1961 Chattanooga Lookouts Statistics

Southern Association (SA) - Class: AA
Team Record: 90-62
Finished 1st in the SA
Manager: Frank Lucchesi (90-62)
Affiliation: Philadelphia Phillies
Location: Chattanooga, Tennessee
Ballpark: Joe Engel Stadium
Attendance: 107,419, Avg. 1,413

1961 Chattanooga Lookouts Roster

The Chattanooga Lookouts of the Southern Association ended the 1961 season with a record of 90 wins and 62 losses, finishing first in the SA.

The Lookouts led the league with just 624 runs allowed. Chattanooga scored 753 runs. Cal Emery paced the team with 26 home runs, and John Herrnstein walloped 15 or more also. John Herrnstein accounted for 95 RBI. Wayne Graham topped hitters with significant playing time with a .331 average. John Boozer paced the squad with 19 wins and a team-best 2.61 ERA, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

Members of the 1961 Chattanooga Lookouts who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Warren Hacker, Dave Baldwin, John Boozer, Al Kenders, Lee Elia, Jake Striker, Jesse Hickman, John Herrnstein, Fred Van Dusen, Don Erickson, Wayne Graham, Norm Gigon, Dennis Bennett, Earl Hersh, Gary Kroll, Ron Mrozinski, Dick Teed, Cal Emery, Al Neiger and Bob Lipski.

Frank Lucchesi 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
John Boozer	19	9	.679	2.61	35	24		14	4		207.0	170	71	60	12	57	2	116	0	1	4
Bob Milo	12	7	.632	3.79	29	23		8	1		178.0	194	84	75	12	51	5	69	1	0	7
Al Neiger	11	9	.550	3.16	32	19		9	2		159.3	155	66	56	8	50	5	89	2	0	2
Warren Hacker	8	1	.889	1.57	16	4		4	1		63.0	42	14	11	7	10	3	64	0	0	0
Jake Striker	8	3	.727	4.25	13	12		4	1		72.0	75	38	34	5	26	0	40	3	0	4
Lou DeBole	8	4	.667	3.94	30	15		4	1		130.3	130	66	57	14	71	1	100	4	0	9
Ron Mrozinski	7	4	.636	3.90	30	11		5	1		120.0	154	68	52	6	33	5	84	4	0	2
Don Erickson	6	4	.600	2.21	49	2		0	0		106.0	84	33	26	6	58	2	64	2	1	9
Dennis Bennett	4	2	.667	4.37	7	6		3	0		47.3	47	29	23	2	27	1	38	0	0	1
Dave Baldwin	2	2	.500	2.87	15	3		0	0		47.0	47	18	15	4	16	1	19	0	0	6
Jack McCracken	1	0	1.000	3.29	4						13.7			5						0
Jesse Hickman	1	0	1.000	6.75	6						13.3	11	13	10		10				0
Jack Kerrigan	1	1	.500	5.74	5						26.7	25		17		18				0
Jerry Kettle	1	4	.200	4.54	18	6		1	0		41.7	45	39	21	2	35	0	19	2	0	0
Bob Gontkosky	1	6	.143	3.66	8	8		2	0		46.7	45	29	19	1	25	1	34	2	0	3
Cal Emery	0	0			1						0.0									0
Edward Hughes	0	1	.000	5.62	3						8.0			5						0
Gary Kroll	0	5	.000	5.74	6	6		1	0		31.3	33	22	20	1	26	0	31	2	0	1
Totals	90	62	.592	3.47	307	139	0	55	11	0	1311.3	1257	590	506	80	513	26	767	22	2	48	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
Wayne Graham	151	659	601	89	199	51	9	4	85	9		47	34	.331	.382	.466	.848	280		4	5	2	7
Gerald Reimer	141	566	530	85	171	35	14	9	93	1		22	55	.323	.346	.492	.839	261		2	3	9	2
John Herrnstein	150	647	569	98	166	22	6	17	95	3		65	103	.292	.372	.441	.813	251		9	1	3	8
Norm Gigon	135	584	540	77	165	28	6	7	46	4		37	57	.306	.354	.419	.773	226		5	0	2	3
Lee Elia	148	606	523	83	139	33	3	4	56	7		75	87	.266	.358	.363	.721	190		2	3	3	4
Cal Emery	126	529	432	85	126	18	6	26	94	0		91	61	.292	.419	.542	.960	234		4	1	1	6
Bob Lipski	109	365	306	44	82	15	4	12	46	4		53	63	.268	.376	.461	.837	141		2	1	3	8
Al Kenders	63	228	218	22	64	12	0	2	24	0		7	30	.294	.311	.376	.688	82		0	0	3	2
Fred Van Dusen	67	274	234	33	61	9	1	7	39	1		39	35	.261	.365	.397	.762	93		0	0	1	4
John Mustion	59	213	195	20	47	10	0	1	14	0		18	52	.241	.305	.308	.613	60		0	0	0	3
Dick Teed	62	169	143	15	39	5	2	1	17	0		24	13	.273	.375	.357	.732	51		0	1	1	3
Lou Vassie	25	98	82	20	20	1	0	1	6	1		14	10	.244	.357	.293	.650	24		1	0	1	1
Earl Hersh	20	86	73	7	17	4	1	2	7	3		12	14	.233	.341	.397	.738	29		0	1	0	1
Warren Tessier	17	68	60	5	16	0	1	0	6	2		8	17	.267	.353	.300	.653	18		0	0	0	2
John Boozer	37	83	72	8	11	0	0	0	1	0		6	19	.153	.218	.153	.371	11		0	5	0	0
Ron Mrozinski	31	45	35	3	9	3	1	0	5	0		5	13	.257	.350	.400	.750	14		0	5	0	0
Jimmy Boring	18	41	37	7	9	0	0	0	4	0		3	8	.243	.300	.243	.543	9		0	1	0	0
Al Neiger	34	65	52	5	9	1	0	0	3	0		4	21	.173	.228	.192	.420	10		0	8	1	0
Bob Milo	30	76	71	3	8	1	0	0	4	0		3	16	.113	.149	.127	.275	9		0	2	0	0
Jerry Kettle	22	18	14	2	5	0	0	0	2	0		4	8	.357	.500	.357	.857	5		0	0	0	0
Don Erickson	50	27	21	3	5	2	0	0	3	0		5	8	.238	.385	.333	.718	7		0	1	0	0
Dennis Bennett	11	23	22	4	5	1	0	2	6	0		0	7	.227	.227	.545	.773	12		0	1	0	0
Larry Cutright	8	20	20		4	0	0	0						.200	.200	.200	.400	4
Lou DeBole	32	49	35	2	4	0	0	0	1	0		7	13	.114	.262	.114	.376	4		0	7	0	0
Gary Kroll	6	11	11		3									.273	.273	.273	.545	3
Jack Kerrigan	5	12	12		2									.167	.167	.167	.333	2
Warren Hacker	16	24	20	2	2	0	0	0	3	0		2	5	.100	.182	.100	.282	2		0	2	0	0
Jake Striker	14	29	25	1	2	0	0	0	4	0		4	16	.080	.207	.080	.287	2		0	0	0	0
Edward Hughes	3	3	3		1									.333	.333	.333	.667	1
Jack McCracken	4	5	5		1									.200	.200	.200	.400	1
Jesse Hickman	6	3	3		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Bob Gontkosky	12	17	14	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	4	.000	.125	.000	.125	0		0	1	0	0
Nolan Campbell	7	11	11		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Dave Baldwin	15	16	11	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		4	7	.000	.267	.000	.267	0		0	1	0	0
Totals	1634	5670	5000	725	1392	251	54	95	664	35	0	561	776	.278	.353	.407	.760	2036	0	29	50	30	54

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Cal Emery	1B	125	804	86	17	117	.981	7.120
Gerald Reimer	1B	35	336	26	1	18	.997	1.343
Norm Gigon	2B	130	270	306	19	92	.968	4.431
Lou Vassie	2B	20	39	43	1	14	.988	4.100
Wayne Graham	3B	150	151	289	24	27	.948	2.933
Bob Lipski	C	63	318	25	5	2	.986	5.444	8
Dick Teed	C	58	200	12	4	2	.981	3.655	3
Al Kenders	C	55	298	28	6	5	.982	5.927	15
John Herrnstein	OF	148	314	18	12	3	.965	2.243
Gerald Reimer	OF	105	195	5	6	1	.971	1.905
Fred Van Dusen	OF	66	185	3	2	2	.989	2.848
John Mustion	OF	59	82	1	7	0	.922	1.407
Bob Lipski	OF	28	43	0	4	0	.915	1.536
Earl Hersh	OF	20	30	4	2	0	.944	1.700
Warren Tessier	OF	17	29	2	1	0	.969	1.824
Lee Elia	OF	15	17	4	1	0	.955	1.400
Jimmy Boring	OF	14	26	1	2	0	.931	1.929
Don Erickson	P	49	3	19	1	2	.957	.449
John Boozer	P	35	14	28	1	0	.977	1.200
Al Neiger	P	32	15	24	1	3	.975	1.219
Ron Mrozinski	P	30	9	22	3	1	.912	1.033
Lou DeBole	P	30	11	13	3	0	.889	.800
Bob Milo	P	29	7	44	0	3	1.000	1.759
Jerry Kettle	P	18	3	10	1	0	.929	.722
Warren Hacker	P	16	4	7	0	0	1.000	.688
Dave Baldwin	P	15	1	3	0	1	1.000	.267
Jake Striker	P	13	5	7	0	0	1.000	.923
Lee Elia	SS	134	243	359	42	84	.935	4.493
Totals		1509	3652	1389	166	377	.968	3.341	26	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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