1961 Decatur Commodores Statistics
Team Record: 57-65
Finished 6th in the MWL
Manager: Johnny Groth (57-65)
Affiliation: Detroit Tigers
Location: Decatur, Illinois
Ballpark: Fans Field
Attendance: 65,094, Avg. 1,067
The Decatur Commodores of the Midwest League ended the 1961 season with a record of 57 wins and 65 losses, finishing sixth in the MWL.
The Commodores scored 634 runs and conceded 637 runs. Jim Northrup led Decatur with 13 home runs and drove in 73 runs. Larry Rojas paced batters with significant playing time by connecting at a .302 clip. Vernon Orndorff topped the squad with 11 wins, while Raymond Cordeiro registered a 1.77 earned run average, tops among regularly-used pitchers.
Players from the 1961 Decatur Commodores who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Jim Northrup, Don Bryant, Vern Holtgrave and Mickey Stanley.
Johnny Groth 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vernon Orndorff | 11 | 4 | .733 | 3.08 | 20 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 120.0 | 111 | 56 | 41 | 5 | 31 | 70 | 3 | 2 | 6 | ||||
| Raymond Cordeiro | 10 | 2 | .833 | 1.77 | 15 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 107.0 | 70 | 28 | 21 | 5 | 30 | 120 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Richard Stauffer | 8 | 11 | .421 | 4.59 | 25 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 143.0 | 164 | 90 | 73 | 17 | 62 | 105 | 1 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Mario Pelaez | 7 | 6 | .538 | 4.23 | 25 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 100.0 | 104 | 56 | 47 | 14 | 58 | 86 | 4 | 1 | 8 | ||||
| Vern Holtgrave | 7 | 13 | .350 | 3.81 | 34 | 20 | 7 | 1 | 151.0 | 128 | 89 | 64 | 5 | 95 | 143 | 5 | 1 | 10 | ||||
| Francisco Ceballos | 6 | 3 | .667 | 4.54 | 38 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 105.0 | 113 | 64 | 53 | 11 | 54 | 87 | 8 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Frederick Ryan | 5 | 8 | .385 | 5.78 | 19 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 81.0 | 80 | 63 | 52 | 9 | 72 | 69 | 1 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| Olide Campanioni | 2 | 2 | .500 | 3.98 | 24 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 61.0 | 53 | 36 | 27 | 8 | 34 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Johnny Ison | 1 | 1 | .500 | 7.03 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 32.0 | 35 | 29 | 25 | 3 | 20 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Thomas Tallmadge | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| John Pash | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Michael Wyagarden | 0 | 1 | .000 | 5 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Robert Burch | 0 | 2 | .000 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Herman Allen | 0 | 2 | .000 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Arthur Thorne | 0 | 2 | .000 | 4 | 0.0 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Norman Adase | 0 | 2 | .000 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Rodney Schifla | 0 | 4 | .000 | 5.67 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 46.0 | 48 | 32 | 29 | 6 | 25 | 45 | 3 | 1 | 6 | ||||
| Totals | 57 | 65 | .467 | 4.11 | 247 | 110 | 0 | 42 | 8 | 0 | 946.0 | 906 | 543 | 432 | 83 | 481 | 0 | 773 | 30 | 7 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rigoberto Mena | 120 | 547 | 505 | 78 | 147 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 38 | 4 | 35 | 27 | .291 | .337 | .360 | .697 | 182 | 1 | 4 | 2 | |||
| Richard Hazard | 122 | 554 | 463 | 86 | 129 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 42 | 13 | 70 | 69 | .279 | .382 | .343 | .725 | 159 | 8 | 12 | 1 | |||
| Jim Northrup | 105 | 429 | 374 | 60 | 109 | 19 | 3 | 13 | 73 | 18 | 51 | 84 | .291 | .376 | .463 | .839 | 173 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| Robert Shelton | 109 | 434 | 376 | 59 | 105 | 21 | 2 | 7 | 69 | 7 | 37 | 44 | .279 | .351 | .402 | .753 | 151 | 9 | 4 | 8 | |||
| Larry Rojas | 95 | 395 | 338 | 83 | 102 | 26 | 5 | 6 | 46 | 27 | 44 | 53 | .302 | .393 | .462 | .854 | 156 | 8 | 3 | 2 | |||
| Dennis Totland | 83 | 343 | 310 | 56 | 95 | 23 | 1 | 9 | 59 | 17 | 23 | 33 | .306 | .353 | .474 | .827 | 147 | 3 | 0 | 7 | |||
| Mickey Stanley | 76 | 311 | 258 | 42 | 72 | 14 | 6 | 7 | 54 | 9 | 43 | 48 | .279 | .380 | .461 | .841 | 119 | 2 | 3 | 5 | |||
| Robert James | 95 | 355 | 300 | 47 | 65 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 42 | 6 | 51 | 97 | .217 | .328 | .330 | .658 | 99 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |||
| Tom Orton | 60 | 227 | 198 | 24 | 58 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 23 | 13 | .293 | .372 | .328 | .700 | 65 | 3 | 1 | 2 | |||
| David Richter | 62 | 168 | 147 | 14 | 37 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 1 | 17 | 44 | .252 | .341 | .313 | .654 | 46 | 3 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Don Bryant | 40 | 153 | 129 | 19 | 28 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 1 | 22 | 37 | .217 | .333 | .318 | .651 | 41 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Ernesto Mesa | 29 | 116 | 103 | 13 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 18 | .204 | .278 | .233 | .511 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Donald Hughes | 27 | 118 | 105 | 12 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 12 | 23 | .190 | .271 | .314 | .585 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Raymond Cordeiro | 24 | 52 | 48 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 14 | .167 | .184 | .208 | .392 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||
| Vernon Orndorff | 24 | 54 | 50 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 10 | .140 | .204 | .140 | .344 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Charles Novotny | 15 | 42 | 37 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 14 | .162 | .262 | .162 | .424 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ray Eberle | 15 | 43 | 39 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | .154 | .233 | .154 | .386 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Johnny Ison | 5 | 13 | 13 | 5 | .385 | .385 | .385 | .769 | 5 | ||||||||||||||
| Frederick Ryan | 20 | 31 | 27 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | .185 | .233 | .222 | .456 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Vern Holtgrave | 34 | 55 | 51 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 21 | .098 | .132 | .098 | .230 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Herman Allen | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Hector Rodriguez | 7 | 6 | 6 | 2 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Edward Viola | 4 | 7 | 7 | 2 | .286 | .286 | .286 | .571 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Olide Campanioni | 24 | 24 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 7 | .118 | .348 | .118 | .465 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Francisco Ceballos | 38 | 33 | 26 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 10 | .077 | .226 | .077 | .303 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Mario Pelaez | 26 | 43 | 37 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 12 | .054 | .146 | .054 | .200 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Thomas Tallmadge | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Rodney Schifla | 17 | 15 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .067 | .067 | .067 | .133 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Richard Stauffer | 25 | 53 | 47 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 24 | .021 | .080 | .021 | .101 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | |||
| Arthur Thorne | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| John Pash | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Norman Adase | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Robert Burch | 4 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Michael Wyagarden | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 1328 | 4644 | 4049 | 622 | 1045 | 168 | 37 | 56 | 531 | 108 | 0 | 472 | 717 | .258 | .339 | .359 | .698 | 1455 | 0 | 42 | 45 | 36 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert James | 1B | 79 | 587 | 41 | 19 | 47 | .971 | 7.949 | ||||
| Donald Hughes | 1B | 26 | 223 | 13 | 6 | 19 | .975 | 9.077 | ||||
| Mickey Stanley | 1B | 19 | 158 | 9 | 2 | 11 | .988 | 8.789 | ||||
| Larry Rojas | 2B | 89 | 198 | 210 | 31 | 38 | .929 | 4.584 | ||||
| Dennis Totland | 2B | 29 | 70 | 65 | 3 | 15 | .978 | 4.655 | ||||
| Robert Shelton | 3B | 98 | 85 | 167 | 34 | 19 | .881 | 2.571 | ||||
| Dennis Totland | 3B | 24 | 15 | 36 | 2 | 4 | .962 | 2.125 | ||||
| Tom Orton | C | 57 | 424 | 48 | 6 | 10 | .987 | 8.281 | 9 | |||
| Don Bryant | C | 38 | 255 | 26 | 9 | 6 | .969 | 7.395 | 8 | |||
| David Richter | C | 32 | 192 | 11 | 8 | 2 | .962 | 6.344 | 17 | |||
| Richard Hazard | OF | 122 | 184 | 8 | 11 | 0 | .946 | 1.574 | ||||
| Jim Northrup | OF | 104 | 157 | 16 | 16 | 2 | .915 | 1.663 | ||||
| Mickey Stanley | OF | 57 | 128 | 10 | 6 | 3 | .958 | 2.421 | ||||
| Ernesto Mesa | OF | 28 | 55 | 8 | 2 | 3 | .969 | 2.250 | ||||
| Dennis Totland | OF | 27 | 44 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .938 | 1.667 | ||||
| Ray Eberle | OF | 10 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.100 | ||||
| Francisco Ceballos | P | 38 | 2 | 20 | 3 | 1 | .880 | .579 | ||||
| Vern Holtgrave | P | 34 | 7 | 24 | 4 | 1 | .886 | .912 | ||||
| Richard Stauffer | P | 25 | 3 | 20 | 2 | 1 | .920 | .920 | ||||
| Mario Pelaez | P | 25 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 0 | .895 | .680 | ||||
| Olide Campanioni | P | 24 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 0 | .800 | .500 | ||||
| Vernon Orndorff | P | 20 | 8 | 29 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | 1.850 | ||||
| Frederick Ryan | P | 19 | 5 | 17 | 4 | 0 | .846 | 1.158 | ||||
| Rodney Schifla | P | 17 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .471 | ||||
| Raymond Cordeiro | P | 15 | 6 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Michael Wyagarden | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Johnny Ison | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Arthur Thorne | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Thomas Tallmadge | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| John Pash | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Robert Burch | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Herman Allen | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Norman Adase | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Rigoberto Mena | SS | 116 | 117 | 314 | 48 | 48 | .900 | 3.716 | ||||
| Totals | 1202 | 2942 | 1146 | 224 | 234 | .948 | 3.401 | 34 | 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.
