1961 Greensboro Yankees Statistics
Carolina League (CL) - Class: B
Team Record: 70-68
Finished 3rd in the CL
Manager: Wayne Terwilliger (70-68)
Affiliation: New York Yankees
Location: Greensboro, North Carolina
Ballpark: War Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 61,017, Avg. 884
1961 Greensboro Yankees RosterTeam Record: 70-68
Finished 3rd in the CL
Manager: Wayne Terwilliger (70-68)
Affiliation: New York Yankees
Location: Greensboro, North Carolina
Ballpark: War Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 61,017, Avg. 884
The Greensboro Yankees of the Carolina League ended the 1961 season with a record of 70 wins and 68 losses, finishing third in the CL.
The Yankees scored 762 runs, best in the league. Greensboro conceded 698 runs. Charles Reidell led the squad with 28 home runs, and Eugene Domzalski walloped 15 or more also. Charles Reidell accounted for 100 RBI. Ike Futch topped all qualifying hitters on the roster by connecting at a .305 clip. Ed Merritt paced the team with 15 wins and a team-best 2.98 ERA, best among qualifying pitchers.
Dooley Womack and Wayne Terwilliger both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.
Wayne Terwilliger 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ed Merritt | 15 | 10 | .600 | 2.98 | 29 | 29 | 15 | 2 | 211.3 | 182 | 91 | 70 | 13 | 108 | 9 | 132 | 5 | 1 | 5 | |||
| Norman Forsythe | 11 | 5 | .688 | 3.57 | 33 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 164.0 | 144 | 81 | 65 | 10 | 82 | 8 | 113 | 5 | 3 | 6 | |||
| Charles Loyd | 8 | 3 | .727 | 2.74 | 14 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 105.0 | 74 | 41 | 32 | 9 | 53 | 4 | 108 | 5 | 0 | 5 | |||
| Gerald Heintz | 8 | 8 | .500 | 4.13 | 21 | 20 | 6 | 0 | 124.3 | 102 | 80 | 57 | 11 | 85 | 6 | 63 | 7 | 2 | 9 | |||
| Dooley Womack | 7 | 5 | .583 | 4.47 | 27 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 86.7 | 107 | 65 | 43 | 8 | 42 | 5 | 56 | 2 | 1 | 4 | |||
| Bienvenido De La Cruz | 6 | 5 | .545 | 3.98 | 39 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 92.7 | 81 | 53 | 41 | 9 | 33 | 10 | 60 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Raymond Geiser | 5 | 5 | .500 | 3.73 | 28 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 118.3 | 104 | 55 | 49 | 9 | 45 | 4 | 86 | 3 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Ralph Scorca | 4 | 4 | .500 | 3.65 | 30 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 86.3 | 75 | 56 | 35 | 1 | 73 | 1 | 57 | 12 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Louis Konyha | 2 | 6 | .250 | 6.33 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 42.7 | 42 | 37 | 30 | 3 | 47 | 3 | 90 | 4 | 0 | 5 | |||
| James Horsford | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.31 | 8 | 16.3 | 19 | 6 | 8 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| Charles Payne | 1 | 2 | .333 | 6.61 | 5 | 16.3 | 12 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Preston Parker | 1 | 3 | .250 | 7.86 | 5 | 26.3 | 23 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Dale Zeigler | 1 | 4 | .200 | 6.26 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 41.7 | 39 | 34 | 29 | 2 | 32 | 4 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Hugh Hendry | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Joseph Messina | 0 | 0 | 7.27 | 6 | 8.7 | 7 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Arturo Polanco | 0 | 0 | 7.94 | 3 | 5.7 | 5 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Ron Speiser | 0 | 0 | 10.12 | 3 | 2.7 | 3 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| William McClain | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0.00 | 2 | 3.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Neil Summers | 0 | 7 | .000 | 3.73 | 27 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 60.3 | 52 | 33 | 25 | 2 | 41 | 1 | 34 | 4 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Totals | 70 | 68 | .507 | 3.94 | 307 | 129 | 0 | 49 | 7 | 0 | 1214.3 | 1021 | 626 | 532 | 77 | 649 | 55 | 826 | 49 | 7 | 52 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ike Futch | 130 | 595 | 538 | 76 | 164 | 19 | 7 | 1 | 50 | 12 | 47 | 11 | .305 | .363 | .372 | .735 | 200 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Ronnie Retton | 136 | 623 | 509 | 114 | 148 | 19 | 3 | 8 | 60 | 35 | 103 | 63 | .291 | .412 | .387 | .799 | 197 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Charles Reidell | 137 | 575 | 517 | 93 | 142 | 20 | 5 | 28 | 100 | 20 | 49 | 125 | .275 | .341 | .495 | .836 | 256 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 11 | ||
| Ronald Paul | 139 | 581 | 513 | 71 | 126 | 22 | 6 | 9 | 75 | 5 | 56 | 87 | .246 | .320 | .365 | .685 | 187 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 2 | ||
| Dennis Corti | 119 | 498 | 447 | 63 | 113 | 16 | 5 | 11 | 56 | 9 | 40 | 59 | .253 | .313 | .385 | .698 | 172 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 1 | ||
| Charles Boone | 105 | 381 | 317 | 52 | 90 | 19 | 1 | 8 | 52 | 1 | 53 | 40 | .284 | .393 | .426 | .819 | 135 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 5 | ||
| Eugene Domzalski | 92 | 402 | 317 | 65 | 90 | 18 | 1 | 15 | 71 | 4 | 75 | 66 | .284 | .415 | .489 | .904 | 155 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 1 | ||
| Ronald Solomine | 74 | 319 | 279 | 56 | 85 | 13 | 4 | 11 | 52 | 15 | 36 | 36 | .305 | .384 | .498 | .882 | 139 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||
| James Horsford | 83 | 255 | 232 | 33 | 67 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 32 | 14 | 14 | 29 | .289 | .327 | .422 | .749 | 98 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Mike Weldon | 46 | 141 | 121 | 26 | 34 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 15 | 11 | .281 | .353 | .322 | .675 | 39 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Ralph DiMeglio | 38 | 104 | 90 | 13 | 28 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 1 | 12 | 22 | .311 | .385 | .522 | .907 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Robert Kaczynski | 25 | 86 | 75 | 10 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 9 | 14 | .267 | .345 | .413 | .759 | 31 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Donald Keller | 22 | 79 | 67 | 12 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 16 | .254 | .354 | .284 | .638 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Richard Carter | 20 | 90 | 78 | 7 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 7 | .205 | .278 | .256 | .534 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| John Christiansen | 29 | 78 | 64 | 5 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 12 | 15 | .203 | .346 | .297 | .643 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ed Merritt | 29 | 85 | 71 | 10 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 8 | 31 | .183 | .259 | .268 | .527 | 19 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | ||
| David Holmstrom | 27 | 74 | 65 | 10 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 8 | .185 | .284 | .185 | .468 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dooley Womack | 42 | 50 | 46 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | .239 | .286 | .348 | .634 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gerald Heintz | 22 | 53 | 51 | 2 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 12 | .216 | .231 | .275 | .505 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Charles Loyd | 17 | 45 | 38 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15 | .211 | .231 | .263 | .494 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Raymond Geiser | 28 | 48 | 38 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 13 | .184 | .326 | .237 | .563 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ralph Scorca | 30 | 25 | 22 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | .273 | .320 | .455 | .775 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Bienvenido De La Cruz | 39 | 23 | 19 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .263 | .263 | .263 | .526 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Norman Forsythe | 33 | 63 | 57 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 20 | .088 | .133 | .088 | .221 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joseph Maggio | 4 | 15 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .267 | .267 | .267 | .533 | 4 | |||||||||||
| Louis Konyha | 9 | 16 | 16 | 4 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| Charles Payne | 5 | 6 | 6 | 3 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Dale Zeigler | 16 | 16 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .143 | .250 | .143 | .393 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Johnston | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 1.000 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Preston Parker | 5 | 9 | 9 | 1 | .111 | .111 | .111 | .222 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Neil Summers | 27 | 18 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | .067 | .125 | .067 | .192 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Kenneth Slater | 8 | 16 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .062 | .062 | .062 | .125 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Robert Wyman | 5 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Wayne Terwilliger | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Ron Speiser | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| William McClain | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Arturo Polanco | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 1557 | 5382 | 4675 | 746 | 1248 | 188 | 45 | 102 | 645 | 134 | 0 | 574 | 721 | .267 | .348 | .392 | .740 | 1832 | 0 | 34 | 50 | 49 | 29 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charles Reidell | 1B | 136 | 1127 | 58 | 30 | 116 | .975 | 8.713 | ||||
| David Holmstrom | 1B | 10 | 54 | 6 | 1 | 3 | .984 | 6.000 | ||||
| Ike Futch | 2B | 127 | 313 | 397 | 31 | 92 | .958 | 5.591 | ||||
| Ronnie Retton | 2B | 14 | 34 | 43 | 4 | 14 | .951 | 5.500 | ||||
| Eugene Domzalski | 3B | 91 | 78 | 142 | 27 | 15 | .891 | 2.418 | ||||
| Dennis Corti | 3B | 22 | 14 | 22 | 9 | 2 | .800 | 1.636 | ||||
| Donald Keller | 3B | 18 | 19 | 35 | 5 | 6 | .915 | 3.000 | ||||
| Mike Weldon | 3B | 10 | 15 | 14 | 3 | 1 | .906 | 2.900 | ||||
| Charles Boone | C | 95 | 592 | 51 | 6 | 10 | .991 | 6.768 | 13 | |||
| Ralph DiMeglio | C | 31 | 164 | 13 | 10 | 1 | .947 | 5.710 | 9 | |||
| John Christiansen | C | 23 | 98 | 10 | 5 | 0 | .956 | 4.696 | 7 | |||
| Ronald Paul | OF | 138 | 268 | 18 | 9 | 4 | .969 | 2.072 | ||||
| Dennis Corti | OF | 98 | 168 | 8 | 9 | 2 | .951 | 1.796 | ||||
| Ronald Solomine | OF | 74 | 167 | 5 | 9 | 2 | .950 | 2.324 | ||||
| James Horsford | OF | 64 | 93 | 8 | 15 | 2 | .871 | 1.578 | ||||
| Robert Kaczynski | OF | 20 | 24 | 7 | 2 | 1 | .939 | 1.550 | ||||
| Richard Carter | OF | 20 | 33 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .971 | 1.650 | ||||
| David Holmstrom | OF | 12 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .778 | .583 | ||||
| Bienvenido De La Cruz | P | 39 | 8 | 14 | 2 | 0 | .917 | .564 | ||||
| Norman Forsythe | P | 33 | 6 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .727 | ||||
| Ralph Scorca | P | 30 | 6 | 13 | 4 | 1 | .826 | .633 | ||||
| Ed Merritt | P | 29 | 15 | 33 | 1 | 4 | .980 | 1.655 | ||||
| Raymond Geiser | P | 28 | 8 | 21 | 3 | 2 | .906 | 1.036 | ||||
| Dooley Womack | P | 27 | 5 | 27 | 2 | 3 | .941 | 1.185 | ||||
| Neil Summers | P | 27 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .222 | ||||
| Gerald Heintz | P | 21 | 4 | 14 | 3 | 1 | .857 | .857 | ||||
| Dale Zeigler | P | 16 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .923 | .750 | ||||
| Charles Loyd | P | 14 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 2 | .800 | 1.143 | ||||
| Louis Konyha | P | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| James Horsford | P | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| Joseph Messina | P | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Charles Payne | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Preston Parker | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ron Speiser | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Arturo Polanco | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| William McClain | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Hugh Hendry | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ronnie Retton | SS | 122 | 201 | 271 | 35 | 81 | .931 | 3.869 | ||||
| Mike Weldon | SS | 16 | 36 | 36 | 9 | 9 | .889 | 4.500 | ||||
| Totals | 1448 | 3569 | 1306 | 242 | 374 | .953 | 3.367 | 29 | 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.
