1961 Sarasota Sun Sox Statistics

Florida State League (FSL) - Class: D
Team Record: 79-60
Finished 2nd in the FSL
Manager: William Robertson (79-60)
Affiliation: Kansas City Athletics
Location: Sarasota, Florida
Ballpark: Payne Park
Attendance: 30,164, Avg. 434

1961 Sarasota Sun Sox Roster

Playoffs - Tampa Tarpons 3 games, Sarasota Sun Sox 1

The Sarasota Sun Sox of the Florida State League ended the 1961 season with a record of 79 wins and 60 losses, finishing second in the FSL.

The Sun Sox plated 739 runs, tops in the circuit. Sarasota gave up 629 runs. Palmer Muench drove in 81 runs. Buddy Reedy led hitters with significant playing time by hitting .314. Ronald Banovic topped the team with 18 wins, while Dick Hardy recorded a 3.2 ERA, leading qualifying pitchers.

Ted Kubiak and Rupe Toppin both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.

William Robertson 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
Ronald Banovic	18	9	.667	3.35	34	28		19	4		223.0	218	100	83	3	92	14	128	4	0	7
Rupe Toppin	14	11	.560	4.26	40	24		8	2		152.0	168	101	72	2	84	8	89	3	0	7
Dick Hardy	11	11	.500	3.20	30	24		11	4		163.0	142	75	58	2	55	1	105	3	1	5
Jerry Athey	7	2	.778	2.86	25	5		1	0		85.0	70	36	27	1	47	0	59	5	0	4
Larry Cary	7	3	.700	4.84	18	14		5	1		80.0	84	47	43	3	47	1	30	3	0	4
Thomas Barnicle	6	2	.750	3.78	22	12		3	0		69.0	77	40	29	0	44	0	52	1	0	1
Kenneth Knight	5	3	.625	5.43	21	4		0	0		53.0	57	39	32	0	40	2	29	0	0	5
Murl Kirkland	5	4	.556	4.37	27	5		1	0		59.7	61	38	29	0	35	1	36	4	0	7
Gary Churchwell	2	0	1.000		9						0.0									0
James Wyatt	2	3	.400	5.44	14	5		1	0		46.3	58	32	28	2	16	1	17	3	0	3
Isaac Alvarez	1	4	.200	5.29	19	5		2	0		51.0	58	35	30	4	33	6	25	2	0	0
Richard Waz	1	7	.125	4.88	13	7		2	0		48.0	55	43	26	9	38	2	32	1	0	3
Donald Reed	0	0			3						0.0									0
Buddy Reedy	0	0			1						0.0									0
William Robertson	0	0			1						0.0									0
Ray Tabacchi	0	0			1						0.0									0
Joseph LaFrance	0	0			2						0.0									0
William McClure	0	1	.000		3						0.0									0
Totals	79	60	.568	3.99	283	133	0	53	11	0	1030.0	1048	586	457	26	531	36	602	29	1	46	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
Buddy Reedy	137	553	439	107	138	18	12	2	69	42		91	30	.314	.429	.424	.853	186		8	1	14	12
Perry McGriff	108	436	377	68	117	11	12	0	60	14		51	36	.310	.389	.403	.793	152		1	2	5	4
Ted Kubiak	138	551	463	76	117	9	6	0	53	7		78	65	.253	.360	.298	.658	138		1	7	2	0
Donald Marrs	126	460	389	76	116	16	11	5	71	9		60	103	.298	.387	.434	.822	169		1	3	7	5
Palmer Muench	135	518	451	75	109	16	9	1	81	5		46	85	.242	.312	.324	.636	146		5	6	10	8
Ray Tabacchi	59	222	192	28	67	10	2	0	37	2		26	11	.349	.432	.422	.854	81		2	2	0	0
Manuel Sabari	74	283	261	32	66	11	1	0	23	13		14	11	.253	.294	.303	.597	79		2	4	2	1
Hal Dyer	98	312	244	32	56	6	5	1	39	1		62	33	.230	.389	.307	.696	75		3	1	2	6
Moses Healey	56	190	157	34	41	3	5	2	22	6		29	33	.261	.383	.382	.765	60		2	2	0	0
John Stutz	53	158	129	29	40	11	3	1	27	0		22	22	.310	.399	.465	.864	60		1	0	6	1
James Tanner	18	73	55	16	17	3	3	0	12	2		17	14	.309	.466	.473	.938	26		0	0	1	0
Ronald Banovic	52	110	87	7	17	0	0	0	10	0		16	23	.195	.308	.195	.504	17		0	3	4	0
Chuck Cole	35	87	86	11	16	4	3	0	13	1		1	26	.186	.195	.302	.498	26		0	0	0	0
Billy Selman	38	98	91	6	16	1	1	1	11	1		6	20	.176	.224	.242	.466	22		0	0	1	1
William Robertson	11	30	27	4	12	1	0	1	3	0		3	0	.444	.500	.593	1.093	16		0	0	0	2
Harman Duncan	20	76	56	13	10	0	3	0	9	3		16	11	.179	.373	.286	.659	16		2	1	1	0
Dick Hardy	30	63	57	3	10	1	0	0	10	1		4	13	.175	.230	.193	.422	11		0	2	0	0
Rupe Toppin	55	65	48	21	7	0	1	0	2	2		10	29	.146	.300	.188	.488	9		1	5	1	0
Jerry Athey	25	32	22	5	4	0	0	0	3	0		8	7	.182	.400	.182	.582	4		0	2	0	0
Larry Cary	18	32	26	3	4	0	0	0	4	0		1	4	.154	.185	.154	.339	4		0	5	0	0
Roy Karst	10	25	20	1	3	0	1	0	2	0		4	10	.150	.320	.250	.570	5		1	0	0	0
Richard Waz	14	16	14	2	2	0	0	0	3	0		1	4	.143	.188	.143	.330	2		0	0	1	0
Kenneth Knight	21	20	16	2	2	0	0	0	0	0		1	7	.125	.222	.125	.347	2		1	2	0	0
Murl Kirkland	29	20	17	1	2	0	0	0	2	0		2	2	.118	.211	.118	.328	2		0	1	0	0
Gerardo Lorenzo	9	19	19		2									.105	.105	.105	.211	2
Donald Reed	7	2	2		1									.500	.500	.500	1.000	1
William McClure	3	3	3		1									.333	.333	.333	.667	1
Gary Churchwell	9	9	9		1									.111	.111	.111	.222	1
Isaac Alvarez	19	15	13	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		2	6	.077	.200	.077	.277	1		0	0	0	0
James Wyatt	15	17	15	1	1	1	0	0	1	0		1	5	.067	.125	.133	.258	2		0	1	0	0
Thomas Barnicle	22	23	19	2	1	0	0	0	1	0		2	12	.053	.143	.053	.195	1		0	2	0	0
Joseph Setlakwe	5	5	5		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1449	4523	3809	655	997	122	78	14	568	109	0	574	622	.262	.358	.346	.704	1317	0	31	52	57	40

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Perry McGriff	1B	107	800	49	13	73	.985	7.935
Hal Dyer	1B	19	112	11	5	16	.961	6.474
Roy Karst	1B	10	52	6	3	2	.951	5.800
Manuel Sabari	2B	71	146	166	19	40	.943	4.394
Ray Tabacchi	2B	53	127	135	6	31	.978	4.943
Harman Duncan	2B	19	33	57	4	7	.957	4.737
Palmer Muench	3B	131	119	214	26	25	.928	2.542
Chuck Cole	3B	20	5	11	0	1	1.000	.800
Hal Dyer	C	73	254	28	8	5	.972	3.863	13
John Stutz	C	45	196	16	6	4	.972	4.711	11
Billy Selman	C	32	141	19	7	6	.958	5.000	5
James Tanner	C	17	102	13	5	2	.958	6.765	5
Buddy Reedy	OF	137	316	29	11	4	.969	2.518
Donald Marrs	OF	125	205	14	16	3	.932	1.752
Moses Healey	OF	52	76	1	9	0	.895	1.481
Chuck Cole	OF	15	13	2	1	0	.938	1.000
Rupe Toppin	P	40	10	28	6	0	.864	.950
Ronald Banovic	P	34	7	36	2	3	.956	1.265
Dick Hardy	P	30	7	25	1	5	.970	1.067
Murl Kirkland	P	27	1	11	3	0	.800	.444
Jerry Athey	P	25	6	15	1	1	.955	.840
Thomas Barnicle	P	22	3	14	2	1	.895	.773
Kenneth Knight	P	21	3	8	1	0	.917	.524
Isaac Alvarez	P	19	6	9	3	1	.833	.789
Larry Cary	P	18	6	2	1	1	.889	.444
James Wyatt	P	14	2	6	1	0	.889	.571
Richard Waz	P	13	1	7	2	0	.800	.615
Gary Churchwell	P	9						.000
Donald Reed	P	3						.000
William McClure	P	3						.000
Joseph LaFrance	P	2						.000
Ray Tabacchi	P	1						.000
William Robertson	P	1						.000
Buddy Reedy	P	1						.000
Ted Kubiak	SS	138	242	366	42	68	.935	4.406
Totals		1347	2991	1298	204	299	.955	3.184	34	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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