1960 Kokomo Dodgers Statistics

Midwest League (MWL) - Class: D
Team Record: 63-59
Finished 4th in the MWL
Manager: Al Ronning (63-59)
Affiliation: Los Angeles Dodgers
Location: Kokomo, Indiana
Ballpark: Highland Park Stadium
Attendance: 40,560, Avg. 665

1960 Kokomo Dodgers Roster

The Kokomo Dodgers of the Midwest League ended the 1960 season with a record of 63 wins and 59 losses, finishing fourth in the MWL.

The Dodgers scored 602 runs and conceded 568 runs. Wendell Wear led Kokomo with 25 home runs and drove in 83 runs, while leading batters with significant playing time by hitting .297. Bill Rybak topped the squad with 13 wins, and Philip Brown recorded a 3.11 ERA, best among hurlers with significant time on the mound.

Héctor Valle played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Kokomo Dodgers to do so.

Al Ronning served as manager.

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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 Rybak	13	6	.684	4.20	32	24		14	0		180.0	172	103	84	18	74		152	1	0	5
Mario Pelaez	12	6	.667	3.57	34	12		5	2		136.0	119	63	54	11	51		118	1	0	6
Philip Brown	12	11	.522	3.11	31	20		12	5		171.0	158	65	59	16	43		176	4	0	4
Del Walker	11	10	.524	4.06	25	22		12	1		164.0	141	87	74	16	105		172	5	0	17
Gale Rottinghaus	5	3	.625	4.33	16	13		3	2		79.0	61	40	38	2	76		101	0	2	20
Jack Helmkamp	5	4	.556	4.73	14	11		2	0		78.0	77	46	41	6	38		44	1	0	5
James Van Natta	3	7	.300	4.99	26	7		3	0		83.0	94	62	46	13	27		65	1	0	5
Wayne VanDeMar	2	5	.286	4.50	10	4		0	0		38.0	36	26	19	2	23		28	2	0	4
Ventura Pena	0	0			1						0.0									0
Stanley Schultz	0	0			1						0.0									0
William Ruth	0	0			3						0.0									0
Don Jackson	0	0			5						0.0									0
Charles Holloway	0	1	.000		2						0.0									1
Charles Fiegel	0	2	.000		6						0.0									0
Jimmy Gibbs	0	4	.000	7.82	14	6		0	0		38.0	51	38	33	4	24		22	0	1	4
Totals	63	59	.516	4.17	220	119	0	51	10	0	967.0	909	530	448	88	461	0	878	15	4	70	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
Nick Zelenak	119	493	441	64	117	17	2	11	74	3		42	39	.265	.333	.388	.721	171		5	1	4
Wendell Wear	115	448	381	68	113	12	3	25	83	2		54	76	.297	.395	.541	.935	206		9	2	2
Ventura Pena	114	494	425	80	110	16	3	6	39	4		60	52	.259	.355	.353	.708	150		4	4	1
Jerry Webster	103	443	371	63	101	13	3	3	40	11		58	43	.272	.372	.348	.720	129		2	10	2
Stanley Schultz	111	475	397	75	100	12	5	2	31	5		67	51	.252	.361	.322	.683	128		3	4	4
Napoleon Savinon	107	430	362	63	99	17	4	13	77	3		55	70	.273	.374	.450	.824	163		6	2	5
Héctor Valle	100	385	319	46	84	10	3	0	46	2		56	44	.263	.375	.313	.688	100		4	1	5
Al Ronning	65	222	200	21	58	12	0	1	27	2		18	10	.290	.360	.365	.725	73		4	0	0
Joseph Tendler	54	180	146	20	28	3	0	1	12	0		31	50	.192	.333	.233	.566	34		0	3	0
Israel Diaz	34	127	110	20	24	4	0	1	10	0		13	22	.218	.312	.282	.594	31		2	2	0
William Dinu	37	122	108	14	22	2	1	4	20	0		13	44	.204	.287	.352	.639	38		0	0	1
John Reo	35	113	98	9	18	3	1	1	12	1		12	25	.184	.286	.265	.551	26		2	1	0
Del Walker	25	68	57	7	17	6	1	0	9	0		7	19	.298	.369	.439	.808	25		0	3	1
Bill Rybak	37	81	66	9	15	1	0	1	7	0		11	13	.227	.338	.288	.626	19		0	4	0
Harold Firestine	25	75	61	5	13	0	0	0	4	1		12	8	.213	.351	.213	.564	13		1	1	0
Mario Pelaez	35	65	54	10	11	1	0	0	11	0		8	22	.204	.312	.222	.535	12		1	1	1
Philip Brown	33	62	61	4	7	0	0	0	2	1		0	16	.115	.129	.115	.244	7		1	0	0
Wayne VanDeMar	10	16	12	4	5	0	0	0	0	0		3	5	.417	.562	.417	.979	5		1	0	0
Jack Helmkamp	14	32	26	7	5	0	0	0	1	0		5	11	.192	.323	.192	.515	5		0	1	0
Gale Rottinghaus	16	34	31	1	5	1	0	0	4	0		2	17	.161	.212	.194	.406	6		0	1	0
James Lalley	14	51	38	6	5	1	0	0	1	1		13	9	.132	.353	.158	.511	6		0	0	0
James Van Natta	27	29	29	2	4	2	0	0	4	0		0	14	.138	.138	.207	.345	6		0	0	0
Ed Gruidel	10	32	25	4	2	0	0	1	5	0		6	11	.080	.250	.200	.450	5		0	0	1
Steven Keiner	1	3	3		1	0	0	0						.333	.333	.333	.667	1
Jimmy Gibbs	14	12	11	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	5	.091	.167	.091	.258	1		0	0	0
Charles Fiegel	6	2	2		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Richard Strutz	6	9	9		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
William Ruth	4	1	1		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Don Jackson	5	4	4		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1276	4508	3848	602	965	133	26	70	519	36	0	547	676	.251	.349	.353	.702	1360	0	45	41	27	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Wendell Wear	1B	115	866	41	13	64	.986	7.887
Al Ronning	1B	10	67	0	0	2	1.000	6.700
Jerry Webster	2B	91	203	209	16	44	.963	4.527
Israel Diaz	2B	25	42	42	8	5	.913	3.360
Nick Zelenak	3B	55	38	80	10	7	.922	2.145
Joseph Tendler	3B	45	33	41	6	7	.925	1.644
Harold Firestine	3B	19	16	25	10	4	.804	2.158
Héctor Valle	C	97	718	79	22	15	.973	8.216	23
Al Ronning	C	26	213	30	2	5	.992	9.346	4
Ventura Pena	OF	112	232	14	13	4	.950	2.196
Stanley Schultz	OF	111	168	17	3	2	.984	1.667
Nick Zelenak	OF	70	64	7	2	1	.973	1.014
William Dinu	OF	33	40	3	5	0	.896	1.303
John Reo	OF	31	43	2	4	0	.918	1.452
Al Ronning	OF	19	23	3	2	2	.929	1.368
Mario Pelaez	P	34	10	26	2	2	.947	1.059
Bill Rybak	P	32	6	42	1	3	.980	1.500
Philip Brown	P	31	8	25	1	1	.971	1.065
James Van Natta	P	26	14	17	1	1	.969	1.192
Del Walker	P	25	6	31	5	0	.881	1.480
Gale Rottinghaus	P	16	2	14	0	0	1.000	1.000
Jack Helmkamp	P	14	5	13	4	1	.818	1.286
Jimmy Gibbs	P	14	1	6	0	0	1.000	.500
Wayne VanDeMar	P	10	3	12	0	0	1.000	1.500
Charles Fiegel	P	6						.000
Don Jackson	P	5						.000
William Ruth	P	4						.000
Charles Holloway	P	2						.000
Napoleon Savinon	SS	103	136	248	35	45	.916	3.728
Jerry Webster	SS	13	16	29	5	2	.900	3.462
Totals		1194	2973	1056	170	217	.960	3.374	27	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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