1961 El Paso Sun Kings Statistics
Team Record: 73-57
Finished 2nd in the SL
Manager: George Genovese (73-57)
Affiliation: San Francisco Giants
Location: El Paso, Texas
Ballpark: Dudley Field
Attendance: 79,415, Avg. 1,222
The El Paso Sun Kings of the Sophomore League ended the 1961 season with a record of 73 wins and 57 losses, finishing second in the SL.
The Sun Kings led the league with 970 runs, fueled by 123 home runs. El Paso allowed 902 runs. José Cardenal walloped 35 home runs for the squad, while Dick Dietz and Bob Chance added 15 or more also. José Cardenal accounted for 108 RBI. Bob Chance paced batters with significant playing time by connecting at a .371 clip. Edward LeClair and Luis Penalver topped the team with 14 wins each, and Luis Penalver recorded a 4.14 ERA, best among hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Players from the 1961 El Paso Sun Kings who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Damaso Blanco, José Cardenal, Bob Chance and Dick Dietz.
George Genovese 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edward LeClair | 14 | 5 | .737 | 4.77 | 32 | 22 | 11 | 0 | 166.0 | 169 | 126 | 88 | 21 | 114 | 132 | 5 | 1 | 9 | ||||
| Luis Penalver | 14 | 8 | .636 | 4.14 | 42 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 152.0 | 154 | 94 | 70 | 9 | 54 | 137 | 4 | 1 | 17 | ||||
| Francisco Rivas | 9 | 2 | .818 | 4.24 | 26 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 121.0 | 135 | 75 | 57 | 13 | 70 | 106 | 1 | 1 | 5 | ||||
| Walter McGinnity | 7 | 3 | .700 | 6.36 | 33 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 126.0 | 159 | 106 | 89 | 19 | 59 | 70 | 0 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| Hector Holguin | 6 | 9 | .400 | 6.32 | 35 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 94.0 | 115 | 95 | 66 | 15 | 52 | 70 | 9 | 1 | 11 | ||||
| Paul Miller | 6 | 11 | .353 | 6.28 | 45 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 139.0 | 152 | 128 | 97 | 18 | 96 | 93 | 5 | 2 | 12 | ||||
| Edward Wilson | 5 | 2 | .714 | 5.86 | 20 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 63.0 | 63 | 47 | 41 | 3 | 66 | 58 | 2 | 0 | 13 | ||||
| Michael Howell | 5 | 3 | .625 | 5.82 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 51.0 | 52 | 42 | 33 | 12 | 37 | 40 | 3 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Clarence Ingersoll | 5 | 5 | .500 | 5.75 | 27 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 108.0 | 122 | 88 | 69 | 8 | 65 | 107 | 7 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| John Jacobs | 1 | 1 | .500 | 4.80 | 4 | 2 | 15.0 | 23 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | |||||||||
| Robert Ericson | 1 | 4 | .200 | 8.32 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 40.0 | 44 | 45 | 37 | 5 | 51 | 36 | 5 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| José Cardenal | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Luis Salazar | 0 | 0 | 2.57 | 4 | 0 | 7.0 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Juan Duran | 0 | 0 | 4.80 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15.0 | 17 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Fred Rivero | 0 | 0 | 24.00 | 1 | 0 | 3.0 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Lucio Horta | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3.60 | 9 | 0 | 10.0 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 0 | |||||||||
| Wayne Routh | 0 | 2 | .000 | 18.00 | 2 | 2 | 5.0 | 15 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 0 | |||||||||
| Totals | 73 | 56 | .566 | 5.55 | 316 | 130 | 0 | 32 | 3 | 0 | 1115.0 | 1245 | 902 | 687 | 131 | 696 | 0 | 866 | 41 | 8 | 89 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jose Calero | 130 | 585 | 510 | 116 | 180 | 29 | 9 | 13 | 105 | 26 | 14 | 65 | 52 | .353 | .426 | .522 | .947 | 266 | 4 | 0 | 6 | ||
| José Cardenal | 128 | 622 | 502 | 159 | 178 | 39 | 7 | 35 | 108 | 64 | 21 | 109 | 97 | .355 | .467 | .669 | 1.136 | 336 | 3 | 1 | 7 | ||
| Bob Chance | 118 | 503 | 442 | 107 | 164 | 29 | 4 | 16 | 96 | 9 | 1 | 58 | 82 | .371 | .445 | .563 | 1.009 | 249 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Damaso Blanco | 130 | 566 | 495 | 92 | 138 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 70 | 37 | 14 | 59 | 69 | .279 | .358 | .360 | .717 | 178 | 3 | 7 | 2 | ||
| Dick Dietz | 109 | 492 | 328 | 106 | 109 | 21 | 6 | 24 | 95 | 6 | 4 | 159 | 89 | .332 | .551 | .652 | 1.203 | 214 | 3 | 0 | 2 | ||
| James Perkins | 119 | 475 | 413 | 88 | 109 | 11 | 9 | 13 | 92 | 44 | 9 | 51 | 84 | .264 | .350 | .429 | .778 | 177 | 5 | 3 | 3 | ||
| Roger Heyden | 97 | 440 | 386 | 77 | 108 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 49 | 11 | 1 | 51 | 61 | .280 | .364 | .347 | .712 | 134 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Jerry Pedroso | 121 | 387 | 326 | 57 | 75 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 35 | 13 | 6 | 43 | 92 | .230 | .339 | .344 | .682 | 112 | 12 | 3 | 3 | ||
| Hector Silva | 55 | 201 | 162 | 31 | 41 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 31 | 29 | .253 | .381 | .302 | .683 | 49 | 3 | 4 | 1 | ||
| Jesus Lechler | 79 | 189 | 148 | 20 | 34 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 39 | .230 | .366 | .338 | .704 | 50 | 3 | 6 | 2 | ||
| Donald Pope | 35 | 162 | 125 | 30 | 32 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 4 | 3 | 34 | 33 | .256 | .420 | .344 | .764 | 43 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Luis Penalver | 63 | 105 | 85 | 12 | 23 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 17 | .271 | .359 | .424 | .783 | 36 | 0 | 2 | 4 | ||
| Richard Brunkal | 39 | 113 | 93 | 19 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 21 | .172 | .306 | .301 | .607 | 28 | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Francisco Rivas | 37 | 71 | 64 | 7 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 24 | .188 | .257 | .281 | .538 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Edward LeClair | 35 | 73 | 64 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 23 | .156 | .217 | .188 | .405 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Walter McGinnity | 60 | 89 | 70 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 27 | .129 | .284 | .171 | .456 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Clarence Ingersoll | 27 | 46 | 32 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 11 | .250 | .442 | .375 | .817 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Robert Ericson | 15 | 21 | 19 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | .263 | .300 | .316 | .616 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Michael Howell | 22 | 34 | 25 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 7 | .200 | .412 | .200 | .612 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Paul Miller | 45 | 51 | 45 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 25 | .111 | .184 | .111 | .295 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| John DeJarnette | 10 | 19 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | .267 | .312 | .400 | .712 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Hector Holguin | 38 | 36 | 31 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 | .129 | .229 | .129 | .358 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Edward Wilson | 25 | 32 | 25 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 10 | .080 | .258 | .080 | .338 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Wayne Routh | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Juan Duran | 11 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Fred Rivero | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Luis Salazar | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| John Jacobs | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 1560 | 5324 | 4417 | 968 | 1272 | 202 | 56 | 123 | 778 | 233 | 78 | 778 | 920 | .288 | .397 | .443 | .840 | 1955 | 0 | 48 | 46 | 35 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jose Calero | 1B | 130 | 1114 | 51 | 23 | 96 | .981 | 8.962 | ||||
| Roger Heyden | 2B | 95 | 183 | 240 | 16 | 51 | .964 | 4.453 | ||||
| Richard Brunkal | 2B | 25 | 61 | 38 | 1 | 14 | .990 | 3.960 | ||||
| José Cardenal | 2B | 19 | 35 | 27 | 4 | 5 | .939 | 3.263 | ||||
| José Cardenal | 3B | 52 | 35 | 94 | 23 | 6 | .849 | 2.481 | ||||
| Damaso Blanco | 3B | 45 | 41 | 102 | 18 | 9 | .888 | 3.178 | ||||
| Donald Pope | 3B | 35 | 34 | 73 | 11 | 11 | .907 | 3.057 | ||||
| Dick Dietz | C | 97 | 609 | 74 | 22 | 4 | .969 | 7.041 | 45 | |||
| Jesus Lechler | C | 54 | 296 | 26 | 9 | 2 | .973 | 5.963 | 11 | |||
| James Perkins | OF | 114 | 199 | 6 | 11 | 3 | .949 | 1.798 | ||||
| Bob Chance | OF | 113 | 125 | 12 | 15 | 1 | .901 | 1.212 | ||||
| Jerry Pedroso | OF | 112 | 146 | 11 | 12 | 1 | .929 | 1.402 | ||||
| José Cardenal | OF | 73 | 126 | 11 | 7 | 3 | .951 | 1.877 | ||||
| Dick Dietz | OF | 18 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .867 | .722 | ||||
| Luis Penalver | OF | 12 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .417 | ||||
| Jesus Lechler | OF | 11 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .727 | ||||
| Walter McGinnity | OF | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .400 | ||||
| Paul Miller | P | 45 | 3 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .644 | ||||
| Luis Penalver | P | 42 | 6 | 27 | 5 | 0 | .868 | .786 | ||||
| Hector Holguin | P | 35 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 0 | .727 | .457 | ||||
| Walter McGinnity | P | 33 | 8 | 30 | 3 | 2 | .927 | 1.152 | ||||
| Edward LeClair | P | 32 | 5 | 27 | 1 | 1 | .970 | 1.000 | ||||
| Clarence Ingersoll | P | 27 | 5 | 17 | 2 | 1 | .917 | .815 | ||||
| Francisco Rivas | P | 26 | 3 | 26 | 4 | 1 | .879 | 1.115 | ||||
| Edward Wilson | P | 20 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .650 | ||||
| Robert Ericson | P | 13 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .875 | .538 | ||||
| Michael Howell | P | 11 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .727 | ||||
| Juan Duran | P | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .091 | ||||
| Lucio Horta | P | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| Luis Salazar | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| John Jacobs | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Wayne Routh | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Fred Rivero | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| José Cardenal | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Damaso Blanco | SS | 91 | 169 | 267 | 34 | 53 | .928 | 4.791 | ||||
| Hector Silva | SS | 49 | 52 | 138 | 38 | 21 | .833 | 3.878 | ||||
| Totals | 1471 | 3296 | 1357 | 268 | 285 | .946 | 3.163 | 56 | 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.
