1961 Belmont Chiefs Roster
Team Record: 39-61
Finished 5th in the WCL
Manager: Jim Poole (0-0), Whitey Ries (0-0), Max Lanier (0-0)
Affiliation: San Francisco Giants
Location: Belmont, North Carolina
Ballpark: Davis Park
Attendance: 10,081, Avg. 202
The Belmont Chiefs of the Western Carolina League ended the 1961 season with a record of 39 wins and 61 losses, finishing fifth in the WCL.
The Chiefs scored 511 runs and yielded 646 runs, most in the circuit. Kermit Williams accounted for 49 RBI. Mario Cia topped all regular batters by hitting .271. Barry Huntzinger led the squad with 10 wins and a team-best 3.72 earned run average, best among qualifying pitchers.
Fred Wenz played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Belmont Chiefs to do so.
Jim Poole, Whitey Ries and Max Lanier served as manager.Click on column headings to sort.
| Player | Bats | Throws | Birth Date | Height | Weight | Hometown |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glenn Abel | R | R | January 19, 1941 | 6'1" | 175 | |
| Robert Baker | ||||||
| Rossie Barfield | S | R | 6'1" | 195 | ||
| Michael Barillo | L | R | 6'0" | 170 | ||
| Anthony Basile | L | R | 5'9" | 190 | ||
| Hiram Baucom | R | R | 6'0" | 185 | ||
| Lawrence Belanger | R | R | December 11, 1937 | 6'1" | 185 | Grosse Pointe, MI US |
| David Blackwell | R | R | August 2, 1942 | 6'0" | 175 | Greenville, SC US |
| Al Blake | R | R | October 20, 1939 | 5'11" | 185 | |
| Mario Cia | R | R | June 3, 1941 | 5'8" | 155 | |
| Lawrence Davis | ||||||
| George Deratnay | R | R | February 1, 1941 | 6'0" | 185 | |
| Donald Dolezal | ||||||
| Richard Doyle | R | R | 5'11" | 178 | ||
| Ray Eberle | R | R | April 27, 1941 | 6'0" | 180 | Buffalo, NY US |
| George Everett | L | R | January 28, 1942 | 6'1" | 180 | |
| Jack Falls | L | R | June 14, 1931 | 5'11" | 186 | Gastonia, NC US |
| Ronald Gardner | R | L | 6'0" | 190 | ||
| Paul Godwin | R | R | 5'11" | 180 | ||
| Fred Green | L | L | September 15, 1938 | 5'8" | 173 | |
| John Healey | ||||||
| Barry Henderson | L | R | March 24, 1941 | 5'11" | 190 | |
| Steve Hoey | ||||||
| Barry Huntzinger | R | R | February 1, 1942 | 6'2" | 180 | |
| Sanford Isom | R | R | 5'10" | 180 | ||
| Gary Jarrett | L | R | 5'11" | 158 | ||
| Charles Kennedy | R | R | 6'2" | 175 | ||
| Daniel Kovaleski | R | R | November 4, 1941 | 6'1" | 215 | |
| Arthur Krueger | ||||||
| Eugene Leopold | June 13, 1939 | |||||
| Edward Lietendre | ||||||
| Colin MacIvor | R | L | 6'1" | 175 | ||
| Patrick Mahoney | L | R | ||||
| Harold McClamrock | L | L | 6'0" | 180 | ||
| Jerry McClure | L | |||||
| James McDonald | R | R | 5'10" | 170 | ||
| Aneiro Moncion | R | R | 5'7" | 148 | ||
| Edward Montellanico | L | R | 5'11" | 170 | ||
| Darvin Moss | L | L | July 29, 1935 | 5'10" | 175 | Cherokee Falls, SC US |
| Fred Moten | L | L | 6'0" | 162 | ||
| Bruce Olson | ||||||
| John Pash | L | L | 6'3" | 187 | ||
| Edward Perry | R | R | 6'2" | 180 | ||
| Ron Pinkerton | R | R | September 2, 1940 | 6'2" | 185 | Arkansas City, KS US |
| Tommy Pruitt | L | R | 6'0" | 170 | ||
| Lee Reynolds | L | R | July 14, 1939 | 6'0" | 175 | |
| Scotty Richmond | L | L | 6'0" | 175 | ||
| Whitey Ries | R | R | July 3, 1929 | 6'0" | 185 | St. Louis, MO US |
| Lindsey Robinson | L | R | 5'9" | 175 | ||
| Hector Rodriguez | L | R | 5'10" | 187 | ||
| Wayne Routh | R | R | 6'4" | 190 | ||
| Joe Rowden | L | R | 6'2" | 170 | ||
| Richard Schmidt | R | R | 6'0" | 190 | ||
| Thomas Scott | ||||||
| Ray Searcy | R | R | November 1, 1938 | 6'0" | 182 | Lake Lure, NC US |
| Gerald Senzig | L | R | 6'3" | 210 | ||
| Louis Skinner | ||||||
| Ronald Smith | L | L | 5'8" | 155 | ||
| Gary Steinbach | R | R | 5'10" | 190 | ||
| Jack Swift | ||||||
| James Thorbs | R | R | July 22, 1943 | 5'11" | 180 | |
| Russell Vanderziel | R | R | 5'9" | 160 | ||
| Gary Warder | ||||||
| Fred Wenz | R | R | August 26, 1941 | 6'3" | 214 | Bound Brook, NJ US |
| Russell Wham | R | R | 6'2" | 175 | ||
| Larry Whitley | L | L | January 9, 1943 | 6'0" | 182 | |
| Cooper Wilhelm | R | |||||
| Kermit Williams | R | R | 5'10" | 173 | ||
| James Wimbish | L | L | 5'11" | 172 | ||
| Joe Yarbrough | R |
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.
