1961 Eugene Emeralds Statistics
Team Record: 69-70
Finished 4th in the NWL
Manager: Richard Klaus (69-70)
Affiliation: San Francisco Giants
Location: Eugene, Oregon
Ballpark: Bethel Park
Attendance: 53,046, Avg. 763
The Eugene Emeralds of the Northwest League ended the 1961 season with a record of 69 wins and 70 losses, finishing fourth in the NWL.
The Emeralds scored 565 runs, worst in the league, and allowed 592 runs. George Nevins paced Eugene with 14 home runs Jesús Alou drove in 71 runs and topped hitters with significant playing time by hitting .336. Lazaro Gomez led the team with 14 wins and a team-best 3 ERA, tops among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Players from the 1961 Eugene Emeralds who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Cap Peterson, Dick Estelle, Bob Barton, Bill Hands, José Cardenal and Jesús Alou.
Richard Klaus 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lazaro Gomez | 14 | 9 | .609 | 3.00 | 34 | 24 | 18 | 4 | 189.0 | 155 | 69 | 63 | 16 | 58 | 167 | 0 | 0 | 8 | ||||
| Donald Carlson | 12 | 8 | .600 | 3.05 | 35 | 20 | 10 | 4 | 183.0 | 178 | 78 | 62 | 8 | 34 | 145 | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Monty Tarrh | 11 | 11 | .500 | 4.04 | 27 | 22 | 12 | 2 | 167.0 | 178 | 88 | 75 | 8 | 62 | 121 | 5 | 2 | 12 | ||||
| William Schoenrock | 7 | 6 | .538 | 4.21 | 30 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 107.0 | 120 | 70 | 50 | 9 | 60 | 53 | 1 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| Norman Simmons | 6 | 4 | .600 | 5.64 | 36 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 83.0 | 90 | 54 | 52 | 7 | 47 | 63 | 2 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Bill Hands | 6 | 7 | .462 | 4.64 | 18 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 95.0 | 106 | 62 | 49 | 6 | 51 | 87 | 6 | 1 | 12 | ||||
| Richard Denton | 4 | 3 | .571 | 1.74 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 57.0 | 40 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 21 | 42 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Jackie Blehm | 4 | 7 | .364 | 3.69 | 14 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 78.0 | 71 | 45 | 32 | 8 | 35 | 56 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Harold Kunkel | 2 | 10 | .167 | 4.88 | 14 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 72.0 | 81 | 51 | 39 | 9 | 28 | 44 | 4 | 1 | 6 | ||||
| Melvin Krause | 1 | 1 | .500 | 4.85 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26.0 | 25 | 18 | 14 | 3 | 13 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Dick Estelle | 1 | 1 | .500 | 6.00 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 24.0 | 26 | 22 | 16 | 4 | 23 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Jerry Cade | 1 | 2 | .333 | 5.54 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13.0 | 24 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Phil Jantze | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Matthew Gayeski | 0 | 1 | .000 | 20.25 | 2 | 2 | 4.0 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |||||||||
| Totals | 69 | 70 | .496 | 3.93 | 254 | 139 | 0 | 64 | 15 | 0 | 1098.0 | 1102 | 594 | 480 | 80 | 445 | 0 | 825 | 28 | 5 | 61 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jesús Alou | 138 | 550 | 518 | 82 | 174 | 31 | 5 | 10 | 71 | 16 | 14 | 21 | 19 | .336 | .368 | .473 | .841 | 245 | 6 | 4 | 1 | ||
| Ronald Phifer | 133 | 534 | 459 | 76 | 139 | 15 | 6 | 13 | 57 | 27 | 3 | 62 | 68 | .303 | .386 | .447 | .832 | 205 | 3 | 5 | 5 | ||
| Herb Raybourn | 121 | 478 | 431 | 58 | 119 | 18 | 2 | 3 | 31 | 7 | 4 | 41 | 54 | .276 | .338 | .348 | .686 | 150 | 0 | 5 | 1 | ||
| Bob Barton | 124 | 455 | 385 | 48 | 112 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 56 | 2 | 2 | 59 | 53 | .291 | .382 | .400 | .782 | 154 | 2 | 2 | 7 | ||
| George Nevins | 117 | 423 | 364 | 57 | 101 | 22 | 1 | 14 | 53 | 1 | 1 | 50 | 92 | .277 | .374 | .459 | .833 | 167 | 7 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Stanley Patykula | 97 | 354 | 295 | 43 | 86 | 15 | 2 | 11 | 45 | 1 | 6 | 53 | 64 | .292 | .403 | .468 | .871 | 138 | 3 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Roger Tomlinson | 94 | 381 | 335 | 40 | 78 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 31 | 3 | 2 | 33 | 56 | .233 | .301 | .275 | .576 | 92 | 2 | 6 | 5 | ||
| Phil Jantze | 77 | 210 | 182 | 29 | 54 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 34 | 4 | 1 | 25 | 20 | .297 | .378 | .423 | .801 | 77 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Charles Koss | 62 | 234 | 200 | 24 | 52 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 36 | 4 | 1 | 29 | 25 | .260 | .349 | .385 | .734 | 77 | 0 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Julio Linares | 47 | 182 | 160 | 16 | 32 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 19 | .200 | .268 | .238 | .506 | 38 | 0 | 3 | 3 | ||
| Melvin Krause | 69 | 161 | 122 | 19 | 31 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 34 | 39 | .254 | .406 | .270 | .677 | 33 | 0 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Cap Peterson | 24 | 90 | 79 | 11 | 21 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 16 | .266 | .344 | .342 | .686 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| James McClain | 17 | 70 | 60 | 11 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 9 | .283 | .386 | .417 | .802 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Richard Mitchell | 31 | 99 | 84 | 9 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 23 | .202 | .323 | .298 | .621 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Donald Carlson | 35 | 72 | 64 | 3 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | .234 | .246 | .250 | .496 | 16 | 1 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Lazaro Gomez | 40 | 75 | 68 | 5 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 19 | .206 | .247 | .265 | .511 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
| John Price | 17 | 68 | 62 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 20 | .177 | .250 | .323 | .573 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Monty Tarrh | 27 | 62 | 53 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17 | .189 | .228 | .208 | .436 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 1 | ||
| Terry Maddox | 17 | 43 | 35 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 7 | .229 | .349 | .229 | .577 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| José Cardenal | 9 | 25 | 25 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .280 | .280 | .320 | .600 | 8 | |||||||||||
| Bobbye Beckner | 21 | 66 | 53 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 27 | .094 | .246 | .151 | .397 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Arley Kangas | 10 | 21 | 19 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .211 | .250 | .368 | .618 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Norman Simmons | 40 | 23 | 23 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | .174 | .174 | .174 | .348 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Harold Kunkel | 15 | 25 | 20 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 9 | .100 | .280 | .200 | .480 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bill Hands | 18 | 32 | 24 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 10 | .083 | .214 | .083 | .298 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Jackie Blehm | 14 | 28 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 | .040 | .077 | .040 | .117 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| William Schoenrock | 30 | 39 | 31 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 17 | .032 | .211 | .032 | .243 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Dick Estelle | 11 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jerry Cade | 10 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Matthew Gayeski | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Richard Denton | 8 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 1475 | 4829 | 4204 | 561 | 1117 | 179 | 38 | 63 | 498 | 77 | 41 | 503 | 727 | .266 | .345 | .371 | .717 | 1561 | 0 | 28 | 56 | 38 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stanley Patykula | 1B | 81 | 592 | 43 | 12 | 50 | .981 | 7.840 | ||||
| Ronald Phifer | 1B | 30 | 249 | 14 | 5 | 23 | .981 | 8.767 | ||||
| Phil Jantze | 1B | 28 | 216 | 22 | 5 | 17 | .979 | 8.500 | ||||
| Julio Linares | 2B | 39 | 84 | 100 | 10 | 19 | .948 | 4.718 | ||||
| Melvin Krause | 2B | 31 | 49 | 95 | 7 | 16 | .954 | 4.645 | ||||
| Herb Raybourn | 2B | 27 | 59 | 76 | 10 | 14 | .931 | 5.000 | ||||
| Bobbye Beckner | 2B | 20 | 38 | 63 | 8 | 10 | .927 | 5.050 | ||||
| Richard Mitchell | 2B | 17 | 32 | 51 | 2 | 6 | .976 | 4.882 | ||||
| Phil Jantze | 2B | 12 | 22 | 27 | 1 | 7 | .980 | 4.083 | ||||
| Herb Raybourn | 3B | 64 | 55 | 103 | 25 | 9 | .863 | 2.469 | ||||
| Charles Koss | 3B | 58 | 43 | 92 | 10 | 11 | .931 | 2.328 | ||||
| John Price | 3B | 17 | 9 | 25 | 3 | 1 | .919 | 2.000 | ||||
| Bob Barton | C | 122 | 762 | 71 | 18 | 7 | .979 | 6.828 | 5 | |||
| Stanley Patykula | C | 16 | 64 | 9 | 2 | 2 | .973 | 4.562 | 6 | |||
| Jesús Alou | OF | 136 | 258 | 13 | 13 | 4 | .954 | 1.993 | ||||
| Ronald Phifer | OF | 100 | 163 | 12 | 7 | 1 | .962 | 1.750 | ||||
| Herb Raybourn | OF | 28 | 30 | 2 | 6 | 0 | .842 | 1.143 | ||||
| Terry Maddox | OF | 17 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .941 | ||||
| Phil Jantze | OF | 17 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .941 | .941 | ||||
| James McClain | OF | 12 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .941 | 1.333 | ||||
| Norman Simmons | P | 36 | 7 | 14 | 1 | 0 | .955 | .583 | ||||
| Donald Carlson | P | 35 | 6 | 25 | 1 | 1 | .969 | .886 | ||||
| Lazaro Gomez | P | 34 | 10 | 32 | 5 | 3 | .894 | 1.235 | ||||
| William Schoenrock | P | 30 | 6 | 16 | 1 | 2 | .957 | .733 | ||||
| Monty Tarrh | P | 27 | 11 | 31 | 5 | 2 | .894 | 1.556 | ||||
| Bill Hands | P | 18 | 6 | 16 | 3 | 0 | .880 | 1.222 | ||||
| Harold Kunkel | P | 14 | 9 | 16 | 2 | 3 | .926 | 1.786 | ||||
| Melvin Krause | P | 14 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .571 | ||||
| Jackie Blehm | P | 14 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 0 | .923 | .857 | ||||
| Dick Estelle | P | 11 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .545 | ||||
| Jerry Cade | P | 10 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .667 | .200 | ||||
| Richard Denton | P | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| Matthew Gayeski | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Roger Tomlinson | SS | 92 | 155 | 246 | 28 | 46 | .935 | 4.359 | ||||
| Cap Peterson | SS | 24 | 37 | 41 | 5 | 4 | .940 | 3.250 | ||||
| Totals | 1241 | 3026 | 1277 | 199 | 259 | .956 | 3.467 | 11 | 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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