1960 Idaho Falls Russets Statistics
Team Record: 81-49
Finished 1st in the PL
Manager: Peanuts Lowrey (0-0), George Noga (0-0)
Affiliation: Chicago White Sox
Location: Idaho Falls, Idaho
Ballpark: Highland Park
Attendance: 31,271, Avg. 481
Playoffs - Boise Braves 3 games, Idaho Falls Russets 0
The Idaho Falls Russets of the Pioneer League ended the 1960 season with a record of 81 wins and 49 losses, finishing first in the PL.
The Russets conceded 718 runs, the lowest total in the circuit. Idaho Falls tallied 859 runs. Paul Higgs paced the squad with 19 home runs, while Dayton Orsburn and Frederick Loesekam walloped 15 or more also. Jerry McNertney accounted for 125 RBI. Frederick Loesekam topped all qualifying hitters on the roster by connecting at a .365 clip. Fred Talbot led the team with 16 wins, and Willie Hooker recorded a 2.97 ERA, leading hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Players from the 1960 Idaho Falls Russets who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Jerry McNertney, Fred Talbot, Jim Hicks, Bob Locker and Dennis Higgins.
Peanuts Lowrey and George Noga 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fred Talbot | 16 | 8 | .667 | 4.57 | 29 | 28 | 14 | 4 | 195.0 | 184 | 128 | 99 | 12 | 127 | 189 | 11 | 0 | 11 | ||||
| Jose Lizondro | 13 | 4 | .765 | 4.38 | 24 | 21 | 11 | 2 | 148.0 | 157 | 87 | 72 | 13 | 46 | 81 | 0 | 3 | 5 | ||||
| Ronald Pearson | 13 | 5 | .722 | 4.50 | 32 | 27 | 11 | 2 | 198.0 | 223 | 123 | 99 | 20 | 57 | 173 | 3 | 1 | 5 | ||||
| Phil Groth | 10 | 6 | .625 | 3.90 | 27 | 21 | 8 | 1 | 143.0 | 134 | 81 | 62 | 8 | 81 | 96 | 2 | 0 | 12 | ||||
| Willie Hooker | 8 | 8 | .500 | 2.97 | 57 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 106.0 | 88 | 44 | 35 | 7 | 46 | 127 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Jerry Sharp | 7 | 6 | .538 | 5.06 | 23 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 105.0 | 139 | 77 | 59 | 6 | 51 | 80 | 2 | 0 | 11 | ||||
| Tony Filicchia | 4 | 1 | .800 | 6.98 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 58.0 | 84 | 55 | 45 | 6 | 30 | 45 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||||
| Marcelino Sanchez | 4 | 5 | .444 | 4.39 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 82.0 | 85 | 58 | 40 | 8 | 52 | 72 | 5 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| Patrick Cummings | 3 | 1 | .750 | 4.50 | 6 | 3 | 22.0 | 30 | 16 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 0 | |||||||||
| Bob Locker | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.50 | 5 | 1 | 18.0 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 0 | |||||||||
| Dennis Higgins | 1 | 2 | .333 | 5.48 | 6 | 4 | 23.0 | 23 | 16 | 14 | 1 | 19 | 0 | |||||||||
| Chuck Leahy | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Parker Eaton | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 4 | 0 | 4.0 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Michael Kuilan | 0 | 0 | 33.00 | 3 | 0 | 3.0 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Willie Calvin | 0 | 1 | .000 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Bob House | 0 | 2 | .000 | 8.10 | 4 | 2 | 10.0 | 14 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |||||||||
| Totals | 80 | 49 | .620 | 4.56 | 255 | 121 | 0 | 46 | 10 | 0 | 1116.0 | 1199 | 719 | 565 | 83 | 531 | 0 | 863 | 24 | 5 | 58 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frederick Loesekam | 126 | 571 | 493 | 104 | 180 | 22 | 21 | 16 | 109 | 17 | 4 | 64 | 60 | .365 | .441 | .592 | 1.034 | 292 | 8 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Jerry McNertney | 130 | 593 | 516 | 109 | 176 | 32 | 10 | 13 | 125 | 2 | 0 | 52 | 47 | .341 | .408 | .517 | .926 | 267 | 10 | 10 | 5 | ||
| Dayton Orsburn | 127 | 559 | 476 | 91 | 142 | 20 | 6 | 16 | 105 | 5 | 0 | 69 | 107 | .298 | .385 | .466 | .852 | 222 | 2 | 6 | 6 | ||
| Gene Duffy | 104 | 490 | 411 | 103 | 133 | 23 | 13 | 9 | 60 | 10 | 2 | 69 | 50 | .324 | .422 | .509 | .931 | 209 | 2 | 7 | 1 | ||
| Jose Valladares | 104 | 505 | 418 | 92 | 129 | 21 | 3 | 1 | 61 | 7 | 1 | 80 | 38 | .309 | .419 | .380 | .800 | 159 | 2 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Paul Higgs | 108 | 487 | 414 | 89 | 123 | 24 | 4 | 19 | 85 | 9 | 3 | 65 | 99 | .297 | .390 | .512 | .903 | 212 | 1 | 3 | 4 | ||
| Allen Schrader | 103 | 417 | 328 | 60 | 91 | 20 | 1 | 11 | 56 | 3 | 2 | 77 | 74 | .277 | .420 | .445 | .865 | 146 | 6 | 3 | 3 | ||
| Danny Adams | 55 | 241 | 183 | 36 | 54 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 35 | 11 | 0 | 53 | 33 | .295 | .450 | .475 | .925 | 87 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| John Gray | 74 | 233 | 206 | 22 | 45 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 57 | .218 | .303 | .364 | .667 | 75 | 4 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Chuck Leahy | 58 | 135 | 106 | 23 | 32 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 27 | .302 | .440 | .443 | .884 | 47 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Bobby Freeze | 50 | 188 | 149 | 25 | 28 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 32 | 26 | .188 | .339 | .275 | .614 | 41 | 3 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Ramon Gonzalez | 27 | 121 | 100 | 19 | 23 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 16 | .230 | .345 | .310 | .655 | 31 | 2 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Julio Duran | 18 | 84 | 74 | 10 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 7 | .257 | .293 | .297 | .590 | 22 | 2 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Bob Newman | 24 | 96 | 75 | 15 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 15 | .240 | .396 | .307 | .702 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Jerry Sharp | 31 | 56 | 54 | 8 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | .315 | .339 | .389 | .728 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Fred Talbot | 30 | 90 | 78 | 12 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 31 | .205 | .271 | .231 | .501 | 18 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Ronald Pearson | 32 | 83 | 76 | 11 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 23 | .158 | .188 | .211 | .398 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Phil Groth | 27 | 58 | 52 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13 | .212 | .255 | .231 | .485 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Marcelino Sanchez | 13 | 39 | 30 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 12 | .300 | .432 | .467 | .899 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Jim Hicks | 15 | 69 | 57 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 19 | .158 | .275 | .228 | .503 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Jose Lizondro | 24 | 69 | 59 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 21 | .153 | .242 | .203 | .446 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Tony Filicchia | 20 | 23 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 8 | .167 | .348 | .222 | .570 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Willie Hooker | 57 | 28 | 26 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 | .077 | .111 | .077 | .188 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Bob Locker | 5 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .125 | .125 | .125 | .250 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Patrick Cummings | 6 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .125 | .125 | .125 | .250 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Parker Eaton | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Dennis Higgins | 6 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Bob House | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 1382 | 5260 | 4424 | 857 | 1283 | 209 | 73 | 103 | 770 | 74 | 14 | 689 | 809 | .290 | .388 | .440 | .828 | 1947 | 0 | 47 | 58 | 42 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jerry McNertney | 1B | 130 | 1097 | 132 | 18 | 84 | .986 | 9.454 | ||||
| Jose Valladares | 2B | 53 | 101 | 149 | 8 | 14 | .969 | 4.717 | ||||
| Bobby Freeze | 2B | 50 | 89 | 143 | 10 | 31 | .959 | 4.640 | ||||
| Julio Duran | 2B | 18 | 33 | 53 | 5 | 5 | .945 | 4.778 | ||||
| John Gray | 2B | 17 | 20 | 29 | 5 | 7 | .907 | 2.882 | ||||
| Dayton Orsburn | 3B | 126 | 85 | 209 | 37 | 15 | .888 | 2.333 | ||||
| Allen Schrader | C | 101 | 750 | 53 | 31 | 8 | .963 | 7.950 | 26 | |||
| John Gray | C | 35 | 208 | 22 | 15 | 0 | .939 | 6.571 | 12 | |||
| Frederick Loesekam | OF | 126 | 181 | 12 | 5 | 3 | .975 | 1.532 | ||||
| Paul Higgs | OF | 108 | 162 | 14 | 17 | 3 | .912 | 1.630 | ||||
| Gene Duffy | OF | 102 | 200 | 4 | 8 | 1 | .962 | 2.000 | ||||
| Chuck Leahy | OF | 25 | 32 | 0 | 5 | 0 | .865 | 1.280 | ||||
| Bob Newman | OF | 22 | 61 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.818 | ||||
| Jim Hicks | OF | 15 | 25 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .929 | 1.733 | ||||
| Willie Hooker | P | 57 | 10 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .404 | ||||
| Ronald Pearson | P | 32 | 16 | 41 | 4 | 5 | .934 | 1.781 | ||||
| Fred Talbot | P | 29 | 23 | 31 | 1 | 3 | .982 | 1.862 | ||||
| Phil Groth | P | 27 | 13 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.037 | ||||
| Jose Lizondro | P | 24 | 20 | 34 | 3 | 1 | .947 | 2.250 | ||||
| Jerry Sharp | P | 23 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .652 | ||||
| Tony Filicchia | P | 20 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 0 | .947 | .900 | ||||
| Marcelino Sanchez | P | 13 | 4 | 16 | 1 | 1 | .952 | 1.538 | ||||
| Dennis Higgins | P | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Patrick Cummings | P | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Bob Locker | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Bob House | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Parker Eaton | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Michael Kuilan | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Willie Calvin | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Danny Adams | SS | 53 | 74 | 156 | 25 | 20 | .902 | 4.340 | ||||
| Jose Valladares | SS | 51 | 81 | 141 | 17 | 25 | .929 | 4.353 | ||||
| Ramon Gonzalez | SS | 27 | 39 | 60 | 5 | 8 | .952 | 3.667 | ||||
| Totals | 1313 | 3338 | 1348 | 223 | 236 | .955 | 3.569 | 38 | 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.
