1961 Williamsport Grays Statistics
Team Record: 79-61
Finished 2nd in the EL
Manager: Andy Seminick (79-61)
Affiliation: Philadelphia Phillies
Location: Williamsport, Pennsylvania
Ballpark: Bowman Field 1924-
Attendance: 79,183, Avg. 1,131
The Williamsport Grays of the Eastern League ended the 1961 season with a record of 79 wins and 61 losses, finishing second in the EL.
The Grays led the league with 744 runs, spearheaded by 109 home runs. Williamsport allowed 701 runs. Jim Johnston paced the team with 19 home runs, while Lou Vassie and Danny Cater walloped 15 or more also. Charlie Fields accounted for 88 RBI. Danny Cater topped all regular hitters by connecting at a .343 clip. Marcelino López and Robert Baillargeon paced the squad with 10 wins each, and Marcelino López registered a 3.75 earned run average, tops among regularly-used pitchers.
Members of the 1961 Williamsport Grays who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Luis Márquez, Tom Qualters, Tom Patton, Jack Hamilton, Paul Brown, Hank Mason, Bill Heath, Ray Culp, Danny Cater, Marcelino López and Bob Spicer.
Andy Seminick 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marcelino López | 10 | 5 | .667 | 3.75 | 22 | 22 | 9 | 0 | 156.0 | 162 | 83 | 65 | 7 | 65 | 4 | 121 | 5 | 1 | 14 | |||
| Robert Baillargeon | 10 | 7 | .588 | 3.80 | 21 | 21 | 10 | 2 | 142.0 | 124 | 78 | 60 | 19 | 32 | 5 | 106 | 4 | 1 | 3 | |||
| Jack McCracken | 9 | 6 | .600 | 4.66 | 24 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 116.0 | 133 | 81 | 60 | 10 | 42 | 4 | 68 | 2 | 0 | 4 | |||
| Jack Hamilton | 9 | 9 | .500 | 3.71 | 42 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 102.0 | 83 | 55 | 42 | 8 | 65 | 6 | 88 | 5 | 0 | 12 | |||
| Paul Brown | 8 | 5 | .615 | 3.90 | 15 | 15 | 8 | 0 | 113.0 | 119 | 57 | 49 | 8 | 20 | 2 | 82 | 2 | 0 | 5 | |||
| Jack Kerrigan | 8 | 7 | .533 | 5.22 | 24 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 119.0 | 124 | 75 | 69 | 19 | 68 | 7 | 106 | 5 | 0 | 4 | |||
| Edward Lunsford | 6 | 3 | .667 | 3.34 | 41 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 89.0 | 59 | 46 | 33 | 7 | 52 | 5 | 90 | 6 | 1 | 4 | |||
| Hank Mason | 5 | 1 | .833 | 2.79 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 58.0 | 51 | 19 | 18 | 5 | 15 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |||
| Tom Qualters | 5 | 1 | .833 | 4.28 | 32 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 80.0 | 91 | 48 | 38 | 1 | 27 | 4 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |||
| Bruce Gruber | 4 | 5 | .444 | 4.78 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 81.0 | 76 | 48 | 43 | 9 | 46 | 4 | 49 | 9 | 0 | 6 | |||
| John Moltenbrey | 2 | 1 | .667 | 9 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Bob Spicer | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Joel Gibson | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.75 | 2 | 1 | 8.0 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Bob Gontkosky | 1 | 2 | .333 | 4.15 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 39.0 | 32 | 20 | 18 | 2 | 23 | 1 | 41 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Bernard Belan | 0 | 0 | 2.00 | 7 | 9.0 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Peter Urrizola | 0 | 1 | .000 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Marcel Guilbault | 0 | 1 | .000 | 12.38 | 7 | 1 | 8.0 | 19 | 15 | 11 | 7 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Edward Hughes | 0 | 3 | .000 | 9 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Ray Culp | 0 | 4 | .000 | 10.23 | 4 | 4 | 22.0 | 35 | 25 | 25 | 17 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Totals | 79 | 61 | .564 | 4.25 | 295 | 137 | 0 | 50 | 7 | 0 | 1142.0 | 1126 | 657 | 539 | 95 | 485 | 42 | 831 | 39 | 3 | 63 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Danny Cater | 137 | 614 | 562 | 114 | 193 | 28 | 9 | 16 | 80 | 1 | 37 | 55 | .343 | .382 | .511 | .893 | 287 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 1 | ||
| Jim Johnston | 131 | 552 | 457 | 76 | 124 | 23 | 3 | 19 | 83 | 1 | 84 | 88 | .271 | .387 | .460 | .846 | 210 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 10 | ||
| Lou Vassie | 110 | 475 | 389 | 98 | 120 | 23 | 2 | 17 | 68 | 12 | 75 | 44 | .308 | .421 | .509 | .930 | 198 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 2 | ||
| Charlie Fields | 120 | 470 | 400 | 65 | 120 | 24 | 10 | 10 | 88 | 11 | 57 | 94 | .300 | .387 | .485 | .872 | 194 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 2 | ||
| Warren Tessier | 126 | 551 | 472 | 72 | 111 | 22 | 1 | 2 | 48 | 8 | 63 | 97 | .235 | .325 | .299 | .624 | 141 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 3 | ||
| James Guinn | 81 | 331 | 311 | 41 | 100 | 20 | 2 | 2 | 31 | 8 | 15 | 20 | .322 | .353 | .418 | .771 | 130 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Larry Cutright | 108 | 391 | 328 | 48 | 83 | 19 | 1 | 5 | 40 | 2 | 54 | 60 | .253 | .358 | .363 | .721 | 119 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | ||
| Barton Dupon | 75 | 285 | 247 | 39 | 64 | 20 | 0 | 13 | 48 | 2 | 29 | 54 | .259 | .339 | .498 | .837 | 123 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | ||
| Howard Pierson | 62 | 223 | 198 | 20 | 59 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 31 | 5 | 20 | 30 | .298 | .361 | .424 | .785 | 84 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Charles Smith | 68 | 242 | 206 | 32 | 57 | 13 | 2 | 7 | 37 | 6 | 29 | 59 | .277 | .369 | .461 | .830 | 95 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Ronald Wiley | 35 | 136 | 117 | 17 | 29 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 1 | 18 | 23 | .248 | .348 | .393 | .741 | 46 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Bill Heath | 24 | 89 | 74 | 14 | 25 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 2 | 13 | 3 | .338 | .438 | .514 | .952 | 38 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Nolan Campbell | 25 | 103 | 79 | 20 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 19 | 12 | .241 | .386 | .304 | .690 | 24 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Tom Patton | 31 | 88 | 79 | 9 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 12 | .241 | .318 | .329 | .647 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Marcelino López | 32 | 67 | 60 | 11 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 0 | 5 | 25 | .250 | .303 | .450 | .753 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Luis Márquez | 19 | 64 | 54 | 10 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 8 | .259 | .333 | .370 | .704 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Hank Mason | 13 | 30 | 27 | 9 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .481 | .500 | .852 | 1.352 | 23 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Irving Clark | 16 | 67 | 58 | 5 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 15 | .224 | .313 | .293 | .607 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Adrian Casteen | 16 | 58 | 52 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 9 | .231 | .310 | .231 | .541 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Paul Brown | 15 | 51 | 43 | 8 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 15 | .256 | .340 | .302 | .642 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Robert Baillargeon | 21 | 56 | 47 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 24 | .213 | .260 | .340 | .600 | 16 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Stopchuck | 12 | 39 | 34 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | .206 | .289 | .265 | .554 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Reinold Garcia | 6 | 11 | 11 | 3 | .273 | .273 | .273 | .545 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Tom Qualters | 32 | 25 | 24 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | .125 | .125 | .125 | .250 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jack Hamilton | 42 | 36 | 34 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 20 | .088 | .114 | .147 | .261 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dick Edwards | 2 | 7 | 7 | 2 | .286 | .286 | .286 | .571 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| John Moltenbrey | 9 | 10 | 10 | 2 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Bob Boyer | 6 | 14 | 14 | 2 | .143 | .143 | .143 | .286 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Jack McCracken | 24 | 46 | 37 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 22 | .054 | .146 | .054 | .200 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jack Kerrigan | 24 | 43 | 39 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 23 | .051 | .119 | .051 | .170 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joel Gibson | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Larry Baughman | 7 | 10 | 10 | 1 | .100 | .100 | .100 | .200 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| James Couch | 7 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .100 | .100 | .100 | .200 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Edward Lunsford | 41 | 28 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 11 | .045 | .192 | .045 | .238 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bruce Gruber | 15 | 30 | 29 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | .034 | .034 | .034 | .069 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Edward Hughes | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Bernard Belan | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Bob Gontkosky | 8 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Ray Culp | 4 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 1522 | 5271 | 4560 | 732 | 1242 | 229 | 40 | 109 | 658 | 64 | 0 | 568 | 852 | .272 | .354 | .412 | .766 | 1878 | 0 | 34 | 60 | 49 | 42 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Johnston | 1B | 131 | 1056 | 86 | 20 | 113 | .983 | 8.718 | ||||
| Lou Vassie | 2B | 109 | 252 | 324 | 16 | 79 | .973 | 5.284 | ||||
| Charlie Fields | 2B | 24 | 43 | 68 | 8 | 10 | .933 | 4.625 | ||||
| Danny Cater | 3B | 135 | 112 | 216 | 35 | 20 | .904 | 2.430 | ||||
| Larry Cutright | C | 105 | 686 | 63 | 13 | 18 | .983 | 7.133 | 7 | |||
| Tom Patton | C | 19 | 128 | 10 | 2 | 1 | .986 | 7.263 | 0 | |||
| Bill Heath | C | 19 | 119 | 9 | 2 | 8 | .985 | 6.737 | 0 | |||
| Warren Tessier | OF | 125 | 289 | 12 | 8 | 3 | .974 | 2.408 | ||||
| Charlie Fields | OF | 86 | 134 | 5 | 6 | 0 | .959 | 1.616 | ||||
| Barton Dupon | OF | 72 | 116 | 3 | 7 | 1 | .944 | 1.653 | ||||
| Charles Smith | OF | 60 | 77 | 4 | 9 | 1 | .900 | 1.350 | ||||
| Ronald Wiley | OF | 31 | 52 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.742 | ||||
| Irving Clark | OF | 15 | 36 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .973 | 2.400 | ||||
| Luis Márquez | OF | 14 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.929 | ||||
| Adrian Casteen | OF | 14 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .957 | 1.571 | ||||
| Jack Hamilton | P | 42 | 6 | 29 | 5 | 1 | .875 | .833 | ||||
| Edward Lunsford | P | 41 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 0 | .778 | .341 | ||||
| Tom Qualters | P | 32 | 6 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .594 | ||||
| Jack McCracken | P | 24 | 12 | 26 | 1 | 1 | .974 | 1.583 | ||||
| Jack Kerrigan | P | 24 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .708 | ||||
| Marcelino López | P | 22 | 8 | 37 | 4 | 1 | .918 | 2.045 | ||||
| Robert Baillargeon | P | 21 | 10 | 23 | 5 | 5 | .868 | 1.571 | ||||
| Bruce Gruber | P | 15 | 1 | 15 | 2 | 2 | .889 | 1.067 | ||||
| Paul Brown | P | 15 | 8 | 15 | 1 | 1 | .958 | 1.533 | ||||
| James Guinn | SS | 72 | 101 | 167 | 33 | 44 | .890 | 3.722 | ||||
| Howard Pierson | SS | 55 | 86 | 151 | 29 | 33 | .891 | 4.309 | ||||
| Nolan Campbell | SS | 19 | 29 | 45 | 15 | 9 | .831 | 3.895 | ||||
| Totals | 1341 | 3429 | 1341 | 227 | 352 | .955 | 3.557 | 7 | 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.
