1961 Hobbs Pirates Statistics
Team Record: 77-48
Finished 1st in the SL
Manager: Al Kubski (77-48)
Affiliation: Pittsburgh Pirates
Location: Hobbs, New Mexico
Ballpark: Bender Park
Attendance: 15,482, Avg. 248
Playoffs - Hobbs Pirates 3 games, Albuquerque Dukes 0
The Hobbs Pirates of the Sophomore League ended the 1961 season with a record of 77 wins and 48 losses, finishing first in the SL.
The Pirates led the league with just 721 runs allowed. Hobbs scored 913 runs. Norm Housley paced the team with 16 home runs and drove in 94 runs. Tommie Martz topped all qualifying hitters on the roster with a .387 average. James Little paced the squad with 17 wins and a team-best 3.33 ERA, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Players from the 1961 Hobbs Pirates who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Ron Woods, Gary Waslewski, Gene Michael and César Gutiérrez.
Al Kubski 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Little | 17 | 3 | .850 | 3.33 | 21 | 20 | 19 | 3 | 162.0 | 129 | 75 | 60 | 7 | 124 | 190 | 3 | 0 | 11 | ||||
| Gary Waslewski | 12 | 7 | .632 | 4.10 | 21 | 21 | 12 | 1 | 147.0 | 154 | 98 | 67 | 9 | 63 | 143 | 6 | 0 | 11 | ||||
| Bill Knoch | 9 | 5 | .643 | 5.26 | 27 | 25 | 6 | 1 | 137.0 | 130 | 113 | 80 | 8 | 120 | 134 | 1 | 1 | 22 | ||||
| Louis Montagano | 8 | 1 | .889 | 3.75 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 96.0 | 89 | 53 | 40 | 11 | 46 | 99 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||||
| John Eades | 7 | 6 | .538 | 5.55 | 26 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 99.0 | 113 | 72 | 61 | 6 | 57 | 74 | 1 | 1 | 5 | ||||
| Bill Drabble | 6 | 5 | .545 | 3.32 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 84.0 | 72 | 41 | 31 | 2 | 50 | 73 | 3 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| Phillip Cunningham | 6 | 10 | .375 | 4.85 | 22 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 102.0 | 109 | 77 | 55 | 8 | 80 | 95 | 5 | 0 | 15 | ||||
| Richard Donaldson | 5 | 4 | .556 | 7.80 | 25 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 75.0 | 87 | 80 | 65 | 7 | 71 | 80 | 3 | 0 | 16 | ||||
| Bobby Haye | 5 | 5 | .500 | 4.67 | 14 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 79.0 | 64 | 52 | 41 | 6 | 69 | 89 | 1 | 1 | 10 | ||||
| Bradley Leach | 1 | 2 | .333 | 5.56 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 34.0 | 39 | 29 | 21 | 4 | 22 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Archie Stewart | 7 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Billy Weaver | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Rafael Sosa | 0 | 0 | 10.00 | 3 | 1 | 9.0 | 13 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 10 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Totals | 76 | 48 | .613 | 4.67 | 211 | 125 | 0 | 62 | 7 | 0 | 1024.0 | 999 | 706 | 531 | 71 | 712 | 0 | 1013 | 24 | 4 | 105 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gene Michael | 121 | 585 | 513 | 121 | 166 | 25 | 7 | 5 | 79 | 36 | 5 | 62 | 67 | .324 | .396 | .429 | .824 | 220 | 1 | 6 | 3 | ||
| Tommie Martz | 98 | 444 | 354 | 117 | 137 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 36 | 49 | 4 | 84 | 38 | .387 | .507 | .500 | 1.007 | 177 | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| César Gutiérrez | 122 | 518 | 485 | 71 | 123 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 60 | 23 | 3 | 24 | 67 | .254 | .294 | .336 | .630 | 163 | 4 | 4 | 1 | ||
| Billy Seibert | 110 | 482 | 392 | 82 | 117 | 18 | 5 | 5 | 83 | 1 | 1 | 80 | 61 | .298 | .421 | .408 | .829 | 160 | 6 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Ernest Cooper | 108 | 442 | 379 | 74 | 112 | 21 | 4 | 3 | 82 | 2 | 0 | 54 | 56 | .296 | .385 | .396 | .781 | 150 | 4 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Norm Housley | 124 | 550 | 462 | 95 | 112 | 25 | 11 | 16 | 94 | 14 | 1 | 78 | 144 | .242 | .355 | .448 | .803 | 207 | 4 | 3 | 3 | ||
| Lyle Owens | 71 | 327 | 267 | 57 | 79 | 18 | 5 | 7 | 59 | 2 | 2 | 50 | 68 | .296 | .406 | .479 | .886 | 128 | 3 | 2 | 5 | ||
| Ron Woods | 63 | 260 | 207 | 56 | 64 | 15 | 4 | 14 | 54 | 24 | 1 | 44 | 35 | .309 | .430 | .623 | 1.053 | 129 | 3 | 2 | 4 | ||
| Francisco Coimbre | 38 | 181 | 144 | 52 | 53 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 49 | 7 | 1 | 34 | 19 | .368 | .486 | .653 | 1.139 | 94 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Robert Dark | 46 | 201 | 160 | 30 | 41 | 14 | 2 | 7 | 43 | 9 | 3 | 30 | 36 | .256 | .380 | .500 | .880 | 80 | 5 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Bill Drabble | 51 | 126 | 106 | 22 | 36 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 21 | .340 | .427 | .481 | .909 | 51 | 2 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Dominick Capurso | 45 | 139 | 120 | 20 | 34 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 32 | .283 | .381 | .342 | .723 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| James Little | 34 | 93 | 81 | 24 | 29 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 12 | .358 | .441 | .481 | .922 | 39 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Billy Weaver | 62 | 237 | 202 | 25 | 29 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 28 | 90 | .144 | .263 | .183 | .446 | 37 | 5 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Jerry Carey | 10 | 44 | 33 | 11 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | .394 | .545 | .545 | 1.091 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Louis Montagano | 12 | 47 | 40 | 5 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 16 | .300 | .348 | .475 | .823 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Bill Knoch | 27 | 57 | 53 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 26 | .170 | .196 | .245 | .442 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| John Eades | 26 | 40 | 36 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | .167 | .205 | .222 | .427 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Gary Waslewski | 23 | 68 | 54 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 18 | .111 | .234 | .130 | .364 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 1 | ||
| Gary McBride | 9 | 20 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .300 | .550 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Peter Pinto | 11 | 27 | 19 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 11 | .211 | .407 | .368 | .776 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Phillip Cunningham | 22 | 38 | 31 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 9 | .129 | .270 | .129 | .399 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Bradley Leach | 6 | 10 | 10 | 3 | .300 | .300 | .300 | .600 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Diogenes Diaz | 6 | 16 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .188 | .188 | .188 | .375 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Bobby Haye | 14 | 36 | 32 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 16 | .094 | .194 | .094 | .288 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rafael Sosa | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Richard Donaldson | 27 | 29 | 22 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 12 | .045 | .276 | .045 | .321 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1289 | 5019 | 4240 | 894 | 1202 | 208 | 61 | 79 | 743 | 171 | 23 | 661 | 863 | .283 | .383 | .417 | .800 | 1769 | 0 | 44 | 36 | 38 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Norm Housley | 1B | 124 | 918 | 63 | 16 | 108 | .984 | 7.911 | ||||
| César Gutiérrez | 2B | 122 | 250 | 294 | 34 | 75 | .941 | 4.459 | ||||
| Lyle Owens | 3B | 71 | 49 | 117 | 6 | 9 | .965 | 2.338 | ||||
| Robert Dark | 3B | 36 | 20 | 47 | 18 | 7 | .788 | 1.861 | ||||
| Billy Weaver | 3B | 19 | 9 | 28 | 8 | 2 | .822 | 1.947 | ||||
| Ernest Cooper | C | 98 | 819 | 65 | 19 | 6 | .979 | 9.020 | 42 | |||
| Dominick Capurso | C | 22 | 168 | 11 | 3 | 0 | .984 | 8.136 | 16 | |||
| Billy Seibert | OF | 108 | 145 | 5 | 5 | 0 | .968 | 1.389 | ||||
| Tommie Martz | OF | 93 | 145 | 7 | 3 | 1 | .981 | 1.634 | ||||
| Ron Woods | OF | 63 | 87 | 10 | 7 | 1 | .933 | 1.540 | ||||
| Francisco Coimbre | OF | 38 | 58 | 6 | 7 | 1 | .901 | 1.684 | ||||
| Billy Weaver | OF | 31 | 38 | 8 | 1 | 1 | .979 | 1.484 | ||||
| Bill Drabble | OF | 23 | 22 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .923 | 1.043 | ||||
| Dominick Capurso | OF | 16 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .938 | .938 | ||||
| Robert Dark | OF | 11 | 18 | 2 | 3 | 0 | .870 | 1.818 | ||||
| Bill Knoch | P | 27 | 5 | 20 | 3 | 0 | .893 | .926 | ||||
| John Eades | P | 26 | 5 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .808 | ||||
| Bill Drabble | P | 26 | 5 | 18 | 1 | 0 | .958 | .885 | ||||
| Richard Donaldson | P | 25 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .889 | .320 | ||||
| Phillip Cunningham | P | 22 | 5 | 19 | 3 | 4 | .889 | 1.091 | ||||
| Gary Waslewski | P | 21 | 11 | 17 | 5 | 0 | .848 | 1.333 | ||||
| James Little | P | 21 | 10 | 24 | 3 | 2 | .919 | 1.619 | ||||
| Bobby Haye | P | 14 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 0 | .615 | .571 | ||||
| Louis Montagano | P | 12 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
| Bradley Leach | P | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Rafael Sosa | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Billy Weaver | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Gene Michael | SS | 121 | 195 | 391 | 51 | 85 | .920 | 4.843 | ||||
| Totals | 1200 | 3006 | 1195 | 205 | 305 | .953 | 3.501 | 58 | 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.
