1961 Fresno Giants Statistics
Team Record: 68-72
Finished 3rd in the CL
Manager: Sal Taormina (68-72)
Affiliation: San Francisco Giants
Location: Fresno, California
Ballpark: John Euless Park
Attendance: 34,904, Avg. 499
The Fresno Giants of the California League ended the 1961 season with a record of 68 wins and 72 losses, finishing third in the CL.
The Giants tallied 749 runs and yielded 746 runs. Arlo Engel paced Fresno with 25 home runs, and Jim Ray Hart walloped 15 or more, too. Jim Ray Hart drove in 123 runs and topped batters with significant playing time with a .355 average. Edgar Feldman led the squad with 12 wins, while John Pregenzer registered a 3.7 earned run average, leading hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Players from the 1961 Fresno Giants who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Randy Hundley, Jim Ray Hart, John Pregenzer, Minnie Rojas and Dick Estelle.
Sal Taormina 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edgar Feldman | 12 | 8 | .600 | 4.24 | 27 | 26 | 8 | 0 | 189.0 | 204 | 112 | 89 | 12 | 100 | 164 | 4 | 0 | 9 | ||||
| John Pregenzer | 10 | 7 | .588 | 3.70 | 47 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 112.0 | 111 | 71 | 46 | 8 | 75 | 115 | 8 | 0 | 12 | ||||
| Dick Estelle | 8 | 7 | .533 | 4.18 | 17 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 99.0 | 91 | 57 | 46 | 6 | 56 | 94 | 5 | 2 | 2 | ||||
| Bobby Jones | 8 | 7 | .533 | 4.32 | 28 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 154.0 | 167 | 92 | 74 | 16 | 49 | 154 | 4 | 1 | 6 | ||||
| Ronald Cataldo | 7 | 12 | .368 | 4.95 | 23 | 22 | 8 | 2 | 149.0 | 170 | 107 | 82 | 16 | 108 | 127 | 3 | 1 | 10 | ||||
| Minnie Rojas | 6 | 5 | .545 | 3.26 | 47 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 91.0 | 97 | 46 | 33 | 6 | 24 | 116 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Ray Kendrick | 5 | 12 | .294 | 5.92 | 35 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 120.0 | 136 | 95 | 79 | 8 | 79 | 130 | 5 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Ron Pinkerton | 2 | 1 | .667 | 6.14 | 7 | 4 | 22.0 | 25 | 27 | 15 | 4 | 22 | 0 | |||||||||
| Carl Shelen | 2 | 3 | .400 | 4.58 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 59.0 | 71 | 42 | 30 | 5 | 27 | 51 | 3 | 1 | 4 | ||||
| Don Flynn | 18 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Robert Ericson | 0 | 0 | 6.00 | 2 | 0 | 6.0 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Ray Cox | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4.33 | 9 | 0 | 27.0 | 42 | 20 | 13 | 2 | 10 | 0 | |||||||||
| John Vaughan | 0 | 1 | .000 | 10.80 | 3 | 1 | 5.0 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | |||||||||
| Totals | 60 | 64 | .484 | 4.50 | 277 | 124 | 0 | 37 | 7 | 0 | 1033.0 | 1135 | 682 | 517 | 85 | 558 | 0 | 951 | 34 | 7 | 47 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Ray Hart | 138 | 571 | 507 | 100 | 180 | 24 | 14 | 22 | 123 | 15 | 4 | 56 | 77 | .355 | .421 | .588 | 1.009 | 298 | 4 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Robert Shosty | 134 | 495 | 407 | 79 | 125 | 21 | 2 | 8 | 68 | 7 | 3 | 78 | 57 | .307 | .420 | .428 | .847 | 174 | 3 | 4 | 3 | ||
| Jerry Kushner | 103 | 429 | 359 | 60 | 113 | 14 | 8 | 11 | 75 | 13 | 3 | 61 | 73 | .315 | .417 | .490 | .908 | 176 | 5 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Arlo Engel | 130 | 537 | 460 | 79 | 113 | 26 | 5 | 25 | 99 | 9 | 2 | 65 | 182 | .246 | .345 | .487 | .831 | 224 | 7 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Donald McGillicuddy | 95 | 403 | 350 | 70 | 101 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 35 | 5 | 1 | 42 | 58 | .289 | .369 | .414 | .784 | 145 | 4 | 5 | 2 | ||
| Don Mezzanotte | 129 | 524 | 421 | 77 | 98 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 38 | 6 | 2 | 83 | 49 | .233 | .360 | .304 | .665 | 128 | 5 | 8 | 7 | ||
| John Price | 97 | 367 | 296 | 45 | 83 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 40 | 6 | 4 | 64 | 77 | .280 | .408 | .382 | .790 | 113 | 2 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Arley Kangas | 87 | 303 | 270 | 38 | 69 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 28 | 4 | 1 | 28 | 36 | .256 | .325 | .304 | .628 | 82 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Randy Hundley | 88 | 337 | 273 | 36 | 68 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 45 | 6 | 3 | 56 | 72 | .249 | .371 | .366 | .738 | 100 | 0 | 3 | 5 | ||
| Julio Linares | 57 | 248 | 226 | 42 | 67 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 15 | 3 | 19 | 21 | .296 | .359 | .354 | .713 | 80 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| James Springborn | 39 | 157 | 130 | 27 | 35 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 18 | 19 | .269 | .365 | .438 | .804 | 57 | 4 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Bobby Jones | 32 | 79 | 70 | 5 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 21 | .257 | .297 | .300 | .597 | 21 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Ronald Cataldo | 31 | 79 | 64 | 10 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 22 | .266 | .390 | .359 | .749 | 23 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Wayne Davidson | 26 | 61 | 53 | 7 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 21 | .245 | .333 | .321 | .654 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Nick August | 15 | 62 | 55 | 5 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | .218 | .290 | .236 | .527 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Richard Young | 21 | 75 | 67 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 15 | .164 | .253 | .239 | .492 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Edgar Feldman | 31 | 77 | 75 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21 | .133 | .145 | .173 | .318 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Russell Vanderziel | 8 | 30 | 30 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 1 | .300 | .300 | .533 | .833 | 16 | |||||||||||
| Ed Moxey | 18 | 51 | 41 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 8 | .220 | .373 | .366 | .738 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joe Campise | 34 | 81 | 65 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 27 | .138 | .288 | .200 | .488 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Bob Rudd | 15 | 39 | 33 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 8 | .242 | .342 | .333 | .675 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Dick Estelle | 17 | 42 | 35 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19 | .229 | .270 | .257 | .527 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Larry Randall | 9 | 23 | 23 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .304 | .304 | .304 | .609 | 7 | |||||||||||
| John Pregenzer | 47 | 31 | 28 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | .143 | .172 | .250 | .422 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Minnie Rojas | 47 | 27 | 23 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 13 | .130 | .231 | .130 | .361 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Ray Cox | 9 | 8 | 8 | 2 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Carl Shelen | 14 | 24 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | .133 | .235 | .133 | .369 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Ray Kendrick | 35 | 38 | 32 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17 | .031 | .114 | .031 | .146 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Robert Ericson | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Ron Pinkerton | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| John Vaughan | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 1518 | 5205 | 4423 | 730 | 1195 | 174 | 53 | 97 | 645 | 99 | 30 | 645 | 933 | .270 | .365 | .399 | .765 | 1766 | 0 | 42 | 54 | 41 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Donald McGillicuddy | 1B | 92 | 644 | 39 | 14 | 44 | .980 | 7.424 | ||||
| Arlo Engel | 1B | 35 | 211 | 20 | 9 | 12 | .962 | 6.600 | ||||
| Wayne Davidson | 1B | 20 | 85 | 12 | 1 | 2 | .990 | 4.850 | ||||
| Don Mezzanotte | 2B | 72 | 125 | 190 | 14 | 27 | .957 | 4.375 | ||||
| Julio Linares | 2B | 57 | 121 | 158 | 14 | 22 | .952 | 4.895 | ||||
| John Price | 3B | 88 | 76 | 98 | 20 | 3 | .897 | 1.977 | ||||
| Arley Kangas | 3B | 15 | 6 | 18 | 2 | 2 | .923 | 1.600 | ||||
| James Springborn | 3B | 12 | 10 | 15 | 3 | 1 | .893 | 2.083 | ||||
| Richard Young | 3B | 11 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 2 | .885 | 2.091 | ||||
| Randy Hundley | C | 80 | 651 | 56 | 10 | 6 | .986 | 8.838 | 23 | |||
| Arley Kangas | C | 50 | 373 | 39 | 5 | 1 | .988 | 8.240 | 8 | |||
| Ed Moxey | C | 11 | 58 | 8 | 3 | 0 | .957 | 6.000 | 5 | |||
| Joe Campise | C | 10 | 49 | 10 | 3 | 1 | .952 | 5.900 | 11 | |||
| Robert Shosty | OF | 113 | 128 | 7 | 13 | 0 | .912 | 1.195 | ||||
| Arlo Engel | OF | 104 | 201 | 15 | 14 | 0 | .939 | 2.077 | ||||
| Jerry Kushner | OF | 101 | 143 | 15 | 13 | 1 | .924 | 1.564 | ||||
| Jim Ray Hart | OF | 60 | 95 | 6 | 3 | 0 | .971 | 1.683 | ||||
| James Springborn | OF | 24 | 38 | 5 | 2 | 1 | .956 | 1.792 | ||||
| Arley Kangas | OF | 16 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .944 | 1.062 | ||||
| Minnie Rojas | P | 47 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 0 | .800 | .255 | ||||
| John Pregenzer | P | 47 | 4 | 13 | 1 | 2 | .944 | .362 | ||||
| Ray Kendrick | P | 35 | 1 | 17 | 3 | 0 | .857 | .514 | ||||
| Bobby Jones | P | 28 | 7 | 19 | 1 | 2 | .963 | .929 | ||||
| Edgar Feldman | P | 27 | 10 | 42 | 2 | 3 | .963 | 1.926 | ||||
| Ronald Cataldo | P | 23 | 11 | 24 | 3 | 1 | .921 | 1.522 | ||||
| Dick Estelle | P | 17 | 5 | 15 | 7 | 2 | .741 | 1.176 | ||||
| Carl Shelen | P | 14 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 0 | .944 | 1.214 | ||||
| Jim Ray Hart | SS | 77 | 126 | 179 | 42 | 31 | .879 | 3.961 | ||||
| Don Mezzanotte | SS | 54 | 72 | 134 | 16 | 17 | .928 | 3.815 | ||||
| Totals | 1340 | 3284 | 1189 | 226 | 183 | .952 | 3.338 | 47 | 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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