1961 Topeka Reds Statistics
Team Record: 79-50
Finished 1st in the IIIL
Manager: Dave Bristol (79-50)
Affiliation: Cincinnati Reds
Location: Topeka, Kansas
Ballpark: Community Park
Attendance: 56,384, Avg. 874
The Topeka Reds of the Illinois-Iowa-Indiana League ended the 1961 season with a record of 79 wins and 50 losses, finishing first in the IIIL.
The Reds scored 753 runs, best in the league. Topeka conceded 678 runs. Tommy Harper and Art Shamsky led the squad with 15 home runs apiece. Miles McWilliams accounted for 102 RBI. Tommy Harper paced all regular batters with a .324 average. Michael Mattiace and Ted Davidson topped the squad with 13 wins each, while Ted Davidson recorded a 3.31 ERA, best among qualifying pitchers.
Tommy Helms, Ted Davidson, Art Shamsky, Tommy Harper, John Flavin, Mel Queen and Vic Davalillo were all players from the 1961 Topeka Reds who played in the Majors during their careers.
Dave Bristol 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ted Davidson | 13 | 7 | .650 | 3.31 | 23 | 19 | 8 | 1 | 155.0 | 138 | 75 | 57 | 18 | 86 | 5 | 142 | 2 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Michael Mattiace | 13 | 9 | .591 | 4.31 | 27 | 26 | 13 | 2 | 186.0 | 185 | 107 | 89 | 20 | 104 | 6 | 150 | 14 | 3 | 12 | |||
| Harvey Alex | 12 | 10 | .545 | 4.06 | 26 | 25 | 12 | 2 | 173.0 | 168 | 102 | 78 | 19 | 88 | 5 | 85 | 4 | 0 | 12 | |||
| Stan Jones | 11 | 5 | .688 | 4.74 | 34 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 114.0 | 116 | 64 | 60 | 20 | 41 | 7 | 92 | 9 | 0 | 1 | |||
| John Flavin | 8 | 3 | .727 | 4.89 | 17 | 17 | 8 | 1 | 103.0 | 101 | 70 | 56 | 13 | 67 | 3 | 104 | 4 | 1 | 10 | |||
| Alva Kinney | 7 | 8 | .467 | 5.32 | 31 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 115.0 | 121 | 77 | 68 | 18 | 62 | 5 | 73 | 2 | 0 | 11 | |||
| Ivan Davis | 5 | 1 | .833 | 2.54 | 43 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 85.0 | 88 | 32 | 24 | 6 | 43 | 11 | 42 | 2 | 0 | 7 | |||
| Vic Davalillo | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.32 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25.0 | 22 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Sam Thompson | 3 | 2 | .600 | 5.77 | 24 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 78.0 | 84 | 62 | 50 | 7 | 55 | 3 | 53 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |||
| Ollie Brantley | 2 | 1 | .667 | 3.86 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 35.0 | 34 | 21 | 15 | 3 | 12 | 3 | 30 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Larry Dovel | 2 | 4 | .333 | 8.23 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 35.0 | 39 | 34 | 32 | 5 | 31 | 2 | 42 | 1 | 0 | 5 | |||
| Dave Bristol | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Henry Maly | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 79 | 50 | .612 | 4.41 | 258 | 127 | 0 | 51 | 6 | 0 | 1104.0 | 1096 | 656 | 541 | 131 | 600 | 50 | 836 | 43 | 4 | 72 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miles McWilliams | 125 | 540 | 463 | 84 | 142 | 30 | 9 | 14 | 102 | 14 | 59 | 102 | .307 | .386 | .501 | .887 | 232 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 4 | ||
| Tommy Harper | 124 | 576 | 426 | 131 | 138 | 27 | 11 | 15 | 65 | 31 | 136 | 91 | .324 | .488 | .545 | 1.032 | 232 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 5 | ||
| Tommy Helms | 121 | 543 | 484 | 86 | 134 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 57 | 13 | 32 | 40 | .277 | .324 | .357 | .682 | 173 | 4 | 19 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Mel Queen | 129 | 542 | 459 | 72 | 122 | 20 | 5 | 14 | 88 | 13 | 68 | 83 | .266 | .366 | .423 | .788 | 194 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Mario Zambrano | 115 | 465 | 415 | 77 | 119 | 18 | 6 | 7 | 58 | 26 | 37 | 54 | .287 | .343 | .410 | .752 | 170 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 2 | ||
| Art Shamsky | 116 | 499 | 403 | 82 | 116 | 20 | 4 | 15 | 66 | 11 | 82 | 66 | .288 | .410 | .469 | .879 | 189 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 1 | ||
| Gerald Dawson | 114 | 462 | 400 | 57 | 90 | 19 | 5 | 10 | 59 | 5 | 55 | 70 | .225 | .319 | .372 | .691 | 149 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | ||
| Larry Rancourt | 89 | 333 | 266 | 46 | 80 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 38 | 9 | 57 | 48 | .301 | .422 | .447 | .870 | 119 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | ||
| Dave Bristol | 59 | 167 | 146 | 28 | 41 | 8 | 2 | 9 | 32 | 6 | 18 | 30 | .281 | .365 | .548 | .913 | 80 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Billy Reeves | 41 | 149 | 124 | 19 | 28 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 20 | 2 | 20 | 34 | .226 | .345 | .363 | .707 | 45 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Adolfo Suarez | 49 | 159 | 138 | 16 | 23 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 18 | 3 | 16 | 26 | .167 | .248 | .326 | .574 | 45 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | ||
| John Flavin | 23 | 54 | 45 | 5 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 5 | .289 | .373 | .378 | .750 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Sam Thompson | 45 | 59 | 44 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 14 | 14 | .250 | .431 | .273 | .704 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Martin Dihigo | 37 | 80 | 69 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 28 | .145 | .250 | .203 | .453 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Stan Jones | 38 | 41 | 39 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 21 | .231 | .231 | .256 | .487 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ivan Davis | 43 | 23 | 17 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | .353 | .500 | .412 | .912 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Vic Davalillo | 14 | 22 | 21 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .286 | .318 | .476 | .794 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Harvey Alex | 26 | 74 | 60 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 41 | .100 | .206 | .117 | .323 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Richard Hopkins | 9 | 23 | 23 | 5 | .217 | .217 | .217 | .435 | 5 | ||||||||||||||
| Larry Dovel | 12 | 16 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .267 | .250 | .333 | .583 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Alva Kinney | 31 | 40 | 32 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 23 | .125 | .222 | .156 | .378 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Michael Mattiace | 29 | 74 | 64 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 30 | .062 | .143 | .062 | .205 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ted Davidson | 23 | 61 | 43 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 29 | .070 | .255 | .070 | .324 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Ted Maley | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Evan Paoletti | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Henry Maly | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Ollie Brantley | 8 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 1429 | 5023 | 4217 | 751 | 1116 | 197 | 55 | 102 | 640 | 135 | 0 | 643 | 846 | .265 | .363 | .410 | .773 | 1729 | 0 | 37 | 82 | 44 | 30 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miles McWilliams | 1B | 122 | 1033 | 49 | 14 | 103 | .987 | 8.869 | ||||
| Tommy Harper | 2B | 121 | 285 | 315 | 23 | 75 | .963 | 4.959 | ||||
| Dave Bristol | 2B | 13 | 26 | 20 | 0 | 8 | 1.000 | 3.538 | ||||
| Mel Queen | 3B | 127 | 82 | 228 | 26 | 11 | .923 | 2.441 | ||||
| Larry Rancourt | C | 64 | 389 | 16 | 8 | 2 | .981 | 6.328 | 12 | |||
| Adolfo Suarez | C | 41 | 249 | 29 | 8 | 4 | .972 | 6.780 | 5 | |||
| Billy Reeves | C | 40 | 252 | 16 | 7 | 8 | .975 | 6.700 | 6 | |||
| Art Shamsky | OF | 115 | 174 | 13 | 9 | 2 | .954 | 1.626 | ||||
| Gerald Dawson | OF | 113 | 209 | 13 | 12 | 5 | .949 | 1.965 | ||||
| Mario Zambrano | OF | 112 | 215 | 7 | 9 | 1 | .961 | 1.982 | ||||
| Martin Dihigo | OF | 35 | 45 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .958 | 1.314 | ||||
| Larry Rancourt | OF | 21 | 35 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.714 | ||||
| Dave Bristol | OF | 16 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .933 | .875 | ||||
| Ivan Davis | P | 43 | 7 | 27 | 1 | 1 | .971 | .791 | ||||
| Stan Jones | P | 34 | 4 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .706 | ||||
| Alva Kinney | P | 31 | 7 | 20 | 3 | 3 | .900 | .871 | ||||
| Michael Mattiace | P | 27 | 7 | 27 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 1.259 | ||||
| Harvey Alex | P | 26 | 9 | 43 | 2 | 4 | .963 | 2.000 | ||||
| Sam Thompson | P | 24 | 7 | 14 | 1 | 1 | .955 | .875 | ||||
| Ted Davidson | P | 23 | 7 | 23 | 2 | 3 | .938 | 1.304 | ||||
| John Flavin | P | 17 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.118 | ||||
| Vic Davalillo | P | 11 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .636 | ||||
| Larry Dovel | P | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ollie Brantley | P | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| Henry Maly | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Tommy Helms | SS | 120 | 178 | 378 | 38 | 74 | .936 | 4.633 | ||||
| Dave Bristol | SS | 11 | 14 | 25 | 1 | 4 | .975 | 3.545 | ||||
| Totals | 1328 | 3247 | 1312 | 167 | 315 | .965 | 3.433 | 23 | 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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