1960 Atlanta Crackers Statistics

Southern Association (SA) - Class: AA
Team Record: 87-67
Finished 1st in the SA
Manager: Rube Walker (87-67)
Affiliation: Los Angeles Dodgers
Location: Atlanta, Georgia
Ballpark: Ponce de Leon Park II
Attendance: 154,143, Avg. 2,002
1960 Atlanta Crackers Roster

The Atlanta Crackers of the Southern Association ended the 1960 season with a record of 87 wins and 67 losses, finishing first in the SA.

The Crackers led the league with 840 runs. Atlanta yielded 745 runs. Tim Harkness paced the squad with 28 home runs, while Jimmy Williams and Jim Koranda walloped 15 or more, too. Tim Harkness drove in 111 runs. Bill Lajoie topped hitters with significant playing time by hitting .302. Pete Richert paced the team with 19 wins and a team-best 2.76 ERA, best among hurlers with significant time on the mound.

Members of the 1960 Atlanta Crackers who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Larry Burright, Doug Camilli, Tim Harkness, Don LeJohn, Pete Richert, Ken Rowe, Dick Scott, Jack Smith, Gene Snyder, Dick Tracewski, Rube Walker and Johnny Werhas.

Rube Walker 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
Pete Richert199.6792.763629186225.017279691115112512112
Rick Cronk135.7223.2555100108.011550393581046002
Charles Spell106.6255.42342070154.3160107931785790318
Scott Breeden107.5884.55361673132.7145866712591871203
Jimmie Harwell99.5004.40352380186.0210113911389101154113
Dick Scott81.8892.2712116383.3702621431245100
Gene Snyder712.3684.34282491159.7128947716108141250018
Ken Rowe32.6005.32873145.7462827233126200
Jack Smith33.5004.461292066.7783833534427100
John Kirby101.0000.0018.00
Thomas Wells11.5000.00526.00
Melvin McGavock11.5007.82612.7110
Donald Thompson14.2004.621052037.0432419224220103
Ed Strichek15.1675.492410059.0634736846540213
Terry Barber000.0037.00
Louis Hribar000.0016.00
Larry Williams000.0011.00000
Mike Warnitsky02.0000.00510.00
Totals8767.5653.953121460621401328.012306925839358284856184620

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
Tim Harkness151635553921622952811147277.293.373.515.8892852359
Jim Koranda1436185251021573022110038780.299.401.484.8852543216
Dick Tracewski15062953210715322825898658.288.385.370.7551970838
Gene Wallace132577494971432451373147354.289.383.437.8202164244
Jimmy Williams142612524100140370178117555.267.354.435.78922812100
Bill Lajoie1285164476013516386815449.302.378.405.7831814654
Don LeJohn1335404426913023305148841.294.407.360.7671590555
Doug Camilli13150544973126264137814568.281.344.443.78719922714
Sheldon Brodsky60242217306312142922336.290.355.410.766890021
Larry Burright5820517927466031512231.257.337.341.677610315
Rube Walker6217714722373052902920.252.373.374.747550012
Bob Hartsfield399988112322170911.261.327.364.690320111
Pete Richert388975820400100625.267.317.320.637240710
Jimmie Harwell447870101320160518.186.240.257.497180300
Albert Fantuzzi25544881130313154.229.302.479.781230101
Johnny Werhas186652611120112108.212.354.308.662162110
Scott Breeden3649415800000214.195.233.195.42880600
Charles Spell3458505830150532.160.236.280.516140300
Gene Snyder2869604700040424.117.169.117.28670410
Dick Scott123228242004017.143.172.214.38760300
Ken Rowe817173000.176.176.176.3533
Donald Thompson111817031002003.176.176.235.41240100
Jack Smith122722030001002.136.136.136.27330500
Rick Cronk552423020000005.087.087.087.17420100
Melvin McGavock6661000.167.167.167.3331
Thomas Wells5991000.111.111.111.2221
Ed Strichek242220011000007.050.095.100.19521100
John Kirby1330000.000.000.000.0000
Mike Warnitsky5330000.000.000.000.0000
Louis Hribar1220000.000.000.000.0000
Terry Barber1110000.000.000.000.0000
Totals169359825144838141124735120756430701729.274.360.406.7662088019704860


Fielding:

Player Pos GP PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB SB CS CS%
Tim Harkness1B14711399210100.9928.374
Bill Lajoie1B141015112.9917.571
Gene Wallace2B922282561859.9645.261
Larry Burright2B531011171729.9284.113
Bob Hartsfield2B17213566.9033.294
Don LeJohn3B1251352241425.9622.872
Gene Wallace3B18121643.8751.556
Johnny Werhas3B11131940.8892.909
Doug CamilliC11971152197.9766.41223
Rube WalkerC442211143.9835.2736
Jim KorandaOF14324710130.9521.797
Jimmy WilliamsOF142284671.9762.042
Bill LajoieOF1222051341.9821.787
Sheldon BrodskyOF5697621.9811.839
Albert FantuzziOF1121010.9551.909
Rick CronkP55915021.000.436
Pete RichertP36822021.000.833
Scott BreedenP36102112.969.861
Jimmie HarwellP35142713.9761.171
Charles SpellP3471641.852.676
Gene SnyderP28716011.000.821
Ed StrichekP2464011.000.417
Jack SmithP124820.8571.000
Dick ScottP1216001.000.583
Donald ThompsonP1035011.000.800
Dick TracewskiSS1463003894082.9454.719
Gene WallaceSS10182637.9364.400
Totals155239231417175349.9683.4412900

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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