1961 Hawaii Islanders Statistics

Pacific Coast League (PCL) - Class: AAA
Team Record: 68-86
Finished 6th in the PCL
Manager: Tommy Heath (0-0), Bill Werle (0-0), Tommy Heath (0-0), Bill Werle (0-0)
Affiliation: Kansas City Athletics
Location: Honolulu, Hawaii
Ballpark: Honolulu Stadium
Attendance: 165,786, Avg. 2,153

1961 Hawaii Islanders Roster

The Hawaii Islanders of the Pacific Coast League ended the 1961 season with a record of 68 wins and 86 losses, finishing sixth in the PCL.

The Islanders tallied 729 runs and conceded 838 runs, most in the league. Bobby Prescott walloped 32 home runs for Hawaii, while Carlos Bernier and Jim McManus swatted 15 or more, too. Bobby Prescott accounted for 100 RBI. Carlos Bernier paced hitters with significant playing time by hitting .351. Dave Thies topped the team with 15 wins and a team-best 4.02 ERA, leading pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

Roger Bowman, Bud Podbielan, Elmo Plaskett, Bill Werle, Ray Blemker, Neil Wilson, Hank Mason, Dave Thies, Carlos Bernier, Milt Smith, Bob Chakales, Julio Navarro, Bobby Prescott, Bob Giggie, Ray Webster, Ralph Schwamb, Chuck Harmon, Harry Byrd, Jay Hankins, Jay Ward, Stan Johnson, Bobby Balcena, Jim McManus, Jim Small, Diego Seguí, Ray Jablonski and Tom Baker were all players from the 1961 Hawaii Islanders who played in the Majors during their careers.

Tommy Heath, Bill Werle, Tommy Heath and Bill Werle 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
Dave Thies	15	7	.682	4.02	28	27		11	2		186.0	183	90	83	20	64	6	98	6	0	2
Diego Seguí	5	10	.333	4.42	40	17		2	0		167.0	187	96	82	18	65	6	86	2	0	9
Bob Chakales	4	3	.571	6.13	11	7		2	0		47.0	57	37	32	7	21	1	14	2	0	0
Hank Mason	4	7	.364	5.84	14	12		3	0		74.0	83	57	48	12	29	0	37	3	0	4
Tom Baker	3	4	.429	4.27	11	9		3	1		59.0	65	42	28	7	23	0	50	2	0	1
Robert Leopold	3	4	.429	4.29	11	10		2	0		65.0	57	40	31	6	37	0	45	0	0	6
Roger Bowman	1	0	1.000	1.80	7	0					5.0	10	4	1	2	1				0
Vic Davis	1	1	.500	6.19	7	0					16.0	15	11	11	4	10				0
Ralph Schwamb	1	2	.333	5.14	6	3					21.0	27	16	12	3	9				0
Bud Watkins	1	5	.167	5.84	41	2		1	0		91.0	105	65	59	10	50	8	37	2	0	5
Glen Stabelfeld					5						0.0
Bud Podbielan					18						0.0
Julio Navarro					29						0.0
Harry Byrd					18						0.0
Julius Grant					33						0.0
Bill Werle					22						0.0
Ray Blemker	0	0		5.25	4	0					12.0	11	7	7	3	8				0
Chrispin Mancao	0	0		7.20	3	0					5.0	8	5	4	3	0				0
Ted Thiem	0	1	.000	6.00	8	0					6.0	6	7	4	0	4				0
Bob Giggie	0	4	.000	4.50	17	6		1	0		60.0	69	36	30	8	16	1	35	2	0	3
Totals	38	48	.442	4.78	333	93	0	25	3	0	814.0	883	513	432	103	337	22	402	19	0	30	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
Rac Slider	127	584	513	75	154	18	2	7	41	21	7	62	38	.300	.378	.384	.762	197		3	4	2
Carlos Bernier	127	541	433	89	152	18	6	20	87	22	10	95	59	.351	.467	.559	1.025	242		4	3	6
Jim McManus	139	551	484	66	133	19	2	21	81	9	0	60	69	.275	.352	.452	.804	219		0	2	5
Bobby Prescott	125	535	435	75	131	20	3	32	100	2	1	83	85	.301	.409	.582	.991	253		3	5	9
Jay Ward	123	442	403	35	107	13	0	7	42	3	0	30	53	.266	.314	.350	.663	141		0	5	4
Ken Toothman	71	319	272	53	82	8	5	4	25	7	2	41	19	.301	.399	.412	.810	112		3	3	0
Ray Jablonski	77	304	265	33	71	9	0	14	44	3	0	35	55	.268	.355	.460	.816	122		2	0	2
Milt Smith	70	259	234	27	56	10	1	7	30	4	3	23	47	.239	.305	.380	.685	89		0	0	2
Jack Parks	90	292	247	28	52	4	0	12	35	2	0	39	61	.211	.322	.372	.694	92		2	3	1
Jim Small	58	218	172	31	39	9	0	3	14	1	0	45	32	.227	.387	.331	.718	57		0	1	0
Jay Hankins	19	89	82	10	21	3	1	1	9	2	0	5	8	.256	.292	.354	.646	29		0	0	2
Dave Thies	32	75	61	11	13	1	0	0	5	0	0	10	25	.213	.324	.230	.553	14		0	4	0
Diego Seguí	40	59	55	4	12	2	0	1	3	0	0	1	19	.218	.232	.309	.541	17		0	3	0
Lenny Neal	12	37	32	5	9	0	0	1	1	0	0	4	4	.281	.361	.375	.736	12		0	1	0
Barton Dupon	23	71	62	4	8	0	0	1	6	0	0	7	8	.129	.225	.177	.403	11		1	0	1
Bud Watkins	41	25	24	1	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.250	.280	.250	.530	6		0	0	0
Chuck Harmon	7	23	23		4	0	0	0						.174	.174	.174	.348	4
Hank Mason	16	31	27	4	4	0	0	1	2	0	0	2	7	.148	.233	.259	.493	7		1	1	0
Bob Chakales	11	16	13	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	.231	.333	.231	.564	3		0	1	0
Bob Giggie	17	18	17	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.176	.176	.176	.353	3		0	1	0
Tom Baker	11	22	19	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	11	.105	.190	.158	.348	3		0	1	0
Charlie Bennett	15	27	22	3	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	4	.091	.259	.091	.350	2		2	0	0
Robert Leopold	11	26	23	2	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	13	.087	.160	.087	.247	2		0	1	0
Roger Bowman	7	1	1		1									1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1
Elmo Plaskett	2	2	2		1	0	0	0						.500	.500	.500	1.000	1
Ray Blemker	4	3	3		1									.333	.333	.333	.667	1
Ralph Schwamb	6	6	6		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Ted Thiem	8	1	1		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Vic Davis	7	3	3		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1296	4580	3934	558	1069	135	20	132	529	76	23	552	624	.272	.362	.417	.778	1640	0	21	39	34	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Jim McManus	1B	129	1132	93	14	104	.989	9.496
Ray Jablonski	1B	19	157	14	3	21	.983	9.000
Jay Ward	2B	48	106	122	9	25	.962	4.750
Milt Smith	2B	40	112	101	17	22	.926	5.325
Ken Toothman	2B	14	34	41	1	10	.987	5.357
Ken Toothman	3B	55	50	125	9	5	.951	3.182
Jay Ward	3B	49	37	106	15	10	.905	2.918
Ray Jablonski	3B	48	50	100	11	9	.932	3.125
Jack Parks	C	83	374	35	3	3	.993	4.928	7
Lenny Neal	C	12	53	9	1	1	.984	5.167	3
Carlos Bernier	OF	127	346	14	7	4	.981	2.835
Bobby Prescott	OF	124	187	9	7	1	.966	1.581
Jim Small	OF	50	97	4	4	0	.962	2.020
Jay Hankins	OF	19	43	3	4	1	.920	2.421
Barton Dupon	OF	17	18	1	1	0	.950	1.118
Milt Smith	OF	13	15	1	2	0	.889	1.231
Charlie Bennett	OF	12	14	0	0	0	1.000	1.167
Bud Watkins	P	41	6	16	0	3	1.000	.537
Diego Seguí	P	40	8	31	2	1	.951	.975
Dave Thies	P	28	25	43	3	1	.958	2.429
Bob Giggie	P	17	2	9	1	2	.917	.647
Hank Mason	P	14	4	11	0	1	1.000	1.071
Robert Leopold	P	11	5	7	1	0	.923	1.091
Bob Chakales	P	11	1	8	0	0	1.000	.818
Tom Baker	P	11	1	8	0	1	1.000	.818
Rac Slider	SS	124	207	425	26	78	.960	5.097
Totals		1156	3084	1336	141	303	.969	3.824	10	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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