1961 Keokuk Cardinals Statistics
Midwest League (MWL) - Class: D
Team Record: 40-82
Finished 8th in the MWL
Manager: Al Unser (40-82)
Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals
Location: Keokuk, Iowa
Ballpark: Joyce Park
Attendance: 25,064, Avg. 411
1961 Keokuk Cardinals RosterTeam Record: 40-82
Finished 8th in the MWL
Manager: Al Unser (40-82)
Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals
Location: Keokuk, Iowa
Ballpark: Joyce Park
Attendance: 25,064, Avg. 411
The Keokuk Cardinals of the Midwest League ended the 1961 season with a record of 40 wins and 82 losses, finishing eighth in the MWL.
The Cardinals scored 523 runs, worst in the league, and allowed 802 runs, most in the circuit. Felix DeLeon and Marty Beltran led Keokuk with 10 home runs apiece. John Kepic drove in 54 runs and topped all regular batters by hitting .260. Michael Roberts paced the team with 7 wins, while Rafael Steffani registered a 3.98 earned run average, best among qualifying pitchers.
Al Unser played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Keokuk Cardinals to do so.
Al Unser 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 Roberts | 7 | 9 | .438 | 4.47 | 28 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 129.0 | 104 | 89 | 64 | 16 | 135 | 136 | 1 | 1 | 18 | ||||
| Rafael Steffani | 6 | 9 | .400 | 3.98 | 20 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 122.0 | 124 | 77 | 54 | 12 | 81 | 111 | 3 | 1 | 10 | ||||
| Frank McAninch | 6 | 9 | .400 | 4.00 | 21 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 126.0 | 132 | 75 | 56 | 7 | 56 | 83 | 2 | 1 | 6 | ||||
| David Galligan | 6 | 14 | .300 | 4.87 | 23 | 21 | 7 | 1 | 122.0 | 130 | 95 | 66 | 14 | 80 | 113 | 8 | 0 | 10 | ||||
| Kenneth Kane | 4 | 3 | .571 | 4.97 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 58.0 | 62 | 37 | 32 | 6 | 32 | 49 | 2 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Pete Watson | 4 | 9 | .308 | 5.46 | 32 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 112.0 | 134 | 99 | 68 | 12 | 68 | 90 | 7 | 1 | 12 | ||||
| George Stetter | 4 | 9 | .308 | 6.44 | 29 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 123.0 | 132 | 96 | 88 | 14 | 69 | 101 | 7 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Carlos Guzman | 2 | 1 | .667 | 5.14 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 42.0 | 44 | 29 | 24 | 4 | 28 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Mike Jones | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Bill Whitehurst | 1 | 1 | .500 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Gerald Doetzer | 1 | 3 | .250 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Jerry Henderson | 1 | 5 | .167 | 10.80 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 35.0 | 55 | 48 | 42 | 5 | 35 | 28 | 2 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| Al Unser | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Mike Michaels | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| David Spadoni | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Don Nelson | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Bill Cundiff | 0 | 1 | .000 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| John Kepic | 0 | 1 | .000 | 7.46 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35.0 | 40 | 33 | 29 | 8 | 26 | 33 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Stephen Gaza | 0 | 2 | .000 | 6 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Ronald Visheau | 0 | 3 | .000 | 9.97 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 37.0 | 35 | 54 | 41 | 1 | 69 | 33 | 8 | 1 | 10 | ||||
| Jerry Wild | 0 | 4 | .000 | 7.68 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 41.0 | 46 | 46 | 35 | 2 | 48 | 62 | 0 | 0 | 14 | ||||
| Totals | 43 | 85 | .336 | 5.49 | 265 | 122 | 0 | 44 | 6 | 0 | 982.0 | 1038 | 778 | 599 | 101 | 727 | 0 | 873 | 43 | 5 | 101 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jose Silva | 115 | 485 | 392 | 62 | 101 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 38 | 11 | 76 | 95 | .258 | .389 | .314 | .703 | 123 | 9 | 7 | 1 | |||
| John Kepic | 104 | 420 | 365 | 51 | 95 | 18 | 2 | 8 | 54 | 7 | 51 | 48 | .260 | .351 | .386 | .737 | 141 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| Marty Beltran | 57 | 246 | 226 | 41 | 70 | 10 | 4 | 10 | 44 | 5 | 18 | 43 | .310 | .358 | .522 | .880 | 118 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Bill LeFebvre | 92 | 345 | 310 | 30 | 70 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 29 | 4 | 29 | 72 | .226 | .292 | .268 | .560 | 83 | 1 | 3 | 2 | |||
| Gary Wyche | 69 | 295 | 263 | 43 | 66 | 17 | 2 | 5 | 33 | 6 | 23 | 44 | .251 | .316 | .388 | .704 | 102 | 3 | 4 | 2 | |||
| Bobby Diaz | 62 | 270 | 239 | 31 | 63 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 21 | 6 | 29 | 33 | .264 | .342 | .343 | .685 | 82 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Felix DeLeon | 54 | 217 | 186 | 38 | 53 | 9 | 1 | 10 | 32 | 2 | 28 | 40 | .285 | .380 | .505 | .885 | 94 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Charlie Garris | 77 | 282 | 228 | 33 | 48 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 32 | 3 | 39 | 73 | .211 | .351 | .307 | .658 | 70 | 11 | 3 | 1 | |||
| John Jones | 36 | 154 | 144 | 14 | 44 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 9 | 15 | .306 | .344 | .382 | .726 | 55 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Zeke Faulkner | 65 | 222 | 196 | 27 | 39 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 3 | 25 | 32 | .199 | .288 | .255 | .543 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Don Nelson | 30 | 120 | 118 | 18 | 38 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 30 | .322 | .333 | .517 | .850 | 61 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Mike Michaels | 51 | 182 | 159 | 23 | 28 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 22 | 27 | .176 | .280 | .233 | .513 | 37 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Junior Mullenix | 38 | 136 | 120 | 11 | 26 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 13 | 34 | .217 | .289 | .283 | .572 | 34 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |||
| Victor Lowinger | 45 | 156 | 135 | 13 | 26 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 18 | 45 | .193 | .290 | .259 | .550 | 35 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Rafael Steffani | 37 | 72 | 67 | 12 | 23 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 8 | .343 | .371 | .627 | .998 | 42 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |||
| John Giles | 25 | 103 | 88 | 8 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 14 | .239 | .340 | .261 | .601 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Bill Morton | 38 | 127 | 119 | 10 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 23 | .168 | .220 | .294 | .515 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Gerald Orlandini | 27 | 99 | 95 | 7 | 18 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 21 | .189 | .222 | .253 | .475 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| David Galligan | 23 | 46 | 46 | 5 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 12 | .304 | .304 | .565 | .870 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Patrick Foley | 11 | 38 | 28 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 6 | .250 | .421 | .321 | .742 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Robert Turner | 15 | 57 | 51 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 19 | .118 | .179 | .137 | .316 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Robert Riley | 12 | 29 | 25 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 10 | .200 | .310 | .320 | .630 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Michael Roberts | 31 | 45 | 38 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 14 | .132 | .233 | .158 | .390 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| George Stetter | 31 | 51 | 49 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 17 | .102 | .137 | .102 | .239 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Kenneth Kane | 17 | 58 | 51 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 25 | .098 | .179 | .098 | .277 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Pete Watson | 32 | 39 | 32 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 10 | .125 | .200 | .125 | .325 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |||
| Frank McAninch | 21 | 46 | 40 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 15 | .075 | .119 | .075 | .194 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |||
| Jerry Wild | 15 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .200 | .333 | .300 | .633 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Bud McAfee | 6 | 14 | 14 | 2 | .143 | .143 | .143 | .286 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Bill Whitehurst | 2 | 6 | 6 | 1 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Ronald Visheau | 13 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .125 | .125 | .125 | .250 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Carlos Guzman | 16 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | .111 | .200 | .111 | .311 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jerry Henderson | 13 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .100 | .250 | .100 | .350 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Francisco Torres | 13 | 28 | 25 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 11 | .040 | .143 | .040 | .183 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Gerald Doetzer | 4 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Mike Jones | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Stephen Gaza | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Bill Cundiff | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 1307 | 4446 | 3907 | 513 | 912 | 140 | 27 | 62 | 431 | 71 | 0 | 448 | 859 | .233 | .316 | .331 | .647 | 1292 | 0 | 33 | 38 | 20 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marty Beltran | 1B | 56 | 452 | 26 | 5 | 36 | .990 | 8.536 | ||||
| John Kepic | 1B | 41 | 294 | 19 | 9 | 21 | .972 | 7.634 | ||||
| Gerald Orlandini | 1B | 27 | 216 | 13 | 6 | 18 | .974 | 8.481 | ||||
| Bill LeFebvre | 2B | 52 | 100 | 118 | 12 | 23 | .948 | 4.192 | ||||
| John Jones | 2B | 34 | 64 | 74 | 9 | 18 | .939 | 4.059 | ||||
| Don Nelson | 2B | 18 | 27 | 33 | 7 | 3 | .896 | 3.333 | ||||
| Gary Wyche | 3B | 53 | 39 | 84 | 15 | 6 | .891 | 2.321 | ||||
| Bill LeFebvre | 3B | 24 | 31 | 40 | 12 | 3 | .855 | 2.958 | ||||
| Zeke Faulkner | 3B | 23 | 19 | 27 | 8 | 4 | .852 | 2.000 | ||||
| Felix DeLeon | C | 40 | 276 | 22 | 12 | 3 | .961 | 7.450 | 16 | |||
| Bill Morton | C | 35 | 247 | 19 | 4 | 4 | .985 | 7.600 | 10 | |||
| Mike Michaels | C | 33 | 259 | 21 | 4 | 5 | .986 | 8.485 | 4 | |||
| Jose Silva | OF | 109 | 180 | 9 | 20 | 1 | .904 | 1.734 | ||||
| Charlie Garris | OF | 75 | 91 | 3 | 12 | 1 | .887 | 1.253 | ||||
| John Kepic | OF | 59 | 71 | 6 | 3 | 1 | .962 | 1.305 | ||||
| Victor Lowinger | OF | 37 | 48 | 6 | 4 | 2 | .931 | 1.459 | ||||
| Zeke Faulkner | OF | 28 | 29 | 2 | 5 | 0 | .861 | 1.107 | ||||
| John Giles | OF | 25 | 34 | 3 | 6 | 0 | .860 | 1.480 | ||||
| Junior Mullenix | OF | 22 | 25 | 2 | 3 | 0 | .900 | 1.227 | ||||
| Felix DeLeon | OF | 16 | 20 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .920 | 1.438 | ||||
| Pete Watson | P | 32 | 5 | 25 | 3 | 1 | .909 | .938 | ||||
| George Stetter | P | 29 | 5 | 25 | 2 | 1 | .938 | 1.034 | ||||
| Michael Roberts | P | 28 | 8 | 33 | 3 | 0 | .932 | 1.464 | ||||
| David Galligan | P | 23 | 5 | 26 | 2 | 1 | .939 | 1.348 | ||||
| Frank McAninch | P | 21 | 10 | 33 | 3 | 0 | .935 | 2.048 | ||||
| Rafael Steffani | P | 20 | 8 | 21 | 2 | 0 | .935 | 1.450 | ||||
| Kenneth Kane | P | 16 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .938 | ||||
| Carlos Guzman | P | 16 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .889 | .500 | ||||
| Jerry Wild | P | 15 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 0 | .750 | .600 | ||||
| John Kepic | P | 15 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | .857 | .400 | ||||
| Jerry Henderson | P | 13 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .385 | ||||
| Ronald Visheau | P | 12 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .750 | ||||
| Stephen Gaza | P | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Gerald Doetzer | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| David Spadoni | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Mike Jones | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Bill Whitehurst | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Al Unser | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Bill Cundiff | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Bobby Diaz | SS | 61 | 92 | 149 | 38 | 28 | .864 | 3.951 | ||||
| Gary Wyche | SS | 16 | 27 | 28 | 5 | 3 | .917 | 3.438 | ||||
| Robert Turner | SS | 15 | 18 | 52 | 5 | 4 | .933 | 4.667 | ||||
| Kenneth Kane | SS | 14 | 21 | 31 | 10 | 7 | .839 | 3.714 | ||||
| Don Nelson | SS | 10 | 10 | 24 | 9 | 3 | .791 | 3.400 | ||||
| Totals | 1183 | 2746 | 1014 | 245 | 201 | .939 | 3.178 | 30 | 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.
