1960 Atlanta Crackers Statistics
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
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.Click on column headings to sort.
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 Richert | 19 | 9 | .679 | 2.76 | 36 | 29 | 18 | 6 | 225.0 | 172 | 79 | 69 | 11 | 15 | 11 | 251 | 2 | 1 | 12 | |||
Rick Cronk | 13 | 5 | .722 | 3.25 | 55 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 108.0 | 115 | 50 | 39 | 3 | 58 | 10 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
Charles Spell | 10 | 6 | .625 | 5.42 | 34 | 20 | 7 | 0 | 154.3 | 160 | 107 | 93 | 17 | 85 | 7 | 90 | 3 | 1 | 8 | |||
Scott Breeden | 10 | 7 | .588 | 4.55 | 36 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 132.7 | 145 | 86 | 67 | 12 | 59 | 18 | 71 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |||
Jimmie Harwell | 9 | 9 | .500 | 4.40 | 35 | 23 | 8 | 0 | 186.0 | 210 | 113 | 91 | 13 | 89 | 10 | 115 | 4 | 1 | 13 | |||
Dick Scott | 8 | 1 | .889 | 2.27 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 83.3 | 70 | 26 | 21 | 4 | 31 | 2 | 45 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
Gene Snyder | 7 | 12 | .368 | 4.34 | 28 | 24 | 9 | 1 | 159.7 | 128 | 94 | 77 | 16 | 108 | 14 | 125 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||
Ken Rowe | 3 | 2 | .600 | 5.32 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 45.7 | 46 | 28 | 27 | 2 | 33 | 1 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
Jack Smith | 3 | 3 | .500 | 4.46 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 66.7 | 78 | 38 | 33 | 5 | 34 | 4 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
John Kirby | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.00 | 1 | 8.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
Thomas Wells | 1 | 1 | .500 | 0.00 | 5 | 26.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
Melvin McGavock | 1 | 1 | .500 | 7.82 | 6 | 12.7 | 11 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
Donald Thompson | 1 | 4 | .200 | 4.62 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 37.0 | 43 | 24 | 19 | 2 | 24 | 2 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |||
Ed Strichek | 1 | 5 | .167 | 5.49 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 59.0 | 63 | 47 | 36 | 8 | 46 | 5 | 40 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||
Terry Barber | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 3 | 7.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
Louis Hribar | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 6.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
Larry Williams | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
Mike Warnitsky | 0 | 2 | .000 | 0.00 | 5 | 10.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
Totals | 87 | 67 | .565 | 3.95 | 312 | 146 | 0 | 62 | 14 | 0 | 1328.0 | 1230 | 692 | 583 | 93 | 582 | 84 | 856 | 18 | 4 | 62 | 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tim Harkness | 151 | 635 | 553 | 92 | 162 | 29 | 5 | 28 | 111 | 4 | 72 | 77 | .293 | .373 | .515 | .889 | 285 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | ||
Jim Koranda | 143 | 618 | 525 | 102 | 157 | 30 | 2 | 21 | 100 | 3 | 87 | 80 | .299 | .401 | .484 | .885 | 254 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | ||
Dick Tracewski | 150 | 629 | 532 | 107 | 153 | 22 | 8 | 2 | 58 | 9 | 86 | 58 | .288 | .385 | .370 | .755 | 197 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 8 | ||
Gene Wallace | 132 | 577 | 494 | 97 | 143 | 24 | 5 | 13 | 73 | 14 | 73 | 54 | .289 | .383 | .437 | .820 | 216 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 4 | ||
Jimmy Williams | 142 | 612 | 524 | 100 | 140 | 37 | 0 | 17 | 81 | 1 | 75 | 55 | .267 | .354 | .435 | .789 | 228 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 0 | ||
Bill Lajoie | 128 | 516 | 447 | 60 | 135 | 16 | 3 | 8 | 68 | 1 | 54 | 49 | .302 | .378 | .405 | .783 | 181 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 4 | ||
Don LeJohn | 133 | 540 | 442 | 69 | 130 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 51 | 4 | 88 | 41 | .294 | .407 | .360 | .767 | 159 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 5 | ||
Doug Camilli | 131 | 505 | 449 | 73 | 126 | 26 | 4 | 13 | 78 | 1 | 45 | 68 | .281 | .344 | .443 | .787 | 199 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 14 | ||
Sheldon Brodsky | 60 | 242 | 217 | 30 | 63 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 29 | 2 | 23 | 36 | .290 | .355 | .410 | .766 | 89 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
Larry Burright | 58 | 205 | 179 | 27 | 46 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 1 | 22 | 31 | .257 | .337 | .341 | .677 | 61 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | ||
Rube Walker | 62 | 177 | 147 | 22 | 37 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 29 | 0 | 29 | 20 | .252 | .373 | .374 | .747 | 55 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
Bob Hartsfield | 39 | 99 | 88 | 11 | 23 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 9 | 11 | .261 | .327 | .364 | .690 | 32 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
Pete Richert | 38 | 89 | 75 | 8 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 25 | .267 | .317 | .320 | .637 | 24 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | ||
Jimmie Harwell | 44 | 78 | 70 | 10 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 18 | .186 | .240 | .257 | .497 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
Albert Fantuzzi | 25 | 54 | 48 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 4 | .229 | .302 | .479 | .781 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
Johnny Werhas | 18 | 66 | 52 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 10 | 8 | .212 | .354 | .308 | .662 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
Scott Breeden | 36 | 49 | 41 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14 | .195 | .233 | .195 | .428 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
Charles Spell | 34 | 58 | 50 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 32 | .160 | .236 | .280 | .516 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
Gene Snyder | 28 | 69 | 60 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 24 | .117 | .169 | .117 | .286 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | ||
Dick Scott | 12 | 32 | 28 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .143 | .172 | .214 | .387 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
Ken Rowe | 8 | 17 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .176 | .176 | .176 | .353 | 3 | |||||||||||
Donald Thompson | 11 | 18 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .176 | .176 | .235 | .412 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
Jack Smith | 12 | 27 | 22 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .136 | .136 | .136 | .273 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||
Rick Cronk | 55 | 24 | 23 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .087 | .087 | .087 | .174 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
Melvin McGavock | 6 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | 1 | |||||||||||
Thomas Wells | 5 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .111 | .111 | .111 | .222 | 1 | |||||||||||
Ed Strichek | 24 | 22 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | .050 | .095 | .100 | .195 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
John Kirby | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
Mike Warnitsky | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
Louis Hribar | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
Terry Barber | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
Totals | 1693 | 5982 | 5144 | 838 | 1411 | 247 | 35 | 120 | 756 | 43 | 0 | 701 | 729 | .274 | .360 | .406 | .766 | 2088 | 0 | 19 | 70 | 48 | 60 |
Fielding:
Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tim Harkness | 1B | 147 | 1139 | 92 | 10 | 100 | .992 | 8.374 | ||||
Bill Lajoie | 1B | 14 | 101 | 5 | 1 | 12 | .991 | 7.571 | ||||
Gene Wallace | 2B | 92 | 228 | 256 | 18 | 59 | .964 | 5.261 | ||||
Larry Burright | 2B | 53 | 101 | 117 | 17 | 29 | .928 | 4.113 | ||||
Bob Hartsfield | 2B | 17 | 21 | 35 | 6 | 6 | .903 | 3.294 | ||||
Don LeJohn | 3B | 125 | 135 | 224 | 14 | 25 | .962 | 2.872 | ||||
Gene Wallace | 3B | 18 | 12 | 16 | 4 | 3 | .875 | 1.556 | ||||
Johnny Werhas | 3B | 11 | 13 | 19 | 4 | 0 | .889 | 2.909 | ||||
Doug Camilli | C | 119 | 711 | 52 | 19 | 7 | .976 | 6.412 | 23 | |||
Rube Walker | C | 44 | 221 | 11 | 4 | 3 | .983 | 5.273 | 6 | |||
Jim Koranda | OF | 143 | 247 | 10 | 13 | 0 | .952 | 1.797 | ||||
Jimmy Williams | OF | 142 | 284 | 6 | 7 | 1 | .976 | 2.042 | ||||
Bill Lajoie | OF | 122 | 205 | 13 | 4 | 1 | .982 | 1.787 | ||||
Sheldon Brodsky | OF | 56 | 97 | 6 | 2 | 1 | .981 | 1.839 | ||||
Albert Fantuzzi | OF | 11 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .955 | 1.909 | ||||
Rick Cronk | P | 55 | 9 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .436 | ||||
Pete Richert | P | 36 | 8 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .833 | ||||
Scott Breeden | P | 36 | 10 | 21 | 1 | 2 | .969 | .861 | ||||
Jimmie Harwell | P | 35 | 14 | 27 | 1 | 3 | .976 | 1.171 | ||||
Charles Spell | P | 34 | 7 | 16 | 4 | 1 | .852 | .676 | ||||
Gene Snyder | P | 28 | 7 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .821 | ||||
Ed Strichek | P | 24 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .417 | ||||
Jack Smith | P | 12 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 0 | .857 | 1.000 | ||||
Dick Scott | P | 12 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .583 | ||||
Donald Thompson | P | 10 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .800 | ||||
Dick Tracewski | SS | 146 | 300 | 389 | 40 | 82 | .945 | 4.719 | ||||
Gene Wallace | SS | 10 | 18 | 26 | 3 | 7 | .936 | 4.400 | ||||
Totals | 1552 | 3923 | 1417 | 175 | 349 | .968 | 3.441 | 29 | 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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