1961 Asheville Tourists Statistics

South Atlantic League (SAL) - Class: A
Team Record: 87-50
Finished 1st in the SAL
Manager: Ray Hathaway (87-50)
Affiliation: Pittsburgh Pirates
Location: Asheville, North Carolina
Ballpark: Old McCormick Field
Attendance: 97,065, Avg. 1,417

1961 Asheville Tourists Roster

The Asheville Tourists of the South Atlantic League ended the 1961 season with a record of 87 wins and 50 losses, finishing first in the SAL.

The Tourists scored 774 runs, most in the league. Asheville conceded 638 runs. Gary Rushing led the squad with 25 home runs, while Duncan Campbell, Rex Johnston, Orlando McFarlane and Willie Stargell each walloped 15 or more as well. Gary Rushing drove in 99 runs and topped hitters with significant playing time by connecting at a .311 clip. James Hardison paced the team with 16 wins and a team-best 2.76 earned run average, tops among hurlers with significant time on the mound.

Members of the 1961 Asheville Tourists who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Gene Alley, Bob Bailey, Larry Foss, Rex Johnston, Bob Lee, Orlando McFarlane, George Perez, Bob Priddy, Curt Raydon, Tommie Sisk, Willie Stargell, Red Swanson and Red Witt.

Ray Hathaway 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
James Hardison	16	2	.889	2.75	21	18		13	1		163.7	149	70	50	12	70	7	90	6	1	8
Tommie Sisk	12	3	.800	3.82	20	17		8	1		143.7	123	70	61	8	79	2	90	1	0	11
Larry Foss	10	3	.769	2.34	15	15		7	2		104.0	75	38	27	7	54	3	80	2	0	3
Red Swanson	10	3	.769	3.26	23	20		10	2		152.0	150	66	55	16	38	6	109	2	0	2
Dick Doepker	8	4	.667	2.47	25	5		2	0		87.3	82	47	24	5	30	4	43	1	1	10
Bob Lee	5	6	.455	3.77	27	2		0	0		86.0	77	38	36	9	48	2	83	5	0	10
Jim Stoll	3	4	.429	6.24	15	11		1	0		62.0	78	54	43	5	46	1	48	1	0	6
Jack Kelly	3	9	.250	5.85	29	14		2	0		104.7	113	86	68	8	106	1	94	11	0	17
Don Corella	2	0	1.000	2.70	7						13.3			4						0
Bob Priddy	2	1	.667	9.97	5	0					21.7	26	27	24		23				0
Curt Raydon	2	3	.400	4.72	6	5		2	0		40.0	40	24	21	2	11	1	12	3	0	3
Thomas Haake	2	4	.333	2.60	9	9		2	0		62.3	51	27	18	2	43	3	28	5	0	3
Red Witt	1	1	.500	4.50	5						24.0	26	12	12		13				0
George Perez	1	2	.333	5.40	9	4		1	0		31.7	33	24	19	3	17	0	14	1	0	3
Benny Rich					5						0.0
Charles Kolakowski					3						0.0
Ed Strichek					30						0.0
Peter Sala	0	0		0.00	1						1.0			0						0
Don Kildoo	0	0		1.93	2						4.7			1						0
Joe Blasko	0	1	.000	9.00	2						4.0	5		4		6				0
Totals	77	46	.626	3.80	259	120	0	48	6	0	1106.0	1028	583	467	77	584	30	691	38	2	76	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
Gary Rushing	134	577	473	108	147	30	3	25	99	7		93	105	.311	.424	.545	.970	258		4	2	5	7
Gene Alley	135	600	548	86	144	23	8	14	61	13		43	100	.263	.320	.411	.731	225		4	3	2	3
Rex Johnston	132	577	505	77	143	24	5	18	66	13		61	58	.283	.360	.457	.817	231		2	4	5	5
Willie Stargell	130	498	453	78	131	21	8	22	89	2		36	83	.289	.348	.517	.865	234		6	1	2	4
Duncan Campbell	106	459	399	80	119	23	3	16	75	16		42	55	.298	.378	.491	.869	196		12	1	5	3
Orlando McFarlane	118	461	392	92	118	20	3	21	74	27		54	76	.301	.400	.528	.928	207		11	3	1	3
Reginald Hamilton	96	394	361	49	101	20	3	6	44	5		30	57	.280	.338	.402	.739	145		2	0	1	3
Reginaldo Grenald	97	301	255	39	67	17	4	7	38	0		33	56	.263	.348	.443	.791	113		3	5	5	2
Charlie Leonard	67	289	254	44	61	10	1	13	38	2		32	30	.240	.326	.441	.767	112		1	1	1	1
Bob Bailey	75	290	218	39	48	12	1	9	31	6		64	53	.220	.402	.408	.810	89		3	4	1	5
Edward Montgomery	47	171	145	23	33	4	0	1	17	0		24	16	.228	.341	.276	.617	40		1	1	0	2
LeRoy Luketich	23	66	64	6	16	6	1	0	3	0		1	24	.250	.262	.375	.637	24		0	1	0	0
Tommie Sisk	20	61	49	8	13	1	0	0	5	1		8	18	.265	.362	.286	.648	14		0	3	1	0
Larry Foss	15	42	37	4	10	0	0	0	1	0		2	12	.270	.308	.270	.578	10		0	3	0	0
James Hardison	24	66	58	6	8	3	0	1	5	0		5	24	.138	.206	.241	.448	14		0	3	0	0
Don Nipp	9	24	24		7									.292	.292	.292	.583	7
Bob Lee	27	30	25	2	7	2	0	0	4	0		3	14	.280	.357	.360	.717	9		0	2	0	0
Red Swanson	23	60	54	0	7	1	0	0	1	0		1	16	.130	.145	.148	.294	8		0	5	0	0
George Perez	9	10	10		5									.500	.500	.500	1.000	5
Dick Doepker	25	29	27	4	5	1	0	0	4	0		0	4	.185	.185	.222	.407	6		0	2	0	0
Jim Stoll	20	26	22	6	4	0	0	0	3	0		4	6	.182	.308	.182	.490	4		0	0	0	0
Bob Priddy	5	10	10		3									.300	.300	.300	.600	3
Albert Muench	21	34	28	6	3	0	0	0	1	2		6	14	.107	.265	.107	.372	3		0	0	0	0
Red Witt	6	11	11		2									.182	.182	.182	.364	2
Curt Raydon	5	13	13		2									.154	.154	.154	.308	2
Thomas Haake	9	21	21		2									.095	.095	.095	.190	2
Jack Kelly	29	36	31	5	2	0	0	0	1	0		4	9	.065	.171	.065	.236	2		0	1	0	0
Don Kildoo	2	1	1		1									1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1
Ed Napoleon	1	1	1		1	0	0	0						1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1
Joe Blasko	2	1	1		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Don Corella	7	1	1		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1419	5160	4491	762	1210	218	40	153	660	94	0	546	830	.269	.353	.438	.791	1967	0	49	45	29	38

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Gary Rushing	1B	71	668	36	9	58	.987	9.915
Charlie Leonard	1B	67	683	39	7	63	.990	1.776
Gene Alley	2B	133	192	376	41	95	.933	4.271
Duncan Campbell	3B	103	104	202	31	16	.908	2.971
Reginald Hamilton	3B	20	19	32	2	5	.962	2.550
Orlando McFarlane	C	113	645	40	20	7	.972	6.062	6
LeRoy Luketich	C	20	125	9	1	0	.993	6.700	3
Rex Johnston	OF	131	242	7	9	2	.965	1.901
Willie Stargell	OF	130	264	14	19	4	.936	2.138
Reginaldo Grenald	OF	72	79	6	6	0	.934	1.181
Gary Rushing	OF	56	69	2	11	1	.866	1.268
Edward Montgomery	OF	39	37	7	2	1	.957	1.128
Jack Kelly	P	29	5	23	1	3	.966	.966
Bob Lee	P	27	1	15	2	1	.889	.593
Dick Doepker	P	25	4	16	0	2	1.000	.800
Red Swanson	P	23	9	28	0	2	1.000	1.609
James Hardison	P	21	8	24	2	4	.941	1.524
Tommie Sisk	P	20	6	25	0	1	1.000	1.550
Jim Stoll	P	15	6	6	3	0	.800	.800
Larry Foss	P	15	2	16	0	3	1.000	1.200
Bob Bailey	SS	71	140	204	27	42	.927	4.845
Reginald Hamilton	SS	66	132	204	25	31	.931	5.091
Totals		1267	3440	1331	218	341	.956	3.766	9	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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