1961 Syracuse Chiefs Statistics

International League (IL) - Class: AAA
Team Record: 56-98
Finished 8th in the IL
Manager: Gene Verble (0-0), Frank Verdi (0-0)
Affiliation: Minnesota Twins
Location: Syracuse, New York
Ballpark: MacArthur Stadium
Attendance: 126,016, Avg. 1,637

1961 Syracuse Chiefs Roster

The Syracuse Chiefs of the International League ended the 1961 season with a record of 56 wins and 98 losses, finishing eighth in the IL.

The Chiefs plated 546 runs, worst in the league, and surrendered 714 runs, most in the circuit. Joe Altobelli and Woody Smith paced Syracuse with 10 home runs apiece. Woody Smith drove in 48 runs. Angel Scull led all regular hitters by hitting .283. Joe Bonikowski topped the team with 8 wins and a team-best 3.2 earned run average, tops among hurlers with significant time on the mound.

Players from the 1961 Syracuse Chiefs who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Jackie Collum, Ted Lepcio, Bob Darnell, Bob Lennon, Willy Miranda, Dutch Dotterer, Dan Dobbek, Jake Jacobs, Joe Bonikowski, Bob Trowbridge, Rip Repulski, Ernie Oravetz, Lee Stange, Ron Stillwell, Gerry Arrigo, Tom McAvoy, Joe Altobelli, Al Schroll, Bill Pleis, Sandy Valdespino, Rich Rollins, Mike Cuellar, Ted Sadowski, Bob Porterfield, Jimmie Hall, Chet Boak, George O'Donnell, Bob Wiesler, Gair Allie, Bert Cueto, Ralph Lumenti, Frank Leja, Larry Raines, Hal Griggs, Fred Bruckbauer and Frank Verdi.

Gene Verble and Frank Verdi 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
Joe Bonikowski	8	13	.381	3.20	32	28		7	3		180.0	174	71	64	12	70	9	62	3	0	10
Fred Bruckbauer	7	10	.412	4.71	30	20		5	2		130.0	128	81	68	17	47	5	53	3	0	1
Lee Stange	7	12	.368	3.78	56	4		1	0		112.0	102	56	47	16	47	7	90	4	0	6
Al Schroll	6	3	.667	2.22	12	11		6	0		73.0	58	24	18	2	26	1	39	3	0	3
Ted Sadowski	6	7	.462	3.46	23	15		6	1		117.0	91	54	45	10	39	5	67	7	0	2
Jackie Collum	6	11	.353	4.59	43	16		5	1		151.0	160	90	77	19	45	6	95	6	0	5
Bert Cueto	4	8	.333	3.60	23	14		2	0		100.0	93	47	40	10	34	4	43	3	0	4
Ralph Lumenti	3	11	.214	5.22	25	24		3	1		119.0	115	76	69	12	85	0	78	5	0	11
George O'Donnell	1	1	.500	6.75	8	0					16.0	19	14	12	1	6				0
Bob Porterfield	1	2	.333	4.35	14	2		0	0		31.0	37	16	15	4	5	0	19	1	0	2
Gerry Arrigo	1	2	.333	5.17	18	3		0	0		47.0	44	33	27	2	29	1	30	1	1	3
Bill Pleis	1	2	.333	5.73	6	2					22.0	35	16	14	5	4				0
Al Antinelli	1	2	.333	9.56	10	1		0	0		16.0	27	18	17	5	8	1	6	1	0	0
Bob Trowbridge					5						0.0
Mike Cuellar					20						0.0
Bob Lennon	0	0			5						0.0									0
Bob Darnell	0	0		3.60	4	0					5.0	5	2	2	1	3				0
Jim Raugh	0	0		7.50	7	0		0			12.0	16	12	10	4	2		11		0
Bob Wiesler	0	0		18.00	1	0					2.0	5	4	4	0	3				0
Tom McAvoy	0	2	.000	30.00	3	3					3.0	7	10	10	1	8				0
Angel Oliva	0	3	.000	3.51	16	0		0	0		41.0	40	20	16	5	16	2	20	2	0	2
Hal Griggs	0	3	.000	5.29	5	3					17.0	19	18	10	2	5				0
Totals	52	92	.361	4.26	366	146	0	35	8	0	1194.0	1175	662	565	128	482	41	613	39	1	49	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
Angel Scull	133	514	456	77	129	22	4	5	42	11		48	40	.283	.355	.382	.737	174		5	2	3	1
Woody Smith	126	479	433	43	102	19	0	10	48	1		38	35	.236	.297	.349	.646	151		2	1	5	4
Joe Altobelli	96	389	351	50	90	11	4	10	47	0		34	46	.256	.324	.396	.720	139		2	0	2	4
Jake Jacobs	70	282	258	36	75	5	3	0	15	2		8	28	.291	.319	.333	.652	86		4	9	3	0
Rip Repulski	78	308	282	35	69	10	1	7	35	1		19	47	.245	.301	.362	.662	102		4	2	1	0
Dutch Dotterer	89	299	274	25	66	13	1	7	36	1		19	52	.241	.288	.372	.660	102		1	0	5	2
Willy Miranda	98	313	278	22	64	16	1	0	21	2		31	43	.230	.306	.295	.601	82		0	3	1	3
Frank Verdi	67	221	195	28	56	2	1	0	11	3		23	16	.287	.362	.308	.670	60		0	3	0	1
Bob Lennon	88	215	197	24	45	8	2	7	24	0		14	30	.228	.279	.396	.675	78		1	0	3	0
Dan Gatta	75	222	202	15	39	6	0	2	12	0		16	39	.193	.251	.252	.504	51		0	3	1	3
Dan Dobbek	39	154	136	11	33	7	1	1	14	3		14	18	.243	.314	.331	.645	45		1	1	2	0
Sandy Valdespino	51	152	135	13	32	6	1	0	8	2		16	18	.237	.322	.296	.619	40		1	0	0	0
Ron Stillwell	57	175	154	9	27	3	0	0	4	2		18	35	.175	.262	.195	.456	30		0	3	0	3
Larry Raines	32	131	120	16	26	2	0	1	9	5		8	33	.217	.266	.258	.524	31		0	3	0	0
Chet Boak	33	114	105	8	22	2	0	0	4	1		7	19	.210	.265	.229	.494	24		1	1	0	0
Ted Lepcio	36	117	104	9	19	2	0	2	16	0		9	30	.183	.241	.260	.501	27		0	1	3	0
Ernie Oravetz	16	50	43	2	12	2	2	0	4	0		5	1	.279	.360	.419	.779	18		1	0	1	0
Jackie Collum	50	60	54	5	10	3	0	0	3	0		5	5	.185	.267	.241	.507	13		1	0	0	0
Gair Allie	15	56	49	2	8	0	0	0	2	0		6	12	.163	.255	.163	.418	8		0	1	0	0
Edward Stogoski	16	53	42	3	7	0	0	0	1	0		10	4	.167	.321	.167	.487	7		0	0	1	0
Samuel Mauney	12	23	21	4	6	0	0	1	4	0		1	2	.286	.304	.429	.733	9		0	0	1	1
Ted Sadowski	23	41	39	2	6	2	0	0	2	0		2	14	.154	.195	.205	.400	8		0	0	0	0
Ralph Lumenti	25	43	43	1	6	2	0	0	1	0		0	16	.140	.140	.186	.326	8		0	0	0	0
Fred Bruckbauer	31	52	45	3	6	1	0	0	2	0		4	19	.133	.200	.156	.356	7		0	2	1	0
Joe Bonikowski	34	65	51	3	4	0	0	0	1	0		11	26	.078	.238	.078	.317	4		0	2	1	0
Bill Pleis	6	7	7		3									.429	.429	.429	.857	3
Gerry Arrigo	23	20	17	1	3	1	0	0	2	0		2	4	.176	.263	.235	.498	4		0	1	0	0
Al Schroll	12	30	26	3	3	1	0	0	3	0		3	10	.115	.207	.154	.361	4		0	1	0	0
Bert Cueto	23	35	32	1	3	0	0	0	2	0		1	14	.094	.121	.094	.215	3		0	2	0	0
Bob Porterfield	14	7	6	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	2		0	1	0	0
Al Antinelli	10	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500	1		0	0	0	0
Hal Griggs	5	5	5		1									.200	.200	.200	.400	1
Bob Darnell	9	6	6		1									.167	.167	.167	.333	1
Angel Oliva	16	9	9	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	2	.111	.111	.111	.222	1		0	0	0	0
Rich Rollins	3	1	1		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Jim Raugh	7	3	3		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Lee Stange	56	28	20	3	0	0	0	0	0	0		5	6	.000	.200	.000	.200	0		0	3	0	0
George O'Donnell	8	5	5		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1582	4688	4208	454	977	146	21	53	373	34	0	377	666	.232	.297	.315	.611	1324	0	24	45	34	22

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Joe Altobelli	1B	28	232	24	7	16	.973	9.143
Chet Boak	2B	32	63	93	4	19	.975	4.875
Frank Verdi	2B	23	51	68	3	17	.975	5.174
Larry Raines	2B	19	46	49	3	11	.969	5.000
Ted Lepcio	2B	19	37	60	3	16	.970	5.105
Gair Allie	2B	14	28	41	3	6	.958	4.929
Woody Smith	3B	124	98	293	19	23	.954	3.153
Dutch Dotterer	3B	55	46	88	9	7	.937	2.436
Willy Miranda	3B	17	17	33	8	1	.862	2.941
Dutch Dotterer	C	79	371	47	5	5	.988	5.291	13
Dan Gatta	C	63	272	16	6	2	.980	4.571	4
Edward Stogoski	C	16	79	6	1	2	.988	5.312	1
Samuel Mauney	C	11	33	4	0	1	1.000	3.364	2
Angel Scull	OF	119	218	7	9	1	.962	1.891
Rip Repulski	OF	77	134	3	3	1	.979	1.779
Joe Altobelli	OF	69	137	7	6	2	.960	2.087
Jake Jacobs	OF	68	147	8	4	1	.975	2.279
Bob Lennon	OF	47	68	1	2	0	.972	1.468
Sandy Valdespino	OF	41	68	0	2	0	.971	1.659
Dan Dobbek	OF	37	93	2	2	0	.979	2.568
Ernie Oravetz	OF	11	19	1	1	0	.952	1.818
Lee Stange	P	56	7	14	2	0	.913	.375
Jackie Collum	P	43	7	27	3	2	.919	.791
Joe Bonikowski	P	32	16	53	2	2	.972	2.156
Fred Bruckbauer	P	30	5	17	1	0	.957	.733
Ralph Lumenti	P	25	3	11	1	1	.933	.560
Ted Sadowski	P	23	11	14	2	0	.926	1.087
Bert Cueto	P	23	10	10	3	0	.870	.870
Gerry Arrigo	P	18	2	13	0	2	1.000	.833
Angel Oliva	P	16	0	11	0	0	1.000	.688
Bob Porterfield	P	14	1	13	0	0	1.000	1.000
Al Schroll	P	12	5	23	0	3	1.000	2.333
Al Antinelli	P	10	0	2	0	0	1.000	.200
Jim Raugh	P	7						.000
Willy Miranda	SS	81	114	197	11	41	.966	3.840
Ron Stillwell	SS	57	84	137	13	33	.944	3.877
Frank Verdi	SS	17	23	42	12	10	.844	3.824
Ted Lepcio	SS	11	24	30	5	6	.915	4.909
Totals		1444	2569	1465	155	231	.963	2.794	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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