1961 San Antonio Missions Statistics

Texas League (TL) - Class: AA
Team Record: 74-65
Finished 3rd in the TL
Manager: Ripper Collins (0-0), Harry Craft (0-0), Bobby Adams (0-0), Rube Walker (0-0)
Affiliation: Chicago Cubs
Location: San Antonio, Texas
Ballpark: Mission Stadium
Attendance: 91,493, Avg. 1,316

1961 San Antonio Missions Roster

Playoffs - San Antonio Missions 3 games, Tulsa Oilers 1
Finals - San Antonio Missions 3 games, Austin Senators 0

The San Antonio Missions of the Texas League ended the 1961 season with a record of 74 wins and 65 losses, finishing third in the TL.

The Missions plated 587 runs and allowed 531 runs. Craig Sorensen paced San Antonio with 27 home runs Danny Murphy drove in 83 runs. Donald Davis led hitters with significant playing time with a .301 average. Don Prince and James Schandevel topped the squad with 12 wins each, while Harvey Branch recorded a 1.74 ERA, leading regular hurlers.

Members of the 1961 San Antonio Missions who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Nelson Mathews, Tony Balsamo, Freddie Burdette, Don Eaddy, Danny Murphy, Gordon Massa, Daryl Robertson, Jack Warner, Paul Popovich, Morrie Steevens, Elder White, Don Prince and Harvey Branch.

Ripper Collins, Harry Craft, Bobby Adams and Rube Walker 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
James Schandevel	12	7	.632	3.21	27	24		10	1		188.0	153	78	67	14	71	2	109	1	0	9
Don Prince	12	17	.414	3.29	33	31		9	1		224.0	207	99	82	20	76	4	114	4	0	11
Morrie Steevens	11	6	.647	3.35	26	24		11	1		180.0	126	79	67	14	81	3	112	5	1	4
Ron Goerger	10	9	.526	2.68	34	19		8	2		178.0	159	60	53	15	61	3	102	3	0	7
Jack Warner	8	2	.800	1.26	32	0		0	0		50.0	22	8	7	2	21	0	41	3	0	2
Harvey Branch	8	4	.667	1.74	17	14		9	0		114.0	83	33	22	5	46	1	80	0	0	5
Roy Brooks	5	3	.625	3.82	15	12		3	1		80.0	75	39	34	7	61	0	51	0	0	6
Basil Curry	3	2	.600	4.43	26	5		0	0		65.0	65	44	32	5	39	2	38	2	1	2
Freddie Burdette	3	7	.300	3.93	31	2		0	0		71.0	84	42	31	5	13	4	51	1	0	1
Gordon Massa	1	1	.500	3.86	10	1		0	0		21.0	26	13	9	1	8	1	12	0	0	3
Tony Balsamo	1	2	.333		9						0.0
Robert Graham	0	5	.000	5.05	10	7		1	0		41.0	38	30	23	4	28	1	14	1	0	4
Totals	74	65	.532	3.17	270	139	0	51	6	0	1212.0	1038	525	427	92	505	21	724	20	2	54	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
Donald Davis	140	612	542	69	163	33	2	2	57	1	4	53	51	.301	.367	.380	.747	206		7	5	5
Craig Sorensen	138	551	457	72	133	17	4	27	78	6	3	77	91	.291	.400	.523	.923	239		9	3	5
Danny Murphy	140	589	505	71	129	26	6	13	83	1	2	73	93	.255	.346	.408	.754	206		1	3	7
Paul Popovich	127	551	493	63	124	17	4	4	33	0	2	46	54	.252	.317	.327	.644	161		3	6	3
Daryl Robertson	124	526	449	78	117	20	5	12	49	14	6	61	89	.261	.352	.408	.759	183		5	6	5
Nelson Mathews	138	557	495	47	109	19	10	5	44	6	6	55	106	.220	.296	.329	.625	163		0	3	4
Ralph Holding	122	473	412	47	90	11	5	12	50	0	1	47	90	.218	.305	.357	.662	147		5	7	2
Don Eaddy	109	407	363	50	83	12	4	10	32	8	4	38	46	.229	.303	.366	.669	133		1	4	1
Elder White	86	347	304	36	79	12	3	6	44	5	1	31	58	.260	.334	.378	.713	115		3	9	0
Pete Embry	40	77	65	8	18	2	0	1	10	1	0	8	3	.277	.342	.354	.696	23		0	1	3
Ted Brzenk	26	68	60	9	14	5	0	1	3	0	0	8	12	.233	.324	.367	.690	22		0	0	0
Morrie Steevens	33	76	63	9	12	1	0	0	3	0	0	8	11	.190	.301	.206	.508	13		2	3	0
Don Prince	33	82	75	6	11	4	0	0	1	0	0	3	32	.147	.190	.200	.390	15		1	3	0
James Schandevel	29	71	61	6	8	2	0	0	2	1	0	5	15	.131	.197	.164	.361	10		0	5	0
Ron Goerger	34	68	62	3	8	0	0	0	4	0	0	3	13	.129	.169	.129	.298	8		0	3	0
Gordon Massa	22	31	27	1	6	2	0	0	1	0	0	4	7	.222	.323	.296	.619	8		0	0	0
Harvey Branch	22	45	41	2	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	12	.146	.146	.146	.293	6		0	4	0
Robert Graham	10	18	13	1	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	.308	.471	.385	.855	5		0	1	0
Roy Brooks	15	31	28	1	4	2	0	0	2	0	0	1	16	.143	.172	.214	.387	6		0	2	0
Jack Warner	32	13	13	2	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	7	.231	.231	.308	.538	4		0	0	0
Murray Hall	11	19	17	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	.176	.263	.176	.440	3		0	0	0
John Swiech	2	5	5		2									.400	.400	.400	.800	2
Freddie Burdette	40	19	17	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	3	.118	.167	.118	.284	2		0	1	0
Spencer Scott	2	5	5		1									.200	.200	.200	.400	1
Basil Curry	26	18	18	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Tony Balsamo	9	1	1		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1510	5260	4591	585	1129	187	43	93	499	43	29	528	826	.246	.326	.366	.692	1681	0	37	69	35	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Donald Davis	1B	138	1314	91	13	129	.991	1.181
Paul Popovich	2B	124	203	346	12	113	.979	4.427
Elder White	2B	13	29	35	3	7	.955	4.923
Don Eaddy	3B	89	69	227	18	29	.943	3.326
Elder White	3B	49	28	92	16	8	.882	2.449
Ralph Holding	C	122	583	72	8	16	.988	5.369	12
Pete Embry	C	20	76	7	1	2	.988	4.150	2
Nelson Mathews	CF	137	317	10	7	1	.979	2.387
Craig Sorensen	LF	137	230	10	15	1	.941	1.752
Ron Goerger	P	34	11	34	2	1	.957	1.324
Don Prince	P	33	23	38	4	3	.938	1.848
Jack Warner	P	32	0	7	3	2	.700	.219
Freddie Burdette	P	31	2	9	2	1	.846	.355
James Schandevel	P	27	7	42	3	3	.942	1.815
Morrie Steevens	P	26	7	38	3	0	.938	1.731
Basil Curry	P	26	4	20	3	0	.889	.923
Harvey Branch	P	17	7	21	1	2	.966	1.647
Roy Brooks	P	15	2	9	1	1	.917	.733
Gordon Massa	P	10	1	5	0	0	1.000	.600
Robert Graham	P	10	3	10	2	0	.867	1.300
Tony Balsamo	P	9						.000
Danny Murphy	RF	140	227	16	7	5	.972	1.736
Daryl Robertson	SS	119	193	370	35	79	.941	4.731
Elder White	SS	26	39	90	15	12	.896	4.962
Totals		1384	3375	1599	174	415	.966	3.594	14	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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