1961 Waterloo Hawks Statistics

Midwest League (MWL) - Class: D
Team Record: 75-51
Finished 1st in the MWL
Manager: Matt Sczesny (0-0), Bill Slack (0-0)
Affiliation: Boston Red Sox
Location: Waterloo, Iowa
Ballpark: Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 70,025, Avg. 1,112

1961 Waterloo Hawks Roster

Playoffs - Quincy Giants 3 games, Waterloo Hawks 1

The Waterloo Hawks of the Midwest League ended the 1961 season with a record of 75 wins and 51 losses, finishing first in the MWL.

The Hawks topped the league with 876 runs, ignited by 154 home runs. Waterloo allowed 671 runs. Bob Lawrence walloped 30 home runs for the team, while Paul Jernigan, Dave Hall and Richie Waite each swatted 15 or more, too. Bob Lawrence drove in 127 runs and topped all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .305. David Busby led the squad with 21 wins and a team-best 2.42 ERA, tops among regular hurlers. Matt Sczesny and Bill Slack 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
David Busby	21	7	.750	2.42	29	27		22	3		219.0	176	74	59	5	62		237	3	1	5
George Coleman	11	3	.786	6.07	24	21		4	2		126.0	137	96	85	17	72		103	5	0	14
John Boyle	11	6	.647	3.57	33	11		5	0		131.0	138	80	52	8	67		104	3	0	6
Edward Coleman	8	7	.533	3.16	28	10		3	2		91.0	82	62	32	3	69		70	9	0	8
Lazaro Perez	6	7	.462	4.54	24	13		5	0		101.0	107	67	51	7	55		83	8	0	18
Robert Carlson	4	3	.571	4.92	13	12		4	0		64.0	62	46	35	8	36		59	4	0	9
Martin Kane	4	3	.571	4.97	16	10					58.0	62	37	32	6	32
Robert Batchelder	4	5	.444	6.00	23	8		2	1		72.0	82	60	48	9	43		65	5	0	11
Lawrence Krotec	2	0	1.000	0.00	5						21.0	25				6				0
Fred Wolff	1	0	1.000	4.50	10	1		0	0		18.0	16	15	9	3	17		25	0	0	2
Gerald Herron	1	0	1.000	5.62	3	2					16.0	14	12	10		9				0
William Kohlwes	1	1	.500	3.12	12	0		0	0		26.0	26	12	9	4	3		21	1	0	1
James Spanswick	1	4	.200	6.27	7	6		2	0		33.0	37	27	23	6	20		33	3	0	7
Eugene Zanatta	0	0			2						0.0									0
Carl Shelato	0	0			1						0.0									0
Mitchell Milner	0	0			1						0.0									0
Bob Lawrence	0	0			1						0.0									0
Ernest Kumerow	0	0			6						0.0									0
Arthur Schirmer	0	0			2						0.0									0
Peter Griffin	0	1	.000		2						0.0									0
Lawrence Paquin	0	1	.000		3						0.0									0
Paul Jernigan	0	1	.000		3						0.0									0
William Minkley	0	1	.000	3.60	16	1		1	0		40.0	40	23	16	2	12		27	2	0	0
Totals	75	50	.600	4.08	264	122	0	48	8	0	1016.0	1004	611	461	78	503	0	827	43	1	81	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
Bob Lawrence	127	567	476	113	145	25	1	30	127	0		75	97	.305	.407	.550	.958	262		11	0	5
Richie Waite	117	521	437	92	120	29	6	22	94	14		69	122	.275	.377	.519	.897	227		6	4	5
Paul Jernigan	85	356	288	81	110	20	2	17	67	13		63	37	.382	.486	.642	1.128	185		0	0	5
Vanity Rushing	125	540	440	86	105	19	2	13	63	28		89	83	.239	.366	.380	.746	167		2	5	4
Dave Hall	59	265	238	53	97	17	2	22	90	4		19	26	.408	.460	.773	1.233	184		6	0	2
Harry Kalbaugh	79	351	287	84	83	20	2	11	48	8		56	58	.289	.414	.488	.902	140		5	3	0
Mitchell Milner	80	354	301	62	80	15	0	2	34	11		48	72	.266	.368	.336	.703	101		1	3	1
Ron Staples	77	312	238	48	66	18	1	8	47	3		69	40	.277	.439	.462	.901	110		1	2	2
Dennis Loso	86	341	272	58	61	9	2	4	29	7		57	74	.224	.368	.316	.684	86		6	4	2
Jerry Funk	70	270	233	30	57	7	0	4	37	4		29	61	.245	.336	.326	.662	76		4	2	2
Larry Vincent	39	157	120	34	32	6	0	6	22	0		31	31	.267	.420	.467	.887	56		3	0	3
Jackie Brown	37	147	121	20	31	4	0	5	19	0		25	28	.256	.388	.413	.801	50		1	0	0
David Busby	43	113	95	16	24	5	1	1	18	0		11	34	.253	.330	.358	.688	34		1	4	2
Raymond Newman	23	102	78	19	21	4	1	3	15	4		24	24	.269	.441	.462	.903	36		0	0	0
Larry Smoot	33	127	103	18	21	3	0	3	13	1		22	32	.204	.339	.320	.659	33		0	0	2
Edward Coleman	37	56	49	7	12	2	0	0	5	0		5	18	.245	.327	.286	.613	14		1	1	0
Alan Betzhold	24	97	71	19	12	6	0	2	9	0		25	28	.169	.392	.338	.730	24		1	0	0
John Boyle	39	65	58	7	11	2	0	0	1	0		5	27	.190	.254	.224	.478	13		0	2	0
Martin Kane	18	34	30	2	8	3	0	0	7	0		2	10	.267	.312	.367	.679	11		0	2	0
Robert Batchelder	23	31	25	4	7	1	0	0	5	0		3	13	.280	.357	.320	.677	8		0	3	0
George Coleman	26	55	44	4	5	2	0	0	1	0		6	25	.114	.220	.159	.379	7		0	5	0
William Deller	7	17	17		4									.235	.235	.235	.471	4
James Spanswick	8	15	15		3									.200	.200	.200	.400	3
Robert Carlson	13	25	19	3	2	0	0	1	1	0		6	10	.105	.320	.263	.583	5		0	0	0
Lazaro Perez	25	40	27	1	2	0	0	0	2	0		6	13	.074	.242	.074	.316	2		0	7	0
Carl Shelato	1	1	1		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Lawrence Paquin	3	1	1		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
William Minkley	16	10	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	6	.000	.222	.000	.222	0		0	1	0
Ernest Kumerow	6	5	5		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Lawrence Krotec	5	7	7		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
William Kohlwes	12	10	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	2	.000	.250	.000	.250	0		0	2	0
Gerald Herron	3	4	4		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Fred Wolff	10	7	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	2	.000	.143	.000	.143	0		0	0	0
Totals	1356	5003	4119	861	1119	217	20	154	754	97	0	750	973	.272	.387	.446	.833	1838	0	49	50	35	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Bob Lawrence	1B	127	989	60	22	95	.979	8.260
Dennis Loso	2B	61	127	149	14	41	.952	4.525
Jerry Funk	2B	53	90	150	10	32	.960	4.528
Dave Hall	3B	58	51	111	14	15	.920	2.793
Mitchell Milner	3B	28	16	44	5	3	.923	2.143
Paul Jernigan	3B	19	13	29	11	4	.792	2.211
Dennis Loso	3B	16	11	16	3	2	.900	1.688
Richie Waite	3B	11	6	8	7	0	.667	1.273
Ron Staples	C	73	550	49	7	5	.988	8.205	14
Vanity Rushing	C	33	193	24	6	3	.973	6.576	9
Larry Smoot	C	30	225	21	4	3	.984	8.200	12
Richie Waite	OF	98	140	9	9	0	.943	1.520
Harry Kalbaugh	OF	79	141	8	10	2	.937	1.886
Mitchell Milner	OF	54	71	7	5	2	.940	1.444
Paul Jernigan	OF	53	79	9	4	3	.957	1.660
Larry Vincent	OF	36	54	7	5	1	.924	1.694
Jackie Brown	OF	36	48	3	1	0	.981	1.417
Raymond Newman	OF	22	38	3	3	0	.932	1.864
Vanity Rushing	OF	10	14	0	3	0	.824	1.400
John Boyle	P	33	8	33	5	0	.891	1.242
David Busby	P	29	12	30	5	2	.894	1.448
Edward Coleman	P	28	5	21	2	0	.929	.929
Lazaro Perez	P	24	4	15	1	1	.950	.792
George Coleman	P	24	6	15	1	0	.955	.875
Robert Batchelder	P	23	5	20	2	1	.926	1.087
William Minkley	P	16	1	5	1	0	.857	.375
Martin Kane	P	16						.000
Robert Carlson	P	13	2	3	0	0	1.000	.385
William Kohlwes	P	12	1	2	0	0	1.000	.250
Fred Wolff	P	10	1	0	1	0	.500	.100
James Spanswick	P	7						.000
Ernest Kumerow	P	6						.000
Lawrence Krotec	P	5						.000
Lawrence Paquin	P	3						.000
Gerald Herron	P	3						.000
Eugene Zanatta	P	2						.000
Arthur Schirmer	P	2						.000
Peter Griffin	P	2						.000
Carl Shelato	P	1						.000
Vanity Rushing	SS	81	121	208	34	45	.906	4.062
Alan Betzhold	SS	23	32	49	21	9	.794	3.522
Jerry Funk	SS	13	15	28	6	9	.878	3.308
Totals		1273	3069	1136	222	278	.950	3.303	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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