1961 Mobile Bears Statistics
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
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, Bobby Durnbaugh, Don Williams, Kal Segrist, Ed Stevens, Don Rowe, Charlie Gorin, Pidge Browne, Dave Jolly, Stan Jok, Corky Withrow, Mike White, Jim Fridley, Jerry Mallett and Jim Derrington.
Ernie White 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gene Lary | 12 | 17 | .414 | 4.70 | 37 | 26 | 11 | 0 | 214.7 | 234 | 123 | 112 | 19 | 82 | 6 | 81 | 7 | 0 | 12 | |||
Glen Stabelfeld | 8 | 9 | .471 | 3.73 | 41 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 137.7 | 143 | 67 | 57 | 8 | 40 | 8 | 72 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
Chuck Hickman | 8 | 11 | .421 | 4.59 | 31 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 119.7 | 145 | 72 | 61 | 3 | 62 | 1 | 56 | 7 | 0 | 15 | |||
Thomas Richards | 6 | 14 | .300 | 4.37 | 37 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 160.7 | 178 | 87 | 78 | 11 | 67 | 12 | 71 | 1 | 0 | 6 | |||
Don Corella | 5 | 2 | .714 | 3.46 | 42 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 93.7 | 93 | 45 | 36 | 1 | 48 | 4 | 56 | 7 | 0 | 6 | |||
Don Rowe | 5 | 4 | .556 | 3.39 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 82.3 | 81 | 35 | 31 | 1 | 39 | 3 | 59 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |||
Charlie Gorin | 5 | 7 | .417 | 2.46 | 20 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 117.0 | 95 | 35 | 32 | 3 | 38 | 3 | 83 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
Ronald Cote | 4 | 3 | .571 | 4.34 | 19 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 66.3 | 81 | 46 | 32 | 1 | 33 | 2 | 20 | 6 | 0 | 1 | |||
Bob Anderton | 2 | 8 | .200 | 3.36 | 16 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 91.0 | 104 | 51 | 34 | 5 | 33 | 4 | 46 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
Edward Drapcho | 2 | 8 | .200 | 3.92 | 27 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 110.3 | 117 | 61 | 48 | 7 | 44 | 4 | 64 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
Thomas Fassler | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.92 | 5 | 13.0 | 10 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
Dave Jolly | 1 | 2 | .333 | 5.85 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20.0 | 24 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 16 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||
Frank Mankovitch | 1 | 2 | .333 | 7.40 | 8 | 20.7 | 17 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
Jerry Cade | 1 | 3 | .250 | 4.13 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 32.7 | 31 | 18 | 15 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
Richard McCarthy | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
Marc Hoy | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
Ray Apple | 0 | 0 | 3.13 | 9 | 23.0 | 8 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
Don Williams | 0 | 0 | 5.40 | 4 | 5.0 | 3 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
Richard Donnelly | 0 | 0 | 6.35 | 4 | 5.7 | 4 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
Bob Yanen | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
Jim Derrington | 0 | 0 | 10.80 | 5 | 10.0 | 12 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
Stanley Horvatin | 0 | 0 | 27.00 | 2 | 1.0 | 3 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
John Isaac | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0.00 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
Alton Richardson | 0 | 1 | .000 | 9.00 | 1 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
Totals | 61 | 92 | .399 | 4.13 | 358 | 138 | 0 | 37 | 3 | 0 | 1332.3 | 1326 | 656 | 612 | 64 | 514 | 51 | 640 | 32 | 0 | 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 | 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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