1961 Eau Claire Braves Statistics

Northern League (NL) - Class: C
Team Record: 52-78
Finished 5th in the NL
Manager: Jim Fanning (52-78)
Affiliation: Milwaukee Braves
Location: Eau Claire, Wisconsin
Ballpark: Carson Park
Attendance: 26,480, Avg. 407

1961 Eau Claire Braves Roster

The Eau Claire Braves of the Northern League ended the 1961 season with a record of 52 wins and 78 losses, finishing fifth in the NL.

The Braves scored 665 runs and conceded 728 runs. Pat Sherrill paced Eau Claire with 13 home runs and drove in 78 runs. Dan Vestal led all regular batters by connecting at a .313 clip. Garnet Steubing and Russell Henrichs topped the squad with 10 wins each, while Ceferino Foy recorded a 2.03 ERA, tops among regular hurlers.

Players from the 1961 Eau Claire Braves who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Walt Hriniak, John Braun, Vern Handrahan, Rico Carty and Jim Fanning.

Jim Fanning 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
Garnet Steubing	10	10	.500	3.91	48	13		4	1		152.0	140	83	66	10	73		11	8	2	5
Russell Henrichs	10	11	.476	3.71	37	25		9	2		189.0	209	117	78	21	76		151	11	1	12
John Stokoe	9	5	.643	2.21	22	13		9	2		114.0	107	55	28	7	44		80	2	0	4
Ceferino Foy	9	6	.600	2.03	21	17		8	2		133.0	103	54	30	10	53		108	3	1	2
Robert Healey	4	3	.571	4.78	24	1		0	0		64.0	65	42	34	5	37		52	4	1	6
John Braun	2	7	.222	4.30	17	9		0	0		69.0	70	42	33	7	44		60	1	0	5
Ray Orlikowski	2	7	.222	6.88	18	10		2	1		68.0	75	71	52	6	60		71	3	1	10
Vern Handrahan	2	9	.182	4.50	30	11		2	0		94.0	99	65	47	5	48		88	3	1	4
Jerry Hummitzsch	2	9	.182	5.61	23	16		2	0		101.0	111	81	63	4	83		58	1	1	7
Harold DeMars	1	1	.500		5						0.0									0
Fred Alworth	1	8	.111	6.61	18	7		1	0		64.0	71	56	47	7	54		47	3	0	7
James Snyder	0	0			2						0.0									0
Robert St. John	0	0			9						0.0									0
Pat Jordan	0	2	.000	6.43	10	5		0	0		28.0	25	31	20	1	40		24	5	0	7
Totals	52	78	.400	4.17	284	127	0	37	8	0	1076.0	1075	697	498	83	612	0	750	44	8	69	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
Dan Vestal	108	462	419	50	131	20	2	3	66	9		29	50	.313	.365	.391	.756	164		7	4	3
Pat Sherrill	127	565	473	76	127	15	8	13	78	8		84	101	.268	.384	.416	.800	197		5	2	1
Rico Carty	110	409	342	69	102	19	1	11	39	4		59	95	.298	.404	.456	.860	156		3	3	2
Ken Roesler	88	384	329	60	90	8	6	7	40	8		49	43	.274	.369	.398	.767	131		2	2	2
Walt Hriniak	76	312	267	35	83	14	1	2	50	4		38	35	.311	.401	.393	.794	105		4	0	3
Herm Hubbard	60	251	215	45	69	10	5	6	37	8		31	37	.321	.404	.498	.902	107		1	1	3
John Self	63	268	241	43	61	12	2	10	37	2		25	53	.253	.322	.444	.766	107		0	1	1
Joseph Shields	76	278	237	33	58	11	2	8	37	0		32	72	.245	.342	.409	.751	97		4	3	2
Gerard Rosenthal	64	281	229	34	57	9	0	1	23	2		41	47	.249	.371	.301	.672	69		4	6	1
Demetri Alomar	59	254	229	31	50	5	1	3	22	3		20	27	.218	.278	.288	.566	66		0	2	3
James Snyder	71	230	203	18	47	6	2	3	21	1		27	57	.232	.322	.325	.647	66		0	0	0
Wayne Wilson	44	183	152	29	39	10	0	2	16	3		25	20	.257	.374	.362	.735	55		4	1	1
Dick Anderson	37	152	135	18	32	4	0	2	12	0		16	35	.237	.322	.311	.633	42		1	0	0
Marcos Rodriguez	46	176	145	27	31	4	2	1	18	5		26	33	.214	.331	.290	.621	42		1	1	3
Alfredo Conton	32	143	122	17	30	3	0	0	10	8		16	13	.246	.345	.270	.616	33		3	1	1
John Garofalo	30	114	98	14	25	0	1	0	8	8		14	9	.255	.354	.276	.629	27		1	1	0
Thomas McGarrey	30	133	109	19	22	3	0	1	12	3		24	15	.202	.346	.257	.603	28		0	0	0
Garnet Steubing	66	86	76	8	20	2	2	0	12	1		9	20	.263	.349	.342	.691	26		1	0	0
Jim Fanning	25	93	76	9	18	3	0	1	15	1		14	6	.237	.359	.316	.674	24		1	1	1
John Stokoe	29	53	50	8	13	4	0	1	7	0		3	11	.260	.302	.400	.702	20		0	0	0
Russell Henrichs	37	72	50	8	7	1	0	0	4	0		13	24	.140	.338	.160	.498	8		2	7	0
Vern Handrahan	31	30	24	4	6	1	0	0	0	0		0	6	.250	.250	.292	.542	7		0	6	0
Ceferino Foy	21	56	50	2	6	1	0	0	6	0		3	13	.120	.170	.140	.310	7		0	3	0
Fred Alworth	20	25	22	2	5	0	0	0	0	0		3	3	.227	.320	.227	.547	5		0	0	0
John Braun	17	26	22	1	4	0	0	0	1	0		3	8	.182	.280	.182	.462	4		0	1	0
Jerry Hummitzsch	26	37	31	4	4	0	0	0	3	0		5	12	.129	.250	.129	.379	4		0	1	0
Robert Healey	24	17	15	0	3	0	0	0	0	0		0	4	.200	.200	.200	.400	3		0	2	0
Ray Orlikowski	19	22	19	1	1	0	0	0	2	0		3	10	.053	.182	.053	.234	1		0	0	0
Pat Jordan	10	10	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Harold DeMars	5	4	4		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Robert St. John	9	3	3		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1460	5129	4397	665	1141	165	35	75	576	78	0	612	861	.259	.354	.364	.718	1601	0	44	49	27	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
John Self	1B	48	375	27	6	18	.985	8.375
Thomas McGarrey	1B	28	234	13	4	13	.984	8.821
Joseph Shields	1B	26	205	8	9	16	.959	8.192
Marcos Rodriguez	1B	18	139	9	8	9	.949	8.222
Gerard Rosenthal	2B	61	168	157	14	29	.959	5.328
Ken Roesler	2B	57	137	145	14	23	.953	4.947
James Snyder	2B	13	33	22	4	6	.932	4.231
Pat Sherrill	3B	119	104	240	64	14	.843	2.891
James Snyder	3B	17	16	31	2	3	.959	2.765
Rico Carty	C	100	636	65	29	7	.960	7.010	35
Joseph Shields	C	35	199	19	2	2	.991	6.229	5
Jim Fanning	C	10	60	9	2	0	.972	6.900	1
Dan Vestal	OF	105	141	5	7	1	.954	1.390
Herm Hubbard	OF	59	115	6	7	3	.945	2.051
Wayne Wilson	OF	42	45	6	4	1	.927	1.214
Dick Anderson	OF	35	47	4	3	0	.944	1.457
Alfredo Conton	OF	31	56	6	1	1	.984	2.000
Ken Roesler	OF	30	51	3	3	0	.947	1.800
John Garofalo	OF	25	43	2	3	0	.938	1.800
James Snyder	OF	21	24	1	2	0	.926	1.190
Marcos Rodriguez	OF	21	32	5	0	1	1.000	1.762
John Self	OF	14	21	0	5	0	.808	1.500
Joseph Shields	OF	12	19	1	1	0	.952	1.667
Garnet Steubing	P	48	10	34	7	2	.863	.917
Russell Henrichs	P	37	7	36	5	3	.896	1.162
Vern Handrahan	P	30	5	14	3	0	.864	.633
Robert Healey	P	24	6	20	1	0	.963	1.083
Jerry Hummitzsch	P	23	9	14	6	2	.793	1.000
John Stokoe	P	22	2	41	2	2	.956	1.955
Ceferino Foy	P	21	13	25	4	3	.905	1.810
Ray Orlikowski	P	18	4	14	2	1	.900	1.000
Fred Alworth	P	18	3	8	2	0	.846	.611
John Braun	P	17	3	10	1	0	.929	.765
Pat Jordan	P	10	0	10	2	0	.833	1.000
Robert St. John	P	9						.000
Harold DeMars	P	5						.000
James Snyder	P	2						.000
Walt Hriniak	SS	76	120	216	22	22	.939	4.421
Demetri Alomar	SS	57	91	162	30	27	.894	4.439
Totals		1344	3173	1388	281	209	.942	3.394	41	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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