1961 Shreveport Sports Statistics
Team Record: 69-84
Finished 7th in the SA
Manager: Les Peden (69-84)
Affiliation: Kansas City Athletics
Location: Shreveport, Louisiana
Ballpark: SPAR Stadium
Attendance: 28,349, Avg. 371
The Shreveport Sports of the Southern Association ended the 1961 season with a record of 69 wins and 84 losses, finishing seventh in the SA.
The Sports scored 783 runs and allowed 840 runs, most in the circuit. Bill Kern led Shreveport with 24 home runs, while Ronald Hogg and Alex George walloped 15 or more also. Bill Kern recorded 91 runs batted in. Ron Debus topped hitters with significant playing time by connecting at a .303 clip. Dave Wickersham paced the team with 14 wins, and Dale Willis recorded a 3.09 ERA, best among qualifying pitchers.
Alex George, Leo Posada, Bobby Durnbaugh, Bill Kirk, Dutch Romberger, José Santiago, Dan Pfister, Harry Taylor, Bill Kern, Ray Blemker, Dale Willis, Gordon MacKenzie, Frank Cipriani, Al Grunwald, Les Peden, Dave Wickersham, Lou Klimchock and Fred Norman were all players from the 1961 Shreveport Sports who played in the Majors during their careers.
Les Peden 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave Wickersham | 14 | 11 | .560 | 2.45 | 57 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 121.0 | 90 | 51 | 33 | 8 | 44 | 11 | 111 | 3 | 2 | 5 | |||
| Al Grunwald | 11 | 9 | .550 | 3.98 | 29 | 25 | 7 | 2 | 194.3 | 176 | 97 | 86 | 18 | 90 | 7 | 137 | 5 | 0 | 7 | |||
| Dale Willis | 11 | 11 | .500 | 3.08 | 32 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 169.3 | 124 | 70 | 58 | 11 | 107 | 3 | 116 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |||
| Dan Pfister | 10 | 16 | .385 | 5.39 | 38 | 30 | 10 | 1 | 197.0 | 225 | 142 | 118 | 18 | 113 | 5 | 148 | 3 | 2 | 4 | |||
| Paul Seitz | 6 | 8 | .429 | 4.85 | 37 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 161.3 | 164 | 107 | 87 | 10 | 115 | 2 | 94 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |||
| Dutch Romberger | 4 | 1 | .800 | 3.95 | 37 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 54.7 | 59 | 27 | 24 | 4 | 23 | 5 | 37 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Charles Bogan | 4 | 4 | .500 | 4.99 | 42 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 74.0 | 56 | 42 | 41 | 10 | 30 | 4 | 59 | 3 | 0 | 7 | |||
| Bob Flynn | 4 | 8 | .333 | 5.98 | 37 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 143.0 | 155 | 114 | 95 | 11 | 99 | 0 | 80 | 4 | 2 | 13 | |||
| Patrick Centilli | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.60 | 1 | 5.0 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Bill Kirk | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.05 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 46.3 | 49 | 34 | 26 | 5 | 31 | 2 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Ray Blemker | 1 | 2 | .333 | 5.58 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 40.3 | 49 | 28 | 25 | 3 | 27 | 1 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 4 | |||
| Harry Taylor | 1 | 4 | .200 | 7.67 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 31.7 | 37 | 33 | 27 | 7 | 26 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Fred Norman | 1 | 7 | .125 | 5.70 | 14 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 53.7 | 45 | 43 | 34 | 1 | 64 | 2 | 46 | 2 | 0 | 9 | |||
| Jack Tupper | 0 | 0 | 3.65 | 5 | 12.3 | 5 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Robert Hoffman | 0 | 0 | 12.66 | 5 | 10.7 | 15 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| José Santiago | 0 | 1 | .000 | 20.25 | 3 | 1.3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0 | |||||||||||
| James Johnson | 0 | 2 | .000 | 10.91 | 7 | 15.7 | 19 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Totals | 69 | 84 | .451 | 4.72 | 385 | 141 | 0 | 30 | 6 | 0 | 1331.7 | 1231 | 791 | 698 | 106 | 773 | 45 | 879 | 27 | 6 | 63 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ron Debus | 143 | 617 | 547 | 78 | 166 | 31 | 3 | 12 | 86 | 0 | 57 | 48 | .303 | .373 | .437 | .810 | 239 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 7 | ||
| Alex George | 137 | 559 | 482 | 86 | 133 | 19 | 4 | 16 | 68 | 1 | 71 | 92 | .276 | .367 | .432 | .798 | 208 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | ||
| Bill Kern | 136 | 539 | 457 | 90 | 127 | 23 | 2 | 24 | 91 | 0 | 72 | 68 | .278 | .375 | .495 | .870 | 226 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 2 | ||
| Ronald Hogg | 136 | 564 | 500 | 77 | 123 | 19 | 5 | 15 | 70 | 11 | 54 | 90 | .246 | .318 | .394 | .712 | 197 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 3 | ||
| Ronald Overcash | 136 | 517 | 444 | 54 | 114 | 20 | 5 | 6 | 49 | 2 | 64 | 65 | .257 | .350 | .365 | .715 | 162 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | ||
| Gordon MacKenzie | 116 | 428 | 381 | 44 | 103 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 45 | 0 | 42 | 51 | .270 | .342 | .373 | .715 | 142 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | ||
| Woody Huyke | 75 | 320 | 292 | 41 | 89 | 21 | 4 | 4 | 46 | 2 | 25 | 28 | .305 | .359 | .445 | .805 | 130 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Frank Cipriani | 93 | 339 | 309 | 41 | 88 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 36 | 1 | 26 | 26 | .285 | .345 | .392 | .737 | 121 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Tony Frulio | 80 | 271 | 243 | 37 | 81 | 23 | 2 | 9 | 35 | 0 | 26 | 28 | .333 | .399 | .556 | .954 | 135 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Charles Secrest | 101 | 362 | 303 | 57 | 76 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 40 | 5 | 52 | 41 | .251 | .367 | .343 | .710 | 104 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Les Peden | 73 | 206 | 184 | 21 | 52 | 12 | 0 | 7 | 31 | 0 | 21 | 24 | .283 | .359 | .462 | .821 | 85 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Lou Klimchock | 44 | 186 | 165 | 23 | 41 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 0 | 19 | 9 | .248 | .323 | .333 | .656 | 55 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Al Grunwald | 92 | 155 | 142 | 17 | 39 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 28 | 0 | 9 | 39 | .275 | .316 | .380 | .696 | 54 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Ray Tabacchi | 29 | 139 | 114 | 21 | 31 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 21 | 7 | .272 | .387 | .298 | .685 | 34 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Dan Pfister | 62 | 76 | 66 | 13 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 7 | .273 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 22 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Flynn | 53 | 71 | 67 | 6 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 17 | .269 | .296 | .537 | .833 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Paul Seitz | 37 | 63 | 54 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 24 | .204 | .259 | .278 | .536 | 15 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ray Blemker | 15 | 18 | 18 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .556 | .556 | .611 | 1.167 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Leo Posada | 11 | 50 | 36 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 4 | .278 | .480 | .417 | .897 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Neil Junker | 16 | 46 | 43 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | .186 | .239 | .233 | .472 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Dale Willis | 34 | 67 | 54 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 23 | .148 | .217 | .148 | .365 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Dave Wickersham | 58 | 35 | 30 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 10 | .133 | .212 | .133 | .345 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dutch Romberger | 37 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .222 | .222 | .333 | .556 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| James Johnson | 7 | 5 | 5 | 1 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Bill Kirk | 24 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .111 | .200 | .111 | .311 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Harry Taylor | 9 | 12 | 12 | 1 | .083 | .083 | .083 | .167 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Charles Bogan | 42 | 14 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .077 | .143 | .077 | .220 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jack Tupper | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Patrick Centilli | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Robert Hoffman | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Fred Norman | 20 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | .000 | .071 | .000 | .071 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| José Santiago | 3 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 1830 | 5706 | 5004 | 735 | 1356 | 244 | 39 | 114 | 682 | 25 | 0 | 600 | 729 | .271 | .350 | .404 | .753 | 2020 | 0 | 26 | 36 | 40 | 44 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ronald Overcash | 1B | 130 | 968 | 86 | 14 | 80 | .987 | 8.108 | ||||
| Bill Kern | 1B | 17 | 139 | 13 | 3 | 11 | .981 | 8.941 | ||||
| Al Grunwald | 1B | 11 | 40 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 1.000 | 4.273 | ||||
| Alex George | 2B | 68 | 163 | 143 | 11 | 20 | .965 | 4.500 | ||||
| Lou Klimchock | 2B | 44 | 96 | 106 | 5 | 20 | .976 | 4.591 | ||||
| Ray Tabacchi | 2B | 24 | 61 | 88 | 6 | 16 | .961 | 6.208 | ||||
| Tony Frulio | 2B | 22 | 44 | 56 | 6 | 11 | .943 | 4.545 | ||||
| Ron Debus | 3B | 87 | 81 | 126 | 13 | 14 | .941 | 2.379 | ||||
| Woody Huyke | 3B | 66 | 80 | 98 | 12 | 11 | .937 | 2.697 | ||||
| Gordon MacKenzie | C | 115 | 672 | 56 | 15 | 6 | .980 | 6.330 | 10 | |||
| Les Peden | C | 40 | 217 | 16 | 2 | 3 | .991 | 5.825 | 6 | |||
| Neil Junker | C | 16 | 90 | 9 | 2 | 0 | .980 | 6.188 | 2 | |||
| Ronald Hogg | OF | 132 | 299 | 8 | 12 | 1 | .962 | 2.326 | ||||
| Bill Kern | OF | 118 | 191 | 15 | 2 | 1 | .990 | 1.746 | ||||
| Charles Secrest | OF | 96 | 155 | 7 | 9 | 3 | .947 | 1.688 | ||||
| Frank Cipriani | OF | 87 | 139 | 10 | 6 | 3 | .961 | 1.713 | ||||
| Alex George | OF | 37 | 43 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .957 | 1.189 | ||||
| Tony Frulio | OF | 30 | 53 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .981 | 1.767 | ||||
| Leo Posada | OF | 11 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .952 | 1.818 | ||||
| Dave Wickersham | P | 57 | 13 | 33 | 1 | 1 | .979 | .807 | ||||
| Charles Bogan | P | 41 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .268 | ||||
| Dan Pfister | P | 38 | 14 | 29 | 4 | 2 | .915 | 1.132 | ||||
| Paul Seitz | P | 37 | 6 | 27 | 3 | 2 | .917 | .892 | ||||
| Dutch Romberger | P | 37 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .459 | ||||
| Bob Flynn | P | 37 | 12 | 24 | 6 | 3 | .857 | .973 | ||||
| Dale Willis | P | 32 | 7 | 29 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.125 | ||||
| Al Grunwald | P | 29 | 5 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .966 | ||||
| Bill Kirk | P | 18 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 1 | .938 | .833 | ||||
| Fred Norman | P | 14 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | .857 | .429 | ||||
| Ray Blemker | P | 14 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 0 | .933 | 1.000 | ||||
| Ron Debus | SS | 57 | 89 | 127 | 14 | 18 | .939 | 3.789 | ||||
| Alex George | SS | 19 | 50 | 39 | 13 | 11 | .873 | 4.684 | ||||
| Tony Frulio | SS | 16 | 23 | 26 | 1 | 6 | .980 | 3.062 | ||||
| Totals | 1597 | 3784 | 1251 | 167 | 255 | .968 | 3.153 | 18 | 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.
