1961 Raleigh Capitals Statistics

Carolina League (CL) - Class: B
Team Record: 58-80
Finished 6th in the CL
Manager: Enos Slaughter (58-80)
Affiliation: New York Mets
Location: Raleigh, North Carolina
Ballpark: Devereux Meadow Park
Attendance: 36,480, Avg. 529

1961 Raleigh Capitals Roster

The Raleigh Capitals of the Carolina League ended the 1961 season with a record of 58 wins and 80 losses, finishing sixth in the CL.

The Capitals scored 593 runs, worst in the league, and allowed 711 runs, most in the circuit. Kenneth Orbison led Raleigh with 13 home runs Bob Rikard drove in 75 runs. Wayne Coleman paced hitters with significant playing time by hitting .294. Marc Hoy topped the squad with 10 wins, while Norman Shanahan registered a 2.62 earned run average, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

Enos Slaughter played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Raleigh Capitals to do so.

Enos Slaughter 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
Marc Hoy	10	9	.526	3.06	34	14		6	1		159.0	138	71	54	8	75	2	94	5	1	4
Bobby Lawrence	7	2	.778	2.47	13	8		3	2		73.0	75	31	20	2	24	0	24	1	0	2
Tommy Addington	7	14	.333	4.06	33	25		6	1		168.7	149	101	76	8	98	3	128	10	1	6
Carmine Lemma	6	6	.500	2.92	16	14		9	2		114.0	105	54	37	3	63	2	79	0	0	4
Tracy Rivers	5	2	.714	3.76	18	8		2	1		67.0	64	37	28	2	28	1	36	0	1	5
Eugene Huband	5	3	.625	3.98	16	6		1	0		61.0	65	46	27	8	27	0	38	2	2	3
Norman Shanahan	4	9	.308	2.62	27	16		5	1		120.0	105	62	35	3	55	1	73	6	0	3
John Isaac	3	4	.429	4.82	20	5		0	0		61.7	63	42	33	8	29	2	49	2	0	6
Leverette Spencer	2	2	.500	2.45	6						25.7			7						0
Leon Criner	2	2	.500	4.13	20	3		1	0		61.0	59	35	28	1	27	3	37	2	0	0
Gene Calder	2	4	.333	3.32	10	10					43.3	41	22	16	2	12
Ray Apple	2	5	.286	4.61	10	8		4	0		56.7	53	35	29	5	22	1	26	2	0	6
Ben Baker	1	0	1.000	6.30	12	0		0	0		20.0	22	16	14	0	14	2	9	0	1	1
Dick Zeitler	1	5	.167	4.03	17	3		0	0		38.0	33	20	17	0	19	1	29	1	0	5
David Mullins	1	7	.125	7.67	17	12		1	0		63.3	76	62	54	6	43	2	40	6	0	5
Warren Roddenberry	0	0		5.79	2						14.0			9						0
Breiner	0	0		15.00	1						3.0			5						0
Bobby Bralley	0	1	.000	7.71	6						4.7			4						0
Bill Bethea	0	5	.000	7.75	9	6		1	0		33.7	45	39	29	5	29	0	23	1	0	4
Totals	58	80	.420	3.96	287	138	0	39	8	0	1187.7	1093	673	522	61	565	20	685	38	6	54	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
Ken Free	137	577	509	60	129	21	5	6	65	1		51	62	.253	.329	.350	.678	178		9	2	6	5
Wayne Coleman	117	498	422	76	124	14	3	10	57	12		60	83	.294	.392	.412	.805	174		11	1	4	2
Richard Bazinet	124	531	436	61	115	19	5	4	69	1		72	73	.264	.372	.358	.730	156		8	7	8	5
Kenneth Orbison	121	502	452	56	109	18	1	13	62	2		38	99	.241	.309	.372	.680	168		7	3	2	3
Bob Rikard	113	492	386	54	99	26	1	12	75	0		95	65	.256	.401	.422	.824	163		3	1	7	5
James Burnette	109	411	366	36	96	15	2	4	38	0		35	51	.262	.331	.347	.678	127		5	0	5	5
Grimm Mason	65	282	241	37	54	5	3	7	23	3		35	37	.224	.335	.357	.691	86		5	1	0	3
Gary Baker	64	269	220	36	44	4	0	0	15	5		41	44	.200	.333	.218	.552	48		4	2	2	1
Bruce Grady	41	159	144	23	38	8	3	5	25	0		11	33	.264	.318	.465	.784	67		1	2	1	0
Richard Schmidt	36	153	122	14	31	5	0	0	12	0		30	20	.254	.401	.295	.696	36		0	1	0	3
James Hendricks	30	129	96	23	27	5	0	1	9	3		26	24	.281	.457	.365	.821	35		5	2	0	0
Carmine Lemma	29	66	64	4	17	3	1	0	6	0		2	20	.266	.288	.344	.632	22		0	0	0	0
Enos Slaughter	42	64	41	8	14	1	0	0	9	0		21	3	.341	.562	.366	.928	15		1	0	1	1
Charles Forte	15	69	63	7	11	3	0	0	5	0		5	2	.175	.246	.222	.469	14		1	0	0	1
Marc Hoy	47	82	78	7	11	3	0	0	4	0		2	23	.141	.162	.179	.342	14		0	2	0	0
Neil Martin	26	89	55	17	10	1	0	0	3	4		31	18	.182	.483	.200	.683	11		1	2	0	0
Theodore Gruber	9	25	25		9	0	0	0						.360	.360	.360	.720	9
Ron Gasper	23	75	59	6	9	1	0	1	3	0		15	12	.153	.324	.220	.545	13		0	1	0	1
George Ferrell	10	41	38	4	6	1	0	0	3	1		2	11	.158	.200	.184	.384	7		0	1	0	0
Eugene Huband	16	23	19	8	5	3	0	0	0	0		3	6	.263	.391	.421	.812	8		1	0	0	0
Ray Apple	12	31	27	3	5	2	0	0	2	0		2	6	.185	.233	.259	.493	7		0	1	1	0
Sander Taboh	15	43	32	4	5	0	0	0	5	2		9	6	.156	.341	.156	.498	5		0	2	0	0
Tommy Addington	33	62	50	4	5	0	0	0	2	0		8	19	.100	.233	.100	.333	5		1	2	1	0
Paul Gilbert	3	10	10		4	1	0	0						.400	.400	.500	.900	5
William DiCrosta	3	13	13		4	1	0	0						.308	.308	.385	.692	5
J. E. Rowe	7	20	20		4	0	0	0						.200	.200	.200	.400	4
Norman Shanahan	27	40	34	3	4	1	0	0	1	0		2	1	.118	.167	.147	.314	5		0	4	0	0
Gene Calder	10	13	10	0	3	1	0	0	1	0		1	2	.300	.333	.400	.733	4		0	1	1	0
Fred Green	5	13	13		3	0	0	0						.231	.231	.231	.462	3
Bill Bethea	10	16	14	2	3	1	0	1	2	0		1	8	.214	.267	.500	.767	7		0	1	0	0
Warren Roddenberry	2	6	6		2									.333	.333	.333	.667	2
Leon Criner	21	18	16	1	2	0	0	0	0	0		1	10	.125	.176	.125	.301	2		0	1	0	0
Tracy Rivers	18	23	19	0	2	0	0	0	1	0		1	12	.105	.143	.105	.248	2		0	2	1	0
David Mullins	18	23	22	2	2	0	0	0	2	0		0	9	.091	.091	.091	.182	2		0	1	0	0
Jeffrey Williams	5	10	10		1	1	0	0						.100	.100	.200	.300	2
William Cronin	8	13	13		1	0	0	0						.077	.077	.077	.154	1
Bobby Lawrence	13	30	28	2	1	1	0	0	0	0		1	15	.036	.069	.071	.140	2		0	1	0	0
Daniel Foyet	3	5	5		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Robert Gaiser	2	4	4		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Bobby Bralley	6	1	1		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Sidney Smith	4	12	12		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Leverette Spencer	6	4	4		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Ben Baker	12	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	1	0	0
John Isaac	21	16	13	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	6	.000	.133	.000	.133	0		2	1	0	0
Robert Worthington	2	6	6		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Dick Zeitler	17	11	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	5	.000	.111	.000	.111	0		0	2	0	0
Totals	1457	4983	4228	559	1009	165	24	64	499	34	0	602	786	.239	.340	.334	.674	1414	0	65	48	40	35

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Bob Rikard	1B	86	637	36	8	41	.988	7.826
Richard Schmidt	1B	32	290	31	14	24	.958	1.031
Richard Bazinet	1B	18	149	16	2	14	.988	9.167
Ken Free	2B	63	160	204	26	31	.933	5.778
James Hendricks	2B	26	67	68	9	12	.938	5.192
Wayne Coleman	2B	16	33	46	7	7	.919	4.938
Charles Forte	2B	15	47	44	3	12	.968	6.067
Ken Free	3B	72	70	177	18	16	.932	3.431
Kenneth Orbison	3B	46	28	82	7	11	.940	2.391
Ron Gasper	3B	13	9	23	4	3	.889	2.462
Sander Taboh	3B	11	3	12	5	3	.750	1.364
James Burnette	C	107	572	81	26	6	.962	6.103	25
Bob Rikard	C	26	167	14	3	1	.984	6.962	3
Richard Bazinet	OF	108	110	22	4	3	.971	1.222
Grimm Mason	OF	65	134	6	5	1	.966	2.154
Gary Baker	OF	55	103	11	5	3	.958	2.073
Bruce Grady	OF	41	48	7	9	1	.859	1.341
Neil Martin	OF	20	28	2	3	0	.909	1.500
Wayne Coleman	OF	16	23	3	2	1	.929	1.625
George Ferrell	OF	10	9	1	0	0	1.000	1.000
Marc Hoy	P	34	11	30	2	3	.953	1.206
Tommy Addington	P	33	12	23	0	1	1.000	1.061
Norman Shanahan	P	27	7	43	2	3	.962	1.852
John Isaac	P	20	1	8	1	0	.900	.450
Leon Criner	P	20	0	12	0	0	1.000	.600
Tracy Rivers	P	18	2	10	0	1	1.000	.667
Dick Zeitler	P	17	1	9	1	1	.909	.588
David Mullins	P	17	5	11	3	1	.842	.941
Carmine Lemma	P	16	2	19	1	0	.955	1.312
Eugene Huband	P	16	1	4	4	0	.556	.312
Bobby Lawrence	P	13	7	12	1	1	.950	1.462
Ben Baker	P	12	0	5	0	0	1.000	.417
Gene Calder	P	10	3	12	0	2	1.000	1.500
Ray Apple	P	10	3	7	1	0	.909	1.000
Bill Bethea	P	9						.000
Leverette Spencer	P	6						.000
Bobby Bralley	P	6						.000
Warren Roddenberry	P	2						.000
Breiner	P	1						.000
Wayne Coleman	SS	74	131	213	25	29	.932	4.649
Kenneth Orbison	SS	69	122	163	42	22	.872	4.130
Totals		1276	2995	1467	243	254	.948	3.497	28	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.

Persons data from the Chadwick Baseball Bureau are Copyright Chadwick Baseball Bureau, and are made available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License.