1961 Panama City Fliers Statistics

Alabama-Florida League (AAL) - Class: D
Team Record: 55-64
Finished 5th in the AAL
Manager: George Scherger (55-64)
Affiliation: Los Angeles Dodgers
Location: Panama City, Florida
Ballpark: Lions Park
Attendance: 24,167, Avg. 406

1961 Panama City Fliers Roster

The Panama City Fliers of the Alabama-Florida League ended the 1961 season with a record of 55 wins and 64 losses, finishing fifth in the AAL.

The Fliers tallied 649 runs and conceded 638 runs. Bobby Cox paced Panama City with 17 home runs Bob Loftin drove in 91 runs. Braxton Bailey topped all regular hitters by connecting at a .356 clip. Tom Young led the squad with 13 wins and a team-best 1.95 ERA, leading regular hurlers.

Bobby Cox played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Panama City Fliers to do so.

George Scherger 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
Tom Young	13	6	.684	1.95	23	21		13	3		152.0	125	52	33	5	69		176	4	0	9
Jackie Shue	9	2	.818	1.66	23	7		5	1		87.0	66	23	16	4	32		81	2	0	3
Joseph Michel	9	6	.600	4.39	33	15		3	0		123.0	125	85	60	3	80		84	14	2	18
Marcus Neese	5	7	.417	5.88	21	15		3	0		101.0	105	78	66	6	91		55	13	1	16
Linwood Warren	5	8	.385	3.16	17	13		6	0		111.0	103	59	39	5	40		62	1	1	6
Joseph Carboni	4	5	.444	4.12	20	14		2	0		94.0	94	58	43	9	75		103	3	0	14
Phil Graf	3	4	.429	2.57	11	4		3	0		42.0	26	14	12	1	19		33	0	0	1
Samuel Duke	2	4	.333	5.14	11	4		0	0		42.0	50	31	24	1	33		32	7	0	1
Gordon Scott	2	5	.286	3.69	22	5		0	0		61.0	70	44	25	4	31		28	3	0	6
Nicholas Sutyak	2	5	.286	4.76	14	6		2	0		51.0	54	48	27	1	31		41	1	0	7
Denny Midgette	1	5	.167	4.42	14	7		2	0		55.0	54	38	27	1	49		54	2	0	6
Michael Deaton	0	0			4						0.0									0
Conrad Gasper	0	0		5.68	8	0					19.0	24	14	12	2	5				0
Jim Case	0	0		8.25	3	2					12.0	16	13	11	2	14				0
John Kimbrel	0	0		9.00	2	0					7.0	9	8	7	0	9				0
Thomas Frank	0	2	.000	5.67	9	2					27.0	35	23	17	1	16				0
John Korkosz	0	2	.000	24.00	7	0					6.0	14	16	16	3	9				0
William DeFoor	0	3	.000	9.75	14	4		0	0		24.0	31	38	26	0	36		18	2	0	4
Totals	55	64	.462	4.09	256	119	0	39	4	0	1014.0	1001	642	461	48	639	0	767	52	4	91	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
Bob Loftin	119	525	464	75	145	32	4	10	91	3	4	47	73	.312	.379	.463	.842	215		5	5	4
Michael Strickland	117	558	434	103	141	35	6	4	34	28	10	111	73	.325	.467	.461	.927	200		7	3	3
Braxton Bailey	101	446	368	89	131	34	11	14	78	16	2	61	24	.356	.452	.622	1.074	229		5	10	2
Gary Dempsey	80	353	318	52	107	20	3	4	50	5	1	25	34	.336	.383	.456	.839	145		1	6	3
Bobby Cox	92	396	335	66	102	27	4	17	73	17	4	48	72	.304	.395	.561	.956	188		4	6	3
Lance Nichols	105	430	370	40	82	20	3	7	60	2	1	46	90	.222	.311	.349	.659	129		4	5	5
Ralph Plumlee	82	346	294	37	65	8	2	3	26	4	0	44	57	.221	.326	.293	.618	86		2	5	1
Kenneth Stahl	89	310	255	31	59	13	1	7	40	0	1	46	78	.231	.350	.373	.722	95		1	7	1
Johnny Oppert	55	201	167	29	51	8	0	1	21	3	0	29	33	.305	.411	.371	.782	62		1	4	0
Jean Gauthier	36	148	118	25	32	5	2	0	15	2	0	28	15	.271	.408	.347	.756	41		0	1	1
Johnny Bland	28	113	103	19	28	3	0	2	12	3	0	7	22	.272	.336	.359	.696	37		3	0	0
Michael Deaton	43	128	110	16	23	0	0	0	6	0	0	13	15	.209	.320	.209	.529	23		5	0	0
Tommy Smith	32	112	99	18	22	7	0	1	9	1	0	11	29	.222	.306	.323	.630	32		1	1	0
Frank Cernosek	30	98	81	7	18	4	0	1	10	2	1	11	30	.222	.330	.309	.639	25		3	1	2
Thomas Parsha	13	51	47	3	11	3	0	0	4	1	0	4	10	.234	.294	.298	.592	14		0	0	0
Linwood Warren	24	51	46	4	10	1	0	2	6	0	0	4	9	.217	.280	.370	.650	17		0	1	0
Joseph Carboni	22	43	35	2	8	2	0	0	3	0	0	2	7	.229	.270	.286	.556	10		0	6	0
Louis Pannella	19	57	47	6	8	0	0	1	9	0	0	7	20	.170	.286	.234	.520	11		1	1	1
Tom Young	28	66	52	6	8	1	0	0	1	0	0	10	17	.154	.290	.173	.463	9		0	4	0
Joseph Michel	35	55	49	6	7	2	0	2	5	0	0	4	25	.143	.204	.306	.510	15		0	1	1
Jackie Shue	23	34	26	2	5	0	0	0	3	0	0	5	9	.192	.323	.192	.515	5		0	3	0
Denny Midgette	14	18	16	4	4	0	0	2	3	0	0	1	6	.250	.294	.625	.919	10		0	1	0
Marcus Neese	21	44	35	5	4	0	0	0	3	0	0	8	11	.114	.279	.114	.393	4		0	1	0
Jim Case	3	7	7		2									.286	.286	.286	.571	2
Conrad Gasper	8	8	8		2									.250	.250	.250	.500	2
Samuel Duke	11	15	12	3	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	3	.167	.286	.250	.536	3		0	1	0
John Kimbrel	2	2	2		1									.500	.500	.500	1.000	1
John Korkosz	9	2	2		1									.500	.500	.500	1.000	1
Phil Graf	11	15	12	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	8	.083	.214	.083	.298	1		0	1	0
Nicholas Sutyak	15	24	20	2	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	11	.050	.174	.050	.224	1		0	1	0
Thomas Owens	2	5	5		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
William DeFoor	14	6	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	.000	.333	.000	.333	0		0	0	0
Thomas Frank	9	6	6		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Gordon Scott	23	19	14	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	12	.000	.263	.000	.263	0		0	0	0
Totals	1315	4692	3961	652	1081	226	36	78	565	87	24	586	794	.273	.370	.407	.778	1613	0	43	75	27	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Bob Loftin	1B	119	959	73	13	118	.988	8.672
Bobby Cox	2B	90	220	247	8	71	.983	5.189
Jean Gauthier	2B	15	40	51	5	11	.948	6.067
Thomas Parsha	2B	11	28	27	3	9	.948	5.000
Gary Dempsey	3B	80	67	132	16	16	.926	2.488
Jean Gauthier	3B	16	14	40	7	4	.885	3.375
Louis Pannella	3B	12	14	21	7	3	.833	2.917
Tommy Smith	3B	10	19	23	7	3	.857	4.200
Lance Nichols	C	99	631	59	6	10	.991	6.970	22
Michael Deaton	C	28	194	7	5	1	.976	7.179	9
Michael Strickland	OF	116	175	5	14	2	.928	1.552
Braxton Bailey	OF	101	214	12	5	2	.978	2.238
Kenneth Stahl	OF	79	87	6	9	1	.912	1.177
Johnny Oppert	OF	39	49	1	1	1	.980	1.282
Frank Cernosek	OF	23	42	2	6	0	.880	1.913
Lance Nichols	OF	10	11	4	4	1	.789	1.500
Joseph Michel	P	33	3	29	5	1	.865	.970
Tom Young	P	23	4	21	2	0	.926	1.087
Jackie Shue	P	23	3	14	1	2	.944	.739
Gordon Scott	P	22	8	16	0	2	1.000	1.091
Marcus Neese	P	21	7	19	5	1	.839	1.238
Joseph Carboni	P	20	2	14	2	0	.889	.800
Linwood Warren	P	17	8	17	0	0	1.000	1.471
Nicholas Sutyak	P	14	1	4	2	0	.714	.357
Denny Midgette	P	14	2	6	0	0	1.000	.571
William DeFoor	P	14	0	3	0	0	1.000	.214
Phil Graf	P	11	1	1	1	0	.667	.182
Samuel Duke	P	11	1	6	1	0	.875	.636
Thomas Frank	P	9						.000
Conrad Gasper	P	8						.000
John Korkosz	P	7						.000
Michael Deaton	P	4						.000
Jim Case	P	3						.000
John Kimbrel	P	2						.000
Ralph Plumlee	SS	82	131	224	14	64	.962	4.329
Johnny Bland	SS	25	40	68	19	20	.850	4.320
Tommy Smith	SS	15	32	35	11	9	.859	4.467
Totals		1226	3007	1187	179	352	.959	3.421	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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