
1961 Portland Beavers Statistics
Team Record: 71-83
Finished 5th in the PCL
Manager: Vern Benson (0-0), Ray Katt (0-0)
Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals
Location: Portland, Oregon
Ballpark: PGE Park
Attendance: 132,834, Avg. 1,725
The Portland Beavers of the Pacific Coast League ended the 1961 season with a record of 71 wins and 83 losses, finishing fifth in the PCL.
The Beavers plated 676 runs and gave up 749 runs. Gene Oliver walloped 36 home runs for Portland and drove in 100 runs, while leading all regular batters by hitting .302. Don Choate topped the squad with 10 wins, and Glenn McMinn recorded a 3.65 ERA, tops among regular hurlers.
Don Landrum, Bob Grim, Jerry Buchek, Joe Koppe, Gene Oliver, Jim Brideweser, Bill Wilson, Mel Nelson, Bob Burda, Dave Ricketts, Gene Leek, Craig Anderson, Jimmie Schaffer, Mike Shannon, Chris Cannizzaro, Don Choate, Duke Carmel, Bud Podbielan, Jim Baxes, Harry Byrd, Satchel Paige, Ed Bauta, Jim Hickman, Ray Katt, Charlie White, Dick Hughes, Frank Barnes and Phil Gagliano were all players from the 1961 Portland Beavers who played in the Majors during their careers.
Vern Benson and Ray Katt 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Don Choate | 10 | 10 | .500 | 4.32 | 38 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 152.0 | 158 | 87 | 73 | 13 | 70 | 3 | 68 | 4 | 1 | 4 | |||
Ed Bauta | 9 | 1 | .900 | 1.95 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60.0 | 54 | 17 | 13 | 2 | 19 | 1 | 46 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
Mel Nelson | 9 | 12 | .429 | 4.65 | 38 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 176.0 | 174 | 105 | 91 | 21 | 107 | 9 | 104 | 6 | 0 | 8 | |||
Glenn McMinn | 9 | 13 | .409 | 3.65 | 31 | 29 | 7 | 1 | 197.0 | 219 | 90 | 80 | 17 | 57 | 5 | 111 | 3 | 0 | 4 | |||
Dick Hughes | 8 | 14 | .364 | 4.78 | 29 | 29 | 10 | 0 | 192.0 | 180 | 112 | 102 | 14 | 130 | 4 | 139 | 7 | 0 | 14 | |||
Craig Anderson | 6 | 3 | .667 | 2.06 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 48.0 | 39 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
Richard Mauldin | 5 | 6 | .455 | 5.73 | 15 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 77.0 | 96 | 57 | 49 | 10 | 37 | 3 | 46 | 3 | 0 | 2 | |||
Fred Herrmann | 3 | 6 | .333 | 4.01 | 32 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 101.0 | 105 | 60 | 45 | 6 | 60 | 4 | 50 | 3 | 0 | 12 | |||
Clint Stark | 3 | 9 | .250 | 4.75 | 27 | 22 | 2 | 1 | 125.0 | 134 | 85 | 66 | 10 | 84 | 3 | 102 | 5 | 1 | 5 | |||
Bob Funge | 1 | 3 | .250 | 5.90 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29.0 | 39 | 21 | 19 | 0 | 23 | 7 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
Harry Byrd | 3 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Gerald Mason | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
Frank Barnes | 24 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Bud Podbielan | 11 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Bob Grim | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Satchel Paige | 0 | 0 | 2.88 | 5 | 5 | 25.0 | 28 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 0 | ||||||||||
Billy Tolar | 0 | 0 | 7.36 | 4 | 0 | 11.0 | 17 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 0 | ||||||||||
Totals | 63 | 77 | .450 | 4.26 | 337 | 146 | 0 | 32 | 3 | 0 | 1195.0 | 1243 | 668 | 566 | 101 | 609 | 39 | 703 | 32 | 3 | 52 | 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Phil Gagliano | 145 | 618 | 549 | 80 | 143 | 29 | 2 | 11 | 61 | 6 | 4 | 57 | 57 | .260 | .332 | .381 | .713 | 209 | 3 | 7 | 2 | ||
Bob Burda | 148 | 627 | 539 | 83 | 142 | 26 | 7 | 8 | 59 | 2 | 3 | 65 | 33 | .263 | .345 | .382 | .727 | 206 | 6 | 10 | 7 | ||
Gene Oliver | 121 | 507 | 417 | 88 | 126 | 17 | 2 | 36 | 100 | 6 | 5 | 86 | 91 | .302 | .422 | .612 | 1.033 | 255 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||
Jerry Buchek | 122 | 483 | 447 | 56 | 124 | 17 | 12 | 14 | 68 | 0 | 3 | 28 | 105 | .277 | .319 | .463 | .783 | 207 | 1 | 4 | 3 | ||
Jim Hickman | 134 | 532 | 465 | 58 | 116 | 22 | 3 | 11 | 57 | 2 | 3 | 60 | 99 | .249 | .333 | .381 | .714 | 177 | 0 | 4 | 3 | ||
Don Landrum | 86 | 374 | 336 | 61 | 105 | 21 | 5 | 4 | 35 | 8 | 2 | 29 | 34 | .312 | .373 | .440 | .813 | 148 | 4 | 4 | 1 | ||
Dave Ricketts | 85 | 363 | 326 | 51 | 98 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 21 | .301 | .360 | .377 | .737 | 123 | 0 | 2 | 3 | ||
Jim Brideweser | 85 | 250 | 208 | 23 | 52 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 38 | 36 | .250 | .368 | .322 | .691 | 67 | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
Mike Shannon | 41 | 166 | 152 | 14 | 35 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 41 | .230 | .291 | .368 | .659 | 56 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
Bill Wilson | 64 | 195 | 167 | 14 | 34 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 44 | .204 | .304 | .341 | .645 | 57 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
Chris Cannizzaro | 41 | 146 | 133 | 12 | 27 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 25 | .203 | .255 | .263 | .518 | 35 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
Harry Keister | 54 | 135 | 120 | 8 | 25 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 18 | .208 | .276 | .292 | .568 | 35 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
Jimmie Schaffer | 18 | 65 | 58 | 9 | 22 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 9 | .379 | .446 | .690 | 1.136 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Marty Beltran | 38 | 105 | 96 | 10 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 23 | .229 | .295 | .292 | .587 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Mel Nelson | 49 | 80 | 73 | 10 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 26 | .288 | .350 | .452 | .802 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Gerald Mason | 32 | 87 | 78 | 7 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 11 | .231 | .310 | .372 | .682 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Ray Katt | 32 | 115 | 95 | 8 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 24 | .189 | .313 | .284 | .597 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
Dick Hughes | 46 | 78 | 71 | 8 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 23 | .239 | .308 | .338 | .646 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Glenn McMinn | 31 | 72 | 58 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 17 | .172 | .238 | .207 | .445 | 12 | 1 | 9 | 0 | ||
Don Choate | 39 | 54 | 45 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 18 | .200 | .308 | .400 | .708 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
Clem Moore | 10 | 25 | 23 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .261 | .320 | .348 | .668 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Jim Baxes | 21 | 74 | 63 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 17 | .095 | .230 | .095 | .325 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Fred Herrmann | 32 | 36 | 30 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14 | .167 | .219 | .200 | .419 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
Clint Stark | 27 | 45 | 35 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 14 | .143 | .231 | .143 | .374 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
Richard Mauldin | 15 | 27 | 25 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | .160 | .192 | .160 | .352 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Satchel Paige | 5 | 9 | 9 | 2 | .222 | .222 | .222 | .444 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
Billy Tolar | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
Bob Funge | 19 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .200 | .333 | .200 | .533 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Ed Bauta | 35 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
Craig Anderson | 22 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Totals | 1601 | 5298 | 4645 | 621 | 1194 | 200 | 46 | 111 | 569 | 34 | 25 | 540 | 825 | .257 | .335 | .392 | .727 | 1819 | 0 | 21 | 63 | 29 | 0 |
Fielding:
Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gene Oliver | 1B | 86 | 662 | 51 | 14 | 64 | .981 | 8.291 | ||||
Marty Beltran | 1B | 37 | 260 | 14 | 4 | 28 | .986 | 7.405 | ||||
Bill Wilson | 1B | 15 | 100 | 11 | 2 | 11 | .982 | 7.400 | ||||
Phil Gagliano | 2B | 145 | 383 | 371 | 18 | 110 | .977 | 5.200 | ||||
Jim Brideweser | 2B | 13 | 24 | 18 | 1 | 2 | .977 | 3.231 | ||||
Dave Ricketts | 3B | 79 | 45 | 143 | 20 | 16 | .904 | 2.380 | ||||
Joe Koppe | 3B | 25 | 20 | 61 | 4 | 5 | .953 | 3.240 | ||||
Jim Brideweser | 3B | 24 | 11 | 36 | 4 | 3 | .922 | 1.958 | ||||
Jim Baxes | 3B | 21 | 21 | 33 | 3 | 6 | .947 | 2.571 | ||||
Chris Cannizzaro | C | 38 | 177 | 19 | 6 | 6 | .970 | 5.158 | 6 | |||
Gene Oliver | C | 36 | 189 | 12 | 4 | 1 | .980 | 5.583 | 2 | |||
Ray Katt | C | 31 | 188 | 13 | 2 | 2 | .990 | 6.484 | 2 | |||
Jimmie Schaffer | C | 17 | 84 | 8 | 3 | 3 | .968 | 5.412 | 0 | |||
Bob Burda | OF | 147 | 252 | 17 | 7 | 1 | .975 | 1.830 | ||||
Jim Hickman | OF | 131 | 330 | 12 | 3 | 2 | .991 | 2.611 | ||||
Don Landrum | OF | 83 | 184 | 5 | 3 | 2 | .984 | 2.277 | ||||
Mike Shannon | OF | 41 | 82 | 5 | 2 | 1 | .978 | 2.122 | ||||
Harry Keister | OF | 37 | 57 | 1 | 5 | 0 | .921 | 1.568 | ||||
Bill Wilson | OF | 28 | 49 | 4 | 2 | 0 | .964 | 1.893 | ||||
Gerald Mason | OF | 16 | 27 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .900 | 1.688 | ||||
Mel Nelson | P | 38 | 11 | 29 | 3 | 0 | .930 | 1.053 | ||||
Don Choate | P | 38 | 7 | 22 | 3 | 1 | .906 | .763 | ||||
Ed Bauta | P | 35 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 1 | .933 | .400 | ||||
Fred Herrmann | P | 32 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .375 | ||||
Glenn McMinn | P | 31 | 7 | 27 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.097 | ||||
Dick Hughes | P | 29 | 7 | 20 | 4 | 0 | .871 | .931 | ||||
Clint Stark | P | 27 | 7 | 22 | 2 | 1 | .935 | 1.074 | ||||
Craig Anderson | P | 22 | 6 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .955 | ||||
Bob Funge | P | 19 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .421 | ||||
Richard Mauldin | P | 15 | 7 | 13 | 1 | 0 | .952 | 1.333 | ||||
Jerry Buchek | SS | 122 | 198 | 358 | 40 | 70 | .933 | 4.557 | ||||
Jim Brideweser | SS | 30 | 48 | 87 | 11 | 20 | .925 | 4.500 | ||||
Totals | 1488 | 3450 | 1454 | 175 | 360 | .966 | 3.296 | 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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