1961 Salem Dodgers Statistics
Team Record: 74-66
Finished 3rd in the NWL
Manager: Stan Wasiak (74-66)
Affiliation: Los Angeles Dodgers
Location: Salem, Oregon
Ballpark: George E. Waters Field
Attendance: 72,703, Avg. 1,039
The Salem Dodgers of the Northwest League ended the 1961 season with a record of 74 wins and 66 losses, finishing third in the NWL.
The Dodgers led the league with just 584 runs allowed. Salem scored 672 runs. Edward Kopacz paced the team with 17 home runs and drove in 112 runs. Irvin Knowles topped all qualifying hitters on the roster with a .310 average. Raymond Loya paced the squad with 15 wins, while Ken Page earned a 3.16 ERA, best among regular hurlers.
Members of the 1961 Salem Dodgers who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Jim Barbieri, Bill Kelso and Bobby Cox.
Stan Wasiak 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Raymond Loya | 15 | 9 | .625 | 3.67 | 26 | 24 | 15 | 1 | 169.0 | 169 | 82 | 69 | 13 | 70 | 122 | 7 | 0 | 9 | ||||
| Ken Page | 12 | 4 | .750 | 3.16 | 53 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 128.0 | 118 | 59 | 45 | 8 | 49 | 88 | 8 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Terry Barber | 11 | 9 | .550 | 3.78 | 25 | 24 | 11 | 2 | 143.0 | 134 | 72 | 60 | 11 | 84 | 109 | 7 | 0 | 10 | ||||
| William Boehlert | 10 | 6 | .625 | 3.99 | 28 | 23 | 9 | 1 | 169.0 | 166 | 86 | 75 | 9 | 94 | 157 | 4 | 0 | 21 | ||||
| Jack Lutz | 8 | 4 | .667 | 1.76 | 42 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 87.0 | 62 | 30 | 17 | 7 | 27 | 80 | 2 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| Bill Rybak | 7 | 10 | .412 | 4.34 | 26 | 23 | 7 | 0 | 145.0 | 166 | 89 | 70 | 13 | 77 | 81 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||||
| Bob Radovich | 7 | 16 | .304 | 3.54 | 28 | 26 | 11 | 2 | 173.0 | 161 | 91 | 68 | 11 | 104 | 139 | 7 | 1 | 18 | ||||
| Gasper Gualberti | 2 | 2 | .500 | 5.45 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 33.0 | 38 | 22 | 20 | 3 | 20 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Bruce Griewe | 2 | 4 | .333 | 5.35 | 21 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 74.0 | 64 | 46 | 44 | 6 | 59 | 31 | 3 | 0 | 8 | ||||
| Bob Wasko | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3.75 | 4 | 1 | 12.0 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 0 | |||||||||
| William Hall | 0 | 1 | .000 | 13.50 | 1 | 1 | 2.0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||
| Totals | 74 | 66 | .529 | 3.77 | 262 | 141 | 0 | 60 | 8 | 0 | 1135.0 | 1089 | 585 | 476 | 83 | 593 | 0 | 820 | 41 | 3 | 78 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edward Kopacz | 141 | 579 | 504 | 88 | 136 | 23 | 7 | 17 | 112 | 12 | 6 | 65 | 133 | .270 | .355 | .444 | .799 | 224 | 3 | 4 | 3 | ||
| Dickie Crowe | 132 | 516 | 475 | 56 | 129 | 24 | 3 | 3 | 54 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 29 | .272 | .314 | .354 | .668 | 168 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
| Irvin Knowles | 109 | 451 | 390 | 69 | 121 | 19 | 5 | 5 | 42 | 6 | 3 | 48 | 48 | .310 | .383 | .423 | .806 | 165 | 2 | 5 | 6 | ||
| Dick Bogard | 97 | 398 | 324 | 64 | 115 | 22 | 2 | 9 | 60 | 2 | 4 | 63 | 38 | .355 | .461 | .519 | .979 | 168 | 4 | 3 | 4 | ||
| Jim Barbieri | 115 | 483 | 369 | 102 | 115 | 17 | 5 | 12 | 49 | 9 | 7 | 105 | 36 | .312 | .467 | .482 | .949 | 178 | 4 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Dale Reichert | 127 | 501 | 417 | 63 | 108 | 19 | 2 | 11 | 59 | 3 | 1 | 70 | 136 | .259 | .366 | .393 | .759 | 164 | 2 | 9 | 3 | ||
| Thomas Humber | 77 | 326 | 282 | 46 | 72 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 36 | 6 | 2 | 39 | 37 | .255 | .343 | .383 | .726 | 108 | 0 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Wade Arnold | 55 | 191 | 170 | 27 | 59 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 36 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 17 | .347 | .405 | .418 | .823 | 71 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Bill Lachemann | 84 | 258 | 215 | 26 | 42 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 29 | 0 | 1 | 33 | 32 | .195 | .311 | .298 | .609 | 64 | 5 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Joseph Curtin | 52 | 173 | 146 | 23 | 36 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 24 | .247 | .353 | .336 | .689 | 49 | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Carl Hutzler | 49 | 175 | 159 | 15 | 35 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 41 | .220 | .287 | .258 | .545 | 41 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Bill Kelso | 46 | 149 | 132 | 12 | 26 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 20 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 31 | .197 | .284 | .356 | .640 | 47 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Ronald Cronan | 35 | 122 | 100 | 15 | 22 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 27 | .220 | .331 | .400 | .731 | 40 | 4 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Jack Riley | 34 | 120 | 109 | 16 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 6 | .202 | .275 | .211 | .486 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Raymond Loya | 35 | 82 | 69 | 10 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 14 | .290 | .338 | .333 | .671 | 23 | 1 | 5 | 2 | ||
| Ken Page | 53 | 43 | 39 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | .256 | .293 | .359 | .652 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Ralph Plumlee | 20 | 74 | 62 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 16 | .161 | .264 | .226 | .490 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Bobby Cox | 14 | 45 | 44 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | .205 | .205 | .250 | .455 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Bob Radovich | 28 | 65 | 55 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 22 | .164 | .233 | .255 | .488 | 14 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Bruce Griewe | 26 | 30 | 25 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | .320 | .346 | .400 | .746 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| William Boehlert | 28 | 71 | 59 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 39 | .102 | .159 | .102 | .260 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Terry Barber | 25 | 55 | 44 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 30 | .114 | .250 | .159 | .409 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Bill Rybak | 32 | 59 | 45 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 19 | .111 | .286 | .111 | .397 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Gasper Gualberti | 9 | 11 | 11 | 2 | .182 | .182 | .182 | .364 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Victor Pagel | 12 | 26 | 22 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .091 | .200 | .091 | .291 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Jack Lutz | 42 | 27 | 24 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | .083 | .120 | .083 | .203 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Bob Wasko | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 1481 | 5032 | 4293 | 668 | 1126 | 192 | 34 | 78 | 590 | 52 | 33 | 595 | 822 | .262 | .354 | .377 | .731 | 1620 | 0 | 32 | 74 | 38 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edward Kopacz | 1B | 141 | 1118 | 70 | 20 | 105 | .983 | 8.426 | ||||
| Irvin Knowles | 2B | 109 | 282 | 261 | 16 | 77 | .971 | 4.982 | ||||
| Dickie Crowe | 2B | 14 | 29 | 25 | 0 | 6 | 1.000 | 3.857 | ||||
| Bobby Cox | 2B | 14 | 25 | 25 | 2 | 3 | .962 | 3.571 | ||||
| Dickie Crowe | 3B | 103 | 78 | 254 | 16 | 23 | .954 | 3.223 | ||||
| Ronald Cronan | 3B | 32 | 32 | 39 | 8 | 7 | .899 | 2.219 | ||||
| Bill Lachemann | C | 67 | 404 | 38 | 8 | 5 | .982 | 6.597 | 6 | |||
| Bill Kelso | C | 41 | 205 | 26 | 8 | 4 | .967 | 5.634 | 4 | |||
| Wade Arnold | C | 41 | 250 | 29 | 6 | 3 | .979 | 6.805 | 3 | |||
| Jim Barbieri | OF | 111 | 196 | 8 | 7 | 1 | .967 | 1.838 | ||||
| Dick Bogard | OF | 93 | 126 | 11 | 7 | 2 | .951 | 1.473 | ||||
| Thomas Humber | OF | 77 | 158 | 6 | 2 | 2 | .988 | 2.130 | ||||
| Dale Reichert | OF | 49 | 64 | 3 | 2 | 1 | .971 | 1.367 | ||||
| Carl Hutzler | OF | 44 | 73 | 3 | 4 | 0 | .950 | 1.727 | ||||
| Jack Riley | OF | 34 | 64 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .970 | 1.882 | ||||
| Victor Pagel | OF | 11 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .938 | 1.364 | ||||
| Ken Page | P | 53 | 6 | 26 | 1 | 0 | .970 | .604 | ||||
| Jack Lutz | P | 42 | 1 | 17 | 1 | 1 | .947 | .429 | ||||
| Bob Radovich | P | 28 | 12 | 32 | 3 | 1 | .936 | 1.571 | ||||
| William Boehlert | P | 28 | 5 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .750 | ||||
| Bill Rybak | P | 26 | 9 | 26 | 5 | 1 | .875 | 1.346 | ||||
| Raymond Loya | P | 26 | 13 | 29 | 4 | 3 | .913 | 1.615 | ||||
| Terry Barber | P | 25 | 3 | 33 | 3 | 0 | .923 | 1.440 | ||||
| Bruce Griewe | P | 21 | 3 | 13 | 1 | 0 | .941 | .762 | ||||
| Gasper Gualberti | P | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| Bob Wasko | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| William Hall | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Dale Reichert | SS | 76 | 105 | 196 | 20 | 32 | .938 | 3.961 | ||||
| Joseph Curtin | SS | 45 | 60 | 117 | 22 | 27 | .889 | 3.933 | ||||
| Ralph Plumlee | SS | 14 | 22 | 33 | 5 | 7 | .917 | 3.929 | ||||
| Totals | 1378 | 3357 | 1337 | 174 | 312 | .964 | 3.406 | 13 | 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.
Persons data from the Chadwick Baseball Bureau are Copyright Chadwick Baseball Bureau, and are made available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License.
