1961 Wenatchee Chiefs Statistics

Northwest League (NWL) - Class: B
Team Record: 63-76
Finished 5th in the NWL
Manager: Rube Walker (0-0), Vedie Himsl (0-0), Dick Cole (0-0), Bobby Adams (0-0)
Affiliation: Chicago Cubs
Location: Wenatchee, Washington
Ballpark: Recreation Park
Attendance: 31,338, Avg. 451

1961 Wenatchee Chiefs Roster

The Wenatchee Chiefs of the Northwest League ended the 1961 season with a record of 63 wins and 76 losses, finishing fifth in the NWL.

The Chiefs tallied 669 runs and conceded 727 runs. Moe Morhardt paced Wenatchee with 18 home runs, and Pete DeSilvia walloped 15 or more, too. Moe Morhardt drove in 90 runs and topped all regular batters by hitting .339. Dick Burwell and Stewart Bowers led the squad with 12 wins each, while Dick Burwell recorded a 3.65 ERA, leading qualifying pitchers.

Billy Cowan, Tony Balsamo, Bill Connors, Dick Burwell, Ken Hubbs, Moe Morhardt and Cal Koonce were all players from the 1961 Wenatchee Chiefs who played in the Majors during their careers.

Rube Walker, Vedie Himsl, Dick Cole and Bobby Adams 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
Stewart Bowers	12	9	.571	3.81	34	25		11	3		182.0	185	99	77	8	84		129	2	0	9
Dick Burwell	12	13	.480	3.65	35	29		12	1		195.0	173	105	79	12	150		145	11	0	19
Art Thompson	11	9	.550	4.00	41	16		5	2		153.0	151	87	68	6	95		125	9	1	22
Robert Graham	7	8	.467	5.23	24	18		8	0		141.0	165	95	82	8	70		85	3	0	21
Cal Koonce	6	10	.375	4.81	22	19		8	1		131.0	152	94	70	8	46		74	1	1	6
Tony Balsamo	5	4	.556	3.67	32	0		0	0		49.0	53	27	20	5	18		44	0	0	1
Basil Curry	3	3	.500	4.89	11	6		1	0		46.0	54	29	25	2	22		25	2	0	2
Chuck Herzberger	2	6	.250	5.46	13	8		3	0		56.0	65	44	34	5	31		47	9	1	5
Wayne Carlander	2	9	.182	5.91	24	13		0	0		64.0	63	61	42	4	66		58	1	0	8
Gary Tomlan	1	0	1.000	3.43	14	0		0	0		21.0	28	9	8	2	7		12	1	0	0
James Hansen	1	2	.333	6.39	13	1		1	0		31.0	42	26	22	1	24		21	2	0	2
Bobby Teague	1	2	.333	7.50	15	4		1	0		36.0	42	34	30	4	29		21	0	0	5
William Miller	0	0			1						0.0									0
Bill Connors	0	0		6.00	2	1					6.0	6	5	4		4				0
James Fraser	0	1	.000	4.50	8	1					16.0	20	9	8	0	6				0
Totals	63	76	.453	4.54	289	141	0	50	7	0	1127.0	1199	724	569	65	652	0	786	41	3	100	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
Jesse White	135	601	528	101	169	20	17	0	41	24	9	66	42	.320	.393	.422	.815	223		0	3	4
Moe Morhardt	120	500	416	78	141	27	6	18	90	5	4	78	62	.339	.443	.562	1.005	234		2	1	3
Ken Hubbs	138	538	479	69	137	20	6	9	68	9	8	48	92	.286	.352	.409	.761	196		3	4	4
Jerry Palma	119	453	402	56	101	9	7	4	42	9	2	44	69	.251	.324	.338	.663	136		1	3	3
Spencer Scott	117	419	351	54	92	19	0	13	64	0	3	56	72	.262	.373	.427	.801	150		8	1	3
Phil Borders	109	403	343	57	90	16	1	11	55	0	2	48	62	.262	.362	.411	.773	141		6	5	1
Walter Bales	88	318	278	37	72	10	4	3	28	0	0	36	71	.259	.346	.356	.702	99		2	0	2
William Miller	62	251	222	40	68	5	0	1	21	1	0	21	31	.306	.372	.342	.715	76		3	4	1
Pete DeSilvia	82	325	282	51	67	11	2	17	54	1	0	35	93	.238	.335	.472	.807	133		7	0	1
Kenneth Fisher	50	179	158	19	40	10	0	1	15	3	3	18	30	.253	.328	.335	.663	53		0	2	1
Bill Connors	32	122	111	9	25	4	1	0	17	2	1	9	33	.225	.281	.279	.560	31		0	1	1
Gary Starr	38	111	101	11	24	3	1	1	11	2	1	8	14	.238	.300	.317	.617	32		1	1	0
Lewis Bishop	36	112	99	15	22	5	2	1	18	0	1	12	29	.222	.312	.343	.656	34		1	0	0
Stewart Bowers	34	73	62	3	16	4	0	0	8	0	0	7	16	.258	.329	.323	.651	20		0	3	1
Billy Cowan	15	63	54	13	13	0	1	1	6	4	0	5	20	.241	.323	.333	.656	18		2	1	1
Ken Faulkner	12	46	41	5	11	0	0	0	11	0	1	5	4	.268	.348	.268	.616	11		0	0	0
Lenny Neal	18	50	41	5	11	3	0	1	12	0	0	4	8	.268	.333	.415	.748	17		1	2	2
Art Thompson	43	54	51	5	11	2	0	0	3	0	0	0	3	.216	.212	.255	.466	13		0	2	1
Dick Burwell	36	84	75	4	10	0	0	1	10	0	0	2	33	.133	.165	.173	.338	13		1	5	1
Kenneth Fruchter	12	41	35	2	9	2	0	0	5	0	1	5	8	.257	.366	.314	.680	11		1	0	0
Carl Schmidt	22	54	42	7	9	2	0	1	6	0	0	9	13	.214	.340	.333	.673	14		0	1	2
Cal Koonce	23	52	46	7	8	1	0	0	5	0	0	1	13	.174	.188	.196	.383	9		0	4	1
Robert Graham	24	55	50	5	8	3	0	0	4	0	0	3	15	.160	.236	.220	.456	11		2	0	0
Chuck Herzberger	13	22	18	3	6	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	6	.333	.350	.389	.739	7		0	2	1
Herb Anderson	8	18	18		5	0	0	0						.278	.278	.278	.556	5
Tony Balsamo	34	22	20	3	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	.200	.273	.200	.473	4		0	0	0
Arnie Hallgren	4	10	10		3	0	0	0						.300	.300	.300	.600	3
Rube Walker	3	4	4		2	1	0	0						.500	.500	.750	1.250	3
James Hansen	14	11	8	3	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	3	4	.250	.455	.375	.830	3		0	0	0
Basil Curry	11	17	16	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	.125	.176	.125	.301	2		0	0	0
Gary Tomlan	14	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.250	.250	.500	.750	2		0	0	0
James Fraser	8	4	4		1									.250	.250	.250	.500	1
Wayne Carlander	24	20	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	14	.000	.053	.000	.053	0		0	1	0
Pete Embry	1	1	1		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Bobby Teague	15	9	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Totals	1514	5046	4397	662	1180	180	48	83	596	60	36	528	875	.268	.350	.388	.738	1705	0	41	46	34	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Moe Morhardt	1B	120	949	92	32	110	.970	8.675
Kenneth Fruchter	1B	12	71	3	0	7	1.000	6.167
Jerry Palma	2B	58	134	135	9	49	.968	4.638
Ken Hubbs	2B	51	125	164	8	45	.973	5.667
Bill Connors	2B	30	65	66	14	15	.903	4.367
William Miller	3B	57	47	97	8	9	.947	2.526
Phil Borders	3B	52	40	98	20	6	.873	2.654
Gary Starr	3B	15	16	18	2	2	.944	2.267
Walter Bales	C	85	497	55	19	8	.967	6.494	14
Spencer Scott	C	47	229	11	14	0	.945	5.106	16
Lenny Neal	C	18	85	5	1	1	.989	5.000	5
Jesse White	OF	132	271	16	9	1	.970	2.174
Pete DeSilvia	OF	80	120	4	10	0	.925	1.550
Spencer Scott	OF	64	89	6	10	2	.905	1.484
Phil Borders	OF	52	60	5	3	0	.956	1.250
Kenneth Fisher	OF	48	81	11	0	3	1.000	1.917
Lewis Bishop	OF	20	45	0	3	0	.938	2.250
Billy Cowan	OF	14	27	6	3	2	.917	2.357
Carl Schmidt	OF	10	7	2	0	0	1.000	.900
Ken Faulkner	OF	10	15	1	0	0	1.000	1.600
Art Thompson	P	41	8	22	2	2	.938	.732
Dick Burwell	P	35	15	41	3	1	.949	1.600
Stewart Bowers	P	34	9	36	4	4	.918	1.324
Tony Balsamo	P	32	4	10	0	4	1.000	.438
Robert Graham	P	24	9	12	3	1	.875	.875
Wayne Carlander	P	24	3	13	2	2	.889	.667
Cal Koonce	P	22	11	28	3	2	.929	1.773
Bobby Teague	P	15	3	7	0	0	1.000	.667
Gary Tomlan	P	14	0	1	0	0	1.000	.071
Chuck Herzberger	P	13	7	9	3	2	.842	1.231
James Hansen	P	13	0	5	1	0	.833	.385
Basil Curry	P	11	4	10	2	2	.875	1.273
James Fraser	P	8						.000
Ken Hubbs	SS	86	140	243	34	60	.918	4.453
Jerry Palma	SS	54	93	165	22	47	.921	4.778
Totals		1401	3279	1397	244	387	.950	3.338	35	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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