1961 Des Moines Demons Statistics

Illinois-Iowa-Indiana League (IIIL) - Class: B
Team Record: 37-93
Finished 6th in the IIIL
Manager: Chuck Kress (37-93)
Affiliation: Philadelphia Phillies
Location: Des Moines, Iowa
Ballpark: Sec Taylor Stadium I
Attendance: 33,337, Avg. 513

1961 Des Moines Demons Roster

The Des Moines Demons of the Illinois-Iowa-Indiana League ended the 1961 season with a record of 37 wins and 93 losses, finishing sixth in the IIIL.

The Demons plated 546 runs, worst in the league, and conceded 767 runs, most in the circuit. Irving Clark paced Des Moines with 13 home runs Richard Haines accounted for 57 RBI and topped all regular batters by connecting at a .355 clip. Ray Culp led the team with 6 wins, while Harry Oliver recorded a 3.57 ERA, tops among hurlers with significant time on the mound.

Gary Kroll, Aubrey Gatewood, Pat Corrales, Bob Spicer, Ray Culp, John Morris, Jesse Hickman, Bill Heath and Hank Allen were all players from the 1961 Des Moines Demons who played in the Major Leagues during their careers.

Chuck Kress 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
Ray Culp	6	12	.333	5.87	23	19		8	0		135.0	142	103	88	9	84	3	115	7	2	5
Jesse Hickman	5	10	.333	4.68	22	21		11	1		148.0	130	82	77	7	91	9	126	14	0	8
Bernard Belan	5	13	.278	4.50	39	12		6	0		146.0	149	92	73	12	65	12	118	2	0	2
Gary Kroll	4	13	.235	4.97	20	18		8	1		114.0	137	82	63	6	70	6	113	1	7	10
Aubrey Gatewood	3	5	.375	3.48	13	11		6	1		75.0	63	42	29	7	66	4	89	0	0	3
Harry Oliver	3	9	.250	3.57	32	7		3	0		106.0	110	49	42	10	39	6	106	1	0	0
John Moltenbrey	2	3	.400	3.07	8	6		1	0		41.0	32	27	14	2	31	1	41	7	1	6
Don Wilson	2	5	.286	7.20	30	6		1	0		90.0	115	90	72	9	45	8	74	3	1	2
Robert Hellmer	2	10	.167	5.23	24	16		4	0		93.0	123	66	54	9	51	5	65	4	0	1
Andre Bessette	1	1	.500		5						0.0									0
Edward Kelly	1	1	.500		2						0.0									0
Bobby Bubash	1	1	.500		5						0.0									0
Harry Burd	1	1	.500		4						0.0									0
Bob Spicer	1	2	.333	4.83	15	0		0	0		41.0	48	29	22	7	10	1	24	1	0	0
Theodore Sloan	0	0			5						0.0									0
Lynn Lambeth	0	1	.000		2						0.0									0
Ed Hottell	0	1	.000		7						0.0									0
Edwin Radzevich	0	1	.000		4						0.0									0
Jim Enold	0	2	.000		5						0.0									0
John Morris	0	2	.000	9.00	5	3					10.0	14	12	10		14				1
Totals	37	93	.285	4.90	270	119	0	48	3	0	999.0	1063	674	544	78	566	55	871	40	12	37	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
Richard Haines	104	422	375	58	133	22	4	7	57	4		40	36	.355	.420	.491	.911	184		4	1	2	1
Irving Clark	106	474	412	68	116	23	1	13	48	9		56	92	.282	.367	.437	.803	180		1	2	3	2
Pat Corrales	104	375	333	33	103	18	0	3	36	2		33	65	.309	.383	.390	.774	130		7	2	0	5
Dick Edwards	84	354	320	45	97	14	3	9	44	3		25	64	.303	.357	.450	.807	144		4	1	4	3
Ron McCutcheon	89	344	296	32	84	13	3	4	34	2		38	60	.284	.376	.389	.765	115		7	1	2	5
Bill Heath	73	288	247	37	78	16	2	3	42	4		36	28	.316	.396	.433	.829	107		0	0	5	3
John Mustion	71	284	260	32	63	11	1	6	33	3		21	80	.242	.296	.362	.657	94		0	0	3	2
Carl Derr	56	238	219	25	58	10	0	0	18	1		12	51	.265	.311	.311	.621	68		3	3	1	0
Robert Carmo	54	222	187	23	52	7	2	3	28	4		31	35	.278	.380	.385	.765	72		1	1	2	1
Chico Heron	54	223	179	28	50	12	1	5	28	6		39	23	.279	.405	.441	.847	79		1	1	3	3
Phillip Hipps	72	261	219	26	44	8	3	6	19	2		35	99	.201	.320	.347	.667	76		4	2	1	4
Adrian Casteen	44	157	136	23	38	9	0	1	14	3		18	22	.279	.368	.368	.735	50		1	2	0	1
Bob Spicer	46	101	86	8	22	3	0	0	5	0		10	16	.256	.366	.291	.657	25		5	0	0	0
John Self	23	96	84	10	18	3	0	0	6	1		9	20	.214	.287	.250	.537	21		0	2	1	0
Gerald Griffin	20	72	63	8	17	4	2	0	5	3		7	11	.270	.352	.397	.749	25		1	1	0	3
Howard Pierson	21	92	86	10	17	1	3	1	8	1		5	15	.198	.239	.314	.553	27		0	0	1	0
Gene Hassell	25	113	86	12	17	2	0	0	4	3		24	7	.198	.378	.221	.599	19		1	2	0	0
Guillermo Romero	29	109	99	7	14	2	2	0	8	1		9	34	.141	.213	.202	.415	20		0	1	0	0
Hank Allen	18	73	71	7	11	2	1	3	12	0		2	28	.155	.178	.338	.516	24		0	0	0	0
Bernard Belan	50	98	92	5	11	1	0	0	4	0		3	31	.120	.147	.130	.278	12		0	3	0	0
James Williamson	18	74	61	8	10	0	0	0	4	0		11	4	.164	.292	.164	.456	10		0	2	0	0
Gary Kroll	21	46	44	4	8	4	0	0	2	0		2	18	.182	.217	.273	.490	12		0	0	0	0
Clyde Hampton	15	55	49	2	8	2	1	0	2	1		5	12	.163	.241	.245	.486	12		0	1	0	0
Jesse Hickman	24	60	51	4	7	1	0	0	2	1		6	25	.137	.254	.157	.411	8		2	1	0	0
Harry Oliver	34	40	36	4	6	1	0	0	0	0		4	14	.167	.250	.194	.444	7		0	0	0	0
Ray Culp	25	56	53	4	6	0	0	1	4	0		1	23	.113	.145	.170	.315	9		1	1	0	0
Jimmy Boring	6	23	23		4									.174	.174	.174	.348	4
Aubrey Gatewood	13	31	29	4	4	0	0	0	2	0		1	15	.138	.167	.138	.305	4		0	1	0	0
Robert Hellmer	25	37	29	5	4	2	0	0	1	0		6	13	.138	.286	.207	.493	6		0	2	0	0
Don Wilson	31	35	33	2	4	0	0	0	0	0		1	13	.121	.147	.121	.268	4		0	1	0	0
Donald Lightner	17	25	18	2	3	0	0	0	1	0		6	5	.167	.360	.167	.527	3		0	0	1	0
Hernan Valdes	3	9	9		2									.222	.222	.222	.444	2
John Morris	5	3	3		1									.333	.333	.333	.667	1
Bobby Bubash	5	9	9		1									.111	.111	.111	.222	1
Harry Burd	4	9	9		1									.111	.111	.111	.222	1
John Moltenbrey	8	13	13		1									.077	.077	.077	.154	1
James Stewart	7	15	15		1									.067	.067	.067	.133	1
Theodore Sloan	12	22	19	0	1	0	0	0	2	0		3	7	.053	.182	.053	.234	1		0	0	0	0
Andre Bessette	5	3	3		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Jim Enold	5	2	2		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Lynn Lambeth	2	3	3		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Ed Hottell	7	2	2		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Edward Kelly	3	6	6		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1438	4974	4369	536	1115	191	29	65	473	54	0	499	966	.255	.335	.357	.692	1559	0	43	34	29	33

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Dick Edwards	1B	77	530	58	15	42	.975	7.636
John Self	1B	20	147	14	3	14	.982	8.050
Hank Allen	1B	17	158	10	4	112	.977	9.882
Richard Haines	1B	12	85	6	3	8	.968	7.583
Phillip Hipps	2B	69	153	163	18	35	.946	4.580
Gene Hassell	2B	25	52	78	1	14	.992	5.200
Bill Heath	2B	22	30	47	5	4	.939	3.500
James Williamson	2B	16	36	42	7	10	.918	4.875
Ron McCutcheon	3B	63	43	89	14	8	.904	2.095
Chico Heron	3B	32	18	57	8	5	.904	2.344
Richard Haines	3B	19	13	19	13	1	.711	1.684
Guillermo Romero	3B	15	11	16	4	0	.871	1.800
Pat Corrales	C	95	707	42	19	5	.975	7.884	9
Bill Heath	C	34	226	25	9	2	.965	7.382	14
Irving Clark	OF	106	186	11	12	3	.943	1.858
John Mustion	OF	71	110	7	6	1	.951	1.648
Richard Haines	OF	71	126	8	8	0	.944	1.887
Robert Carmo	OF	46	86	3	5	0	.947	1.935
Adrian Casteen	OF	39	84	2	7	1	.925	2.205
Bob Spicer	OF	17	17	1	0	1	1.000	1.059
Gerald Griffin	OF	13	27	3	5	0	.857	2.308
Clyde Hampton	OF	12	17	2	0	0	1.000	1.583
Bernard Belan	OF	11	12	0	0	0	1.000	1.091
Bernard Belan	P	39	12	29	2	4	.953	1.051
Harry Oliver	P	32	9	15	0	3	1.000	.750
Don Wilson	P	30	8	13	5	2	.808	.700
Robert Hellmer	P	24	3	21	0	2	1.000	1.000
Ray Culp	P	23	12	18	2	0	.938	1.304
Jesse Hickman	P	22	13	29	3	0	.933	1.909
Gary Kroll	P	20	6	18	1	0	.960	1.200
Bob Spicer	P	15	4	4	0	1	1.000	.533
Aubrey Gatewood	P	13	2	4	0	1	1.000	.462
John Moltenbrey	P	8						.000
Ed Hottell	P	7						.000
John Morris	P	5						.000
Jim Enold	P	5						.000
Bobby Bubash	P	5						.000
Andre Bessette	P	5						.000
Edwin Radzevich	P	4						.000
Harry Burd	P	4						.000
Lynn Lambeth	P	2						.000
Edward Kelly	P	2						.000
Carl Derr	SS	55	86	113	24	20	.892	3.618
Ron McCutcheon	SS	22	24	55	13	9	.859	3.591
Howard Pierson	SS	21	31	51	8	8	.911	3.905
Chico Heron	SS	19	24	38	10	6	.861	3.263
Guillermo Romero	SS	12	15	33	2	6	.960	4.000
Totals		1296	3123	1144	236	328	.948	3.292	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.

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