1960 Birmingham Barons Statistics

Southern Association (SA) - Class: AA
Team Record: 83-70
Finished 4th in the SA
Manager: Skeeter Newsome (83-70)
Affiliation: Detroit Tigers
Location: Birmingham, Alabama
Ballpark: Rickwood Field
Attendance: 119,140, Avg. 1,557

1960 Birmingham Barons Roster

The Birmingham Barons of the Southern Association ended the 1960 season with a record of 83 wins and 70 losses, finishing fourth in the SA.

The Barons led the circuit with just 647 runs allowed. Birmingham scored 753 runs. Stan Palys paced the team with 28 home runs, while Gail Henley and Mickey Micelotta walloped 15 or more, too. Stan Palys drove in 116 runs and topped hitters with significant playing time by connecting at a .370 clip. Ron Nischwitz and Wyman Carey paced the squad with 14 wins each, and Ron Nischwitz recorded a 2.31 ERA, best among hurlers with significant time on the mound.

Dick Young, Joe Grzenda, Gail Henley, Fred Gladding, Ron Nischwitz, Bob Hazle, Ron Mrozinski, Ross Grimsley, George Thomas, Rance Pless, Bill Roman, Ron Shoop, Buck Rodgers, Mickey Micelotta, Alan Koch, Stan Palys, Bob Dustal and Frank Kostro were all players from the 1960 Birmingham Barons who played in the Majors during their careers.

Skeeter Newsome 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
Ron Nischwitz	14	7	.667	2.31	34	30		14	4		241.3	201	74	62	13	63	7	136	4	0	4
Wyman Carey	14	14	.500	3.77	37	31		11	2		217.0	201	105	91	11	139	10	174	6	0	6
Bob Dustal	10	7	.588	3.33	34	13		5	2		143.3	137	68	53	3	35	5	79	1	0	0
Vincent Trakan	10	7	.588	3.72	69	0		0	0		94.3	107	48	39	9	26	3	43	1	0	3
Ron Mrozinski	10	10	.500	4.27	34	23		5	1		196.0	227	109	93	18	62	3	126	3	0	0
Alan Koch	7	6	.538	3.61	21	18		5	3		119.7	116	57	48	7	55	6	74	4	1	2
Ross Grimsley	6	1	.857	3.08	58	0		0	0		87.7	86	31	30	7	26	2	62	2	0	0
Joe Grzenda	4	5	.444	3.13	15	13		3	0		86.3	76	45	30	3	58	3	68	0	1	5
Al Pehanick	3	1	.750	5.29	7	5		0	0		32.3	34	20	19	2	23	2	20	1	0	0
George Player	3	2	.600	3.80	19	1		0	0		42.7	41	19	18	4	16	1	32	1	0	1
Gene Bacque	1	5	.167	5.04	10	8		1	0		50.0	48	34	28	4	25	4	32	1	1	3
Gene Lary					14						0.0
Fred Gladding	0	0		45.00	1						1.0	1	5	5		2				0
Harold DeMars	0	1	.000	0.00	3						3.0									0
Totals	82	66	.554	3.53	356	142	0	44	12	0	1314.7	1275	615	516	81	530	46	846	24	3	24	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
Stan Palys	147	625	540	101	200	43	13	28	116	2		71	57	.370	.445	.654	1.098	353		6	2	6	12
Jim Hughes	144	614	566	79	147	24	7	8	60	11		30	118	.260	.300	.369	.670	209		5	8	5	1
Mickey Micelotta	150	620	525	72	133	22	9	20	87	5		74	108	.253	.341	.444	.785	233		2	7	12	10
Gail Henley	138	575	489	89	127	26	6	18	77	4		81	85	.260	.366	.448	.814	219		2	1	2	5
George Thomas	124	495	442	74	125	39	4	13	81	8		35	71	.283	.340	.477	.818	211		6	7	5	1
Gip Dickens	101	322	294	32	82	20	4	9	44	1		26	53	.279	.338	.466	.803	137		0	2	0	0
Buck Rodgers	93	348	313	36	77	14	1	5	38	0		33	29	.246	.318	.345	.663	108		0	2	0	10
Ron Shoop	74	252	221	22	46	6	0	2	20	0		29	32	.208	.306	.262	.568	58		2	0	0	4
Frank Kostro	26	108	99	11	27	5	0	0	14	2		7	16	.273	.324	.323	.647	32		1	0	1	0
Don Lumley	33	104	84	17	20	5	2	2	5	0		20	14	.238	.385	.417	.801	35		0	0	0	0
Ron Nischwitz	40	101	89	8	19	5	0	0	5	0		7	28	.213	.271	.270	.540	24		0	5	0	0
Wyman Carey	47	92	82	9	15	2	0	2	7	0		4	18	.183	.227	.280	.508	23		1	4	1	0
Legrant Scott	27	88	76	5	12	3	0	1	3	1		12	13	.158	.273	.237	.510	18		0	0	0	0
Alan Koch	22	47	43	7	10	0	1	0	4	0		1	7	.233	.250	.279	.529	12		0	3	0	0
James Rice	15	58	50	5	10	0	0	0	2	1		8	6	.200	.310	.200	.510	10		0	0	0	0
Ron Mrozinski	34	79	67	7	8	0	0	0	6	0		7	29	.119	.203	.119	.322	8		0	5	0	0
Bob Dustal	34	55	46	4	7	1	0	0	2	0		6	13	.152	.250	.174	.424	8		0	3	0	0
Bill Roman	7	16	16		5	0	0	0						.312	.312	.312	.625	5
Gene Bacque	10	19	17	0	3	0	1	0	2	0		1	11	.176	.222	.294	.516	5		0	1	0	0
Ross Grimsley	58	20	12	1	2	0	0	0	1	0		4	4	.167	.353	.167	.520	2		0	3	1	0
Richard Beck	2	3	3		1	0	0	0						.333	.333	.333	.667	1
Bob Jingling	9	6	6		1	0	0	0						.167	.167	.167	.333	1
Ron Witucki	3	7	7		1	0	0	0						.143	.143	.143	.286	1
George Player	19	11	10	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	.100	.100	.100	.200	1		0	1	0	0
Al Pehanick	7	11	11		1	0	0	0						.091	.091	.091	.182	1
Vincent Trakan	69	16	14	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	8	.071	.133	.071	.205	1		0	1	0	0
Joe Grzenda	15	33	29	3	0	0	0	0	1	0		3	15	.000	.094	.000	.094	0		0	1	0	0
Fred Gladding	1	1	1		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Harold DeMars	3	1	1		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1452	4727	4153	583	1081	215	48	108	575	35	0	460	735	.260	.335	.413	.748	1716	0	25	56	33	43

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Jim Hughes	2B	102	226	319	20	74	.965	5.343
Legrant Scott	2B	19	37	49	1	17	.989	4.526
Jim Hughes	3B	35	27	60	3	6	.967	2.486
George Thomas	3B	18	11	27	5	2	.884	2.111
Frank Kostro	3B	17	16	33	4	3	.925	2.882
Buck Rodgers	C	81	456	68	7	7	.987	6.469	6
Ron Shoop	C	68	415	19	5	5	.989	6.382	7
Stan Palys	OF	144	226	11	9	2	.963	1.646
Gail Henley	OF	132	258	5	8	0	.970	1.992
George Thomas	OF	104	205	17	9	5	.961	2.135
Gip Dickens	OF	71	119	8	4	0	.969	1.789
Don Lumley	OF	20	23	1	1	1	.960	1.200
Vincent Trakan	P	69	3	19	0	0	1.000	.319
Ross Grimsley	P	58	0	10	0	1	1.000	.172
Wyman Carey	P	37	8	36	0	3	1.000	1.189
Ron Nischwitz	P	34	14	36	0	2	1.000	1.471
Ron Mrozinski	P	34	12	34	0	1	1.000	1.353
Bob Dustal	P	34	11	37	1	1	.980	1.412
Alan Koch	P	21	3	7	1	1	.909	.476
George Player	P	19	2	6	0	0	1.000	.421
Joe Grzenda	P	15	3	10	0	1	1.000	.867
Gene Bacque	P	10	1	6	2	0	.778	.700
Mickey Micelotta	SS	140	264	470	47	93	.940	5.243
Totals		1282	2340	1288	127	225	.966	2.830	13	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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