1961 Statesville Owls Statistics
Team Record: 63-39
Finished 2nd in the WCL
Manager: George Wilson (63-39)
Affiliation: Los Angeles Angels
Location: Statesville, North Carolina
Ballpark: City Park (Stadium)
Attendance: 34,954, Avg. 685
Playoffs - Lexington Indians 2 games, Statesville Owls 0
The Statesville Owls of the Western Carolina League ended the 1961 season with a record of 63 wins and 39 losses, finishing second in the WCL.
The Owls topped the league with just 526 runs allowed. Statesville scored 643 runs. Dick Simpson led the squad with 15 home runs Vito Porta drove in 76 runs. Jack Hiatt paced batters with significant playing time by hitting .325. Gail Thomas paced the squad with 12 wins, while Wayne Young recorded a 2.56 ERA, best among hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Players from the 1961 Statesville Owls who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Jack Hiatt, George Wilson, Dick Wantz and Dick Simpson.
George Wilson 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gail Thomas | 12 | 5 | .706 | 3.29 | 22 | 13 | 10 | 0 | 126.0 | 126 | 66 | 46 | 4 | 56 | 144 | 8 | 0 | 9 | ||||
| George Conrad | 11 | 7 | .611 | 3.21 | 29 | 21 | 11 | 0 | 168.0 | 128 | 96 | 60 | 10 | 116 | 172 | 5 | 2 | 18 | ||||
| Wayne Young | 7 | 4 | .636 | 2.56 | 15 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 95.0 | 85 | 44 | 27 | 1 | 39 | 87 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Peter Curtis | 7 | 4 | .636 | 4.35 | 28 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 91.0 | 80 | 57 | 44 | 3 | 49 | 73 | 2 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Alan Flitcraft | 5 | 1 | .833 | 2.55 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 60.0 | 48 | 25 | 17 | 3 | 16 | 53 | 0 | 1 | 3 | ||||
| Walter Darton | 5 | 1 | .833 | 2.60 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 52.0 | 36 | 22 | 15 | 0 | 24 | 63 | 2 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Dana Worster | 5 | 4 | .556 | 3.19 | 35 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 79.0 | 84 | 55 | 28 | 1 | 45 | 52 | 0 | 1 | 10 | ||||
| John Isaac | 3 | 3 | .500 | 2.75 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 36.0 | 35 | 19 | 11 | 2 | 12 | 35 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Paul Mosley | 2 | 2 | .500 | 5.50 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 36.0 | 38 | 26 | 22 | 1 | 30 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Jeffery King | 1 | 2 | .333 | 5.62 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 24.0 | 30 | 22 | 15 | 4 | 13 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| Dick Wantz | 1 | 4 | .200 | 8.50 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 36.0 | 39 | 38 | 34 | 4 | 27 | 42 | 10 | 1 | 8 | ||||
| Glen Opfer | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Joseph DaCruz | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Roy Wagner | 7 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||
| George Wilson | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| John Couch | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Bobby Bralley | 6 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 59 | 37 | .615 | 3.58 | 202 | 93 | 0 | 40 | 2 | 0 | 803.0 | 729 | 470 | 319 | 33 | 427 | 0 | 766 | 30 | 5 | 72 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vito Porta | 103 | 437 | 380 | 77 | 110 | 17 | 12 | 9 | 76 | 12 | 45 | 41 | .289 | .377 | .468 | .845 | 178 | 9 | 2 | 1 | |||
| Jack Hiatt | 96 | 390 | 332 | 63 | 108 | 20 | 4 | 3 | 69 | 13 | 44 | 23 | .325 | .408 | .437 | .845 | 145 | 6 | 3 | 5 | |||
| Jerry Fox | 94 | 391 | 340 | 80 | 108 | 23 | 8 | 2 | 44 | 13 | 46 | 35 | .318 | .398 | .450 | .848 | 153 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |||
| Dick Simpson | 88 | 377 | 327 | 77 | 96 | 18 | 4 | 15 | 64 | 13 | 37 | 74 | .294 | .372 | .511 | .883 | 167 | 7 | 1 | 5 | |||
| Davey Best | 64 | 286 | 250 | 50 | 73 | 22 | 5 | 5 | 43 | 3 | 31 | 42 | .292 | .371 | .480 | .851 | 120 | 1 | 3 | 1 | |||
| Carl Mutert | 77 | 268 | 237 | 30 | 69 | 17 | 2 | 4 | 45 | 3 | 25 | 65 | .291 | .360 | .430 | .790 | 102 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||
| Glade Cookus | 83 | 287 | 250 | 50 | 66 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 27 | 6 | 27 | 43 | .264 | .335 | .372 | .707 | 93 | 2 | 3 | 5 | |||
| Gail Thomas | 77 | 261 | 230 | 51 | 65 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 28 | 6 | 25 | 25 | .283 | .350 | .378 | .728 | 87 | 0 | 4 | 2 | |||
| William Maupin | 55 | 217 | 201 | 32 | 54 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 32 | 1 | 10 | 27 | .269 | .312 | .433 | .744 | 87 | 3 | 2 | 1 | |||
| George Bryson | 37 | 140 | 128 | 15 | 33 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 9 | 20 | .258 | .304 | .305 | .609 | 39 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |||
| Robert Johnson | 41 | 156 | 140 | 20 | 30 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 22 | 6 | 14 | 27 | .214 | .288 | .329 | .617 | 46 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Ronald O'Shields | 24 | 83 | 75 | 9 | 27 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 11 | .360 | .386 | .507 | .892 | 38 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Edward Colbert | 31 | 74 | 67 | 9 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 13 | .209 | .284 | .224 | .508 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Robert Lucas | 31 | 102 | 84 | 17 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 15 | 32 | .167 | .307 | .226 | .533 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |||
| George Conrad | 33 | 72 | 64 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 20 | .188 | .224 | .281 | .505 | 18 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |||
| Gaetan Boudreau | 26 | 80 | 66 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 9 | 7 | .182 | .304 | .288 | .592 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Walter Darton | 13 | 32 | 31 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 9 | .323 | .344 | .419 | .763 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Peter Curtis | 28 | 34 | 30 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 13 | .233 | .303 | .433 | .736 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| George Wilson | 17 | 23 | 18 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | .333 | .435 | .500 | .935 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Paul Mosley | 8 | 15 | 15 | 5 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 5 | ||||||||||||||
| Wayne Young | 16 | 35 | 31 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 10 | .129 | .206 | .161 | .367 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Alan Flitcraft | 11 | 24 | 22 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .136 | .174 | .136 | .310 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| John Isaac | 8 | 10 | 10 | 2 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Paul Gilbert | 8 | 22 | 22 | 2 | .091 | .091 | .091 | .182 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Joseph DaCruz | 4 | 6 | 6 | 1 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Jeffery King | 6 | 10 | 10 | 1 | .100 | .100 | .100 | .200 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Dick Wantz | 9 | 12 | 12 | 1 | .083 | .083 | .083 | .167 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| John Couch | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Dana Worster | 37 | 28 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | .000 | .154 | .000 | .154 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |||
| Totals | 1129 | 3875 | 3402 | 622 | 933 | 181 | 54 | 53 | 524 | 84 | 0 | 366 | 551 | .274 | .348 | .406 | .754 | 1381 | 0 | 39 | 35 | 33 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Johnson | 1B | 41 | 280 | 10 | 7 | 20 | .976 | 7.073 | ||||
| William Maupin | 1B | 30 | 175 | 9 | 4 | 12 | .979 | 6.133 | ||||
| Jack Hiatt | 1B | 17 | 101 | 14 | 4 | 11 | .966 | 6.765 | ||||
| Carl Mutert | 1B | 12 | 81 | 5 | 9 | 5 | .905 | 7.167 | ||||
| Davey Best | 2B | 52 | 106 | 111 | 23 | 18 | .904 | 4.173 | ||||
| Gail Thomas | 2B | 25 | 47 | 66 | 12 | 9 | .904 | 4.520 | ||||
| Glade Cookus | 2B | 20 | 33 | 43 | 8 | 5 | .905 | 3.800 | ||||
| Jack Hiatt | 2B | 10 | 18 | 20 | 4 | 2 | .905 | 3.800 | ||||
| Vito Porta | 3B | 70 | 61 | 106 | 27 | 10 | .861 | 2.386 | ||||
| Glade Cookus | 3B | 24 | 15 | 31 | 6 | 2 | .885 | 1.917 | ||||
| Jack Hiatt | C | 64 | 479 | 41 | 6 | 6 | .989 | 8.125 | 16 | |||
| William Maupin | C | 28 | 163 | 9 | 3 | 2 | .983 | 6.143 | 7 | |||
| Ronald O'Shields | C | 23 | 140 | 8 | 1 | 0 | .993 | 6.435 | 7 | |||
| Dick Simpson | OF | 88 | 123 | 6 | 10 | 2 | .928 | 1.466 | ||||
| Jerry Fox | OF | 88 | 75 | 7 | 8 | 0 | .911 | .932 | ||||
| Carl Mutert | OF | 53 | 40 | 3 | 5 | 1 | .896 | .811 | ||||
| Vito Porta | OF | 33 | 44 | 10 | 2 | 1 | .964 | 1.636 | ||||
| Edward Colbert | OF | 22 | 24 | 2 | 3 | 1 | .897 | 1.182 | ||||
| Gaetan Boudreau | OF | 22 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .958 | 1.045 | ||||
| Gail Thomas | OF | 16 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Jack Hiatt | OF | 10 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.200 | ||||
| Dana Worster | P | 35 | 3 | 21 | 3 | 1 | .889 | .686 | ||||
| George Conrad | P | 29 | 7 | 34 | 1 | 1 | .976 | 1.414 | ||||
| Peter Curtis | P | 28 | 7 | 16 | 6 | 0 | .793 | .821 | ||||
| Gail Thomas | P | 22 | 9 | 25 | 4 | 3 | .895 | 1.545 | ||||
| Wayne Young | P | 15 | 7 | 27 | 3 | 2 | .919 | 2.267 | ||||
| Alan Flitcraft | P | 11 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.364 | ||||
| Dick Wantz | P | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| Walter Darton | P | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| John Isaac | P | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| Paul Mosley | P | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jeffery King | P | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Joseph DaCruz | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| John Couch | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| George Wilson | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Glen Opfer | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Glade Cookus | SS | 31 | 39 | 66 | 22 | 12 | .827 | 3.387 | ||||
| Robert Lucas | SS | 29 | 31 | 70 | 15 | 9 | .871 | 3.483 | ||||
| George Bryson | SS | 29 | 25 | 64 | 10 | 7 | .899 | 3.069 | ||||
| Davey Best | SS | 13 | 11 | 15 | 12 | 4 | .684 | 2.000 | ||||
| Gail Thomas | SS | 11 | 17 | 25 | 6 | 4 | .875 | 3.818 | ||||
| Totals | 1050 | 2214 | 877 | 225 | 151 | .932 | 2.944 | 30 | 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.
