1961 Lincoln Chiefs Statistics
Team Record: 68-62
Finished 3rd in the IIIL
Manager: George Noga (68-62)
Affiliation: Chicago White Sox
Location: Lincoln, Nebraska
Ballpark: Sherman Field
Attendance: 42,866, Avg. 659
The Lincoln Chiefs of the Illinois-Iowa-Indiana League ended the 1961 season with a record of 68 wins and 62 losses, finishing third in the IIIL.
The Chiefs scored 654 runs and allowed 620 runs. Dayton Orsburn led Lincoln with 12 home runs William DiCrosta accounted for 85 RBI. Frederick Loesekam topped all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .301. Bob Locker paced the team with 15 wins and a team-best 2.57 ERA, tops among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Players from the 1961 Lincoln Chiefs who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Bob Locker, Charlie Lindstrom, Dennis Higgins, Fritz Ackley, Jim Derrington and Stover McIlwain.
George Noga 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Locker | 15 | 12 | .556 | 2.57 | 33 | 30 | 16 | 4 | 228.0 | 170 | 96 | 65 | 2 | 106 | 0 | 215 | 8 | 3 | 10 | |||
| Jose Lizondro | 12 | 7 | .632 | 3.58 | 29 | 24 | 9 | 2 | 181.0 | 202 | 91 | 72 | 14 | 40 | 0 | 114 | 3 | 1 | 3 | |||
| Dennis Higgins | 9 | 8 | .529 | 3.35 | 39 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 102.0 | 82 | 56 | 38 | 3 | 68 | 1 | 114 | 5 | 0 | 9 | |||
| Stover McIlwain | 8 | 11 | .421 | 3.70 | 26 | 21 | 7 | 1 | 141.0 | 121 | 72 | 58 | 7 | 72 | 0 | 130 | 2 | 0 | 5 | |||
| Jim Derrington | 7 | 5 | .583 | 3.47 | 25 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 109.0 | 102 | 57 | 42 | 8 | 76 | 2 | 102 | 1 | 0 | 5 | |||
| Bob Hamet | 5 | 4 | .556 | 4.12 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 59.0 | 59 | 37 | 27 | 2 | 38 | 0 | 53 | 3 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Roland Passaro | 4 | 1 | .800 | 3.51 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 59.0 | 46 | 24 | 23 | 2 | 47 | 1 | 66 | 1 | 0 | 8 | |||
| Richard Kimball | 4 | 5 | .444 | 4.88 | 18 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 96.0 | 106 | 71 | 52 | 8 | 58 | 0 | 93 | 4 | 1 | 7 | |||
| Fritz Ackley | 2 | 6 | .250 | 5.42 | 26 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 83.0 | 68 | 57 | 50 | 9 | 55 | 0 | 106 | 5 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Alfred Madigan | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Scott Seger | 1 | 3 | .250 | 6.43 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 42.0 | 36 | 36 | 30 | 7 | 38 | 0 | 47 | 4 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Willie Hooker | 0 | 0 | 2.37 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19.0 | 21 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||
| Totals | 68 | 62 | .523 | 3.72 | 259 | 127 | 0 | 42 | 7 | 0 | 1119.0 | 1013 | 612 | 462 | 64 | 606 | 4 | 1056 | 36 | 7 | 54 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dayton Orsburn | 129 | 567 | 465 | 89 | 138 | 28 | 4 | 12 | 83 | 8 | 88 | 88 | .297 | .411 | .452 | .862 | 210 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 4 | ||
| Frederick Loesekam | 120 | 520 | 428 | 84 | 129 | 23 | 8 | 9 | 56 | 12 | 88 | 62 | .301 | .424 | .456 | .879 | 195 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | ||
| William DiCrosta | 120 | 526 | 468 | 63 | 129 | 26 | 4 | 9 | 85 | 3 | 47 | 77 | .276 | .345 | .406 | .751 | 190 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Gary Johnson | 110 | 486 | 422 | 66 | 122 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 47 | 6 | 49 | 44 | .289 | .366 | .353 | .719 | 149 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 6 | ||
| Oscar Flores | 71 | 310 | 276 | 32 | 73 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 26 | 4 | 30 | 44 | .264 | .340 | .344 | .684 | 95 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Allen Schrader | 89 | 338 | 273 | 48 | 71 | 15 | 0 | 7 | 49 | 1 | 55 | 89 | .260 | .392 | .392 | .784 | 107 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 6 | ||
| Bruce Andrew | 59 | 258 | 219 | 37 | 58 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 10 | 33 | 37 | .265 | .369 | .324 | .693 | 71 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Paul Higgs | 91 | 345 | 279 | 42 | 57 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 24 | 7 | 63 | 71 | .204 | .352 | .290 | .642 | 81 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Donald Biasotti | 50 | 232 | 185 | 32 | 49 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 5 | 40 | 30 | .265 | .399 | .308 | .707 | 57 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Danny Adams | 49 | 227 | 168 | 30 | 47 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 24 | 8 | 52 | 37 | .280 | .451 | .393 | .844 | 66 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Donald Gordon | 63 | 252 | 207 | 25 | 43 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 32 | 6 | 36 | 27 | .208 | .329 | .348 | .677 | 72 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Albert Bullock | 55 | 201 | 175 | 18 | 37 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 21 | 1 | 21 | 28 | .211 | .305 | .274 | .579 | 48 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Charlie Lindstrom | 51 | 169 | 142 | 12 | 28 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 2 | 23 | 33 | .197 | .304 | .303 | .606 | 43 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | ||
| Gene Duffy | 30 | 135 | 114 | 16 | 25 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 7 | 18 | 14 | .219 | .326 | .316 | .642 | 36 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Fritz Ackley | 37 | 60 | 53 | 6 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 12 | .321 | .390 | .472 | .862 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Larry Johnson | 14 | 54 | 42 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 11 | .262 | .407 | .476 | .884 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Jim Derrington | 40 | 69 | 57 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 11 | 22 | .175 | .304 | .298 | .603 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Dennis Higgins | 39 | 35 | 28 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 5 | .286 | .394 | .321 | .715 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Richard Kimball | 18 | 40 | 39 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 21 | .205 | .225 | .231 | .456 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jose Lizondro | 29 | 75 | 64 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 16 | .125 | .211 | .156 | .368 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Roland Passaro | 22 | 23 | 19 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | .368 | .435 | .421 | .856 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Bob Locker | 39 | 90 | 74 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 49 | .081 | .171 | .081 | .252 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Stover McIlwain | 28 | 52 | 40 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 17 | .125 | .280 | .175 | .455 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Antonio Gonzalez | 6 | 10 | 10 | 3 | .300 | .300 | .300 | .600 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Scott Seger | 13 | 22 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 7 | .154 | .500 | .154 | .654 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Vincent Lentini | 4 | 5 | 5 | 1 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Ron Hafner | 6 | 11 | 11 | 1 | .091 | .091 | .091 | .182 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Bob Hamet | 14 | 25 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 15 | .053 | .250 | .053 | .303 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Alfred Madigan | 3 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 1399 | 5142 | 4300 | 650 | 1094 | 188 | 31 | 65 | 564 | 82 | 0 | 716 | 860 | .254 | .364 | .358 | .722 | 1539 | 0 | 42 | 51 | 33 | 45 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gary Johnson | 1B | 109 | 922 | 73 | 28 | 87 | .973 | 9.128 | ||||
| William DiCrosta | 1B | 23 | 156 | 13 | 6 | 7 | .966 | 7.348 | ||||
| Bruce Andrew | 2B | 52 | 93 | 172 | 9 | 35 | .967 | 5.096 | ||||
| Donald Biasotti | 2B | 50 | 100 | 119 | 17 | 23 | .928 | 4.380 | ||||
| Albert Bullock | 2B | 29 | 63 | 82 | 4 | 19 | .973 | 5.000 | ||||
| Dayton Orsburn | 3B | 128 | 90 | 202 | 41 | 18 | .877 | 2.281 | ||||
| Allen Schrader | C | 84 | 702 | 51 | 12 | 8 | .984 | 8.964 | 27 | |||
| Charlie Lindstrom | C | 49 | 357 | 50 | 7 | 6 | .983 | 8.306 | 17 | |||
| Frederick Loesekam | OF | 118 | 172 | 12 | 15 | 3 | .925 | 1.559 | ||||
| William DiCrosta | OF | 100 | 187 | 11 | 8 | 1 | .961 | 1.980 | ||||
| Paul Higgs | OF | 83 | 83 | 9 | 9 | 1 | .911 | 1.108 | ||||
| Donald Gordon | OF | 57 | 87 | 5 | 5 | 1 | .948 | 1.614 | ||||
| Gene Duffy | OF | 29 | 47 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .980 | 1.655 | ||||
| Larry Johnson | OF | 11 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .917 | 1.000 | ||||
| Dennis Higgins | P | 39 | 7 | 24 | 1 | 1 | .969 | .795 | ||||
| Bob Locker | P | 33 | 12 | 56 | 9 | 2 | .883 | 2.061 | ||||
| Jose Lizondro | P | 29 | 14 | 34 | 5 | 0 | .906 | 1.655 | ||||
| Stover McIlwain | P | 26 | 12 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.192 | ||||
| Fritz Ackley | P | 26 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .615 | ||||
| Jim Derrington | P | 25 | 4 | 16 | 2 | 1 | .909 | .800 | ||||
| Roland Passaro | P | 22 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .773 | ||||
| Richard Kimball | P | 18 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .833 | ||||
| Willie Hooker | P | 15 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .750 | .200 | ||||
| Bob Hamet | P | 14 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .857 | ||||
| Scott Seger | P | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| Alfred Madigan | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Oscar Flores | SS | 70 | 126 | 206 | 19 | 46 | .946 | 4.743 | ||||
| Danny Adams | SS | 49 | 57 | 127 | 24 | 18 | .885 | 3.755 | ||||
| Totals | 1300 | 3314 | 1333 | 224 | 280 | .954 | 3.575 | 44 | 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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