1961 Nashville Vols Statistics

Southern Association (SA) - Class: AA
Team Record: 69-83
Finished 6th in the SA
Manager: Red Robbins (69-83)
Affiliation: Minnesota Twins
Location: Nashville, Tennessee
Ballpark: Sulphur Dell
Attendance: 64,460, Avg. 848

1961 Nashville Vols Roster

The Nashville Vols of the Southern Association ended the 1961 season with a record of 69 wins and 83 losses, finishing sixth in the SA.

The Vols scored 764 runs and yielded 765 runs. Bob Meisner led Nashville with 21 home runs, while Buddy Gilbert walloped 15 or more, too. Joseph Christian accounted for 85 RBI and topped hitters with significant playing time by hitting .336. Glen Crable and John Davolio paced the squad with 10 wins each, and Wally Seward recorded a 3.28 ERA, tops among regular hurlers.

Sonny Dixon, Gene Host, Tom McAvoy, Buddy Gilbert, Rod Kanehl, Joe McCabe and John Romonosky were all players from the 1961 Nashville Vols who played in the Majors during their careers.

Red Robbins 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
Glen Crable	10	5	.667	3.92	31	12		5	1		144.7	161	68	63	15	42	3	56	3	0	1
John Davolio	10	7	.588	3.44	22	19		9	3		141.3	141	57	54	9	45	0	89	1	0	3
Wally Seward	8	6	.571	3.27	21	15		4	1		126.7	130	56	46	8	40	1	86	2	0	9
Bruce Swango	6	5	.545	2.79	43	0		0	0		84.0	73	34	26	2	53	4	73	1	0	6
Jerry Davis	6	7	.462	4.06	21	18		4	1		115.3	125	64	52	5	53	1	71	0	1	3
Oscar Chinique	6	8	.429	3.81	43	15		8	0		179.3	196	90	76	11	85	5	89	6	1	1
John Romonosky	6	8	.429	4.46	29	14		4	2		103.0	115	57	51	9	48	0	55	2	0	5
Albert Johnston	2	2	.500	6.43	7						21.0			15						0
William Felker	2	2	.500	6.65	8						23.0			17						0
Dominick Maisano	2	4	.333	6.26	14	5		0	0		46.0	62	39	32	5	23	2	35	4	0	8
Gene Host	2	5	.286	5.18	11	7		1	1		40.0	48	31	23	2	25	0	26	2	0	3
Tom McAvoy	1	1	.500	10.98	5						19.7			24						0
Hank Dunn	1	3	.250	6.25	10	6		0	0		40.3	45	35	28	6	16	0	30	5	0	0
Rod Kanehl	0	0			1						0.0									0
Lynn Bridwell	0	0		2.45	2						3.7			1						0
Sonny Dixon	0	0		3.00	4						6.0			2						0
Gene Calder	0	0		3.77	5						14.3			6						0
Leverette Spencer	0	1	.000	3.38	7						18.7			7						0
Tom Gibson	0	2	.000	6.94	4						11.7			9						0
Burton Dziadek	0	2	.000	9.77	4						15.7			17						0
Earl Furlow	0	3	.000	6.41	5						19.7			14						0
Totals	62	71	.466	4.32	297	111	0	35	9	0	1174.0	1096	531	563	72	430	16	610	26	2	39	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
Joseph Christian	146	632	545	99	183	35	9	9	85	2		78	72	.336	.420	.483	.903	263		4	1	4	5
Rod Kanehl	152	638	572	92	174	31	4	1	72	14		52	38	.304	.361	.378	.739	216		4	1	9	2
Ev Joyner	142	595	526	74	162	40	5	5	78	4		61	38	.308	.378	.432	.809	227		1	2	5	2
Bob Meisner	144	607	511	93	155	34	2	21	65	4		92	91	.303	.412	.501	.913	256		3	0	1	7
Phil Shartzer	108	477	419	53	120	22	3	2	28	1		49	45	.286	.363	.368	.731	154		2	6	1	1
Buddy Gilbert	121	481	402	66	101	19	6	15	77	0		70	80	.251	.362	.440	.803	177		3	1	5	8
Glen Merklen	65	271	242	34	73	10	2	8	29	0		27	45	.302	.373	.459	.831	111		1	0	1	5
Ray Looney	75	309	265	43	70	18	0	14	54	1		42	64	.264	.367	.491	.857	130		1	1	0	2
Red Robbins	94	307	266	34	61	16	1	2	34	0		34	22	.229	.315	.320	.634	85		1	2	4	5
Edward Stogoski	76	237	198	27	54	5	2	10	33	0		35	25	.273	.380	.470	.849	93		1	0	3	5
Samuel Mauney	31	101	87	7	22	2	1	1	17	0		8	13	.253	.310	.333	.643	29		1	1	4	3
Frank Franchi	23	75	70	7	19	3	0	0	9	0		4	13	.271	.320	.314	.634	22		1	0	0	1
Glen Crable	46	62	53	13	16	2	1	0	6	1		7	15	.302	.377	.377	.754	20		0	1	1	0
Joe McCabe	26	102	80	11	16	3	0	0	12	0		20	11	.200	.353	.238	.590	19		0	0	2	2
Gene Davis	25	68	57	13	13	4	0	2	9	0		6	4	.228	.328	.404	.732	23		3	1	1	0
John Romonosky	33	46	44	6	12	3	1	0	3	0		1	10	.273	.289	.386	.675	17		0	1	0	0
Jackie Ferrell	13	27	25	2	10	2	0	0	3	0		2	4	.400	.444	.480	.924	12		0	0	0	1
John Davolio	22	59	58	5	10	0	0	2	13	0		1	25	.172	.186	.276	.462	16		0	0	0	0
Wally Seward	21	55	47	3	9	1	0	0	1	0		1	12	.191	.208	.213	.421	10		0	7	0	0
Oscar Chinique	46	67	60	4	9	1	0	0	4	0		2	19	.150	.177	.167	.344	10		0	5	0	0
Jerry Davis	22	48	43	4	7	2	0	1	5	0		4	20	.163	.234	.279	.513	12		0	1	0	0
Bob Rikard	4	7	7		2	0	0	0						.286	.286	.286	.571	2
William Felker	9	10	10		2									.200	.200	.200	.400	2
Hank Dunn	14	18	17	0	2	0	0	0	2	0		1	12	.118	.167	.118	.284	2		0	0	0	0
Bruce Swango	43	28	23	0	2	0	0	0	2	0		2	9	.087	.192	.087	.279	2		1	2	0	0
Leverette Spencer	7	5	5		1									.200	.200	.200	.400	1
Tom McAvoy	5	9	9		1									.111	.111	.111	.222	1
Larry Davidson	5	10	10		1	0	0	0						.100	.100	.100	.200	1
Dominick Maisano	14	17	12	2	1	0	0	0	2	0		4	8	.083	.312	.083	.396	1		0	1	0	0
Gene Host	11	13	12	1	1	0	0	0	1	0		1	4	.083	.154	.083	.237	1		0	0	0	0
Albert Johnston	7	6	6		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Tom Gibson	4	3	3		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Earl Furlow	5	6	6		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Burton Dziadek	5	3	3		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Sonny Dixon	4	1	1		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Gene Calder	5	3	3		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Lynn Bridwell	2	2	2		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1575	5405	4699	693	1309	253	37	93	644	27	0	604	699	.279	.361	.408	.769	1915	0	27	34	41	49

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Ray Looney	1B	70	547	49	5	63	.992	8.514
Glen Merklen	1B	62	457	64	9	60	.983	8.403
Red Robbins	1B	20	184	22	2	23	.990	1.300
Rod Kanehl	2B	110	253	326	24	76	.960	5.264
Bob Meisner	2B	42	103	105	5	29	.977	4.952
Bob Meisner	3B	106	74	164	15	24	.941	2.245
Red Robbins	3B	35	37	63	6	9	.943	2.857
Gene Davis	3B	14	13	22	4	1	.897	2.500
Edward Stogoski	C	66	325	26	3	6	.992	5.318	2
Samuel Mauney	C	29	144	11	3	2	.981	5.345	4
Joe McCabe	C	26	115	12	4	1	.969	4.885	3
Frank Franchi	C	10	37	4	1	1	.976	4.100	1
Joseph Christian	OF	142	273	6	8	6	.972	1.965
Ev Joyner	OF	137	214	12	4	0	.983	1.650
Buddy Gilbert	OF	120	258	20	11	2	.962	2.317
Rod Kanehl	OF	35	87	6	2	1	.979	2.657
Red Robbins	OF	11	11	0	0	0	1.000	1.000
Bruce Swango	P	43	4	11	1	1	.938	.349
Oscar Chinique	P	43	19	41	0	4	1.000	1.395
Glen Crable	P	31	19	19	0	1	1.000	1.226
John Romonosky	P	29	8	15	0	1	1.000	.793
John Davolio	P	22	9	13	0	0	1.000	1.000
Wally Seward	P	21	11	17	0	1	1.000	1.333
Jerry Davis	P	21	13	25	2	1	.950	1.810
Dominick Maisano	P	14	8	10	1	2	.947	1.286
Gene Host	P	11	0	9	2	0	.818	.818
Hank Dunn	P	10	5	0	1	0	.833	.500
Phil Shartzer	SS	108	202	279	22	77	.956	4.454
Totals		1388	3430	1351	135	392	.973	3.445	10	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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