1960 Visalia Athletics Statistics
California League (CL) - Class: C
Team Record: 54-85
Finished 6th in the CL
Manager: Billy Capps (0-0), Art Mazmanian (0-0), William Robertson (0-0)
Affiliation: Kansas City Athletics
Location: Visalia, California
Ballpark: Recreation Park
Attendance: 27,728, Avg. 399
1960 Visalia Athletics RosterTeam Record: 54-85
Finished 6th in the CL
Manager: Billy Capps (0-0), Art Mazmanian (0-0), William Robertson (0-0)
Affiliation: Kansas City Athletics
Location: Visalia, California
Ballpark: Recreation Park
Attendance: 27,728, Avg. 399
The Visalia Athletics of the California League ended the 1960 season with a record of 54 wins and 85 losses, finishing sixth in the CL.
The Athletics scored 702 runs and yielded 786 runs. Norman Shill led Visalia with 18 home runs, while Byron Hobbensiefken and Jimmy Weston walloped 15 or more also. Byron Hobbensiefken recorded 88 runs batted in and topped all qualifying hitters on the roster by connecting at a .280 clip. Larry Danforth paced the squad with 12 wins and a team-best 2.96 earned run average, best among regular hurlers.
Jack Aker played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Visalia Athletics to do so.
Billy Capps, Art Mazmanian and William Robertson 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Larry Danforth | 12 | 10 | .545 | 2.96 | 37 | 28 | 12 | 3 | 210.0 | 202 | 94 | 69 | 9 | 102 | 154 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||||
| Jack Aker | 8 | 14 | .364 | 4.47 | 31 | 26 | 13 | 3 | 175.0 | 183 | 98 | 87 | 12 | 65 | 118 | 12 | 1 | 6 | ||||
| Jack Tupper | 8 | 15 | .348 | 4.05 | 40 | 21 | 8 | 1 | 182.0 | 158 | 104 | 82 | 21 | 101 | 159 | 1 | 0 | 8 | ||||
| William Bouley | 4 | 3 | .571 | 4.92 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 53.0 | 62 | 39 | 29 | 7 | 17 | 35 | 1 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Thomas Dembia | 4 | 6 | .400 | 4.33 | 25 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 81.0 | 84 | 49 | 39 | 7 | 47 | 79 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Bob Flynn | 4 | 7 | .364 | 4.84 | 17 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 106.0 | 124 | 75 | 57 | 10 | 57 | 102 | 1 | 0 | 9 | ||||
| Bob Zammit | 4 | 13 | .235 | 4.33 | 30 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 135.0 | 146 | 89 | 65 | 20 | 57 | 93 | 2 | 0 | 9 | ||||
| Ronald Kuhlman | 3 | 3 | .500 | 5.07 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 55.0 | 69 | 39 | 31 | 5 | 29 | 41 | 1 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| John Hanes | 2 | 2 | .500 | 5.34 | 14 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 64.0 | 59 | 46 | 38 | 2 | 58 | 67 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Tim Hayes | 2 | 5 | .286 | 6.69 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 35.0 | 44 | 27 | 26 | 5 | 24 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Ervin Moore | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.57 | 8 | 0 | 21.0 | 22 | 13 | 13 | 2 | 12 | 0 | |||||||||
| Julius Davis | 1 | 1 | .500 | 3.54 | 9 | 2 | 28.0 | 26 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 21 | 1 | |||||||||
| Bob Villasenor | 1 | 1 | .500 | 5.40 | 5 | 3 | 20.0 | 21 | 17 | 12 | 3 | 18 | 0 | |||||||||
| Jimmy Weston | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Jack Schwabl | 0 | 0 | 72.00 | 2 | 0 | 1.0 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Dennis Job | 0 | 1 | .000 | 9.41 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 22.0 | 44 | 31 | 23 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| William McClure | 0 | 1 | .000 | 30.00 | 3 | 1 | 3.0 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 0 | |||||||||
| Raymond Brunton | 0 | 3 | .000 | 6.17 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35.0 | 37 | 27 | 24 | 4 | 15 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Totals | 54 | 85 | .388 | 4.58 | 302 | 140 | 0 | 44 | 8 | 0 | 1227.0 | 1298 | 786 | 625 | 112 | 648 | 0 | 912 | 22 | 4 | 49 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agustin Enriquez | 134 | 587 | 523 | 83 | 142 | 37 | 8 | 6 | 73 | 6 | 2 | 54 | 105 | .272 | .342 | .407 | .750 | 213 | 4 | 3 | 3 | ||
| Byron Hobbensiefken | 138 | 599 | 490 | 82 | 137 | 17 | 6 | 15 | 88 | 11 | 8 | 89 | 78 | .280 | .401 | .431 | .831 | 211 | 12 | 5 | 3 | ||
| Jimmy Weston | 139 | 612 | 530 | 85 | 130 | 19 | 2 | 17 | 77 | 5 | 6 | 66 | 131 | .245 | .326 | .385 | .711 | 204 | 2 | 4 | 10 | ||
| Norman Shill | 137 | 591 | 459 | 92 | 121 | 23 | 3 | 18 | 80 | 4 | 2 | 120 | 94 | .264 | .420 | .444 | .864 | 204 | 7 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Richard Fawley | 123 | 531 | 432 | 61 | 97 | 19 | 4 | 4 | 54 | 11 | 4 | 80 | 79 | .225 | .356 | .315 | .671 | 136 | 11 | 3 | 5 | ||
| Phil Risinger | 82 | 375 | 346 | 45 | 80 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 6 | 3 | 20 | 59 | .231 | .278 | .277 | .556 | 96 | 3 | 5 | 1 | ||
| William Robertson | 49 | 173 | 162 | 19 | 51 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 17 | .315 | .333 | .420 | .753 | 68 | 0 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Robert Carothers | 64 | 277 | 225 | 41 | 51 | 12 | 1 | 9 | 38 | 1 | 1 | 47 | 80 | .227 | .366 | .409 | .775 | 92 | 3 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Jimmy Pyles | 62 | 250 | 219 | 24 | 44 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 32 | 5 | 2 | 24 | 80 | .201 | .281 | .342 | .624 | 75 | 2 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Larry Courtney | 48 | 207 | 179 | 21 | 36 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 21 | 51 | .201 | .289 | .257 | .546 | 46 | 1 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Thomas Videtich | 59 | 221 | 177 | 24 | 35 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 57 | .198 | .350 | .260 | .610 | 46 | 5 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Ron McCutcheon | 29 | 119 | 105 | 17 | 33 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 22 | .314 | .381 | .419 | .800 | 44 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Ken Barnhart | 46 | 141 | 123 | 19 | 27 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 39 | .220 | .305 | .285 | .590 | 35 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Andrew Prevedello | 26 | 88 | 69 | 6 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 11 | .246 | .388 | .275 | .664 | 19 | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Larry Danforth | 41 | 84 | 71 | 8 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 36 | .197 | .278 | .282 | .560 | 20 | 1 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Jack Tupper | 45 | 72 | 60 | 11 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 17 | .217 | .338 | .317 | .655 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Gordon Taylor | 23 | 85 | 73 | 8 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 17 | .178 | .271 | .233 | .503 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| William Bouley | 35 | 55 | 44 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 11 | .250 | .370 | .273 | .643 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Nelson Pagan | 25 | 54 | 45 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 17 | .200 | .333 | .244 | .578 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Zammit | 37 | 60 | 53 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | .170 | .214 | .189 | .403 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| John Hanes | 21 | 34 | 29 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 | .276 | .344 | .414 | .758 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Jack Aker | 39 | 79 | 67 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 29 | .119 | .213 | .119 | .333 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Bob Whitworth | 14 | 48 | 36 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 8 | .194 | .304 | .278 | .582 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Bob Flynn | 19 | 46 | 42 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 22 | .167 | .217 | .190 | .408 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| William Fontana | 15 | 51 | 34 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 9 | .176 | .417 | .206 | .623 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Ronald Kuhlman | 18 | 22 | 20 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | .150 | .190 | .250 | .440 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Arthur Bock | 11 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | .250 | .647 | .625 | 1.272 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dennis Job | 10 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .200 | .333 | .200 | .533 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Raymond Brunton | 19 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | .100 | .100 | .100 | .200 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Thomas Dembia | 26 | 30 | 24 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 11 | .042 | .207 | .083 | .290 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Ervin Moore | 8 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Bob Villasenor | 5 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Tim Hayes | 10 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | .000 | .200 | .000 | .200 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Julius Davis | 9 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Art Mazmanian | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| William McClure | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 1570 | 5559 | 4689 | 699 | 1114 | 200 | 28 | 89 | 622 | 61 | 34 | 701 | 1125 | .238 | .341 | .349 | .690 | 1637 | 0 | 60 | 63 | 46 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Norman Shill | 1B | 135 | 1133 | 66 | 15 | 98 | .988 | 8.881 | ||||
| Agustin Enriquez | 2B | 71 | 221 | 197 | 23 | 41 | .948 | 5.887 | ||||
| Larry Courtney | 2B | 42 | 113 | 110 | 8 | 17 | .965 | 5.310 | ||||
| Richard Fawley | 2B | 17 | 37 | 27 | 4 | 8 | .941 | 3.765 | ||||
| Richard Fawley | 3B | 104 | 80 | 197 | 29 | 16 | .905 | 2.663 | ||||
| Gordon Taylor | 3B | 13 | 12 | 24 | 5 | 2 | .878 | 2.769 | ||||
| Ron McCutcheon | 3B | 10 | 12 | 16 | 4 | 1 | .875 | 2.800 | ||||
| Thomas Videtich | C | 56 | 368 | 39 | 7 | 8 | .983 | 7.268 | 8 | |||
| William Robertson | C | 41 | 260 | 31 | 5 | 2 | .983 | 7.098 | 3 | |||
| Ken Barnhart | C | 37 | 207 | 23 | 7 | 1 | .970 | 6.216 | 6 | |||
| Nelson Pagan | C | 15 | 88 | 4 | 1 | 2 | .989 | 6.133 | 3 | |||
| Bob Whitworth | C | 12 | 78 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 7.167 | 4 | |||
| Jimmy Weston | OF | 136 | 290 | 15 | 12 | 4 | .962 | 2.243 | ||||
| Byron Hobbensiefken | OF | 134 | 223 | 16 | 5 | 3 | .980 | 1.784 | ||||
| Jimmy Pyles | OF | 57 | 70 | 5 | 2 | 0 | .974 | 1.316 | ||||
| Robert Carothers | OF | 54 | 73 | 7 | 3 | 0 | .964 | 1.481 | ||||
| Andrew Prevedello | OF | 22 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .960 | 1.091 | ||||
| Ron McCutcheon | OF | 11 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .833 | .455 | ||||
| Jack Tupper | P | 40 | 7 | 37 | 2 | 1 | .957 | 1.100 | ||||
| Larry Danforth | P | 37 | 11 | 40 | 3 | 1 | .944 | 1.378 | ||||
| Jack Aker | P | 31 | 10 | 34 | 2 | 4 | .957 | 1.419 | ||||
| Bob Zammit | P | 30 | 5 | 23 | 2 | 1 | .933 | .933 | ||||
| Thomas Dembia | P | 25 | 5 | 15 | 2 | 1 | .909 | .800 | ||||
| William Bouley | P | 23 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .875 | .304 | ||||
| Raymond Brunton | P | 19 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .737 | ||||
| Ronald Kuhlman | P | 18 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 0 | .933 | .778 | ||||
| Bob Flynn | P | 17 | 2 | 14 | 3 | 0 | .842 | .941 | ||||
| John Hanes | P | 14 | 4 | 13 | 1 | 0 | .944 | 1.214 | ||||
| Dennis Job | P | 10 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .800 | .400 | ||||
| Tim Hayes | P | 10 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .900 | ||||
| Julius Davis | P | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ervin Moore | P | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| Bob Villasenor | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| William McClure | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jack Schwabl | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jimmy Weston | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Phil Risinger | SS | 82 | 121 | 266 | 24 | 43 | .942 | 4.720 | ||||
| Agustin Enriquez | SS | 55 | 92 | 189 | 27 | 24 | .912 | 5.109 | ||||
| Totals | 1406 | 3557 | 1458 | 201 | 280 | .961 | 3.567 | 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.
Persons data from the Chadwick Baseball Bureau are Copyright Chadwick Baseball Bureau, and are made available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License.
