1961 Wytheville Twins Statistics
Team Record: 38-29
Finished 2nd in the AL
Manager: Del Norwood (38-29)
Affiliation: Minnesota Twins
Location: Wytheville, Virginia
Ballpark: Withers Field
Attendance: 16,930, Avg. 505
The Wytheville Twins of the Appalachian League ended the 1961 season with a record of 38 wins and 29 losses, finishing second in the AL.
The Twins scored 452 runs and allowed 402 runs. Tony Oliva led Wytheville with 10 home runs and drove in 81 runs, while leading all regular hitters by hitting .410. Lynn Bridwell and Johnnie Stott topped the team with 9 wins each, and Johnnie Stott recorded a 3.28 ERA, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Players from the 1961 Wytheville Twins who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Tony Oliva, Ted Uhlaender, Bill Whitby, Frank Quilici and Jim Manning.
Del Norwood 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lynn Bridwell | 9 | 1 | .900 | 4.44 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 75.0 | 77 | 45 | 37 | 8 | 27 | 104 | 4 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Johnnie Stott | 9 | 3 | .750 | 3.28 | 24 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 85.0 | 85 | 40 | 31 | 10 | 20 | 80 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Joseph Gocek | 5 | 4 | .556 | 3.60 | 15 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 70.0 | 50 | 37 | 28 | 5 | 48 | 79 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||
| Raul Oro | 4 | 3 | .571 | 3.95 | 16 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 73.0 | 65 | 40 | 32 | 5 | 31 | 74 | 11 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| John Hanlon | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.38 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 26.0 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Walter Coleman | 2 | 1 | .667 | 5.00 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 27.0 | 28 | 30 | 15 | 6 | 13 | 28 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Jim Manning | 2 | 2 | .500 | 4.40 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 45.0 | 42 | 30 | 22 | 2 | 21 | 45 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||||
| Bill Whitby | 2 | 7 | .222 | 6.05 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 55.0 | 57 | 49 | 37 | 7 | 42 | 58 | 1 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Charles Kennedy | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Larry Ward | 1 | 2 | .333 | 6.67 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 27.0 | 26 | 27 | 20 | 4 | 24 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||
| Wayne Kodel | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| James Dickey | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Larry Butt | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| William Gelzheiser | 0 | 1 | .000 | 6 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Martin Feinstein | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Michael Bishop | 0 | 2 | .000 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| James Ward | 0 | 2 | .000 | 3.75 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 24.0 | 32 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 14 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Totals | 38 | 29 | .567 | 4.19 | 153 | 64 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 507.0 | 473 | 322 | 236 | 49 | 247 | 0 | 544 | 24 | 4 | 31 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tony Oliva | 64 | 275 | 249 | 55 | 102 | 15 | 6 | 10 | 81 | 4 | 18 | 22 | .410 | .447 | .639 | 1.086 | 159 | 3 | 0 | 5 | |||
| Dan Hagan | 63 | 256 | 221 | 47 | 83 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 48 | 12 | 32 | 17 | .376 | .453 | .561 | 1.014 | 124 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |||
| William Wagner | 63 | 295 | 238 | 66 | 56 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 27 | 4 | 53 | 43 | .235 | .379 | .366 | .744 | 87 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Bruce Day | 62 | 251 | 214 | 43 | 52 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 35 | 5 | 34 | 49 | .243 | .348 | .421 | .769 | 90 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Frank Quilici | 40 | 162 | 142 | 33 | 46 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 29 | 2 | 17 | 31 | .324 | .401 | .528 | .929 | 75 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |||
| John Baird | 54 | 203 | 170 | 35 | 44 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 3 | 28 | 53 | .259 | .361 | .371 | .732 | 63 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||
| Robert Goulder | 51 | 151 | 134 | 27 | 29 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 24 | 1 | 16 | 45 | .216 | .298 | .440 | .738 | 59 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| John Bednarski | 32 | 121 | 99 | 18 | 27 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 2 | 14 | 19 | .273 | .397 | .404 | .801 | 40 | 7 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Dick DeLamielleure | 27 | 96 | 79 | 14 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 1 | 16 | 27 | .278 | .406 | .405 | .811 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Raymond Roberts | 22 | 65 | 57 | 10 | 21 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 6 | .368 | .446 | .491 | .937 | 28 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Paul Gorgone | 51 | 155 | 110 | 27 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 42 | 39 | .173 | .409 | .255 | .664 | 28 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Al Brogna | 38 | 102 | 96 | 8 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 37 | .188 | .218 | .271 | .489 | 26 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Neil Otto | 21 | 76 | 62 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 11 | 14 | .194 | .329 | .274 | .603 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |||
| James Gray | 20 | 47 | 42 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 18 | .190 | .277 | .333 | .610 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jim Manning | 17 | 27 | 25 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .280 | .333 | .280 | .613 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Harold Fell | 15 | 49 | 43 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 14 | .163 | .245 | .326 | .570 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Lynn Bridwell | 19 | 40 | 34 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 11 | .176 | .300 | .206 | .506 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Walter Coleman | 11 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .417 | .417 | .750 | 1.167 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ted Uhlaender | 5 | 17 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .235 | .235 | .235 | .471 | 4 | |||||||||||
| Thomas Lane | 12 | 29 | 27 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .148 | .207 | .185 | .392 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| John Hanlon | 5 | 10 | 10 | 3 | .300 | .300 | .300 | .600 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| James Crawford | 4 | 12 | 12 | 3 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Johnnie Stott | 26 | 36 | 31 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 9 | .097 | .200 | .129 | .329 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Tom Kopp | 3 | 11 | 11 | 2 | .182 | .182 | .182 | .364 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Raul Oro | 16 | 26 | 23 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 19 | .087 | .192 | .087 | .279 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Joseph Gocek | 15 | 27 | 24 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13 | .083 | .154 | .125 | .279 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Charles Kennedy | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| James Dickey | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| John Evans | 5 | 4 | 4 | 1 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Bill Whitby | 13 | 19 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 7 | .077 | .368 | .077 | .445 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| James Ward | 12 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .200 | .000 | .200 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Larry Ward | 9 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Michael Bishop | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Broderick | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| William Prout | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Larry Butt | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| William Marks | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Wayne Kodel | 6 | 5 | 5 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Jack Dusseault | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Martin Feinstein | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| William Gelzheiser | 6 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 829 | 2618 | 2242 | 436 | 591 | 96 | 33 | 52 | 360 | 41 | 0 | 323 | 505 | .264 | .361 | .405 | .766 | 909 | 0 | 28 | 8 | 17 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bruce Day | 1B | 46 | 347 | 20 | 14 | 31 | .963 | 7.978 | ||||
| Dick DeLamielleure | 1B | 23 | 141 | 13 | 5 | 5 | .969 | 6.696 | ||||
| William Wagner | 2B | 63 | 122 | 158 | 14 | 27 | .952 | 4.444 | ||||
| John Bednarski | 3B | 29 | 23 | 44 | 7 | 8 | .905 | 2.310 | ||||
| Al Brogna | 3B | 22 | 13 | 30 | 6 | 2 | .878 | 1.955 | ||||
| Harold Fell | 3B | 13 | 8 | 20 | 6 | 0 | .824 | 2.154 | ||||
| John Baird | 3B | 11 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 0 | .632 | 1.091 | ||||
| Dan Hagan | C | 50 | 431 | 34 | 8 | 5 | .983 | 9.300 | 14 | |||
| Paul Gorgone | C | 18 | 103 | 5 | 5 | 0 | .956 | 6.000 | 8 | |||
| Tony Oliva | OF | 63 | 70 | 12 | 14 | 3 | .854 | 1.302 | ||||
| Robert Goulder | OF | 48 | 53 | 7 | 5 | 0 | .923 | 1.250 | ||||
| John Baird | OF | 28 | 41 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .978 | 1.607 | ||||
| Paul Gorgone | OF | 21 | 25 | 4 | 1 | 1 | .967 | 1.381 | ||||
| Neil Otto | OF | 18 | 23 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .885 | 1.278 | ||||
| Raymond Roberts | OF | 15 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .882 | 1.000 | ||||
| Bruce Day | OF | 15 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Johnnie Stott | P | 24 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 0 | .875 | .583 | ||||
| Raul Oro | P | 16 | 8 | 12 | 1 | 1 | .952 | 1.250 | ||||
| Joseph Gocek | P | 15 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 0 | .824 | .933 | ||||
| Lynn Bridwell | P | 15 | 7 | 14 | 1 | 1 | .955 | 1.400 | ||||
| Bill Whitby | P | 13 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 0 | .769 | .769 | ||||
| James Ward | P | 12 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| Jim Manning | P | 12 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 0 | .800 | .667 | ||||
| Larry Ward | P | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| Wayne Kodel | P | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| William Gelzheiser | P | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| John Hanlon | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Walter Coleman | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Martin Feinstein | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Michael Bishop | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Charles Kennedy | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Larry Butt | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| James Dickey | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Frank Quilici | SS | 40 | 63 | 99 | 16 | 23 | .910 | 4.050 | ||||
| John Baird | SS | 14 | 21 | 26 | 8 | 1 | .855 | 3.357 | ||||
| James Gray | SS | 13 | 16 | 21 | 10 | 3 | .787 | 2.846 | ||||
| Totals | 703 | 1555 | 575 | 144 | 112 | .937 | 3.030 | 22 | 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.
