1961 Wellsville Braves Statistics
New York-Pennsylvania League (NYPL) - Class: D
Team Record: 55-71
Finished 7th in the NYPL
Manager: Bill Steinecke (55-71)
Affiliation: Milwaukee Braves
Location: Wellsville, New York
Ballpark: Tullar Field
Attendance: 17,385, Avg. 276
1961 Wellsville Braves RosterTeam Record: 55-71
Finished 7th in the NYPL
Manager: Bill Steinecke (55-71)
Affiliation: Milwaukee Braves
Location: Wellsville, New York
Ballpark: Tullar Field
Attendance: 17,385, Avg. 276
The Wellsville Braves of the New York-Pennsylvania League ended the 1961 season with a record of 55 wins and 71 losses, finishing seventh in the NYPL.
The Braves plated 636 runs, worst in the league, and gave up 819 runs. Leon Douglas paced Wellsville with 21 home runs, while Thomas Stock walloped 15 or more, too. Leon Douglas drove in 92 runs and topped all regular batters by connecting at a .332 clip. Jim Flynn and Larry Alander led the squad with 11 wins each, and Larry Alander recorded a 3.08 ERA, tops among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Bill Robinson and George Gerberman both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.
Bill Steinecke 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 Alander | 11 | 9 | .550 | 3.08 | 59 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 146.0 | 136 | 92 | 50 | 6 | 81 | 132 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Jim Flynn | 11 | 11 | .500 | 4.89 | 37 | 21 | 7 | 1 | 162.0 | 154 | 104 | 88 | 17 | 112 | 172 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| George Gerberman | 10 | 16 | .385 | 4.90 | 37 | 25 | 10 | 1 | 189.0 | 189 | 137 | 103 | 14 | 111 | 185 | 4 | 0 | 12 | ||||
| Newton Rodriguez | 4 | 2 | .667 | 4.26 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 74.0 | 75 | 48 | 35 | 8 | 39 | 49 | 3 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Dick Loiselle | 4 | 2 | .667 | 4.28 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 61.0 | 56 | 34 | 29 | 6 | 35 | 58 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Raymond Maccagli | 4 | 7 | .364 | 5.26 | 19 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 106.0 | 125 | 80 | 62 | 18 | 42 | 48 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||||
| Hazen MacIntyre | 3 | 4 | .429 | 5.37 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 62.0 | 68 | 55 | 37 | 6 | 40 | 32 | 6 | 1 | 4 | ||||
| Fred Alworth | 2 | 4 | .333 | 4.70 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 69.0 | 71 | 48 | 36 | 10 | 46 | 67 | 5 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Richard Sherrow | 2 | 4 | .333 | 7.82 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 38.0 | 31 | 34 | 33 | 2 | 38 | 24 | 6 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Johnny McKee | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.76 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 25.0 | 33 | 17 | 16 | 3 | 19 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Robert Poitras | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 7.00 | 6 | 1 | 9.0 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 11 | 0 | |||||||||
| Freddy Pereyra | 1 | 1 | .500 | 4.50 | 5 | 2 | 18.0 | 21 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 8 | 0 | |||||||||
| Anthony Granger | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Joe Skripko | 0 | 0 | 13.50 | 3 | 2 | 8.0 | 10 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Bob Kruthoffer | 0 | 1 | .000 | 9.00 | 4 | 1 | 9.0 | 19 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 9 | 0 | |||||||||
| Robert Wellden | 0 | 1 | .000 | 9.82 | 5 | 4 | 11.0 | 15 | 16 | 12 | 0 | 18 | 0 | |||||||||
| Stephen Cosgrove | 0 | 9 | .000 | 7.25 | 21 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 72.0 | 71 | 72 | 58 | 9 | 96 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||
| Totals | 54 | 71 | .432 | 5.07 | 292 | 124 | 0 | 28 | 4 | 0 | 1059.0 | 1086 | 788 | 596 | 106 | 709 | 0 | 846 | 34 | 3 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alejandro James | 123 | 533 | 466 | 77 | 144 | 21 | 4 | 10 | 79 | 11 | 3 | 50 | 80 | .309 | .375 | .436 | .811 | 203 | 4 | 5 | 8 | ||
| Leon Douglas | 112 | 475 | 401 | 67 | 133 | 29 | 1 | 21 | 92 | 3 | 1 | 63 | 90 | .332 | .424 | .566 | .990 | 227 | 4 | 3 | 4 | ||
| Theodore Kosior | 107 | 460 | 402 | 67 | 108 | 21 | 2 | 6 | 42 | 4 | 4 | 44 | 84 | .269 | .343 | .376 | .719 | 151 | 3 | 8 | 3 | ||
| Lynn Moore | 118 | 516 | 401 | 83 | 101 | 19 | 2 | 6 | 49 | 9 | 6 | 107 | 53 | .252 | .408 | .354 | .762 | 142 | 0 | 6 | 2 | ||
| Thomas Stock | 119 | 457 | 388 | 63 | 92 | 11 | 3 | 18 | 67 | 2 | 2 | 61 | 124 | .237 | .341 | .420 | .761 | 163 | 1 | 5 | 2 | ||
| Wayne Jinske | 110 | 359 | 307 | 35 | 79 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 41 | 3 | 0 | 39 | 45 | .257 | .349 | .352 | .701 | 108 | 6 | 4 | 3 | ||
| Vince Ferguson | 70 | 285 | 250 | 43 | 75 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 27 | 4 | 3 | 28 | 59 | .300 | .370 | .448 | .818 | 112 | 1 | 4 | 2 | ||
| Bill Robinson | 67 | 285 | 251 | 37 | 60 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 65 | .239 | .306 | .355 | .660 | 89 | 0 | 7 | 2 | ||
| Joe Rowe | 73 | 277 | 224 | 35 | 58 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 31 | 9 | 3 | 47 | 67 | .259 | .396 | .371 | .767 | 83 | 4 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Steve McClintock | 88 | 326 | 278 | 40 | 52 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 40 | 60 | .187 | .296 | .263 | .559 | 73 | 3 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Dick Hart | 37 | 99 | 96 | 8 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 31 | .219 | .242 | .312 | .555 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gerard Rosenthal | 33 | 97 | 64 | 10 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 29 | 14 | .281 | .510 | .453 | .964 | 29 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
| John Garofalo | 21 | 83 | 78 | 11 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 8 | .205 | .253 | .333 | .586 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| George Gerberman | 39 | 77 | 60 | 11 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 23 | .200 | .360 | .233 | .593 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Sonny Allsup | 28 | 84 | 72 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 27 | .153 | .274 | .167 | .440 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Larry Alander | 59 | 53 | 42 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 18 | .238 | .385 | .238 | .623 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Jim Flynn | 37 | 68 | 53 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 12 | .189 | .317 | .226 | .544 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Fred Alworth | 14 | 33 | 27 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | .296 | .394 | .556 | .949 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Rudy Rudison | 16 | 46 | 37 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 17 | .216 | .356 | .324 | .680 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Raymond Maccagli | 27 | 55 | 46 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 14 | .174 | .269 | .174 | .443 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Newton Rodriguez | 27 | 28 | 25 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | .200 | .286 | .200 | .486 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dick Loiselle | 19 | 22 | 20 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .200 | .238 | .200 | .438 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Johnny McKee | 16 | 16 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .214 | .312 | .286 | .598 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Epy Guerrero | 14 | 21 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 7 | .200 | .429 | .267 | .695 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Hazen MacIntyre | 23 | 26 | 22 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | .136 | .240 | .182 | .422 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Glenn Santmire | 13 | 32 | 28 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 14 | .107 | .219 | .107 | .326 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Stephen Cosgrove | 21 | 24 | 20 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14 | .100 | .182 | .200 | .382 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Joe Skripko | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Freddy Pereyra | 5 | 6 | 6 | 1 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Richard Sherrow | 10 | 19 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | .056 | .105 | .056 | .161 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gerald Bosse | 5 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Jerry Dalton | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Bob Kruthoffer | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Robert Poitras | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Robert Wellden | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 1471 | 4884 | 4133 | 636 | 1050 | 190 | 26 | 86 | 541 | 60 | 23 | 621 | 969 | .254 | .354 | .375 | .729 | 1550 | 0 | 36 | 66 | 28 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thomas Stock | 1B | 117 | 930 | 42 | 23 | 66 | .977 | 8.308 | ||||
| Leon Douglas | 1B | 13 | 87 | 8 | 1 | 1 | .990 | 7.308 | ||||
| Lynn Moore | 2B | 118 | 256 | 283 | 27 | 60 | .952 | 4.568 | ||||
| Gerard Rosenthal | 2B | 13 | 23 | 17 | 3 | 0 | .930 | 3.077 | ||||
| Theodore Kosior | 3B | 103 | 100 | 177 | 17 | 16 | .942 | 2.689 | ||||
| Joe Rowe | 3B | 15 | 9 | 23 | 6 | 1 | .842 | 2.133 | ||||
| Gerard Rosenthal | 3B | 10 | 5 | 18 | 6 | 0 | .793 | 2.300 | ||||
| Wayne Jinske | C | 104 | 697 | 54 | 12 | 5 | .984 | 7.221 | 15 | |||
| Dick Hart | C | 28 | 159 | 11 | 3 | 2 | .983 | 6.071 | 10 | |||
| Sonny Allsup | C | 18 | 99 | 12 | 5 | 2 | .957 | 6.167 | 6 | |||
| Leon Douglas | OF | 99 | 100 | 7 | 7 | 4 | .939 | 1.081 | ||||
| Steve McClintock | OF | 85 | 121 | 7 | 8 | 1 | .941 | 1.506 | ||||
| Vince Ferguson | OF | 67 | 83 | 3 | 10 | 1 | .896 | 1.284 | ||||
| Bill Robinson | OF | 66 | 107 | 7 | 8 | 1 | .934 | 1.727 | ||||
| Joe Rowe | OF | 49 | 53 | 6 | 5 | 2 | .922 | 1.204 | ||||
| John Garofalo | OF | 21 | 42 | 5 | 3 | 0 | .940 | 2.238 | ||||
| Rudy Rudison | OF | 15 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .905 | 1.267 | ||||
| Glenn Santmire | OF | 12 | 16 | 1 | 4 | 0 | .810 | 1.417 | ||||
| Larry Alander | P | 59 | 5 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .407 | ||||
| George Gerberman | P | 37 | 6 | 34 | 5 | 2 | .889 | 1.081 | ||||
| Jim Flynn | P | 37 | 7 | 26 | 5 | 1 | .868 | .892 | ||||
| Newton Rodriguez | P | 27 | 2 | 13 | 1 | 0 | .938 | .556 | ||||
| Stephen Cosgrove | P | 21 | 5 | 14 | 3 | 0 | .864 | .905 | ||||
| Raymond Maccagli | P | 19 | 6 | 19 | 2 | 1 | .926 | 1.316 | ||||
| Dick Loiselle | P | 19 | 1 | 13 | 3 | 1 | .824 | .737 | ||||
| Hazen MacIntyre | P | 17 | 0 | 20 | 4 | 1 | .833 | 1.176 | ||||
| Fred Alworth | P | 12 | 3 | 11 | 3 | 0 | .824 | 1.167 | ||||
| Johnny McKee | P | 10 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | .889 | .800 | ||||
| Richard Sherrow | P | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| Robert Poitras | P | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Robert Wellden | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Freddy Pereyra | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Bob Kruthoffer | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Joe Skripko | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Alejandro James | SS | 123 | 200 | 332 | 56 | 56 | .905 | 4.325 | ||||
| Totals | 1365 | 3138 | 1193 | 233 | 224 | .949 | 3.173 | 31 | 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.
