1961 Fort Walton Beach Jets Statistics
Team Record: 61-55
Finished 3rd in the AAL
Manager: Vern Morgan (61-55)
Affiliation: Minnesota Twins
Location: Fort Walton Beach, Florida
Ballpark: Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 15,603, Avg. 269
The Fort Walton Beach Jets of the Alabama-Florida League ended the 1961 season with a record of 61 wins and 55 losses, finishing third in the AAL.
The Jets led the circuit with 717 runs, spearheaded by 89 home runs. Fort Walton Beach allowed 670 runs. Pedro Fernandez paced the team with 20 home runs, while Carlos Pascual and Carmelo Mesa walloped 15 or more, too. Alf Sommerstad accounted for 83 RBI and topped hitters with significant playing time with a .337 average. Joseph Bolinsky paced the squad with 12 wins, and Edilio Oliva recorded a 2.53 ERA, leading regularly-used pitchers.
Members of the 1961 Fort Walton Beach Jets who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Carlos Pascual, Fred Lasher and Vern Morgan.
Vern Morgan 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joseph Bolinsky | 12 | 10 | .545 | 5.02 | 26 | 22 | 7 | 2 | 147.0 | 154 | 93 | 82 | 7 | 90 | 142 | 5 | 0 | 10 | ||||
| Carlos Mendez | 10 | 7 | .588 | 3.80 | 27 | 22 | 8 | 0 | 154.0 | 134 | 87 | 65 | 11 | 124 | 160 | 8 | 0 | 10 | ||||
| Fred Lasher | 8 | 9 | .471 | 4.04 | 36 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 127.0 | 97 | 65 | 57 | 13 | 80 | 156 | 7 | 0 | 9 | ||||
| Edilio Oliva | 7 | 5 | .583 | 2.53 | 19 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 103.0 | 87 | 39 | 29 | 8 | 40 | 97 | 0 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| Jorge Garcia | 6 | 1 | .857 | 5.75 | 31 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 72.0 | 91 | 55 | 46 | 2 | 35 | 47 | 8 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| George Miller | 5 | 2 | .714 | 6.88 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 68.0 | 95 | 59 | 52 | 6 | 31 | 52 | 2 | 1 | 4 | ||||
| Charles Kirk | 4 | 5 | .444 | 4.32 | 21 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 98.0 | 87 | 66 | 47 | 6 | 92 | 68 | 5 | 2 | 15 | ||||
| Dave Roman | 4 | 8 | .333 | 6.00 | 20 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 81.0 | 97 | 74 | 54 | 5 | 72 | 54 | 0 | 0 | 10 | ||||
| Carlos Pascual | 2 | 1 | .667 | 6.00 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24.0 | 28 | 16 | 16 | 2 | 19 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| William Gelzheiser | 2 | 2 | .500 | 6.00 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 36.0 | 43 | 33 | 24 | 6 | 24 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Raul Oro | 1 | 1 | .500 | 7.64 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 33.0 | 37 | 35 | 28 | 0 | 33 | 32 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Raymond Buck | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Jose Licor | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3.60 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 30.0 | 36 | 16 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Eloy Allen | 0 | 2 | .000 | 5 | 0.0 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 61 | 55 | .526 | 4.74 | 253 | 115 | 0 | 35 | 8 | 0 | 973.0 | 986 | 638 | 512 | 66 | 652 | 0 | 871 | 43 | 6 | 79 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alf Sommerstad | 109 | 506 | 433 | 92 | 146 | 28 | 7 | 9 | 83 | 11 | 1 | 63 | 64 | .337 | .422 | .497 | .919 | 215 | 3 | 4 | 3 | ||
| Carmelo Mesa | 116 | 543 | 451 | 93 | 138 | 25 | 9 | 16 | 77 | 9 | 5 | 73 | 47 | .306 | .410 | .508 | .918 | 229 | 9 | 7 | 3 | ||
| John Erickson | 113 | 538 | 473 | 101 | 137 | 20 | 3 | 3 | 57 | 26 | 2 | 51 | 31 | .290 | .365 | .364 | .729 | 172 | 7 | 4 | 3 | ||
| Carlos Pascual | 81 | 316 | 275 | 58 | 95 | 18 | 1 | 16 | 68 | 5 | 0 | 31 | 17 | .345 | .419 | .593 | 1.012 | 163 | 6 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Pedro Fernandez | 90 | 381 | 300 | 64 | 88 | 12 | 2 | 20 | 75 | 0 | 0 | 68 | 58 | .293 | .429 | .547 | .975 | 164 | 6 | 3 | 4 | ||
| Jim Hock | 104 | 444 | 368 | 53 | 87 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 46 | 8 | 1 | 66 | 63 | .236 | .356 | .277 | .633 | 102 | 4 | 3 | 3 | ||
| Raymond Buck | 99 | 358 | 292 | 50 | 83 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 35 | 7 | 1 | 56 | 25 | .284 | .402 | .329 | .731 | 96 | 3 | 5 | 2 | ||
| Edward Onorato | 69 | 240 | 204 | 34 | 61 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 39 | 3 | 0 | 31 | 47 | .299 | .395 | .426 | .821 | 87 | 2 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Joy Gritts | 45 | 200 | 173 | 28 | 45 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 31 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 46 | .260 | .347 | .382 | .728 | 66 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Alberto Gonzalez | 50 | 178 | 161 | 22 | 41 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 20 | .255 | .326 | .348 | .674 | 56 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Vern Morgan | 53 | 145 | 122 | 23 | 38 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 30 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 4 | .311 | .414 | .508 | .922 | 62 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Tom Kopp | 37 | 119 | 94 | 17 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 19 | .234 | .390 | .383 | .773 | 36 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Carlos Mendez | 43 | 80 | 73 | 16 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 14 | .247 | .300 | .411 | .711 | 30 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Pedro Perez | 44 | 130 | 101 | 16 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 40 | .168 | .333 | .208 | .541 | 21 | 3 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Charles Kirk | 21 | 41 | 37 | 6 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | .351 | .400 | .351 | .751 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Inael Alarcon | 17 | 75 | 63 | 10 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 21 | .206 | .315 | .317 | .633 | 20 | 3 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Dick DeLamielleure | 18 | 67 | 56 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 17 | .196 | .318 | .286 | .604 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Joseph Bolinsky | 28 | 67 | 46 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 12 | .196 | .393 | .217 | .611 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 0 | ||
| George Miller | 17 | 26 | 19 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | .368 | .500 | .632 | 1.132 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Fred Lasher | 36 | 34 | 29 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 13 | .172 | .273 | .241 | .514 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| William Gelzheiser | 12 | 16 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .286 | .286 | .286 | .571 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Edilio Oliva | 19 | 37 | 33 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 25 | .121 | .147 | .121 | .268 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Eloy Allen | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | .600 | .600 | .600 | 1.200 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Dave Roman | 20 | 32 | 25 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 11 | .080 | .207 | .080 | .287 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Jorge Garcia | 34 | 24 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 12 | .000 | .348 | .000 | .348 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Raul Oro | 12 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | .000 | .100 | .000 | .100 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Jose Licor | 15 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .000 | .167 | .000 | .167 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1307 | 4619 | 3876 | 716 | 1087 | 168 | 34 | 89 | 625 | 78 | 11 | 605 | 634 | .280 | .383 | .410 | .793 | 1590 | 0 | 54 | 58 | 26 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alf Sommerstad | 1B | 81 | 544 | 38 | 6 | 48 | .990 | 7.185 | ||||
| Vern Morgan | 1B | 21 | 161 | 9 | 6 | 8 | .966 | 8.095 | ||||
| Dick DeLamielleure | 1B | 16 | 101 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 1.000 | 6.875 | ||||
| John Erickson | 2B | 113 | 308 | 243 | 27 | 58 | .953 | 4.876 | ||||
| Carlos Pascual | 3B | 68 | 54 | 107 | 16 | 9 | .910 | 2.368 | ||||
| Pedro Perez | 3B | 32 | 22 | 45 | 6 | 2 | .918 | 2.094 | ||||
| Raymond Buck | 3B | 29 | 12 | 22 | 4 | 3 | .895 | 1.172 | ||||
| Edward Onorato | C | 63 | 390 | 34 | 9 | 1 | .979 | 6.730 | 21 | |||
| Alberto Gonzalez | C | 39 | 335 | 31 | 7 | 4 | .981 | 9.385 | 8 | |||
| Tom Kopp | C | 29 | 184 | 19 | 6 | 0 | .971 | 7.000 | 8 | |||
| Carmelo Mesa | OF | 116 | 229 | 12 | 12 | 0 | .953 | 2.078 | ||||
| Pedro Fernandez | OF | 86 | 124 | 11 | 6 | 2 | .957 | 1.570 | ||||
| Raymond Buck | OF | 48 | 52 | 8 | 6 | 2 | .909 | 1.250 | ||||
| Joy Gritts | OF | 43 | 83 | 5 | 4 | 0 | .957 | 2.047 | ||||
| Alf Sommerstad | OF | 28 | 61 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .969 | 2.250 | ||||
| Inael Alarcon | OF | 16 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .900 | 1.125 | ||||
| Fred Lasher | P | 36 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .417 | ||||
| Jorge Garcia | P | 31 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .226 | ||||
| Carlos Mendez | P | 27 | 8 | 22 | 3 | 1 | .909 | 1.111 | ||||
| Joseph Bolinsky | P | 26 | 5 | 17 | 1 | 0 | .957 | .846 | ||||
| Charles Kirk | P | 21 | 7 | 17 | 3 | 1 | .889 | 1.143 | ||||
| Dave Roman | P | 20 | 4 | 25 | 5 | 1 | .853 | 1.450 | ||||
| Edilio Oliva | P | 19 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .737 | ||||
| George Miller | P | 15 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .800 | ||||
| Jose Licor | P | 14 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .357 | ||||
| Raul Oro | P | 12 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| William Gelzheiser | P | 12 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .889 | .667 | ||||
| Carlos Pascual | P | 11 | .000 | |||||||||
| Eloy Allen | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Raymond Buck | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jim Hock | SS | 104 | 128 | 223 | 42 | 31 | .893 | 3.375 | ||||
| Raymond Buck | SS | 17 | 42 | 41 | 6 | 7 | .933 | 4.882 | ||||
| Totals | 1202 | 2887 | 992 | 180 | 191 | .956 | 3.227 | 37 | 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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