1961 Belmont Chiefs Statistics
Team Record: 39-61
Finished 5th in the WCL
Manager: Jim Poole (0-0), Whitey Ries (0-0), Max Lanier (0-0)
Affiliation: San Francisco Giants
Location: Belmont, North Carolina
Ballpark: Davis Park
Attendance: 10,081, Avg. 202
The Belmont Chiefs of the Western Carolina League ended the 1961 season with a record of 39 wins and 61 losses, finishing fifth in the WCL.
The Chiefs scored 511 runs and yielded 646 runs, most in the circuit. Kermit Williams accounted for 49 RBI. Mario Cia topped all regular batters by hitting .271. Barry Huntzinger led the squad with 10 wins and a team-best 3.72 earned run average, best among qualifying pitchers.
Fred Wenz played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Belmont Chiefs to do so.
Jim Poole, Whitey Ries and Max Lanier 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Barry Huntzinger | 10 | 9 | .526 | 3.72 | 49 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 138.0 | 132 | 91 | 57 | 6 | 54 | 81 | 4 | 0 | 10 | ||||
Ronald Gardner | 5 | 2 | .714 | 1.88 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 48.0 | 39 | 20 | 10 | 1 | 28 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
James Wimbish | 4 | 2 | .667 | 5.55 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 47.0 | 51 | 33 | 29 | 2 | 37 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 4 | ||||
Larry Whitley | 3 | 4 | .429 | 3.57 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 63.0 | 54 | 31 | 25 | 0 | 32 | 55 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||||
Charles Kennedy | 3 | 5 | .375 | 3.64 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 47.0 | 38 | 29 | 19 | 3 | 33 | 35 | 1 | 1 | 5 | ||||
Darvin Moss | 3 | 7 | .300 | 3.00 | 15 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 78.0 | 63 | 43 | 26 | 3 | 56 | 65 | 2 | 1 | 5 | ||||
Ron Pinkerton | 2 | 2 | .500 | 4.50 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 26.0 | 28 | 17 | 13 | 0 | 18 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
Scotty Richmond | 2 | 3 | .400 | 3.13 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 46.0 | 45 | 20 | 16 | 2 | 25 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 7 | ||||
Wayne Routh | 2 | 3 | .400 | 6.46 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 46.0 | 51 | 35 | 33 | 0 | 46 | 18 | 8 | 1 | 9 | ||||
Russell Wham | 2 | 4 | .333 | 7.68 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 41.0 | 51 | 42 | 35 | 0 | 33 | 20 | 7 | 0 | 10 | ||||
Whitey Ries | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 7 | 0.0 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
Edward Perry | 1 | 3 | .250 | 5.81 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 31.0 | 34 | 24 | 20 | 0 | 33 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||
Tommy Pruitt | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
Cooper Wilhelm | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
Jack Swift | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
James Thorbs | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
Robert Baker | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
Fred Moten | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
George Deratnay | 7 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
Hiram Baucom | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
Arthur Krueger | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
Eugene Leopold | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
Michael Barillo | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
Joe Rowden | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
Patrick Mahoney | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
John Healey | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
Harold McClamrock | 0 | 1 | .000 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
Fred Wenz | 0 | 1 | .000 | 6.00 | 1 | 1 | 6.0 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | ||||||||||
John Pash | 0 | 2 | .000 | 5 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
George Everett | 0 | 2 | .000 | 5.10 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 30.0 | 30 | 19 | 17 | 0 | 30 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 6 | ||||
Colin MacIvor | 0 | 2 | .000 | 6.75 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 20.0 | 28 | 28 | 15 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
Ray Searcy | 0 | 4 | .000 | 8.10 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 20.0 | 33 | 37 | 18 | 2 | 12 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 3 | ||||
Totals | 38 | 59 | .392 | 4.41 | 232 | 82 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 687.0 | 683 | 473 | 337 | 22 | 450 | 0 | 428 | 34 | 6 | 67 | 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 |
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Mario Cia | 97 | 433 | 336 | 84 | 91 | 18 | 2 | 4 | 42 | 19 | 86 | 50 | .271 | .425 | .372 | .797 | 125 | 6 | 2 | 3 | |||
Kermit Williams | 92 | 379 | 323 | 54 | 86 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 49 | 3 | 49 | 42 | .266 | .371 | .347 | .718 | 112 | 5 | 2 | 0 | |||
Paul Godwin | 70 | 273 | 224 | 41 | 53 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 39 | 11 | 41 | 34 | .237 | .349 | .281 | .631 | 63 | 0 | 4 | 4 | |||
Tommy Pruitt | 63 | 261 | 207 | 41 | 52 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 34 | 11 | 42 | 54 | .251 | .389 | .357 | .747 | 74 | 6 | 4 | 2 | |||
Lawrence Belanger | 55 | 203 | 181 | 28 | 45 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 5 | 13 | 39 | .249 | .308 | .376 | .684 | 68 | 3 | 5 | 1 | |||
Daniel Kovaleski | 41 | 169 | 148 | 24 | 35 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 16 | 24 | .236 | .317 | .311 | .628 | 46 | 2 | 2 | 1 | |||
Edward Montellanico | 34 | 136 | 129 | 15 | 30 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 15 | .233 | .265 | .295 | .559 | 38 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
Lee Reynolds | 37 | 159 | 130 | 29 | 28 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 21 | 41 | .215 | .333 | .338 | .672 | 44 | 3 | 3 | 2 | |||
David Blackwell | 29 | 110 | 103 | 11 | 25 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 18 | .243 | .291 | .272 | .563 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Ronald Smith | 31 | 114 | 106 | 16 | 25 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 26 | .236 | .289 | .340 | .629 | 36 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
Whitey Ries | 28 | 85 | 79 | 8 | 23 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 2 | .291 | .329 | .380 | .709 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
Barry Henderson | 21 | 78 | 65 | 6 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 12 | 8 | .277 | .385 | .323 | .708 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
Joe Yarbrough | 14 | 64 | 57 | 12 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 16 | .246 | .328 | .386 | .714 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Russell Vanderziel | 23 | 87 | 74 | 4 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 7 | 15 | .189 | .250 | .270 | .520 | 20 | 0 | 3 | 3 | |||
Fred Green | 13 | 62 | 52 | 8 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 8 | .231 | .323 | .269 | .592 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |||
Arthur Krueger | 21 | 85 | 73 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 12 | 25 | .164 | .282 | .247 | .529 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Richard Schmidt | 14 | 57 | 44 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 4 | .250 | .421 | .318 | .739 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Gerald Senzig | 20 | 68 | 58 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 8 | 14 | .190 | .294 | .224 | .518 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
Glenn Abel | 19 | 54 | 51 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 12 | .196 | .222 | .314 | .536 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
John Healey | 11 | 27 | 25 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | .320 | .370 | .400 | .770 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
James McDonald | 5 | 21 | 21 | 7 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 7 | ||||||||||||||
Bruce Olson | 19 | 37 | 31 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 9 | .226 | .351 | .258 | .609 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Rossie Barfield | 21 | 49 | 39 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 15 | .179 | .347 | .282 | .629 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
Darvin Moss | 20 | 43 | 39 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 7 | .179 | .256 | .256 | .512 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
Barry Huntzinger | 51 | 50 | 44 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 21 | .136 | .208 | .136 | .345 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
Scotty Richmond | 14 | 21 | 18 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 7 | .278 | .381 | .389 | .770 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
James Wimbish | 12 | 21 | 21 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .238 | .238 | .286 | .524 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Patrick Mahoney | 8 | 21 | 21 | 5 | .238 | .238 | .238 | .476 | 5 | ||||||||||||||
Colin MacIvor | 5 | 9 | 9 | 4 | .444 | .444 | .444 | .889 | 4 | ||||||||||||||
Gary Warder | 9 | 30 | 30 | 4 | .133 | .133 | .133 | .267 | 4 | ||||||||||||||
Al Blake | 11 | 31 | 30 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | .133 | .161 | .133 | .295 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
Ray Eberle | 15 | 45 | 41 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 10 | .098 | .133 | .098 | .231 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
Gary Steinbach | 4 | 8 | 8 | 3 | .375 | .375 | .375 | .750 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
Sanford Isom | 4 | 12 | 12 | 3 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
Anthony Basile | 5 | 8 | 8 | 2 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
Jerry McClure | 4 | 8 | 8 | 2 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
Larry Whitley | 10 | 23 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | .125 | .286 | .125 | .411 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |||
Charles Kennedy | 11 | 19 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 11 | .125 | .263 | .250 | .513 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Lawrence Davis | 7 | 18 | 18 | 2 | .111 | .111 | .111 | .222 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
Russell Wham | 11 | 24 | 20 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | .100 | .182 | .150 | .332 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
Lindsey Robinson | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
Joe Rowden | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
Ray Searcy | 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
Louis Skinner | 3 | 8 | 8 | 1 | .125 | .125 | .125 | .250 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
Edward Perry | 12 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .111 | .273 | .111 | .384 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
George Everett | 10 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .100 | .100 | .100 | .200 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
Hector Rodriguez | 7 | 12 | 12 | 1 | .083 | .083 | .083 | .167 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
Ronald Gardner | 8 | 17 | 17 | 1 | .059 | .059 | .059 | .118 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
Wayne Routh | 10 | 21 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | .053 | .143 | .053 | .195 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
Jack Swift | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
Fred Wenz | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
Robert Baker | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
Donald Dolezal | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
Harold McClamrock | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
Eugene Leopold | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
Michael Barillo | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
Gary Jarrett | 5 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
John Pash | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
Ron Pinkerton | 8 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
Fred Moten | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
Jack Falls | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
Edward Lietendre | 3 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
Thomas Scott | 2 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
Richard Doyle | 2 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
James Thorbs | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
Totals | 1087 | 3568 | 3075 | 461 | 695 | 119 | 28 | 16 | 347 | 87 | 0 | 399 | 576 | .226 | .319 | .299 | .618 | 918 | 0 | 35 | 33 | 26 | 0 |
Fielding:
Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Daniel Kovaleski | 1B | 40 | 265 | 16 | 11 | 33 | .962 | 7.025 | ||||
Barry Henderson | 1B | 18 | 121 | 3 | 4 | 9 | .969 | 6.889 | ||||
Whitey Ries | 1B | 17 | 93 | 6 | 2 | 3 | .980 | 5.824 | ||||
Richard Schmidt | 1B | 12 | 107 | 4 | 3 | 9 | .974 | 9.250 | ||||
Kermit Williams | 2B | 55 | 131 | 110 | 15 | 24 | .941 | 4.382 | ||||
Mario Cia | 2B | 38 | 91 | 87 | 9 | 20 | .952 | 4.684 | ||||
David Blackwell | 3B | 28 | 30 | 33 | 10 | 1 | .863 | 2.250 | ||||
Lee Reynolds | 3B | 21 | 22 | 46 | 8 | 5 | .895 | 3.238 | ||||
Kermit Williams | 3B | 15 | 14 | 31 | 9 | 4 | .833 | 3.000 | ||||
Mario Cia | 3B | 13 | 17 | 30 | 3 | 4 | .940 | 3.615 | ||||
Paul Godwin | 3B | 11 | 3 | 14 | 4 | 1 | .810 | 1.545 | ||||
Lawrence Belanger | C | 48 | 229 | 35 | 12 | 2 | .957 | 5.500 | 11 | |||
Gerald Senzig | C | 19 | 84 | 11 | 5 | 1 | .950 | 5.000 | 4 | |||
Al Blake | C | 11 | 50 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .963 | 4.727 | 3 | |||
Tommy Pruitt | OF | 61 | 94 | 4 | 7 | 4 | .933 | 1.607 | ||||
Paul Godwin | OF | 57 | 71 | 12 | 7 | 2 | .922 | 1.456 | ||||
Edward Montellanico | OF | 34 | 34 | 2 | 3 | 0 | .923 | 1.059 | ||||
Ronald Smith | OF | 27 | 41 | 5 | 4 | 2 | .920 | 1.704 | ||||
Arthur Krueger | OF | 20 | 39 | 4 | 3 | 1 | .935 | 2.150 | ||||
Kermit Williams | OF | 19 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .947 | .947 | ||||
Ray Eberle | OF | 15 | 24 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .889 | 1.600 | ||||
Fred Green | OF | 13 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.692 | ||||
Bruce Olson | OF | 11 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .800 | 1.091 | ||||
Barry Huntzinger | P | 49 | 5 | 28 | 5 | 2 | .868 | .673 | ||||
Darvin Moss | P | 15 | 4 | 19 | 3 | 2 | .885 | 1.533 | ||||
Scotty Richmond | P | 13 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .923 | ||||
Edward Perry | P | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .500 | .083 | ||||
James Wimbish | P | 11 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 0 | .667 | .727 | ||||
Wayne Routh | P | 10 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 0 | .750 | .900 | ||||
Charles Kennedy | P | 10 | 2 | 19 | 1 | 0 | .955 | 2.100 | ||||
George Everett | P | 10 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | .833 | .500 | ||||
Larry Whitley | P | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
Russell Wham | P | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
Ron Pinkerton | P | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
Ronald Gardner | P | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
Whitey Ries | P | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
Ray Searcy | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
John Pash | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
Fred Moten | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
Colin MacIvor | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
Joe Rowden | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
Patrick Mahoney | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
Robert Baker | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
Jack Swift | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
Tommy Pruitt | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
John Healey | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
James Thorbs | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
Harold McClamrock | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
Cooper Wilhelm | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
Fred Wenz | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
Eugene Leopold | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
Arthur Krueger | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
Michael Barillo | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
Mario Cia | SS | 47 | 71 | 109 | 19 | 14 | .905 | 3.830 | ||||
Russell Vanderziel | SS | 23 | 23 | 38 | 8 | 15 | .884 | 2.652 | ||||
Joe Yarbrough | SS | 12 | 19 | 27 | 10 | 6 | .821 | 3.833 | ||||
Lee Reynolds | SS | 11 | 23 | 18 | 12 | 5 | .774 | 3.727 | ||||
Totals | 917 | 1758 | 749 | 195 | 171 | .928 | 2.734 | 18 | 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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