1961 Pensacola Angels Statistics
Team Record: 70-47
Finished 2nd in the AAL
Manager: Archie Wilson (70-47)
Affiliation: Washington Senators
Location: Pensacola, Florida
Ballpark: Vice Admiral Mason Park
Attendance: 46,993, Avg. 803
The Pensacola Angels of the Alabama-Florida League ended the 1961 season with a record of 70 wins and 47 losses, finishing second in the AAL.
The Angels scored 665 runs and gave up 549 runs. Walter Holloway paced Pensacola with 10 home runs John Schoenberger recorded 69 runs batted in. George White led batters with significant playing time by hitting .312. Fred Waters topped the team with 16 wins, while Roger McCombs added 15 or more wins, too Fred Waters recorded a 1.97 ERA, tops among hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Players from the 1961 Pensacola Angels who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Don Loun, Carl Bouldin, Archie Wilson, John Kennedy, Fred Waters and Ed Brinkman.
Archie Wilson 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fred Waters | 16 | 4 | .800 | 1.97 | 24 | 23 | 16 | 5 | 183.0 | 136 | 52 | 40 | 10 | 45 | 197 | 1 | 1 | 10 | ||||
| Roger McCombs | 15 | 7 | .682 | 3.45 | 25 | 24 | 16 | 2 | 185.0 | 132 | 86 | 71 | 10 | 132 | 181 | 16 | 3 | 13 | ||||
| Donald Young | 7 | 3 | .700 | 3.71 | 45 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 97.0 | 79 | 49 | 40 | 5 | 62 | 90 | 3 | 0 | 11 | ||||
| Dennis Hill | 6 | 8 | .429 | 3.54 | 21 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 112.0 | 100 | 57 | 44 | 9 | 53 | 98 | 9 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| Tommy Kraus | 5 | 1 | .833 | 4.14 | 31 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 63.0 | 48 | 34 | 29 | 5 | 40 | 54 | 2 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Don Loun | 5 | 3 | .625 | 5.33 | 22 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 81.0 | 67 | 53 | 48 | 5 | 75 | 63 | 9 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| Juan Gomez | 4 | 9 | .308 | 6.03 | 23 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 112.0 | 135 | 85 | 75 | 12 | 54 | 73 | 10 | 0 | 8 | ||||
| Carl Bouldin | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.16 | 3 | 3 | 25.0 | 17 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 0 | |||||||||
| Carlos Medrano | 3 | 2 | .600 | 3.98 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 43.0 | 48 | 24 | 19 | 5 | 20 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| Dean Gruwell | 3 | 4 | .429 | 3.77 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 43.0 | 37 | 25 | 18 | 2 | 21 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Frank Slusser | 1 | 1 | .500 | 8.00 | 5 | 0 | 9.0 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |||||||||
| Gerald Andrews | 1 | 1 | .500 | 8.31 | 5 | 2 | 13.0 | 20 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 0 | |||||||||
| Paul Snyder | 1 | 4 | .200 | 7.42 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 40.0 | 48 | 43 | 33 | 1 | 28 | 34 | 2 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Totals | 70 | 47 | .598 | 3.96 | 236 | 117 | 0 | 44 | 9 | 0 | 1006.0 | 881 | 539 | 443 | 68 | 547 | 0 | 841 | 54 | 4 | 70 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Schoenberger | 116 | 519 | 428 | 79 | 128 | 19 | 4 | 4 | 69 | 3 | 3 | 78 | 34 | .299 | .406 | .390 | .796 | 167 | 3 | 4 | 6 | ||
| John Kennedy | 115 | 500 | 418 | 69 | 106 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 46 | 5 | 1 | 70 | 75 | .254 | .361 | .328 | .689 | 137 | 4 | 2 | 6 | ||
| James Broughton | 115 | 502 | 404 | 97 | 104 | 19 | 4 | 5 | 44 | 19 | 4 | 86 | 52 | .257 | .400 | .361 | .761 | 146 | 10 | 2 | 0 | ||
| George White | 99 | 395 | 321 | 66 | 100 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 44 | 1 | 1 | 62 | 34 | .312 | .435 | .374 | .809 | 120 | 9 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Dundee Jones | 88 | 318 | 284 | 31 | 80 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 56 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 38 | .282 | .340 | .401 | .741 | 114 | 7 | 3 | 4 | ||
| Richard Nichols | 99 | 354 | 304 | 48 | 77 | 13 | 0 | 5 | 41 | 2 | 1 | 38 | 50 | .253 | .337 | .345 | .683 | 105 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
| Ed Brinkman | 53 | 232 | 210 | 32 | 61 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 26 | .290 | .339 | .405 | .744 | 85 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Walter Holloway | 87 | 349 | 258 | 53 | 57 | 11 | 2 | 10 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 76 | 47 | .221 | .409 | .395 | .805 | 102 | 9 | 2 | 4 | ||
| Jay Franklin | 69 | 282 | 237 | 39 | 54 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 18 | 1 | 34 | 21 | .228 | .330 | .253 | .583 | 60 | 3 | 6 | 2 | ||
| James Hilderbrand | 41 | 179 | 158 | 29 | 36 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 36 | .228 | .309 | .285 | .594 | 45 | 3 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Roger McCombs | 45 | 111 | 103 | 15 | 32 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 36 | .311 | .355 | .592 | .947 | 61 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Jay Bucher | 39 | 137 | 121 | 16 | 26 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 26 | .215 | .307 | .347 | .654 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John DeJarnette | 28 | 104 | 84 | 21 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 11 | .238 | .354 | .310 | .663 | 26 | 4 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Archie Wilson | 16 | 44 | 40 | 8 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | .350 | .409 | .650 | 1.059 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Fred Waters | 25 | 72 | 57 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 14 | .246 | .348 | .246 | .594 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Louis Abrahams | 19 | 63 | 53 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 7 | .245 | .339 | .321 | .659 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Roger Lacny | 13 | 55 | 46 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 7 | .174 | .273 | .217 | .490 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Donald Young | 45 | 34 | 30 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | .233 | .303 | .233 | .536 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Juan Gomez | 24 | 46 | 41 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 15 | .171 | .261 | .220 | .480 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Harold Templin | 11 | 29 | 24 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 | .208 | .345 | .208 | .553 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dennis Hill | 21 | 45 | 40 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 11 | .125 | .205 | .125 | .330 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Dean Gruwell | 9 | 14 | 14 | 3 | .214 | .214 | .214 | .429 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Paul Snyder | 11 | 16 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .200 | .250 | .200 | .450 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Alan Kirkes | 19 | 68 | 53 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 21 | .057 | .254 | .057 | .310 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Vincent Hoch | 4 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .222 | .222 | .222 | .444 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Carl Bouldin | 3 | 10 | 10 | 2 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Jim Yarbrough | 7 | 24 | 24 | 2 | .083 | .083 | .083 | .167 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Don Loun | 24 | 35 | 32 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | .062 | .062 | .062 | .125 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Frank Slusser | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Jerry Cockrell | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Gerald Andrews | 5 | 4 | 4 | 1 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Tommy Kraus | 31 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .100 | .250 | .100 | .350 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Carlos Medrano | 14 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .077 | .143 | .154 | .297 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1301 | 4583 | 3851 | 652 | 976 | 142 | 26 | 52 | 525 | 55 | 14 | 586 | 596 | .253 | .358 | .344 | .703 | 1326 | 0 | 63 | 48 | 35 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dundee Jones | 1B | 69 | 565 | 35 | 8 | 45 | .987 | 8.696 | ||||
| George White | 1B | 38 | 203 | 12 | 2 | 4 | .991 | 5.658 | ||||
| Jay Bucher | 1B | 13 | 87 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 1.000 | 7.000 | ||||
| Archie Wilson | 1B | 12 | 45 | 5 | 2 | 4 | .962 | 4.167 | ||||
| Richard Nichols | 2B | 40 | 101 | 123 | 13 | 20 | .945 | 5.600 | ||||
| John DeJarnette | 2B | 23 | 50 | 42 | 6 | 8 | .939 | 4.000 | ||||
| Ed Brinkman | 2B | 23 | 68 | 80 | 4 | 24 | .974 | 6.435 | ||||
| Roger Lacny | 2B | 12 | 32 | 37 | 4 | 10 | .945 | 5.750 | ||||
| George White | 3B | 59 | 51 | 92 | 25 | 8 | .851 | 2.424 | ||||
| Richard Nichols | 3B | 32 | 36 | 60 | 4 | 9 | .960 | 3.000 | ||||
| Ed Brinkman | 3B | 28 | 24 | 47 | 3 | 3 | .959 | 2.536 | ||||
| Walter Holloway | C | 79 | 593 | 35 | 11 | 3 | .983 | 7.949 | 21 | |||
| Jay Bucher | C | 22 | 170 | 8 | 2 | 0 | .989 | 8.091 | 3 | |||
| Alan Kirkes | C | 17 | 124 | 3 | 2 | 1 | .984 | 7.471 | 6 | |||
| John Schoenberger | OF | 115 | 159 | 17 | 12 | 3 | .936 | 1.530 | ||||
| James Broughton | OF | 111 | 178 | 9 | 6 | 3 | .969 | 1.685 | ||||
| Jay Franklin | OF | 67 | 121 | 4 | 6 | 1 | .954 | 1.866 | ||||
| James Hilderbrand | OF | 40 | 67 | 2 | 5 | 0 | .932 | 1.725 | ||||
| Louis Abrahams | OF | 15 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .947 | 1.200 | ||||
| Donald Young | P | 45 | 3 | 24 | 2 | 0 | .931 | .600 | ||||
| Tommy Kraus | P | 31 | 5 | 12 | 1 | 0 | .944 | .548 | ||||
| Roger McCombs | P | 25 | 5 | 19 | 5 | 0 | .828 | .960 | ||||
| Fred Waters | P | 24 | 3 | 21 | 3 | 0 | .889 | 1.000 | ||||
| Juan Gomez | P | 23 | 4 | 28 | 4 | 4 | .889 | 1.391 | ||||
| Don Loun | P | 22 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .364 | ||||
| Dennis Hill | P | 21 | 7 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.429 | ||||
| Carlos Medrano | P | 12 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .750 | .250 | ||||
| Paul Snyder | P | 11 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.273 | ||||
| Dean Gruwell | P | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| Frank Slusser | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Gerald Andrews | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Carl Bouldin | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| John Kennedy | SS | 115 | 171 | 326 | 51 | 54 | .907 | 4.322 | ||||
| Totals | 1166 | 2898 | 1085 | 183 | 210 | .956 | 3.416 | 30 | 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.
