54 | .191 | .241 | .237 | .478 | 41 | 3 | 1 | 2 | |||
| George Jozwik | 37 | 130 | 110 | 18 | 28 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 1 | 17 | 34 | .255 | .357 | .336 | .693 | 37 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Robert Shelton | 35 | 123 | 107 | 17 | 26 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 15 | 14 | .243 | .333 | .383 | .717 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Jerry Oravitz | 49 | 152 | 133 | 17 | 26 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 20 | .195 | .291 | .218 | .509 | 29 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Gary Cowan | 24 | 86 | 74 | 6 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 9 | 20 | .203 | .302 | .257 | .559 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Marcus Geenen | 15 | 49 | 46 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 11 | .239 | .286 | .391 | .677 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Bob Sprout | 28 | 75 | 60 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 29 | .183 | .290 | .183 | .473 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |||
| Dave Kelly | 24 | 85 | 73 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 29 | .151 | .262 | .178 | .440 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Curt Gentry | 18 | 65 | 58 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 27 | .155 | .246 | .276 | .522 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Lyndon Kurt | 21 | 36 | 31 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 9 | .258 | .324 | .419 | .743 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Joseph Priestes | 23 | 62 | 58 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 27 | .138 | .180 | .207 | .387 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Andrew Walker | 8 | 20 | 20 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .350 | .350 | .350 | .700 | 7 | |||||||||||
| Clemmie Cannon | 11 | 31 | 26 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 | .269 | .367 | .269 | .636 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Johnny Ison | 28 | 60 | 47 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 15 | .149 | .298 | .191 | .490 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||
| Ron Falkenhagen | 25 | 34 | 32 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | .188 | .212 | .188 | .400 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Dick Ryan | 19 | 40 | 35 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 18 | .171 | .256 | .257 | .514 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Arthur McBride | 21 | 51 | 45 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 17 | .133 | .235 | .200 | .435 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| James Fekete | 28 | 26 | 21 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 | .238 | .304 | .286 | .590 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||
| Ricardo Delgado | 38 | 39 | 24 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 12 | .167 | .474 | .208 | .682 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Roy Stark | 13 | 26 | 24 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | .167 | .231 | .292 | .522 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Rick Conrad | 21 | 46 | 43 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 25 | .093 | .152 | .093 | .245 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Thomas Wood | 6 | 19 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .158 | .158 | .158 | .316 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Tony Joseph | 9 | 14 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .143 | .143 | .143 | .286 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Michael Fedak | 4 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Don Rink | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Charles Regan | 13 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .000 | .667 | .000 | .667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jon Nelson | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 1314 | 4431 | 3854 | 509 | 948 | 135 | 50 | 38 | 412 | 73 | 0 | 467 | 864 | .246 | .331 | .337 | .667 | 1297 | 0 | 35 | 49 | 26 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Orr | 1B | 49 | 346 | 19 | 9 | 23 | .976 | 7.449 | ||||
| Jerry Sabatini | 1B | 47 | 346 | 24 | 9 | 20 | .976 | 7.872 | ||||
| Joseph Long | 1B | 19 | 125 | 7 | 3 | 6 | .978 | 6.947 | ||||
| John Ryan | 2B | 116 | 215 | 260 | 26 | 41 | .948 | 4.095 | ||||
| Mike Cloutier | 3B | 74 | 70 | 132 | 23 | 5 | .898 | 2.730 | ||||
| Robert Shelton | 3B | 21 | 21 | 24 | 5 | 3 | .900 | 2.143 | ||||
| Joseph Long | 3B | 14 | 23 | 24 | 4 | 2 | .922 | 3.357 | ||||
| Pat Duke | C | 37 | 270 | 30 | 7 | 1 | .977 | 8.108 | 11 | |||
| Owen Johnson | C | 32 | 289 | 45 | 4 | 3 | .988 | 1.438 | 9 | |||
| Gary Cowan | C | 23 | 176 | 10 | 6 | 1 | .969 | 8.087 | 6 | |||
| Marcus Geenen | C | 14 | 93 | 4 | 1 | 1 | .990 | 6.929 | 8 | |||
| Arthur McBride | C | 13 | 62 | 7 | 1 | 1 | .986 | 5.308 | 1 | |||
| Richard Hazard | OF | 103 | 119 | 4 | 10 | 1 | .925 | 1.194 | ||||
| Jim Rooker | OF | 69 | 133 | 11 | 7 | 4 | .954 | 2.087 | ||||
| Robert Tuttle | OF | 50 | 68 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .986 | 1.400 | ||||
| Willie Lee | OF | 46 | 47 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .979 | 1.022 | ||||
| Mike Cloutier | OF | 42 | 58 | 8 | 7 | 0 | .904 | 1.571 | ||||
| George Jozwik | OF | 28 | 24 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .963 | .929 | ||||
| Curt Gentry | OF | 16 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.750 | ||||
| Joseph Priestes | OF | 15 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 2 | .960 | 1.600 | ||||
| Ricardo Delgado | P | 36 | 9 | 30 | 2 | 2 | .951 | 1.083 | ||||
| Bob Sprout | P | 28 | 9 | 24 | 4 | 0 | .892 | 1.179 | ||||
| James Fekete | P | 27 | 5 | 27 | 5 | 1 | .865 | 1.185 | ||||
| Ron Falkenhagen | P | 24 | 5 | 13 | 2 | 0 | .900 | .750 | ||||
| Johnny Ison | P | 23 | 3 | 20 | 2 | 0 | .920 | 1.000 | ||||
| Rick Conrad | P | 21 | 3 | 19 | 2 | 0 | .917 | 1.048 | ||||
| Dick Ryan | P | 19 | 6 | 17 | 4 | 1 | .852 | 1.211 | ||||
| Charles Regan | P | 13 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .923 | ||||
| Lyndon Kurt | P | 13 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 0 | .600 | .692 | ||||
| Tony Joseph | P | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jon Nelson | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Tommy Thompson | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Don Rink | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Wayne Hittell | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Thomas Carter | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Lorencito Fernández | SS | 48 | 68 | 104 | 22 | 18 | .887 | 3.583 | ||||
| Jerry Oravitz | SS | 36 | 67 | 60 | 13 | 11 | .907 | 3.528 | ||||
| Dave Kelly | SS | 22 | 24 | 43 | 7 | 9 | .905 | 3.045 | ||||
| Robert Shelton | SS | 10 | 12 | 16 | 3 | 2 | .903 | 2.800 | ||||
| Totals | 1174 | 2743 | 1012 | 198 | 159 | .950 | 3.198 | 35 | 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.
