1961 Charlotte Hornets Statistics
Team Record: 61-79
Finished 7th in the SAL
Manager: Ellis Clary (61-79)
Affiliation: Minnesota Twins
Location: Charlotte, North Carolina
Ballpark: Clark Griffith Park
Attendance: 50,033, Avg. 715
The Charlotte Hornets of the South Atlantic League ended the 1961 season with a record of 61 wins and 79 losses, finishing seventh in the SAL.
The Hornets plated 567 runs and allowed 652 runs. Richard Means paced Charlotte with 18 home runs Wendell Antoine accounted for 79 RBI. Nestor Velazquez topped hitters with significant playing time by connecting at a .283 clip. Jack Taylor led the team with 17 wins, while Bob Saban as well added 15 or more victories as well Jack Taylor recorded a 2.99 ERA, leading qualifying pitchers.
Members of the 1961 Charlotte Hornets who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Bill Powell, Joe Nossek, Bob Thurman, Joe Caffie, Sandy Consuegra, Don Williams, Tom Butters, Chuck Coles, Gerry Arrigo, Minnie Mendoza, Ted Tappe, Bernie Allen and Rich Rollins.
Ellis Clary 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Taylor | 17 | 12 | .586 | 2.98 | 33 | 30 | 18 | 3 | 223.3 | 199 | 91 | 74 | 15 | 50 | 3 | 144 | 11 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Bob Saban | 15 | 10 | .600 | 3.06 | 31 | 29 | 13 | 3 | 218.0 | 229 | 92 | 74 | 13 | 54 | 2 | 87 | 3 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Don Williams | 11 | 9 | .550 | 3.38 | 31 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 160.0 | 153 | 80 | 60 | 12 | 91 | 5 | 107 | 11 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Tom Butters | 5 | 8 | .385 | 2.99 | 46 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 93.3 | 67 | 37 | 31 | 7 | 41 | 2 | 100 | 3 | 0 | 5 | |||
| Angel Oliva | 3 | 3 | .500 | 2.58 | 35 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 87.3 | 82 | 31 | 25 | 4 | 30 | 6 | 41 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Norbert Lewandowski | 3 | 8 | .273 | 4.30 | 29 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 96.3 | 100 | 67 | 46 | 3 | 47 | 5 | 35 | 10 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Joe Kaiser | 3 | 13 | .188 | 4.56 | 34 | 24 | 4 | 2 | 150.0 | 161 | 98 | 76 | 12 | 56 | 0 | 65 | 6 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Gerry Arrigo | 2 | 6 | .250 | 2.98 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 57.3 | 60 | 30 | 19 | 2 | 42 | 1 | 48 | 3 | 1 | 4 | |||
| Bill Powell | 1 | 1 | .500 | 5.62 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24.0 | 30 | 21 | 15 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| James Hemric | 1 | 2 | .333 | 3.30 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 46.3 | 32 | 25 | 17 | 2 | 26 | 2 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| Burton Dziadek | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Bernard Poupore | 4 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Sandy Consuegra | 0 | 0 | 4.26 | 2 | 6.3 | 3 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Ronald Cote | 0 | 0 | 7.71 | 5 | 7.0 | 6 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Bert Guenthner | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3.60 | 3 | 0 | 10.0 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 5 | ||||||||||
| George Miller | 0 | 1 | .000 | 9.00 | 9 | 13.0 | 16 | 13 | 13 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| Edilio Oliva | 0 | 1 | .000 | 27.00 | 2 | 1.0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| Joel Kiger | 0 | 3 | .000 | 6.75 | 5 | 26.7 | 20 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Totals | 61 | 78 | .439 | 3.59 | 314 | 129 | 0 | 47 | 11 | 0 | 1220.0 | 1147 | 578 | 486 | 72 | 469 | 26 | 663 | 51 | 2 | 29 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnie Mendoza | 139 | 585 | 536 | 62 | 151 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 41 | 7 | 36 | 22 | .282 | .329 | .336 | .665 | 180 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 2 | ||
| Nestor Velazquez | 133 | 560 | 484 | 66 | 137 | 27 | 5 | 0 | 38 | 22 | 69 | 46 | .283 | .377 | .360 | .737 | 174 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Wendell Antoine | 131 | 515 | 471 | 53 | 118 | 37 | 4 | 12 | 79 | 6 | 33 | 73 | .251 | .296 | .423 | .719 | 199 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Matthew Daskalakis | 129 | 555 | 480 | 70 | 107 | 14 | 0 | 10 | 47 | 3 | 66 | 43 | .223 | .317 | .315 | .632 | 151 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Chuck Coles | 101 | 378 | 326 | 48 | 102 | 19 | 3 | 8 | 47 | 0 | 46 | 58 | .313 | .395 | .463 | .858 | 151 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | ||
| Joe Nossek | 80 | 318 | 303 | 24 | 83 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 27 | 1 | 10 | 26 | .274 | .297 | .323 | .621 | 98 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Richard Means | 103 | 412 | 348 | 52 | 81 | 12 | 0 | 18 | 53 | 1 | 54 | 76 | .233 | .336 | .422 | .758 | 147 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 7 | ||
| Bernie Allen | 80 | 337 | 291 | 33 | 70 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 25 | 2 | 36 | 57 | .241 | .327 | .320 | .647 | 93 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Rich Rollins | 36 | 155 | 126 | 25 | 34 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 0 | 25 | 11 | .270 | .392 | .429 | .821 | 54 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Joe Caffie | 43 | 149 | 137 | 22 | 31 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 2 | 10 | 19 | .226 | .282 | .292 | .574 | 40 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Hernan Valdes | 25 | 99 | 91 | 9 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 14 | .264 | .316 | .297 | .613 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Bob Thurman | 21 | 88 | 75 | 13 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 0 | 11 | 9 | .267 | .364 | .453 | .817 | 34 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Roberto Tano | 38 | 115 | 96 | 14 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 17 | 12 | .188 | .307 | .271 | .578 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Alberto Gonzalez | 35 | 58 | 53 | 4 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 15 | .264 | .328 | .340 | .667 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jack Taylor | 34 | 87 | 77 | 3 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 13 | .182 | .179 | .221 | .400 | 17 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Maurice Lerner | 14 | 49 | 44 | 4 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 7 | .273 | .347 | .432 | .779 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bill Cline | 32 | 76 | 68 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 14 | .132 | .203 | .162 | .364 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Don Williams | 31 | 67 | 56 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 24 | .143 | .273 | .232 | .505 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ted Tappe | 12 | 41 | 37 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 11 | .162 | .244 | .324 | .568 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joe Kaiser | 38 | 53 | 44 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 16 | .136 | .240 | .136 | .376 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Larry Click | 10 | 22 | 18 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | .278 | .409 | .389 | .798 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Angel Oliva | 35 | 21 | 21 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | .238 | .238 | .333 | .571 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Guy Lavalliere | 14 | 29 | 28 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .179 | .207 | .286 | .493 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Saban | 31 | 82 | 70 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 33 | .071 | .167 | .143 | .310 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Curtis Hardaway | 7 | 16 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .312 | .562 | 5 | |||||||||||
| Tom Butters | 50 | 25 | 21 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9 | .190 | .292 | .333 | .625 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gerry Arrigo | 12 | 22 | 22 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | .182 | .182 | .182 | .364 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Sandy Consuegra | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| James Hemric | 15 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .182 | .308 | .182 | .490 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Norbert Lewandowski | 29 | 29 | 23 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10 | .087 | .160 | .087 | .247 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ronald Cote | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Bill Powell | 16 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Reyes Figueroa | 2 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Ralph Rowe | 8 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .143 | .143 | .143 | .286 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Joel Kiger | 7 | 8 | 8 | 1 | .125 | .125 | .125 | .250 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Bert Guenthner | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Willie Crouch | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 1502 | 4990 | 4406 | 535 | 1088 | 179 | 26 | 70 | 456 | 46 | 0 | 474 | 642 | .247 | .321 | .347 | .668 | 1529 | 0 | 21 | 58 | 31 | 23 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matthew Daskalakis | 1B | 128 | 1209 | 86 | 26 | 106 | .980 | 1.117 | ||||
| Chuck Coles | 1B | 10 | 80 | 4 | 2 | 7 | .977 | 8.400 | ||||
| Bernie Allen | 2B | 79 | 200 | 219 | 21 | 45 | .952 | 5.304 | ||||
| Minnie Mendoza | 2B | 61 | 127 | 160 | 10 | 34 | .966 | 4.705 | ||||
| Minnie Mendoza | 3B | 50 | 70 | 155 | 13 | 12 | .945 | 4.500 | ||||
| Rich Rollins | 3B | 33 | 34 | 79 | 14 | 5 | .890 | 3.424 | ||||
| Joe Nossek | 3B | 14 | 13 | 26 | 5 | 3 | .886 | 2.786 | ||||
| Wendell Antoine | C | 117 | 601 | 66 | 19 | 10 | .972 | 5.701 | 16 | |||
| Alberto Gonzalez | C | 11 | 39 | 7 | 3 | 1 | .939 | 4.182 | 2 | |||
| Richard Means | OF | 101 | 191 | 12 | 7 | 5 | .967 | 2.010 | ||||
| Chuck Coles | OF | 85 | 114 | 6 | 4 | 2 | .968 | 1.412 | ||||
| Joe Nossek | OF | 67 | 149 | 7 | 5 | 0 | .969 | 2.328 | ||||
| Roberto Tano | OF | 45 | 38 | 7 | 3 | 3 | .938 | 1.000 | ||||
| Joe Caffie | OF | 38 | 50 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .980 | 1.316 | ||||
| Bill Cline | OF | 26 | 33 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .972 | 1.346 | ||||
| Hernan Valdes | OF | 24 | 37 | 1 | 6 | 0 | .864 | 1.583 | ||||
| Bob Thurman | OF | 20 | 39 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .951 | 1.950 | ||||
| Ted Tappe | OF | 10 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.300 | ||||
| Tom Butters | P | 46 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .391 | ||||
| Angel Oliva | P | 35 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 3 | .929 | .371 | ||||
| Joe Kaiser | P | 34 | 7 | 26 | 2 | 3 | .943 | .971 | ||||
| Jack Taylor | P | 33 | 12 | 62 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 2.242 | ||||
| Don Williams | P | 31 | 8 | 38 | 2 | 3 | .958 | 1.484 | ||||
| Bob Saban | P | 31 | 15 | 34 | 1 | 3 | .980 | 1.581 | ||||
| Norbert Lewandowski | P | 29 | 2 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .724 | ||||
| Bill Powell | P | 16 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .000 | .000 | ||||
| James Hemric | P | 15 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .667 | .400 | ||||
| Gerry Arrigo | P | 12 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 0 | .857 | 1.000 | ||||
| Nestor Velazquez | SS | 125 | 231 | 245 | 37 | 65 | .928 | 3.808 | ||||
| Minnie Mendoza | SS | 14 | 23 | 40 | 3 | 7 | .955 | 4.500 | ||||
| Totals | 1340 | 3343 | 1342 | 195 | 321 | .960 | 3.496 | 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.
Persons data from the Chadwick Baseball Bureau are Copyright Chadwick Baseball Bureau, and are made available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License.
