1961 Erie Sailors Statistics

New York-Pennsylvania League (NYPL) - Class: D
Team Record: 68-57
Finished 2nd in the NYPL
Manager: Harry Warner (68-57)
Affiliation: Minnesota Twins
Location: Erie, Pennsylvania
Ballpark: Ainsworth Field
Attendance: 19,583, Avg. 313
1961 Erie Sailors Roster

Playoffs - Batavia Pirates 2 games, Erie Sailors 1

The Erie Sailors of the New York-Pennsylvania League ended the 1961 season with a record of 68 wins and 57 losses, finishing second in the NYPL.

The Sailors plated 798 runs and yielded 665 runs. Frank Franchi and Victor Horacio paced Erie with 12 home runs apiece. Victor Horacio accounted for 84 RBI and topped batters with significant playing time with a .297 average. John Strzyzewski and Timothy Wells led the team with 14 wins each, while Jose Mejias recorded a 3.64 ERA, leading pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

Frank Quilici played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Erie Sailors to do so.

Harry Warner 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 Strzyzewski149.6094.072826163197.0189101892859127004
Timothy Wells149.6094.382626121181.0181107882690162308
Jose Mejias114.7333.64201781136.01297155645124201
Louis Yanz77.5004.5048510102.01075851114870202
William Pollack65.5455.2822173287.096675196667514
John Mitchell58.3855.71181650104.0998366165783104
John Hanlon42.6676.061283052.063363572149103
James Ward31.7503.681031022.02212911721202
John Crotty21.6674.831520054.045322973657104
Robert Pearson11.5009.009218.01720183200
Walter Coleman13.2502.38931034.03919941740102
Robert DeFant0015.00416.0151010110
Charles Kennedy01.0000.00101.0000010
Samuel Gray01.0006.007015.01110100141
Vernon Merrick05.0005.711930052.0583933113235326
Totals6857.5444.69248129050701061.010716655531305240835214400

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
Victor Horacio12454044495132224128417118381.297.413.446.859198733
Francis Pittaro124543428891231761706210765.287.429.362.791155224
Jacinto Vento1245754611031202129681019839.260.391.373.7641723103
Humberto Sama10440834565100184846314455.290.385.435.8201501234
Frank Franchi8739430172952301275218339.316.455.512.967154118
Luke Vasser112405345709218511641834990.267.365.443.808153623
David Sanchez864023466592145242455134.266.358.353.711122032
Thomas Fries1124093247380143959306865.247.382.392.774127665
Bill Tomb63255219436264552643038.283.368.416.78391123
Pablo Mitchell34161129364648323512717.357.475.5811.05675230
Reyes Figueroa22999119268041603814.286.343.505.84946000
John Strzyzewski35968211257051800633.305.348.573.92147071
Frank Quilici2711097202040210001224.206.294.309.60330010
Jose Mejias21584971821070039.367.404.449.85322060
Charles Isles2183611213510451214.213.422.328.75020100
Jose Padilla1569561211100300136.196.348.214.56212000
Timothy Wells3473593112009001027.186.304.220.52513040
John Mitchell204739310100711210.256.286.282.56811051
George Dempster20423166201801108.194.405.355.76011100
Ron Gasper1755469510151086.109.255.196.4509100
John Hanlon1326251400030019.160.192.160.3524000
Walter Coleman1111113311140002.273.273.8181.0919000
William Pollack22322743100100515.111.250.148.3984000
John Crotty15211732000300412.118.286.118.4032000
Samuel Gray7331.333.333.333.6671
Robert Pearson9441.250.250.250.5001
James Ward10871100010003.143.143.143.2861010
Harry Warner111191100020021.111.273.111.3841000
Louis Yanz48211521100000411.067.263.133.3962020
Larry Pohlman2330000.000.000.000.0000
Vernon Merrick191281000000043.000.333.000.3330000
Robert DeFant4110000.000.000.000.0000
John Baird2220000.000.000.000.0000
Totals137549794085829110419344866848135753720.270.386.402.789164304361370


Fielding:

Player Pos GP PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB SB CS CS%
Humberto Sama1B94715361356.9837.989
David Sanchez2B851982102449.9444.800
Charles Isles2B16363444.9464.375
Jose Padilla2B142343212.9714.714
Francis Pittaro3B1211032172415.9302.645
Thomas FriesC10569873147.9827.34327
Frank FranchiC12105930.9749.5003
George DempsterC1157822.9705.9091
Victor HoracioOF12219311130.9401.672
Frank FranchiOF74159461.9642.203
Bill TombOF6086842.9591.567
Luke VasserOF5983971.9291.559
Pablo MitchellOF3456321.9671.735
Reyes FigueroaOF2237310.9761.818
Jacinto VentoOF14220001.0001.571
Louis YanzP4841031.824.292
John StrzyzewskiP28112512.9731.286
Timothy WellsP2633022.9431.269
William PollackP2251230.850.773
Jose MejiasP2031510.947.900
Vernon MerrickP1931434.850.895
John MitchellP1811961.7691.111
John CrottyP152410.857.400
John HanlonP12111011.0001.000
James WardP1002001.000.200
Robert PearsonP9.000
Walter ColemanP9.000
Samuel GrayP7.000
Robert DeFantP4.000
Charles KennedyP1.000
Jacinto VentoSS1051752522553.9454.067
Frank QuiliciSS2442511012.9033.875
Totals122028211113174226.9583.2253100

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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