1960 Bluefield Orioles Statistics
Team Record: 35-32
Finished 3rd in the AL
Manager: Barney Lutz (35-32)
Affiliation: Baltimore Orioles
Location: Bluefield, West Virginia
Ballpark: Bowen Field
Attendance: 14,236, Avg. 425
The Bluefield Orioles of the Appalachian League ended the 1960 season with a record of 35 wins and 32 losses, finishing third in the AL.
The Orioles plated 427 runs and gave up 359 runs. Phillip Barth paced Bluefield with 14 home runs and drove in 51 runs. Sam Bowens led hitters with significant playing time by connecting at a .324 clip. Timothy Pelczynski topped the team with 8 wins, while Johnny Ellen recorded a 2.97 ERA, leading qualifying pitchers.
Tom Phoebus and Sam Bowens both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.
Barney Lutz 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Timothy Pelczynski | 8 | 6 | .571 | 3.51 | 14 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 95.0 | 91 | 55 | 37 | 4 | 40 | 89 | 5 | 0 | 10 | ||||
| Johnny Ellen | 6 | 5 | .545 | 2.97 | 18 | 15 | 8 | 0 | 109.0 | 106 | 52 | 36 | 3 | 42 | 137 | 2 | 0 | 8 | ||||
| Tom Phoebus | 6 | 5 | .545 | 4.05 | 18 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 91.0 | 87 | 57 | 41 | 5 | 74 | 91 | 5 | 1 | 10 | ||||
| Clyde Slough | 4 | 6 | .400 | 3.60 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 80.0 | 82 | 55 | 32 | 7 | 32 | 86 | 1 | 3 | 2 | ||||
| Sigfield Tyler | 3 | 1 | .750 | 4.37 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 35.0 | 26 | 24 | 17 | 3 | 30 | 39 | 7 | 2 | 1 | ||||
| Norman Skikas | 3 | 2 | .600 | 3.75 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 48.0 | 43 | 21 | 20 | 3 | 17 | 31 | 1 | 0 | 9 | ||||
| Martin Barrier | 3 | 3 | .500 | 4.22 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 49.0 | 53 | 31 | 23 | 2 | 24 | 34 | 3 | 1 | 5 | ||||
| Freeman Sutton | 2 | 1 | .667 | 3.00 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24.0 | 16 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 18 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Jerry Kivett | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| John Brown | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Gary Muxworthy | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Alan Schlytler | 0 | 2 | .000 | 5.91 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 35.0 | 27 | 26 | 23 | 4 | 26 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Totals | 35 | 32 | .522 | 3.77 | 146 | 68 | 0 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 566.0 | 531 | 330 | 237 | 31 | 303 | 0 | 547 | 27 | 8 | 46 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Adams | 62 | 278 | 241 | 58 | 74 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 27 | 11 | 26 | 38 | .307 | .380 | .415 | .795 | 100 | 3 | 7 | 1 | |||
| Sam Bowens | 57 | 257 | 225 | 48 | 73 | 21 | 2 | 6 | 41 | 3 | 23 | 51 | .324 | .391 | .516 | .907 | 116 | 3 | 4 | 2 | |||
| Phillip Barth | 65 | 282 | 245 | 56 | 66 | 11 | 0 | 14 | 51 | 3 | 29 | 63 | .269 | .354 | .486 | .839 | 119 | 4 | 2 | 2 | |||
| Richard Yencha | 60 | 245 | 225 | 34 | 63 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 35 | 1 | 14 | 55 | .280 | .335 | .378 | .712 | 85 | 5 | 0 | 1 | |||
| James Cox | 67 | 317 | 249 | 56 | 58 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 25 | 1 | 58 | 78 | .233 | .383 | .329 | .713 | 82 | 4 | 4 | 2 | |||
| Paul Solice | 58 | 235 | 213 | 30 | 44 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 23 | 3 | 18 | 69 | .207 | .270 | .291 | .561 | 62 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |||
| William Robertson | 48 | 179 | 157 | 24 | 36 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 25 | 2 | 17 | 36 | .229 | .316 | .331 | .648 | 52 | 3 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Ron Holmes | 30 | 98 | 87 | 10 | 28 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 10 | 18 | .322 | .398 | .460 | .858 | 40 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| William Shirah | 40 | 142 | 115 | 17 | 27 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 25 | 0 | 26 | 40 | .235 | .376 | .365 | .741 | 42 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Lloyd Fourroux | 29 | 101 | 82 | 20 | 25 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 23 | 0 | 16 | 21 | .305 | .430 | .561 | .991 | 46 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Jim Rouse | 32 | 94 | 81 | 11 | 21 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 11 | .259 | .362 | .358 | .720 | 29 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ronald Walp | 7 | 27 | 27 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .444 | .444 | .444 | .889 | 12 | |||||||||||
| Richard Jones | 10 | 47 | 35 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 12 | 1 | .343 | .511 | .486 | .996 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ben Hines | 7 | 32 | 32 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .344 | .344 | .344 | .688 | 11 | |||||||||||
| Johnny Ellen | 21 | 51 | 45 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 21 | .178 | .229 | .289 | .518 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 0 | |||
| Dennis Benton | 29 | 70 | 56 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 25 | .125 | .290 | .161 | .451 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Martin Barrier | 14 | 21 | 19 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .316 | .350 | .316 | .666 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Clyde Slough | 22 | 32 | 24 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 8 | .208 | .406 | .250 | .656 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Tom Phoebus | 19 | 38 | 32 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 11 | .156 | .270 | .156 | .427 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Sigfield Tyler | 12 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .333 | .385 | .333 | .718 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Timothy Pelczynski | 16 | 42 | 38 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 16 | .105 | .171 | .105 | .276 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| William Walker | 8 | 13 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .154 | .154 | .154 | .308 | 2 | |||||||||||
| William Sutton | 12 | 26 | 23 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 12 | .087 | .192 | .217 | .410 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Freeman Sutton | 11 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .125 | .222 | .250 | .472 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Alan Schlytler | 19 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | .091 | .091 | .091 | .182 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Norman Skikas | 7 | 18 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .056 | .056 | .056 | .111 | 1 | |||||||||||
| William Alexander | 8 | 19 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .053 | .053 | .053 | .105 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Jerry Kivett | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Gary Muxworthy | 6 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| John Brown | 3 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 785 | 2712 | 2347 | 402 | 597 | 104 | 15 | 47 | 332 | 27 | 0 | 297 | 595 | .254 | .344 | .372 | .716 | 872 | 0 | 29 | 30 | 9 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phillip Barth | 1B | 46 | 334 | 29 | 9 | 28 | .976 | 7.891 | ||||
| Sam Bowens | 1B | 18 | 136 | 12 | 4 | 9 | .974 | 8.222 | ||||
| James Cox | 2B | 66 | 171 | 188 | 20 | 37 | .947 | 5.439 | ||||
| Paul Solice | 3B | 51 | 31 | 87 | 16 | 3 | .881 | 2.314 | ||||
| Phillip Barth | 3B | 17 | 27 | 23 | 7 | 5 | .877 | 2.941 | ||||
| William Shirah | C | 35 | 277 | 21 | 11 | 2 | .964 | 8.514 | 10 | |||
| Ron Holmes | C | 30 | 196 | 18 | 5 | 2 | .977 | 7.133 | 9 | |||
| William Sutton | C | 10 | 43 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .956 | 4.300 | 4 | |||
| Robert Adams | OF | 61 | 94 | 12 | 7 | 0 | .938 | 1.738 | ||||
| William Robertson | OF | 45 | 68 | 5 | 4 | 2 | .948 | 1.622 | ||||
| Sam Bowens | OF | 31 | 26 | 7 | 3 | 2 | .917 | 1.065 | ||||
| Lloyd Fourroux | OF | 26 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 0 | .824 | .538 | ||||
| Jim Rouse | OF | 24 | 26 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.208 | ||||
| Dennis Benton | OF | 17 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .944 | 1.000 | ||||
| Clyde Slough | P | 21 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 0 | .867 | .619 | ||||
| Alan Schlytler | P | 19 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .889 | .421 | ||||
| Tom Phoebus | P | 18 | 3 | 18 | 4 | 0 | .840 | 1.167 | ||||
| Johnny Ellen | P | 18 | 6 | 20 | 4 | 1 | .867 | 1.444 | ||||
| Timothy Pelczynski | P | 14 | 7 | 14 | 2 | 0 | .913 | 1.500 | ||||
| Martin Barrier | P | 14 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .714 | ||||
| Sigfield Tyler | P | 12 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | .944 | 1.417 | ||||
| Freeman Sutton | P | 11 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .455 | ||||
| Norman Skikas | P | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jerry Kivett | P | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Gary Muxworthy | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| John Brown | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Richard Yencha | SS | 60 | 85 | 140 | 26 | 22 | .896 | 3.750 | ||||
| Totals | 683 | 1575 | 636 | 132 | 114 | .944 | 3.237 | 23 | 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.
Persons data from the Chadwick Baseball Bureau are Copyright Chadwick Baseball Bureau, and are made available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License.
