1961 Grand Forks Chiefs Statistics

Northern League (NL) - Class: C
Team Record: 60-66
Finished 4th in the NL
Manager: Bob Clear (60-66)
Affiliation: Pittsburgh Pirates
Location: Grand Forks, North Dakota
Ballpark: Municipal Park, Unknown
Attendance: 29,352, Avg. 466

1961 Grand Forks Chiefs Roster

Playoffs - Aberdeen Pheasants 1 game, Grand Forks Chiefs 0

The Grand Forks Chiefs of the Northern League ended the 1961 season with a record of 60 wins and 66 losses, finishing fourth in the NL.

The Chiefs plated 638 runs and yielded 745 runs. Pat Owens paced Grand Forks with 24 home runs, while Rodolfo Welch walloped 15 or more, too. Pat Owens recorded 90 runs batted in. Rodolfo Welch led all qualifying hitters on the roster by connecting at a .310 clip. Douglas Gentry and Anselmo Gordon topped the squad with 10 wins each, and Anselmo Gordon registered a 3.23 earned run average, leading hurlers with significant time on the mound.

Members of the 1961 Grand Forks Chiefs who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Jim Price, José Martínez and Frank Bork.

Bob Clear 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
Douglas Gentry	10	6	.625	4.86	33	10		4	1		126.0	146	82	68	3	65		49	7	0	7
Anselmo Gordon	10	7	.588	3.23	38	8		2	0		117.0	88	57	42	4	91		121	5	3	12
Juan Gener	8	8	.500	4.53	27	23		13	0		173.0	162	110	87	16	133		117	3	1	16
Claude Meinhard	8	8	.500	4.69	25	24		10	0		142.0	144	104	74	9	100		87	11	0	18
Frank Bork	7	10	.412	4.81	22	18		10	1		131.0	161	95	70	14	62		117	1	0	16
Troy Giles	5	4	.556	5.13	14	11		6	1		93.0	108	60	53	9	44		51	3	1	4
Louis Montagano	4	5	.444	3.84	10	10		6	1		75.0	85	50	32	9	41		53	2	0	4
Bob Clear	4	5	.444	5.05	12	7		4	0		66.0	81	60	37	6	35		50	1	0	0
Lyle VanBoeyen	2	3	.400	4.61	11	7		2	0		41.0	39	33	21	3	49		29	2	1	8
Emiliano Telleria	1	1	.500		5						0.0									0
Ramon Saba	1	3	.250	4.50	9	4		1	0		34.0	41	24	17	3	27		22	2	1	1
Jim Price	0	0			3						0.0									0
Dick Newberg	0	2	.000		5						0.0									0
Ronald Kent	0	2	.000		2						0.0									0
Robert Slezak	0	2	.000	6.55	10	1		0	0		22.0	28	23	16	3	17		12	3	0	2
Totals	60	66	.476	4.56	226	123	0	58	4	0	1020.0	1083	698	517	79	664	0	708	40	7	88	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
Rodolfo Welch	124	516	455	88	141	25	3	19	87	28		47	110	.310	.381	.503	.884	229		8	1	5
Pat Owens	128	531	470	94	136	15	5	24	90	11		49	97	.289	.360	.496	.856	233		6	1	5
José Martínez	122	513	460	74	129	13	5	4	36	40		45	84	.280	.348	.357	.704	164		3	4	1
Felix Santana	112	484	403	71	121	12	1	7	45	25		72	62	.300	.409	.387	.796	156		2	7	0
Emiliano Telleria	109	420	381	49	102	14	5	4	45	16		28	43	.268	.322	.362	.684	138		4	4	3
Eugene Orf	88	364	301	62	87	10	1	10	54	4		55	38	.289	.404	.429	.833	129		4	3	1
Al Cruz	104	422	341	55	80	14	4	1	30	6		73	47	.235	.368	.308	.676	105		0	6	2
Jim Price	77	283	237	37	68	8	0	6	36	1		40	20	.287	.389	.397	.786	94		1	3	2
Don Nipp	57	200	182	16	53	9	0	5	26	0		11	23	.291	.342	.423	.765	77		4	1	2
Larry Fidalgo	57	223	200	21	41	7	2	1	25	0		18	36	.205	.268	.275	.543	55		0	3	2
Albert Muench	35	147	116	15	26	4	1	1	10	1		28	21	.224	.377	.302	.678	35		1	1	1
Donald DiChiara	36	140	108	14	17	3	2	0	13	3		30	23	.157	.338	.222	.560	24		0	1	1
Claude Meinhard	25	61	55	8	13	1	0	0	5	0		2	12	.236	.276	.255	.530	14		1	3	0
Juan Gener	28	74	63	4	11	1	0	0	5	0		10	26	.175	.288	.190	.478	12		0	1	0
Frank Bork	23	49	44	2	10	1	0	0	1	0		0	11	.227	.244	.250	.494	11		1	4	0
Troy Giles	14	40	32	6	8	3	0	0	3	0		4	8	.250	.333	.344	.677	11		0	4	0
Douglas Gentry	33	48	40	6	7	0	0	0	2	0		6	7	.175	.298	.175	.473	7		1	1	0
George Grant	22	68	54	5	7	1	0	0	2	1		13	12	.130	.309	.148	.457	8		1	0	0
Louis Montagano	12	34	29	3	5	1	0	0	3	0		3	5	.172	.250	.207	.457	6		0	2	0
Bob Clear	18	49	41	6	5	1	0	0	3	0		5	9	.122	.217	.146	.364	6		0	3	0
Anselmo Gordon	38	40	32	2	4	0	0	0	3	0		5	13	.125	.256	.125	.381	4		1	1	1
Robert Slezak	11	10	10	0	3	0	0	0	0	0		0	3	.300	.300	.300	.600	3		0	0	0
Lyle VanBoeyen	11	20	18	0	2	0	0	0	2	0		1	6	.111	.150	.111	.261	2		0	0	1
Ramon Saba	9	12	12		1									.083	.083	.083	.167	1
Ronald Kent	2	2	2		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Dick Newberg	5	2	2		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1300	4752	4088	638	1077	143	29	82	526	136	0	545	716	.263	.353	.373	.726	1524	0	38	54	27	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Emiliano Telleria	1B	42	319	20	7	40	.980	8.071
Jim Price	1B	36	250	25	5	20	.982	7.639
Donald DiChiara	1B	34	238	28	20	32	.930	7.824
Don Nipp	1B	13	78	0	4	12	.951	6.000
Felix Santana	2B	105	256	263	21	61	.961	4.943
Albert Muench	2B	20	30	43	1	9	.986	3.650
Al Cruz	3B	93	98	114	16	18	.930	2.280
Albert Muench	3B	12	13	22	3	2	.921	2.917
George Grant	3B	12	15	25	7	2	.851	3.333
Larry Fidalgo	C	57	378	56	18	7	.960	7.614	12
Don Nipp	C	39	209	24	11	3	.955	5.974	7
Jim Price	C	34	184	21	3	6	.986	6.029	10
Pat Owens	OF	128	210	10	18	2	.924	1.719
Rodolfo Welch	OF	122	206	17	14	4	.941	1.828
Eugene Orf	OF	85	165	9	3	1	.983	2.047
Emiliano Telleria	OF	52	110	13	8	2	.939	2.365
Anselmo Gordon	P	38	4	18	8	0	.733	.579
Douglas Gentry	P	33	9	37	2	3	.958	1.394
Juan Gener	P	27	8	42	6	3	.893	1.852
Claude Meinhard	P	25	6	22	1	3	.966	1.120
Frank Bork	P	22	10	17	2	0	.931	1.227
Troy Giles	P	14	2	25	2	1	.931	1.929
Bob Clear	P	12	2	10	3	0	.800	1.000
Lyle VanBoeyen	P	11	1	10	0	2	1.000	1.000
Robert Slezak	P	10	3	6	1	0	.900	.900
Louis Montagano	P	10	2	13	0	1	1.000	1.500
Ramon Saba	P	9						.000
Emiliano Telleria	P	5						.000
Dick Newberg	P	5						.000
Jim Price	P	3						.000
Ronald Kent	P	2						.000
José Martínez	SS	118	219	313	51	68	.913	4.508
Totals		1228	3025	1203	235	302	.947	3.443	29	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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