1961 Erie Sailors Statistics
Team Record: 68-57
Finished 2nd in the NYPL
Manager: Harry Warner (68-57)
Affiliation: Minnesota Twins
Location: Erie, Pennsylvania
Ballpark: Ainsworth Field
Attendance: 19,583, Avg. 313
Playoffs - Batavia Pirates 2 games, Erie Sailors 1
The Erie Sailors of the New York-Pennsylvania League ended the 1961 season with a record of 68 wins and 57 losses, finishing second in the NYPL.
The Sailors plated 798 runs and yielded 665 runs. Victor Horacio and Frank Franchi paced Erie with 12 home runs apiece. Victor Horacio accounted for 84 RBI and topped batters with significant playing time with a .297 average. Timothy Wells and John Strzyzewski led the team with 14 wins each, while Jose Mejias recorded a 3.64 ERA, leading pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Frank Quilici played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Erie Sailors to do so.
Harry Warner 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Strzyzewski | 14 | 9 | .609 | 4.07 | 28 | 26 | 16 | 3 | 197.0 | 189 | 101 | 89 | 28 | 59 | 127 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Timothy Wells | 14 | 9 | .609 | 4.38 | 26 | 26 | 12 | 1 | 181.0 | 181 | 107 | 88 | 26 | 90 | 162 | 3 | 0 | 8 | ||||
| Jose Mejias | 11 | 4 | .733 | 3.64 | 20 | 17 | 8 | 1 | 136.0 | 129 | 71 | 55 | 6 | 45 | 124 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Louis Yanz | 7 | 7 | .500 | 4.50 | 48 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 102.0 | 107 | 58 | 51 | 11 | 48 | 70 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| William Pollack | 6 | 5 | .545 | 5.28 | 22 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 87.0 | 96 | 67 | 51 | 9 | 66 | 67 | 5 | 1 | 4 | ||||
| John Mitchell | 5 | 8 | .385 | 5.71 | 18 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 104.0 | 99 | 83 | 66 | 16 | 57 | 83 | 1 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| John Hanlon | 4 | 2 | .667 | 6.06 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 52.0 | 63 | 36 | 35 | 7 | 21 | 49 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| James Ward | 3 | 1 | .750 | 3.68 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 22.0 | 22 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 17 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| John Crotty | 2 | 1 | .667 | 4.83 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 54.0 | 45 | 32 | 29 | 7 | 36 | 57 | 1 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Robert Pearson | 1 | 1 | .500 | 9.00 | 9 | 2 | 18.0 | 17 | 20 | 18 | 3 | 20 | 0 | |||||||||
| Walter Coleman | 1 | 3 | .250 | 2.38 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 34.0 | 39 | 19 | 9 | 4 | 17 | 40 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Robert DeFant | 0 | 0 | 15.00 | 4 | 1 | 6.0 | 15 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Charles Kennedy | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||
| Samuel Gray | 0 | 1 | .000 | 6.00 | 7 | 0 | 15.0 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 14 | 1 | |||||||||
| Vernon Merrick | 0 | 5 | .000 | 5.71 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 52.0 | 58 | 39 | 33 | 11 | 32 | 35 | 3 | 2 | 6 | ||||
| Totals | 68 | 57 | .544 | 4.69 | 248 | 129 | 0 | 50 | 7 | 0 | 1061.0 | 1071 | 665 | 553 | 130 | 524 | 0 | 835 | 21 | 4 | 40 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Victor Horacio | 124 | 540 | 444 | 95 | 132 | 22 | 4 | 12 | 84 | 17 | 11 | 83 | 81 | .297 | .413 | .446 | .859 | 198 | 7 | 3 | 3 | ||
| Francis Pittaro | 124 | 543 | 428 | 89 | 123 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 70 | 6 | 2 | 107 | 65 | .287 | .429 | .362 | .791 | 155 | 2 | 2 | 4 | ||
| Jacinto Vento | 124 | 575 | 461 | 103 | 120 | 21 | 2 | 9 | 68 | 10 | 1 | 98 | 39 | .260 | .391 | .373 | .764 | 172 | 3 | 10 | 3 | ||
| Humberto Sama | 104 | 408 | 345 | 65 | 100 | 18 | 4 | 8 | 46 | 3 | 1 | 44 | 55 | .290 | .385 | .435 | .820 | 150 | 12 | 3 | 4 | ||
| Frank Franchi | 87 | 394 | 301 | 72 | 95 | 23 | 0 | 12 | 75 | 2 | 1 | 83 | 39 | .316 | .455 | .512 | .967 | 154 | 1 | 1 | 8 | ||
| Luke Vasser | 112 | 405 | 345 | 70 | 92 | 18 | 5 | 11 | 64 | 18 | 3 | 49 | 90 | .267 | .365 | .443 | .808 | 153 | 6 | 2 | 3 | ||
| David Sanchez | 86 | 402 | 346 | 65 | 92 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 42 | 4 | 5 | 51 | 34 | .266 | .358 | .353 | .711 | 122 | 0 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Thomas Fries | 112 | 409 | 324 | 73 | 80 | 14 | 3 | 9 | 59 | 3 | 0 | 68 | 65 | .247 | .382 | .392 | .774 | 127 | 6 | 6 | 5 | ||
| Bill Tomb | 63 | 255 | 219 | 43 | 62 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 52 | 6 | 4 | 30 | 38 | .283 | .368 | .416 | .783 | 91 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Pablo Mitchell | 34 | 161 | 129 | 36 | 46 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 23 | 5 | 1 | 27 | 17 | .357 | .475 | .581 | 1.056 | 75 | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Reyes Figueroa | 22 | 99 | 91 | 19 | 26 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 14 | .286 | .343 | .505 | .849 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Strzyzewski | 35 | 96 | 82 | 11 | 25 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 33 | .305 | .348 | .573 | .921 | 47 | 0 | 7 | 1 | ||
| Frank Quilici | 27 | 110 | 97 | 20 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 24 | .206 | .294 | .309 | .603 | 30 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Jose Mejias | 21 | 58 | 49 | 7 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 | .367 | .404 | .449 | .853 | 22 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Charles Isles | 21 | 83 | 61 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 21 | 4 | .213 | .422 | .328 | .750 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jose Padilla | 15 | 69 | 56 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 6 | .196 | .348 | .214 | .562 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Timothy Wells | 34 | 73 | 59 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 27 | .186 | .304 | .220 | .525 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| John Mitchell | 20 | 47 | 39 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10 | .256 | .286 | .282 | .568 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 1 | ||
| George Dempster | 20 | 42 | 31 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 8 | .194 | .405 | .355 | .760 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ron Gasper | 17 | 55 | 46 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 6 | .109 | .255 | .196 | .450 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Hanlon | 13 | 26 | 25 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | .160 | .192 | .160 | .352 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Walter Coleman | 11 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .273 | .273 | .818 | 1.091 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| William Pollack | 22 | 32 | 27 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 15 | .111 | .250 | .148 | .398 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Crotty | 15 | 21 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 12 | .118 | .286 | .118 | .403 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Samuel Gray | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Robert Pearson | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| James Ward | 10 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .143 | .143 | .143 | .286 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Harry Warner | 11 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .111 | .273 | .111 | .384 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Louis Yanz | 48 | 21 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 11 | .067 | .263 | .133 | .396 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Larry Pohlman | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Vernon Merrick | 19 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | .000 | .333 | .000 | .333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Robert DeFant | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| John Baird | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 1375 | 4979 | 4085 | 829 | 1104 | 193 | 44 | 86 | 684 | 81 | 35 | 753 | 720 | .270 | .386 | .402 | .789 | 1643 | 0 | 43 | 61 | 37 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Humberto Sama | 1B | 94 | 715 | 36 | 13 | 56 | .983 | 7.989 | ||||
| David Sanchez | 2B | 85 | 198 | 210 | 24 | 49 | .944 | 4.800 | ||||
| Charles Isles | 2B | 16 | 36 | 34 | 4 | 4 | .946 | 4.375 | ||||
| Jose Padilla | 2B | 14 | 23 | 43 | 2 | 12 | .971 | 4.714 | ||||
| Francis Pittaro | 3B | 121 | 103 | 217 | 24 | 15 | .930 | 2.645 | ||||
| Thomas Fries | C | 105 | 698 | 73 | 14 | 7 | .982 | 7.343 | 27 | |||
| Frank Franchi | C | 12 | 105 | 9 | 3 | 0 | .974 | 9.500 | 3 | |||
| George Dempster | C | 11 | 57 | 8 | 2 | 2 | .970 | 5.909 | 1 | |||
| Victor Horacio | OF | 122 | 193 | 11 | 13 | 0 | .940 | 1.672 | ||||
| Frank Franchi | OF | 74 | 159 | 4 | 6 | 1 | .964 | 2.203 | ||||
| Bill Tomb | OF | 60 | 86 | 8 | 4 | 2 | .959 | 1.567 | ||||
| Luke Vasser | OF | 59 | 83 | 9 | 7 | 1 | .929 | 1.559 | ||||
| Pablo Mitchell | OF | 34 | 56 | 3 | 2 | 1 | .967 | 1.735 | ||||
| Reyes Figueroa | OF | 22 | 37 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .976 | 1.818 | ||||
| Jacinto Vento | OF | 14 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.571 | ||||
| Louis Yanz | P | 48 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 1 | .824 | .292 | ||||
| John Strzyzewski | P | 28 | 11 | 25 | 1 | 2 | .973 | 1.286 | ||||
| Timothy Wells | P | 26 | 3 | 30 | 2 | 2 | .943 | 1.269 | ||||
| William Pollack | P | 22 | 5 | 12 | 3 | 0 | .850 | .773 | ||||
| Jose Mejias | P | 20 | 3 | 15 | 1 | 0 | .947 | .900 | ||||
| Vernon Merrick | P | 19 | 3 | 14 | 3 | 4 | .850 | .895 | ||||
| John Mitchell | P | 18 | 1 | 19 | 6 | 1 | .769 | 1.111 | ||||
| John Crotty | P | 15 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .857 | .400 | ||||
| John Hanlon | P | 12 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| James Ward | P | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .200 | ||||
| Robert Pearson | P | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| Walter Coleman | P | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| Samuel Gray | P | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| Robert DeFant | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Charles Kennedy | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jacinto Vento | SS | 105 | 175 | 252 | 25 | 53 | .945 | 4.067 | ||||
| Frank Quilici | SS | 24 | 42 | 51 | 10 | 12 | .903 | 3.875 | ||||
| Totals | 1220 | 2821 | 1113 | 174 | 226 | .958 | 3.225 | 31 | 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.
