1961 Geneva Redlegs Statistics
Team Record: 77-48
Finished 1st in the NYPL
Manager: Karl Kuehl (77-48)
Affiliation: Cincinnati Reds
Location: Geneva, New York
Ballpark: McDonough Park
Attendance: 32,595, Avg. 522
Playoffs - Olean Red Sox 2 games, Geneva Redlegs 1
The Geneva Redlegs of the New York-Pennsylvania League ended the 1961 season with a record of 77 wins and 48 losses, finishing first in the NYPL.
The Redlegs plated 829 runs, tops in the circuit. Geneva conceded 707 runs. Tony Pérez paced the team with 27 home runs, while Greg Nash, Karl Kuehl and César Tovar each walloped 15 or more as well. Tony Pérez drove in 132 runs and topped all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .348. Michael Thornton and Jack Simon led the squad with 13 wins each, and Jack Simon recorded a 3.16 ERA, leading regular hurlers.
Tony Pérez and César Tovar both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.
Karl Kuehl 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Simon | 13 | 4 | .765 | 3.16 | 25 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 148.0 | 113 | 66 | 52 | 12 | 75 | 121 | 3 | 0 | 8 | ||||
| Michael Thornton | 13 | 8 | .619 | 4.19 | 26 | 21 | 11 | 0 | 146.0 | 99 | 84 | 68 | 11 | 126 | 157 | 10 | 1 | 7 | ||||
| Namon Johnson | 12 | 5 | .706 | 5.01 | 47 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 140.0 | 131 | 97 | 78 | 16 | 90 | 125 | 7 | 1 | 7 | ||||
| Charles Scrivanich | 9 | 7 | .562 | 5.82 | 30 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 130.0 | 135 | 96 | 84 | 12 | 109 | 91 | 5 | 0 | 17 | ||||
| Calvin Newton | 8 | 7 | .533 | 4.31 | 24 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 121.0 | 111 | 82 | 58 | 10 | 100 | 75 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| Robert Metz | 6 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.70 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 56.0 | 41 | 28 | 23 | 5 | 30 | 38 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| John Huber | 3 | 5 | .375 | 7.96 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 52.0 | 63 | 52 | 46 | 8 | 6 | 35 | 4 | 0 | 11 | ||||
| Roger Armstrong | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.81 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26.0 | 29 | 21 | 11 | 3 | 15 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| James Scherer | 2 | 2 | .500 | 3.16 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 37.0 | 32 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 19 | 32 | 3 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Stan Proffitt | 2 | 3 | .400 | 5.02 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 61.0 | 65 | 55 | 34 | 6 | 39 | 45 | 4 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Joe Hurley | 2 | 3 | .400 | 6.87 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 38.0 | 32 | 32 | 29 | 6 | 49 | 35 | 0 | 1 | 8 | ||||
| Salvatore Minetta | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Paul Stukus | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.64 | 2 | 1 | 11.0 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||||||||
| Jimmie Hocutt | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.14 | 4 | 1 | 7.0 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||||||||
| Daniel Paul | 1 | 1 | .500 | 4.00 | 2 | 1 | 9.0 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 0 | |||||||||
| Walter Elam | 1 | 1 | .500 | 9.00 | 4 | 2 | 11.0 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 0 | |||||||||
| Greg Nash | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Karl Kuehl | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Daniel Bartko | 0 | 0 | 5.00 | 5 | 0 | 9.0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 0 | ||||||||||
| James Miller | 0 | 0 | 10.29 | 3 | 1 | 7.0 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Doug Ritter | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4.50 | 7 | 3 | 14.0 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 13 | 1 | |||||||||
| Terrence Baller | 0 | 1 | .000 | 9.00 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19.0 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Totals | 77 | 48 | .616 | 4.80 | 279 | 124 | 0 | 31 | 2 | 0 | 1042.0 | 932 | 697 | 556 | 99 | 719 | 0 | 783 | 46 | 4 | 75 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tony Pérez | 121 | 541 | 460 | 110 | 160 | 32 | 7 | 27 | 132 | 17 | 4 | 61 | 86 | .348 | .432 | .624 | 1.056 | 287 | 10 | 6 | 4 | ||
| César Tovar | 122 | 579 | 461 | 134 | 156 | 28 | 13 | 19 | 78 | 88 | 12 | 105 | 45 | .338 | .470 | .579 | 1.049 | 267 | 11 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Robert Martin | 112 | 521 | 424 | 79 | 99 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 53 | 17 | 8 | 76 | 72 | .233 | .361 | .292 | .653 | 124 | 10 | 8 | 3 | ||
| Greg Nash | 104 | 429 | 363 | 82 | 94 | 22 | 2 | 25 | 89 | 8 | 3 | 58 | 107 | .259 | .363 | .537 | .900 | 195 | 3 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Karl Kuehl | 97 | 398 | 270 | 80 | 85 | 12 | 4 | 19 | 83 | 8 | 2 | 114 | 46 | .315 | .515 | .600 | 1.115 | 162 | 4 | 4 | 6 | ||
| Kenneth McCain | 88 | 359 | 295 | 65 | 82 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 61 | 8 | 5 | 47 | 78 | .278 | .376 | .407 | .782 | 120 | 4 | 5 | 8 | ||
| Willie Kern | 97 | 395 | 319 | 70 | 77 | 6 | 10 | 12 | 53 | 15 | 6 | 73 | 119 | .241 | .382 | .436 | .818 | 139 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Richard Rowe | 64 | 285 | 246 | 54 | 74 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 32 | 10 | 1 | 36 | 49 | .301 | .391 | .386 | .777 | 95 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Robert Iglesias | 61 | 249 | 205 | 47 | 56 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 48 | 12 | 3 | 34 | 49 | .273 | .395 | .478 | .873 | 98 | 8 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Salvatore Minetta | 77 | 295 | 257 | 26 | 49 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 25 | 2 | 4 | 29 | 79 | .191 | .275 | .241 | .516 | 62 | 2 | 4 | 3 | ||
| John Biancamano | 31 | 114 | 100 | 15 | 28 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 10 | .280 | .368 | .370 | .738 | 37 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ronald Franz | 41 | 137 | 109 | 24 | 25 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 37 | .229 | .375 | .294 | .669 | 32 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Steven Reeves | 33 | 131 | 112 | 26 | 25 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 35 | .223 | .328 | .321 | .650 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Michael Thornton | 26 | 61 | 48 | 7 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 20 | .312 | .424 | .354 | .778 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Jack Simon | 25 | 65 | 54 | 7 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 16 | .259 | .339 | .389 | .728 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Namon Johnson | 48 | 51 | 46 | 8 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16 | .239 | .286 | .304 | .590 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Bruce Montgomery | 17 | 66 | 61 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 12 | .164 | .227 | .180 | .408 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Calvin Newton | 26 | 53 | 49 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14 | .184 | .231 | .265 | .496 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Charles Scrivanich | 30 | 55 | 45 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 | .178 | .260 | .200 | .460 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Raymond Jobes | 12 | 35 | 28 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 13 | .179 | .343 | .393 | .736 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Robert Metz | 14 | 28 | 21 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | .190 | .261 | .381 | .642 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Stan Proffitt | 22 | 21 | 18 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | .167 | .158 | .278 | .436 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
| James Miller | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| John Huber | 12 | 22 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 13 | .118 | .318 | .176 | .495 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Doug Ritter | 7 | 5 | 5 | 1 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Paul Stukus | 2 | 5 | 5 | 1 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Walter Elam | 4 | 5 | 5 | 1 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Joe Hurley | 11 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | .091 | .231 | .091 | .322 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| James Scherer | 8 | 14 | 14 | 1 | .071 | .071 | .071 | .143 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Terrence Baller | 10 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Daniel Bartko | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Daniel Paul | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Jimmie Hocutt | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Roger Armstrong | 17 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1355 | 4952 | 4067 | 860 | 1098 | 172 | 49 | 135 | 740 | 189 | 52 | 737 | 951 | .270 | .386 | .436 | .822 | 1773 | 0 | 57 | 53 | 38 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Karl Kuehl | 1B | 90 | 687 | 40 | 7 | 84 | .990 | 8.078 | ||||
| Robert Iglesias | 1B | 26 | 191 | 9 | 3 | 20 | .985 | 7.692 | ||||
| César Tovar | 2B | 120 | 313 | 346 | 28 | 103 | .959 | 5.492 | ||||
| Tony Pérez | 3B | 116 | 107 | 232 | 42 | 23 | .890 | 2.922 | ||||
| Salvatore Minetta | 3B | 10 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | .952 | 2.000 | ||||
| Greg Nash | C | 85 | 576 | 52 | 20 | 24 | .969 | 7.388 | 24 | |||
| Ronald Franz | C | 34 | 222 | 17 | 4 | 1 | .984 | 7.029 | 11 | |||
| Willie Kern | OF | 95 | 209 | 7 | 11 | 1 | .952 | 2.274 | ||||
| Kenneth McCain | OF | 76 | 112 | 8 | 3 | 0 | .976 | 1.579 | ||||
| Salvatore Minetta | OF | 64 | 75 | 13 | 11 | 3 | .889 | 1.375 | ||||
| Richard Rowe | OF | 63 | 83 | 10 | 9 | 3 | .912 | 1.476 | ||||
| Steven Reeves | OF | 33 | 26 | 1 | 5 | 0 | .844 | .818 | ||||
| Robert Iglesias | OF | 30 | 46 | 2 | 1 | 2 | .980 | 1.600 | ||||
| John Biancamano | OF | 18 | 33 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .943 | 1.833 | ||||
| Namon Johnson | P | 47 | 8 | 22 | 4 | 1 | .882 | .638 | ||||
| Charles Scrivanich | P | 30 | 3 | 25 | 4 | 2 | .875 | .933 | ||||
| Michael Thornton | P | 26 | 3 | 15 | 2 | 2 | .900 | .692 | ||||
| Jack Simon | P | 25 | 5 | 24 | 7 | 1 | .806 | 1.160 | ||||
| Calvin Newton | P | 24 | 2 | 19 | 2 | 1 | .913 | .875 | ||||
| Stan Proffitt | P | 22 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 1 | .625 | .455 | ||||
| Roger Armstrong | P | 17 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | .778 | .412 | ||||
| Robert Metz | P | 14 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .571 | ||||
| John Huber | P | 12 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 0 | .800 | 1.000 | ||||
| Joe Hurley | P | 11 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .667 | .364 | ||||
| Terrence Baller | P | 10 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .800 | ||||
| James Scherer | P | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| Doug Ritter | P | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| Daniel Bartko | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Karl Kuehl | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jimmie Hocutt | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Walter Elam | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| James Miller | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Paul Stukus | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Daniel Paul | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Greg Nash | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Salvatore Minetta | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Robert Martin | SS | 113 | 203 | 313 | 44 | 89 | .921 | 4.566 | ||||
| Totals | 1252 | 2929 | 1199 | 223 | 368 | .949 | 3.297 | 35 | 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.
