1960 Springfield Giants Statistics

Eastern League (EL) - Class: A
Team Record: 69-70
Finished 3rd in the EL
Manager: Andy Gilbert (69-70)
Affiliation: San Francisco Giants
Location: Springfield, Massachusetts
Ballpark: Pynchon Park
Attendance: 66,857, Avg. 962
1960 Springfield Giants Roster

Playoffs - Springfield Giants 2 games, Binghamton Triplets 1
Finals - Williamsport Grays 1 game, Springfield Giants 0 - Rain Halted Series. Co-champions were declared.

The Springfield Giants of the Eastern League ended the 1960 season with a record of 69 wins and 70 losses, finishing third in the EL.

The Giants yielded 575 runs, fewest in the league. Springfield plated 556 runs, worst in the league,. Carl Boles paced the squad with 10 home runs Ed Herstek drove in 65 runs. Carl Boles led batters with significant playing time by connecting at a .283 clip. Jim Duffalo topped the team with 16 wins, while Clark Johnson added 15 or more wins, too Jim Duffalo recorded a 2.63 ERA, tops among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

Players from the 1960 Springfield Giants who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Tim Talton, Jim Duffalo, Dick LeMay, John Fitzgerald, Charlie Dees and Carl Boles.

Andy Gilbert 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
Jim Duffalo165.7622.632421163171.012262507541148004
Clark Johnson158.6523.443131156196.0152847591170169818
George Case1214.4623.343129112205.01878876147241023310
Jerry Thomas810.4444.63252282136.0141827013793115205
Joe Blasko75.5833.7957100102.0794343362472006
James Myers35.3753.901573060.0612726820044300
Bob Quinn37.3003.9942511124.01266455553689425
Chester Vincent201.0003.231331139.035151439331204
Leverette Spencer26.2504.131731061.0543228822438302
Bob Meckwood12.3334.504426.0281613114
Gene Calder000.00202.021001
Danilo Rivas003.00309.0104316
Dick LeMay003.184217.0189609
John Fitzgerald01.0009.00317.0977113
Richard Slomkowski02.0005.854420.0201813315
Bill Lindner02.0008.00429.0108816
Tim Lane03.0007.314416.0161513216
Totals6970.4963.752831390561501200.010705755007956825808256440

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
Carl Boles127548491811392310105993960.283.344.432.7762128730
Charlie Dees13356449971139235953113894.279.348.399.74719918453
Ed Herstek1365494905412923176565066.263.328.357.6861751170
Robin Coffman1315605026212716975144744.253.322.363.6841824702
Tim Talton1003663224610622244603533.329.396.447.8431443247
Charles Teuscher109410346469561163975575.275.377.408.7851412703
James Miller9635431031765653723456.245.323.348.6711083433
Sam Hernandez102397341457372326174540.214.309.273.582933622
Emil Fiore10030525427609423304036.236.343.327.670833532
Sid Harvey7425823423595322801934.252.309.325.633761220
Don Strichek9735827933522542336685.186.337.272.610761572
Clark Johnson318065410200611022.154.263.185.448120410
Jim Duffalo30736771011130418.149.197.239.436160200
Jerry Thomas2552443710040518.159.245.182.42780300
George Case3180703700020423.100.149.100.24970600
Ben Valley134840660015184.150.292.225.51790000
James Myers152119150002017.263.300.263.56350100
Joe Sparks113225354005055.200.312.360.67290021
Joe Blasko572721240001025.190.261.190.45140400
Leverette Spencer182522240101010.182.217.273.49060200
Bill Lindner4221000.500.500.5001.0001
Bob Meckwood4991100.111.111.222.3332
Chester Vincent171210210001022.100.250.100.35010000
Chico Heron817171000.059.059.059.1181
Bob Quinn4237301100010617.033.194.033.22810100
John Fitzgerald3220000.000.000.000.0000
Tim Lane4550000.000.000.000.0000
Dick LeMay4660000.000.000.000.0000
Richard Slomkowski4770000.000.000.000.0000
Danilo Rivas4220000.000.000.000.0000
Totals15305206453155311181506061491610516744.247.327.347.6741571047733925


Fielding:

Player Pos GP PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB SB CS CS%
Charlie Dees1B132987911871.9848.167
Sam Hernandez2B932022301742.9624.645
Robin Coffman2B426972510.9663.357
Ed Herstek3B79811371011.9562.759
Emil Fiore3B48437484.9362.438
Tim TaltonC845353655.9916.7984
Sid HarveyC604112673.9847.28312
Carl BolesOF1203099112.9672.650
Charles TeuscherOF1061891284.9621.896
James MillerOF90173582.9571.978
Robin CoffmanOF90151861.9641.767
Emil FioreOF2539210.9761.640
Joe BlaskoP57917011.000.456
Bob QuinnP42822001.000.714
Clark JohnsonP31101521.926.806
George CaseP31154334.9511.871
Jerry ThomasP2592912.9741.520
Jim DuffaloP24823011.0001.292
Leverette SpencerP17015001.000.882
James MyersP151510.857.400
Chester VincentP1325001.000.538
Don StrichekSS971691872641.9323.670
Ed HerstekSS49711041219.9363.571
Totals137034911167149224.9693.4001600

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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