1961 Lexington Indians Statistics

Western Carolina League (WCL) - Class: D
Team Record: 51-53
Finished 3rd in the WCL
Manager: Jack Hale (51-53)
Affiliation: New York Mets
Location: Lexington, North Carolina
Ballpark: Holt-Moffitt Field
Attendance: 27,777, Avg. 534

1961 Lexington Indians Roster

Playoffs - Lexington Indians 2 games, Statesville Owls 0
Finals - Shelby Colonels 2 games, Lexington Indians 1

The Lexington Indians of the Western Carolina League ended the 1961 season with a record of 51 wins and 53 losses, finishing third in the WCL.

The Indians scored 565 runs and yielded 595 runs. Ronald Henson and Robert Worthington paced Lexington with 12 home runs apiece. Robert Worthington recorded 62 runs batted in. Robert Gaiser led batters with significant playing time by connecting at a .281 clip. Dubois McCullough and George Warfford topped the team with 9 wins each, while Dubois McCullough earned a 3.38 ERA, tops among regularly-used pitchers. Jack Hale 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
Dubois McCullough	9	3	.750	3.38	18	10		7	1		88.0	85	40	33	2	38		81	1	0	4
George Warfford	9	11	.450	3.84	33	18		5	1		143.0	136	88	61	5	81		151	9	0	5
Gary Bodenheimer	7	7	.500	3.54	38	13		6	1		155.0	174	104	61	5	41		86	6	0	8
Bob Winston	6	4	.600	5.14	15	13		3	0		84.0	91	63	48	7	58		58	2	0	4
Bill Bethea	5	4	.556	3.49	12	10		3	0		67.0	62	48	26	5	55		77	3	0	14
Preston Aldridge	4	1	.800	3.33	18	7		2	0		73.0	75	32	27	6	35		62	2	1	3
Jack Hale	2	0	1.000		3						0.0									0
David Snow	2	1	.667	7.07	8	3		0	0		28.0	41	34	22	1	23		18	3	0	1
Jeffrey Williams	2	2	.500	4.22	13	6		0	0		49.0	58	35	23	3	19		34	2	0	3
David Mullins	2	4	.333	3.42	12	4		2	0		50.0	46	31	19	2	27		37	4	0	8
Bobby Lawrence	1	1	.500		2						0.0									1
Bobby Bralley					13				0		0.0									0
Richard Green	0	0			2						0.0									0
Bob Zammit	0	0			3						0.0									0
Billy Barr	0	1	.000		3						0.0									0
Leo Westbrook	0	1	.000		1						0.0									0
John Mills	0	2	.000		4						0.0									0
Robert Boles	0	2	.000		2						0.0									0
Clement Pruitt	0	2	.000	2.88	5	4		1	0		25.0	27	11	8	2	6		16	1	0	2
Larry Cary	0	3	.000	6.30	6	3		1	0		20.0	26	18	14	4	5		20	0	0	0
Totals	49	49	.500	3.94	211	91	0	30	3	0	782.0	821	504	342	42	388	0	640	33	2	52	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
Robert Gaiser	97	425	359	57	101	19	4	3	54	7		57	63	.281	.382	.382	.764	137		4	1	4
Bobby Adams	103	455	385	71	96	11	3	2	32	10		59	47	.249	.349	.309	.658	119		1	8	2
Sidney Smith	98	428	367	57	88	10	3	1	32	5		58	68	.240	.344	.292	.636	107		1	1	1
Robert Worthington	76	302	255	51	73	16	3	12	62	9		39	45	.286	.389	.514	.902	131		5	1	2
Theodore Gruber	56	219	177	42	55	8	1	1	20	10		42	21	.311	.443	.384	.827	68		0	0	0
Edward Cannon	38	167	144	27	45	18	1	3	37	0		21	13	.312	.395	.514	.909	74		0	0	2
Billy Barr	33	128	115	21	36	6	0	0	8	3		11	22	.313	.375	.365	.740	42		1	0	1
Herbie Burnette	35	154	133	26	36	6	5	0	16	11		21	20	.271	.370	.391	.761	52		0	0	0
Sander Taboh	33	125	107	9	28	9	1	1	14	0		14	20	.262	.347	.393	.739	42		1	1	2
Douglas Martin	47	159	121	15	24	2	0	0	8	0		34	17	.198	.386	.215	.601	26		3	1	0
Charles Polston	19	85	77	10	20	4	1	1	15	1		6	24	.260	.306	.377	.683	29		0	0	2
Ed Shindle	24	94	87	10	20	2	0	0	3	1		5	9	.230	.272	.253	.525	22		0	2	0
Bill Haberman	16	62	55	4	18	3	0	0	10	1		4	8	.327	.393	.382	.775	21		2	1	0
Bruce Grady	30	84	74	10	17	4	0	1	10	1		6	13	.230	.289	.324	.613	24		1	1	2
Gene Salsman	38	111	89	7	17	6	0	1	11	0		20	30	.191	.342	.292	.634	26		1	0	1
Hank McGraw	27	86	75	8	13	5	1	0	5	0		11	36	.173	.279	.267	.546	20		0	0	0
Gilbert Buck	27	91	77	9	13	1	0	0	7	1		13	8	.169	.297	.182	.479	14		1	0	0
Bob Winston	15	38	32	4	9	1	0	1	7	0		3	7	.281	.343	.406	.749	13		0	3	0
Gary Bodenheimer	38	59	51	4	9	0	0	0	2	0		6	9	.176	.276	.176	.452	9		1	1	0
Dubois McCullough	18	37	34	4	7	2	0	0	2	0		0	10	.206	.206	.265	.471	9		0	3	0
Walter Bianchi	9	25	25		6									.240	.240	.240	.480	6
George Warfford	33	61	53	1	6	0	0	0	2	0		5	29	.113	.190	.113	.303	6		0	3	0
Bill Bethea	13	29	26	1	5	1	0	0	4	0		2	15	.192	.250	.231	.481	6		0	1	0
Larry Hatchell	10	38	34	5	5	0	0	0	1	0		4	2	.147	.237	.147	.384	5		0	0	0
Bob Perez	26	60	42	6	5	1	0	0	3	0		15	19	.119	.367	.143	.510	6		2	0	1
Jeffrey Williams	14	21	15	3	3	2	1	0	0	0		4	9	.200	.368	.467	.835	7		0	2	0
David Snow	10	14	9	2	2	0	0	0	1	0		5	2	.222	.500	.222	.722	2		0	0	0
Preston Aldridge	18	26	21	3	2	0	0	0	0	0		3	5	.095	.208	.095	.304	2		0	2	0
John Mills	4	1	1		1									1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1
Bobby Lawrence	4	5	5		1									.200	.200	.200	.400	1
Larry Cary	6	7	7		1									.143	.143	.143	.286	1
James Porter	3	12	12		1									.083	.083	.083	.167	1
David Mullins	12	21	17	2	1	0	0	0	0	0		4	10	.059	.238	.059	.297	1		0	0	0
James Smith	5	7	7		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Jack Hale	3	8	8		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Laron Griggs	4	10	10		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Phil Wilkins	3	2	2		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Leo Westbrook	1	1	1		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Clement Pruitt	8	13	13		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Richard Green	2	1	1		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Robert Boles	3	2	2		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Bob Zammit	3	2	2		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1062	3675	3127	469	764	137	24	27	366	60	0	472	581	.244	.346	.329	.675	1030	0	24	32	20	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Robert Gaiser	1B	59	456	18	13	29	.973	8.034
Ed Shindle	1B	21	168	11	4	12	.978	8.524
Edward Cannon	1B	15	116	4	3	4	.976	8.000
Bobby Adams	2B	48	125	117	19	31	.927	5.042
Billy Barr	2B	20	51	35	14	7	.860	4.300
Douglas Martin	2B	19	27	32	10	9	.855	3.105
Gilbert Buck	2B	13	21	26	2	5	.959	3.615
Bobby Adams	3B	51	58	99	23	11	.872	3.078
Sander Taboh	3B	30	32	42	7	3	.914	2.467
Douglas Martin	3B	23	17	36	6	2	.898	2.304
Robert Worthington	C	64	472	47	16	5	.970	8.109	17
Hank McGraw	C	23	139	10	4	2	.974	6.478	4
Robert Gaiser	C	17	65	10	4	0	.949	4.412	1
Edward Cannon	C	11	67	14	1	0	.988	7.364	4
Theodore Gruber	OF	52	85	6	7	0	.929	1.750
Herbie Burnette	OF	34	70	2	6	1	.923	2.118
Bruce Grady	OF	26	17	2	4	0	.826	.731
Robert Gaiser	OF	26	48	0	7	0	.873	1.846
Gene Salsman	OF	23	27	2	2	0	.935	1.261
Charles Polston	OF	19	32	2	6	1	.850	1.789
Bill Haberman	OF	15	14	4	2	0	.900	1.200
Bob Perez	OF	13	8	0	1	0	.889	.615
Edward Cannon	OF	13	15	0	0	0	1.000	1.154
Gary Bodenheimer	P	38	4	37	4	1	.911	1.079
George Warfford	P	33	5	25	4	2	.882	.909
Dubois McCullough	P	18	3	17	4	1	.833	1.111
Preston Aldridge	P	18	3	12	1	0	.938	.833
Bob Winston	P	15	3	27	2	3	.938	2.000
Jeffrey Williams	P	13	1	11	3	1	.800	.923
David Mullins	P	12	1	4	3	0	.625	.417
Bill Bethea	P	12	3	13	4	1	.800	1.333
David Snow	P	8						.000
Larry Cary	P	6						.000
Clement Pruitt	P	5						.000
John Mills	P	4						.000
Bob Zammit	P	3						.000
Jack Hale	P	3						.000
Billy Barr	P	3						.000
Bobby Lawrence	P	2						.000
Richard Green	P	2						.000
Robert Boles	P	2						.000
Leo Westbrook	P	1						.000
Sidney Smith	SS	97	142	241	44	39	.897	3.948
Totals		930	2295	906	230	170	.933	3.442	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.

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