1961 Yakima Bears Statistics

Northwest League (NWL) - Class: B
Team Record: 79-60
Finished 2nd in the NWL
Manager: Buddy Hicks (79-60)
Affiliation: Milwaukee Braves
Location: Yakima, Washington
Ballpark: Parker Field
Attendance: 42,806, Avg. 616

1961 Yakima Bears Roster

Playoffs - Lewiston Broncs 4 games, Yakima Bears 1

The Yakima Bears of the Northwest League ended the 1961 season with a record of 79 wins and 60 losses, finishing second in the NWL.

The Bears topped the league with 703 runs. Yakima yielded 585 runs. Wayne McDonald led the squad with 13 home runs Kerry Buckner drove in 88 runs. Hap Richie paced hitters with significant playing time with a .320 average. Roger Roy and Richard Lamery paced the team with 14 wins each, while Dave Eilers recorded a 3.07 ERA, best among regular hurlers.

Players from the 1961 Yakima Bears who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Ethan Blackaby, Herb Hippauf, Phil Roof, Buddy Hicks and Dave Eilers.

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
Roger Roy	14	9	.609	3.43	32	28		17	3		210.0	220	94	80	10	52		152	8	0	8
Richard Lamery	14	11	.560	4.35	29	27		13	2		178.0	177	105	86	14	82		138	4	0	10
Robert Sutton	10	3	.769	3.64	51	1		1	0		84.0	76	43	34	9	31		67	2	0	6
Dave Eilers	10	4	.714	3.07	36	6		1	0		132.0	128	56	45	10	48		96	4	0	4
Herb Hippauf	10	5	.667	3.39	17	16		8	3		109.0	114	53	41	6	32		77	1	0	12
Ronald Herr	7	9	.438	4.29	29	22		4	0		126.0	146	88	60	13	71		73	4	0	9
Richard Holden	6	0	1.000	4.50	13	11		1	0		66.0	74	36	33	6	28		60	2	1	3
William Marnie	6	10	.375	3.34	19	18		7	0		124.0	122	62	46	9	72		112	4	1	10
Ceferino Foy	2	7	.222	5.14	11	8		2	1		49.0	55	29	28	2	23		43	2	0	2
Daniel Staniec	0	0			1						0.0									0
Kerry Buckner	0	0			1						0.0									0
Kim Elliott	0	0		4.50	2	0					2.0	2	1	1	0	2				0
Buddy Hicks	0	2	.000		7						0.0									0
Totals	79	60	.568	3.78	248	137	0	54	9	0	1080.0	1114	567	454	79	441	0	818	31	2	64	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
Kerry Buckner	138	554	490	78	155	15	9	12	88	20	8	49	62	.316	.374	.457	.831	224		1	6	8
Hap Richie	135	578	478	94	153	26	4	12	78	12	6	87	44	.320	.426	.467	.892	223		4	5	4
Mike Sinnerud	133	580	525	91	152	25	9	9	70	10	4	34	74	.290	.337	.423	.760	222		6	10	5
Wayne McDonald	121	486	421	67	133	20	4	13	70	3	2	57	50	.316	.403	.475	.878	200		5	2	1
Phil Roof	114	421	379	43	99	17	3	6	49	1	1	33	76	.261	.326	.369	.696	140		5	1	3
Eddie Crawford	92	323	233	66	69	22	3	2	26	8	1	73	55	.296	.465	.442	.907	103		6	5	6
Buddy Hicks	88	273	235	37	69	18	2	3	45	4	1	35	21	.294	.382	.426	.808	100		0	1	2
Daniel Staniec	84	307	281	38	68	9	3	3	32	10	6	23	62	.242	.300	.327	.627	92		1	0	2
Marcial Allen	74	228	199	30	61	10	2	2	22	4	1	18	25	.307	.372	.407	.779	81		4	5	2
Conrad Munatones	65	201	178	25	54	14	0	4	28	0	0	21	30	.303	.378	.449	.828	80		1	0	1
Bill Lucas	47	190	159	30	49	8	1	0	15	5	3	28	21	.308	.421	.371	.792	59		3	0	0
Len Tucker	50	203	164	36	48	6	3	11	43	3	5	35	55	.293	.424	.567	.991	93		3	0	1
Ethan Blackaby	30	117	99	16	30	4	3	2	17	2	2	15	20	.303	.393	.465	.858	46		1	0	2
Roger Roy	34	92	83	4	13	1	0	0	6	0	0	3	33	.157	.195	.169	.364	14		1	5	0
Ronald Herr	34	59	52	7	12	1	1	1	7	0	0	4	17	.231	.293	.346	.639	18		1	1	1
Ed Zander	15	58	48	8	11	0	0	2	11	0	0	6	12	.229	.316	.354	.670	17		1	1	2
Dave Eilers	38	55	51	5	11	3	0	0	2	0	0	4	15	.216	.273	.275	.547	14		0	0	0
Herb Hippauf	17	42	35	5	9	2	0	0	1	0	0	4	12	.257	.350	.314	.664	11		1	2	0
Roy Menge	18	66	55	8	9	0	2	0	5	1	2	11	13	.164	.303	.236	.539	13		0	0	0
Richard Lamery	32	74	61	8	9	0	0	0	3	1	0	10	33	.148	.268	.148	.415	9		0	3	0
James Snyder	10	27	23	1	5	1	0	0	0	0	1	4	11	.217	.333	.261	.594	6		0	0	0
William Marnie	19	50	45	3	5	1	0	0	2	0	0	3	23	.111	.167	.133	.300	6		0	2	0
Ceferino Foy	11	16	16	1	4	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	6	.250	.250	.312	.562	5		0	0	0
Robert Sutton	51	21	16	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	6	.188	.278	.188	.465	3		1	3	0
Thomas McGarrey	5	5	5		2	0	0	0						.400	.400	.400	.800	2
Richard Holden	13	28	26	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	19	.077	.143	.077	.220	2		0	0	0
Totals	1468	5054	4357	703	1235	204	49	82	625	84	43	560	795	.283	.368	.409	.777	1783	0	45	52	40	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Hap Richie	1B	134	1061	92	13	126	.989	8.604
Daniel Staniec	2B	82	154	209	21	55	.945	4.427
Bill Lucas	2B	47	125	117	9	28	.964	5.149
Buddy Hicks	2B	16	41	35	1	14	.987	4.750
Wayne McDonald	3B	74	45	99	25	9	.852	1.946
Buddy Hicks	3B	47	38	76	4	7	.966	2.426
Kerry Buckner	3B	19	7	20	4	3	.871	1.421
Phil Roof	C	85	501	52	7	1	.988	6.506	12
Conrad Munatones	C	49	264	19	11	5	.963	5.776	9
Ed Zander	C	14	94	3	1	0	.990	6.929	2
Kerry Buckner	OF	121	160	13	12	1	.935	1.430
Eddie Crawford	OF	82	145	5	5	2	.968	1.829
Marcial Allen	OF	65	125	2	3	2	.977	1.954
Wayne McDonald	OF	51	67	3	3	0	.959	1.373
Len Tucker	OF	50	72	6	4	0	.951	1.560
Ethan Blackaby	OF	30	34	3	0	0	1.000	1.233
Phil Roof	OF	25	27	5	0	0	1.000	1.280
Roy Menge	OF	18	20	0	0	0	1.000	1.111
Robert Sutton	P	51	0	12	0	0	1.000	.235
Dave Eilers	P	36	10	25	3	3	.921	.972
Roger Roy	P	32	13	30	5	3	.896	1.344
Richard Lamery	P	29	6	22	2	5	.933	.966
Ronald Herr	P	29	9	20	2	3	.935	1.000
William Marnie	P	19	7	20	1	0	.964	1.421
Herb Hippauf	P	17	6	35	2	5	.953	2.412
Richard Holden	P	13	5	6	2	1	.846	.846
Ceferino Foy	P	11	5	16	2	1	.913	1.909
Kim Elliott	P	2						.000
Mike Sinnerud	SS	133	225	387	57	92	.915	4.602
Totals		1381	3266	1332	199	366	.959	3.329	23	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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