1961 Selma Cloverleafs Statistics
Team Record: 76-43
Finished 1st in the AAL
Manager: Walt Novick (0-0), Joe Morlan (0-0)
Affiliation: Cleveland Indians
Location: Selma, Alabama
Ballpark: Bloch Park
Attendance: 21,760, Avg. 366
The Selma Cloverleafs of the Alabama-Florida League ended the 1961 season with a record of 76 wins and 43 losses, finishing first in the AAL.
The Cloverleafs paced the circuit with just 488 runs allowed. Selma scored 653 runs. Kenneth Ellwein and June Raines led the squad with 12 home runs apiece. Bob Wolenski drove in 67 runs. Barry Levinson topped all qualifying hitters on the roster by connecting at a .278 clip. Dave Seemann paced the team with 17 wins, while Jerry Walters added 15 or more wins, too Jerry Walters recorded a 2.36 ERA, best among regular hurlers.
Steve Hargan and Floyd Weaver both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.
Walt Novick and Joe Morlan 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave Seemann | 17 | 3 | .850 | 3.18 | 25 | 21 | 14 | 2 | 167.0 | 160 | 66 | 59 | 15 | 43 | 110 | 5 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Jerry Walters | 15 | 4 | .789 | 2.36 | 28 | 23 | 14 | 2 | 191.0 | 201 | 72 | 50 | 8 | 48 | 105 | 2 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| Thomas Moser | 13 | 5 | .722 | 2.48 | 25 | 22 | 11 | 3 | 160.0 | 111 | 61 | 44 | 6 | 84 | 151 | 2 | 1 | 5 | ||||
| Ron Schamp | 12 | 4 | .750 | 3.30 | 21 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 128.0 | 116 | 62 | 47 | 6 | 63 | 93 | 4 | 0 | 8 | ||||
| James South | 8 | 8 | .500 | 3.40 | 26 | 22 | 8 | 2 | 143.0 | 132 | 69 | 54 | 8 | 57 | 98 | 5 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Steve Hargan | 4 | 2 | .667 | 2.30 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 43.0 | 33 | 16 | 11 | 1 | 21 | 31 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Robert Walker | 2 | 2 | .500 | 3.51 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 41.0 | 54 | 42 | 16 | 3 | 25 | 35 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| John Gould | 1 | 1 | .500 | 6.00 | 6 | 0 | 9.0 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 12 | 0 | |||||||||
| Jerry Athey | 1 | 2 | .333 | 1.50 | 8 | 1 | 12.0 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 0 | |||||||||
| Robert Casburn | 1 | 2 | .333 | 3.72 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 29.0 | 22 | 18 | 12 | 0 | 18 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Floyd Weaver | 1 | 2 | .333 | 3.94 | 3 | 2 | 16.0 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 11 | 0 | |||||||||
| Richard Beres | 1 | 4 | .200 | 4.72 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 40.0 | 31 | 23 | 21 | 1 | 48 | 39 | 3 | 0 | 12 | ||||
| Paul Carmine | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4.50 | 6 | 1 | 12.0 | 14 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 11 | 1 | |||||||||
| Billy Harris | 0 | 3 | .000 | 6.23 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26.0 | 36 | 21 | 18 | 1 | 22 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Totals | 76 | 43 | .639 | 3.12 | 209 | 120 | 0 | 64 | 10 | 0 | 1017.0 | 941 | 488 | 353 | 51 | 474 | 0 | 694 | 24 | 3 | 41 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barry Levinson | 116 | 529 | 418 | 99 | 116 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 38 | 41 | 7 | 93 | 66 | .278 | .412 | .330 | .742 | 138 | 6 | 7 | 5 | ||
| Bob Wolenski | 114 | 489 | 409 | 68 | 103 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 67 | 6 | 3 | 65 | 45 | .252 | .357 | .333 | .689 | 136 | 4 | 7 | 4 | ||
| Ed Bays | 114 | 469 | 422 | 61 | 95 | 19 | 3 | 9 | 63 | 6 | 1 | 32 | 92 | .225 | .286 | .348 | .634 | 147 | 6 | 4 | 5 | ||
| Jon Coller | 112 | 473 | 370 | 78 | 92 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 50 | 15 | 6 | 96 | 96 | .249 | .405 | .346 | .751 | 128 | 2 | 4 | 1 | ||
| Charles Friedel | 113 | 473 | 363 | 64 | 91 | 17 | 9 | 7 | 66 | 6 | 0 | 100 | 99 | .251 | .416 | .405 | .821 | 147 | 5 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Richard Stancavage | 102 | 401 | 331 | 48 | 74 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 45 | 7 | 1 | 64 | 76 | .224 | .348 | .293 | .641 | 97 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Kenneth Ellwein | 55 | 236 | 212 | 45 | 60 | 8 | 3 | 12 | 41 | 6 | 1 | 20 | 47 | .283 | .346 | .519 | .865 | 110 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||
| June Raines | 79 | 254 | 200 | 37 | 52 | 9 | 0 | 12 | 48 | 1 | 0 | 50 | 47 | .260 | .407 | .485 | .892 | 97 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Ely Churchich | 73 | 259 | 205 | 36 | 52 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 21 | 3 | 2 | 50 | 52 | .254 | .407 | .366 | .773 | 75 | 3 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Ed Gentle | 47 | 199 | 173 | 20 | 39 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 8 | 1 | 17 | 14 | .225 | .306 | .272 | .577 | 47 | 3 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Mike Ostrowski | 39 | 136 | 111 | 20 | 38 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 19 | .342 | .444 | .396 | .841 | 44 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Roberto Santana | 32 | 112 | 90 | 16 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 21 | .267 | .405 | .289 | .694 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Don Bowen | 32 | 70 | 55 | 13 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 10 | .273 | .414 | .291 | .705 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Jerome Kelly | 20 | 71 | 60 | 11 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 11 | .250 | .366 | .400 | .766 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ron Schamp | 21 | 58 | 51 | 7 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 | .255 | .296 | .353 | .649 | 18 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Dave Seemann | 33 | 72 | 64 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 27 | .156 | .206 | .281 | .487 | 18 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Jerry Walters | 28 | 80 | 59 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 17 | .136 | .232 | .136 | .367 | 8 | 1 | 11 | 2 | ||
| James South | 28 | 57 | 45 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 10 | .156 | .296 | .178 | .474 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Thomas Moser | 25 | 57 | 45 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 21 | .133 | .259 | .178 | .437 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Richard Beres | 12 | 17 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | .250 | .438 | .500 | .938 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Robert Casburn | 12 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Robert Walker | 19 | 16 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | .133 | .133 | .133 | .267 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Steve Hargan | 9 | 16 | 16 | 2 | .125 | .125 | .125 | .250 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Billy Harris | 13 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .125 | .125 | .125 | .250 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Paul Carmine | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| John Gould | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Artice McGraw | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Floyd Weaver | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Jerry Athey | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 1272 | 4569 | 3751 | 651 | 920 | 129 | 35 | 62 | 535 | 104 | 25 | 688 | 801 | .245 | .365 | .348 | .713 | 1305 | 0 | 35 | 65 | 30 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charles Friedel | 1B | 113 | 951 | 45 | 13 | 59 | .987 | 8.814 | ||||
| Mike Ostrowski | 1B | 12 | 75 | 2 | 5 | 9 | .939 | 6.417 | ||||
| Barry Levinson | 2B | 115 | 267 | 258 | 23 | 51 | .958 | 4.565 | ||||
| Ed Bays | 3B | 110 | 126 | 227 | 39 | 17 | .901 | 3.209 | ||||
| June Raines | C | 61 | 377 | 35 | 8 | 4 | .981 | 6.754 | 7 | |||
| Ely Churchich | C | 57 | 428 | 15 | 11 | 3 | .976 | 7.772 | 12 | |||
| Bob Wolenski | OF | 109 | 175 | 12 | 6 | 6 | .969 | 1.716 | ||||
| Richard Stancavage | OF | 101 | 211 | 13 | 16 | 2 | .933 | 2.218 | ||||
| Kenneth Ellwein | OF | 55 | 106 | 6 | 3 | 1 | .974 | 2.036 | ||||
| Ed Gentle | OF | 42 | 63 | 4 | 4 | 0 | .944 | 1.595 | ||||
| Mike Ostrowski | OF | 23 | 35 | 1 | 3 | 1 | .923 | 1.565 | ||||
| Jerome Kelly | OF | 19 | 33 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .972 | 1.842 | ||||
| Don Bowen | OF | 13 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .900 | .692 | ||||
| Jerry Walters | P | 28 | 10 | 30 | 1 | 3 | .976 | 1.429 | ||||
| James South | P | 26 | 8 | 16 | 3 | 0 | .889 | .923 | ||||
| Dave Seemann | P | 25 | 10 | 31 | 2 | 1 | .953 | 1.640 | ||||
| Thomas Moser | P | 25 | 5 | 27 | 4 | 2 | .889 | 1.280 | ||||
| Ron Schamp | P | 21 | 3 | 19 | 3 | 2 | .880 | 1.048 | ||||
| Robert Walker | P | 18 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .833 | .278 | ||||
| Billy Harris | P | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .154 | ||||
| Robert Casburn | P | 12 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .250 | ||||
| Steve Hargan | P | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| Richard Beres | P | 9 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 0 | .818 | 1.000 | ||||
| Jerry Athey | P | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| John Gould | P | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Paul Carmine | P | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Floyd Weaver | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jon Coller | SS | 95 | 148 | 238 | 29 | 34 | .930 | 4.063 | ||||
| Roberto Santana | SS | 26 | 45 | 36 | 9 | 8 | .900 | 3.115 | ||||
| Totals | 1160 | 3091 | 1030 | 187 | 203 | .957 | 3.553 | 19 | 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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