1961 Portsmouth-Norfolk Tides Statistics

South Atlantic League (SAL) - Class: A
Team Record: 66-72
Finished 6th in the SAL
Manager: Granny Hamner (66-72)
Affiliation: Kansas City Athletics
Location: Norfolk, Virginia; Portsmouth, Virginia
Ballpark: High Rock Park, Frank Lawrence Stadium
Attendance: 87,158, Avg. 1,263

1961 Portsmouth-Norfolk Tides Roster

The Portsmouth-Norfolk Tides of the South Atlantic League ended the 1961 season with a record of 66 wins and 72 losses, finishing sixth in the SAL.

The Portsmouth- Tides scored 635 runs and conceded 687 runs, most in the circuit. Virgil Bernhardt paced Norfolk with 15 home runs Donald Brown drove in 80 runs. Salvador Betancourt topped hitters with significant playing time by hitting .297. Ken Sanders led the squad with 13 wins and a team-best 3.96 ERA, tops among regularly-used pitchers.

Dave Jolly, Weldon Bowlin, Solly Drake, Joe Shipley, Dave Hill, John O'Donoghue, John Wyatt, Aubrey Gatewood, Ken Sanders, Granny Hamner, Bill Kirk, Bunky Stewart, John Romonosky, Charlie Shoemaker, Gair Allie, Evans Killeen and Bert Hamric were all players from the 1961 Portsmouth-Norfolk Tides who played in the Majors during their careers.

Granny Hamner 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
Ken Sanders	13	8	.619	3.96	32	22		8	0		166.0	157	90	73	15	66	4	84	1	0	8
Bill Kirk	9	3	.750	2.01	17	12		5	1		103.0	86	30	23	6	29	1	79	2	0	8
John Wyatt	9	3	.750	3.13	52	2		1	0		100.7	87	45	35	6	49	3	91	3	1	11
Ernest Lewis	8	12	.400	5.17	30	24		8	0		156.7	166	105	90	15	70	6	104	3	0	8
James Johnson	6	11	.353	4.54	22	19		3	0		115.0	128	67	58	5	52	6	59	1	0	10
Granny Hamner	5	4	.556	3.43	31	3		1	0		99.7	85	53	38	7	41	0	48	1	1	9
Bunky Stewart	4	5	.444	3.66	12	12		3	0		71.3	80	37	29	8	15	2	35	2	1	0
Jack Tupper	3	2	.600	3.99	14	2		0	0		38.3	40	23	17	5	6	0	31	0	0	2
Dave Jolly	1	0	1.000	4.50	11	0		0	0		20.0	16	12	10	4	11	2	16	0	0	2
John Romonosky	1	0	1.000	5.91	3						10.7			7						0
John Hanes	1	0	1.000	10.61	3						9.3			11						0
Donald Thompson	1	1	.500	6.97	5						10.3			8						0
John O'Donoghue	1	1	.500	7.36	3						11.0	14	11	9		10				0
Ted Thiem	1	3	.250	3.98	10	2		0	0		43.0	50	25	19	4	14	0	16	0	0	3
Evans Killeen	1	4	.200	4.05	6						26.7			12						0
Joe Shipley	1	6	.143	2.93	17	11		1	0		70.7	50	28	23	3	45	1	49	10	1	8
Alfred Diez					4						0.0
Bernard Poupore					7						0.0
Benny Rich					3						0.0
Jack Bristol	0	0		0.00	1						1.0			0						0
Dave Hill	0	0		9.00	2						1.0			1						0
James Craig	0	0		9.31	8						9.7			10						0
Jim Grimm	0	0		10.57	2						7.7			9						0
Richard Donnelly	0	0		18.00	1						2.0			4						0
Frank Mankovitch	0	1	.000	5.27	3						13.7			8						0
Jerry Mercer	0	1	.000	5.32	7						22.0			13						0
Ben Swaringen	0	2	.000	4.85	10	3		0	0		26.0	31	19	14	4	16	1	14	2	0	1
Aubrey Gatewood	0	3	.000	6.20	7						20.3	32	15	14		10				0
Totals	65	70	.481	4.17	323	112	0	30	1	0	1155.7	1022	560	535	82	434	26	626	25	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
Salvador Betancourt	134	574	512	71	152	17	7	14	66	4		45	54	.297	.363	.439	.802	225		10	3	4	2
Donald Brown	138	586	508	63	134	26	8	14	80	3		67	61	.264	.350	.429	.779	218		3	3	5	8
Tony Alomar	123	495	464	43	125	21	6	1	46	1		22	34	.269	.299	.347	.646	161		0	4	5	4
Solly Drake	93	428	354	63	97	15	3	9	33	16		70	47	.274	.397	.410	.807	145		3	0	1	1
Charlie Shoemaker	82	363	325	54	88	15	4	2	22	3		31	35	.271	.336	.360	.696	117		2	3	2	0
Virgil Bernhardt	119	409	333	56	87	17	3	15	58	0		62	62	.261	.385	.465	.850	155		8	1	5	7
Woody Huyke	68	283	254	39	78	22	1	6	43	2		20	36	.307	.361	.472	.833	120		2	6	1	0
Bert Hamric	84	313	273	46	76	9	1	12	51	1		36	40	.278	.363	.451	.814	123		1	2	1	0
Granny Hamner	89	216	187	23	55	11	2	6	25	0		22	31	.294	.362	.471	.832	88		0	3	4	1
Milo Fuller	90	269	224	25	46	6	0	2	23	0		39	60	.205	.328	.259	.587	58		3	1	2	2
Ron McCutcheon	43	174	144	20	38	7	1	6	20	1		25	24	.264	.372	.451	.823	65		1	2	2	0
Tom McDonald	35	152	128	11	33	4	1	1	15	0		22	13	.258	.371	.328	.699	42		1	1	0	0
Charlie Bennett	31	123	102	16	24	3	2	2	15	0		15	24	.235	.342	.363	.704	37		2	3	1	1
Gair Allie	27	143	118	16	24	2	2	0	3	1		23	34	.203	.343	.254	.597	30		2	0	0	0
Waldo Gonzalez	29	120	107	16	18	1	0	0	9	3		9	15	.168	.242	.178	.419	19		2	0	2	0
Ken Sanders	38	68	63	12	15	3	0	0	10	0		5	14	.238	.294	.286	.580	18		0	0	0	0
Ernest Lewis	38	60	56	10	13	0	0	0	2	1		1	19	.232	.246	.232	.478	13		0	3	0	0
Weldon Bowlin	9	39	39		11	1	0	0						.282	.282	.308	.590	12
Bill Kirk	37	68	60	8	11	1	1	2	8	0		7	14	.183	.279	.333	.613	20		1	0	0	0
Tony Washington	18	60	53	12	10	5	0	0	4	2		7	15	.189	.283	.283	.566	15		0	0	0	0
James Johnson	25	45	42	4	8	2	0	0	3	0		2	15	.190	.227	.238	.465	10		0	1	0	0
Ted Thiem	22	18	18	1	4	0	0	0	1	0		0	5	.222	.222	.222	.444	4		0	0	0	0
Bunky Stewart	13	26	24	3	4	0	0	0	1	0		2	4	.167	.231	.167	.397	4		0	0	0	0
Bobby Delgado	4	5	5		2	0	0	0						.400	.400	.400	.800	2
Jim Grimm	3	5	5		2									.400	.400	.400	.800	2
John O'Donoghue	3	6	6		2									.333	.333	.333	.667	2
Evans Killeen	6	8	8		2									.250	.250	.250	.500	2
John Wyatt	52	25	25	2	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	10	.080	.080	.080	.160	2		0	0	0	0
Aubrey Gatewood	11	4	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	2	.250	.250	.250	.500	1		0	0	0	0
Donald Thompson	5	4	4		1									.250	.250	.250	.500	1
Jackie Ferrell	2	4	4		1	1	0	0						.250	.250	.500	.750	2
Jerry Mercer	7	6	6		1									.167	.167	.167	.333	1
Ben Swaringen	12	12	12	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	5	.083	.083	.083	.167	1		0	0	0	0
Joe Shipley	17	18	17	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	9	.059	.111	.059	.170	1		0	0	0	0
Jack Tupper	14	12	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		3	4	.000	.250	.000	.250	0		0	0	0	0
James Craig	8	1	1		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Richard Donnelly	1	1	1		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Dave Hill	2	1	1		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Frank Mankovitch	3	5	5		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
John Hanes	5	2	2		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Dave Jolly	11	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0	0
John Romonosky	3	3	3		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1554	5156	4508	617	1167	189	42	92	538	38	0	536	687	.259	.341	.381	.721	1716	0	41	36	35	26

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Salvador Betancourt	1B	132	1164	55	21	117	.983	9.235
Granny Hamner	1B	10	60	3	1	2	.984	6.300
Charlie Shoemaker	2B	82	180	217	15	54	.964	4.841
Waldo Gonzalez	2B	29	95	77	11	23	.940	5.931
Gair Allie	2B	16	40	42	3	10	.965	5.125
Woody Huyke	3B	60	56	118	11	17	.941	2.900
Ron McCutcheon	3B	39	37	77	14	11	.891	2.923
Granny Hamner	3B	19	9	23	1	3	.970	1.684
Salvador Betancourt	3B	11	23	15	5	1	.884	3.455
Virgil Bernhardt	C	76	402	37	10	4	.978	5.776	17
Milo Fuller	C	75	379	41	5	6	.988	5.600	9
Donald Brown	OF	137	260	14	13	3	.955	2.000
Solly Drake	OF	91	215	7	6	1	.974	2.440
Bert Hamric	OF	80	88	7	5	2	.950	1.188
Tom McDonald	OF	35	42	2	2	0	.957	1.257
Charlie Bennett	OF	31	46	2	4	1	.923	1.548
Virgil Bernhardt	OF	24	23	3	2	0	.929	1.083
Tony Washington	OF	10	15	1	0	0	1.000	1.600
John Wyatt	P	52	4	19	4	3	.852	.442
Ken Sanders	P	32	7	40	2	2	.959	1.469
Granny Hamner	P	31	6	16	1	1	.957	.710
Ernest Lewis	P	30	10	17	5	0	.844	.900
James Johnson	P	22	1	22	0	6	1.000	1.045
Joe Shipley	P	17	3	27	4	0	.882	1.765
Bill Kirk	P	17	9	14	1	0	.958	1.353
Jack Tupper	P	14	1	4	1	0	.833	.357
Bunky Stewart	P	12	1	9	0	0	1.000	.833
Dave Jolly	P	11	1	3	0	0	1.000	.364
Ted Thiem	P	10	1	13	1	0	.933	1.400
Ben Swaringen	P	10	1	7	0	0	1.000	.800
Tony Alomar	SS	115	218	332	35	72	.940	4.783
Granny Hamner	SS	12	18	25	3	1	.935	3.583
Gair Allie	SS	12	24	37	5	10	.924	5.083
Totals		1354	3439	1326	191	350	.961	3.519	26	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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