1961 Kingsport Pirates Statistics
Appalachian League (AL) - Class: D
Team Record: 31-35
Finished 6th in the AL
Manager: Jim Gibbons (31-35)
Affiliation: Pittsburgh Pirates
Location: Kingsport, Tennessee
Ballpark: J. Fred Johnson Stadium
Attendance: 19,815, Avg. 600
1961 Kingsport Pirates RosterTeam Record: 31-35
Finished 6th in the AL
Manager: Jim Gibbons (31-35)
Affiliation: Pittsburgh Pirates
Location: Kingsport, Tennessee
Ballpark: J. Fred Johnson Stadium
Attendance: 19,815, Avg. 600
The Kingsport Pirates of the Appalachian League ended the 1961 season with a record of 31 wins and 35 losses, finishing sixth in the AL.
The Pirates plated 456 runs and surrendered 444 runs. Jerry May paced Kingsport with 11 home runs Dave Wissman drove in 71 runs. Royce McDaniel topped all regular hitters by connecting at a .357 clip. Jerry Steffey led the team with 5 wins, while Ernie Kunkle recorded a 3.9 ERA, tops among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Dave Wissman and Jerry May both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.
Jim Gibbons 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jerry Steffey | 5 | 4 | .556 | 5.05 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 57.0 | 68 | 37 | 32 | 4 | 30 | 72 | 1 | 3 | 3 | ||||
| James Richards | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.72 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 29.0 | 25 | 20 | 12 | 3 | 16 | 34 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Ernie Kunkle | 3 | 2 | .600 | 3.90 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 60.0 | 49 | 39 | 26 | 1 | 48 | 74 | 4 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Larry Gable | 3 | 5 | .375 | 4.19 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 58.0 | 43 | 38 | 27 | 3 | 42 | 56 | 3 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| John Sheerin | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Joseph Cleary | 2 | 1 | .667 | 4.72 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 40.0 | 40 | 30 | 21 | 4 | 25 | 48 | 3 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Pedro Tio | 2 | 1 | .667 | 6.00 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 24.0 | 33 | 18 | 16 | 0 | 9 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Tommy Cobb | 2 | 2 | .500 | 5.75 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 36.0 | 36 | 26 | 23 | 3 | 30 | 37 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Michael Vetovich | 2 | 2 | .500 | 7.71 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 42.0 | 56 | 48 | 36 | 6 | 29 | 46 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Robert Slezak | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| James Johns | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.12 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26.0 | 28 | 20 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Bill McGilivray | 1 | 2 | .333 | 4.03 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 38.0 | 39 | 22 | 17 | 3 | 15 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Bruce Newton | 1 | 4 | .200 | 3.00 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 39.0 | 31 | 27 | 13 | 1 | 18 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Thomas Donnell | 1 | 5 | .167 | 10.57 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 23.0 | 41 | 33 | 27 | 4 | 24 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Harlan Anderson | 6 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Edmund Murphy | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| James Wilson | 0 | 0 | 3.00 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15.0 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 17 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Bobby Haye | 0 | 1 | .000 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Euripedes Pimentel | 0 | 1 | .000 | 11.40 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15.0 | 28 | 23 | 19 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Gene McKamey | 0 | 4 | .000 | 7.20 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 25.0 | 29 | 29 | 20 | 2 | 31 | 30 | 2 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Totals | 29 | 34 | .460 | 5.17 | 180 | 62 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 527.0 | 556 | 416 | 303 | 41 | 347 | 0 | 533 | 22 | 7 | 23 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave Wissman | 68 | 324 | 265 | 72 | 88 | 19 | 5 | 10 | 71 | 13 | 53 | 29 | .332 | .444 | .555 | .999 | 147 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Royce McDaniel | 68 | 316 | 244 | 67 | 87 | 23 | 2 | 2 | 36 | 7 | 66 | 41 | .357 | .489 | .492 | .981 | 120 | 0 | 3 | 3 | |||
| Jerry May | 61 | 265 | 235 | 37 | 77 | 16 | 2 | 11 | 59 | 1 | 25 | 32 | .328 | .389 | .553 | .942 | 130 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |||
| Kenneth Frankfort | 63 | 253 | 224 | 34 | 59 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 33 | 3 | 25 | 48 | .263 | .341 | .312 | .654 | 70 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Joe Solimine | 56 | 242 | 198 | 29 | 50 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 39 | 4 | 41 | 42 | .253 | .380 | .354 | .734 | 70 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |||
| James Munoz | 46 | 224 | 166 | 50 | 41 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 4 | 55 | 45 | .247 | .435 | .319 | .754 | 53 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| William Kuklenski | 45 | 192 | 149 | 28 | 35 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 37 | 46 | .235 | .381 | .262 | .643 | 39 | 0 | 3 | 3 | |||
| Roy Nosella | 40 | 175 | 142 | 25 | 29 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 1 | 29 | 49 | .204 | .351 | .324 | .675 | 46 | 3 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Francisco De la Mota | 42 | 140 | 117 | 13 | 25 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 0 | 17 | 49 | .214 | .329 | .342 | .670 | 40 | 4 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Gary McBride | 25 | 75 | 68 | 12 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 27 | .279 | .347 | .397 | .744 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| George Jones | 23 | 101 | 80 | 14 | 19 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 21 | 29 | .238 | .396 | .375 | .771 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| James Richards | 36 | 86 | 74 | 14 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 18 | 0 | 8 | 25 | .230 | .310 | .446 | .755 | 33 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |||
| Larry Gable | 32 | 74 | 55 | 14 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 18 | 21 | .273 | .452 | .473 | .925 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Darrell Gibson | 15 | 65 | 49 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 15 | .163 | .354 | .204 | .558 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Steve Oleschuk | 10 | 30 | 24 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 4 | .292 | .433 | .292 | .725 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ronald Jenkins | 6 | 18 | 18 | 4 | .222 | .222 | .222 | .444 | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| Ernie Kunkle | 14 | 31 | 26 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 11 | .154 | .241 | .154 | .395 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Pedro Tio | 11 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .375 | .444 | 1.000 | 1.444 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Robert Slezak | 2 | 5 | 5 | 2 | .400 | .400 | .400 | .800 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Bill McGilivray | 15 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | .200 | .385 | .200 | .585 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Michael Vetovich | 18 | 15 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .143 | .200 | .143 | .343 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jerry Steffey | 11 | 25 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 | .111 | .273 | .111 | .384 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | |||
| Euripedes Pimentel | 7 | 4 | 4 | 1 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Raymond Savoy | 4 | 6 | 6 | 1 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Earl Thompson | 5 | 7 | 7 | 1 | .143 | .143 | .143 | .286 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Gene McKamey | 9 | 8 | 8 | 1 | .125 | .125 | .125 | .250 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| James Johns | 11 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | .125 | .125 | .125 | .250 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Joseph Cleary | 14 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | .091 | .286 | .091 | .377 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| James Wilson | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Tommy Cobb | 11 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | .000 | .250 | .000 | .250 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Thomas Donnell | 12 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .000 | .222 | .000 | .222 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Bobby Haye | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Edmund Murphy | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| John Sheerin | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Bruce Newton | 14 | 14 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 810 | 2775 | 2273 | 443 | 601 | 116 | 16 | 43 | 367 | 45 | 0 | 439 | 557 | .264 | .385 | .386 | .771 | 878 | 0 | 20 | 22 | 21 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Solimine | 1B | 55 | 387 | 11 | 19 | 37 | .954 | 7.236 | ||||
| James Richards | 1B | 10 | 74 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .974 | 7.600 | ||||
| James Munoz | 2B | 46 | 96 | 116 | 11 | 30 | .951 | 4.609 | ||||
| Darrell Gibson | 2B | 13 | 23 | 39 | 7 | 5 | .899 | 4.769 | ||||
| Dave Wissman | 3B | 43 | 49 | 51 | 17 | 11 | .855 | 2.326 | ||||
| George Jones | 3B | 22 | 24 | 24 | 12 | 3 | .800 | 2.182 | ||||
| Kenneth Frankfort | C | 51 | 405 | 48 | 7 | 7 | .985 | 8.882 | 12 | |||
| Jerry May | C | 25 | 190 | 14 | 7 | 1 | .967 | 8.160 | 14 | |||
| Royce McDaniel | OF | 67 | 122 | 9 | 15 | 1 | .897 | 1.955 | ||||
| Roy Nosella | OF | 37 | 46 | 6 | 4 | 0 | .929 | 1.405 | ||||
| Francisco De la Mota | OF | 37 | 35 | 2 | 5 | 1 | .881 | 1.000 | ||||
| Jerry May | OF | 33 | 48 | 4 | 3 | 0 | .945 | 1.576 | ||||
| Gary McBride | OF | 17 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 1 | .800 | .941 | ||||
| Larry Gable | OF | 12 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Kenneth Frankfort | OF | 10 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .800 | ||||
| Michael Vetovich | P | 18 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .857 | .333 | ||||
| Bill McGilivray | P | 14 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .900 | .643 | ||||
| Joseph Cleary | P | 14 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .929 | ||||
| Bruce Newton | P | 13 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .917 | .846 | ||||
| Thomas Donnell | P | 12 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .417 | ||||
| Pedro Tio | P | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .182 | ||||
| Jerry Steffey | P | 11 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .909 | ||||
| Larry Gable | P | 11 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.273 | ||||
| Tommy Cobb | P | 11 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 0 | .600 | .545 | ||||
| Ernie Kunkle | P | 10 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | .625 | .500 | ||||
| James Wilson | P | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| James Johns | P | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| James Richards | P | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| Gene McKamey | P | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| Euripedes Pimentel | P | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| John Sheerin | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Edmund Murphy | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Bobby Haye | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Robert Slezak | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| William Kuklenski | SS | 44 | 67 | 101 | 19 | 21 | .898 | 3.818 | ||||
| Dave Wissman | SS | 25 | 39 | 50 | 16 | 6 | .848 | 3.560 | ||||
| Totals | 721 | 1653 | 546 | 158 | 130 | .933 | 3.050 | 26 | 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.
