1961 Visalia Athletics Statistics

California League (CL) - Class: C
Team Record: 60-79
Finished 4th in the CL
Manager: Bobby Hofman (60-79)
Affiliation: Kansas City Athletics
Location: Visalia, California
Ballpark: Recreation Park
Attendance: 19,509, Avg. 281

1961 Visalia Athletics Roster

The Visalia Athletics of the California League ended the 1961 season with a record of 60 wins and 79 losses, finishing fourth in the CL.

The Athletics scored 773 runs and surrendered 844 runs. Ken Harrelson led Visalia with 25 home runs, while John Wojcik and Andres Rivera walloped 15 or more as well. Ken Harrelson drove in 114 runs. John Wojcik paced all regular hitters by connecting at a .320 clip. José Santiago topped the squad with 13 wins and a team-best 4.26 earned run average, best among hurlers with significant time on the mound.

Players from the 1961 Visalia Athletics who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Larry Stahl, Ken Harrelson, John Wojcik, José Santiago and Bill Landis.

Bobby Hofman 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
José Santiago	13	13	.500	4.26	34	29		17	2		222.0	215	124	105	19	130		218	5	0	23
Robert Golick	11	9	.550	6.24	43	11		5	2		127.0	174	111	88	15	55		101	4	0	11
Tommy Jones	11	10	.524	4.91	29	27		12	1		185.0	178	118	101	18	96		191	8	0	11
Kenneth Norwood	7	11	.389	4.45	38	14		8	0		164.0	167	107	81	14	93		118	1	0	19
Edgar Millerstrom	4	6	.400	6.39	11	11		4	0		76.0	94	61	54	8	38		68	3	0	6
Bill Landis	4	11	.267	6.47	21	20		6	0		121.0	111	104	87	3	128		143	12	1	21
Jay May	3	4	.429	4.56	11	11		3	0		71.0	74	48	36	2	59		47	4	2	7
Dario Segui	3	7	.300	6.62	25	3		0	0		72.0	91	69	53	9	54		39	2	3	6
Joseph Tita	2	4	.333	5.27	8	7		2	0		41.0	47	32	24	4	13		42	2	0	2
Gene Tagliaferri	1	0	1.000	5.25	7	2					24.0	24	15	14	4	16				0
Bobby Coggins	1	3	.250	8.22	11	3		1	0		46.0	57	52	42	10	32		33	8	0	7
Thomas Videtich	0	1	.000		1						0.0									0
Totals	60	79	.432	5.37	239	138	0	58	5	0	1149.0	1232	841	685	106	714	0	1000	49	6	113	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
John Wojcik	139	617	525	86	168	22	4	17	90	15	6	82	59	.320	.417	.474	.891	249		7	1	2
Ken Harrelson	135	586	535	94	161	23	2	25	114	15	9	44	100	.301	.354	.492	.845	263		2	1	4
Bill Dukes	117	496	446	78	129	26	8	12	63	16	4	49	86	.289	.359	.464	.823	207		0	0	1
Andres Rivera	126	521	482	81	127	20	6	23	84	9	1	24	154	.263	.311	.473	.784	228		11	0	4
Larry Stahl	131	487	429	67	118	17	5	4	58	5	2	52	112	.275	.355	.366	.721	157		2	2	2
Thomas Videtich	117	471	367	71	101	17	2	10	79	0	1	89	95	.275	.426	.414	.841	152		10	2	3
Jerry Leone	118	496	405	64	100	17	1	1	34	10	6	78	84	.247	.372	.301	.673	122		5	4	4
Paul Hyatt	49	198	174	20	45	8	1	0	19	3	0	17	42	.259	.343	.316	.660	55		6	0	1
Norman Shill	51	211	165	32	42	11	2	5	35	0	0	37	39	.255	.398	.436	.834	72		5	0	4
Edwin Madsen	40	150	135	23	31	7	1	0	10	2	5	13	36	.230	.307	.296	.603	40		2	0	0
James Hemphill	47	144	123	16	22	2	3	6	16	1	0	17	43	.179	.292	.390	.682	48		3	0	1
José Santiago	38	98	92	11	21	0	0	2	9	0	0	1	27	.228	.232	.293	.525	27		0	3	2
Luis Rodriguez	15	67	63	12	18	3	1	2	11	0	0	3	11	.286	.318	.460	.778	29		0	1	0
Tommy Jones	29	79	64	11	13	3	0	0	9	0	0	13	18	.203	.338	.250	.588	16		0	2	0
Brian Dye	24	86	74	11	13	1	0	1	6	0	0	11	32	.176	.291	.230	.520	17		1	0	0
Kenneth Norwood	38	65	60	9	12	1	1	1	8	0	0	3	19	.200	.246	.300	.546	18		1	0	1
Raymond Etchebarren	17	63	53	8	10	1	0	1	5	3	2	9	16	.189	.302	.264	.566	14		0	0	1
John Doty	10	38	34	4	9	0	0	0	5	0	0	4	14	.265	.342	.265	.607	9		0	0	0
Bill Landis	22	49	44	7	9	0	0	0	5	0	0	5	16	.205	.286	.205	.490	9		0	0	0
Edgar Millerstrom	12	33	31	6	8	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	4	.258	.281	.258	.539	8		1	1	0
Clement Pfaehler	10	47	32	7	8	4	0	0	1	1	0	14	4	.250	.489	.375	.864	12		1	0	0
Robert Golick	43	46	40	2	8	1	0	0	3	0	0	5	11	.200	.304	.225	.529	9		1	0	0
Jay May	11	28	27	5	7	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	11	.259	.259	.333	.593	9		0	1	0
Dario Segui	25	25	20	2	5	0	0	1	2	0	0	5	9	.250	.400	.400	.800	8		0	0	0
Bobby Coggins	15	23	22	3	5	0	1	0	3	0	0	1	7	.227	.261	.318	.579	7		0	0	0
Jose Pizarro	10	19	19	1	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	.211	.211	.263	.474	5		0	0	0
Joseph Tita	8	15	15		2									.133	.133	.133	.267	2
Gene Tagliaferri	7	6	6		1									.167	.167	.167	.333	1
Totals	1404	5164	4482	731	1197	187	38	111	676	80	36	576	1054	.267	.356	.400	.756	1793	0	58	18	30	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Ken Harrelson	1B	84	613	40	15	44	.978	7.774
Norman Shill	1B	51	382	18	4	24	.990	7.843
Jerry Leone	2B	109	201	237	34	28	.928	4.018
Raymond Etchebarren	2B	17	32	44	5	8	.938	4.471
Edwin Madsen	2B	12	19	28	5	2	.904	3.917
Paul Hyatt	3B	47	38	78	11	7	.913	2.468
Ken Harrelson	3B	43	42	52	10	4	.904	2.186
Bill Dukes	3B	28	31	29	16	2	.789	2.143
Edwin Madsen	3B	18	17	21	6	1	.864	2.111
Thomas Videtich	C	112	896	68	24	13	.976	8.607	14
James Hemphill	C	26	138	22	7	2	.958	6.154	12
John Wojcik	OF	138	184	16	12	3	.943	1.449
Andres Rivera	OF	126	267	13	13	3	.956	2.222
Larry Stahl	OF	123	196	16	15	0	.934	1.724
Luis Rodriguez	OF	15	15	5	0	0	1.000	1.333
Ken Harrelson	OF	14	14	1	0	0	1.000	1.071
Robert Golick	P	43	3	18	2	0	.913	.488
Kenneth Norwood	P	38	14	34	7	4	.873	1.263
José Santiago	P	34	11	50	6	2	.910	1.794
Tommy Jones	P	29	5	36	2	2	.953	1.414
Dario Segui	P	25	1	18	1	0	.950	.760
Bill Landis	P	21	4	25	6	1	.829	1.381
Edgar Millerstrom	P	11	5	18	5	0	.821	2.091
Jay May	P	11	3	14	2	1	.895	1.545
Bobby Coggins	P	11	6	9	3	0	.833	1.364
Bill Dukes	SS	78	128	211	29	31	.921	4.346
Brian Dye	SS	16	23	29	8	6	.867	3.250
Clement Pfaehler	SS	10	14	23	3	2	.925	3.700
Totals		1290	3302	1173	251	190	.947	3.469	26	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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