1960 Tri-City Braves Statistics
Team Record: 81-60
Finished 2nd in the NWL
Manager: Chester McDowell (81-60)
Affiliation: Baltimore Orioles
Location: Kennewick, Washington; Pasco, Washington; Richland, Washington
Ballpark: Sanders-Jacobs Field
Attendance: 80,063, Avg. 1,136
The Tri-City Braves of the Northwest League ended the 1960 season with a record of 81 wins and 60 losses, finishing second in the NWL.
The Braves scored 773 runs and yielded 696 runs. Tex Nelson led Tri-City with 29 home runs Thomas Agosta drove in 108 runs and topped all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .384. Frederick Rick paced the squad with 20 wins, while Donald Tarlton registered a 2.98 earned run average, best among hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Tex Nelson played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Tri-City Braves to do so.
Chester McDowell 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frederick Rick | 20 | 8 | .714 | 3.66 | 37 | 28 | 16 | 5 | 226.0 | 221 | 107 | 92 | 19 | 84 | 176 | 2 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Donald Tarlton | 12 | 5 | .706 | 2.98 | 51 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 145.0 | 145 | 68 | 48 | 13 | 34 | 60 | 6 | 2 | 2 | ||||
| John Dewald | 12 | 7 | .632 | 3.79 | 23 | 16 | 12 | 1 | 140.0 | 151 | 65 | 59 | 8 | 43 | 124 | 9 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| Roger Roy | 11 | 8 | .579 | 4.96 | 34 | 27 | 13 | 1 | 167.0 | 184 | 109 | 92 | 16 | 107 | 112 | 6 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| David Gray | 5 | 7 | .417 | 5.40 | 16 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 75.0 | 98 | 59 | 45 | 6 | 25 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Lawrence Theiss | 2 | 1 | .667 | 9.90 | 7 | 1 | 20.0 | 33 | 32 | 22 | 4 | 19 | ||||||||||
| Doug Gassaway | 2 | 4 | .333 | 8.10 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 40.0 | 44 | 37 | 36 | 2 | 40 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 4 | ||||
| Robert Sudderth | 20 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Jack Schultea | 13 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Ernest Oosterveen | 18 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Robert Cleboski | 11 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Frankie Burford | 0 | 0 | 18.00 | 2 | 0 | 2.0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Jim Barudoni | 0 | 1 | .000 | 16.50 | 5 | 2 | 6.0 | 15 | 14 | 11 | 0 | 10 | ||||||||||
| Donald Gorrondona | 0 | 2 | .000 | 45.00 | 2 | 2 | 2.0 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 7 | ||||||||||
| Totals | 64 | 43 | .598 | 4.58 | 251 | 101 | 0 | 49 | 7 | 0 | 823.0 | 901 | 505 | 419 | 70 | 371 | 0 | 505 | 28 | 4 | 26 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thomas Agosta | 122 | 487 | 406 | 103 | 156 | 32 | 13 | 12 | 108 | 13 | 2 | 72 | 33 | .384 | .473 | .616 | 1.089 | 250 | 2 | 1 | 6 | ||
| Wally O'Neil | 118 | 505 | 416 | 95 | 131 | 24 | 3 | 12 | 76 | 4 | 9 | 66 | 83 | .315 | .410 | .474 | .884 | 197 | 6 | 10 | 7 | ||
| Richard Nunes | 135 | 529 | 460 | 68 | 131 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 48 | 3 | 2 | 57 | 37 | .285 | .368 | .352 | .720 | 162 | 5 | 4 | 3 | ||
| Harvey Jones | 140 | 632 | 471 | 118 | 131 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 40 | 18 | 8 | 148 | 33 | .278 | .453 | .331 | .784 | 156 | 4 | 7 | 2 | ||
| Harry Dunlop | 119 | 455 | 387 | 58 | 129 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 68 | 6 | 0 | 58 | 21 | .333 | .418 | .406 | .823 | 157 | 3 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Joe Pulliam | 105 | 457 | 409 | 76 | 122 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 55 | 18 | 2 | 42 | 47 | .298 | .366 | .408 | .775 | 167 | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Tex Nelson | 116 | 440 | 364 | 62 | 103 | 12 | 1 | 29 | 90 | 0 | 1 | 70 | 119 | .283 | .398 | .560 | .958 | 204 | 2 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Jack Van Natta | 67 | 200 | 168 | 22 | 47 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 31 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 26 | .280 | .364 | .333 | .697 | 56 | 2 | 5 | 3 | ||
| Al Durden | 62 | 154 | 144 | 21 | 38 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 41 | .264 | .307 | .382 | .689 | 55 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Joseph Preiner | 36 | 116 | 100 | 14 | 24 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 20 | .240 | .328 | .340 | .668 | 34 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Robert Chincholo | 19 | 70 | 58 | 8 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 17 | .293 | .414 | .379 | .794 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ronnie Wilkins | 23 | 98 | 83 | 12 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 14 | .193 | .292 | .289 | .581 | 24 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||
| John Dewald | 23 | 59 | 53 | 2 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | .245 | .273 | .340 | .612 | 18 | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Roger Roy | 36 | 73 | 57 | 6 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 16 | .211 | .318 | .228 | .546 | 13 | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Frederick Rick | 37 | 96 | 83 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 27 | .133 | .209 | .169 | .377 | 14 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| David Gray | 18 | 34 | 31 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | .129 | .206 | .129 | .335 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lawrence Theiss | 7 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Don Risinger | 3 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .400 | .400 | .400 | .800 | 2 | |||||||||||
| William Conner | 5 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .083 | .083 | .083 | .167 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Doug Gassaway | 12 | 15 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .077 | .143 | .077 | .220 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Jim Barudoni | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Donald Gorrondona | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Frankie Burford | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 1212 | 4449 | 3732 | 674 | 1092 | 162 | 32 | 74 | 590 | 77 | 26 | 600 | 559 | .293 | .392 | .413 | .804 | 1540 | 0 | 31 | 51 | 35 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tex Nelson | 1B | 109 | 779 | 53 | 15 | 72 | .982 | 7.633 | ||||
| Al Durden | 1B | 38 | 198 | 18 | 5 | 14 | .977 | 5.684 | ||||
| Harvey Jones | 2B | 75 | 161 | 196 | 11 | 40 | .970 | 4.760 | ||||
| Thomas Agosta | 2B | 48 | 97 | 120 | 12 | 18 | .948 | 4.521 | ||||
| Robert Chincholo | 2B | 19 | 39 | 50 | 2 | 6 | .978 | 4.684 | ||||
| Thomas Agosta | 3B | 60 | 56 | 80 | 14 | 9 | .907 | 2.267 | ||||
| Harvey Jones | 3B | 58 | 64 | 94 | 7 | 5 | .958 | 2.724 | ||||
| Jack Van Natta | 3B | 17 | 12 | 15 | 1 | 1 | .964 | 1.588 | ||||
| Harry Dunlop | C | 110 | 596 | 52 | 8 | 9 | .988 | 5.891 | 6 | |||
| Jack Van Natta | C | 38 | 163 | 17 | 2 | 3 | .989 | 4.737 | 7 | |||
| Wally O'Neil | OF | 118 | 292 | 16 | 6 | 2 | .981 | 2.610 | ||||
| Joe Pulliam | OF | 104 | 163 | 6 | 11 | 0 | .939 | 1.625 | ||||
| Ronnie Wilkins | OF | 23 | 37 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .930 | 1.739 | ||||
| Joseph Preiner | OF | 22 | 34 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.773 | ||||
| Thomas Agosta | OF | 10 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .900 | ||||
| Donald Tarlton | P | 51 | 4 | 13 | 4 | 0 | .810 | .333 | ||||
| Frederick Rick | P | 37 | 9 | 22 | 4 | 3 | .886 | .838 | ||||
| Roger Roy | P | 34 | 3 | 36 | 4 | 3 | .907 | 1.147 | ||||
| John Dewald | P | 23 | 9 | 26 | 2 | 3 | .946 | 1.522 | ||||
| David Gray | P | 16 | 5 | 24 | 1 | 3 | .967 | 1.812 | ||||
| Doug Gassaway | P | 12 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .909 | .833 | ||||
| Lawrence Theiss | P | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jim Barudoni | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Donald Gorrondona | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Frankie Burford | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Richard Nunes | SS | 133 | 222 | 322 | 33 | 60 | .943 | 4.090 | ||||
| Totals | 1171 | 2957 | 1173 | 146 | 251 | .966 | 3.527 | 13 | 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.
