1961 Bakersfield Bears Statistics
Team Record: 82-58
Finished 2nd in the CL
Manager: Lou Kahn (82-58)
Affiliation: Philadelphia Phillies
Location: Bakersfield, California
Ballpark: Sam Lynn Ballpark
Attendance: 45,992, Avg. 657
The Bakersfield Bears of the California League ended the 1961 season with a record of 82 wins and 58 losses, finishing second in the CL.
The Bears plated 818 runs and allowed 712 runs. Fred Walters paced Bakersfield with 24 home runs, while Larry Daniels walloped 15 or more, too. Fred Walters drove in 102 runs. John Upham led all qualifying hitters on the roster by connecting at a .356 clip. David Getz topped the team with 15 wins, and Peter Urrizola registered a 2.62 earned run average, leading regular hurlers.
Players from the 1961 Bakersfield Bears who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included John Upham, Billy Sorrell, Ron Clark and Gary Kroll.
Lou Kahn 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Getz | 15 | 6 | .714 | 3.54 | 27 | 26 | 9 | 1 | 173.0 | 177 | 89 | 68 | 14 | 75 | 146 | 8 | 1 | 5 | ||||
| John Hogg | 12 | 7 | .632 | 2.29 | 57 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 102.0 | 92 | 51 | 26 | 4 | 60 | 118 | 4 | 0 | 9 | ||||
| Peter Urrizola | 11 | 3 | .786 | 2.62 | 34 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 117.0 | 106 | 60 | 34 | 12 | 30 | 76 | 2 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| Warren Halversen | 10 | 3 | .769 | 4.17 | 24 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 136.0 | 142 | 83 | 63 | 4 | 84 | 93 | 5 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Darrell Weber | 8 | 14 | .364 | 3.51 | 32 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 136.0 | 107 | 69 | 53 | 9 | 85 | 146 | 7 | 1 | 10 | ||||
| Jim Stouder | 7 | 9 | .438 | 4.33 | 31 | 25 | 7 | 0 | 162.0 | 175 | 101 | 78 | 16 | 75 | 109 | 6 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| Tell Lott | 6 | 3 | .667 | 3.76 | 31 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 67.0 | 76 | 37 | 28 | 2 | 50 | 51 | 1 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Danny Casteen | 5 | 3 | .625 | 4.43 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 65.0 | 70 | 38 | 32 | 3 | 44 | 60 | 1 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Gordie Bergthold | 4 | 3 | .571 | 3.71 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 63.0 | 59 | 37 | 26 | 5 | 22 | 46 | 5 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Brian Eldredge | 3 | 2 | .600 | 4.17 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 41.0 | 40 | 26 | 19 | 4 | 32 | 31 | 4 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Gary Kroll | 1 | 1 | .500 | 4.03 | 6 | 5 | 29.0 | 29 | 21 | 13 | 5 | 10 | 0 | |||||||||
| Fred Walters | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Cornelius Maloney | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 3 | 0 | 7.0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Paul Gray | 0 | 0 | 5.62 | 2 | 0 | 8.0 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 13 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Randy Davis | 0 | 0 | 6.43 | 5 | 0 | 7.0 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Thomas Lawrence | 0 | 0 | 9.90 | 7 | 0 | 10.0 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Terry Tackett | 0 | 1 | .000 | 5.09 | 9 | 4 | 23.0 | 39 | 23 | 13 | 1 | 14 | 0 | |||||||||
| David Duvall | 0 | 3 | .000 | 10.93 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 28.0 | 44 | 48 | 34 | 4 | 27 | 26 | 3 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Totals | 82 | 58 | .586 | 3.89 | 329 | 140 | 0 | 35 | 6 | 0 | 1174.0 | 1192 | 708 | 508 | 84 | 636 | 0 | 902 | 46 | 4 | 57 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Upham | 129 | 562 | 491 | 107 | 175 | 22 | 12 | 3 | 63 | 24 | 14 | 57 | 74 | .356 | .427 | .468 | .895 | 230 | 5 | 7 | 2 | ||
| Billy Sorrell | 138 | 597 | 508 | 117 | 162 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 81 | 43 | 9 | 74 | 54 | .319 | .405 | .406 | .811 | 206 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||
| Chuck Green | 134 | 540 | 482 | 69 | 141 | 26 | 3 | 10 | 83 | 11 | 3 | 47 | 96 | .293 | .358 | .421 | .779 | 203 | 4 | 4 | 3 | ||
| Gerald Griffin | 94 | 404 | 360 | 70 | 119 | 20 | 10 | 5 | 55 | 19 | 4 | 33 | 60 | .331 | .397 | .483 | .880 | 174 | 8 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Gene Kerns | 116 | 472 | 418 | 61 | 114 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 48 | 17 | 4 | 36 | 74 | .273 | .336 | .354 | .690 | 148 | 5 | 11 | 2 | ||
| Fred Walters | 118 | 452 | 338 | 71 | 111 | 14 | 3 | 24 | 102 | 11 | 5 | 100 | 60 | .328 | .475 | .601 | 1.075 | 203 | 3 | 1 | 10 | ||
| Frankie Rubino | 137 | 544 | 480 | 67 | 103 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 65 | 11 | 4 | 46 | 90 | .215 | .288 | .288 | .575 | 138 | 5 | 9 | 4 | ||
| Larry Daniels | 81 | 344 | 291 | 57 | 77 | 10 | 2 | 16 | 49 | 17 | 1 | 47 | 103 | .265 | .364 | .478 | .842 | 139 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Fred Laningham | 96 | 324 | 277 | 52 | 73 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 40 | 14 | 5 | 44 | 79 | .264 | .363 | .433 | .797 | 120 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Charles Foster | 45 | 184 | 162 | 24 | 45 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 41 | .278 | .364 | .352 | .716 | 57 | 9 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Danny Casteen | 51 | 103 | 88 | 21 | 20 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 25 | .227 | .327 | .443 | .770 | 39 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Ron Clark | 39 | 117 | 94 | 15 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 23 | 22 | .202 | .359 | .309 | .667 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Warren Halversen | 32 | 67 | 65 | 11 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12 | .231 | .242 | .369 | .612 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| David Getz | 29 | 72 | 63 | 8 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 15 | .206 | .286 | .254 | .540 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Jim Stouder | 45 | 85 | 81 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 26 | .160 | .190 | .160 | .351 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Eric Mumma | 20 | 67 | 59 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 15 | .203 | .299 | .254 | .553 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Hogg | 57 | 30 | 26 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | .308 | .345 | .462 | .806 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Peter Urrizola | 34 | 45 | 40 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 19 | .175 | .267 | .250 | .517 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Darrell Weber | 32 | 51 | 46 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 29 | .152 | .220 | .152 | .372 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Gordie Bergthold | 17 | 21 | 19 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .211 | .250 | .316 | .566 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Gilles St. Onge | 4 | 14 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .214 | .214 | .214 | .429 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Terry Tackett | 10 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .286 | .375 | .286 | .661 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| David Duvall | 12 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | .250 | .333 | .250 | .583 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Thomas Lawrence | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Paul Gray | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Gary Kroll | 7 | 8 | 8 | 1 | .125 | .125 | .125 | .250 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Calvin Shears | 5 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .091 | .091 | .182 | .273 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Brian Eldredge | 14 | 15 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | .077 | .200 | .077 | .277 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tell Lott | 37 | 25 | 20 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 17 | .050 | .240 | .050 | .290 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Randy Davis | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Cornelius Maloney | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 1551 | 5178 | 4476 | 784 | 1251 | 178 | 58 | 86 | 678 | 179 | 59 | 569 | 941 | .279 | .364 | .403 | .767 | 1803 | 0 | 48 | 50 | 35 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gerald Griffin | 1B | 78 | 559 | 52 | 13 | 40 | .979 | 7.833 | ||||
| Chuck Green | 1B | 42 | 336 | 18 | 8 | 30 | .978 | 8.429 | ||||
| Eric Mumma | 1B | 17 | 117 | 7 | 8 | 7 | .939 | 7.294 | ||||
| Fred Walters | 1B | 13 | 91 | 9 | 4 | 2 | .962 | 7.692 | ||||
| Gene Kerns | 2B | 98 | 184 | 267 | 20 | 44 | .958 | 4.602 | ||||
| Billy Sorrell | 2B | 21 | 45 | 40 | 8 | 3 | .914 | 4.048 | ||||
| Ron Clark | 2B | 19 | 29 | 53 | 10 | 12 | .891 | 4.316 | ||||
| Chuck Green | 3B | 75 | 92 | 112 | 21 | 8 | .907 | 2.720 | ||||
| Billy Sorrell | 3B | 32 | 34 | 52 | 14 | 6 | .860 | 2.688 | ||||
| Fred Walters | 3B | 20 | 10 | 33 | 5 | 1 | .896 | 2.150 | ||||
| Ron Clark | 3B | 15 | 14 | 19 | 5 | 1 | .868 | 2.200 | ||||
| Fred Laningham | C | 78 | 537 | 53 | 11 | 3 | .982 | 7.564 | 29 | |||
| Fred Walters | C | 73 | 437 | 56 | 7 | 4 | .986 | 6.753 | 31 | |||
| John Upham | OF | 125 | 259 | 26 | 7 | 0 | .976 | 2.280 | ||||
| Billy Sorrell | OF | 89 | 112 | 5 | 8 | 0 | .936 | 1.315 | ||||
| Larry Daniels | OF | 80 | 113 | 9 | 4 | 0 | .968 | 1.525 | ||||
| Charles Foster | OF | 42 | 50 | 5 | 5 | 0 | .917 | 1.310 | ||||
| Danny Casteen | OF | 28 | 42 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .977 | 1.500 | ||||
| Gerald Griffin | OF | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| John Hogg | P | 57 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 2 | .778 | .246 | ||||
| Peter Urrizola | P | 34 | 10 | 12 | 1 | 0 | .957 | .647 | ||||
| Darrell Weber | P | 32 | 5 | 22 | 2 | 1 | .931 | .844 | ||||
| Jim Stouder | P | 31 | 9 | 21 | 3 | 1 | .909 | .968 | ||||
| Tell Lott | P | 31 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 0 | .875 | .452 | ||||
| David Getz | P | 27 | 10 | 42 | 6 | 2 | .897 | 1.926 | ||||
| Warren Halversen | P | 24 | 6 | 31 | 1 | 1 | .974 | 1.542 | ||||
| Gordie Bergthold | P | 17 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 0 | .857 | .706 | ||||
| Danny Casteen | P | 15 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Brian Eldredge | P | 14 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 0 | .929 | .929 | ||||
| David Duvall | P | 12 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 0 | .692 | .750 | ||||
| Frankie Rubino | SS | 136 | 221 | 341 | 63 | 60 | .899 | 4.132 | ||||
| Totals | 1386 | 3351 | 1344 | 248 | 230 | .950 | 3.387 | 60 | 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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