1961 Mobile Bears Statistics

Southern Association (SA) - Class: AA
Team Record: 61-92
Finished 8th in the SA
Manager: Ernie White (61-92)
Affiliation: New York Mets
Location: Mobile, Alabama
Ballpark: Hartwell Field
Attendance: 48,843, Avg. 638

1961 Mobile Bears Roster

The Mobile Bears of the Southern Association ended the 1961 season with a record of 61 wins and 92 losses, finishing eighth in the SA.

The Bears tallied 569 runs, worst in the circuit, and conceded 738 runs. Shephard Frazier accounted for 57 RBI. Bobby Joe Case and Shephard Frazier paced all regular hitters with a .265 average. Gene Lary topped the squad with 12 wins, while Glen Stabelfeld registered a 3.74 earned run average, leading pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

Players from the 1961 Mobile Bears who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Chuck Coles, Don Williams, Bobby Durnbaugh, Kal Segrist, Jerry Mallett, Jim Derrington, Jim Fridley, Stan Jok, Mike White, Corky Withrow, Dave Jolly, Charlie Gorin, Don Rowe, Ed Stevens and Pidge Browne.

Ernie White 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	WP	BF
Gene Lary	12	17	.414	4.70	37	26		11	0		214.7	234	123	112	19	82	6	81	7	12
Glen Stabelfeld	8	9	.471	3.73	41	12		5	0		137.7	143	67	57	8	40	8	72	0	2
Chuck Hickman	8	11	.421	4.59	31	20		2	0		119.7	145	72	61	3	62	1	56	7	15
Thomas Richards	6	14	.300	4.37	37	20		5	0		160.7	178	87	78	11	67	12	71	1	6
Don Corella	5	2	.714	3.46	42	1		0	0		93.7	93	45	36	1	48	4	56	7	6
Don Rowe	5	4	.556	3.39	13	10		4	2		82.3	81	35	31	1	39	3	59	0	3
Charlie Gorin	5	7	.417	2.46	20	14		6	0		117.0	95	35	32	3	38	3	83	0	1
Ronald Cote	4	3	.571	4.34	19	7		0	0		66.3	81	46	32	1	33	2	20	6	1
Bob Anderton	2	8	.200	3.36	16	13		1	0		91.0	104	51	34	5	33	4	46	1	1
Edward Drapcho	2	8	.200	3.92	27	13		3	1		110.3	117	61	48	7	44	4	64	0	6
Thomas Fassler	1	0	1.000	6.92	5						13.0			10
Dave Jolly	1	2	.333	5.85	15	0		0	0		20.0	24	16	13	3	16	3	10	2	2
Frank Mankovitch	1	2	.333	7.40	8						20.7			17
Jerry Cade	1	3	.250	4.13	17	2		0	0		32.7	31	18	15	2	12	1	22	1	0
Richard McCarthy	0	0			2						0.0
Marc Hoy	0	0		0.00	1						1.0			0
Ray Apple	0	0		3.13	9						23.0			8
Don Williams	0	0		5.40	4						5.0			3
Richard Donnelly	0	0		6.35	4						5.7			4
Bob Yanen	0	0		9.00	1						1.0			1
Jim Derrington	0	0		10.80	5						10.0			12
Stanley Horvatin	0	0		27.00	2						1.0			3
John Isaac	0	1	.000	0.00	1						1.0			0
Alton Richardson	0	1	.000	9.00	1						5.0			5
Totals	61	92	.399	4.13	358	138	0	37	3	0	1332.3	1326	656	612	64	514	51	640	32	55	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
Bobby Joe Case	131	591	499	72	132	10	4	0	36	6		78	35	.265	.371	.301	.672	150		7	6	1	0
Shephard Frazier	134	573	487	57	129	22	1	3	57	5		77	75	.265	.366	.333	.698	162		2	4	3	2
Louis Holdener	131	475	441	39	111	27	0	8	47	0		22	71	.252	.290	.367	.658	162		4	3	5	6
Mike White	102	437	369	46	95	14	1	3	27	6		58	62	.257	.357	.325	.683	120		1	6	3	1
Claude Horn	108	409	363	43	93	9	5	6	34	3		40	51	.256	.330	.358	.688	130		2	0	4	1
Richard McCarthy	84	295	272	26	70	12	0	4	26	0		21	37	.257	.312	.346	.657	94		1	0	1	2
Steve Jankowski	79	321	289	24	69	9	2	4	35	1		26	54	.239	.301	.325	.626	94		1	2	3	1
Pidge Browne	58	247	222	27	66	14	1	5	37	3		21	24	.297	.354	.437	.791	97		0	1	3	2
Donald Prohovich	77	308	279	31	62	13	0	5	34	0		25	44	.222	.283	.323	.606	90		0	1	3	3
Corky Withrow	58	234	213	24	53	9	2	7	32	0		17	38	.249	.306	.408	.714	87		1	2	1	5
Stan Jok	32	140	120	16	34	5	0	1	14	0		16	14	.283	.370	.350	.720	42		1	2	1	3
Donald Gordon	34	140	130	13	31	4	0	0	12	3		9	20	.238	.286	.269	.555	35		0	0	1	0
Chuck Coles	32	129	104	17	21	2	1	3	16	1		25	10	.202	.357	.327	.684	34		0	0	0	2
Jerry Mallett	25	100	85	13	18	2	0	3	10	0		14	14	.212	.330	.341	.671	29		1	0	0	1
Don Williams	41	109	87	13	18	3	0	1	11	0		22	10	.207	.367	.276	.643	24		0	0	0	0
Kal Segrist	34	100	83	8	17	4	0	1	6	0		15	17	.205	.333	.289	.622	24		1	1	0	1
Richard Schmidt	11	45	40	5	14	3	1	0	4	0		4	7	.350	.422	.475	.897	19		1	0	0	0
Gene Lary	58	92	85	6	14	1	0	0	4	0		3	36	.165	.191	.176	.367	15		0	3	1	0
Ed Stevens	17	50	44	4	12	2	0	2	8	0		5	8	.273	.347	.455	.801	20		0	1	0	0
Douglass Hubacek	32	75	68	7	12	0	0	1	11	0		5	6	.176	.253	.221	.474	15		2	0	0	0
Glen Stabelfeld	52	66	59	5	10	1	0	0	3	0		7	19	.169	.258	.186	.444	11		0	0	0	0
Chuck Hickman	32	43	33	6	7	1	0	0	0	0		4	9	.212	.297	.242	.540	8		0	6	0	0
Don Rowe	17	34	32	4	6	0	0	0	3	0		1	6	.188	.235	.188	.423	6		1	0	0	0
Edward Drapcho	27	39	35	3	6	0	0	0	1	0		3	10	.171	.237	.171	.408	6		0	1	0	0
Albert Morris	13	46	37	3	6	0	0	0	1	0		9	6	.162	.326	.162	.488	6		0	0	0	1
Thomas Richards	49	64	47	5	6	2	0	1	4	0		14	18	.128	.317	.234	.552	11		0	1	2	0
Larry Novak	8	23	23		4	0	0	0						.174	.174	.174	.348	4
Don Corella	43	27	25	4	4	0	0	0	4	0		1	12	.160	.185	.160	.345	4		0	0	1	0
Bob Anderton	17	33	26	1	4	1	0	0	3	0		4	3	.154	.290	.192	.483	5		1	2	0	0
William DiCrosta	9	30	30		4	1	0	0						.133	.133	.167	.300	5
Charlie Gorin	23	43	32	2	2	0	0	0	1	0		9	4	.062	.268	.062	.331	2		0	2	0	0
William Thompson	12	39	35	2	2	0	0	0	1	1		3	6	.057	.154	.057	.211	2		1	0	0	0
Thomas Fassler	5	3	3		1									.333	.333	.333	.667	1
Ray Apple	12	7	6	3	1	0	0	0	1	0		1	2	.167	.286	.167	.452	1		0	0	0	0
Kenneth Orbison	2	7	7		1	0	0	0						.143	.143	.143	.286	1
Milo Fuller	3	8	8		1	0	0	0						.125	.125	.125	.250	1
Robert Fidler	6	12	12		1	1	0	0						.083	.083	.167	.250	2
Ronald Cote	19	23	21	0	1	0	0	0	2	0		1	11	.048	.091	.048	.139	1		0	1	0	0
Jim Derrington	5	3	3		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
John Luman	1	1	1		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Dave Jolly	15	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0	0
Ronald Suleski	4	6	6		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Jerry Cade	17	6	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	1	.000	.400	.000	.400	0		0	1	0	0
Frank Mankovitch	8	4	4		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Alton Richardson	1	1	1		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1678	5442	4773	529	1138	172	18	58	485	29	0	562	742	.238	.320	.318	.639	1520	0	28	46	33	31

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Steve Jankowski	1B	54	436	52	5	52	.990	9.037
Pidge Browne	1B	50	456	37	8	54	.984	9.860
Chuck Coles	1B	18	180	12	5	20	.975	1.667
Corky Withrow	1B	12	87	6	1	9	.989	7.750
Ed Stevens	1B	11	102	4	2	14	.981	9.636
Bobby Joe Case	2B	86	194	260	11	78	.976	5.279
Shephard Frazier	2B	35	102	118	6	34	.973	6.286
Steve Jankowski	2B	20	47	61	3	13	.973	5.400
Richard Schmidt	2B	11	17	46	2	4	.969	5.727
Shephard Frazier	3B	85	83	143	14	23	.942	2.659
Stan Jok	3B	30	24	74	7	5	.933	3.267
Kal Segrist	3B	25	25	58	4	5	.954	3.320
Douglass Hubacek	3B	14	20	30	4	3	.926	3.571
Louis Holdener	C	129	618	69	18	10	.974	5.326	8
Don Williams	C	25	86	15	3	2	.971	4.040	3
Shephard Frazier	C	10	31	4	1	1	.972	3.500	2
Mike White	OF	102	301	6	8	2	.975	3.010
Claude Horn	OF	98	182	6	7	0	.964	1.918
Richard McCarthy	OF	79	123	4	4	0	.969	1.608
Corky Withrow	OF	42	91	1	3	0	.968	2.190
Donald Gordon	OF	32	76	2	3	0	.963	2.438
Jerry Mallett	OF	24	30	3	0	0	1.000	1.375
Chuck Coles	OF	13	16	3	0	1	1.000	1.462
Don Corella	P	42	4	16	1	1	.952	.476
Glen Stabelfeld	P	41	12	21	1	2	.971	.805
Thomas Richards	P	37	8	22	0	3	1.000	.811
Gene Lary	P	37	18	31	4	2	.925	1.324
Chuck Hickman	P	31	6	19	1	1	.962	.806
Edward Drapcho	P	27	5	18	6	3	.793	.852
Charlie Gorin	P	20	8	20	1	0	.966	1.400
Ronald Cote	P	19	5	10	0	0	1.000	.789
Jerry Cade	P	17	1	2	0	0	1.000	.176
Bob Anderton	P	16	7	14	2	2	.913	1.312
Dave Jolly	P	15	1	4	0	0	1.000	.333
Don Rowe	P	13	6	14	1	1	.952	1.538
Donald Prohovich	SS	77	171	197	21	58	.946	4.779
Bobby Joe Case	SS	38	80	110	13	32	.936	5.000
Albert Morris	SS	13	20	25	2	7	.957	3.462
Totals		1448	3679	1537	172	442	.968	3.602	13	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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