1961 Salt Lake City Bees Statistics

Pacific Coast League (PCL) - Class: AAA
Team Record: 67-87
Finished 8th in the PCL
Manager: Herman Franks (0-0), Freddie Fitzsimmons (0-0)
Affiliation: Cleveland Indians
Location: Salt Lake City, Utah
Ballpark: Derks Field
Attendance: 106,454, Avg. 1,383

1961 Salt Lake City Bees Roster

The Salt Lake City Bees of the Pacific Coast League ended the 1961 season with a record of 67 wins and 87 losses, finishing eighth in the PCL.

The Bees scored 733 runs and conceded 827 runs. Hal Jones led Salt Lake City with 27 home runs, while Leo Burke and Al Luplow walloped 15 or more, too. Hal Jones recorded 100 runs batted in. Al Luplow topped all regular hitters by connecting at a .302 clip. Sam McDowell paced the squad with 13 wins, and Bill Dailey recorded a 3.1 ERA, best among hurlers with significant time on the mound.

Players from the 1961 Salt Lake City Bees who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Sonny Siebert, Jim Proctor, Bill Dailey, Billy Williams, Steve Hamilton, Kenny Kuhn, Ron Taylor, Jim Lawrence, Leo Burke, Ted Abernathy, Walt Bond, Joe Schaffernoth, George Spencer, Jim Weaver, Sam McDowell, Hal Jones, Larry Brown, Jack Kubiszyn, Ty Cline, Doc Edwards, Max Alvis, Al Luplow, Joe Shipley, Dave Tyriver and Ray Shearer.

Herman Franks and Freddie Fitzsimmons 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
Sam McDowell	13	10	.565	4.42	32	28		12	1		175.0	143	98	86	9	152	1	156	4	1	12
Steve Hamilton	10	12	.455	3.77	26	25		11	1		179.0	189	92	75	15	72	3	79	2	0	5
Bill Dailey	8	8	.500	3.10	24	23		12	1		174.0	152	70	60	11	57	0	116	5	0	3
Ron Taylor	8	9	.471	4.57	23	17		3	0		126.0	132	74	64	17	44	2	66	5	0	1
Don Schaeffer	6	9	.400	5.05	25	21		5	2		130.0	134	83	73	18	66	2	69	0	0	5
Dave Tyriver	6	10	.375	5.21	45	10		2	0		133.0	126	89	77	18	86	4	102	4	1	14
Jim Weaver	4	6	.400	6.03	44	2		0	0		97.0	107	79	65	15	64	3	61	8	0	6
Jim Proctor	3	7	.300	4.86	34	8		2	0		100.0	109	66	54	15	54	5	51	3	0	2
William Fazekas	2	0	1.000	3.38	9	0					16.0	12	8	6	0	12				0
Pete Olsen	2	4	.333	6.57	7	7		1	0		37.0	46	32	27	8	12	0	15	0	0	1
Joe Shipley	1	5	.167	6.17	17	9		1	0		54.0	50	42	37	4	55	1	40	4	0	3
George Spencer					23						0.0
Julius Grant					5						0.0
Ted Abernathy					18						0.0
Sonny Siebert	0	1	.000	5.46	14	0		0	0		28.0	24	25	17	4	20	0	33	1	0	4
Joe Schaffernoth	0	3	.000	6.63	7	4					19.0	25	18	14	1	13				0
Totals	63	84	.429	4.65	353	154	0	49	5	0	1268.0	1249	776	655	135	707	21	788	36	2	56	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
Al Luplow	152	675	596	90	180	18	16	17	91	4	2	69	58	.302	.377	.471	.849	281		4	4	2
Ty Cline	144	642	575	75	167	28	9	6	69	7	2	55	50	.290	.353	.402	.755	231		3	5	4
Hal Jones	138	595	526	91	142	35	6	27	100	0	1	52	82	.270	.339	.513	.852	270		7	2	8
Doc Edwards	120	440	402	51	133	14	5	5	54	1	1	29	43	.331	.378	.428	.806	172		4	1	4
Max Alvis	130	535	482	68	131	19	5	13	64	2	2	40	56	.272	.331	.413	.744	199		5	4	4
Billy Williams	134	525	486	63	127	23	7	9	60	17	3	29	50	.261	.300	.393	.693	191		1	2	7
Leo Burke	90	384	347	57	97	17	3	16	60	4	1	31	59	.280	.342	.484	.826	168		3	1	2
Kenny Kuhn	107	321	278	37	72	10	4	0	26	0	2	28	9	.259	.327	.324	.651	90		1	12	2
Walt Bond	70	267	230	42	65	11	7	8	37	3	2	33	24	.283	.380	.496	.875	114		3	1	0
Jack Kubiszyn	63	250	231	22	57	10	1	4	26	0	0	17	29	.247	.298	.351	.649	81		0	2	0
Larry Brown	68	316	266	44	57	6	3	4	20	0	1	43	39	.214	.325	.305	.629	81		1	5	1
Lavern Grace	34	116	105	16	29	6	0	1	6	0	0	10	5	.276	.339	.362	.701	38		0	1	0
Jim Lawrence	50	112	95	15	26	1	3	0	8	0	1	16	10	.274	.384	.347	.731	33		1	0	0
Tony Washington	29	97	84	10	20	2	1	1	10	2	1	9	21	.238	.299	.321	.620	27		0	0	4
Steve Jankowski	28	103	84	10	15	3	0	3	8	0	0	16	19	.179	.311	.321	.632	27		1	0	2
Steve Hamilton	34	70	63	7	14	0	1	0	5	0	0	1	12	.222	.231	.254	.485	16		0	5	1
Bill Dailey	25	66	61	5	11	0	0	1	5	0	0	1	20	.180	.194	.230	.423	14		0	4	0
Sam McDowell	32	69	57	5	8	1	0	1	7	0	0	3	27	.140	.197	.211	.407	12		1	8	0
Jim Weaver	46	28	23	6	7	1	1	0	3	0	0	1	7	.304	.360	.435	.795	10		1	3	0
Jim Proctor	35	33	24	3	7	0	2	0	5	0	0	2	5	.292	.321	.458	.780	11		0	5	2
Ron Taylor	23	50	43	1	7	0	0	0	3	0	0	3	22	.163	.217	.163	.380	7		0	4	0
Ray Shearer	20	34	30	0	6	0	0	0	5	0	0	4	5	.200	.294	.200	.494	6		0	0	0
Waldo Gonzalez	8	27	27		5	1	0	0						.185	.185	.222	.407	6
Dave Tyriver	46	45	35	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	11	.143	.286	.143	.429	5		1	3	0
Don Schaeffer	26	45	37	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	14	.135	.179	.135	.315	5		0	6	0
Joe Schaffernoth	7	4	4		2									.500	.500	.500	1.000	2
Sonny Siebert	16	10	10	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.200	.200	.200	.400	2		0	0	0
John McLane	7	20	20		2	0	0	0						.100	.100	.100	.200	2
William Fazekas	12	7	7	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.143	.143	.286	.429	2		0	0	0
Pete Olsen	7	11	11		1									.091	.091	.091	.182	1
Joe Shipley	17	18	15	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	5	.000	.167	.000	.167	0		0	0	0
Don Saner	3	3	3		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Mitchell June	6	8	8		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1727	5926	5265	726	1401	207	74	116	673	40	19	503	686	.266	.332	.400	.732	2104	0	37	78	43	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Hal Jones	1B	136	1110	96	18	134	.985	8.868
Tony Washington	1B	17	139	18	4	11	.975	9.235
Leo Burke	2B	82	200	199	18	51	.957	4.866
Kenny Kuhn	2B	54	130	141	7	38	.975	5.019
Steve Jankowski	2B	22	52	66	3	17	.975	5.364
Max Alvis	3B	115	92	253	24	29	.935	3.000
Kenny Kuhn	3B	23	19	26	4	1	.918	1.957
Billy Williams	3B	18	15	32	7	2	.870	2.611
Doc Edwards	C	113	666	51	7	10	.990	6.345	10
Jim Lawrence	C	29	121	15	3	2	.978	4.690	5
Lavern Grace	C	25	146	13	8	0	.952	6.360	5
Al Luplow	OF	151	275	15	9	3	.970	1.921
Ty Cline	OF	141	337	6	5	1	.986	2.433
Billy Williams	OF	103	214	8	3	0	.987	2.155
Walt Bond	OF	60	123	5	1	2	.992	2.133
Dave Tyriver	P	45	10	26	3	3	.923	.800
Jim Weaver	P	44	5	29	0	3	1.000	.773
Jim Proctor	P	34	8	17	3	3	.893	.735
Sam McDowell	P	32	8	29	1	3	.974	1.156
Steve Hamilton	P	26	7	36	3	2	.935	1.654
Don Schaeffer	P	25	11	22	2	4	.943	1.320
Bill Dailey	P	24	15	43	1	2	.983	2.417
Ron Taylor	P	23	6	30	1	4	.973	1.565
Joe Shipley	P	17	6	14	1	1	.952	1.176
Sonny Siebert	P	14	0	2	0	0	1.000	.143
Larry Brown	SS	68	117	243	20	59	.947	5.294
Jack Kubiszyn	SS	61	95	187	10	39	.966	4.623
Leo Burke	SS	12	22	22	1	4	.978	3.667
Max Alvis	SS	11	25	16	6	4	.872	3.727
Totals		1525	3974	1660	173	432	.970	3.694	20	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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