1961 Duluth-Superior Dukes Statistics
Team Record: 76-52
Finished 1st in the NL
Manager: Bob Swift (76-52)
Affiliation: Detroit Tigers
Location: Duluth, Minnesota; Superior, Wisconsin
Ballpark: Wade Stadium
Attendance: 47,163, Avg. 737
Playoffs - St. Cloud Rox 1 game, Duluth-Superior Dukes 0
The Duluth-Superior Dukes of the Northern League ended the 1961 season with a record of 76 wins and 52 losses, finishing first in the NL.
The Dukes led the league with just 550 runs allowed. Duluth-Superior scored 691 runs. Terry Bartholome paced the team with 12 home runs Gary Dobereiner accounted for 87 RBI. Al Baker topped all qualifying hitters on the roster with a .330 average. Tom Timmermann paced the squad with 15 wins, while Ricardo Delgado registered a 2.51 earned run average, best among qualifying pitchers.
Players from the 1961 Duluth-Superior Dukes who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Ray Oyler, Bill Freehan, Jim Northrup, Tom Timmermann, Mickey Stanley and Leo Marentette.
Bob Swift 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Timmermann | 15 | 6 | .714 | 2.70 | 27 | 25 | 14 | 3 | 183.0 | 160 | 75 | 55 | 8 | 65 | 122 | 4 | 1 | 4 | ||||
| Ricardo Delgado | 13 | 6 | .684 | 2.51 | 45 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 140.0 | 113 | 54 | 39 | 5 | 52 | 116 | 4 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| Leo Marentette | 10 | 7 | .588 | 3.11 | 40 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 139.0 | 135 | 67 | 48 | 7 | 68 | 96 | 8 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Tommy Thompson | 10 | 7 | .588 | 4.05 | 28 | 16 | 8 | 1 | 129.0 | 154 | 76 | 58 | 10 | 33 | 63 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| William Weller | 10 | 8 | .556 | 3.45 | 24 | 23 | 10 | 2 | 141.0 | 128 | 62 | 54 | 7 | 70 | 101 | 3 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Will Hill | 8 | 5 | .615 | 4.65 | 21 | 18 | 7 | 0 | 120.0 | 153 | 78 | 62 | 9 | 42 | 65 | 7 | 1 | 4 | ||||
| Bob Nonnenmocher | 6 | 6 | .500 | 4.83 | 23 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 121.0 | 138 | 68 | 65 | 14 | 38 | 68 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Larry Nosse | 2 | 2 | .500 | 3.60 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 45.0 | 35 | 24 | 18 | 3 | 44 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Michael Fedak | 1 | 1 | .500 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Johnny Ison | 1 | 2 | .333 | 6 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Floyd Lager | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Olide Campanioni | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Robert Boggan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Mario Pelaez | 0 | 2 | .000 | 9 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 76 | 52 | .594 | 3.53 | 246 | 122 | 0 | 50 | 9 | 0 | 1018.0 | 1016 | 504 | 399 | 63 | 412 | 0 | 667 | 31 | 3 | 32 | 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 Baker | 111 | 519 | 427 | 95 | 141 | 21 | 8 | 8 | 55 | 12 | 80 | 31 | .330 | .435 | .473 | .908 | 202 | 2 | 6 | 4 | |||
| Gary Dobereiner | 127 | 545 | 431 | 65 | 128 | 24 | 1 | 3 | 87 | 6 | 102 | 51 | .297 | .428 | .378 | .806 | 163 | 1 | 5 | 6 | |||
| James Goodwin | 110 | 487 | 412 | 73 | 114 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 55 | 15 | 55 | 38 | .277 | .358 | .347 | .705 | 143 | 1 | 12 | 7 | |||
| Wilbert Franklin | 117 | 481 | 389 | 63 | 108 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 63 | 6 | 64 | 32 | .278 | .381 | .357 | .738 | 139 | 6 | 14 | 8 | |||
| John Ryan | 71 | 320 | 260 | 47 | 91 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 46 | 7 | 46 | 19 | .350 | .447 | .458 | .904 | 119 | 1 | 11 | 2 | |||
| Robert Boggan | 100 | 358 | 329 | 46 | 88 | 16 | 1 | 5 | 42 | 4 | 22 | 23 | .267 | .314 | .368 | .681 | 121 | 1 | 4 | 2 | |||
| Ray Oyler | 84 | 368 | 287 | 57 | 75 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 41 | 6 | 59 | 57 | .261 | .388 | .355 | .743 | 102 | 4 | 12 | 6 | |||
| Terry Bartholome | 100 | 386 | 299 | 66 | 75 | 13 | 1 | 12 | 45 | 7 | 81 | 94 | .251 | .414 | .421 | .835 | 126 | 2 | 4 | 0 | |||
| Larry Koehl | 43 | 154 | 126 | 17 | 38 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 2 | 24 | 4 | .302 | .418 | .397 | .815 | 50 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Mickey Stanley | 44 | 189 | 157 | 29 | 35 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 6 | 29 | 36 | .223 | .349 | .331 | .680 | 52 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Bill Freehan | 30 | 119 | 99 | 22 | 34 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 26 | 1 | 15 | 11 | .343 | .432 | .626 | 1.058 | 62 | 2 | 1 | 2 | |||
| Tom Orton | 48 | 183 | 151 | 15 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 24 | 11 | .172 | .293 | .185 | .478 | 28 | 3 | 2 | 3 | |||
| Dennis Totland | 21 | 71 | 64 | 12 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 13 | .266 | .329 | .344 | .672 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Will Hill | 35 | 92 | 78 | 10 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 11 | 24 | .218 | .319 | .308 | .626 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Anselmo Martinez | 29 | 85 | 66 | 13 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 12 | .197 | .308 | .258 | .565 | 17 | 0 | 7 | 1 | |||
| Jim Northrup | 16 | 62 | 54 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 15 | .222 | .311 | .370 | .682 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Leo Marentette | 43 | 50 | 43 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 11 | .209 | .292 | .209 | .501 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Tom Timmermann | 33 | 77 | 64 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 25 | .141 | .267 | .266 | .532 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Arthur McBride | 25 | 61 | 50 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 18 | .160 | .283 | .160 | .443 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Ricardo Delgado | 55 | 67 | 50 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 17 | .160 | .300 | .240 | .540 | 12 | 0 | 7 | 0 | |||
| Bob Pearson | 11 | 39 | 28 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | .250 | .417 | .321 | .738 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||
| Tommy Thompson | 28 | 57 | 36 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 18 | 10 | .194 | .473 | .194 | .667 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |||
| William Weller | 26 | 57 | 43 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 23 | .163 | .321 | .163 | .484 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |||
| Jim Mooring | 12 | 36 | 32 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | .188 | .257 | .312 | .570 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Bob Nonnenmocher | 24 | 47 | 43 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 10 | .140 | .159 | .209 | .368 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||
| Larry Nosse | 14 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .333 | .385 | .333 | .718 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Michael Fedak | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Ralph Woods | 8 | 3 | 3 | 1 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Mario Pelaez | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Olide Campanioni | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Floyd Lager | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Johnny Ison | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 1392 | 4940 | 4045 | 688 | 1085 | 154 | 34 | 59 | 584 | 84 | 0 | 707 | 595 | .268 | .378 | .367 | .745 | 1484 | 0 | 34 | 109 | 45 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gary Dobereiner | 1B | 126 | 1075 | 64 | 15 | 133 | .987 | 9.040 | ||||
| Al Baker | 2B | 109 | 346 | 317 | 19 | 106 | .972 | 6.083 | ||||
| John Ryan | 3B | 65 | 53 | 126 | 7 | 15 | .962 | 2.754 | ||||
| Robert Boggan | 3B | 37 | 35 | 72 | 7 | 10 | .939 | 2.892 | ||||
| Terry Bartholome | 3B | 22 | 10 | 48 | 5 | 5 | .921 | 2.636 | ||||
| Tom Orton | C | 46 | 270 | 28 | 7 | 5 | .977 | 6.478 | 8 | |||
| Larry Koehl | C | 40 | 213 | 23 | 6 | 4 | .975 | 5.900 | 9 | |||
| Bill Freehan | C | 29 | 166 | 22 | 6 | 0 | .969 | 6.483 | 4 | |||
| Arthur McBride | C | 17 | 82 | 5 | 5 | 1 | .946 | 5.118 | 4 | |||
| Wilbert Franklin | OF | 115 | 173 | 3 | 14 | 1 | .926 | 1.530 | ||||
| James Goodwin | OF | 102 | 211 | 13 | 11 | 0 | .953 | 2.196 | ||||
| Terry Bartholome | OF | 67 | 86 | 11 | 7 | 2 | .933 | 1.448 | ||||
| Mickey Stanley | OF | 44 | 90 | 5 | 3 | 0 | .969 | 2.159 | ||||
| Robert Boggan | OF | 35 | 31 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .971 | .971 | ||||
| Jim Northrup | OF | 16 | 23 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .923 | 1.500 | ||||
| Jim Mooring | OF | 10 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .941 | 1.600 | ||||
| Ricardo Delgado | P | 45 | 8 | 39 | 4 | 2 | .922 | 1.044 | ||||
| Leo Marentette | P | 40 | 10 | 36 | 4 | 4 | .920 | 1.150 | ||||
| Tommy Thompson | P | 28 | 1 | 29 | 4 | 3 | .882 | 1.071 | ||||
| Tom Timmermann | P | 27 | 7 | 30 | 4 | 3 | .902 | 1.370 | ||||
| William Weller | P | 24 | 5 | 21 | 2 | 0 | .929 | 1.083 | ||||
| Bob Nonnenmocher | P | 23 | 5 | 18 | 2 | 0 | .920 | 1.000 | ||||
| Will Hill | P | 21 | 8 | 21 | 2 | 3 | .935 | 1.381 | ||||
| Larry Nosse | P | 11 | 3 | 17 | 4 | 1 | .833 | 1.818 | ||||
| Mario Pelaez | P | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| Johnny Ison | P | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Michael Fedak | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Olide Campanioni | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Floyd Lager | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Robert Boggan | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ray Oyler | SS | 84 | 143 | 263 | 12 | 58 | .971 | 4.833 | ||||
| Robert Boggan | SS | 20 | 25 | 56 | 8 | 10 | .910 | 4.050 | ||||
| Anselmo Martinez | SS | 14 | 12 | 34 | 10 | 6 | .821 | 3.286 | ||||
| Totals | 1244 | 3106 | 1306 | 172 | 372 | .962 | 3.547 | 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.
Persons data from the Chadwick Baseball Bureau are Copyright Chadwick Baseball Bureau, and are made available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License.
