1961 Dubuque Packers Statistics

Midwest League (MWL) - Class: D
Team Record: 64-61
Finished 5th in the MWL
Manager: Merrill May (64-61)
Affiliation: Cleveland Indians
Location: Dubuque, Iowa
Ballpark: John Patrakis Memorial Park
Attendance: 67,864, Avg. 1,086

1961 Dubuque Packers Roster

The Dubuque Packers of the Midwest League ended the 1961 season with a record of 64 wins and 61 losses, finishing fifth in the MWL.

The Packers tallied 769 runs and yielded 716 runs. John Butler paced Dubuque with 20 home runs, while Hector Cardenas, Tommie Agee and Orlando Centellas each walloped 15 or more, too. John Butler drove in 106 runs. Hector Cardenas topped all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .325. Arthur Siefert led the squad with 13 wins, and Robert Miller recorded a 3.03 ERA, leading hurlers with significant time on the mound.

Players from the 1961 Dubuque Packers who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Jerry Fosnow, Tommy John, Steve Bailey, Jackie Hernández and Tommie Agee.

Merrill May 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
Arthur Siefert	13	10	.565	3.66	30	20		10	1		177.0	165	97	72	23	89		172	3	0	14
Tommy John	10	4	.714	3.17	14	13		4	1		88.0	74	47	31	2	59		99	2	1	7
Walter Bugajski	8	4	.667	4.72	24	14		8	1		124.0	124	83	65	16	90		109	2	0	16
James Gaskill	7	11	.389	4.54	31	15		3	0		115.0	103	78	58	17	82		112	2	0	11
Robert Miller	6	5	.545	3.03	18	14		8	1		107.0	70	57	36	7	77		124	9	0	14
Larry Patterson	4	5	.444	2.91	16	14		4	3		96.0	63	43	31	5	45		97	6	0	6
Jerry Fosnow	3	1	.750	4.50	7	2					18.0	19	17	9		12				0
Steve Bailey	3	6	.333	5.92	29	9		1	0		76.0	71	64	50	5	62		92	5	0	16
Donald Johnson	3	7	.300	6.51	20	7		2	0		76.0	80	70	55	6	88		80	5	0	11
Ronald Kasper	2	0	1.000		6						0.0									0
George Denyer	2	2	.500	6.68	9	2		1	0		31.0	34	23	23	5	10		30	0	0	0
Sammy Ladatto	2	4	.333	6.12	24	12		1	1		72.0	65	66	49	5	87		81	2	0	14
Terry Screnar	1	0	1.000		8						0.0									0
Richard Lamphere	0	0			5						0.0									0
Clem Ozburn	0	2	.000		5						0.0									0
Totals	64	61	.512	4.40	246	122	0	42	8	0	980.0	868	645	479	91	701	0	996	36	1	109	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
Hector Cardenas	120	501	453	91	147	22	3	16	85	7		42	56	.325	.384	.492	.876	223		2	3	1
John Butler	119	535	446	94	136	30	4	20	106	5		78	44	.305	.408	.525	.932	234		2	5	4
Terry Screnar	123	546	466	80	129	23	2	12	86	8		64	103	.277	.366	.412	.778	192		6	2	8
Orlando Centellas	118	479	397	81	112	18	6	19	71	10		68	81	.282	.392	.501	.894	199		6	5	3
Jackie Hernández	108	378	318	58	87	19	1	5	43	12		37	95	.274	.378	.387	.765	123		17	5	1
Richard Allen	79	325	255	75	77	13	2	3	31	22		55	51	.302	.442	.404	.846	103		10	4	1
Tommie Agee	64	264	245	49	64	8	2	15	40	7		14	78	.261	.314	.494	.808	121		5	0	0
Harold Raeford	62	258	221	35	63	10	4	6	40	4		32	32	.285	.374	.448	.822	99		1	1	3
Chico DeCastris	68	266	239	30	60	6	4	6	33	4		20	83	.251	.317	.385	.702	92		3	4	0
Manford Ridgeway	42	160	147	26	40	5	1	8	35	3		10	35	.272	.327	.483	.810	71		2	1	0
Clarence Long	32	130	113	17	34	5	0	1	14	5		16	19	.301	.388	.372	.759	42		0	1	0
James Pace	37	159	112	36	26	5	0	5	18	1		43	34	.232	.446	.411	.857	46		1	2	1
Jerome Kelly	26	95	78	11	16	3	0	1	9	2		15	21	.205	.337	.282	.619	22		1	0	1
Richard Young	36	112	100	6	16	4	0	0	7	0		9	39	.160	.227	.200	.427	20		0	2	1
Donald Johnson	25	43	40	9	15	3	0	1	5	0		3	13	.375	.419	.525	.944	21		0	0	0
Arthur Siefert	33	80	65	10	15	4	1	0	9	0		10	8	.231	.333	.323	.656	21		0	5	0
Walter Bugajski	34	77	69	11	13	4	3	1	7	0		6	23	.188	.253	.377	.630	26		0	2	0
Don Bowen	29	79	64	10	11	5	0	0	6	1		12	9	.172	.295	.250	.545	16		0	1	2
George Hutchinson	17	54	45	5	9	2	0	0	3	1		7	17	.200	.333	.244	.578	11		2	0	0
John Bacot	12	51	41	6	8	1	2	0	6	1		8	9	.195	.314	.317	.631	13		0	0	2
Tommy John	14	34	27	4	6	0	0	0	3	0		3	5	.222	.300	.222	.522	6		0	4	0
Robert Miller	22	42	37	6	6	2	0	0	3	1		2	19	.162	.225	.216	.441	8		1	2	0
Steve Bailey	32	32	30	2	5	0	0	0	3	0		2	13	.167	.219	.167	.385	5		0	0	0
Larry Patterson	16	38	33	4	4	0	0	1	2	0		4	17	.121	.216	.212	.428	7		0	1	0
George Denyer	9	11	11		3									.273	.273	.273	.545	3
Sammy Ladatto	24	26	23	2	3	0	0	0	0	0		0	8	.130	.130	.130	.261	3		0	3	0
James Gaskill	31	39	34	3	2	1	0	0	0	0		4	27	.059	.158	.088	.246	3		0	1	0
Ronald Kasper	6	4	4		1									.250	.250	.250	.500	1
Jerry Fosnow	7	5	5		1									.200	.200	.200	.400	1
Clem Ozburn	5	6	6		1									.167	.167	.167	.333	1
Richard Lamphere	5	2	2		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1355	4831	4126	761	1110	193	35	120	665	94	0	564	939	.269	.363	.420	.783	1733	0	59	54	28	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Terry Screnar	1B	123	884	36	18	70	.981	7.480
Harold Raeford	2B	56	117	146	23	29	.920	4.696
James Pace	2B	32	71	77	5	22	.967	4.625
Richard Allen	2B	28	61	58	10	11	.922	4.250
Orlando Centellas	3B	116	93	196	42	19	.873	2.491
Don Bowen	3B	12	11	14	4	1	.862	2.083
Jackie Hernández	C	95	751	72	30	10	.965	8.663	26
Richard Young	C	29	234	24	8	4	.970	8.897	16
George Hutchinson	C	16	109	8	6	1	.951	7.312	11
Hector Cardenas	OF	117	165	24	5	1	.974	1.615
Chico DeCastris	OF	67	61	5	3	1	.957	.985
Tommie Agee	OF	63	103	4	13	2	.892	1.698
Richard Allen	OF	40	40	2	1	0	.977	1.050
Manford Ridgeway	OF	30	42	2	3	1	.936	1.467
Clarence Long	OF	30	28	5	5	1	.868	1.100
Jerome Kelly	OF	23	17	1	1	0	.947	.783
John Bacot	OF	11	19	3	4	0	.846	2.000
James Gaskill	P	31	0	13	3	0	.812	.419
Arthur Siefert	P	30	8	35	2	3	.956	1.433
Steve Bailey	P	29	2	17	2	3	.905	.655
Sammy Ladatto	P	24	3	13	1	0	.941	.667
Walter Bugajski	P	24	9	32	2	1	.953	1.708
Donald Johnson	P	20	3	17	2	1	.909	1.000
Robert Miller	P	18	6	16	1	1	.957	1.222
Larry Patterson	P	16	4	18	1	1	.957	1.375
Tommy John	P	14	3	14	2	0	.895	1.214
George Denyer	P	9						.000
Jerry Fosnow	P	7						.000
Ronald Kasper	P	6						.000
Clem Ozburn	P	5						.000
Richard Lamphere	P	5						.000
John Butler	SS	118	178	290	47	57	.909	3.966
Totals		1244	3022	1142	244	240	.945	3.347	53	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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