1960 Spokane Indians Statistics
Team Record: 92-61
Finished 1st in the PCL
Manager: Preston Gómez (92-61)
Affiliation: Los Angeles Dodgers
Location: Spokane, Washington
Ballpark: Avista Stadium
Attendance: 261,858, Avg. 3,423
The Spokane Indians of the Pacific Coast League ended the 1960 season with a record of 92 wins and 61 losses, finishing first in the PCL.
The Indians scored 820 runs, best in the league. Spokane yielded 666 runs. Ron Fairly led the squad with 27 home runs, while Tony Roig and Charley Smith walloped 15 or more also. Charley Smith drove in 106 runs. Willie Davis paced all regular batters by hitting .346. Mel Nelson and Chuck Churn topped the squad with 13 wins each, and Billy Bethel recorded a 2.62 ERA, best among regularly-used pitchers.
Members of the 1960 Spokane Indians who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Mel Nelson, Tony Roig, Ray Semproch, Ed Rakow, Joe Frazier, Earl Robinson, Bill Harris, Phil Ortega, Ed Palmquist, Ramón Conde, Charley Smith, Ed Sadowski, Roy Smalley, Elmer Singleton, Mike Brumley, Ron Fairly, Chuck Churn, Willie Davis, George O'Donnell, Curt Roberts, Jim Pagliaroni, Frank Howard and Bob Giallombardo.
Preston Gómez 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mel Nelson | 13 | 7 | .650 | 3.69 | 33 | 22 | 6 | 3 | 161.0 | 138 | 73 | 66 | 6 | 87 | 95 | 7 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Chuck Churn | 13 | 7 | .650 | 3.96 | 57 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 159.0 | 184 | 79 | 70 | 16 | 53 | 65 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||||
| Ed Rakow | 12 | 6 | .667 | 3.26 | 27 | 19 | 8 | 1 | 149.0 | 142 | 65 | 54 | 12 | 62 | 83 | 5 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| Ray Semproch | 11 | 2 | .846 | 3.96 | 20 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 109.0 | 115 | 55 | 48 | 1 | 55 | 93 | 4 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Billy Bethel | 9 | 5 | .643 | 2.62 | 21 | 19 | 7 | 1 | 134.0 | 131 | 46 | 39 | 5 | 41 | 77 | 3 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Bob Giallombardo | 8 | 6 | .571 | 3.85 | 34 | 24 | 6 | 1 | 159.0 | 159 | 77 | 68 | 9 | 78 | 96 | 1 | 1 | 5 | ||||
| George O'Donnell | 7 | 4 | .636 | 5.11 | 40 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 74.0 | 93 | 46 | 42 | 5 | 12 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Bill Harris | 7 | 6 | .538 | 3.54 | 20 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 94.0 | 75 | 44 | 37 | 7 | 30 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Ed Palmquist | 3 | 3 | .500 | 4.50 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 38.0 | 37 | 23 | 19 | 3 | 15 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Scott Breeden | 2 | 2 | .500 | 4.50 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 30.0 | 36 | 16 | 15 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Burbon Wheeler | 2 | 5 | .286 | 4.76 | 17 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 70.0 | 62 | 42 | 37 | 5 | 61 | 70 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Ford Young | 1 | 3 | .250 | 4.44 | 31 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 75.0 | 77 | 45 | 37 | 9 | 40 | 33 | 2 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Elmer Singleton | 6 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Joe Frazier | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4.24 | 4 | 1 | 17.0 | 20 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 1 | |||||||||
| Roy Smalley | 0 | 1 | .000 | 5.40 | 3 | 0 | 5.0 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||||||||
| Chris Nicolosi | 0 | 1 | .000 | 9.00 | 6 | 0 | 11.0 | 19 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 0 | |||||||||
| Phil Ortega | 0 | 1 | .000 | 10.29 | 3 | 3 | 7.0 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | |||||||||
| Totals | 88 | 60 | .595 | 3.91 | 354 | 148 | 0 | 42 | 13 | 0 | 1292.0 | 1308 | 647 | 562 | 83 | 558 | 0 | 708 | 29 | 5 | 35 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willie Davis | 147 | 664 | 624 | 126 | 216 | 43 | 26 | 12 | 75 | 30 | 7 | 31 | 44 | .346 | .381 | .556 | .937 | 347 | 6 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Charley Smith | 141 | 598 | 565 | 93 | 182 | 35 | 7 | 20 | 106 | 7 | 4 | 21 | 80 | .322 | .344 | .515 | .859 | 291 | 2 | 2 | 8 | ||
| Ramón Conde | 137 | 540 | 483 | 62 | 157 | 31 | 5 | 4 | 74 | 3 | 3 | 38 | 33 | .325 | .373 | .435 | .807 | 210 | 4 | 6 | 9 | ||
| Earl Robinson | 152 | 631 | 561 | 86 | 154 | 27 | 15 | 12 | 79 | 14 | 8 | 57 | 117 | .275 | .343 | .440 | .783 | 247 | 4 | 4 | 5 | ||
| Ron Fairly | 147 | 614 | 505 | 98 | 153 | 34 | 4 | 27 | 100 | 4 | 7 | 100 | 58 | .303 | .418 | .547 | .964 | 276 | 3 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Curt Roberts | 120 | 515 | 472 | 76 | 137 | 24 | 2 | 2 | 45 | 9 | 9 | 24 | 53 | .290 | .324 | .362 | .686 | 171 | 1 | 15 | 3 | ||
| Tony Roig | 136 | 535 | 482 | 83 | 134 | 23 | 11 | 16 | 90 | 3 | 1 | 47 | 89 | .278 | .341 | .471 | .812 | 227 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Allen Norris | 75 | 253 | 233 | 27 | 57 | 16 | 2 | 7 | 34 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 41 | .245 | .290 | .421 | .710 | 98 | 3 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Mike Brumley | 82 | 265 | 228 | 23 | 54 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 31 | 13 | .237 | .324 | .276 | .601 | 63 | 0 | 3 | 3 | ||
| Jim Pagliaroni | 57 | 208 | 161 | 27 | 47 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 32 | .292 | .447 | .522 | .969 | 84 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Roy Smalley | 67 | 185 | 172 | 20 | 45 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 37 | .262 | .308 | .442 | .750 | 76 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Frank Howard | 26 | 115 | 97 | 17 | 36 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 17 | .371 | .470 | .608 | 1.078 | 59 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ed Sadowski | 34 | 141 | 128 | 21 | 36 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 17 | .281 | .343 | .453 | .796 | 58 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Joe Frazier | 56 | 111 | 100 | 6 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 20 | .210 | .273 | .230 | .503 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Bob Giallombardo | 42 | 73 | 60 | 12 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 16 | .283 | .368 | .467 | .834 | 28 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Mel Nelson | 46 | 72 | 65 | 15 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 21 | .231 | .286 | .431 | .716 | 28 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Chuck Churn | 57 | 53 | 46 | 6 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14 | .261 | .306 | .304 | .610 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Bill Harris | 20 | 37 | 37 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .216 | .216 | .216 | .432 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ford Young | 31 | 20 | 19 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .316 | .316 | .316 | .632 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Burbon Wheeler | 20 | 23 | 23 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | .261 | .261 | .261 | .522 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ray Semproch | 20 | 45 | 43 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | .140 | .159 | .140 | .299 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Billy Bethel | 21 | 55 | 53 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 29 | .113 | .145 | .283 | .428 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ed Rakow | 28 | 59 | 53 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 19 | .094 | .143 | .132 | .275 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| George O'Donnell | 41 | 15 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .154 | .154 | .154 | .308 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Gene Conaway | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Scott Breeden | 9 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Chris Nicolosi | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Phil Ortega | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Ed Palmquist | 23 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1746 | 5847 | 5243 | 818 | 1513 | 282 | 80 | 132 | 758 | 74 | 42 | 477 | 787 | .289 | .348 | .448 | .797 | 2351 | 0 | 28 | 53 | 46 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tony Roig | 1B | 75 | 610 | 49 | 17 | 50 | .975 | 8.787 | ||||
| Allen Norris | 1B | 59 | 479 | 31 | 10 | 51 | .981 | 8.644 | ||||
| Frank Howard | 1B | 26 | 233 | 19 | 8 | 26 | .969 | 9.692 | ||||
| Curt Roberts | 2B | 119 | 262 | 355 | 25 | 69 | .961 | 5.185 | ||||
| Tony Roig | 2B | 23 | 42 | 56 | 6 | 11 | .942 | 4.261 | ||||
| Roy Smalley | 2B | 20 | 36 | 51 | 3 | 17 | .967 | 4.350 | ||||
| Ramón Conde | 3B | 129 | 128 | 241 | 5 | 19 | .987 | 2.860 | ||||
| Tony Roig | 3B | 26 | 19 | 32 | 3 | 1 | .944 | 1.962 | ||||
| Mike Brumley | C | 75 | 338 | 24 | 10 | 4 | .973 | 4.827 | 2 | |||
| Jim Pagliaroni | C | 55 | 296 | 12 | 5 | 3 | .984 | 5.600 | 2 | |||
| Ed Sadowski | C | 34 | 167 | 10 | 2 | 1 | .989 | 5.206 | 2 | |||
| Earl Robinson | OF | 152 | 262 | 10 | 5 | 1 | .982 | 1.789 | ||||
| Ron Fairly | OF | 147 | 299 | 20 | 8 | 3 | .976 | 2.170 | ||||
| Willie Davis | OF | 145 | 384 | 6 | 13 | 1 | .968 | 2.690 | ||||
| Joe Frazier | OF | 14 | 26 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .933 | 2.000 | ||||
| Chuck Churn | P | 57 | 14 | 32 | 1 | 2 | .979 | .807 | ||||
| George O'Donnell | P | 40 | 4 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .650 | ||||
| Bob Giallombardo | P | 34 | 5 | 21 | 3 | 2 | .897 | .765 | ||||
| Mel Nelson | P | 33 | 5 | 25 | 1 | 3 | .968 | .909 | ||||
| Ford Young | P | 31 | 2 | 13 | 3 | 2 | .833 | .484 | ||||
| Ed Rakow | P | 27 | 7 | 27 | 4 | 1 | .895 | 1.259 | ||||
| Ed Palmquist | P | 23 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 1 | .857 | .522 | ||||
| Billy Bethel | P | 21 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 1 | .952 | .952 | ||||
| Ray Semproch | P | 20 | 6 | 14 | 1 | 2 | .952 | 1.000 | ||||
| Bill Harris | P | 20 | 4 | 11 | 3 | 2 | .833 | .750 | ||||
| Burbon Wheeler | P | 17 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .875 | .412 | ||||
| Charley Smith | SS | 133 | 231 | 406 | 34 | 84 | .949 | 4.789 | ||||
| Roy Smalley | SS | 20 | 24 | 50 | 3 | 10 | .961 | 3.700 | ||||
| Tony Roig | SS | 10 | 16 | 20 | 1 | 6 | .973 | 3.600 | ||||
| Totals | 1585 | 3914 | 1583 | 180 | 374 | .968 | 3.468 | 6 | 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.
