1961 Dallas-Fort Worth Rangers Statistics
Team Record: 72-77
Finished 5th in the AA
Manager: Walker Cooper (72-77)
Affiliation: Los Angeles Angels
Location: Dallas, Texas; Fort Worth, Texas
Ballpark: Eagles Stadium
Attendance: 105,933, Avg. 1,422
The Dallas-Fort Worth Rangers of the American Association ended the 1961 season with a record of 72 wins and 77 losses, finishing fifth in the AA.
The Rangers scored 621 runs and surrendered 693 runs. Mickey Harrington led Dallas-Fort with 16 home runs Tom Burgess drove in 73 runs. Mickey Harrington topped all regular batters by hitting .304. Laurin Pepper paced the team with 15 wins, while Jack Hannah recorded a 3.3 ERA, best among regularly-used pitchers.
Members of the 1961 Dallas-Fort Worth Rangers who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Luis Márquez, Aubrey Gatewood, Leo Burke, Ted Kazanski, Bob Wiesler, Chick King, Bob Sprout, Faye Throneberry, Ron Blackburn, Taylor Phillips, Tom Qualters, Jim Woods, Tom Burgess, Jack Spring, Laurin Pepper, Murray Wall, Dick Littlefield, Buck Rodgers, Ed Sadowski, Jim Fregosi, George Williams, Gale Wade, Corky Withrow, Mike White, Dean Chance, Marion Fricano, Chuck Tanner, Rudy Hernández, Ray Jablonski, Mickey Harrington and Dick Rand.
Walker Cooper 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laurin Pepper | 15 | 11 | .577 | 3.45 | 34 | 32 | 8 | 2 | 227.0 | 234 | 104 | 87 | 12 | 94 | 6 | 129 | 2 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Ron Blackburn | 13 | 11 | .542 | 3.91 | 58 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 122.0 | 139 | 61 | 53 | 13 | 33 | 11 | 71 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Dean Chance | 9 | 12 | .429 | 3.66 | 63 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 177.0 | 167 | 79 | 72 | 4 | 51 | 2 | 121 | 8 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Taylor Phillips | 8 | 6 | .571 | 3.46 | 20 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 112.0 | 121 | 51 | 43 | 8 | 48 | 1 | 64 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||
| Jack Spring | 8 | 7 | .533 | 4.01 | 23 | 23 | 2 | 1 | 128.0 | 146 | 62 | 57 | 10 | 28 | 2 | 64 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Jack Hannah | 5 | 4 | .556 | 3.30 | 52 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 120.0 | 119 | 60 | 44 | 15 | 44 | 5 | 73 | 5 | 1 | 8 | |||
| Dick Littlefield | 5 | 9 | .357 | 4.83 | 26 | 21 | 4 | 1 | 121.0 | 143 | 70 | 65 | 22 | 31 | 2 | 72 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Bob Sprout | 5 | 11 | .312 | 4.75 | 36 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 161.0 | 163 | 98 | 85 | 18 | 84 | 3 | 84 | 4 | 1 | 4 | |||
| Bob Wiesler | 2 | 1 | .667 | 5.05 | 36 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 66.0 | 89 | 46 | 37 | 6 | 31 | 2 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 8 | |||
| Rudy Hernández | 6 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Tom Qualters | 6 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Marion Fricano | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 3 | 0 | 9.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Morris Cigar | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 4 | 0 | 5.0 | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| Murray Wall | 0 | 1 | .000 | 12.00 | 3 | 0 | 3.0 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Aubrey Gatewood | 0 | 2 | .000 | 7.58 | 6 | 3 | 19.0 | 23 | 20 | 16 | 2 | 16 | 0 | |||||||||
| William Garcia | 0 | 2 | .000 | 24.00 | 4 | 1 | 3.0 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 0 | |||||||||
| Totals | 70 | 77 | .476 | 4.04 | 380 | 144 | 0 | 20 | 7 | 0 | 1273.0 | 1357 | 665 | 571 | 113 | 464 | 34 | 702 | 24 | 4 | 36 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Fregosi | 150 | 578 | 516 | 54 | 131 | 18 | 4 | 6 | 50 | 6 | 50 | 70 | .254 | .324 | .339 | .663 | 175 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Tom Burgess | 136 | 540 | 452 | 66 | 130 | 24 | 5 | 14 | 73 | 2 | 74 | 41 | .288 | .387 | .456 | .843 | 206 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 5 | ||
| George Williams | 111 | 488 | 446 | 54 | 125 | 22 | 4 | 4 | 39 | 7 | 34 | 81 | .280 | .329 | .374 | .704 | 167 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | ||
| Mickey Harrington | 106 | 428 | 404 | 51 | 123 | 15 | 2 | 16 | 55 | 1 | 12 | 38 | .304 | .328 | .470 | .798 | 190 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | ||
| Buck Rodgers | 124 | 484 | 427 | 55 | 122 | 22 | 3 | 3 | 62 | 2 | 47 | 37 | .286 | .357 | .372 | .729 | 159 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 3 | ||
| Chick King | 141 | 484 | 442 | 68 | 107 | 18 | 3 | 9 | 41 | 10 | 31 | 83 | .242 | .294 | .357 | .652 | 158 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Ted Kazanski | 134 | 467 | 429 | 44 | 106 | 20 | 1 | 5 | 51 | 2 | 29 | 36 | .247 | .292 | .333 | .626 | 143 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 3 | ||
| Jim Woods | 70 | 258 | 241 | 24 | 54 | 12 | 0 | 9 | 34 | 1 | 12 | 64 | .224 | .260 | .386 | .646 | 93 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Chuck Tanner | 48 | 194 | 170 | 28 | 51 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 18 | 2 | 20 | 19 | .300 | .370 | .447 | .817 | 76 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Ray Jablonski | 44 | 165 | 135 | 24 | 46 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 32 | 0 | 28 | 21 | .341 | .455 | .585 | 1.040 | 79 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Ken Toothman | 48 | 156 | 133 | 24 | 38 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 22 | 10 | .286 | .387 | .391 | .778 | 52 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Leo Burke | 42 | 163 | 143 | 22 | 36 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 23 | 2 | 16 | 23 | .252 | .335 | .462 | .797 | 66 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Gale Wade | 59 | 179 | 149 | 23 | 34 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 24 | 21 | .228 | .347 | .268 | .615 | 40 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Pete Gongola | 49 | 138 | 117 | 13 | 31 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 20 | 25 | .265 | .370 | .385 | .754 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Mike White | 36 | 134 | 112 | 12 | 26 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 20 | 18 | .232 | .348 | .312 | .661 | 35 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Faye Throneberry | 32 | 132 | 109 | 15 | 25 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 0 | 17 | 15 | .229 | .328 | .376 | .704 | 41 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | ||
| Ed Sadowski | 14 | 62 | 55 | 3 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 6 | .236 | .323 | .345 | .668 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Laurin Pepper | 43 | 83 | 73 | 6 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 16 | .178 | .211 | .192 | .402 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ron Blackburn | 58 | 37 | 34 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | .265 | .278 | .324 | .601 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Luis Márquez | 18 | 50 | 43 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 10 | .209 | .306 | .326 | .632 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jack Hannah | 57 | 29 | 24 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | .250 | .308 | .375 | .683 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dick Rand | 19 | 31 | 24 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 6 | .250 | .400 | .250 | .650 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Taylor Phillips | 20 | 41 | 37 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17 | .135 | .179 | .162 | .342 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dick Littlefield | 26 | 43 | 41 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 15 | .122 | .163 | .122 | .285 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Sprout | 36 | 57 | 49 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 25 | .102 | .185 | .122 | .308 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jack Spring | 25 | 47 | 36 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 13 | .111 | .179 | .111 | .291 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Wiesler | 38 | 20 | 19 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .158 | .158 | .158 | .316 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dean Chance | 63 | 56 | 51 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 29 | .059 | .094 | .098 | .192 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Marion Fricano | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Corky Withrow | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Donald Ross | 8 | 17 | 17 | 1 | .059 | .059 | .059 | .118 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Morris Cigar | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Aubrey Gatewood | 6 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 1770 | 5574 | 4941 | 617 | 1270 | 207 | 36 | 94 | 564 | 43 | 0 | 494 | 758 | .257 | .326 | .371 | .696 | 1831 | 0 | 25 | 79 | 35 | 40 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Burgess | 1B | 100 | 839 | 60 | 6 | 96 | .993 | 8.990 | ||||
| Ray Jablonski | 1B | 34 | 277 | 16 | 1 | 33 | .997 | 8.618 | ||||
| Ted Kazanski | 1B | 25 | 189 | 21 | 1 | 23 | .995 | 8.400 | ||||
| George Williams | 2B | 110 | 328 | 329 | 21 | 104 | .969 | 5.973 | ||||
| Ted Kazanski | 2B | 40 | 106 | 127 | 3 | 37 | .987 | 5.825 | ||||
| Jim Woods | 3B | 65 | 49 | 103 | 6 | 13 | .962 | 2.338 | ||||
| Ted Kazanski | 3B | 53 | 52 | 120 | 14 | 13 | .925 | 3.245 | ||||
| Ken Toothman | 3B | 34 | 22 | 70 | 7 | 11 | .929 | 2.706 | ||||
| Buck Rodgers | C | 116 | 595 | 70 | 11 | 12 | .984 | 5.733 | 5 | |||
| Pete Gongola | C | 39 | 172 | 17 | 2 | 3 | .990 | 4.846 | 3 | |||
| Chick King | OF | 134 | 280 | 3 | 5 | 1 | .983 | 2.112 | ||||
| Mickey Harrington | OF | 100 | 185 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .995 | 1.910 | ||||
| Gale Wade | OF | 51 | 80 | 1 | 4 | 1 | .953 | 1.588 | ||||
| Chuck Tanner | OF | 46 | 74 | 5 | 5 | 0 | .940 | 1.717 | ||||
| Tom Burgess | OF | 41 | 44 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.098 | ||||
| Leo Burke | OF | 37 | 51 | 1 | 6 | 1 | .897 | 1.405 | ||||
| Mike White | OF | 33 | 60 | 5 | 2 | 0 | .970 | 1.970 | ||||
| Faye Throneberry | OF | 32 | 48 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .941 | 1.500 | ||||
| Ed Sadowski | OF | 11 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.818 | ||||
| Luis Márquez | OF | 10 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.300 | ||||
| Dean Chance | P | 63 | 11 | 19 | 1 | 3 | .968 | .476 | ||||
| Ron Blackburn | P | 58 | 12 | 33 | 2 | 4 | .957 | .776 | ||||
| Jack Hannah | P | 52 | 5 | 28 | 1 | 0 | .971 | .635 | ||||
| Bob Wiesler | P | 36 | 4 | 11 | 3 | 3 | .833 | .417 | ||||
| Bob Sprout | P | 36 | 4 | 24 | 1 | 2 | .966 | .778 | ||||
| Laurin Pepper | P | 34 | 14 | 40 | 3 | 2 | .947 | 1.588 | ||||
| Dick Littlefield | P | 26 | 9 | 13 | 1 | 0 | .957 | .846 | ||||
| Jack Spring | P | 24 | 11 | 21 | 1 | 1 | .970 | 1.333 | ||||
| Taylor Phillips | P | 20 | 5 | 22 | 2 | 0 | .931 | 1.350 | ||||
| Jim Fregosi | SS | 150 | 247 | 495 | 53 | 100 | .933 | 4.947 | ||||
| Totals | 1610 | 3814 | 1663 | 166 | 463 | .971 | 3.402 | 8 | 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.
