1961 Little Rock Travelers Statistics

Southern Association (SA) - Class: AA
Team Record: 80-73
Finished 3rd in the SA
Manager: Fred Hatfield (80-73)
Affiliation: Baltimore Orioles
Location: Little Rock, Arkansas
Ballpark: Ray Winder Field
Attendance: 136,316, Avg. 1,782

1961 Little Rock Travelers Roster

The Little Rock Travelers of the Southern Association ended the 1961 season with a record of 80 wins and 73 losses, finishing third in the SA.

The Travelers scored 711 runs and yielded 715 runs. Dave Nicholson led Little Rock with 20 home runs Bob Thorpe drove in 77 runs and topped all qualifying hitters on the roster with a .295 average. Don Bradey and Chuck Daniel paced the squad with 12 wins each, while Jim Lehew earned a 2.58 ERA, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

Members of the 1961 Little Rock Travelers who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Bo Belinsky, Bob Thorpe, Dave Nicholson, Roger McCardell, Tex Nelson, Pete Ward, Jim Lehew, Jim Fridley, Fred Hatfield, Bob Saverine, Don Bradey, John Papa and Chuck Daniel.

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	12	7	.632	3.51	33	20		10	1		182.0	175	83	71	9	87	7	119	7	0	7
Chuck Daniel	12	13	.480	3.80	32	25		11	1		192.0	201	96	81	9	58	6	95	2	0	6
George Stepanovich	11	10	.524	3.92	35	24		8	2		165.3	175	95	72	6	102	13	84	5	0	15
Jim Lehew	10	7	.588	2.58	68	1		0	0		136.0	112	44	39	4	58	4	97	2	0	5
Pat Gillick	10	7	.588	4.38	33	20		4	0		152.0	139	83	74	12	102	5	113	1	1	7
Bo Belinsky	9	10	.474	3.72	31	23		5	1		174.0	160	107	72	10	114	9	182	9	0	16
Charles Ready	9	10	.474	4.73	27	24		7	1		173.0	192	107	91	15	79	8	97	1	0	3
Robert Walz	4	2	.667	5.52	20	2		0	0		45.7	57	32	28	1	27	2	25	1	0	4
Roger Kudron	3	2	.600	4.97	24	3		1	0		58.0	62	37	32	3	46	5	37	2	0	5
Fred Hatfield	0	0			2						0.0									0
David Justus	0	0		6.00	1						3.0			2						0
Arne Thorsland	0	2	.000	4.58	6						19.7			10						0
John Papa	0	3	.000	9.72	6						16.7			18						0
Totals	80	73	.523	4.03	318	142	0	46	6	0	1317.3	1273	684	590	69	673	59	849	30	1	68	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 Saverine	150	657	561	109	158	26	7	1	45	41		89	95	.282	.379	.358	.737	201		1	3	3	3
Bob Thorpe	136	549	502	69	148	36	0	7	77	1		39	61	.295	.342	.408	.750	205		0	2	6	9
Don Saner	119	505	404	77	141	27	3	5	52	6		84	46	.349	.456	.468	.924	189		0	12	5	7
Dave Nicholson	121	493	419	61	104	17	7	20	73	8		62	149	.248	.344	.465	.810	195		3	2	7	5
Melvin Geho	149	524	455	51	98	23	3	4	42	8		56	71	.215	.305	.305	.611	139		4	6	3	8
Fred Hatfield	115	345	292	43	92	19	2	6	56	7		40	24	.315	.404	.455	.860	133		7	1	5	7
Charlie Johnson	124	337	290	42	79	10	3	3	35	1		34	33	.272	.345	.359	.704	104		2	4	7	1
Ed Richardson	118	383	312	47	76	13	5	9	53	4		62	45	.244	.367	.404	.771	126		1	4	4	4
Roger McCardell	76	269	243	14	55	6	0	2	26	0		23	38	.226	.294	.276	.569	67		1	0	2	2
Lavern Grace	56	183	158	22	54	8	0	8	31	2		21	4	.342	.417	.544	.961	86		0	3	1	3
Pete Ward	60	226	174	36	44	2	1	2	14	5		45	19	.253	.413	.310	.723	54		3	3	1	2
William Reynolds	80	261	205	36	43	8	0	10	31	7		54	40	.210	.372	.395	.767	81		0	0	2	2
Tex Nelson	28	99	79	13	21	8	0	4	14	0		18	21	.266	.404	.519	.923	41		1	0	1	3
George Stepanovich	35	64	60	5	15	1	0	1	15	0		0	8	.250	.258	.317	.575	19		1	2	1	0
Cal Ripken	32	93	81	6	15	2	1	1	8	0		10	15	.185	.272	.272	.543	22		0	1	1	0
Don Bradey	34	70	60	10	14	5	2	0	2	0		7	17	.233	.324	.383	.707	23		1	2	0	0
Bo Belinsky	32	64	56	5	9	1	0	0	5	0		3	18	.161	.213	.179	.392	10		1	3	1	0
Chuck Daniel	37	71	67	5	8	0	0	0	3	0		3	28	.119	.157	.119	.277	8		0	1	0	0
Jim Lehew	68	33	32	3	7	1	0	0	1	0		1	5	.219	.242	.250	.492	8		0	0	0	0
Pat Gillick	33	61	55	2	6	0	0	0	2	0		2	31	.109	.140	.109	.249	6		0	4	0	0
Charles Ready	27	66	59	3	6	0	0	0	4	0		3	21	.102	.143	.102	.245	6		0	3	1	0
Roger Kudron	24	17	12	2	2	0	0	0	0	0		4	5	.167	.375	.167	.542	2		0	1	0	0
David Justus	3	1	1		1									1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1
John Papa	6	6	6		1									.167	.167	.167	.333	1
Jim Carver	10	17	15	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	7	.000	.118	.000	.118	0		0	0	0	0
Arne Thorsland	7	4	4		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Robert Walz	20	14	14	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	7	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0	0
Totals	1700	5412	4616	663	1197	213	34	83	589	90	0	662	808	.259	.352	.374	.726	1727	0	26	57	51	56

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Don Saner	1B	108	762	76	12	75	.986	7.759
Tex Nelson	1B	25	164	14	3	22	.983	7.120
Bob Saverine	2B	147	391	409	28	89	.966	5.442
Ed Richardson	2B	12	29	30	3	10	.952	4.917
Ed Richardson	3B	93	75	132	17	16	.924	2.226
Fred Hatfield	3B	71	43	115	9	15	.946	2.225
Charlie Johnson	3B	15	10	17	4	1	.871	1.800
Pete Ward	3B	10	6	9	4	1	.789	1.500
Roger McCardell	C	74	416	32	6	11	.987	6.054	9
Lavern Grace	C	44	212	23	2	3	.992	5.341	8
Cal Ripken	C	23	120	12	0	1	1.000	5.739	6
Bob Thorpe	OF	130	215	6	3	3	.987	1.700
Dave Nicholson	OF	120	243	9	19	0	.930	2.100
Charlie Johnson	OF	95	131	8	6	1	.959	1.463
William Reynolds	OF	69	101	7	3	1	.973	1.565
Pete Ward	OF	44	89	6	1	0	.990	2.159
Don Saner	OF	23	28	1	1	0	.967	1.261
Jim Lehew	P	68	17	28	0	1	1.000	.662
George Stepanovich	P	35	9	31	4	5	.909	1.143
Pat Gillick	P	33	4	26	2	3	.938	.909
Don Bradey	P	33	18	28	1	2	.979	1.394
Chuck Daniel	P	32	23	23	3	1	.939	1.438
Bo Belinsky	P	31	11	28	5	4	.886	1.258
Charles Ready	P	27	14	23	2	0	.949	1.370
Roger Kudron	P	24	2	11	1	1	.929	.542
Robert Walz	P	20	1	13	0	1	1.000	.700
Melvin Geho	SS	145	262	348	44	78	.933	4.207
Fred Hatfield	SS	21	24	31	9	10	.859	2.619
Totals		1572	3420	1496	192	355	.962	3.127	23	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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