1961 Tri-City Atoms Statistics

Northwest League (NWL) - Class: B
Team Record: 49-90
Finished 6th in the NWL
Manager: Chester McDowell (0-0), Billy DeMars (0-0)
Affiliation: Baltimore Orioles
Location: Kennewick, Washington; Pasco, Washington; Richland, Washington
Ballpark: Sanders-Jacobs Field
Attendance: 37,817, Avg. 544

1961 Tri-City Atoms Roster

The Tri-City Atoms of the Northwest League ended the 1961 season with a record of 49 wins and 90 losses, finishing sixth in the NWL.

The Atoms plated 568 runs and conceded 777 runs, most in the league. Raynor Youngdahl paced Tri-City with 28 home runs, and Wally O'Neil walloped 15 or more, too. Wally O'Neil drove in 93 runs. Jerry Gilbert led all regular hitters by hitting .300. Frederick Rick topped the squad with 13 wins and a team-best 4.19 earned run average, leading qualifying pitchers.

Milt Smith and Gordie Sundin both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.

Chester McDowell and Billy DeMars 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
Frederick Rick	13	16	.448	4.19	43	25		14	1		204.0	216	120	95	21	78		175	11	3	10
Robert Plemmons	7	4	.636	3.40	16	14		6	2		90.0	84	38	34	8	49		80	3	0	7
Mark Clarke	5	5	.500	4.86	24	11		1	0		76.0	91	51	41	4	60		63	5	0	8
Stephen Hinckley	4	3	.571	3.62	38	2		0	0		102.0	98	58	41	6	58		84	7	0	4
Robert Sudderth	4	8	.333	4.06	25	12		5	1		102.0	126	68	46	3	59		82	5	0	7
John Dewald	4	21	.160	5.15	39	25		11	0		187.0	241	139	107	10	71		145	27	0	8
Jake Rushing	3	3	.500	5.81	15	6		1	1		48.0	54	38	31	2	33		30	3	0	6
Gordie Sundin	3	5	.375	5.86	15	8		4	1		66.0	84	46	43	9	35		29	1	0	4
Steve Dalkowski	3	12	.200	8.39	31	22		1	1		103.0	75	117	96	6	196		150	6	3	28
Elliott Coleman	2	6	.250	5.51	24	7		2	0		67.0	93	56	41	12	29		47	1	0	6
Donald Tarlton	1	0	1.000	4.91	8	0					11.0	15	6	6	0	3				0
Arthur Von Wronski	0	0			1						0.0									0
Jerry Gilbert	0	0			2						0.0									0
Martin Barrier	0	7	.000	9.00	14	7		0	0		31.0	40	34	31	7	26		17	0	0	3
Totals	49	90	.353	5.07	295	139	0	45	7	0	1087.0	1217	771	612	88	697	0	902	69	6	91	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
Jerry Gilbert	139	551	457	66	137	28	3	8	64	11	9	86	59	.300	.410	.427	.837	195		3	0	5
Wally O'Neil	138	544	452	70	127	27	5	15	93	6	2	79	115	.281	.390	.462	.852	209		5	3	5
Raynor Youngdahl	120	474	404	76	104	11	1	28	82	12	6	57	118	.257	.358	.498	.856	201		8	2	3
Bill Barraclough	78	317	278	37	73	9	6	7	31	8	2	29	67	.263	.350	.414	.764	115		9	0	1
Chico Heron	63	261	224	38	72	16	3	7	39	5	2	33	35	.321	.410	.513	.923	115		2	0	2
Robert Chincholo	74	292	248	26	71	9	4	2	23	1	3	36	40	.286	.380	.379	.759	94		2	5	1
Ellis Olson	109	371	300	29	60	4	2	4	24	1	1	53	125	.200	.337	.267	.604	80		10	6	2
Milt Smith	39	160	138	28	49	12	2	1	21	7	1	20	23	.355	.438	.493	.930	68		1	0	1
Arthur Von Wronski	78	253	235	26	45	7	0	2	19	0	0	16	36	.191	.246	.247	.493	58		1	1	0
Richard Nunes	59	243	216	31	41	6	3	1	13	2	2	21	34	.190	.267	.259	.526	56		2	3	1
Harvey Jones	52	223	166	32	37	7	1	0	8	7	6	54	10	.223	.414	.277	.692	46		1	1	1
Bill Johnson	44	146	130	12	29	2	0	0	8	2	2	12	20	.223	.303	.238	.542	31		3	1	0
Gerald Lorek	35	120	98	14	28	1	0	4	13	0	0	20	22	.286	.408	.418	.827	41		1	0	1
Dick Kristinik	45	134	114	10	23	3	1	0	9	3	0	19	14	.202	.321	.246	.567	28		1	0	0
Al Durden	23	93	89	8	19	1	0	4	18	0	2	3	21	.213	.237	.360	.596	32		0	0	1
Marvin Marchbanks	15	60	44	10	12	1	0	0	3	3	0	13	12	.273	.467	.295	.762	13		3	0	0
Don Branson	10	41	33	11	11	1	0	0	4	1	0	8	6	.333	.463	.364	.827	12		0	0	0
Harvey Koepf	14	46	41	6	10	0	0	0	5	1	0	5	11	.244	.326	.244	.570	10		0	0	0
Frederick Rick	46	86	77	5	10	1	0	0	3	0	0	4	34	.130	.171	.143	.314	11		0	4	1
Hank Moreno	8	26	26		6	1	0	0						.231	.231	.269	.500	7
Robert Sudderth	27	41	39	3	6	2	0	0	1	0	0	2	13	.154	.195	.205	.400	8		0	0	0
John Dewald	40	75	69	2	6	3	0	1	5	0	0	3	16	.087	.123	.174	.297	12		0	2	1
Charlie Bennett	12	18	14	4	5	0	0	1	3	0	0	4	3	.357	.500	.571	1.071	8		0	0	0
Steve Dalkowski	32	42	40	2	5	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	10	.125	.122	.175	.297	7		0	1	1
Robert Plemmons	16	32	31	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	.129	.129	.129	.258	4		0	1	0
Ronald Mertus	6	13	13		3	0	0	0						.231	.231	.231	.462	3
Jake Rushing	15	19	17	1	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	8	.176	.222	.176	.399	3		0	1	0
Elliott Coleman	25	23	20	3	3	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	8	.150	.190	.250	.440	5		0	2	0
Carmen Iannaccone	7	20	20		3	0	0	0						.150	.150	.150	.300	3
Gordie Sundin	15	24	22	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	13	.136	.174	.136	.310	3		0	1	0
Mark Clarke	24	28	24	2	3	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	9	.125	.125	.250	.375	6		0	4	0
Stephen Hinckley	39	39	31	5	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	7	18	.097	.263	.129	.392	4		0	1	0
Jerry McClellan	3	4	4		1	0	0	0						.250	.250	.250	.500	1
Martin Barrier	14	10	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	.000	.111	.000	.111	0		0	1	0
Chester McDowell	6	8	8		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Donald Tarlton	8	1	1		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1478	4838	4131	561	1012	157	31	86	499	70	38	588	916	.245	.344	.360	.705	1489	0	52	40	27	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Jerry Gilbert	1B	70	446	35	11	42	.978	6.871
Gerald Lorek	1B	32	201	19	8	19	.965	6.875
Al Durden	1B	23	172	6	6	14	.967	7.739
Marvin Marchbanks	1B	12	64	4	0	3	1.000	5.667
Harvey Jones	2B	51	128	104	10	28	.959	4.549
Milt Smith	2B	31	80	73	3	14	.981	4.935
Robert Chincholo	2B	31	68	66	9	15	.937	4.323
Bill Johnson	2B	12	28	18	2	5	.958	3.833
Ellis Olson	3B	32	21	53	8	2	.902	2.312
Robert Chincholo	3B	27	17	27	8	2	.846	1.630
Dick Kristinik	3B	19	15	23	3	3	.927	2.000
Arthur Von Wronski	C	68	439	52	9	6	.982	7.221	11
Ellis Olson	C	64	440	21	7	1	.985	7.203	11
Harvey Koepf	C	11	66	7	2	2	.973	6.636	2
Wally O'Neil	OF	138	284	13	6	2	.980	2.152
Raynor Youngdahl	OF	111	192	8	14	1	.935	1.802
Bill Barraclough	OF	76	117	9	3	1	.977	1.658
Jerry Gilbert	OF	71	111	12	9	2	.932	1.732
Frederick Rick	P	43	7	21	2	1	.933	.651
John Dewald	P	39	6	49	2	2	.965	1.410
Stephen Hinckley	P	38	2	12	0	1	1.000	.368
Steve Dalkowski	P	31	2	12	4	0	.778	.452
Robert Sudderth	P	25	3	23	2	1	.929	1.040
Elliott Coleman	P	24	1	10	2	0	.846	.458
Mark Clarke	P	24	5	7	1	1	.923	.500
Robert Plemmons	P	16	3	11	1	0	.933	.875
Gordie Sundin	P	15	1	10	1	2	.917	.733
Jake Rushing	P	15	2	10	2	0	.857	.800
Martin Barrier	P	14	5	1	0	0	1.000	.429
Donald Tarlton	P	8						.000
Richard Nunes	SS	58	80	159	16	23	.937	4.121
Chico Heron	SS	48	53	120	18	20	.906	3.604
Bill Johnson	SS	17	16	33	7	7	.875	2.882
Robert Chincholo	SS	17	26	40	5	4	.930	3.882
Totals		1311	3101	1068	181	224	.958	3.180	24	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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