1961 Fox Cities Foxes Statistics
Team Record: 67-62
Finished 4th in the IIIL
Manager: Earl Weaver (67-62)
Affiliation: Baltimore Orioles
Location: Appleton, Wisconsin
Ballpark: Goodland Field
Attendance: 47,552, Avg. 737
The Fox Cities Foxes of the Illinois-Iowa-Indiana League ended the 1961 season with a record of 67 wins and 62 losses, finishing fourth in the IIIL.
The Foxes allowed 560 runs, least in the league. Fox Cities plated 587 runs. Sam Bowens paced the team with 20 home runs, while Jim Liggett walloped 15 or more, too. Sam Bowens drove in 90 runs. Charlie Smiley topped all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .307. Jim Dunlap, Herm Starrette and Johnny Ellen led the squad with 11 wins each, and John Miller recorded a 2.43 ERA, leading hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Players from the 1961 Fox Cities Foxes who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Sam Bowens, Dave McNally, John Miller, Herm Starrette and Dave Vineyard.
Earl Weaver 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Herm Starrette | 11 | 7 | .611 | 3.64 | 35 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 146.0 | 153 | 64 | 59 | 7 | 54 | 9 | 128 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Johnny Ellen | 11 | 8 | .579 | 3.08 | 24 | 22 | 11 | 3 | 155.0 | 143 | 66 | 53 | 6 | 77 | 4 | 112 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||
| Jim Dunlap | 11 | 9 | .550 | 3.14 | 26 | 24 | 10 | 1 | 172.0 | 159 | 81 | 60 | 10 | 72 | 6 | 124 | 1 | 1 | 11 | |||
| Dave Vineyard | 9 | 9 | .500 | 3.38 | 25 | 24 | 8 | 2 | 165.0 | 166 | 78 | 62 | 6 | 64 | 1 | 109 | 2 | 0 | 7 | |||
| Dave McNally | 8 | 10 | .444 | 4.18 | 25 | 21 | 7 | 0 | 140.0 | 123 | 78 | 65 | 8 | 96 | 7 | 155 | 13 | 1 | 10 | |||
| Joe Puleo | 6 | 4 | .600 | 4.15 | 41 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 89.0 | 87 | 59 | 41 | 5 | 52 | 5 | 58 | 1 | 0 | 5 | |||
| John Miller | 6 | 7 | .462 | 2.43 | 27 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 115.0 | 92 | 49 | 31 | 3 | 67 | 4 | 124 | 4 | 1 | 6 | |||
| Richard Tetrault | 3 | 7 | .300 | 3.79 | 38 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 95.0 | 104 | 53 | 40 | 5 | 65 | 5 | 73 | 2 | 2 | 4 | |||
| Bob Scott | 2 | 1 | .667 | 3.66 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 32.0 | 30 | 19 | 13 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Paul Knechtges | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Pete Anthony | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 67 | 62 | .519 | 3.44 | 254 | 129 | 0 | 51 | 11 | 0 | 1109.0 | 1057 | 547 | 424 | 52 | 560 | 41 | 908 | 29 | 5 | 57 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charlie Smiley | 129 | 567 | 473 | 87 | 145 | 21 | 9 | 8 | 74 | 2 | 85 | 86 | .307 | .413 | .440 | .853 | 208 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | ||
| Joe Pulliam | 121 | 511 | 441 | 82 | 117 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 42 | 18 | 65 | 59 | .265 | .365 | .367 | .732 | 162 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Sam Bowens | 126 | 522 | 436 | 84 | 115 | 24 | 7 | 20 | 90 | 30 | 71 | 111 | .264 | .374 | .489 | .862 | 213 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 10 | ||
| Pete Anthony | 128 | 556 | 475 | 69 | 110 | 21 | 6 | 8 | 63 | 5 | 77 | 93 | .232 | .339 | .352 | .690 | 167 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Jim Liggett | 128 | 529 | 435 | 60 | 109 | 17 | 4 | 18 | 66 | 6 | 78 | 134 | .251 | .373 | .432 | .805 | 188 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 6 | ||
| Nielsen Cochran | 121 | 502 | 392 | 59 | 82 | 15 | 5 | 11 | 45 | 12 | 98 | 94 | .209 | .369 | .357 | .726 | 140 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 3 | ||
| James Caldwell | 83 | 288 | 239 | 28 | 66 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 41 | 8 | 45 | 66 | .276 | .392 | .431 | .823 | 103 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Richard Yencha | 112 | 422 | 381 | 37 | 62 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 29 | 115 | .163 | .230 | .194 | .424 | 74 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 3 | ||
| John Griffin | 76 | 248 | 213 | 16 | 39 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 3 | 30 | 62 | .183 | .294 | .235 | .529 | 50 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Frank Montgomery | 85 | 305 | 234 | 33 | 36 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 3 | 64 | 62 | .154 | .341 | .226 | .568 | 53 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Jim Dunlap | 35 | 82 | 70 | 3 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 22 | .171 | .256 | .229 | .485 | 16 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ronald Piotrowski | 15 | 39 | 32 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 8 | .219 | .359 | .281 | .640 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dave Vineyard | 26 | 64 | 58 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 26 | .121 | .177 | .207 | .384 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Scott | 6 | 14 | 14 | 6 | .429 | .429 | .429 | .857 | 6 | ||||||||||||||
| John Miller | 29 | 44 | 40 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 20 | .150 | .209 | .150 | .359 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joe Puleo | 41 | 30 | 25 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 15 | .160 | .300 | .160 | .460 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Richard Tetrault | 39 | 33 | 25 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 17 | .120 | .267 | .160 | .427 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Herm Starrette | 35 | 51 | 40 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 27 | .075 | .213 | .075 | .288 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dave McNally | 25 | 56 | 43 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 25 | .070 | .273 | .209 | .482 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Johnny Ellen | 24 | 60 | 49 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 23 | .061 | .161 | .061 | .222 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Arthur Von Wronski | 4 | 16 | 16 | 2 | .125 | .125 | .125 | .250 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Paul Knechtges | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 1393 | 4941 | 4133 | 584 | 937 | 143 | 50 | 84 | 497 | 92 | 0 | 697 | 1065 | .227 | .343 | .346 | .689 | 1432 | 0 | 45 | 41 | 25 | 40 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charlie Smiley | 1B | 129 | 1087 | 78 | 13 | 120 | .989 | 9.031 | ||||
| Pete Anthony | 2B | 120 | 253 | 342 | 24 | 94 | .961 | 4.958 | ||||
| Frank Montgomery | 2B | 22 | 39 | 33 | 4 | 4 | .947 | 3.273 | ||||
| Nielsen Cochran | 3B | 119 | 95 | 212 | 33 | 24 | .903 | 2.580 | ||||
| Sam Bowens | 3B | 10 | 10 | 17 | 2 | 3 | .931 | 2.700 | ||||
| James Caldwell | C | 70 | 484 | 54 | 15 | 2 | .973 | 7.686 | 10 | |||
| John Griffin | C | 59 | 418 | 44 | 11 | 7 | .977 | 7.831 | 18 | |||
| Jim Liggett | OF | 127 | 203 | 17 | 16 | 4 | .932 | 1.732 | ||||
| Joe Pulliam | OF | 118 | 224 | 7 | 10 | 1 | .959 | 1.958 | ||||
| Sam Bowens | OF | 101 | 143 | 13 | 6 | 2 | .963 | 1.545 | ||||
| Frank Montgomery | OF | 53 | 96 | 6 | 8 | 2 | .927 | 1.925 | ||||
| Joe Puleo | P | 41 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .390 | ||||
| Richard Tetrault | P | 38 | 5 | 20 | 3 | 3 | .893 | .658 | ||||
| Herm Starrette | P | 35 | 6 | 24 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | .857 | ||||
| John Miller | P | 27 | 8 | 14 | 2 | 0 | .917 | .815 | ||||
| Jim Dunlap | P | 26 | 11 | 15 | 1 | 2 | .963 | 1.000 | ||||
| Dave Vineyard | P | 25 | 12 | 36 | 1 | 3 | .980 | 1.920 | ||||
| Dave McNally | P | 25 | 7 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.280 | ||||
| Johnny Ellen | P | 24 | 14 | 24 | 4 | 0 | .905 | 1.583 | ||||
| Bob Scott | P | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Paul Knechtges | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Richard Yencha | SS | 111 | 145 | 290 | 33 | 62 | .929 | 3.919 | ||||
| Sam Bowens | SS | 20 | 28 | 39 | 7 | 9 | .905 | 3.350 | ||||
| Pete Anthony | SS | 16 | 17 | 32 | 6 | 8 | .891 | 3.062 | ||||
| Totals | 1327 | 3310 | 1353 | 199 | 355 | .959 | 3.514 | 28 | 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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