1961 Johnstown Red Sox Statistics
Team Record: 61-79
Finished 4th in the EL
Manager: Eddie Popowski (61-79)
Affiliation: Boston Red Sox
Location: Johnstown, Pennsylvania
Ballpark: Point Stadium
Attendance: 58,179, Avg. 831
The Johnstown Red Sox of the Eastern League ended the 1961 season with a record of 61 wins and 79 losses, finishing fourth in the EL.
The Red Sox plated 677 runs and allowed 720 runs. Joe Pedrazzini paced Johnstown with 13 home runs and accounted for 92 RBI, while leading batters with significant playing time by connecting at a .336 clip. Bill Thom topped the squad with 10 wins, and Thomas Hallett registered a 2.95 earned run average, leading regular hurlers.
Jerry Mallett, Dave Morehead, Bob Heffner, Bill Spanswick, Pete Smith, Guido Grilli, Ted Schreiber, Wilbur Wood and Al Moran were all players from the 1961 Johnstown Red Sox who played in the Major Leagues during their careers.
Eddie Popowski 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Thom | 10 | 7 | .588 | 4.61 | 18 | 18 | 9 | 2 | 119.0 | 128 | 68 | 61 | 10 | 45 | 2 | 68 | 5 | 1 | 2 | |||
| Bill Spanswick | 8 | 7 | .533 | 4.02 | 18 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 121.0 | 123 | 65 | 54 | 7 | 63 | 3 | 99 | 4 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Guido Grilli | 8 | 9 | .471 | 4.50 | 21 | 19 | 7 | 0 | 126.0 | 132 | 79 | 63 | 5 | 65 | 1 | 112 | 3 | 0 | 7 | |||
| Harry Fenn | 5 | 6 | .455 | 4.78 | 20 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 98.0 | 125 | 63 | 52 | 10 | 19 | 1 | 63 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jim Hansen | 5 | 7 | .417 | 4.12 | 41 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 107.0 | 130 | 62 | 49 | 5 | 34 | 7 | 68 | 3 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Pete Smith | 4 | 1 | .800 | 5.28 | 5 | 29.0 | 38 | 19 | 17 | 12 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Thomas Hallett | 4 | 4 | .500 | 2.95 | 50 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 119.0 | 111 | 50 | 39 | 6 | 21 | 0 | 78 | 4 | 0 | 5 | |||
| Robert Tedesco | 4 | 5 | .444 | 3.83 | 34 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 115.0 | 115 | 57 | 49 | 6 | 52 | 0 | 97 | 1 | 0 | 11 | |||
| Bob Heffner | 4 | 5 | .444 | 4.20 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 75.0 | 87 | 43 | 35 | 11 | 12 | 0 | 83 | 2 | 0 | 7 | |||
| Dave Morehead | 4 | 8 | .333 | 4.80 | 16 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 75.0 | 89 | 50 | 40 | 4 | 27 | 0 | 66 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Wilbur Wood | 3 | 7 | .300 | 4.62 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 74.0 | 80 | 40 | 38 | 6 | 15 | 4 | 44 | 4 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Ben Tench | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.27 | 2 | 11.0 | 8 | 4 | 14 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| Robert Carlson | 1 | 3 | .250 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Gale Dennis | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Len Prout | 0 | 1 | .000 | 6.55 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 22.0 | 25 | 18 | 16 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Daniel Wooden | 0 | 2 | .000 | 5 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Gary Modrell | 0 | 2 | .000 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Pedro Perez | 0 | 2 | .000 | 5.81 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 31.0 | 42 | 27 | 20 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Bill Slack | 0 | 2 | .000 | 11.57 | 7 | 1 | 14.0 | 30 | 24 | 18 | 6 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Totals | 61 | 79 | .436 | 4.40 | 291 | 126 | 0 | 43 | 4 | 0 | 1136.0 | 1263 | 665 | 555 | 74 | 404 | 18 | 817 | 36 | 1 | 48 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Pedrazzini | 137 | 581 | 512 | 80 | 172 | 32 | 6 | 13 | 92 | 1 | 50 | 107 | .336 | .401 | .498 | .899 | 255 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 2 | ||
| Al Moran | 140 | 641 | 516 | 118 | 147 | 30 | 9 | 2 | 46 | 12 | 117 | 112 | .285 | .418 | .390 | .808 | 201 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Robert Stotsky | 118 | 502 | 456 | 75 | 136 | 26 | 10 | 5 | 56 | 12 | 25 | 64 | .298 | .341 | .432 | .773 | 197 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 0 | ||
| William Moniak | 125 | 529 | 466 | 58 | 113 | 18 | 3 | 11 | 56 | 1 | 49 | 81 | .242 | .317 | .365 | .682 | 170 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 3 | ||
| Archie Skeen | 103 | 390 | 332 | 48 | 93 | 20 | 2 | 11 | 79 | 0 | 43 | 46 | .280 | .357 | .452 | .809 | 150 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 7 | ||
| Willard Hamill | 103 | 356 | 295 | 39 | 80 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 33 | 3 | 54 | 58 | .271 | .386 | .315 | .702 | 93 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Dave Hall | 64 | 256 | 241 | 27 | 67 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 28 | 1 | 11 | 43 | .278 | .318 | .423 | .741 | 102 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joseph DeCandido | 77 | 301 | 257 | 39 | 67 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 28 | 0 | 39 | 55 | .261 | .355 | .377 | .732 | 97 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Allan Yaeger | 87 | 305 | 267 | 32 | 58 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 1 | 31 | 36 | .217 | .299 | .273 | .573 | 73 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | ||
| Ted Schreiber | 39 | 169 | 148 | 21 | 45 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 25 | 1 | 17 | 17 | .304 | .377 | .432 | .810 | 64 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Robert Hoffer | 68 | 246 | 213 | 29 | 43 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 27 | 0 | 24 | 66 | .202 | .296 | .324 | .620 | 69 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Paul Jernigan | 40 | 170 | 147 | 25 | 41 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 27 | 0 | 19 | 44 | .279 | .359 | .415 | .774 | 61 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Joseph Theis | 45 | 176 | 156 | 20 | 36 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 1 | 17 | 31 | .231 | .307 | .340 | .647 | 53 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Jerry Mallett | 41 | 150 | 136 | 21 | 35 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 0 | 10 | 24 | .257 | .313 | .419 | .732 | 57 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Bill Spanswick | 39 | 71 | 60 | 7 | 16 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 10 | 16 | .267 | .380 | .450 | .830 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Heffner | 24 | 47 | 40 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 12 | .275 | .383 | .400 | .783 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bill Thom | 21 | 53 | 46 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 12 | .239 | .271 | .304 | .575 | 14 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Guido Grilli | 26 | 53 | 46 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 11 | .217 | .280 | .283 | .563 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bill Slack | 9 | 9 | 9 | 5 | .556 | .556 | .556 | 1.111 | 5 | ||||||||||||||
| Jim Hansen | 41 | 33 | 33 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 22 | .152 | .152 | .212 | .364 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Harry Fenn | 20 | 41 | 38 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | .105 | .125 | .158 | .283 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Thomas Hallett | 50 | 33 | 32 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | .094 | .094 | .094 | .188 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Robert Carlson | 4 | 7 | 7 | 2 | .286 | .286 | .286 | .571 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Dave Morehead | 16 | 25 | 21 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .095 | .174 | .095 | .269 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jerry Funk | 7 | 21 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .048 | .048 | .048 | .095 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Wilbur Wood | 10 | 27 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | .042 | .042 | .083 | .125 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Robert Tedesco | 38 | 35 | 30 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 19 | .033 | .147 | .033 | .180 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Daniel Wooden | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Gale Dennis | 5 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Ben Tench | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Gary Modrell | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Pete Smith | 5 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Pedro Perez | 11 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .000 | .111 | .000 | .111 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Len Prout | 12 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1536 | 5266 | 4587 | 670 | 1205 | 229 | 53 | 67 | 593 | 33 | 0 | 535 | 922 | .263 | .343 | .380 | .722 | 1741 | 0 | 50 | 42 | 52 | 28 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Pedrazzini | 1B | 137 | 1152 | 82 | 14 | 120 | .989 | 9.007 | ||||
| Allan Yaeger | 2B | 82 | 196 | 204 | 12 | 57 | .971 | 4.878 | ||||
| Ted Schreiber | 2B | 33 | 68 | 90 | 6 | 21 | .963 | 4.788 | ||||
| Paul Jernigan | 2B | 17 | 40 | 58 | 4 | 16 | .961 | 5.765 | ||||
| Dave Hall | 3B | 64 | 56 | 145 | 16 | 21 | .926 | 3.141 | ||||
| Joseph DeCandido | 3B | 62 | 44 | 110 | 25 | 16 | .860 | 2.484 | ||||
| Archie Skeen | C | 96 | 604 | 48 | 7 | 15 | .989 | 6.792 | 5 | |||
| Robert Hoffer | C | 47 | 304 | 31 | 8 | 10 | .977 | 7.128 | 3 | |||
| William Moniak | OF | 122 | 178 | 12 | 17 | 1 | .918 | 1.557 | ||||
| Robert Stotsky | OF | 118 | 255 | 9 | 11 | 1 | .960 | 2.237 | ||||
| Willard Hamill | OF | 76 | 99 | 12 | 3 | 1 | .974 | 1.461 | ||||
| Joseph Theis | OF | 45 | 56 | 8 | 2 | 0 | .970 | 1.422 | ||||
| Jerry Mallett | OF | 37 | 41 | 5 | 5 | 0 | .902 | 1.243 | ||||
| Paul Jernigan | OF | 21 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .960 | 1.143 | ||||
| Robert Hoffer | OF | 14 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .800 | .571 | ||||
| Thomas Hallett | P | 50 | 7 | 26 | 2 | 3 | .943 | .660 | ||||
| Jim Hansen | P | 41 | 8 | 25 | 1 | 3 | .971 | .805 | ||||
| Robert Tedesco | P | 34 | 11 | 16 | 2 | 0 | .931 | .794 | ||||
| Guido Grilli | P | 21 | 10 | 20 | 1 | 1 | .968 | 1.429 | ||||
| Harry Fenn | P | 20 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 1 | .941 | .800 | ||||
| Bill Thom | P | 18 | 7 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.056 | ||||
| Bill Spanswick | P | 18 | 5 | 17 | 2 | 0 | .917 | 1.222 | ||||
| Dave Morehead | P | 16 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .562 | ||||
| Len Prout | P | 12 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .250 | ||||
| Bob Heffner | P | 11 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 0 | .929 | 1.182 | ||||
| Wilbur Wood | P | 10 | 7 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.400 | ||||
| Pedro Perez | P | 10 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .875 | .700 | ||||
| Al Moran | SS | 140 | 232 | 439 | 39 | 85 | .945 | 4.793 | ||||
| Totals | 1372 | 3426 | 1420 | 183 | 373 | .964 | 3.532 | 8 | 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.
