1960 Little Rock Travelers Statistics

Southern Association (SA) - Class: AA
Team Record: 82-69
Finished 3rd in the SA
Manager: Fred Hatfield (82-69)
Location: Little Rock, Arkansas
Ballpark: Ray Winder Field
Attendance: 179,471, Avg. 2,377

1960 Little Rock Travelers Roster

The Little Rock Travelers of the Southern Association ended the 1960 season with a record of 82 wins and 69 losses, finishing third in the SA.

The Travelers tallied 739 runs and allowed 682 runs. William Reynolds paced Little Rock with 19 home runs Bob Thorpe drove in 94 runs and topped all qualifying hitters on the roster with a .290 average. Don Bradey led the team with 17 wins, while Charles Ready added 15 or more wins, too Charles Ready recorded a 2.65 ERA, leading qualifying pitchers.

Don Lassetter, Bob Hazle, Fred Hatfield, Chuck Daniel, Nick Testa, Tom Patton, Dolan Nichols, Pete Wojey, Don Bradey, Rance Pless, Jack Urban, Art Quirk, Bob Thorpe, Roger McCardell, Mickey McDermott, Lloyd Merritt and Eric Rodin were all players from the 1960 Little Rock Travelers who played in the Majors during their careers.

Fred Hatfield 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
Don Bradey	17	8	.680	4.00	36	23		10	0		184.3	185	93	82	10	74	6	100	9	0	3
Charles Ready	15	7	.682	2.65	31	23		10	5		197.0	173	65	58	9	71	5	133	6	0	3
Mickey McDermott	13	11	.542	4.40	42	21		8	1		172.0	186	103	84	2	87	2	98	1	0	6
Chuck Daniel	10	6	.625	3.51	33	18		8	2		146.0	152	68	57	13	36	1	70	3	0	6
Frank Mankovitch	8	10	.444	5.09	32	22		5	1		159.0	171	103	90	20	85	5	72	4	0	11
Art Quirk	7	9	.438	3.56	32	18		7	3		136.7	106	64	54	8	63	7	130	1	0	2
Lloyd Merritt	4	4	.500	4.80	49	4		3	1		99.3	123	57	53	6	46	8	36	5	0	2
Robert Leopold	3	6	.333	3.24	32	6		2	2		86.0	70	36	31	3	36	2	81	2	0	4
Jack Urban	2	0	1.000	0.00	3						15.0									0
Charles Symeon	1	0	1.000	0.00	3						11.0									0
Stan Johnson	1	3	.250	0.00	10						17.0									0
Jim Hiland	1	3	.250	0.00	5						25.0									0
Pete Wojey					1						0.0
Max Simmons	0	0		0.00	1						4.0									0
Fred Hatfield	0	0		0.00	1						2.0									0
Dolan Nichols	0	0		0.00	4						5.0									0
Rolf Scheel	0	1	.000	7.65	8						20.0	25	19	17		17				0
Totals	82	68	.547	3.70	323	135	0	53	15	0	1279.3	1191	608	526	71	515	36	720	31	0	37	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
Bob Thorpe	150	631	587	78	170	37	6	13	94	5		34	74	.290	.329	.440	.769	258		2	5	3	6
Melvin Geho	148	591	509	75	137	27	7	5	56	7		63	71	.269	.349	.379	.728	193		2	12	5	4
William Reynolds	136	537	449	73	126	18	4	19	85	6		83	67	.281	.393	.465	.858	209		2	0	3	5
Jay Cooke	120	483	413	69	119	15	9	12	63	5		62	68	.288	.387	.455	.842	188		6	0	2	4
Ed Richardson	129	455	374	74	99	18	3	13	41	3		68	58	.265	.376	.433	.810	162		2	6	5	2
Fred Hatfield	114	405	336	73	93	12	3	14	52	1		46	34	.277	.387	.455	.842	153		15	7	1	5
Allie Benza	120	418	355	54	92	12	3	12	48	5		57	69	.259	.365	.411	.777	146		3	2	1	1
Nick Testa	82	267	226	26	57	11	1	0	26	2		35	17	.252	.347	.310	.657	70		0	2	4	6
Don Williams	85	248	194	22	51	12	0	0	22	0		49	27	.263	.409	.325	.734	63		1	1	3	7
Don Lassetter	42	155	136	21	36	7	0	3	24	1		16	18	.265	.338	.382	.720	52		0	1	2	2
Roger McCardell	34	129	115	14	33	5	0	4	24	3		12	12	.287	.357	.435	.791	50		1	0	1	2
Eric Rodin	28	114	89	14	17	5	0	3	19	0		17	16	.191	.354	.348	.702	31		6	1	1	3
Charlie Smiley	28	111	100	13	17	4	2	2	16	2		10	17	.170	.243	.310	.553	31		0	0	1	1
Don Bradey	41	81	70	14	15	5	0	0	3	0		10	15	.214	.312	.286	.598	20		0	1	0	0
Mickey McDermott	58	84	77	9	12	4	0	2	6	0		7	26	.156	.226	.286	.512	22		0	0	0	0
Art Quirk	34	50	49	6	11	1	0	1	2	0		1	6	.224	.240	.306	.546	15		0	0	0	0
Charles Ready	32	73	71	2	9	0	0	0	4	0		2	21	.127	.151	.127	.277	9		0	0	0	0
Chuck Daniel	34	56	48	3	7	0	0	1	5	0		2	19	.146	.176	.208	.385	10		0	5	1	0
Frank Mankovitch	33	58	54	3	7	1	0	0	4	0		1	22	.130	.145	.148	.294	8		0	3	0	0
Tom Patton	8	8	8		3	0	0	0						.375	.375	.375	.750	3
Rolf Scheel	8	7	7		2	0	0	0						.286	.286	.286	.571	2
Lloyd Merritt	49	22	20	2	2	1	0	0	1	0		1	6	.100	.143	.150	.293	3		0	1	0	0
Robert Leopold	32	26	20	4	2	0	0	0	1	0		5	10	.100	.280	.100	.380	2		0	1	0	0
Jack Urban	4	4	4		1	0	0	0						.250	.250	.250	.500	1
Jim Hiland	5	7	7		1	0	0	0						.143	.143	.143	.286	1
John Roth	6	18	18		1	0	0	0						.056	.056	.056	.111	1
Stan Johnson	10	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	1	.000	.333	.000	.333	0		0	0	0	0
Dolan Nichols	4	1	1		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1574	5042	4339	650	1120	195	38	104	596	40	0	582	674	.258	.349	.392	.741	1703	0	40	48	33	48

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Jay Cooke	1B	118	979	79	18	111	.983	8.966
Charlie Smiley	1B	28	230	26	8	32	.970	9.143
Ed Richardson	2B	116	240	282	21	67	.961	4.500
Fred Hatfield	2B	37	86	86	6	26	.966	4.649
Allie Benza	2B	32	36	61	2	15	.980	3.031
Fred Hatfield	3B	69	42	142	6	8	.968	2.667
Allie Benza	3B	67	41	83	11	11	.919	1.851
Nick Testa	C	76	389	32	5	9	.988	5.539	11
Don Williams	C	55	305	18	5	3	.985	5.873	5
Roger McCardell	C	33	169	16	2	2	.989	5.606	1
Bob Thorpe	OF	146	257	11	8	2	.971	1.836
William Reynolds	OF	127	170	9	4	0	.978	1.409
Don Lassetter	OF	31	62	4	2	0	.971	2.129
Eric Rodin	OF	27	37	0	1	1	.974	1.370
Allie Benza	OF	21	22	2	1	0	.960	1.143
Lloyd Merritt	P	49	3	15	4	2	.818	.367
Mickey McDermott	P	42	4	40	2	2	.957	1.048
Don Bradey	P	36	12	28	2	2	.952	1.111
Chuck Daniel	P	33	9	16	0	1	1.000	.758
Art Quirk	P	32	7	14	0	3	1.000	.656
Frank Mankovitch	P	32	14	32	0	2	1.000	1.438
Robert Leopold	P	32	2	10	0	0	1.000	.375
Charles Ready	P	31	13	19	2	1	.941	1.032
Stan Johnson	P	10	3	2	0	0	1.000	.500
Melvin Geho	SS	147	305	387	28	112	.961	4.707
Allie Benza	SS	10	25	34	4	7	.937	5.900
Totals		1437	3462	1448	142	419	.972	3.417	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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