1961 Seattle Rainiers Statistics
Team Record: 86-68
Finished 3rd in the PCL
Manager: Johnny Pesky (86-68)
Affiliation: Boston Red Sox
Location: Seattle, Washington
Ballpark: Sick Stadium
Attendance: 174,889, Avg. 2,271
The Seattle Rainiers of the Pacific Coast League ended the 1961 season with a record of 86 wins and 68 losses, finishing third in the PCL.
The Rainiers scored 753 runs and yielded 645 runs. Lou Clinton led Seattle with 21 home runs, while Don Gile walloped 15 or more as well. Lou Clinton drove in 102 runs. Marlan Coughtry paced all regular batters by hitting .296. Hal Kolstad topped the squad with 11 wins, and Tom Borland recorded a 3.71 ERA, best among regularly-used pitchers.
Members of the 1961 Seattle Rainiers who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Don Schwall, Tom Borland, Earl Wilson, Dick Radatz, Hal Kolstad, Lou Clinton, Ted Schreiber, Erv Palica, Harry Malmberg, Don Gile, Ted Wills, George Spencer, Marlan Coughtry, Paul Smith, Bob Tillman, Galen Cisco, Bob Heffner, Arnold Earley, Elmer Singleton, Bill Spanswick, Tom Umphlett, Jay Ritchie and Guido Grilli.
Johnny Pesky 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hal Kolstad | 11 | 8 | .579 | 3.78 | 27 | 26 | 8 | 1 | 174.0 | 173 | 86 | 73 | 4 | 84 | 9 | 114 | 6 | 1 | 10 | |||
| Earl Wilson | 9 | 14 | .391 | 4.23 | 29 | 27 | 9 | 1 | 166.0 | 131 | 89 | 78 | 14 | 113 | 3 | 127 | 3 | 0 | 14 | |||
| Darrell Martin | 8 | 3 | .727 | 4.14 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 74.0 | 89 | 39 | 34 | 3 | 28 | 6 | 43 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Erv Palica | 8 | 4 | .667 | 5.13 | 27 | 27 | 5 | 1 | 149.0 | 182 | 89 | 85 | 20 | 40 | 0 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Tom Borland | 8 | 6 | .571 | 3.71 | 32 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 136.0 | 141 | 76 | 56 | 10 | 50 | 6 | 80 | 4 | 0 | 5 | |||
| Galen Cisco | 6 | 1 | .857 | 1.54 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 70.0 | 55 | 20 | 12 | 3 | 20 | 0 | 37 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Dick Radatz | 5 | 6 | .455 | 2.28 | 54 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 71.0 | 50 | 20 | 18 | 5 | 41 | 13 | 74 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Arnold Earley | 4 | 1 | .800 | 1.22 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37.0 | 25 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 17 | 1 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Bill Spanswick | 4 | 3 | .571 | 4.33 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 54.0 | 37 | 29 | 26 | 8 | 40 | 0 | 42 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Ted Wills | 4 | 4 | .500 | 3.10 | 24 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 61.0 | 55 | 26 | 21 | 3 | 27 | 3 | 65 | 2 | 0 | 4 | |||
| Don Schwall | 3 | 1 | .750 | 3.60 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 30.0 | 22 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Jay Ritchie | 3 | 3 | .500 | 3.93 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 71.0 | 76 | 38 | 31 | 7 | 33 | 4 | 40 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Bob Heffner | 3 | 4 | .429 | 6.75 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 48.0 | 64 | 45 | 36 | 3 | 39 | 0 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Stewart MacDonald | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.00 | 3 | 1 | 13.0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||||||||
| George Spencer | 17 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Glen Stabelfeld | 3 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Elmer Singleton | 17 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Bill Thom | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 0 | 4.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Guido Grilli | 0 | 0 | 7.20 | 4 | 1 | 5.0 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Bill Slack | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Totals | 77 | 58 | .570 | 3.81 | 371 | 139 | 0 | 41 | 8 | 0 | 1165.0 | 1119 | 586 | 493 | 85 | 559 | 45 | 735 | 22 | 1 | 53 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Umphlett | 148 | 638 | 567 | 82 | 151 | 33 | 2 | 12 | 83 | 8 | 1 | 55 | 61 | .266 | .326 | .395 | .722 | 224 | 1 | 4 | 11 | ||
| Marlan Coughtry | 148 | 639 | 473 | 106 | 140 | 26 | 3 | 11 | 62 | 9 | 2 | 151 | 98 | .296 | .465 | .433 | .898 | 205 | 4 | 4 | 7 | ||
| Lou Clinton | 127 | 547 | 475 | 90 | 140 | 27 | 5 | 21 | 102 | 5 | 0 | 55 | 66 | .295 | .366 | .505 | .872 | 240 | 4 | 4 | 9 | ||
| Curt Jenson | 145 | 591 | 531 | 64 | 129 | 26 | 3 | 8 | 69 | 7 | 4 | 42 | 77 | .243 | .299 | .348 | .648 | 185 | 3 | 10 | 5 | ||
| Don Gile | 107 | 447 | 402 | 57 | 123 | 19 | 6 | 15 | 78 | 1 | 1 | 35 | 56 | .306 | .364 | .495 | .859 | 199 | 3 | 5 | 2 | ||
| Dave Mann | 121 | 496 | 438 | 77 | 114 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 41 | 33 | 9 | 51 | 78 | .260 | .339 | .349 | .688 | 153 | 2 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Paul Smith | 119 | 429 | 363 | 52 | 105 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 54 | 3 | 2 | 56 | 30 | .289 | .379 | .386 | .764 | 140 | 1 | 1 | 8 | ||
| Bob Tillman | 127 | 506 | 446 | 56 | 96 | 13 | 5 | 14 | 67 | 0 | 2 | 49 | 91 | .215 | .291 | .361 | .652 | 161 | 1 | 4 | 6 | ||
| Harry Malmberg | 100 | 384 | 336 | 42 | 84 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 24 | .250 | .324 | .327 | .652 | 110 | 5 | 8 | 2 | ||
| Bo Toft | 93 | 267 | 239 | 32 | 63 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 29 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 56 | .264 | .331 | .397 | .728 | 95 | 3 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Ted Schreiber | 50 | 194 | 170 | 26 | 45 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 26 | .265 | .345 | .371 | .716 | 63 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Kenneth Wolfe | 52 | 154 | 132 | 22 | 37 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 22 | .280 | .371 | .417 | .788 | 55 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Earl Wilson | 39 | 76 | 72 | 12 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 15 | .250 | .280 | .458 | .738 | 33 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Erv Palica | 28 | 62 | 59 | 6 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | .237 | .250 | .288 | .538 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Tom Borland | 39 | 63 | 56 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 19 | .143 | .213 | .232 | .445 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Hal Kolstad | 27 | 70 | 57 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 29 | .123 | .242 | .123 | .365 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Ted Wills | 26 | 26 | 26 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | .231 | .231 | .346 | .577 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Darrell Martin | 33 | 21 | 19 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .263 | .300 | .316 | .616 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Bill Spanswick | 11 | 25 | 20 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | .200 | .333 | .200 | .533 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Peter Cronin | 13 | 17 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .176 | .176 | .235 | .412 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Galen Cisco | 9 | 22 | 22 | 3 | .136 | .136 | .136 | .273 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Jay Ritchie | 35 | 21 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | .125 | .263 | .125 | .388 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Bob Heffner | 12 | 21 | 20 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | .100 | .100 | .150 | .250 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Arnold Earley | 28 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .143 | .250 | .143 | .393 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Don Schwall | 7 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Guido Grilli | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Dick Radatz | 54 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | .000 | .083 | .000 | .083 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Stewart MacDonald | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 1705 | 5752 | 4989 | 747 | 1300 | 223 | 44 | 107 | 684 | 74 | 28 | 614 | 806 | .261 | .342 | .387 | .729 | 1932 | 0 | 30 | 65 | 54 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Gile | 1B | 84 | 694 | 52 | 16 | 88 | .979 | 8.881 | ||||
| Paul Smith | 1B | 55 | 358 | 28 | 4 | 36 | .990 | 7.018 | ||||
| Bob Tillman | 1B | 29 | 221 | 23 | 4 | 14 | .984 | 8.414 | ||||
| Harry Malmberg | 2B | 100 | 243 | 278 | 9 | 76 | .983 | 5.210 | ||||
| Ted Schreiber | 2B | 48 | 108 | 142 | 7 | 36 | .973 | 5.208 | ||||
| Marlan Coughtry | 3B | 132 | 125 | 243 | 28 | 40 | .929 | 2.788 | ||||
| Bo Toft | 3B | 24 | 15 | 44 | 5 | 1 | .922 | 2.458 | ||||
| Bob Tillman | C | 100 | 547 | 26 | 9 | 5 | .985 | 5.730 | 11 | |||
| Kenneth Wolfe | C | 40 | 185 | 19 | 1 | 3 | .995 | 5.100 | 5 | |||
| Don Gile | C | 23 | 138 | 18 | 6 | 4 | .963 | 6.783 | 3 | |||
| Tom Umphlett | OF | 145 | 334 | 7 | 5 | 0 | .986 | 2.352 | ||||
| Lou Clinton | OF | 127 | 259 | 9 | 4 | 3 | .985 | 2.110 | ||||
| Dave Mann | OF | 116 | 210 | 12 | 11 | 1 | .953 | 1.914 | ||||
| Paul Smith | OF | 58 | 73 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .987 | 1.328 | ||||
| Bo Toft | OF | 36 | 59 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .968 | 1.667 | ||||
| Dick Radatz | P | 54 | 3 | 13 | 1 | 1 | .941 | .296 | ||||
| Jay Ritchie | P | 35 | 4 | 13 | 1 | 1 | .944 | .486 | ||||
| Darrell Martin | P | 33 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 1 | .792 | .576 | ||||
| Tom Borland | P | 32 | 4 | 25 | 1 | 1 | .967 | .906 | ||||
| Earl Wilson | P | 29 | 4 | 23 | 1 | 4 | .964 | .931 | ||||
| Arnold Earley | P | 28 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .357 | ||||
| Erv Palica | P | 27 | 13 | 27 | 1 | 2 | .976 | 1.481 | ||||
| Hal Kolstad | P | 27 | 10 | 25 | 3 | 1 | .921 | 1.296 | ||||
| Ted Wills | P | 24 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .458 | ||||
| Bob Heffner | P | 12 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.417 | ||||
| Curt Jenson | SS | 145 | 241 | 409 | 28 | 93 | .959 | 4.483 | ||||
| Marlan Coughtry | SS | 10 | 15 | 17 | 4 | 4 | .889 | 3.200 | ||||
| Totals | 1573 | 3881 | 1497 | 157 | 417 | .972 | 3.419 | 19 | 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.
