1960 Jacksonville Braves Statistics
Team Record: 70-69
Finished 5th in the SAL
Manager: Red Murff (70-69)
Affiliation: Milwaukee Braves
Location: Jacksonville, Florida
Ballpark: Sam M. Wolfson Park
Attendance: 60,451, Avg. 870
The Jacksonville Braves of the South Atlantic League ended the 1960 season with a record of 70 wins and 69 losses, finishing fifth in the SAL.
The Braves plated 587 runs and yielded 636 runs. William Rittman and Corky Withrow paced Jacksonville with 13 home runs apiece. Len Gabrielson accounted for 68 RBI and topped batters with significant playing time by connecting at a .279 clip. Michael Marinko led the squad with 11 wins, while Ross Carter recorded a 2.42 ERA, leading qualifying pitchers.
Larry Maxie, Tony Cloninger, Tommie Aaron, Phil Niekro, Daryl Robertson, Merritt Ranew, Red Murff, Len Gabrielson and Corky Withrow were all players from the 1960 Jacksonville Braves who played in the Major Leagues during their careers.
Red Murff 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Marinko | 11 | 8 | .579 | 3.64 | 32 | 27 | 10 | 0 | 175.7 | 153 | 96 | 71 | 5 | 120 | 5 | 172 | 6 | 1 | 13 | |||
| Dale Hendrickson | 10 | 8 | .556 | 2.81 | 27 | 20 | 12 | 0 | 166.7 | 131 | 62 | 52 | 9 | 69 | 11 | 121 | 3 | 0 | 8 | |||
| Ross Carter | 9 | 4 | .692 | 2.41 | 18 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 119.3 | 113 | 38 | 32 | 5 | 36 | 6 | 47 | 10 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Bennie Griggs | 8 | 10 | .444 | 3.84 | 47 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 159.3 | 148 | 84 | 68 | 10 | 67 | 11 | 116 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Phil Niekro | 6 | 4 | .600 | 2.77 | 38 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 84.3 | 66 | 36 | 26 | 1 | 52 | 9 | 52 | 3 | 0 | 14 | |||
| Larry Maxie | 6 | 7 | .462 | 4.06 | 24 | 20 | 4 | 2 | 128.7 | 126 | 69 | 58 | 6 | 73 | 4 | 82 | 7 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Red Murff | 5 | 5 | .500 | 2.12 | 32 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 72.0 | 68 | 21 | 17 | 3 | 26 | 10 | 40 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Roger Clapp | 5 | 7 | .417 | 2.60 | 32 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 100.3 | 97 | 37 | 29 | 2 | 43 | 6 | 45 | 3 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Tony Cloninger | 4 | 4 | .500 | 6.66 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 48.7 | 48 | 46 | 36 | 2 | 37 | 2 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 8 | |||
| Ernie Christoff | 3 | 3 | .500 | 3.04 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 47.3 | 50 | 26 | 16 | 0 | 32 | 3 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |||
| William Marnie | 1 | 1 | .500 | 0.00 | 4 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Donald MacLeod | 1 | 2 | .333 | 0.00 | 5 | 23.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Charles Kolakowski | 1 | 2 | .333 | 5.74 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 42.3 | 46 | 36 | 27 | 8 | 29 | 1 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 5 | |||
| Jack Hannah | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| A. J. White | 0 | 0 | 5.19 | 3 | 8.7 | 5 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Jim King | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0.00 | 5 | 7.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Bill Holmes | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0.00 | 6 | 13.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Robert Sutton | 0 | 2 | .000 | 5.61 | 9 | 25.7 | 16 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Totals | 70 | 69 | .504 | 3.31 | 322 | 130 | 0 | 49 | 7 | 0 | 1230.0 | 1046 | 551 | 453 | 51 | 589 | 68 | 753 | 37 | 1 | 67 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Len Gabrielson | 137 | 545 | 473 | 73 | 132 | 19 | 8 | 10 | 68 | 8 | 65 | 92 | .279 | .368 | .416 | .784 | 197 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | ||
| William Rittman | 130 | 498 | 443 | 57 | 111 | 15 | 2 | 13 | 66 | 2 | 47 | 75 | .251 | .322 | .381 | .703 | 169 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | ||
| Kerry Buckner | 138 | 539 | 477 | 55 | 111 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 27 | 14 | 48 | 75 | .233 | .302 | .279 | .581 | 133 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Juan Guzman | 112 | 466 | 373 | 55 | 97 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 5 | 79 | 49 | .260 | .397 | .284 | .682 | 106 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Daryl Robertson | 101 | 429 | 363 | 58 | 91 | 14 | 1 | 8 | 33 | 19 | 63 | 80 | .251 | .364 | .361 | .725 | 131 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Larry Click | 95 | 374 | 337 | 35 | 89 | 13 | 1 | 8 | 39 | 10 | 30 | 72 | .264 | .325 | .380 | .705 | 128 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | ||
| James Hay | 113 | 384 | 360 | 34 | 87 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 37 | 3 | 17 | 55 | .242 | .278 | .308 | .587 | 111 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | ||
| Corky Withrow | 112 | 374 | 335 | 46 | 81 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 44 | 3 | 33 | 71 | .242 | .309 | .412 | .721 | 138 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | ||
| Walt Matthews | 88 | 357 | 306 | 51 | 80 | 13 | 6 | 9 | 55 | 0 | 41 | 61 | .261 | .350 | .431 | .782 | 132 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | ||
| John Mackley | 78 | 198 | 184 | 17 | 54 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 3 | 12 | 20 | .293 | .340 | .326 | .666 | 60 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Carl Derr | 72 | 268 | 226 | 26 | 51 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 1 | 35 | 57 | .226 | .331 | .314 | .645 | 71 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Brent Holder | 46 | 164 | 149 | 12 | 30 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 2 | 10 | 18 | .201 | .262 | .322 | .584 | 48 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Gary Rushing | 19 | 78 | 67 | 13 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 1 | 11 | 17 | .239 | .346 | .403 | .749 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Ross Carter | 20 | 50 | 43 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 8 | .279 | .380 | .279 | .659 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Charles Smith | 15 | 41 | 38 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 14 | .263 | .317 | .368 | .685 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Merritt Ranew | 19 | 58 | 53 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 15 | .189 | .224 | .302 | .526 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Tony Cloninger | 13 | 21 | 20 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .400 | .400 | .750 | 1.150 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dale Hendrickson | 29 | 64 | 61 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 10 | .115 | .143 | .131 | .274 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Michael Marinko | 34 | 70 | 60 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 40 | .100 | .182 | .200 | .382 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bennie Griggs | 48 | 55 | 49 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 18 | .102 | .137 | .143 | .280 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phil Niekro | 38 | 21 | 19 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .211 | .211 | .211 | .421 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tommie Aaron | 6 | 19 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .211 | .211 | .211 | .421 | 4 | |||||||||||
| Roger Clapp | 22 | 31 | 27 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 11 | .148 | .258 | .148 | .406 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Larry Maxie | 24 | 38 | 33 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 12 | .121 | .194 | .121 | .316 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Charles Kolakowski | 11 | 17 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 9 | .214 | .294 | .214 | .508 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Ernie Christoff | 14 | 18 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | .176 | .222 | .294 | .516 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Donald MacLeod | 5 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Red Murff | 32 | 19 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | .125 | .222 | .125 | .347 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Kenneth Cullum | 8 | 17 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .118 | .118 | .118 | .235 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Bill Holmes | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Daniel Staniec | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 1 | |||||||||||
| A. J. White | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Ronald Liptak | 10 | 19 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | .067 | .263 | .067 | .330 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim King | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Marcial Allen | 5 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Robert Sutton | 9 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 1620 | 5268 | 4630 | 581 | 1120 | 137 | 42 | 76 | 501 | 73 | 0 | 529 | 912 | .242 | .321 | .339 | .660 | 1569 | 0 | 27 | 53 | 29 | 47 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Walt Matthews | 1B | 88 | 691 | 94 | 11 | 72 | .986 | 8.920 | ||||
| Corky Withrow | 1B | 31 | 227 | 18 | 6 | 22 | .976 | 7.903 | ||||
| Gary Rushing | 1B | 17 | 133 | 9 | 5 | 8 | .966 | 8.353 | ||||
| Daryl Robertson | 2B | 81 | 217 | 199 | 14 | 54 | .967 | 5.136 | ||||
| Juan Guzman | 2B | 61 | 144 | 170 | 9 | 32 | .972 | 5.148 | ||||
| William Rittman | 3B | 127 | 116 | 190 | 24 | 15 | .927 | 2.409 | ||||
| Daryl Robertson | 3B | 81 | 217 | 199 | 14 | 54 | .967 | 5.136 | ||||
| Brent Holder | 3B | 10 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | .938 | 1.500 | ||||
| James Hay | C | 97 | 629 | 55 | 15 | 5 | .979 | 7.052 | 12 | |||
| John Mackley | C | 49 | 250 | 16 | 11 | 1 | .960 | 5.429 | 4 | |||
| Merritt Ranew | C | 15 | 74 | 11 | 1 | 1 | .988 | 5.667 | 3 | |||
| Kerry Buckner | OF | 138 | 276 | 11 | 13 | 1 | .957 | 2.080 | ||||
| Len Gabrielson | OF | 129 | 255 | 24 | 8 | 2 | .972 | 2.163 | ||||
| Larry Click | OF | 94 | 193 | 10 | 5 | 2 | .976 | 2.160 | ||||
| Corky Withrow | OF | 69 | 115 | 5 | 7 | 2 | .945 | 1.739 | ||||
| Bennie Griggs | P | 47 | 10 | 29 | 3 | 1 | .929 | .830 | ||||
| Phil Niekro | P | 38 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 1 | .938 | .395 | ||||
| Red Murff | P | 32 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 1 | .955 | .656 | ||||
| Michael Marinko | P | 32 | 8 | 23 | 3 | 2 | .912 | .969 | ||||
| Dale Hendrickson | P | 27 | 20 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.444 | ||||
| Larry Maxie | P | 24 | 11 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.333 | ||||
| Roger Clapp | P | 22 | 11 | 18 | 1 | 2 | .967 | 1.318 | ||||
| Ross Carter | P | 18 | 19 | 37 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | 3.111 | ||||
| Ernie Christoff | P | 14 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .857 | ||||
| Tony Cloninger | P | 12 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .917 | ||||
| Charles Kolakowski | P | 11 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 1 | .900 | .818 | ||||
| Carl Derr | SS | 71 | 96 | 182 | 30 | 23 | .903 | 3.915 | ||||
| Brent Holder | SS | 34 | 53 | 95 | 18 | 20 | .892 | 4.353 | ||||
| Juan Guzman | SS | 33 | 33 | 89 | 7 | 15 | .946 | 3.697 | ||||
| Totals | 1502 | 3829 | 1576 | 209 | 344 | .963 | 3.599 | 19 | 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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