1961 Knoxville Smokies Statistics

South Atlantic League (SAL) - Class: A
Team Record: 75-64
Finished 2nd in the SAL
Manager: Frank Carswell (75-64)
Affiliation: Detroit Tigers
Location: Knoxville, Tennessee
Ballpark: Smithson Stadium
Attendance: 66,312, Avg. 954

1961 Knoxville Smokies Roster

The Knoxville Smokies of the South Atlantic League ended the 1961 season with a record of 75 wins and 64 losses, finishing second in the SAL.

The Smokies scored 700 runs and yielded 616 runs. Jesse Queen led Knoxville with 17 home runs and drove in 83 runs. Jesse Queen and Bill Roman paced batters with significant playing time by connecting at a .308 clip. Willie Smith topped the squad with 13 wins, while Phillip Kliewer registered a 2.23 earned run average, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

Players from the 1961 Knoxville Smokies who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Ray Oyler, Jackie Moore, Ross Grimsley, Bill Roman, Bob Humphreys, Bill Freehan, Gates Brown, George Smith, Dennis Aust, Willie Smith, Pat Dobson, Jim Brady, Andy Kosco, Ron Shoop and Mickey Lolich.

Frank Carswell 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
Willie Smith	13	11	.542	3.20	30	29		17	1		211.0	162	99	75	12	93	3	153	7	2	9
David Reed	12	9	.571	2.94	53	8		4	1		174.7	158	81	57	13	53	6	127	4	0	5
Phillip Kliewer	10	8	.556	2.23	22	19		10	2		149.0	120	57	37	12	47	3	78	1	0	4
George Player	10	11	.476	2.68	31	18		9	1		178.0	133	69	53	7	56	4	90	2	0	6
Bob Humphreys	9	9	.500	4.31	31	21		8	1		169.0	154	90	81	8	81	4	122	3	0	5
Dick Smallwood	6	3	.667	3.61	10	8		4	0		57.3	55	28	23	7	24	0	39	0	0	2
Allen Phelon	5	1	.833	6.20	17	14		3	0		69.7	79	50	48	5	40	2	40	2	0	3
Ross Grimsley	4	4	.500	4.47	26	2		0	0		52.3	59	31	26	1	16	3	37	1	0	2
Mickey Lolich	3	5	.375	5.10	15	9		3	0		72.3	49	50	41	1	76	3	93	5	0	9
Dennis Aust	2	1	.667	4.26	7						19.0	20	10	9		7				0
Quineth Roberts	1	1	.500	4.34	5						18.7			9						0
Kenneth Moursund	0	0		0.00	3						2.0			0						0
Jim Brady	0	0		3.95	8						13.7			6						0
Sheldon Dent	0	0		6.52	4						9.7			7						0
Joel McDaniel	0	0		13.50	1						2.0			3						0
Pat Dobson	0	1	.000	8.44	6						16.0	23	17	15		16				0
Totals	75	64	.540	3.63	269	128	0	58	6	0	1214.3	1012	582	490	66	509	28	779	25	2	45	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
Bill Roman	136	613	542	95	167	20	17	10	71	2		57	51	.308	.373	.463	.836	251		3	4	7	3
Jesse Queen	119	529	409	100	126	18	11	17	83	10		104	70	.308	.447	.531	.978	217		4	6	6	4
Pablo Rivera	124	534	456	62	110	18	5	6	39	5		71	40	.241	.341	.342	.683	156		0	3	4	5
George Smith	104	480	406	66	102	11	7	5	36	8		59	79	.251	.354	.350	.704	142		7	6	2	2
Frank Jaciuk	86	366	317	40	89	11	0	8	43	1		43	45	.281	.368	.391	.759	124		2	2	2	4
Andy Kosco	86	345	319	37	82	14	10	7	55	1		19	57	.257	.297	.429	.726	137		1	1	5	0
Dave Brown	60	240	201	34	62	10	4	6	29	0		34	43	.308	.408	.488	.896	98		2	0	3	0
Jim Bethea	88	265	227	22	53	9	3	2	29	2		34	29	.233	.333	.326	.659	74		0	4	0	3
Bill Freehan	47	193	159	29	46	6	3	4	29	2		27	20	.289	.406	.440	.847	70		5	1	1	5
John Ryan	49	224	194	30	46	4	6	3	25	0		25	26	.237	.329	.366	.695	71		2	2	1	0
Jackie Moore	43	171	151	14	45	6	3	0	30	1		13	13	.298	.359	.377	.736	57		3	1	3	1
Ted Brzenk	67	222	188	22	37	5	2	3	20	0		31	34	.197	.309	.293	.602	55		0	2	1	1
Willie Smith	68	127	115	9	25	2	1	1	12	0		9	12	.217	.268	.278	.546	32		0	0	3	0
Ron Shoop	33	118	92	21	24	6	0	0	10	0		20	8	.261	.400	.326	.726	30		2	3	1	0
Gates Brown	26	111	96	15	24	4	1	2	19	5		14	9	.250	.342	.375	.717	36		0	0	1	2
Larry Koehl	26	87	75	3	16	2	0	0	7	0		10	6	.213	.310	.240	.550	18		1	0	1	0
George Player	36	70	64	4	14	1	0	1	8	0		2	5	.219	.265	.281	.546	18		2	2	0	0
Ray Oyler	22	83	70	11	12	1	1	0	8	0		13	24	.171	.301	.214	.515	15		0	0	0	0
Dan Briner	22	62	57	4	11	2	1	0	7	0		4	7	.193	.258	.263	.521	15		1	0	0	0
Phillip Kliewer	22	60	52	9	10	3	0	0	7	0		6	21	.192	.276	.250	.526	13		0	2	0	0
David Reed	53	72	52	8	10	1	1	0	6	0		18	12	.192	.400	.250	.650	13		0	2	0	0
Bob Humphreys	37	66	55	7	10	3	0	0	4	0		9	15	.182	.297	.236	.533	13		0	2	0	0
Allen Phelon	17	29	23	4	5	1	1	0	0	0		4	13	.217	.333	.348	.681	8		0	2	0	0
Dick Smallwood	10	23	23	1	5	2	0	0	3	0		0	4	.217	.217	.304	.522	7		0	0	0	0
Mickey Lolich	15	29	24	0	4	1	0	0	4	0		5	13	.167	.310	.208	.519	5		0	0	0	0
Dennis Aust	7	4	4		2									.500	.500	.500	1.000	2
Ross Grimsley	26	15	11	2	2	0	0	0	1	0		3	2	.182	.357	.182	.539	2		0	1	0	0
Pat Dobson	5	5	5		1									.200	.200	.200	.400	1
Quineth Roberts	8	6	6		1									.167	.167	.167	.333	1
Joel McDaniel	1	1	1		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Sheldon Dent	4	2	2		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Jim Brady	8	4	4		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1455	5156	4400	649	1141	161	77	75	585	37	0	634	658	.259	.354	.382	.736	1681	0	35	46	41	30

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Bill Roman	1B	135	1156	69	18	94	.986	9.074
George Smith	2B	60	151	149	9	36	.971	5.000
John Ryan	2B	47	119	110	6	31	.974	4.872
Pablo Rivera	2B	33	76	103	24	15	.882	5.424
Frank Jaciuk	3B	45	42	95	13	18	.913	3.044
Ted Brzenk	3B	45	41	100	4	16	.972	3.133
George Smith	3B	44	55	73	10	6	.928	2.909
Pablo Rivera	3B	17	21	25	3	3	.939	2.706
Bill Freehan	C	47	260	18	6	4	.979	5.915	9
Jackie Moore	C	39	242	18	2	1	.992	6.667	3
Ron Shoop	C	31	193	9	3	0	.985	6.516	5
Larry Koehl	C	26	145	21	0	4	1.000	6.385	0
Jesse Queen	OF	119	304	13	7	4	.978	2.664
Andy Kosco	OF	85	120	6	4	1	.969	1.482
Jim Bethea	OF	79	72	4	3	0	.962	.962
Dave Brown	OF	60	76	3	4	1	.952	1.317
Gates Brown	OF	25	35	1	0	0	1.000	1.440
Dan Briner	OF	21	29	1	2	0	.938	1.429
Ted Brzenk	OF	17	13	2	0	0	1.000	.882
David Reed	P	53	19	20	1	1	.975	.736
George Player	P	31	10	16	2	1	.929	.839
Bob Humphreys	P	31	7	31	1	3	.974	1.226
Willie Smith	P	30	6	49	2	1	.965	1.833
Ross Grimsley	P	26	1	4	1	0	.833	.192
Phillip Kliewer	P	22	7	26	2	0	.943	1.500
Allen Phelon	P	17	4	12	1	1	.941	.941
Mickey Lolich	P	15	3	9	2	1	.857	.800
Dick Smallwood	P	10	5	6	0	1	1.000	1.100
Pablo Rivera	SS	75	117	234	22	35	.941	4.680
Frank Jaciuk	SS	42	78	108	17	14	.916	4.429
Ray Oyler	SS	22	28	62	8	7	.918	4.091
Totals		1349	3435	1397	177	299	.965	3.582	17	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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