1961 Elmira Pioneers Statistics
Team Record: 61-63
Finished 5th in the NYPL
Manager: Moose Johnson (61-63)
Affiliation: Philadelphia Phillies
Location: Elmira, New York
Ballpark: Dunn Field
Attendance: 30,416, Avg. 491
The Elmira Pioneers of the New York-Pennsylvania League ended the 1961 season with a record of 61 wins and 63 losses, finishing fifth in the NYPL.
The Pioneers topped the circuit with just 649 runs allowed. Elmira scored 642 runs. Hank Allen led the team with 22 home runs, while Bill Tomaselli walloped 15 or more also. Hank Allen drove in 88 runs. Calvin Shears paced all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .303. Vernon Kemp paced the squad with 11 wins, and John Morris recorded a 2.02 ERA, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Members of the 1961 Elmira Pioneers who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Hank Allen, Jeff James and John Morris.
Moose Johnson 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vernon Kemp | 11 | 8 | .579 | 3.10 | 29 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 148.0 | 136 | 86 | 51 | 8 | 112 | 171 | 2 | 0 | 8 | ||||
| Marcel Guilbault | 10 | 5 | .667 | 3.14 | 24 | 17 | 12 | 3 | 149.0 | 114 | 64 | 52 | 11 | 68 | 154 | 2 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| John Morris | 10 | 7 | .588 | 2.02 | 21 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 129.0 | 120 | 48 | 29 | 1 | 51 | 93 | 6 | 1 | 8 | ||||
| Larry James | 6 | 5 | .545 | 3.20 | 24 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 76.0 | 57 | 35 | 27 | 4 | 47 | 68 | 5 | 0 | 8 | ||||
| John Fisher | 5 | 4 | .556 | 3.80 | 20 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 97.0 | 82 | 60 | 41 | 5 | 85 | 73 | 5 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Len Clendenin | 5 | 4 | .556 | 4.15 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 78.0 | 79 | 49 | 36 | 5 | 41 | 82 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Joe Durelli | 5 | 6 | .455 | 5.94 | 29 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 100.0 | 97 | 85 | 66 | 9 | 89 | 101 | 4 | 0 | 9 | ||||
| Jeff James | 5 | 12 | .294 | 3.63 | 23 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 109.0 | 91 | 67 | 44 | 5 | 84 | 100 | 3 | 0 | 11 | ||||
| Ed Hottell | 3 | 3 | .500 | 5.73 | 22 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 66.0 | 76 | 44 | 42 | 5 | 31 | 42 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||||
| James Braley | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.68 | 8 | 2 | 19.0 | 21 | 16 | 12 | 1 | 16 | 0 | |||||||||
| Allen Clendenin | 0 | 0 | 2.25 | 4 | 0 | 8.0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||||||||||
| John Keitges | 0 | 1 | .000 | 7.94 | 8 | 3 | 17.0 | 30 | 22 | 15 | 0 | 25 | 0 | |||||||||
| Fred Hoyt | 0 | 1 | .000 | 9.00 | 5 | 0 | 12.0 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 13 | 0 | |||||||||
| Dick Smith | 0 | 1 | .000 | 9.00 | 3 | 1 | 10.0 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 14 | 0 | |||||||||
| John Kabat | 0 | 2 | .000 | 3.38 | 3 | 0 | 8.0 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 1 | |||||||||
| Edwin Britton | 0 | 2 | .000 | 15.75 | 5 | 0 | 8.0 | 13 | 15 | 14 | 1 | 10 | 0 | |||||||||
| Totals | 61 | 61 | .500 | 3.97 | 241 | 117 | 0 | 42 | 13 | 0 | 1034.0 | 953 | 624 | 456 | 58 | 694 | 0 | 884 | 27 | 4 | 58 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Tomaselli | 123 | 504 | 466 | 70 | 121 | 21 | 2 | 17 | 64 | 5 | 3 | 23 | 103 | .260 | .302 | .423 | .725 | 197 | 8 | 1 | 6 | ||
| Hank Allen | 106 | 453 | 415 | 63 | 117 | 15 | 6 | 22 | 88 | 3 | 3 | 31 | 114 | .282 | .334 | .506 | .840 | 210 | 3 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Calvin Shears | 100 | 420 | 376 | 74 | 114 | 19 | 7 | 9 | 69 | 20 | 0 | 37 | 89 | .303 | .368 | .463 | .831 | 174 | 3 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Clyde Hampton | 99 | 425 | 377 | 70 | 106 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 46 | 5 | 0 | 43 | 52 | .281 | .356 | .379 | .735 | 143 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Larry Baughman | 96 | 379 | 331 | 56 | 94 | 17 | 0 | 11 | 43 | 3 | 0 | 45 | 74 | .284 | .369 | .435 | .804 | 144 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Fred Mason | 99 | 391 | 306 | 64 | 89 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 39 | 8 | 4 | 77 | 82 | .291 | .436 | .441 | .877 | 135 | 3 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Silas Jamison | 108 | 455 | 385 | 63 | 82 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 45 | 6 | 2 | 57 | 119 | .213 | .318 | .317 | .635 | 122 | 4 | 5 | 4 | ||
| Ernesto de la Osa | 114 | 478 | 359 | 67 | 77 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 32 | 7 | 1 | 114 | 112 | .214 | .402 | .287 | .689 | 103 | 0 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Gene Weston | 69 | 266 | 208 | 37 | 53 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 53 | 46 | .255 | .413 | .327 | .740 | 68 | 3 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Howard Wood | 66 | 160 | 137 | 17 | 30 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 7 | 0 | 18 | 36 | .219 | .327 | .343 | .670 | 47 | 4 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Robert Townsend | 30 | 106 | 98 | 6 | 22 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 19 | .224 | .260 | .276 | .535 | 27 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Marcel Guilbault | 24 | 62 | 56 | 6 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12 | .214 | .237 | .286 | .523 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Joseph Howell | 15 | 62 | 47 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 15 | 18 | .213 | .403 | .234 | .637 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| James Couch | 19 | 78 | 65 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 20 | .138 | .282 | .200 | .482 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Vernon Kemp | 33 | 73 | 63 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 25 | .127 | .203 | .190 | .393 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Joe Durelli | 29 | 35 | 33 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15 | .212 | .257 | .242 | .500 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Reinold Garcia | 11 | 46 | 37 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 9 | 9 | .189 | .348 | .216 | .564 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Morris | 23 | 50 | 43 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 22 | .163 | .234 | .209 | .443 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Larry James | 26 | 23 | 23 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .174 | .174 | .435 | .609 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gilles St. Onge | 5 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .300 | .300 | .500 | .800 | 5 | |||||||||||
| Denny Kennedy | 8 | 24 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .125 | .125 | .125 | .250 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Len Clendenin | 13 | 29 | 27 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18 | .111 | .143 | .111 | .254 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| John Fisher | 21 | 31 | 28 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12 | .107 | .167 | .179 | .345 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Ed Hottell | 22 | 21 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | .133 | .381 | .200 | .581 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dick Smith | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| John Keitges | 8 | 5 | 5 | 1 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Leslie Grubbs | 8 | 18 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .056 | .056 | .056 | .111 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Steven Homick | 11 | 23 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13 | .050 | .130 | .050 | .180 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| John Kabat | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Allen Clendenin | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Jeff James | 24 | 49 | 46 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 26 | .000 | .021 | .000 | .021 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Edwin Britton | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| James Braley | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Fred Hoyt | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 1340 | 4690 | 4032 | 646 | 987 | 163 | 39 | 84 | 518 | 83 | 13 | 565 | 1048 | .245 | .340 | .367 | .707 | 1480 | 0 | 31 | 37 | 25 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fred Mason | 1B | 85 | 624 | 36 | 9 | 57 | .987 | 7.765 | ||||
| Hank Allen | 1B | 42 | 294 | 23 | 7 | 22 | .978 | 7.548 | ||||
| Gene Weston | 2B | 69 | 136 | 141 | 23 | 40 | .923 | 4.014 | ||||
| Robert Townsend | 2B | 24 | 51 | 50 | 3 | 8 | .971 | 4.208 | ||||
| Calvin Shears | 2B | 22 | 72 | 58 | 8 | 13 | .942 | 5.909 | ||||
| Reinold Garcia | 2B | 10 | 18 | 28 | 4 | 4 | .920 | 4.600 | ||||
| Bill Tomaselli | 3B | 104 | 100 | 160 | 21 | 16 | .925 | 2.500 | ||||
| James Couch | 3B | 19 | 25 | 35 | 9 | 2 | .870 | 3.158 | ||||
| Larry Baughman | C | 88 | 714 | 56 | 15 | 11 | .981 | 8.750 | 18 | |||
| Howard Wood | C | 32 | 201 | 25 | 10 | 1 | .958 | 7.062 | 9 | |||
| Silas Jamison | OF | 106 | 157 | 12 | 14 | 1 | .923 | 1.594 | ||||
| Clyde Hampton | OF | 99 | 169 | 15 | 10 | 3 | .948 | 1.859 | ||||
| Hank Allen | OF | 64 | 84 | 6 | 10 | 0 | .900 | 1.406 | ||||
| Calvin Shears | OF | 62 | 113 | 7 | 9 | 0 | .930 | 1.935 | ||||
| Bill Tomaselli | OF | 19 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.053 | ||||
| Joseph Howell | OF | 14 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .944 | 1.214 | ||||
| Vernon Kemp | P | 29 | 5 | 15 | 1 | 1 | .952 | .690 | ||||
| Joe Durelli | P | 29 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 0 | .706 | .414 | ||||
| Larry James | P | 24 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .900 | .375 | ||||
| Marcel Guilbault | P | 24 | 5 | 24 | 1 | 3 | .967 | 1.208 | ||||
| Jeff James | P | 23 | 4 | 12 | 5 | 1 | .762 | .696 | ||||
| Ed Hottell | P | 22 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 1 | .933 | .636 | ||||
| John Morris | P | 21 | 9 | 31 | 1 | 1 | .976 | 1.905 | ||||
| John Fisher | P | 20 | 2 | 11 | 2 | 0 | .867 | .650 | ||||
| Len Clendenin | P | 13 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .923 | ||||
| John Keitges | P | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| James Braley | P | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| Fred Hoyt | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Edwin Britton | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Allen Clendenin | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Dick Smith | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| John Kabat | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ernesto de la Osa | SS | 113 | 170 | 281 | 28 | 52 | .942 | 3.991 | ||||
| Calvin Shears | SS | 12 | 12 | 15 | 2 | 4 | .931 | 2.250 | ||||
| Totals | 1225 | 3008 | 1082 | 200 | 242 | .953 | 3.339 | 27 | 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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