1960 Wellsville Braves Roster
Team Record: 69-60
Finished 2nd in the NYPL
Manager: Harry Minor (69-60)
Affiliation: Milwaukee Braves
Location: Wellsville, New York
Ballpark: Tullar Field
Attendance: 21,806, Avg. 338
Playoffs - Wellsville Braves 2 games, Auburn Yankees 1
Finals - Wellsville Braves 2 games, Erie Senators 1 - Rain postponed the rest of the series.
The Wellsville Braves of the New York-Pennsylvania League ended the 1960 season with a record of 69 wins and 60 losses, finishing second in the NYPL.
The Braves plated 717 runs and surrendered 774 runs. Ken Roesler paced Wellsville with 16 home runs Pat Sherrill drove in 94 runs. Ken Roesler led all regular batters by connecting at a .294 clip. Bruce Brubaker topped the team with 16 wins, while Vern Handrahan registered a 2.71 earned run average, leading regular hurlers.
Members of the 1960 Wellsville Braves who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Bruce Brubaker, Vern Handrahan and Elrod Hendricks.
Harry Minor served as manager.Click on column headings to sort.
| Player | Bats | Throws | Birth Date | Height | Weight | Hometown |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Demetri Alomar | R | R | 5'11" | 175 | ||
| Bobby Biedermann | R | R | July 4, 1936 | 6'3" | 210 | Rowena, TX US |
| Art Brophy | L | L | 5'11" | 168 | ||
| Bruce Brubaker | R | R | December 29, 1941 | 6'1" | 198 | Harrisburg, PA US |
| Jerome Burgess | R | R | May 31, 1941 | 6'3" | 170 | Vancouver, BC CA |
| Celso Castro | R | R | 5'11" | 180 | ||
| Dominick D'Agostino | R | R | October 23, 1940 | 6'0" | 180 | Passaic, NJ US |
| Thomas Gilbert | R | R | September 22, 1942 | 6'1" | 175 | Alexander City, AL US |
| John Graham | L | L | ||||
| Louis Haas | R | R | November 6, 1941 | 5'10" | 165 | Paducah, KY US |
| Vern Handrahan | L | R | November 27, 1936 | 6'2" | 185 | Charlottetown, PE CA |
| Elrod Hendricks | L | R | December 22, 1940 | 6'1" | 175 | Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas VI |
| Alan Iorg | R | R | April 12, 1940 | |||
| George Johnson | R | R | June 26, 1939 | 6'1" | 190 | Sonora, TX US |
| Bob MacPherson | R | R | September 23, 1938 | 6'0" | 210 | Lancaster, PA US |
| Harry Minor | R | R | March 7, 1928 | 6'2" | 210 | |
| Tom Newton | R | L | November 8, 1940 | 6'2" | 190 | Niagara Falls, ON CA |
| Walt Norley | R | R | March 21, 1939 | 6'3" | 200 | Havertown, PA US |
| Donald Oden | R | R | ||||
| Ronald Paiva | L | R | 5'9" | 165 | ||
| Leonard Pavlic | R | R | 5'11" | 180 | ||
| Ken Roesler | L | R | January 23, 1938 | 5'10" | 185 | Merrill, WI US |
| Randolph Ross | R | R | 5'11" | 200 | ||
| Frank Saia | L | L | December 4, 1935 | 5'10" | 175 | Cambridge, MA US |
| Manuel Samuel | R | R | February 11, 1942 | 5'11" | 150 | Santo Domingo, Distrito Nacional DO |
| Alan Schlytler | R | L | 6'2" | 185 | ||
| Pat Sherrill | R | R | October 5, 1939 | 6'0" | 195 | Houston, TX US |
| Richard Sherrow | R | R | March 25, 1941 | 6'2" | 210 | Canonsburg, PA US |
| Paul Snyder | L | R | June 11, 1936 | 6'2" | 200 | Dallastown, PA US |
| Timothy Strickland | L | R | September 10, 1938 | 6'2" | 170 | Goldsboro, NC US |
| Jose Torres | R | R | 5'8" | 144 | ||
| Kenneth Wagner | R | R | 5'11" | 180 | ||
| Charles Woods | L | L | 5'11" | 138 | ||
| Dana Worster | R | R | 5'11" | 160 |
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.
