1961 Macon Peaches Statistics
Team Record: 75-79
Finished 5th in the SA
Manager: Max Macon (0-0), Jerry Snyder (0-0)
Location: Macon, Georgia
Ballpark: Luther Williams Park
Attendance: 91,136, Avg. 1,184
The Macon Peaches of the Southern Association ended the 1961 season with a record of 75 wins and 79 losses, finishing fifth in the SA.
The Peaches scored 674 runs and allowed 780 runs. Gabe Gabler walloped 30 home runs for Macon and drove in 99 runs. Tony Bartirome paced all regular batters with a .299 average. Charlie Rabe topped the team with 15 wins and a team-best 3.19 ERA, tops among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Don Gross, Ted Tappe, Em Lindbeck, Bunky Stewart, Ron Blackburn, Nick Testa, Phil Clark, Tony Bartirome, Hal Griggs, Whammy Douglas, Jim Stump, Charlie Rabe, Jerry Snyder, Red Swanson, Jim Bailey, Larry Foss, Lou Skizas and Gabe Gabler were all players from the 1961 Macon Peaches who played in the Majors during their careers.
Max Macon and Jerry Snyder 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charlie Rabe | 15 | 10 | .600 | 3.19 | 33 | 27 | 14 | 2 | 231.0 | 219 | 101 | 82 | 16 | 61 | 2 | 135 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Don Gross | 11 | 4 | .733 | 3.02 | 18 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 119.3 | 111 | 41 | 40 | 5 | 57 | 3 | 56 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |||
| Jim Stump | 10 | 9 | .526 | 3.82 | 24 | 19 | 9 | 1 | 158.0 | 164 | 76 | 67 | 13 | 55 | 3 | 92 | 2 | 0 | 5 | |||
| Hal Griggs | 9 | 2 | .818 | 2.93 | 28 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 119.7 | 117 | 57 | 39 | 9 | 26 | 1 | 67 | 2 | 0 | 5 | |||
| Jim Bailey | 9 | 8 | .529 | 4.19 | 31 | 22 | 7 | 1 | 163.3 | 195 | 88 | 76 | 8 | 48 | 3 | 78 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Donald Dobrino | 7 | 18 | .280 | 4.64 | 39 | 27 | 10 | 0 | 207.7 | 209 | 128 | 107 | 21 | 107 | 9 | 116 | 8 | 0 | 9 | |||
| Phil Clark | 4 | 2 | .667 | 3.40 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 47.7 | 47 | 26 | 18 | 1 | 26 | 5 | 33 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Bunky Stewart | 3 | 2 | .600 | 2.90 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 40.3 | 43 | 16 | 13 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Robert Lohse | 3 | 5 | .375 | 4.03 | 29 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 87.0 | 100 | 49 | 39 | 12 | 44 | 3 | 42 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Red Swanson | 2 | 4 | .333 | 5.91 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35.0 | 43 | 30 | 23 | 3 | 19 | 0 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Ron Blackburn | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 7.50 | 5 | 6.0 | 5 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Whammy Douglas | 1 | 2 | .333 | 2.70 | 5 | 13.3 | 4 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Tony Bartirome | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Brent Holder | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Ronald Jackson | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Vernon Orndorff | 0 | 0 | 2.70 | 1 | 3.3 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Harvey Cohen | 0 | 0 | 13.50 | 4 | 7.3 | 11 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Michael Marinko | 0 | 0 | 22.50 | 2 | 2.0 | 5 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Will Hill | 0 | 0 | 22.50 | 1 | 2.0 | 5 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Hisel Patrick | 0 | 0 | 27.00 | 1 | 1.0 | 3 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Jorge Rapado | 0 | 0 | 81.00 | 1 | 0.3 | 3 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| James Hardison | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3.38 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 24.0 | 27 | 20 | 9 | 1 | 18 | 3 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Douglas Gentry | 0 | 1 | .000 | 6.00 | 1 | 6.0 | 4 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Thomas Lowry | 0 | 2 | .000 | 10.57 | 7 | 15.3 | 18 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Fred Walker | 0 | 2 | .000 | 27.00 | 2 | 3.0 | 9 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Dale Hendrickson | 0 | 3 | .000 | 13.29 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 21.0 | 32 | 34 | 31 | 3 | 24 | 1 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Larry Foss | 0 | 4 | .000 | 6.92 | 14 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 39.0 | 48 | 34 | 30 | 4 | 33 | 1 | 40 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 75 | 79 | .487 | 4.27 | 332 | 147 | 0 | 53 | 9 | 0 | 1353.7 | 1355 | 700 | 642 | 101 | 528 | 34 | 739 | 26 | 1 | 35 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arnaldo Suarez | 136 | 628 | 571 | 73 | 159 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 45 | 3 | 35 | 48 | .278 | .324 | .338 | .662 | 193 | 4 | 16 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Tony Bartirome | 130 | 569 | 488 | 79 | 146 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 36 | 6 | 64 | 29 | .299 | .379 | .342 | .721 | 167 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 1 | ||
| Gabe Gabler | 141 | 598 | 515 | 76 | 124 | 20 | 1 | 30 | 99 | 2 | 75 | 102 | .241 | .336 | .458 | .794 | 236 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | ||
| Brent Holder | 125 | 483 | 438 | 50 | 118 | 27 | 1 | 4 | 50 | 1 | 34 | 62 | .269 | .328 | .363 | .691 | 159 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 6 | ||
| Jerry Snyder | 102 | 398 | 362 | 35 | 112 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 47 | 12 | 30 | 34 | .309 | .360 | .365 | .725 | 132 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Donald Ross | 103 | 407 | 342 | 60 | 87 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 33 | 6 | 55 | 78 | .254 | .356 | .368 | .725 | 126 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | ||
| Lee Howell | 130 | 476 | 407 | 51 | 84 | 21 | 2 | 6 | 42 | 3 | 61 | 86 | .206 | .315 | .312 | .627 | 127 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 6 | ||
| Lou Skizas | 86 | 307 | 280 | 48 | 83 | 20 | 1 | 11 | 51 | 2 | 22 | 16 | .296 | .349 | .493 | .841 | 138 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | ||
| Charlie Soraci | 83 | 285 | 261 | 35 | 75 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 40 | 0 | 15 | 19 | .287 | .329 | .395 | .723 | 103 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | ||
| Nick Testa | 98 | 341 | 283 | 30 | 73 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 33 | 1 | 50 | 28 | .258 | .372 | .314 | .687 | 89 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Emil Panko | 78 | 276 | 242 | 29 | 66 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 44 | 1 | 28 | 38 | .273 | .341 | .388 | .729 | 94 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | ||
| Guy Lavalliere | 70 | 216 | 185 | 18 | 43 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 2 | 26 | 32 | .232 | .335 | .303 | .638 | 56 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Ted Tappe | 25 | 99 | 79 | 14 | 26 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 2 | 15 | 16 | .329 | .449 | .519 | .968 | 41 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Charlie Rabe | 37 | 95 | 81 | 7 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 18 | .259 | .310 | .272 | .582 | 22 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Donald Dobrino | 37 | 78 | 70 | 6 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 25 | .257 | .316 | .371 | .687 | 26 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Maurice Lerner | 16 | 64 | 52 | 12 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 5 | .250 | .339 | .346 | .685 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Jim Stump | 26 | 65 | 61 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 11 | .180 | .194 | .279 | .472 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Whitey Ries | 16 | 42 | 36 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 8 | .194 | .268 | .194 | .463 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Hal Griggs | 28 | 45 | 42 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 16 | .167 | .205 | .357 | .562 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Don Gross | 19 | 53 | 44 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17 | .159 | .213 | .182 | .395 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Richard Rogers | 19 | 54 | 46 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 8 | .152 | .264 | .326 | .590 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Dick Brockell | 6 | 19 | 19 | 6 | .316 | .316 | .316 | .632 | 6 | ||||||||||||||
| Robert Lohse | 32 | 29 | 25 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | .160 | .222 | .200 | .422 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phil Clark | 26 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | .273 | .385 | .273 | .657 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bunky Stewart | 10 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Bailey | 31 | 67 | 58 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 15 | .052 | .141 | .052 | .192 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Larry Foss | 16 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | .154 | .154 | .462 | .615 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Robert Boggan | 6 | 23 | 23 | 2 | .087 | .087 | .087 | .174 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Whammy Douglas | 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Thomas Lowry | 7 | 8 | 8 | 1 | .125 | .125 | .125 | .250 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Ron Blackburn | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Red Swanson | 17 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .000 | .143 | .000 | .143 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Vernon Orndorff | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Douglas Gentry | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| James Hardison | 10 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dale Hendrickson | 12 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Fred Walker | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 1692 | 5793 | 5083 | 654 | 1312 | 205 | 25 | 84 | 603 | 41 | 0 | 553 | 742 | .258 | .333 | .358 | .691 | 1819 | 0 | 36 | 80 | 41 | 37 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tony Bartirome | 1B | 109 | 971 | 100 | 12 | 128 | .989 | 9.826 | ||||
| Gabe Gabler | 1B | 48 | 379 | 32 | 17 | 39 | .960 | 8.562 | ||||
| Jerry Snyder | 2B | 99 | 222 | 328 | 20 | 93 | .965 | 5.556 | ||||
| Brent Holder | 2B | 34 | 64 | 67 | 5 | 18 | .963 | 3.853 | ||||
| Donald Ross | 2B | 14 | 30 | 25 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 3.929 | ||||
| Lou Skizas | 3B | 65 | 45 | 82 | 8 | 11 | .941 | 1.954 | ||||
| Brent Holder | 3B | 62 | 60 | 137 | 14 | 18 | .934 | 3.177 | ||||
| Donald Ross | 3B | 15 | 27 | 34 | 13 | 1 | .824 | 4.067 | ||||
| Nick Testa | C | 83 | 450 | 45 | 5 | 2 | .990 | 5.964 | 11 | |||
| Guy Lavalliere | C | 60 | 284 | 30 | 3 | 5 | .991 | 5.233 | 8 | |||
| Richard Rogers | C | 15 | 82 | 8 | 2 | 3 | .978 | 6.000 | 0 | |||
| Lee Howell | OF | 128 | 312 | 11 | 12 | 0 | .964 | 2.523 | ||||
| Gabe Gabler | OF | 95 | 158 | 8 | 7 | 0 | .960 | 1.747 | ||||
| Charlie Soraci | OF | 67 | 102 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.537 | ||||
| Emil Panko | OF | 64 | 97 | 5 | 5 | 1 | .953 | 1.594 | ||||
| Donald Ross | OF | 57 | 117 | 11 | 5 | 2 | .962 | 2.246 | ||||
| Ted Tappe | OF | 24 | 37 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .952 | 1.667 | ||||
| Tony Bartirome | OF | 17 | 27 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .966 | 1.647 | ||||
| Lou Skizas | OF | 11 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .909 | ||||
| Donald Dobrino | P | 39 | 11 | 39 | 3 | 3 | .943 | 1.282 | ||||
| Charlie Rabe | P | 33 | 16 | 34 | 3 | 2 | .943 | 1.515 | ||||
| Jim Bailey | P | 31 | 9 | 28 | 2 | 1 | .949 | 1.194 | ||||
| Robert Lohse | P | 29 | 7 | 19 | 1 | 1 | .963 | .897 | ||||
| Hal Griggs | P | 28 | 11 | 20 | 2 | 1 | .939 | 1.107 | ||||
| Phil Clark | P | 26 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | .923 | .462 | ||||
| Jim Stump | P | 24 | 3 | 27 | 1 | 5 | .968 | 1.250 | ||||
| Don Gross | P | 18 | 13 | 27 | 1 | 3 | .976 | 2.222 | ||||
| Red Swanson | P | 17 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .471 | ||||
| Larry Foss | P | 14 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .286 | ||||
| Bunky Stewart | P | 10 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .889 | .800 | ||||
| James Hardison | P | 10 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .400 | ||||
| Arnaldo Suarez | SS | 136 | 277 | 402 | 28 | 101 | .960 | 4.993 | ||||
| Brent Holder | SS | 22 | 43 | 41 | 13 | 18 | .866 | 3.818 | ||||
| Totals | 1504 | 3875 | 1590 | 187 | 462 | .967 | 3.634 | 19 | 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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