1961 Great Falls Electrics Statistics

Pioneer League (PL) - Class: C
Team Record: 72-58
Finished 2nd in the PL
Manager: Al Ronning (72-58)
Affiliation: Los Angeles Dodgers
Location: Great Falls, Montana
Ballpark: Centene Field
Attendance: 59,406, Avg. 914

1961 Great Falls Electrics Roster

Playoffs - Great Falls Electrics 3 games, Boise Braves 1

The Great Falls Electrics of the Pioneer League ended the 1961 season with a record of 72 wins and 58 losses, finishing second in the PL.

The Electrics topped the league with just 653 runs allowed. Great Falls scored 712 runs. Eddie Reed led the team with 20 home runs, while Dick McLaughlin walloped 15 or more also. Domingo Carrasquel recorded 89 runs batted in and topped all qualifying hitters on the roster with a .361 average. Jimmy Ward paced the squad with 20 wins, and Wayne Scarbrough registered a 3.39 earned run average, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

Gene Brabender played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Great Falls Electrics to do so.

Al Ronning 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
Jimmy Ward	20	6	.769	3.45	31	31		17	1		240.0	261	119	92	18	69		219	10	0	8
Bob Wasko	13	6	.684	3.56	24	22		11	1		172.0	163	83	68	15	67		131	6	0	7
James Churchwell	10	8	.556	4.13	48	8		2	0		133.0	145	76	61	9	58		130	4	0	6
Jerry Patenaude	9	12	.429	3.90	30	25		8	0		166.0	151	96	72	6	130		175	15	0	11
Wayne Scarbrough	9	13	.409	3.39	27	23		10	0		175.0	163	93	66	8	98		185	2	1	9
Edward Maj	7	4	.636	4.81	32	6		2	0		101.0	121	67	54	4	54		91	4	0	10
Gene Brabender	2	3	.400	6.33	8	4					27.0	27	20	19	1	24				0
John Drysdale	1	1	.500	10.12	2	2					8.0	15	9	9	3	3				0
John Warren	1	3	.250	5.20	17	3		1	0		45.0	57	31	26	8	21		52	1	0	6
Dick McLaughlin	0	0			1						0.0									0
Eddie Reed	0	0			1						0.0
John Van Ornum	0	0			1						0.0									0
Chuck Giuffrida	0	0		6.63	19	2		0	0		38.0	47	33	28	7	34		42	1	0	2
Joseph Carboni	0	1	.000	5.79	6	2					14.0	16	14	9	2	11				0
Gale Rottinghaus	0	1	.000	6.19	6	2					16.0	16	12	11	3	11				0
Totals	72	58	.554	4.08	253	130	0	51	2	0	1135.0	1182	653	515	84	580	0	1025	43	1	59	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
Domingo Carrasquel	130	582	504	115	182	32	11	12	89	27	7	70	71	.361	.439	.540	.979	272		3	1	4
Dick McLaughlin	128	584	519	85	147	35	5	15	65	7	3	56	84	.283	.353	.457	.810	237		3	1	5
Jimmy Shinn	123	503	447	71	143	30	2	12	77	5	2	48	78	.320	.383	.477	.860	213		1	2	5
Bob Sloan	118	543	495	86	141	14	11	6	59	11	6	38	69	.285	.336	.394	.730	195		1	7	2
Eddie Reed	118	483	412	74	123	18	5	20	87	7	6	58	111	.299	.387	.512	.899	211		6	0	7
Jay Arnette	111	455	404	53	99	17	9	2	39	9	4	48	78	.245	.324	.347	.670	140		0	1	2
John Van Ornum	95	360	320	48	96	20	6	10	51	2	1	35	87	.300	.372	.494	.865	158		2	2	1
Bill Bevels	91	319	282	42	77	10	4	8	45	4	0	34	60	.273	.351	.422	.773	119		1	0	2
Jimmie McClure	81	304	269	41	72	16	4	4	27	1	5	30	54	.268	.344	.401	.746	108		2	2	1
Ronald Cronan	65	248	220	29	56	7	2	8	30	2	1	21	63	.255	.324	.414	.738	91		3	1	3
Wendell Wear	45	178	149	13	29	6	0	4	24	1	1	23	28	.195	.305	.315	.621	47		2	1	3
Lou Snipp	17	70	63	12	14	2	0	0	2	0	0	7	5	.222	.300	.254	.554	16		0	0	0
Jerry Patenaude	34	74	66	3	12	1	1	0	7	0	0	5	23	.182	.239	.227	.467	15		0	3	0
Bob Wasko	24	72	66	7	12	4	0	0	7	0	1	4	24	.182	.225	.242	.468	16		0	1	1
Wayne Scarbrough	28	68	53	8	9	0	0	1	2	0	1	11	29	.170	.323	.226	.549	12		1	3	0
Jimmy Ward	32	103	95	9	7	0	0	2	5	0	0	5	50	.074	.120	.137	.257	13		0	3	0
Edward Maj	32	37	31	6	6	0	1	0	3	0	0	3	4	.194	.265	.258	.523	8		0	3	0
James Churchwell	48	47	40	5	5	1	0	0	4	1	0	4	6	.125	.222	.150	.372	6		1	2	0
Al Ronning	4	8	8		3	2	0	0						.375	.375	.625	1.000	5
Gene Brabender	8	11	11		2									.182	.182	.182	.364	2
John Warren	17	15	14	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	.143	.133	.143	.276	2		0	0	1
Joseph Carboni	6	4	4		1									.250	.250	.250	.500	1
John Drysdale	2	4	4		1									.250	.250	.250	.500	1
Chuck Giuffrida	19	9	9	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	.111	.111	.111	.222	1		0	0	0
Gale Rottinghaus	6	6	6		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Lee Jensen	4	10	10		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1386	5097	4501	708	1240	215	61	104	625	77	38	500	931	.275	.349	.420	.768	1889	0	26	33	37	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Ronald Cronan	1B	64	450	35	11	50	.978	7.578
Wendell Wear	1B	44	369	20	5	46	.987	8.841
Domingo Carrasquel	1B	32	227	19	5	13	.980	7.688
Jimmie McClure	2B	52	98	122	25	23	.898	4.231
Bob Sloan	2B	51	80	106	11	26	.944	3.647
Domingo Carrasquel	2B	23	37	55	4	12	.958	4.000
Lou Snipp	2B	16	30	60	3	12	.968	5.625
Jimmy Shinn	3B	98	78	172	26	19	.906	2.551
Domingo Carrasquel	3B	20	13	37	4	7	.926	2.500
Jimmie McClure	3B	19	14	31	3	6	.938	2.368
Bill Bevels	C	75	667	30	13	7	.982	9.293	14
John Van Ornum	C	61	484	27	10	7	.981	8.377	11
Dick McLaughlin	OF	127	177	11	6	1	.969	1.480
Eddie Reed	OF	115	174	17	7	3	.965	1.661
Jay Arnette	OF	107	186	21	9	1	.958	1.935
John Van Ornum	OF	24	20	0	1	0	.952	.833
Jimmy Shinn	OF	24	25	2	3	1	.900	1.125
James Churchwell	P	48	10	27	5	2	.881	.771
Edward Maj	P	32	0	20	1	2	.952	.625
Jimmy Ward	P	31	11	34	9	2	.833	1.452
Jerry Patenaude	P	30	7	32	3	2	.929	1.300
Wayne Scarbrough	P	27	12	36	4	3	.923	1.778
Bob Wasko	P	24	6	26	5	1	.865	1.333
Chuck Giuffrida	P	19	2	9	0	2	1.000	.579
John Warren	P	17	1	6	0	0	1.000	.412
Gene Brabender	P	8						.000
Gale Rottinghaus	P	6						.000
Joseph Carboni	P	6						.000
John Drysdale	P	2						.000
John Van Ornum	P	1						.000
Dick McLaughlin	P	1						.000
Bob Sloan	SS	73	111	186	28	37	.914	4.068
Domingo Carrasquel	SS	64	102	187	18	38	.941	4.516
Totals		1341	3391	1328	219	323	.956	3.519	25	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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