1960 Rutherford County Owls Statistics
Team Record: 43-57
Finished 6th in the WCL
Manager: Jim Poole (0-0), Raymond Walsh (0-0), Leonard Jackson (0-0)
Location: Spindale, North Carolina
Ballpark: Memorial Park
Attendance: 16,167, Avg. 323
The Rutherford County Owls of the Western Carolina League ended the 1960 season with a record of 43 wins and 57 losses, finishing sixth in the WCL.
The Owls plated 468 runs and gave up 509 runs. George Ferrell and Gary Cowan each recorded 36 runs batted in. Russell Buhite paced all regular hitters with a .303 average. Ray Searcy topped the team with 14 wins and a team-best 2.67 ERA, leading pitchers with enough qualifying appearances. Jim Poole, Raymond Walsh and Leonard Jackson 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ray Searcy | 14 | 16 | .467 | 2.67 | 42 | 27 | 16 | 4 | 246.0 | 216 | 109 | 73 | 3 | 93 | 148 | 7 | 0 | 23 | ||||
| Gene Garnell | 8 | 10 | .444 | 3.78 | 33 | 18 | 10 | 1 | 138.0 | 134 | 80 | 58 | 5 | 90 | 129 | 3 | 0 | 19 | ||||
| Tommy McIntyre | 6 | 3 | .667 | 3.38 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 72.0 | 74 | 42 | 27 | 5 | 22 | 63 | 3 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Thompson Jamieson | 5 | 1 | .833 | 3.81 | 25 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 85.0 | 96 | 56 | 36 | 2 | 29 | 36 | 7 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Richard Stauffer | 4 | 7 | .364 | 3.30 | 15 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 90.0 | 85 | 41 | 33 | 2 | 27 | 70 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| James Flowers | 3 | 11 | .214 | 4.72 | 25 | 20 | 7 | 0 | 124.0 | 132 | 97 | 65 | 4 | 94 | 78 | 6 | 1 | 10 | ||||
| Leonard Jackson | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 5 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| David Weaver | 1 | 4 | .200 | 4.20 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 30.0 | 32 | 19 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Charles Barrett | 8 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Ted Abernathy | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Jefferson Davis | 0 | 2 | .000 | 4.05 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 20.0 | 24 | 20 | 9 | 0 | 15 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Troy Searcy | 0 | 3 | .000 | 7 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 42 | 57 | .424 | 3.52 | 186 | 95 | 0 | 46 | 6 | 0 | 805.0 | 793 | 464 | 315 | 24 | 377 | 0 | 566 | 31 | 2 | 63 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Russell Buhite | 76 | 356 | 300 | 54 | 91 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 30 | 14 | 49 | 25 | .303 | .411 | .377 | .788 | 113 | 6 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Gary Cowan | 84 | 328 | 293 | 42 | 83 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 36 | 5 | 26 | 39 | .283 | .350 | .389 | .739 | 114 | 5 | 2 | 2 | |||
| Troy Searcy | 92 | 382 | 327 | 51 | 83 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 34 | 3 | 50 | 67 | .254 | .355 | .398 | .753 | 130 | 2 | 2 | 1 | |||
| George Ferrell | 73 | 309 | 279 | 42 | 82 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 36 | 4 | 27 | 49 | .294 | .359 | .391 | .750 | 109 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Joseph Priestes | 68 | 281 | 248 | 38 | 59 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 34 | 1 | 31 | 47 | .238 | .324 | .407 | .731 | 101 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Leonard Jackson | 53 | 203 | 187 | 23 | 57 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 31 | 1 | 14 | 27 | .305 | .355 | .417 | .772 | 78 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Charles Harris | 70 | 273 | 250 | 34 | 52 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 5 | 19 | 49 | .208 | .266 | .264 | .530 | 66 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |||
| Enrique Bonitto | 68 | 263 | 237 | 22 | 46 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 9 | 20 | 85 | .194 | .264 | .241 | .505 | 57 | 3 | 2 | 1 | |||
| William MacDonald | 41 | 164 | 144 | 15 | 33 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 2 | 15 | 45 | .229 | .309 | .340 | .649 | 49 | 2 | 2 | 1 | |||
| Larry Schultz | 45 | 155 | 136 | 19 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 16 | 42 | .184 | .273 | .199 | .471 | 27 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Ray Searcy | 47 | 116 | 106 | 6 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 10 | 22 | .226 | .293 | .255 | .548 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jimmy McDonald | 15 | 58 | 51 | 14 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 7 | 10 | .392 | .466 | .529 | .995 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Joseph Gualtieri | 13 | 59 | 46 | 21 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 12 | 4 | .391 | .525 | .543 | 1.069 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Pat Foster | 20 | 85 | 77 | 11 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 9 | .234 | .306 | .273 | .579 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||
| James Robinette | 17 | 69 | 66 | 7 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 7 | .242 | .275 | .288 | .563 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jack Metcalf | 22 | 77 | 67 | 5 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 11 | .209 | .280 | .224 | .504 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |||
| Gene Garnell | 49 | 86 | 83 | 9 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 21 | .169 | .188 | .241 | .429 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| James Flowers | 35 | 60 | 53 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 18 | .226 | .305 | .283 | .588 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Jerry Caldwell | 16 | 53 | 43 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 8 | .233 | .377 | .302 | .680 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| James Buell | 30 | 99 | 90 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 32 | .100 | .182 | .122 | .304 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Tommy McIntyre | 17 | 29 | 27 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | .296 | .345 | .370 | .715 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Kenneth Daves | 9 | 35 | 35 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 7 | |||||||||||
| Curtis Nanney | 11 | 33 | 29 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 15 | .172 | .273 | .172 | .445 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Thompson Jamieson | 30 | 40 | 32 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 9 | .156 | .325 | .188 | .512 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| David Weaver | 11 | 22 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 1 | .333 | .600 | .417 | 1.017 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Richard Stauffer | 15 | 35 | 30 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 17 | .067 | .152 | .067 | .218 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Jefferson Davis | 3 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .100 | .100 | .100 | .200 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Paul Gleason | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Ted Abernathy | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 1033 | 3686 | 3264 | 445 | 798 | 95 | 39 | 34 | 348 | 55 | 0 | 360 | 667 | .244 | .324 | .329 | .653 | 1073 | 0 | 31 | 20 | 11 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Russell Buhite | 1B | 41 | 302 | 21 | 7 | 14 | .979 | 7.878 | ||||
| James Buell | 1B | 30 | 239 | 11 | 4 | 23 | .984 | 8.333 | ||||
| Leonard Jackson | 1B | 20 | 148 | 4 | 5 | 9 | .968 | 7.600 | ||||
| Jimmy McDonald | 1B | 12 | 98 | 7 | 8 | 1 | .929 | 8.750 | ||||
| William MacDonald | 2B | 40 | 98 | 117 | 8 | 20 | .964 | 5.375 | ||||
| Pat Foster | 2B | 20 | 34 | 46 | 9 | 3 | .899 | 4.000 | ||||
| Jack Metcalf | 2B | 15 | 28 | 47 | 5 | 4 | .938 | 5.000 | ||||
| Troy Searcy | 3B | 44 | 52 | 80 | 19 | 6 | .874 | 3.000 | ||||
| Charles Harris | 3B | 35 | 31 | 63 | 21 | 1 | .817 | 2.686 | ||||
| Leonard Jackson | 3B | 13 | 16 | 27 | 6 | 4 | .878 | 3.308 | ||||
| Gary Cowan | C | 75 | 410 | 53 | 7 | 5 | .985 | 6.173 | 17 | |||
| Leonard Jackson | C | 17 | 114 | 12 | 4 | 2 | .969 | 7.412 | 0 | |||
| Jerry Caldwell | C | 14 | 101 | 8 | 4 | 0 | .965 | 7.786 | 7 | |||
| George Ferrell | OF | 72 | 104 | 11 | 5 | 0 | .958 | 1.597 | ||||
| Joseph Priestes | OF | 62 | 137 | 10 | 12 | 2 | .925 | 2.371 | ||||
| Russell Buhite | OF | 42 | 55 | 6 | 2 | 1 | .968 | 1.452 | ||||
| Troy Searcy | OF | 40 | 56 | 9 | 9 | 1 | .878 | 1.625 | ||||
| Charles Harris | OF | 29 | 37 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .950 | 1.310 | ||||
| James Robinette | OF | 17 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .950 | 1.118 | ||||
| Ray Searcy | P | 42 | 17 | 57 | 3 | 2 | .961 | 1.762 | ||||
| Gene Garnell | P | 33 | 7 | 16 | 4 | 1 | .852 | .697 | ||||
| Thompson Jamieson | P | 25 | 11 | 20 | 3 | 2 | .912 | 1.240 | ||||
| James Flowers | P | 25 | 5 | 32 | 4 | 0 | .902 | 1.480 | ||||
| Richard Stauffer | P | 15 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 0 | .944 | 1.133 | ||||
| Tommy McIntyre | P | 15 | 7 | 17 | 1 | 2 | .960 | 1.600 | ||||
| David Weaver | P | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jefferson Davis | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ted Abernathy | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Enrique Bonitto | SS | 54 | 107 | 147 | 30 | 21 | .894 | 4.704 | ||||
| Larry Schultz | SS | 41 | 63 | 97 | 36 | 12 | .816 | 3.902 | ||||
| Totals | 899 | 2302 | 930 | 220 | 136 | .936 | 3.595 | 24 | 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.
