1960 Yakima Bears Statistics

Northwest League (NWL) - Class: B
Team Record: 85-57
Finished 1st in the NWL
Manager: Buddy Hicks (85-57)
Affiliation: Milwaukee Braves
Location: Yakima, Washington
Ballpark: Parker Field
Attendance: 60,166, Avg. 847

1960 Yakima Bears Roster

The Yakima Bears of the Northwest League ended the 1960 season with a record of 85 wins and 57 losses, finishing first in the NWL.

The Bears plated 897 runs, tops in the circuit. Yakima conceded 698 runs. Denis Menke and Ed Zander paced the squad with 28 home runs apiece., while Len Tucker and Lorne Johnson walloped 15 or more as well. Ed Zander recorded 122 runs batted in. Len Tucker led hitters with significant playing time with a .337 average. John Stokoe topped the team with 16 wins and a team-best 3.15 ERA, leading hurlers with significant time on the mound.

Members of the 1960 Yakima Bears who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Buddy Hicks, Merritt Ranew and Denis Menke.

Buddy Hicks 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
John Stokoe	16	8	.667	3.15	33	26		15	0		203.0	214	113	71	6	81		154	7	0	9
Robert Wedin	12	8	.600	3.46	26	24		11	2		169.0	175	86	65	9	78		108	6	0	6
Ceferino Foy	11	10	.524	4.50	32	27		13	2		170.0	174	102	85	7	94		133	7	0	7
Ed Lawrence	10	5	.667	4.54	33	11		3	0		107.0	126	68	54	6	33		79	2	1	9
Richard Ramont	10	10	.500	4.44	26	21		10	0		156.0	176	99	77	13	64		108	6	0	6
A. J. White	9	5	.643	4.91	33	2		0	0		99.0	93	69	54	8	71		94	6	0	6
Bernard Poupore	8	4	.667	4.68	23	18		5	2		127.0	142	82	66	4	83		85	5	1	11
Robert Cleboski					37						0.0
Buddy Hicks	0	0		0.00	1	0					3.0	3	1	0	0	1
Lorne Johnson	0	0		54.00	1	0					0.3	0	2	2	0	4
Richard Young	0	1	.000	3.43	7	2					21.0	20	8	8	0	6
Daniel Staniec	0	1	.000	18.00	1	1					3.0	5	6	6	1	6
Totals	76	52	.594	4.15	253	132	0	57	6	0	1058.3	1128	636	488	54	521	0	761	39	2	54	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
Denis Menke	140	579	473	114	159	26	7	28	103	14	5	88	57	.336	.440	.598	1.039	283		7	2	9
Len Tucker	132	551	469	126	158	25	5	24	117	48	7	66	98	.337	.428	.565	.993	265		11	2	3
Ed Zander	139	562	482	99	157	24	1	28	122	3	2	64	82	.326	.403	.554	.957	267		5	1	10
Lorne Johnson	141	613	509	118	156	30	13	18	106	12	10	89	59	.306	.412	.523	.935	266		6	4	5
Hap Richie	136	605	498	113	144	29	11	4	58	11	9	99	73	.289	.408	.416	.823	207		2	4	2
John Garofalo	136	590	505	90	137	18	8	3	56	39	3	69	67	.271	.359	.356	.715	180		4	5	7
Merritt Ranew	102	390	365	61	133	30	2	8	71	3	3	20	43	.364	.404	.523	.927	191		4	1	0
Daniel Staniec	108	424	365	55	86	15	4	8	67	19	1	46	91	.236	.324	.364	.688	133		4	4	5
Buddy Hicks	69	189	161	25	48	9	2	1	26	3	1	23	22	.298	.381	.398	.778	64		1	0	4
Daryl Hadley	29	124	110	15	22	3	1	1	15	3	1	12	27	.200	.282	.273	.555	30		1	0	1
Pete Gongola	21	75	60	10	20	5	0	4	10	0	0	13	12	.333	.467	.617	1.083	37		2	0	0
William Rozich	13	39	28	10	11	0	0	4	11	0	1	10	2	.393	.553	.821	1.374	23		0	1	0
John Stokoe	37	82	69	9	10	1	1	0	5	0	0	8	20	.145	.231	.188	.419	13		0	4	1
Robert Wedin	26	66	58	1	9	1	0	0	6	0	0	0	7	.155	.169	.172	.342	10		1	7	0
Richard Ramont	26	68	65	5	9	1	0	0	4	0	0	2	28	.138	.164	.154	.318	10		0	1	0
A. J. White	35	42	35	6	8	3	0	0	7	0	0	6	14	.229	.341	.314	.656	11		0	1	0
Bob Jacoby	12	40	28	5	7	0	0	2	8	0	1	9	5	.250	.436	.464	.900	13		1	1	1
Bernard Poupore	23	55	45	5	6	1	0	0	1	0	0	7	23	.133	.264	.156	.420	7		1	2	0
Ceferino Foy	32	71	65	4	6	1	0	0	2	0	0	3	22	.092	.132	.108	.240	7		0	3	0
Bob Warner	15	36	30	3	5	1	0	0	5	0	0	4	9	.167	.278	.200	.478	6		1	0	1
Joseph Shields	6	15	15		3	1	1	0						.200	.200	.400	.600	6
Ed Lawrence	33	42	38	4	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	2	14	.079	.125	.079	.204	3		0	2	0
Richard Young	7	6	6		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1418	5264	4479	878	1297	224	56	133	803	155	44	640	775	.290	.381	.454	.835	2032	0	51	45	49	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Len Tucker	1B	127	960	53	27	102	.974	7.976
Buddy Hicks	1B	11	88	9	0	10	1.000	8.818
Daniel Staniec	2B	108	247	319	33	68	.945	5.241
Daryl Hadley	2B	21	39	69	16	17	.871	5.143
Buddy Hicks	2B	18	28	40	7	9	.907	3.778
Ed Zander	3B	119	107	168	43	21	.865	2.311
Daryl Hadley	3B	10	6	14	5	1	.800	2.000
Merritt Ranew	C	94	579	49	7	7	.989	6.681	16
Pete Gongola	C	17	95	11	2	1	.981	6.235	1
Bob Warner	C	15	70	4	1	0	.987	4.933	2
Ed Zander	C	13	68	5	5	1	.936	5.615	3
Lorne Johnson	OF	141	207	12	11	2	.952	1.553
John Garofalo	OF	135	317	15	9	3	.974	2.459
Hap Richie	OF	131	220	11	6	2	.975	1.763
A. J. White	P	33	5	13	2	0	.900	.545
John Stokoe	P	33	8	24	2	1	.941	.970
Ed Lawrence	P	33	4	21	3	2	.893	.758
Ceferino Foy	P	32	6	40	3	2	.939	1.438
Robert Wedin	P	26	5	36	0	3	1.000	1.577
Richard Ramont	P	26	8	29	1	2	.974	1.423
Bernard Poupore	P	23	7	18	0	0	1.000	1.087
Richard Young	P	7						.000
Denis Menke	SS	134	210	324	56	66	.905	3.985
Buddy Hicks	SS	11	13	24	1	5	.974	3.364
Totals		1318	3297	1308	240	325	.950	3.494	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.

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