1961 Palatka Redlegs Statistics
Team Record: 61-78
Finished 6th in the FSL
Manager: Mike Fandozzi (61-78)
Affiliation: Milwaukee Braves
Location: Palatka, Florida
Ballpark: Azalea Bowl
Attendance: 21,682, Avg. 312
The Palatka Redlegs of the Florida State League ended the 1961 season with a record of 61 wins and 78 losses, finishing sixth in the FSL.
The Redlegs plated 696 runs and allowed 701 runs. Paul Catto paced Palatka with 12 home runs and drove in 93 runs, while leading all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .279. Simon Perez, Bob Byerly, Robert St. John and Charles Heath topped the squad with 10 wins each, and Charles Heath recorded a 3.41 ERA, tops among regular hurlers.
Adrian Garrett played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Palatka Redlegs to do so.
Mike Fandozzi 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert St. John | 10 | 9 | .526 | 3.93 | 25 | 18 | 13 | 2 | 128.3 | 126 | 75 | 56 | 8 | 54 | 4 | 110 | 1 | 0 | 5 | |||
| Charles Heath | 10 | 10 | .500 | 3.40 | 32 | 27 | 10 | 0 | 161.3 | 152 | 103 | 61 | 7 | 91 | 5 | 90 | 6 | 0 | 7 | |||
| Bob Byerly | 10 | 10 | .500 | 4.59 | 29 | 27 | 7 | 1 | 149.0 | 137 | 90 | 76 | 5 | 121 | 2 | 128 | 5 | 2 | 15 | |||
| Simon Perez | 10 | 11 | .476 | 3.61 | 37 | 25 | 12 | 4 | 177.0 | 180 | 95 | 71 | 7 | 68 | 6 | 98 | 4 | 0 | 4 | |||
| Terry Olson | 6 | 11 | .353 | 5.69 | 43 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 99.7 | 107 | 84 | 63 | 5 | 75 | 6 | 67 | 1 | 0 | 17 | |||
| Ramon Castillo | 4 | 5 | .444 | 3.32 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 65.0 | 68 | 37 | 24 | 3 | 32 | 2 | 36 | 3 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Pat Jordan | 4 | 5 | .444 | 6.50 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 54.0 | 48 | 39 | 39 | 1 | 56 | 0 | 26 | 5 | 0 | 12 | |||
| Wallace Rose | 3 | 8 | .273 | 4.30 | 29 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 90.0 | 71 | 52 | 43 | 1 | 64 | 2 | 66 | 5 | 1 | 7 | |||
| Leon Potvin | 2 | 1 | .667 | 9 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Nelson Baez | 1 | 1 | .500 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Ronald Horacek | 1 | 2 | .333 | 3.63 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 39.7 | 47 | 23 | 16 | 2 | 17 | 0 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| Gilles Guy | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Mike Fandozzi | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Denny Poland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Paul Catto | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Jim Burns | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Charles Lavigne | 0 | 3 | .000 | 6 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Maurice Hazen | 0 | 3 | .000 | 3.86 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 30.3 | 24 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 24 | 0 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Totals | 61 | 79 | .436 | 4.18 | 276 | 134 | 0 | 49 | 8 | 0 | 994.3 | 960 | 612 | 462 | 42 | 602 | 27 | 657 | 36 | 4 | 72 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Timothy Strickland | 105 | 422 | 373 | 77 | 124 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 64 | 10 | 45 | 67 | .332 | .404 | .402 | .806 | 150 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | ||
| Paul Catto | 138 | 556 | 438 | 81 | 122 | 18 | 4 | 12 | 93 | 2 | 106 | 61 | .279 | .418 | .420 | .838 | 184 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 6 | ||
| Louis Haas | 140 | 561 | 449 | 82 | 116 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 62 | 11 | 93 | 65 | .258 | .386 | .327 | .713 | 147 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 3 | ||
| Manuel Samuel | 140 | 605 | 508 | 88 | 113 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 49 | 8 | 83 | 112 | .222 | .332 | .258 | .590 | 131 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Orie Wolf | 140 | 575 | 428 | 97 | 91 | 16 | 7 | 8 | 62 | 15 | 134 | 63 | .213 | .402 | .339 | .741 | 145 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Ronald Paiva | 87 | 283 | 256 | 36 | 85 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 1 | 19 | 34 | .332 | .376 | .387 | .763 | 99 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Mike Fandozzi | 102 | 350 | 272 | 53 | 80 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 32 | 5 | 71 | 9 | .294 | .439 | .357 | .796 | 97 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | ||
| Steve Kuldanek | 119 | 401 | 327 | 27 | 71 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 55 | 2 | 62 | 55 | .217 | .339 | .278 | .618 | 91 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 1 | ||
| Adrian Garrett | 68 | 252 | 218 | 34 | 54 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 31 | 4 | 28 | 54 | .248 | .331 | .358 | .688 | 78 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Sonny Thomas | 55 | 202 | 168 | 28 | 38 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 36 | 2 | 29 | 54 | .226 | .340 | .399 | .739 | 67 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Ronald Otto | 67 | 203 | 171 | 21 | 31 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 0 | 27 | 19 | .181 | .294 | .211 | .504 | 36 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Paul Orr | 19 | 61 | 52 | 13 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 0 | 6 | 13 | .327 | .393 | .577 | .970 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Charles Heath | 35 | 70 | 65 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 16 | .169 | .229 | .185 | .413 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Wallace Rose | 30 | 39 | 33 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 10 | .273 | .368 | .424 | .793 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Robert St. John | 32 | 60 | 51 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 12 | .176 | .276 | .196 | .472 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ramon Castillo | 19 | 29 | 24 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 12 | .292 | .393 | .375 | .768 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Terry Olson | 46 | 37 | 32 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 14 | .219 | .324 | .250 | .574 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Simon Perez | 38 | 68 | 57 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 33 | .070 | .209 | .070 | .279 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Byerly | 30 | 61 | 42 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 35 | .071 | .328 | .071 | .399 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ronald Horacek | 10 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | .182 | .308 | .182 | .490 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Enrique Bonitto | 5 | 14 | 14 | 2 | .143 | .143 | .143 | .286 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Jim Burns | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Leon Potvin | 11 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | .333 | .714 | .333 | 1.048 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Maurice Hazen | 9 | 8 | 8 | 1 | .125 | .125 | .125 | .250 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Pat Jordan | 14 | 21 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | .053 | .143 | .053 | .195 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Denny Poland | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Gilles Guy | 8 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Charles Lavigne | 6 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Nelson Baez | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 1479 | 4918 | 4037 | 684 | 1000 | 139 | 32 | 40 | 582 | 60 | 0 | 763 | 753 | .248 | .367 | .328 | .695 | 1323 | 0 | 22 | 54 | 42 | 21 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Catto | 1B | 127 | 991 | 65 | 22 | 79 | .980 | 8.315 | ||||
| Paul Orr | 1B | 17 | 103 | 7 | 3 | 12 | .973 | 6.471 | ||||
| Louis Haas | 2B | 119 | 233 | 327 | 18 | 58 | .969 | 4.706 | ||||
| Ronald Paiva | 2B | 14 | 23 | 38 | 5 | 6 | .924 | 4.357 | ||||
| Mike Fandozzi | 3B | 82 | 62 | 146 | 16 | 14 | .929 | 2.537 | ||||
| Ronald Paiva | 3B | 58 | 42 | 69 | 10 | 2 | .917 | 1.914 | ||||
| Paul Catto | 3B | 10 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 2 | .909 | 2.000 | ||||
| Steve Kuldanek | C | 86 | 465 | 30 | 20 | 4 | .961 | 5.756 | 13 | |||
| Ronald Otto | C | 63 | 307 | 28 | 12 | 1 | .965 | 5.317 | 12 | |||
| Orie Wolf | OF | 140 | 292 | 19 | 14 | 5 | .957 | 2.221 | ||||
| Timothy Strickland | OF | 105 | 137 | 9 | 11 | 1 | .930 | 1.390 | ||||
| Adrian Garrett | OF | 68 | 89 | 4 | 12 | 1 | .886 | 1.368 | ||||
| Sonny Thomas | OF | 51 | 73 | 6 | 8 | 0 | .908 | 1.549 | ||||
| Steve Kuldanek | OF | 23 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.087 | ||||
| Louis Haas | OF | 14 | 24 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .923 | 1.714 | ||||
| Terry Olson | P | 43 | 10 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .674 | ||||
| Simon Perez | P | 37 | 7 | 36 | 3 | 1 | .935 | 1.162 | ||||
| Charles Heath | P | 32 | 8 | 27 | 4 | 2 | .897 | 1.094 | ||||
| Wallace Rose | P | 29 | 4 | 12 | 4 | 0 | .800 | .552 | ||||
| Bob Byerly | P | 29 | 2 | 16 | 1 | 2 | .947 | .621 | ||||
| Robert St. John | P | 25 | 6 | 26 | 2 | 2 | .941 | 1.280 | ||||
| Ramon Castillo | P | 15 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 1 | .833 | .667 | ||||
| Pat Jordan | P | 13 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .875 | .538 | ||||
| Ronald Horacek | P | 10 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .600 | ||||
| Leon Potvin | P | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| Maurice Hazen | P | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| Gilles Guy | P | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| Charles Lavigne | P | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Mike Fandozzi | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jim Burns | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Nelson Baez | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Denny Poland | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Paul Catto | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Manuel Samuel | SS | 132 | 239 | 314 | 33 | 67 | .944 | 4.189 | ||||
| Totals | 1385 | 3156 | 1227 | 205 | 261 | .955 | 3.165 | 25 | 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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