1961 Burlington Bees Statistics
Team Record: 65-65
Finished 5th in the IIIL
Manager: Hardy Peterson (65-65)
Affiliation: Pittsburgh Pirates
Location: Burlington, Iowa
Ballpark: Community Field (Stadium)
Attendance: 36,798, Avg. 566
The Burlington Bees of the Illinois-Iowa-Indiana League ended the 1961 season with a record of 65 wins and 65 losses, finishing fifth in the IIIL.
The Bees scored 685 runs and allowed 672 runs. Bill Jackson paced Burlington with 20 home runs, while Tommy Rinks walloped 15 or more, too. Tommy Rinks drove in 79 runs. Ron Brand topped all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .316. Rodger Irvine led the squad with 11 wins, and Jim Dickson recorded a 3.02 ERA, tops among regularly-used pitchers.
Frank Bork, Jim Dickson, Fred Newman, Bob Priddy, Ron Brand, José Vidal, Hardy Peterson and Roberto Peña were all players from the 1961 Burlington Bees who played in the Majors during their careers.
Hardy Peterson 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rodger Irvine | 11 | 10 | .524 | 4.31 | 25 | 25 | 9 | 1 | 167.0 | 126 | 93 | 80 | 14 | 123 | 5 | 154 | 7 | 0 | 19 | |||
| Jim Dickson | 10 | 4 | .714 | 3.02 | 36 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 137.0 | 130 | 56 | 46 | 7 | 73 | 8 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Peter Sala | 10 | 6 | .625 | 4.28 | 35 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 120.0 | 113 | 75 | 57 | 9 | 79 | 2 | 90 | 9 | 0 | 11 | |||
| Bob Priddy | 7 | 2 | .778 | 2.76 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 75.0 | 57 | 27 | 23 | 3 | 49 | 2 | 78 | 4 | 0 | 5 | |||
| Fred Newman | 5 | 7 | .417 | 4.15 | 27 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 102.0 | 102 | 58 | 47 | 7 | 39 | 6 | 77 | 8 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Thomas Haake | 4 | 3 | .571 | 4.26 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 57.0 | 56 | 37 | 27 | 7 | 38 | 3 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Larry West | 4 | 7 | .364 | 5.02 | 18 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 95.0 | 96 | 60 | 53 | 9 | 52 | 6 | 64 | 3 | 1 | 2 | |||
| Kenneth Whitmore | 4 | 8 | .333 | 5.14 | 24 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 98.0 | 97 | 63 | 56 | 10 | 50 | 6 | 48 | 4 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Len Prout | 4 | 10 | .286 | 5.19 | 19 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 85.0 | 96 | 55 | 49 | 10 | 24 | 6 | 67 | 2 | 1 | 8 | |||
| Charles Kolakowski | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.70 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 40.0 | 38 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 17 | 3 | 36 | 3 | 0 | 1 | |||
| John Massey | 2 | 2 | .500 | 6.15 | 31 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 79.0 | 79 | 63 | 54 | 8 | 72 | 5 | 58 | 4 | 0 | 7 | |||
| Frank Bork | 1 | 2 | .333 | 5.40 | 5 | 15.0 | 16 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Ed Napoleon | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| James Little | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Don Kildoo | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Julio Imbert | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Gary Aldrich | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Ronald Spring | 0 | 3 | .000 | 9 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 65 | 65 | .500 | 4.31 | 290 | 122 | 0 | 39 | 4 | 0 | 1070.0 | 1006 | 617 | 513 | 86 | 622 | 52 | 799 | 46 | 3 | 70 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ron Brand | 120 | 491 | 440 | 62 | 139 | 18 | 1 | 5 | 66 | 10 | 38 | 42 | .316 | .372 | .395 | .768 | 174 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Roberto Peña | 129 | 576 | 485 | 86 | 132 | 26 | 5 | 5 | 70 | 23 | 77 | 71 | .272 | .376 | .377 | .753 | 183 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 1 | ||
| Sandy Johnson | 120 | 500 | 446 | 66 | 117 | 16 | 4 | 8 | 48 | 9 | 46 | 84 | .262 | .334 | .370 | .704 | 165 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Tommy Rinks | 123 | 523 | 406 | 78 | 116 | 14 | 9 | 16 | 79 | 10 | 93 | 98 | .286 | .419 | .483 | .902 | 196 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 6 | ||
| Vic Ramirez | 111 | 462 | 403 | 74 | 111 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 51 | 21 | 47 | 87 | .275 | .357 | .390 | .747 | 157 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 5 | ||
| Felix Pizarro | 115 | 438 | 388 | 53 | 110 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 35 | 7 | 42 | 56 | .284 | .356 | .330 | .686 | 128 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Ed Napoleon | 106 | 434 | 358 | 63 | 102 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 49 | 18 | 60 | 43 | .285 | .386 | .346 | .733 | 124 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Bill Jackson | 110 | 479 | 383 | 73 | 97 | 14 | 0 | 20 | 78 | 0 | 86 | 125 | .253 | .389 | .446 | .836 | 171 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | ||
| José Vidal | 96 | 359 | 320 | 54 | 75 | 10 | 0 | 13 | 37 | 9 | 33 | 94 | .234 | .309 | .388 | .697 | 124 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | ||
| John Massey | 48 | 69 | 61 | 12 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 11 | .279 | .353 | .475 | .828 | 29 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Freed Messner | 26 | 87 | 72 | 8 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 12 | 27 | .236 | .345 | .375 | .720 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Arthur Blunt | 23 | 99 | 88 | 7 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 28 | .170 | .253 | .182 | .434 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Hardy Peterson | 23 | 68 | 62 | 7 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 6 | .210 | .279 | .274 | .554 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Don Nipp | 8 | 29 | 29 | 11 | .379 | .379 | .379 | .759 | 11 | ||||||||||||||
| Jim Dickson | 36 | 53 | 48 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 13 | .229 | .260 | .292 | .552 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Peter Sala | 36 | 46 | 42 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 12 | .190 | .205 | .262 | .466 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Len Prout | 19 | 32 | 32 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 12 | .219 | .219 | .250 | .469 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Fred Newman | 33 | 37 | 29 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 10 | .207 | .343 | .241 | .584 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Priddy | 12 | 32 | 31 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | .194 | .219 | .419 | .638 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Larry West | 18 | 35 | 29 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12 | .172 | .200 | .207 | .407 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||
| LeRoy Luketich | 13 | 42 | 37 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 20 | .135 | .220 | .162 | .382 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Kenneth Whitmore | 25 | 34 | 29 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 8 | .138 | .219 | .138 | .357 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Charles Kolakowski | 19 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Thomas Haake | 11 | 22 | 18 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | .167 | .286 | .389 | .675 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rodger Irvine | 25 | 66 | 59 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 27 | .051 | .051 | .051 | .102 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Julio Imbert | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Ronald Spring | 10 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .250 | .250 | .500 | .750 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Russell Mueller | 10 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .100 | .100 | .100 | .200 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| James Little | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Don Kildoo | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Frank Bork | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Gary Aldrich | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 1449 | 5051 | 4332 | 679 | 1136 | 161 | 31 | 83 | 581 | 110 | 0 | 575 | 906 | .262 | .351 | .371 | .722 | 1608 | 0 | 37 | 72 | 35 | 28 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Jackson | 1B | 106 | 959 | 66 | 8 | 88 | .992 | 9.670 | ||||
| Tommy Rinks | 1B | 24 | 209 | 11 | 3 | 21 | .987 | 9.167 | ||||
| Sandy Johnson | 2B | 119 | 256 | 338 | 25 | 83 | .960 | 4.992 | ||||
| Ron Brand | 2B | 16 | 32 | 36 | 0 | 8 | 1.000 | 4.250 | ||||
| Tommy Rinks | 3B | 98 | 88 | 211 | 19 | 20 | .940 | 3.051 | ||||
| Ron Brand | 3B | 26 | 21 | 37 | 6 | 3 | .906 | 2.231 | ||||
| Felix Pizarro | 3B | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | .700 | .700 | ||||
| Ron Brand | C | 78 | 503 | 42 | 12 | 5 | .978 | 6.987 | 17 | |||
| Hardy Peterson | C | 21 | 149 | 14 | 3 | 2 | .982 | 7.762 | 4 | |||
| Freed Messner | C | 21 | 118 | 13 | 4 | 0 | .970 | 6.238 | 4 | |||
| LeRoy Luketich | C | 13 | 78 | 14 | 2 | 5 | .979 | 7.077 | 5 | |||
| Vic Ramirez | OF | 106 | 184 | 11 | 15 | 1 | .929 | 1.840 | ||||
| Ed Napoleon | OF | 100 | 134 | 3 | 13 | 0 | .913 | 1.370 | ||||
| Felix Pizarro | OF | 94 | 120 | 11 | 1 | 0 | .992 | 1.394 | ||||
| José Vidal | OF | 89 | 122 | 12 | 7 | 1 | .950 | 1.506 | ||||
| Arthur Blunt | OF | 23 | 35 | 7 | 2 | 3 | .955 | 1.826 | ||||
| Jim Dickson | P | 36 | 9 | 34 | 2 | 2 | .956 | 1.194 | ||||
| Peter Sala | P | 35 | 7 | 20 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | .771 | ||||
| John Massey | P | 31 | 5 | 15 | 1 | 1 | .952 | .645 | ||||
| Fred Newman | P | 27 | 12 | 27 | 4 | 2 | .907 | 1.444 | ||||
| Rodger Irvine | P | 25 | 4 | 17 | 4 | 1 | .840 | .840 | ||||
| Kenneth Whitmore | P | 24 | 6 | 23 | 2 | 2 | .935 | 1.208 | ||||
| Len Prout | P | 19 | 4 | 14 | 1 | 0 | .947 | .947 | ||||
| Charles Kolakowski | P | 19 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .421 | ||||
| Larry West | P | 18 | 5 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.222 | ||||
| Bob Priddy | P | 11 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 0 | .929 | 1.182 | ||||
| Thomas Haake | P | 11 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.364 | ||||
| Ronald Spring | P | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| Don Kildoo | P | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| James Little | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Frank Bork | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Julio Imbert | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Gary Aldrich | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Roberto Peña | SS | 129 | 248 | 402 | 36 | 75 | .948 | 5.039 | ||||
| Totals | 1362 | 3321 | 1425 | 174 | 328 | .965 | 3.485 | 30 | 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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