1961 Reading Indians Statistics

Eastern League (EL) - Class: A
Team Record: 59-81
Finished 6th in the EL
Manager: Ray Mueller (59-81)
Affiliation: Cleveland Indians
Location: Reading, Pennsylvania
Ballpark: First Energy Stadium
Attendance: 53,283, Avg. 761

1961 Reading Indians Roster

The Reading Indians of the Eastern League ended the 1961 season with a record of 59 wins and 81 losses, finishing sixth in the EL.

The Indians scored 691 runs and surrendered 713 runs. Keith Williams led Reading with 16 home runs Jerome Webb drove in 104 runs. Tony Martínez paced batters with significant playing time by hitting .302. Pete Olsen topped the squad with 11 wins, while William Fazekas registered a 3.55 earned run average, best among regular hurlers.

Players from the 1961 Reading Indians who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Larry Brown, Ramón López, Jim Lawrence, Sonny Siebert, Tony Martínez and Mike Lee.

Ray Mueller 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
Pete Olsen	11	8	.579	3.69	22	20		13	1		156.0	158	81	64	20	22	1	100	6	0	1
Ramón López	10	16	.385	3.94	37	26		11	2		194.0	198	103	85	14	87	4	141	3	0	11
Francis Smith	9	13	.409	4.67	31	31		10	4		181.0	172	118	94	18	103	2	146	16	1	6
Raymond Konkoleski	6	4	.600	3.53	57	1		0	0		74.0	80	39	29	6	34	5	55	2	0	4
Sonny Siebert	6	8	.429	5.27	19	19		6	2		123.0	131	77	72	7	74	1	102	5	1	13
Gerald Lis	4	6	.400	4.20	32	2		0	0		90.0	87	56	42	4	39	2	70	5	1	3
William Fazekas	4	7	.364	3.55	22	13		4	0		114.0	123	54	45	5	35	2	56	4	0	2
Tom Gansauer	4	7	.364	4.45	26	8		2	1		91.0	98	55	45	6	49	3	39	8	0	12
Paul Springer	3	7	.300	5.10	21	11		2	1		90.0	92	65	51	4	73	4	76	4	0	1
Sheldon Dent	1	2	.333	6.39	10	5		0	0		38.0	50	28	27	9	11	1	24	1	0	2
Thomas Trammel	1	3	.250	6.50	12	3		1	0		36.0	46	30	26	4	19	0	28	3	0	4
Mike Lee	0	0			2				0		0.0
George Denyer	0	0			2						0.0									0
Totals	59	81	.421	4.40	293	139	0	49	11	0	1187.0	1235	706	580	97	546	25	837	57	3	59	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
Keith Williams	139	579	538	81	158	21	7	16	80	2		29	104	.294	.330	.448	.778	241		3	4	5	4
Tony Martínez	122	541	506	78	153	28	10	5	58	7		26	45	.302	.338	.427	.765	216		3	3	3	1
Jerome Webb	140	603	542	79	144	22	6	13	104	2		52	95	.266	.331	.400	.731	217		3	2	4	10
Joseph Teague	137	627	528	90	140	15	5	4	50	6		86	64	.265	.369	.335	.705	177		3	7	3	3
Jose Villar	135	583	524	78	135	33	8	10	78	11		46	107	.258	.318	.408	.726	214		3	4	6	4
Thomas Newton	76	235	205	33	69	17	1	6	42	1		23	21	.337	.409	.517	.926	106		4	0	3	2
Larry Brown	51	201	174	26	52	6	5	4	28	1		24	16	.299	.385	.460	.845	80		1	1	1	1
Tony Washington	46	169	149	34	51	7	6	6	25	5		19	28	.342	.417	.591	1.007	88		0	1	0	0
Mitchell June	50	160	152	23	42	6	0	6	21	1		8	27	.276	.312	.434	.747	66		0	0	0	0
Walter Dobrzykowski	64	216	199	24	42	7	1	5	28	1		11	37	.211	.255	.332	.586	66		1	4	1	1
Johnny Parker	57	197	164	28	39	2	3	0	14	2		29	27	.238	.359	.287	.646	47		2	2	0	2
Bobby Ledford	51	164	137	17	37	5	1	3	9	0		26	21	.270	.390	.387	.777	53		1	0	0	2
Wayne Newberry	39	129	115	18	31	4	6	2	16	2		12	35	.270	.341	.461	.802	53		1	0	1	1
John McLane	38	151	131	13	29	7	0	1	11	0		19	35	.221	.325	.298	.622	39		1	0	0	0
Jim Lawrence	32	124	106	15	28	2	5	2	10	0		12	10	.264	.366	.434	.800	46		5	1	0	2
James Card	47	145	131	13	26	7	2	4	15	0		13	39	.198	.269	.374	.643	49		0	0	1	3
Ramón López	37	75	69	5	16	1	2	0	4	0		1	22	.232	.243	.304	.547	21		0	5	0	0
Francis Smith	31	74	62	6	14	1	1	0	5	0		10	31	.226	.342	.274	.617	17		1	1	0	0
Sonny Siebert	24	55	50	6	13	3	2	0	7	0		4	11	.260	.309	.400	.709	20		0	0	1	0
Pete Olsen	22	62	56	6	7	0	0	0	3	0		2	26	.125	.155	.125	.280	7		0	4	0	0
William Fazekas	22	39	36	5	6	1	0	1	3	0		1	16	.167	.184	.278	.462	10		0	1	1	0
Gerald Lis	32	29	28	4	4	0	0	0	0	0		1	10	.143	.172	.143	.315	4		0	0	0	0
Paul Springer	21	33	31	4	4	0	0	0	0	0		0	16	.129	.156	.129	.285	4		1	1	0	0
Thomas Trammel	12	14	14	0	3	0	0	0	2	0		0	4	.214	.214	.214	.429	3		0	0	0	0
Raymond Konkoleski	57	16	14	2	3	0	0	1	3	0		0	6	.214	.214	.429	.643	6		0	2	0	0
Tom Gansauer	27	33	29	1	3	0	0	0	2	0		3	10	.103	.188	.103	.291	3		0	1	0	0
Sheldon Dent	10	15	14	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	3	.071	.071	.071	.143	1		0	1	0	0
Dale Bennetch	5	3	3		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1524	5272	4707	690	1250	195	71	89	618	41	0	457	866	.266	.333	.394	.727	1854	0	33	45	30	36

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Jerome Webb	1B	140	1125	90	10	89	.992	8.679
Joseph Teague	2B	96	227	221	16	56	.966	4.667
Larry Brown	2B	42	90	95	9	22	.954	4.405
Joseph Teague	3B	45	36	81	10	11	.921	2.600
James Card	3B	38	39	78	3	8	.975	3.079
Wayne Newberry	3B	34	30	59	12	8	.881	2.618
Johnny Parker	3B	31	28	54	11	5	.882	2.645
Walter Dobrzykowski	C	62	354	38	7	3	.982	6.323	4
Thomas Newton	C	58	333	31	5	2	.986	6.276	3
Jim Lawrence	C	30	189	17	5	3	.976	6.867	3
Keith Williams	OF	138	224	15	15	0	.941	1.732
Jose Villar	OF	133	320	17	11	3	.968	2.534
Tony Washington	OF	40	54	2	3	0	.949	1.400
Bobby Ledford	OF	39	61	6	5	1	.931	1.718
Mitchell June	OF	36	65	2	3	0	.957	1.861
John McLane	OF	35	77	2	8	0	.908	2.257
Raymond Konkoleski	P	57	7	10	2	0	.895	.298
Ramón López	P	37	8	36	6	1	.880	1.189
Gerald Lis	P	32	3	16	3	2	.864	.594
Francis Smith	P	31	12	24	1	0	.973	1.161
Tom Gansauer	P	26	11	31	2	1	.955	1.615
Pete Olsen	P	22	8	23	5	0	.861	1.409
William Fazekas	P	22	8	18	1	0	.963	1.182
Paul Springer	P	21	7	14	0	1	1.000	1.000
Sonny Siebert	P	19	8	18	0	1	1.000	1.368
Thomas Trammel	P	12	5	6	0	0	1.000	.917
Sheldon Dent	P	10	2	3	0	0	1.000	.500
Mike Lee	P	2						.000
Tony Martínez	SS	120	190	321	24	54	.955	4.258
Johnny Parker	SS	13	25	33	6	6	.906	4.462
Larry Brown	SS	10	18	27	3	4	.938	4.500
Totals		1431	3564	1388	186	281	.964	3.461	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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