1961 Modesto Reds Statistics

California League (CL) - Class: C
Team Record: 57-82
Finished 5th in the CL
Manager: Vern Rapp (57-82)
Affiliation: New York Yankees
Location: Modesto, California
Ballpark: Del Webb Field
Attendance: 15,865, Avg. 228

1961 Modesto Reds Roster

The Modesto Reds of the California League ended the 1961 season with a record of 57 wins and 82 losses, finishing fifth in the CL.

The Reds scored 645 runs and yielded 845 runs, most in the circuit. Bernard Leonard accounted for 79 RBI. Roger Repoz led all regular batters with a .287 average. Howard Kitt and Paul Chuma topped the team with 9 wins each, while Howard Kitt recorded a 3.38 ERA, tops among hurlers with significant time on the mound.

Roger Repoz and Jim Brenneman both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.

Vern Rapp 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
Paul Chuma	9	4	.692	4.21	54	1		1	0		94.0	72	46	44	6	76		88	1	0	3
Howard Kitt	9	9	.500	3.38	22	22		10	2		149.0	104	73	56	7	114		209	3	1	15
Preston Parker	7	13	.350	5.45	23	23		9	0		157.0	184	121	95	17	94		111	8	0	5
Harold Poppin	6	6	.500	5.13	25	8		2	0		86.0	95	66	49	9	48		56	4	1	5
Larry Lueders	5	1	.833	5.76	49	0		0	0		75.0	76	59	48	7	74		88	4	0	11
Jim Brenneman	5	6	.455	3.97	19	17		8	1		127.0	123	72	56	7	57		93	5	0	6
Tommy Fleming	5	16	.238	7.09	27	25		7	0		141.0	151	137	111	14	129		108	10	0	6
John Chambers	3	10	.231	6.00	32	16		3	0		126.0	138	96	84	14	101		125	3	0	19
Thomas Burrell	2	11	.154	7.50	21	14		2	0		78.0	71	75	65	7	100		77	6	1	13
George Bechtold	1	1	.500	3.71	8	1					17.0	12	12	7	1	19				0
Karl Drops	1	2	.333	6.27	6	5		1	0		33.0	48	27	23	6	6		14	3	0	0
John Regoli	0	0			7						0.0									0
Phillip Swimley	0	0			1						0.0									0
Vern Rapp	0	0			2						0.0									0
Don Flynn					12						0.0
George Alexander	0	1	.000	12.00	3	0					3.0	4	4	4	1	4				1
Totals	53	80	.398	5.32	311	132	0	43	3	0	1086.0	1078	788	642	96	822	0	969	47	4	83	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
Roger Repoz	133	576	495	80	142	27	6	5	59	16	5	66	93	.287	.379	.396	.775	196		9	4	2
David Pflepsen	135	545	494	65	141	24	6	2	54	3	4	36	43	.285	.331	.370	.701	183		2	4	9
Joseph Palma	138	583	519	77	120	23	6	9	67	14	6	60	83	.231	.312	.351	.662	182		1	2	1
Bernard Leonard	137	557	491	45	110	32	2	7	79	3	2	51	99	.224	.296	.340	.636	167		3	3	9
John Regoli	102	426	351	70	93	17	4	0	26	26	4	72	54	.265	.389	.336	.725	118		0	2	1
Phillip Swimley	79	325	268	47	76	13	5	3	32	7	3	48	56	.284	.394	.403	.797	108		2	5	2
John Christiansen	66	214	179	25	56	11	1	2	39	0	1	31	20	.313	.411	.419	.830	75		1	0	3
Robert Guy	62	228	188	34	52	7	0	8	38	6	2	36	48	.277	.401	.441	.842	83		3	1	0
Ken Dekker	50	202	181	20	45	11	2	2	18	10	6	18	38	.249	.320	.365	.685	66		1	2	0
Kenneth Slater	65	226	182	34	42	12	2	5	18	4	1	36	66	.231	.375	.401	.776	73		6	2	0
David Van Horn	61	203	168	17	35	2	0	2	20	2	2	30	59	.208	.330	.256	.586	43		2	0	3
Robert Metz	53	152	133	17	30	8	0	2	14	1	0	16	23	.226	.316	.331	.647	44		2	0	1
Bruce Camilli	67	224	196	22	29	4	0	9	30	4	0	25	100	.148	.250	.306	.556	60		2	0	1
Dolph Camilli	26	111	90	13	15	0	0	1	9	2	1	17	24	.167	.309	.200	.509	18		2	1	1
Walter Cammarata	22	64	51	14	11	1	1	2	6	2	0	13	21	.216	.375	.392	.767	20		0	0	0
Preston Parker	28	63	51	12	10	1	0	0	1	0	0	9	19	.196	.317	.216	.532	11		0	3	0
James Carpenter	16	44	37	5	9	0	1	0	4	1	0	7	6	.243	.364	.297	.661	11		0	0	0
Jim Brenneman	19	48	41	5	8	0	0	0	3	1	0	2	10	.195	.227	.195	.422	8		0	4	1
Tommy Fleming	29	55	45	4	8	0	0	0	3	0	0	4	13	.178	.245	.178	.423	8		0	6	0
Harold Poppin	25	30	21	0	4	0	0	0	1	1	0	3	9	.190	.292	.190	.482	4		0	6	0
Karl Drops	6	11	11		3									.273	.273	.273	.545	3
John Chambers	33	45	37	3	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	5	21	.081	.190	.108	.299	4		0	3	0
Howard Kitt	22	58	46	2	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	9	23	.065	.232	.065	.297	3		1	2	0
Vern Rapp	3	1	1		1	0	0	0						1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1
George Bechtold	8	3	3		1									.333	.333	.333	.667	1
Larry Lueders	49	16	14	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	6	.071	.188	.071	.259	1		0	0	0
Paul Chuma	54	22	20	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	9	.050	.095	.050	.145	1		0	1	0
Thomas Burrell	21	29	21	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	18	.000	.222	.000	.222	0		0	2	0
Totals	1509	5061	4334	613	1049	194	36	59	525	103	37	603	961	.242	.337	.344	.682	1492	0	37	53	34	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Bernard Leonard	1B	136	1030	69	26	117	.977	8.081
David Pflepsen	2B	130	278	339	37	86	.943	4.746
John Regoli	2B	10	12	22	3	2	.919	3.400
John Regoli	3B	71	70	91	24	6	.870	2.268
Ken Dekker	3B	28	22	43	7	6	.903	2.321
Dolph Camilli	3B	22	15	23	4	3	.905	1.727
Robert Guy	3B	20	12	20	14	2	.696	1.600
John Christiansen	C	55	375	27	9	4	.978	7.309	15
Kenneth Slater	C	41	393	42	9	4	.980	1.610	16
Robert Metz	C	38	264	22	7	8	.976	7.526	5
James Carpenter	C	10	60	8	3	0	.958	6.800	2
Roger Repoz	OF	131	226	16	12	0	.953	1.847
Phillip Swimley	OF	78	125	7	3	2	.978	1.692
David Van Horn	OF	51	57	4	7	0	.897	1.196
Bruce Camilli	OF	50	52	5	5	1	.919	1.140
Robert Guy	OF	37	41	3	6	2	.880	1.189
Ken Dekker	OF	22	23	1	4	0	.857	1.091
Walter Cammarata	OF	17	22	0	0	0	1.000	1.294
Paul Chuma	P	54	9	13	1	1	.957	.407
Larry Lueders	P	49	3	7	0	0	1.000	.204
John Chambers	P	32	5	19	2	3	.923	.750
Tommy Fleming	P	27	11	34	3	4	.938	1.667
Harold Poppin	P	25	9	20	4	1	.879	1.160
Preston Parker	P	23	12	30	4	2	.913	1.826
Howard Kitt	P	22	6	20	3	2	.897	1.182
Thomas Burrell	P	21	5	17	3	2	.880	1.048
Jim Brenneman	P	19	12	21	2	2	.943	1.737
Joseph Palma	SS	135	224	336	47	72	.923	4.148
Totals		1354	3373	1259	249	332	.949	3.421	38	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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