1961 Victoria/Ardmore Rosebuds Statistics
Team Record: 57-83
Finished 6th in the TL
Manager: George Staller (57-83)
Affiliation: Baltimore Orioles
Location: Ardmore, Oklahoma; Victoria, Texas
Ballpark: Cardinal Park, Toros Stadium:
Attendance: 48,894, Avg. 698
Playoffs - Austin Senators 1 game, Victoria/Ardmore Rosebuds 0 - One-game playoff for fourth place.
The Victoria/Ardmore Rosebuds of the Texas League ended the 1961 season with a record of 57 wins and 83 losses, finishing sixth in the TL.Victoria (18-25) tranferred to Ardmore (39-58) May 27.
The Rosebuds plated 587 runs and gave up 719 runs, most in the league. Alfred Nagel and Dennis Loudenback paced Victoria/Ardmore with 20 home runs apiece. Dennis Loudenback and Alfred Nagel each accounted for 68 RBI. Mickey McGuire topped batters with significant playing time by hitting .281. Alejandro Castro led the squad with 10 wins, while Donald MacLeod registered a 3.18 earned run average, leading hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Players from the 1961 Victoria/Ardmore Rosebuds who spent time in the Majors during their careers included John Papa, Walt Streuli, Mickey McGuire, Marvin Williams, Marshall Renfroe, Tex Nelson, Merlin Nippert, Charlie Beamon, Buster Narum, Dave McNally, Jim Fridley, Butch McCord, John Miller, Pete Ward and Frank Zupo.
George Staller 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alejandro Castro | 10 | 11 | .476 | 3.27 | 36 | 16 | 10 | 1 | 157.0 | 153 | 75 | 57 | 18 | 44 | 4 | 111 | 3 | 0 | 5 | |||
| Marshall Renfroe | 9 | 14 | .391 | 4.65 | 30 | 24 | 6 | 0 | 153.0 | 183 | 103 | 79 | 17 | 95 | 7 | 107 | 5 | 0 | 13 | |||
| George Gaffney | 8 | 7 | .533 | 3.61 | 34 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 137.0 | 136 | 62 | 55 | 12 | 45 | 0 | 86 | 4 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Donald MacLeod | 8 | 10 | .444 | 3.18 | 26 | 21 | 8 | 2 | 147.0 | 157 | 87 | 52 | 11 | 75 | 5 | 82 | 8 | 0 | 8 | |||
| Merlin Nippert | 7 | 7 | .500 | 3.30 | 37 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 139.0 | 128 | 61 | 51 | 5 | 53 | 4 | 67 | 3 | 0 | 4 | |||
| Buster Narum | 6 | 14 | .300 | 4.01 | 37 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 148.0 | 134 | 77 | 66 | 12 | 82 | 4 | 115 | 4 | 0 | 4 | |||
| John Stokoe | 4 | 3 | .571 | 6.75 | 21 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 76.0 | 106 | 64 | 57 | 5 | 41 | 3 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 4 | |||
| Roger Kudron | 3 | 2 | .600 | 4.77 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 66.0 | 67 | 39 | 35 | 10 | 51 | 1 | 34 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Richard Hunt | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.74 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23.0 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 15 | 2 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| John Miller | 1 | 1 | .500 | 5.85 | 3 | 20.0 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 19 | |||||||||||
| Jim Melton | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Michael Marinko | 4 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Elliott Coleman | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Bill Griffin | 0 | 1 | .000 | 6 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Charlie Beamon | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Dave McNally | 0 | 3 | .000 | 6.16 | 4 | 19.0 | 18 | 18 | 13 | 18 | 19 | |||||||||||
| John Papa | 0 | 7 | .000 | 7.07 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 70.0 | 73 | 67 | 55 | 10 | 61 | 1 | 45 | 1 | 1 | 9 | |||
| Totals | 57 | 81 | .413 | 4.21 | 291 | 127 | 0 | 45 | 8 | 0 | 1155.0 | 1184 | 676 | 540 | 101 | 593 | 31 | 722 | 34 | 1 | 56 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chuck Strange | 136 | 589 | 543 | 67 | 152 | 25 | 5 | 8 | 50 | 3 | 1 | 36 | 76 | .280 | .329 | .389 | .718 | 211 | 4 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Mickey McGuire | 115 | 482 | 437 | 65 | 123 | 28 | 1 | 7 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 53 | .281 | .333 | .398 | .732 | 174 | 1 | 8 | 2 | ||
| Dennis Loudenback | 121 | 478 | 438 | 65 | 117 | 25 | 3 | 20 | 68 | 3 | 10 | 30 | 88 | .267 | .316 | .475 | .791 | 208 | 3 | 4 | 3 | ||
| Alfred Nagel | 119 | 462 | 406 | 62 | 96 | 16 | 2 | 20 | 68 | 3 | 0 | 47 | 89 | .236 | .322 | .433 | .756 | 176 | 5 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Pete Ward | 73 | 313 | 254 | 33 | 78 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 31 | 6 | 0 | 43 | 32 | .307 | .412 | .421 | .833 | 107 | 3 | 12 | 1 | ||
| Allison Owen | 60 | 246 | 215 | 31 | 61 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 23 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 42 | .284 | .357 | .409 | .766 | 88 | 1 | 5 | 1 | ||
| William Thompson | 72 | 294 | 267 | 33 | 55 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 42 | .206 | .268 | .326 | .594 | 87 | 0 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Jim Carver | 79 | 261 | 225 | 33 | 53 | 10 | 4 | 9 | 35 | 2 | 1 | 35 | 60 | .236 | .337 | .436 | .773 | 98 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Butch McCord | 53 | 200 | 172 | 20 | 49 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 12 | .285 | .379 | .343 | .722 | 59 | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| William Parsons | 61 | 222 | 183 | 29 | 49 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 25 | 2 | 2 | 33 | 23 | .268 | .376 | .393 | .770 | 72 | 0 | 4 | 2 | ||
| Jim Fridley | 49 | 169 | 155 | 22 | 42 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 25 | .271 | .323 | .394 | .717 | 61 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Billy Dashner | 34 | 123 | 101 | 14 | 27 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 11 | .267 | .388 | .426 | .814 | 43 | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Frank Zupo | 29 | 76 | 67 | 7 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 10 | .328 | .400 | .448 | .848 | 30 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Arthur Burnett | 29 | 123 | 100 | 11 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 22 | 28 | .160 | .311 | .220 | .531 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Marshall Renfroe | 31 | 59 | 53 | 6 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 19 | .245 | .310 | .283 | .593 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Donald MacLeod | 37 | 66 | 58 | 10 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 10 | .207 | .281 | .276 | .557 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Dick Ewin | 23 | 63 | 56 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 19 | .196 | .286 | .304 | .589 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tex Nelson | 16 | 54 | 44 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 17 | .227 | .370 | .591 | .961 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Kenneth Worley | 16 | 60 | 53 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 11 | .189 | .254 | .189 | .443 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| James Caldwell | 12 | 34 | 29 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 9 | .241 | .353 | .276 | .629 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pete Gongola | 18 | 39 | 32 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 8 | .219 | .333 | .219 | .552 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Alejandro Castro | 36 | 58 | 55 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 18 | .109 | .125 | .127 | .252 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Buster Narum | 40 | 52 | 49 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 28 | .102 | .102 | .122 | .224 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Roger Kudron | 13 | 23 | 21 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | .190 | .190 | .190 | .381 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Merlin Nippert | 38 | 53 | 45 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 22 | .089 | .180 | .089 | .269 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| J. C. Dunn | 4 | 16 | 16 | 3 | .188 | .188 | .188 | .375 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| John Stokoe | 22 | 29 | 25 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | .120 | .120 | .120 | .240 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| John Miller | 3 | 8 | 8 | 2 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Walt Streuli | 6 | 11 | 11 | 2 | .182 | .182 | .182 | .364 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Larry Click | 6 | 11 | 11 | 2 | .182 | .182 | .182 | .364 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| John Papa | 17 | 24 | 22 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | .091 | .130 | .091 | .221 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| George Gaffney | 34 | 50 | 43 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 23 | .047 | .109 | .047 | .155 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Dave McNally | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Raynor Youngdahl | 5 | 12 | 12 | 1 | .083 | .083 | .083 | .167 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Richard Hunt | 15 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .000 | .333 | .000 | .333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bill Griffin | 6 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Charlie Beamon | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 1437 | 4776 | 4221 | 541 | 1047 | 185 | 27 | 96 | 478 | 27 | 19 | 440 | 801 | .248 | .322 | .373 | .695 | 1574 | 0 | 25 | 76 | 14 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| William Thompson | 1B | 72 | 754 | 48 | 8 | 65 | .990 | 11.139 | ||||
| Butch McCord | 1B | 49 | 467 | 22 | 5 | 44 | .990 | 9.980 | ||||
| Tex Nelson | 1B | 13 | 103 | 10 | 1 | 9 | .991 | 8.692 | ||||
| Dennis Loudenback | 2B | 110 | 252 | 310 | 27 | 80 | .954 | 5.109 | ||||
| Chuck Strange | 2B | 29 | 65 | 71 | 5 | 15 | .965 | 4.690 | ||||
| Chuck Strange | 3B | 76 | 62 | 160 | 19 | 14 | .921 | 2.921 | ||||
| Allison Owen | 3B | 37 | 26 | 90 | 13 | 5 | .899 | 3.135 | ||||
| Arthur Burnett | 3B | 27 | 25 | 52 | 7 | 5 | .917 | 2.852 | ||||
| Jim Carver | C | 64 | 356 | 24 | 4 | 3 | .990 | 5.938 | 10 | |||
| Frank Zupo | C | 22 | 121 | 13 | 3 | 1 | .978 | 6.091 | 3 | |||
| Kenneth Worley | C | 16 | 91 | 8 | 8 | 2 | .925 | 6.188 | 1 | |||
| James Caldwell | C | 10 | 50 | 5 | 2 | 0 | .965 | 5.500 | 1 | |||
| William Parsons | CF | 38 | 92 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.421 | ||||
| Pete Ward | CF | 13 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.231 | ||||
| Alfred Nagel | LF | 101 | 164 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .994 | 1.683 | ||||
| Pete Ward | LF | 21 | 24 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .929 | 1.238 | ||||
| Allison Owen | LF | 16 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .933 | .875 | ||||
| Merlin Nippert | P | 37 | 6 | 29 | 1 | 1 | .972 | .946 | ||||
| Buster Narum | P | 37 | 7 | 33 | 2 | 4 | .952 | 1.081 | ||||
| Alejandro Castro | P | 36 | 8 | 36 | 1 | 2 | .978 | 1.222 | ||||
| George Gaffney | P | 34 | 6 | 17 | 4 | 1 | .852 | .676 | ||||
| Marshall Renfroe | P | 30 | 4 | 30 | 3 | 2 | .919 | 1.133 | ||||
| Donald MacLeod | P | 26 | 7 | 34 | 6 | 5 | .872 | 1.577 | ||||
| John Stokoe | P | 21 | 5 | 27 | 1 | 3 | .970 | 1.524 | ||||
| John Papa | P | 17 | 8 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.176 | ||||
| Richard Hunt | P | 15 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .267 | ||||
| Roger Kudron | P | 13 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | .800 | .615 | ||||
| Bill Griffin | P | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Dave McNally | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Michael Marinko | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| John Miller | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jim Melton | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Charlie Beamon | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Elliott Coleman | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jim Fridley | RF | 39 | 49 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .963 | 1.333 | ||||
| Pete Ward | RF | 31 | 37 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .975 | 1.258 | ||||
| Billy Dashner | RF | 31 | 46 | 5 | 2 | 1 | .962 | 1.645 | ||||
| William Parsons | RF | 23 | 25 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.217 | ||||
| Dick Ewin | RF | 11 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .950 | 1.727 | ||||
| Mickey McGuire | SS | 111 | 178 | 361 | 39 | 74 | .933 | 4.856 | ||||
| Chuck Strange | SS | 31 | 37 | 87 | 7 | 10 | .947 | 4.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1282 | 3137 | 1512 | 178 | 349 | .963 | 3.626 | 15 | 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.
