1961 Pocatello Bannocks Statistics

Pioneer League (PL) - Class: C
Team Record: 57-72
Finished 5th in the PL
Manager: Bert Thiel (57-72)
Affiliation: Kansas City Athletics, San Francisco Giants
Location: Pocatello, Idaho
Ballpark: Halliwell Baseball Park
Attendance: 32,099, Avg. 498

1961 Pocatello Bannocks Roster

The Pocatello Bannocks of the Pioneer League ended the 1961 season with a record of 57 wins and 72 losses, finishing fifth in the PL.

The Bannocks scored 760 runs and gave up 829 runs, most in the circuit. Jimmy Coggins led Pocatello with 22 home runs, while Agustin Enriquez and James McClain walloped 15 or more also. Jimmy Coggins drove in 88 runs. Joe Ala topped batters with significant playing time by connecting at a .343 clip. John Hanes paced the squad with 10 wins, and Al Lowe earned a 3.88 ERA, best among qualifying pitchers.

Bert Thiel and Fred Wenz both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.

Bert Thiel 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
John Hanes	10	12	.455	4.85	42	17		7	1		143.0	136	93	77	7	95		167	4	2	8
Jack Bristol	9	12	.429	5.83	45	16		5	0		173.0	232	130	112	23	57		143	5	1	6
Al Lowe	8	2	.800	3.88	30	8		3	0		109.0	116	64	47	17	33		75	0	0	8
Hub McCoy	6	3	.667	4.12	18	11		4	2		83.0	69	48	38	7	62		106	3	2	8
Steve Rivera	5	5	.500	5.65	36	11		1	0		102.0	118	77	64	11	73		86	2	1	8
Carl Shelen	4	6	.400	4.91	19	11		2	0		66.0	75	42	36	6	32		54	5	0	4
Ray Cox	3	2	.600	4.91	34	3		0	0		88.0	106	60	48	16	34		87	3	1	5
Robert Ericson	3	2	.600	7.36	12	6		1	0		33.0	32	37	27	5	33		33	6	1	3
Gary Sanossian	3	6	.333	5.45	18	14		2	1		71.0	67	52	43	12	56		96	0	1	5
Bert Thiel	2	1	.667	2.67	4	3					27.0	22	8	8	3	3				0
Rudy Tretter	2	2	.500	7.59	8	3		0	0		32.0	40	29	27	5	18		22	2	1	2
Thomas Woods	2	4	.333	7.03	7	7		0	0		32.0	34	28	25	8	29		37	1	0	3
Joe Ala	0	0			1						0.0									0
Lowell Bussler	0	0		7.71	5	1					7.0	10	11	6	2	9				0
Mark Opatt	0	1	.000	7.71	6	2					14.0	19	13	12	3	17				0
Giovanni Bertussi	0	2	.000	9.69	6	2					13.0	17	14	14	4	7				0
Robert Hoffman	0	5	.000	6.16	36	6		0	0		73.0	87	53	50	11	47		72	2	0	9
Fred Wenz	0	7	.000	8.47	19	9		0	0		51.0	64	68	48	4	57		55	2	1	9
Totals	57	72	.442	5.50	346	130	0	25	4	0	1117.0	1244	827	682	144	662	0	1033	35	11	78	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
Gilberto Valentin	120	538	494	88	160	25	5	4	59	1	3	34	52	.324	.370	.419	.789	207		3	5	2
Agustin Enriquez	130	599	532	105	159	35	16	17	72	10	5	54	106	.299	.366	.521	.886	277		5	3	5
Joe Ala	107	459	397	69	136	28	2	11	82	4	2	52	48	.343	.421	.506	.928	201		5	1	4
Jimmy Coggins	114	491	421	79	136	24	4	22	88	4	3	56	52	.323	.402	.556	.957	234		4	3	7
James McClain	96	439	382	80	123	20	13	19	74	9	4	39	100	.322	.400	.592	.992	226		13	2	3
Robert Meyers	124	511	435	64	118	25	5	7	58	4	1	63	87	.271	.366	.400	.766	174		5	3	5
Neil Junker	93	379	326	52	99	23	1	9	51	2	2	43	33	.304	.393	.463	.856	151		6	2	2
Larry Randall	110	442	379	61	97	19	4	8	54	8	3	49	71	.256	.350	.391	.741	148		8	2	4
Bobby Perez	57	198	187	21	53	7	4	5	34	4	2	9	26	.283	.315	.444	.759	83		0	1	1
Jose Pizarro	60	182	170	23	43	7	3	5	18	0	0	5	31	.253	.277	.418	.694	71		1	5	1
Charlie Bennett	30	121	100	19	32	6	2	3	21	4	1	17	20	.320	.421	.510	.931	51		2	0	2
Jack Bristol	63	95	84	16	22	3	2	6	15	0	0	8	26	.262	.326	.560	.886	47		0	3	0
Lee Reynolds	30	91	76	11	21	4	1	1	7	0	0	14	20	.276	.385	.395	.779	30		0	0	1
Bobbye Beckner	30	112	93	16	20	6	0	3	8	1	1	18	43	.215	.348	.376	.725	35		1	0	0
Al Lowe	40	57	49	6	15	5	0	0	6	1	0	5	18	.306	.375	.408	.783	20		1	1	1
Bob Rudd	16	56	49	9	14	2	1	1	8	0	0	6	10	.286	.364	.429	.792	21		0	1	0
John Hanes	48	60	48	6	12	3	0	0	7	1	0	7	23	.250	.345	.312	.658	15		0	5	0
Gil Ruiz	26	70	59	11	12	0	0	2	13	0	0	10	18	.203	.314	.305	.619	18		0	0	1
Gary Sanossian	20	27	24	2	5	0	1	0	7	0	0	2	14	.208	.269	.292	.561	7		0	1	0
Hub McCoy	18	33	29	5	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	10	.172	.226	.172	.398	5		0	2	0
Rudy Tretter	10	18	15	1	4	2	0	0	3	0	0	1	6	.267	.312	.400	.712	6		0	2	0
Carl Shelen	19	25	21	3	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	13	.190	.261	.238	.499	5		0	2	0
Ray Cox	36	33	29	2	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	17	.138	.219	.138	.357	4		0	1	0
Steve Rivera	37	37	30	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	12	.100	.206	.100	.306	3		0	3	0
Giovanni Bertussi	6	3	3		1									.333	.333	.333	.667	1
Mark Opatt	6	5	5		1									.200	.200	.200	.400	1
Robert Ericson	12	12	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	6	.111	.273	.111	.384	1		0	1	0
Fred Wenz	19	17	16	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	11	.062	.118	.062	.180	1		0	0	0
Julio Miro	10	18	16	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	9	.062	.167	.062	.229	1		0	0	0
Robert Hoffman	36	19	17	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	.059	.111	.059	.170	1		1	1	0
Bert Thiel	4	8	8		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Lowell Bussler	5	1	1		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Thomas Woods	8	13	13		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1540	5169	4517	758	1303	245	64	123	688	53	27	508	891	.288	.365	.453	.817	2045	0	55	50	39	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Jimmy Coggins	1B	100	704	57	17	71	.978	7.610
Gilberto Valentin	1B	20	131	3	4	11	.971	6.700
Gil Ruiz	1B	14	87	6	4	8	.959	6.643
Agustin Enriquez	2B	82	180	195	16	54	.959	4.573
Gilberto Valentin	2B	28	68	60	4	18	.970	4.571
Bobbye Beckner	2B	24	40	42	10	7	.891	3.417
Joe Ala	3B	104	88	158	27	16	.901	2.365
Robert Meyers	3B	13	8	13	3	0	.875	1.615
Neil Junker	C	72	586	30	8	8	.987	8.556	11
Bobby Perez	C	37	313	8	4	5	.988	8.676	13
Jose Pizarro	C	29	217	10	4	1	.983	7.828	7
Larry Randall	OF	108	214	20	12	3	.951	2.167
Robert Meyers	OF	106	170	12	12	1	.938	1.717
James McClain	OF	96	162	20	16	8	.919	1.896
Charlie Bennett	OF	28	41	4	3	0	.938	1.607
Lee Reynolds	OF	24	21	5	1	1	.963	1.083
Neil Junker	OF	16	21	0	3	0	.875	1.312
Jack Bristol	P	45	5	25	2	2	.938	.667
John Hanes	P	42	7	16	1	1	.958	.548
Steve Rivera	P	36	4	14	2	3	.900	.500
Robert Hoffman	P	36	4	8	1	0	.923	.333
Ray Cox	P	34	5	8	1	1	.929	.382
Al Lowe	P	30	3	11	1	2	.933	.467
Fred Wenz	P	19	2	6	0	0	1.000	.421
Carl Shelen	P	19	2	8	1	0	.909	.526
Gary Sanossian	P	18	2	4	0	0	1.000	.333
Hub McCoy	P	18	2	14	1	0	.941	.889
Robert Ericson	P	12	1	4	0	1	1.000	.417
Rudy Tretter	P	8						.000
Thomas Woods	P	7						.000
Mark Opatt	P	6						.000
Giovanni Bertussi	P	6						.000
Lowell Bussler	P	5						.000
Bert Thiel	P	4						.000
Joe Ala	P	1						.000
Gilberto Valentin	SS	72	112	192	13	35	.959	4.222
Agustin Enriquez	SS	47	70	152	8	27	.965	4.723
Jimmy Coggins	SS	13	12	27	2	7	.951	3.000
Totals		1379	3282	1132	181	291	.961	3.201	31	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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