1961 Richmond Virginians Statistics

International League (IL) - Class: AAA
Team Record: 71-83
Finished 6th in the IL
Manager: Cal Ermer (71-83)
Affiliation: New York Yankees
Location: Richmond, Virginia
Ballpark: Parker Field
Attendance: 31,232, Avg. 406

1961 Richmond Virginians Roster

The Richmond Virginians of the International League ended the 1961 season with a record of 71 wins and 83 losses, finishing sixth in the IL.

The Virginians scored 575 runs and conceded 667 runs. Don Lock paced Richmond with 29 home runs and recorded 77 runs batted in. Tom Tresh topped all regular batters by connecting at a .315 clip. Billy Bethel and Art Ceccarelli paced the team with 9 wins each, while Billy Bethel recorded a 2.82 ERA, tops among qualifying pitchers.

Members of the 1961 Richmond Virginians who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Hal Reniff, Frank Leja, Jim Bronstad, Tom Tresh, Jesse Gonder, Fred Kipp, Gary Blaylock, Hal Stowe, Ted Wieand, Bill Short, Art Ceccarelli, Jack Reed, Frank Carpin, Pedro González, Don Lock, Jim Pisoni, Raúl Sánchez, Ray Shearer, Duke Maas, Billy Shantz, Jake Gibbs and Phil Linz.

Cal Ermer 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
Art Ceccarelli	9	6	.600	3.32	28	19		7	1		149.0	149	66	55	11	47	6	109	1	1	4
Billy Bethel	9	8	.529	2.82	22	20		3	1		134.0	122	49	42	8	29	6	76	2	0	1
Gary Blaylock	8	7	.533	3.18	55	7		1	0		130.0	104	51	46	11	47	10	76	10	1	2
George Haney	8	8	.500	3.54	30	27		3	0		183.0	175	88	72	14	61	1	84	3	1	6
Fred Kipp	8	16	.333	4.31	50	17		8	3		167.0	170	97	80	15	52	6	96	10	0	7
Frank Carpin	7	9	.438	3.52	24	20		7	2		143.0	130	68	56	10	49	2	92	6	1	6
Jim Bronstad	6	12	.333	4.98	29	19		4	0		123.0	132	78	68	16	49	2	52	6	0	4
Hal Reniff	4	2	.667	4.25	23	1		0	0		36.0	37	21	17	3	21	1	29	0	0	11
Ted Wieand	3	6	.333	3.12	30	5		1	0		72.0	62	27	25	9	30	5	36	3	0	1
Paul Erickson	2	1	.667	6.92	8	0					13.0	17	10	10	1	6				0
Bill Short	1	1	.500	3.21	13	8		0	0		42.0	37	15	15	5	16	0	23	1	0	0
Hal Stowe	1	2	.333	4.85	5	4					26.0	32	15	14	6	6				0
Raúl Sánchez					20						0.0
Edward Dick	0	0		3.60	5	0					5.0	3	2	2	0	4				0
Robert Walz	0	0		5.81	17	0		0	0		31.0	33	24	20	3	22	3	21	0	0	3
Duke Maas	0	4	.000	7.67	9	5					27.0	36	27	23	6	3				0
Totals	66	82	.446	3.83	368	152	0	34	7	0	1281.0	1239	638	545	118	442	42	694	42	4	45	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
Tom Tresh	141	594	521	70	164	23	6	8	42	13		53	81	.315	.380	.428	.808	223		4	12	4	0
John Jaciuk	141	503	441	42	123	14	3	5	50	0		53	39	.279	.353	.358	.712	158		0	5	4	8
Jake Gibbs	106	447	408	48	110	11	6	6	28	7		28	76	.270	.324	.370	.694	151		5	6	0	0
Jim Pisoni	143	507	467	58	108	24	6	14	55	2		31	118	.231	.281	.398	.679	186		2	5	2	3
Don Lock	142	498	433	76	102	13	1	29	77	4		55	135	.236	.323	.471	.794	204		3	2	5	0
George Risley	113	356	319	35	99	16	2	6	40	1		21	30	.310	.352	.429	.781	137		2	9	5	4
Pedro González	100	357	331	35	88	14	4	3	38	17		13	60	.266	.300	.360	.660	119		5	4	4	4
William Carr	107	337	312	32	80	7	3	5	34	0		21	90	.256	.301	.346	.648	108		0	2	2	2
Sammy Miley	79	260	239	27	77	9	1	0	23	0		19	15	.322	.371	.368	.739	88		0	1	1	1
Jesse Gonder	77	291	266	29	60	8	1	9	34	0		22	43	.226	.287	.365	.652	97		1	2	0	2
Jack Reed	62	223	212	27	54	6	2	3	13	5		9	29	.255	.288	.344	.633	73		1	1	0	4
Billy Shantz	85	227	204	16	49	8	2	2	27	1		21	23	.240	.311	.328	.640	67		0	2	0	3
Ray Shearer	63	200	178	18	40	5	3	3	17	0		22	27	.225	.310	.337	.647	60		0	0	0	4
George Haney	39	76	66	5	14	0	1	0	1	0		2	24	.212	.235	.242	.478	16		0	8	0	0
Fred Kipp	52	65	57	5	13	2	0	0	4	0		4	10	.228	.279	.263	.542	15		0	4	0	0
Dick Windle	27	68	60	6	12	4	0	1	6	0		6	14	.200	.294	.317	.611	19		2	0	0	0
Phil Linz	14	49	46	10	11	2	0	2	5	2		2	7	.239	.271	.413	.684	19		0	1	0	1
Gary Blaylock	57	35	30	4	6	1	1	1	2	1		2	17	.200	.250	.400	.650	12		0	3	0	0
Ray Bellino	14	45	37	3	5	0	0	0	1	0		7	3	.135	.273	.135	.408	5		0	1	0	0
Frank Carpin	26	48	45	1	4	0	1	0	1	0		1	22	.089	.109	.133	.242	6		0	2	0	0
Duke Maas	9	7	7		3									.429	.429	.429	.857	3
Ted Wieand	30	17	17	0	3	0	0	0	1	0		0	8	.176	.176	.176	.353	3		0	0	0	0
Charles Boone	4	8	8		2									.250	.250	.250	.500	2
Billy Bethel	22	51	44	0	2	1	0	0	0	0		2	33	.045	.106	.068	.175	3		1	4	0	0
Art Ceccarelli	28	51	45	2	2	0	0	0	0	0		1	22	.044	.065	.044	.110	2		0	5	0	0
Chuck Buheller	3	4	4		1									.250	.250	.250	.500	1
Robert Walz	17	6	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	3	.167	.167	.167	.333	1		0	0	0	0
Bill Short	13	14	10	2	1	0	0	0	0	0		4	4	.100	.357	.100	.457	1		0	0	0	0
Jim Bronstad	29	42	40	2	1	0	0	0	1	0		1	17	.025	.049	.025	.074	1		0	1	0	0
Hal Reniff	23	10	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	7	.000	.111	.000	.111	0		0	1	0	0
Hal Stowe	5	8	8		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Paul Erickson	8	1	1		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1779	5405	4870	553	1235	168	43	97	500	53	0	401	957	.254	.312	.366	.678	1780	0	26	81	27	36

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
John Jaciuk	1B	135	1160	99	7	107	.994	9.326
Ray Shearer	1B	13	104	3	1	14	.991	8.231
Pedro González	2B	93	199	297	10	67	.980	5.333
Jake Gibbs	2B	52	117	141	8	32	.970	4.962
George Risley	3B	77	54	156	12	9	.946	2.727
Jake Gibbs	3B	53	46	87	7	8	.950	2.509
Tony Asaro	3B	17	7	42	2	8	.961	2.882
Phil Linz	3B	11	7	25	3	6	.914	2.909
Billy Shantz	C	82	335	35	3	12	.992	4.512	2
Jesse Gonder	C	76	388	33	6	11	.986	5.539	12
Dick Windle	C	24	96	14	3	1	.973	4.583	3
Don Lock	OF	136	224	7	12	3	.951	1.699
Jim Pisoni	OF	133	221	7	5	2	.979	1.714
William Carr	OF	89	128	5	3	1	.978	1.494
Sammy Miley	OF	63	96	3	2	0	.980	1.571
Jack Reed	OF	61	118	2	4	1	.968	1.967
Ray Shearer	OF	36	51	2	1	0	.981	1.472
Gary Blaylock	P	55	9	23	2	2	.941	.582
Fred Kipp	P	50	14	24	0	1	1.000	.760
Ted Wieand	P	30	10	14	0	2	1.000	.800
George Haney	P	30	18	35	1	0	.981	1.767
Jim Bronstad	P	29	11	24	0	3	1.000	1.207
Art Ceccarelli	P	28	3	17	0	1	1.000	.714
Frank Carpin	P	24	11	24	1	1	.972	1.458
Hal Reniff	P	23	3	12	0	0	1.000	.652
Billy Bethel	P	22	13	16	0	1	1.000	1.318
Robert Walz	P	17	2	6	1	1	.889	.471
Bill Short	P	13	4	13	0	0	1.000	1.308
Tom Tresh	SS	141	237	448	46	102	.937	4.858
Ray Bellino	SS	14	28	42	5	10	.933	5.000
Totals		1627	3714	1656	145	406	.974	3.301	17	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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