1960 Shreveport Sports Statistics

Southern Association (SA) - Class: AA
Team Record: 86-67
Finished 2nd in the SA
Manager: Les Peden (86-67)
Affiliation: Kansas City Athletics
Location: Shreveport, Louisiana
Ballpark: SPAR Stadium
Attendance: 53,498, Avg. 699

1960 Shreveport Sports Roster

The Shreveport Sports of the Southern Association ended the 1960 season with a record of 86 wins and 67 losses, finishing second in the SA.

The Sports scored 831 runs and conceded 668 runs. Jim McManus walloped 32 home runs for Shreveport, while Jay Ward and Leo Posada swatted 15 or more, too. Leo Posada drove in 122 runs and topped all regular hitters by connecting at a .314 clip. Jerry Davis led the team with 15 wins, and Dave Wickersham registered a 2.65 earned run average, best among qualifying pitchers.

Jim McManus, Jim Small, Evans Killeen, Dick Howser, Dan Pfister, Jay Ward, Chet Boak, Jay Hankins, Bill Harrington, Leo Posada, Zeke Bella, Don Williams, Ray Blemker, Les Peden, Al Grunwald, Bill Kern, Lou Klimchock, Dave Wickersham and Bud Black were all players from the 1960 Shreveport Sports who played in the Major Leagues during their careers.

Les Peden 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
Jerry Davis	15	13	.536	3.90	33	31		11	2		219.0	232	119	95	4	86	7	141	2	0	6
Bud Black	14	16	.467	3.65	34	29		9	1		209.7	201	110	85	12	72	9	111	4	1	9
Dan Pfister	13	5	.722	3.03	20	18		8	3		124.7	117	44	42	4	51	4	78	4	1	3
Dave Wickersham	10	7	.588	2.65	69	11		3	1		187.0	150	69	55	8	74	14	121	5	1	11
Ray Blemker	8	6	.571	4.80	16	14		2	1		105.0	109	63	56	6	59	2	54	4	0	6
Bill Harrington	7	6	.538	5.23	28	19		6	1		129.0	143	81	75	8	38	4	59	0	0	1
Donald Hyman	6	2	.750	3.76	15	9		3	2		64.7	45	29	27	4	36	0	61	0	0	3
Al Grunwald	4	4	.500	5.90	17	9		0	0		58.0	59	43	38	7	53	0	25	0	0	3
Charles Bogan	3	1	.750	2.23	52	0		0	0		72.7	55	20	18	3	39	7	50	5	0	2
Richard Donnelly	3	2	.600	3.38	36	2		0	0		69.3	49	34	26	5	25	4	28	0	0	2
Ben Swaringen	2	0	1.000	0.00	4						25.0									0
Evans Killeen	1	1	.500	0.00	3						9.0									0
Stanley Horvatin	0	0		0.00	2						6.0									0
Richard Maibauer	0	1	.000	0.00	4						8.0									0
Jim Small	0	1	.000	0.00	4						9.0									1
William Carpenter	0	1	.000	0.00	3						6.0									0
Don Williams	0	1	.000	4.09	6						11.0	8	7	5		9				0
Totals	86	67	.562	3.58	346	142	0	42	11	0	1313.0	1168	619	522	61	542	51	728	24	4	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
Leo Posada	150	651	576	89	181	35	10	18	122	4		58	108	.314	.379	.503	.882	290		6	4	7	4
Jay Hankins	148	667	603	116	181	18	7	12	61	10		61	37	.300	.364	.413	.777	249		0	2	1	6
Jim McManus	151	653	576	102	175	30	4	32	117	2		65	89	.304	.370	.536	.906	309		0	4	8	10
Chet Boak	150	619	538	74	157	33	2	12	96	4		64	49	.292	.367	.428	.795	230		4	6	7	2
Dick Howser	88	410	331	78	112	20	6	4	38	13		71	16	.338	.454	.471	.926	156		1	5	2	2
Jay Ward	109	433	380	57	99	19	0	15	53	5		45	51	.261	.340	.429	.768	163		2	3	3	4
Jack Parks	120	412	375	46	90	13	3	12	51	3		31	64	.240	.299	.387	.685	145		2	0	4	7
Bill Kern	94	331	284	57	75	8	2	10	55	0		41	37	.264	.358	.412	.770	117		2	1	3	3
Les Peden	83	267	217	31	71	14	0	11	46	2		48	31	.327	.447	.544	.991	118		0	1	1	11
Al Grunwald	85	205	188	18	49	5	3	7	19	0		14	32	.261	.317	.431	.748	81		2	0	1	3
Jim Small	65	202	164	30	38	14	2	2	13	0		36	40	.232	.371	.378	.749	62		1	0	1	0
Tony Frulio	49	159	134	23	37	8	0	3	12	1		19	16	.276	.369	.403	.772	54		2	2	2	1
Ron Debus	39	139	122	19	33	1	1	1	12	0		16	12	.270	.360	.320	.679	39		1	0	0	2
Dan Pfister	31	56	52	13	15	3	0	0	7	1		3	7	.288	.327	.346	.673	18		0	1	0	0
Bud Black	34	85	73	4	14	0	0	0	9	0		3	5	.192	.224	.192	.415	14		0	9	0	0
Ray Blemker	21	49	45	7	13	3	0	2	4	0		3	6	.289	.327	.489	.815	22		0	0	1	0
Jerry Davis	36	88	71	7	10	3	0	0	7	0		8	24	.141	.222	.183	.405	13		0	7	2	0
Bill Harrington	29	53	49	2	9	0	1	0	5	0		1	15	.184	.200	.224	.424	11		0	3	0	0
Dave Wickersham	69	64	53	6	9	0	1	0	6	0		3	11	.170	.228	.208	.436	11		1	7	0	0
Lou Klimchock	11	21	19	3	5	0	0	2	3	0		2	4	.263	.333	.579	.912	11		0	0	0	1
Zeke Bella	8	12	12		4	0	0	0						.333	.333	.333	.667	4
Richard Donnelly	36	19	16	1	4	1	0	0	1	0		2	8	.250	.333	.312	.646	5		0	1	0	0
Donald Hyman	15	23	21	3	3	0	0	1	5	0		1	6	.143	.182	.286	.468	6		0	1	0	0
Ben Swaringen	4	9	9		2	0	0	0						.222	.222	.222	.444	2
Stanley Horvatin	3	2	2		1	0	0	0						.500	.500	.500	1.000	1
Richard Maibauer	4	3	3		1	0	0	0						.333	.333	.333	.667	1
Don Williams	6	3	3		1	0	0	0						.333	.333	.333	.667	1
Evans Killeen	3	4	4		1	0	0	0						.250	.250	.250	.500	1
Charles Bogan	52	15	13	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	2	.077	.077	.077	.154	1		0	2	0	0
William Carpenter	4	2	2		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1697	5656	4935	786	1391	228	42	144	742	45	0	595	670	.282	.359	.433	.792	2135	0	24	59	43	56

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Jim McManus	1B	119	984	57	16	101	.985	8.748
Al Grunwald	1B	42	311	26	4	28	.988	8.024
Chet Boak	2B	150	367	482	30	109	.966	5.660
Jay Ward	3B	108	103	198	27	23	.918	2.787
Ron Debus	3B	39	27	80	8	9	.930	2.744
Jack Parks	C	116	582	45	4	5	.994	5.405	9
Les Peden	C	63	232	32	4	1	.985	4.190	8
Leo Posada	OF	149	245	8	11	1	.958	1.698
Jay Hankins	OF	145	338	14	15	3	.959	2.428
Bill Kern	OF	77	122	5	6	1	.955	1.649
Jim Small	OF	52	76	3	4	0	.952	1.519
Jim McManus	OF	36	46	2	2	0	.960	1.333
Tony Frulio	OF	25	36	3	4	1	.907	1.560
Dave Wickersham	P	69	3	38	2	4	.953	.594
Charles Bogan	P	52	6	10	1	1	.941	.308
Richard Donnelly	P	36	3	9	1	0	.923	.333
Bud Black	P	34	16	30	1	3	.979	1.353
Jerry Davis	P	33	12	38	3	1	.943	1.515
Bill Harrington	P	28	8	16	0	0	1.000	.857
Dan Pfister	P	20	7	24	0	2	1.000	1.550
Al Grunwald	P	17	0	8	0	2	1.000	.471
Ray Blemker	P	16	2	10	0	2	1.000	.750
Donald Hyman	P	15	6	4	1	0	.909	.667
Dick Howser	SS	88	189	270	31	55	.937	5.216
Tony Frulio	SS	11	16	38	4	9	.931	4.909
Totals		1540	3737	1450	179	361	.967	3.368	17	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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