1961 Olean Red Sox Statistics
Team Record: 64-61
Finished 4th in the NYPL
Manager: Harold Holland (64-61)
Affiliation: Boston Red Sox
Location: Olean, New York
Ballpark: Bradner Stadium
Attendance: 40,380, Avg. 646
Playoffs - Olean Red Sox 2 games, Geneva Redlegs 1
Finals - Olean Red Sox 2 games, Batavia Pirates 0
The Olean Red Sox of the New York-Pennsylvania League ended the 1961 season with a record of 64 wins and 61 losses, finishing fourth in the NYPL.
The Red Sox scored 753 runs and allowed 762 runs. Harold Holland led Olean with 19 home runs, and Leonard Benedetto walloped 15 or more also. Leonard Benedetto recorded 93 runs batted in and topped all qualifying hitters on the roster with a .321 average. Jim Hannan paced the team with 17 wins and a team-best 3.17 ERA, best among qualifying pitchers.
Players from the 1961 Olean Red Sox who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Ed Connolly, Jim Hannan, Mike Ryan and Fred Wenz.
Harold Holland 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Hannan | 17 | 7 | .708 | 3.17 | 31 | 23 | 11 | 5 | 196.0 | 146 | 84 | 69 | 21 | 86 | 254 | 1 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| Bobby Marr | 9 | 5 | .643 | 3.49 | 23 | 18 | 13 | 1 | 134.0 | 94 | 63 | 52 | 9 | 95 | 172 | 2 | 0 | 12 | ||||
| Stephen Chamos | 8 | 9 | .471 | 6.50 | 25 | 19 | 8 | 0 | 126.0 | 168 | 108 | 91 | 25 | 37 | 83 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Edward Apalinski | 5 | 3 | .625 | 6.56 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 85.0 | 106 | 81 | 62 | 6 | 57 | 61 | 4 | 1 | 5 | ||||
| Fred Wolff | 4 | 5 | .444 | 4.23 | 18 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 83.0 | 67 | 53 | 39 | 5 | 77 | 63 | 3 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| Ed Connolly | 4 | 5 | .444 | 5.95 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 56.0 | 57 | 50 | 37 | 7 | 71 | 63 | 4 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| Lawrence Krotec | 3 | 2 | .600 | 6.00 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 30.0 | 39 | 23 | 20 | 3 | 19 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| James Spanswick | 3 | 6 | .333 | 6.13 | 17 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 91.0 | 82 | 72 | 62 | 10 | 76 | 106 | 2 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| Gary Kountz | 2 | 1 | .667 | 4.69 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 48.0 | 50 | 27 | 25 | 3 | 28 | 35 | 4 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Bill Buttler | 2 | 2 | .500 | 8.59 | 5 | 3 | 22.0 | 35 | 24 | 21 | 6 | 15 | 0 | |||||||||
| Fred Wenz | 2 | 3 | .400 | 7.62 | 5 | 5 | 26.0 | 27 | 25 | 22 | 4 | 29 | 0 | |||||||||
| Tony Ankersen | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.85 | 4 | 0 | 13.0 | 17 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 18 | 1 | |||||||||
| Martin Kane | 1 | 1 | .500 | 1.80 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 20.0 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Nathaniel Chase | 1 | 2 | .333 | 6.23 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 26.0 | 37 | 30 | 18 | 5 | 21 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Charles Harless | 1 | 5 | .167 | 5.94 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 53.0 | 60 | 42 | 35 | 8 | 21 | 42 | 4 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Harold Holland | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| James Krause | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Michael Imbriani | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Lazaro Perez | 0 | 1 | .000 | 6.43 | 5 | 0 | 14.0 | 16 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 10 | 0 | |||||||||
| William Kohlwes | 0 | 1 | .000 | 9.00 | 3 | 2 | 9.0 | 14 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 0 | |||||||||
| Robert Batchelder | 0 | 4 | .000 | 6.14 | 5 | 4 | 22.0 | 25 | 26 | 15 | 2 | 24 | 0 | |||||||||
| Totals | 63 | 62 | .504 | 5.11 | 265 | 118 | 0 | 41 | 8 | 0 | 1054.0 | 1057 | 754 | 598 | 119 | 702 | 0 | 960 | 28 | 3 | 56 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Burke | 123 | 571 | 466 | 96 | 140 | 32 | 3 | 13 | 90 | 14 | 4 | 93 | 66 | .300 | .417 | .466 | .882 | 217 | 5 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Leonard Benedetto | 106 | 491 | 418 | 94 | 134 | 26 | 1 | 17 | 93 | 23 | 7 | 60 | 58 | .321 | .414 | .510 | .924 | 213 | 9 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Anthony Zash | 103 | 482 | 404 | 87 | 127 | 20 | 0 | 5 | 44 | 4 | 3 | 72 | 51 | .314 | .421 | .401 | .822 | 162 | 3 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Richard Johnson | 123 | 531 | 448 | 71 | 118 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 53 | 1 | 1 | 75 | 53 | .263 | .371 | .328 | .699 | 147 | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Michael Imbriani | 114 | 498 | 397 | 81 | 104 | 19 | 3 | 13 | 80 | 2 | 3 | 95 | 79 | .262 | .403 | .423 | .826 | 168 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||
| David Walker | 119 | 479 | 413 | 62 | 91 | 25 | 0 | 11 | 57 | 1 | 0 | 49 | 107 | .220 | .311 | .361 | .672 | 149 | 8 | 3 | 6 | ||
| Harold Holland | 78 | 271 | 235 | 64 | 78 | 18 | 0 | 19 | 54 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 16 | .332 | .399 | .651 | 1.050 | 153 | 4 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Homer Green | 62 | 237 | 187 | 33 | 59 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 44 | 4 | 2 | 47 | 73 | .316 | .453 | .508 | .961 | 95 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Gene Beard | 61 | 242 | 196 | 31 | 49 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 45 | 44 | .250 | .390 | .378 | .768 | 74 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Joseph Verdon | 56 | 217 | 183 | 40 | 46 | 10 | 2 | 10 | 43 | 3 | 0 | 32 | 70 | .251 | .369 | .492 | .860 | 90 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Walter Szczepanski | 35 | 125 | 118 | 14 | 24 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 36 | .203 | .240 | .356 | .596 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Mike Ryan | 45 | 142 | 119 | 21 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 34 | .185 | .310 | .286 | .596 | 34 | 3 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Bobby Marr | 39 | 72 | 66 | 12 | 17 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | .258 | .286 | .439 | .725 | 29 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Robert Adams | 29 | 97 | 72 | 10 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 24 | .222 | .406 | .278 | .684 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Anthony Grinavic | 11 | 41 | 35 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | .314 | .415 | .343 | .757 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| James Spanswick | 22 | 44 | 35 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 9 | .257 | .386 | .371 | .758 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Stephen Chamos | 25 | 60 | 44 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 17 | .159 | .327 | .295 | .623 | 13 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Jim Hannan | 31 | 82 | 74 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 28 | .095 | .130 | .095 | .224 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Edward Apalinski | 36 | 30 | 30 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Shelby Smith | 5 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .583 | .917 | 7 | |||||||||||
| Charles Harless | 14 | 21 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 | .250 | .429 | .250 | .679 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Alberto Valdez | 8 | 17 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .235 | .235 | .294 | .529 | 5 | |||||||||||
| Bill Buttler | 5 | 11 | 11 | 3 | .273 | .273 | .273 | .545 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Nathaniel Chase | 13 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .250 | .250 | .625 | .875 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Willie Schonacher | 3 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Gary Kountz | 24 | 21 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 | .118 | .286 | .118 | .403 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ed Connolly | 16 | 26 | 22 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | .091 | .130 | .091 | .221 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Fred Wolff | 18 | 28 | 25 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19 | .080 | .179 | .120 | .299 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tony Ankersen | 4 | 6 | 6 | 1 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Robert Batchelder | 5 | 7 | 7 | 1 | .143 | .143 | .143 | .286 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Lawrence Krotec | 13 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .111 | .200 | .111 | .311 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Fred Wenz | 6 | 11 | 11 | 1 | .091 | .091 | .091 | .182 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| William Kohlwes | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| James Krause | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Lazaro Perez | 5 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Martin Kane | 11 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1372 | 4916 | 4124 | 761 | 1094 | 207 | 16 | 116 | 677 | 55 | 24 | 680 | 843 | .265 | .373 | .408 | .780 | 1681 | 0 | 47 | 29 | 36 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harold Holland | 1B | 73 | 562 | 44 | 9 | 40 | .985 | 8.301 | ||||
| Walter Szczepanski | 1B | 31 | 206 | 17 | 5 | 28 | .978 | 7.194 | ||||
| Michael Imbriani | 1B | 29 | 238 | 18 | 7 | 10 | .973 | 8.828 | ||||
| Anthony Zash | 2B | 102 | 194 | 233 | 34 | 47 | .926 | 4.186 | ||||
| Michael Imbriani | 2B | 27 | 58 | 72 | 5 | 18 | .963 | 4.815 | ||||
| David Walker | 3B | 119 | 114 | 193 | 24 | 30 | .927 | 2.580 | ||||
| Michael Imbriani | 3B | 12 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Gene Beard | C | 52 | 475 | 58 | 10 | 10 | .982 | 1.250 | 24 | |||
| Michael Imbriani | C | 37 | 240 | 27 | 2 | 5 | .993 | 7.216 | 26 | |||
| Mike Ryan | C | 36 | 281 | 17 | 3 | 1 | .990 | 8.278 | 7 | |||
| Bill Burke | OF | 123 | 208 | 13 | 13 | 3 | .944 | 1.797 | ||||
| Leonard Benedetto | OF | 106 | 130 | 11 | 7 | 1 | .953 | 1.330 | ||||
| Homer Green | OF | 58 | 69 | 3 | 10 | 0 | .878 | 1.241 | ||||
| Joseph Verdon | OF | 53 | 72 | 6 | 6 | 2 | .929 | 1.472 | ||||
| Robert Adams | OF | 18 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .955 | 1.167 | ||||
| Michael Imbriani | OF | 14 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.143 | ||||
| Edward Apalinski | P | 36 | 4 | 19 | 1 | 2 | .958 | .639 | ||||
| Jim Hannan | P | 31 | 7 | 30 | 3 | 2 | .925 | 1.194 | ||||
| Stephen Chamos | P | 25 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 0 | .941 | .640 | ||||
| Gary Kountz | P | 24 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .857 | .250 | ||||
| Bobby Marr | P | 23 | 5 | 16 | 4 | 2 | .840 | .913 | ||||
| Fred Wolff | P | 18 | 9 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.389 | ||||
| James Spanswick | P | 17 | 4 | 17 | 3 | 1 | .875 | 1.235 | ||||
| Charles Harless | P | 13 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .923 | .923 | ||||
| Ed Connolly | P | 13 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 0 | .917 | .846 | ||||
| Lawrence Krotec | P | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .167 | ||||
| Martin Kane | P | 11 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .800 | .364 | ||||
| Nathaniel Chase | P | 11 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .857 | .545 | ||||
| Fred Wenz | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Lazaro Perez | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Bill Buttler | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Robert Batchelder | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Tony Ankersen | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| William Kohlwes | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Harold Holland | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| James Krause | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Michael Imbriani | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Richard Johnson | SS | 123 | 170 | 323 | 35 | 57 | .934 | 4.008 | ||||
| Totals | 1278 | 3098 | 1187 | 188 | 261 | .958 | 3.353 | 57 | 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.
Persons data from the Chadwick Baseball Bureau are Copyright Chadwick Baseball Bureau, and are made available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License.
