1961 Aberdeen Pheasants Statistics

Northern League (NL) - Class: C
Team Record: 74-54
Finished 2nd in the NL
Manager: Lou Fitzgerald (74-54)
Affiliation: Baltimore Orioles
Location: Aberdeen, South Dakota
Ballpark: Municipal Baseball Park
Attendance: 34,136, Avg. 533

1961 Aberdeen Pheasants Roster

Playoffs - Aberdeen Pheasants 1 game, Grand Forks Chiefs 0
Finals - Aberdeen Pheasants 2 games, St. Cloud Rox 0

The Aberdeen Pheasants of the Northern League ended the 1961 season with a record of 74 wins and 54 losses, finishing second in the NL.

The Pheasants plated 658 runs and yielded 575 runs. Bert Barth paced Aberdeen with 23 home runs and drove in 99 runs. Don Branson led all qualifying hitters on the roster by connecting at a .327 clip. Joseph Petrikovic topped the team with 14 wins, while Timothy Pelczynski earned a 2.63 ERA, leading qualifying pitchers.

Andy Etchebarren and Darold Knowles both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.

Lou Fitzgerald 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
Joseph Petrikovic	14	7	.667	2.87	27	23		13	2		179.0	183	75	57	9	57		109	3	1	7
David Jones	12	8	.600	3.04	27	17		8	2		139.0	126	63	47	8	76		96	7	0	8
Timothy Pelczynski	12	9	.571	2.63	26	21		13	0		164.0	143	74	48	7	63		90	7	1	9
Darold Knowles	11	5	.688	3.29	23	22		9	1		164.0	118	79	60	8	106		183	12	0	9
Robert Young	9	7	.562	3.57	17	15		9	0		121.0	107	71	48	5	70		97	1	0	2
Ken Temple	5	4	.556	4.12	13	11		3	0		72.0	84	42	33	4	29		32	0	1	2
Ronnie Davis	4	2	.667	5.54	20	9		3	0		78.0	86	58	48	8	55		39	5	0	6
Richard Hunt	4	7	.364	2.96	23	4		4	1		82.0	67	34	27	5	39		50	3	0	7
Norman Skikas	2	3	.400	4.30	16	2		1	0		46.0	51	32	22	1	21		23	0	0	9
Bob Olson	1	1	.500		3						0.0									0
Bert Barth	0	0			1						0.0									0
Donald Gallon	0	1	.000		5						0.0									0
Totals	74	54	.578	3.36	201	124	0	63	6	0	1045.0	965	528	390	55	516	0	719	38	3	59	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
Don Branson	118	537	444	87	145	30	9	12	73	13		84	81	.327	.436	.516	.952	229		3	5	1
Bert Barth	128	556	472	79	138	22	2	23	99	9		74	80	.292	.392	.494	.886	233		6	0	4
Fred Scott	118	547	454	100	120	8	4	0	41	24		76	51	.264	.374	.300	.673	136		5	9	3
Phillip Barth	128	540	454	78	119	20	7	14	79	5		60	84	.262	.354	.430	.784	195		11	4	11
James Vadas	128	510	463	66	101	10	2	2	42	13		39	106	.218	.280	.261	.541	121		2	3	3
Ronald Piotrowski	92	388	317	52	94	16	2	12	57	1		62	33	.297	.410	.473	.883	150		1	5	3
Jesse Baker	101	346	309	44	86	8	3	1	33	18		29	53	.278	.342	.333	.675	103		2	4	2
Dave Massarelli	105	396	326	47	86	15	0	10	44	3		66	67	.264	.388	.402	.790	131		1	2	1
James Satalich	51	223	192	24	55	7	2	2	29	4		27	33	.286	.377	.375	.752	72		2	0	2
Jim Rouse	28	118	106	14	30	8	2	1	8	0		10	15	.283	.347	.425	.772	45		1	0	1
Andy Etchebarren	29	89	76	7	17	1	0	3	5	0		10	24	.224	.330	.355	.685	27		2	1	0
Lawrence Clayton	24	83	71	15	14	0	0	0	7	1		11	12	.197	.313	.197	.510	14		1	0	0
Ronald O'Shields	21	61	55	5	13	1	0	0	4	0		4	10	.236	.295	.255	.550	14		1	0	1
Darold Knowles	23	72	58	8	10	1	2	0	10	0		7	18	.172	.269	.259	.527	15		1	5	1
Robert Young	17	52	47	4	8	1	0	0	4	0		3	9	.170	.220	.191	.411	9		0	2	0
David Jones	27	60	48	4	8	1	0	0	2	0		7	21	.167	.273	.188	.460	9		0	5	0
Joseph Petrikovic	27	73	67	6	8	1	0	0	3	0		0	16	.119	.145	.134	.279	9		2	4	0
Carmen Iannaccone	17	57	45	3	7	3	0	0	4	1		10	16	.156	.321	.222	.544	10		1	1	0
Timothy Pelczynski	27	68	57	1	5	1	0	0	2	0		3	18	.088	.161	.105	.267	6		2	6	0
Ronnie Davis	21	26	21	4	4	0	0	0	2	0		4	6	.190	.320	.190	.510	4		0	1	0
Ken Temple	13	29	23	4	4	1	0	0	4	0		3	9	.174	.269	.217	.487	5		0	3	0
Richard Hunt	25	36	31	3	3	0	0	0	2	0		4	13	.097	.194	.097	.291	3		0	0	1
Donald Gallon	5	8	8		1									.125	.125	.125	.250	1
Bob Olson	3	9	9		1									.111	.111	.111	.222	1
Norman Skikas	16	13	10	2	0	0	0	0	0	0		3	1	.000	.231	.000	.231	0		0	0	0
Totals	1292	4897	4163	657	1077	155	35	80	554	92	0	596	776	.259	.355	.370	.725	1542	0	44	60	34	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Bert Barth	1B	128	1203	57	29	116	.978	9.844
James Vadas	2B	128	344	380	39	111	.949	5.656
Phillip Barth	3B	127	116	265	38	28	.909	3.000
Dave Massarelli	C	98	487	65	24	13	.958	5.633	11
Andy Etchebarren	C	23	113	13	3	1	.977	5.478	8
Ronald O'Shields	C	15	82	8	4	1	.957	6.000	2
Don Branson	OF	118	227	6	16	0	.936	1.975
Ronald Piotrowski	OF	92	111	8	6	1	.952	1.293
Jesse Baker	OF	82	119	5	7	1	.947	1.512
James Satalich	OF	48	57	4	3	2	.953	1.271
Jim Rouse	OF	27	39	5	0	3	1.000	1.630
Lawrence Clayton	OF	19	15	1	3	0	.842	.842
Joseph Petrikovic	P	27	13	30	2	2	.956	1.593
David Jones	P	27	6	25	4	0	.886	1.148
Timothy Pelczynski	P	26	13	52	4	2	.942	2.500
Darold Knowles	P	23	3	35	5	1	.884	1.652
Richard Hunt	P	23	6	9	1	0	.938	.652
Ronnie Davis	P	20	5	14	2	0	.905	.950
Robert Young	P	17	6	26	3	3	.914	1.882
Norman Skikas	P	16	2	9	0	0	1.000	.688
Ken Temple	P	13	4	17	0	4	1.000	1.615
Donald Gallon	P	5						.000
Bob Olson	P	3						.000
Bert Barth	P	1						.000
Fred Scott	SS	118	180	358	36	72	.937	4.559
Totals		1224	3151	1392	229	361	.952	3.712	21	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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