1961 Reno Silver Sox Statistics
Team Record: 97-43
Finished 1st in the CL
Manager: Roy Smalley (97-43)
Affiliation: Los Angeles Dodgers
Location: Reno, Nevada
Ballpark: Moana Stadium (Field)
Attendance: 43,573, Avg. 622
The Reno Silver Sox of the California League ended the 1961 season with a record of 97 wins and 43 losses, finishing first in the CL.
The Silver Sox paced the league with 912 runs, spearheaded by 149 home runs. Reno allowed 590 runs, least in the league. Dick Nen walloped 32 home runs for the team, while Bill Lohr, Lou Ertle, Don Williams and Ken McMullen each swatted 15 or more, too. Dick Nen recorded 144 runs batted in. Don Williams led all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .363. Bruce Gardner topped the squad with 20 wins, and Thomas Murray, too added 15 or more wins, too Joe Moeller recorded a 1.82 ERA, best among hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Players from the 1961 Reno Silver Sox who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Joe Moeller, Ken McMullen, Dick Nen and Héctor Valle.
Roy Smalley 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bruce Gardner | 20 | 4 | .833 | 2.82 | 30 | 26 | 18 | 4 | 188.0 | 151 | 73 | 59 | 12 | 87 | 162 | 13 | 2 | 15 | ||||
| Thomas Murray | 16 | 8 | .667 | 3.39 | 34 | 26 | 12 | 3 | 191.0 | 200 | 104 | 72 | 13 | 66 | 141 | 1 | 2 | 15 | ||||
| Joe Moeller | 12 | 3 | .800 | 1.82 | 18 | 14 | 13 | 5 | 119.0 | 80 | 28 | 24 | 5 | 27 | 162 | 3 | 0 | 10 | ||||
| Joe Penland | 11 | 2 | .846 | 2.66 | 52 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 105.0 | 83 | 40 | 31 | 10 | 37 | 85 | 7 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Jan Martin | 8 | 5 | .615 | 4.38 | 38 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 117.0 | 130 | 72 | 57 | 15 | 61 | 98 | 3 | 2 | 14 | ||||
| Carmelo Aquino | 8 | 5 | .615 | 4.71 | 17 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 86.0 | 97 | 54 | 45 | 10 | 48 | 76 | 2 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| Len Schnittker | 8 | 5 | .615 | 4.90 | 41 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 158.0 | 167 | 101 | 86 | 16 | 95 | 97 | 16 | 2 | 11 | ||||
| Guillermo Rivera | 6 | 4 | .600 | 3.72 | 20 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 58.0 | 60 | 32 | 24 | 7 | 28 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Norval Rasmussen | 5 | 2 | .714 | 3.16 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 57.0 | 41 | 23 | 20 | 3 | 22 | 47 | 0 | 2 | 5 | ||||
| John Bozich | 3 | 4 | .429 | 4.78 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 64.0 | 61 | 45 | 34 | 7 | 46 | 39 | 2 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Jimmie Humbert | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| John Mays | 0 | 0 | 3.00 | 1 | 0 | 3.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Tom Young | 0 | 1 | .000 | 8.47 | 5 | 3 | 17.0 | 21 | 17 | 16 | 2 | 17 | 0 | |||||||||
| Totals | 97 | 43 | .693 | 3.63 | 283 | 140 | 0 | 60 | 14 | 0 | 1163.0 | 1094 | 590 | 469 | 101 | 539 | 0 | 954 | 47 | 10 | 88 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Williams | 136 | 613 | 542 | 132 | 197 | 32 | 4 | 18 | 97 | 13 | 4 | 66 | 73 | .363 | .432 | .537 | .969 | 291 | 0 | 4 | 1 | ||
| Dick Nen | 139 | 612 | 504 | 121 | 177 | 34 | 4 | 32 | 144 | 25 | 3 | 102 | 89 | .351 | .458 | .625 | 1.083 | 315 | 1 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Lou Ertle | 140 | 620 | 540 | 119 | 156 | 34 | 13 | 18 | 91 | 4 | 5 | 71 | 117 | .289 | .376 | .500 | .876 | 270 | 4 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Ken McMullen | 138 | 612 | 493 | 109 | 142 | 26 | 4 | 21 | 96 | 13 | 2 | 107 | 117 | .288 | .415 | .485 | .900 | 239 | 2 | 7 | 3 | ||
| Héctor Valle | 116 | 468 | 403 | 70 | 131 | 18 | 1 | 7 | 71 | 8 | 1 | 51 | 50 | .325 | .397 | .427 | .824 | 172 | 3 | 2 | 9 | ||
| Jimmie Humbert | 135 | 581 | 480 | 87 | 119 | 22 | 3 | 13 | 81 | 19 | 4 | 81 | 134 | .248 | .361 | .388 | .749 | 186 | 8 | 5 | 7 | ||
| Victor Pagel | 110 | 482 | 410 | 89 | 118 | 18 | 6 | 8 | 41 | 26 | 7 | 58 | 87 | .288 | .385 | .420 | .805 | 172 | 7 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Bill Lohr | 115 | 447 | 370 | 67 | 91 | 20 | 0 | 16 | 71 | 4 | 0 | 67 | 80 | .246 | .360 | .430 | .790 | 159 | 2 | 3 | 5 | ||
| Scottie Williams | 73 | 231 | 196 | 31 | 39 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 26 | 2 | 2 | 27 | 53 | .199 | .294 | .352 | .646 | 69 | 1 | 3 | 4 | ||
| Bill Loftin | 54 | 143 | 120 | 18 | 28 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 43 | .233 | .350 | .400 | .750 | 48 | 3 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Tom Richards | 25 | 116 | 97 | 13 | 26 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 21 | .268 | .379 | .330 | .709 | 32 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Bruce Gardner | 30 | 84 | 63 | 13 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 16 | .254 | .382 | .365 | .747 | 23 | 2 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Len Schnittker | 41 | 64 | 52 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 19 | .212 | .317 | .327 | .644 | 17 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Norval Rasmussen | 22 | 43 | 34 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | .294 | .405 | .412 | .817 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Joe Moeller | 18 | 55 | 35 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 20 | .229 | .449 | .257 | .706 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Thomas Murray | 34 | 85 | 73 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 27 | .096 | .185 | .096 | .281 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Jan Martin | 38 | 40 | 35 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12 | .171 | .231 | .257 | .488 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Guillermo Rivera | 23 | 25 | 24 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | .208 | .208 | .208 | .417 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| John Bozich | 20 | 32 | 26 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 11 | .192 | .323 | .500 | .823 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Carmelo Aquino | 17 | 36 | 33 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | .152 | .176 | .182 | .358 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Tom Young | 5 | 5 | 5 | 2 | .400 | .400 | .400 | .800 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Joe Penland | 52 | 34 | 25 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 13 | .080 | .281 | .080 | .361 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Frederick Lawhon | 4 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .200 | .200 | .800 | 1.000 | 4 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 1485 | 5433 | 4565 | 911 | 1302 | 235 | 40 | 149 | 794 | 122 | 29 | 724 | 1012 | .285 | .385 | .452 | .837 | 2064 | 0 | 40 | 66 | 38 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dick Nen | 1B | 139 | 1114 | 101 | 27 | 107 | .978 | 8.741 | ||||
| Lou Ertle | 2B | 138 | 293 | 422 | 28 | 87 | .962 | 5.181 | ||||
| Ken McMullen | 3B | 138 | 128 | 200 | 35 | 22 | .904 | 2.377 | ||||
| Héctor Valle | C | 112 | 782 | 86 | 19 | 9 | .979 | 7.750 | 19 | |||
| Bill Loftin | C | 33 | 209 | 11 | 4 | 0 | .982 | 6.667 | 3 | |||
| Jimmie Humbert | OF | 134 | 162 | 17 | 12 | 1 | .937 | 1.336 | ||||
| Victor Pagel | OF | 110 | 226 | 9 | 7 | 2 | .971 | 2.136 | ||||
| Bill Lohr | OF | 109 | 115 | 7 | 11 | 0 | .917 | 1.119 | ||||
| Scottie Williams | OF | 47 | 64 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.553 | ||||
| Tom Richards | OF | 23 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Joe Penland | P | 52 | 6 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .385 | ||||
| Len Schnittker | P | 41 | 18 | 29 | 5 | 2 | .904 | 1.146 | ||||
| Jan Martin | P | 38 | 12 | 22 | 1 | 0 | .971 | .895 | ||||
| Thomas Murray | P | 34 | 16 | 35 | 4 | 5 | .927 | 1.500 | ||||
| Bruce Gardner | P | 30 | 17 | 47 | 7 | 4 | .901 | 2.133 | ||||
| Guillermo Rivera | P | 20 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 0 | .923 | .600 | ||||
| Joe Moeller | P | 18 | 8 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.556 | ||||
| Carmelo Aquino | P | 17 | 4 | 13 | 1 | 2 | .944 | 1.000 | ||||
| John Bozich | P | 16 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.375 | ||||
| Norval Rasmussen | P | 10 | 5 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.100 | ||||
| Don Williams | SS | 136 | 222 | 362 | 35 | 79 | .943 | 4.294 | ||||
| Totals | 1395 | 3435 | 1443 | 197 | 327 | .961 | 3.497 | 22 | 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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