1961 Greenville Spinners Statistics

South Atlantic League (SAL) - Class: A
Team Record: 72-66
Finished 3rd in the SAL
Manager: Roy Hartsfield (72-66)
Affiliation: Los Angeles Dodgers
Location: Greenville, South Carolina
Ballpark: Meadowbrook Park
Attendance: 100,168, Avg. 1,452

1961 Greenville Spinners Roster

The Greenville Spinners of the South Atlantic League ended the 1961 season with a record of 72 wins and 66 losses, finishing third in the SAL.

The Spinners scored 583 runs and allowed 591 runs. Dick Smith led Greenville with 19 home runs, and Mel Corbo walloped 15 or more as well. Dick Smith drove in 89 runs. Jose Cesar paced all regular batters by connecting at a .271 clip. Nick Willhite topped the team with 16 wins, while Melvin McGavock added 15 or more victories also Nick Willhite recorded a 1.8 ERA, best among qualifying pitchers.

Larry Miller, Dick Smith, Johnny Werhas, Bob Giallombardo, Nick Willhite, Roy Hartsfield and Joe Moeller were all players from the 1961 Greenville Spinners who played in the Majors during their careers.

Roy Hartsfield 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
Nick Willhite	16	9	.640	1.80	28	27		23	6		230.0	176	64	46	14	65	2	161	2	0	1
Melvin McGavock	15	13	.536	3.22	30	28		17	1		226.7	233	104	81	16	49	5	141	2	0	3
Philip Brown	8	10	.444	3.95	30	15		4	0		136.7	150	75	60	8	45	5	108	2	1	2
Larry Miller	7	6	.538	2.87	19	10		6	2		94.0	75	40	30	3	49	4	85	6	0	2
Joe Moeller	5	1	.833	1.06	6	6		6	2		51.0	35	7	6	0	24	1	67	1	1	0
William Kalmes	5	8	.385	3.54	23	20		5	2		124.7	93	62	49	6	111	6	100	2	0	6
Ford Young	4	2	.667	3.90	9	9		5	0		60.0	61	29	26	4	25	3	31	1	0	3
Tom Young	2	0	1.000	2.76	3						16.3	15		5		4				0
Howard Galloway	2	4	.333	5.31	31	3		1	0		78.0	91	59	46	5	49	4	67	7	1	5
Bob Giallombardo	2	5	.286	4.66	13	9		3	1		58.0	51	38	30	7	39	1	46	4	0	6
Wayne Scarbrough	1	1	.500	8.16	7						14.3	14		13		13				0
Denny Midgette	1	2	.333	8.25	15	3		1	0		36.0	40	38	33	4	29	0	21	10	0	5
Phil Graf	1	3	.250	6.03	19	1		0	0		37.3	37	28	25	1	37	0	8	3	0	2
Leonard Lindborg	0	0			1						0.0									0
Pfilip Hunt	0	0			1						0.0									0
Ed Strichek					18						0.0
Totals	69	64	.519	3.48	253	131	0	71	14	0	1163.0	1071	544	450	68	539	31	835	40	3	35	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
Mel Corbo	138	581	514	81	136	23	10	16	84	9		59	117	.265	.339	.442	.781	227		2	0	6	6
Dick Smith	126	529	474	73	125	22	8	19	89	23		43	111	.264	.329	.464	.793	220		5	3	4	7
Gary Smith	137	606	514	70	121	18	5	0	29	6		70	65	.235	.333	.290	.623	149		6	15	1	1
Jose Cesar	108	456	413	49	112	14	3	9	46	1		33	61	.271	.332	.385	.717	159		5	4	1	1
Bill Berrier	94	415	359	61	107	10	2	1	37	9		49	26	.298	.384	.345	.729	124		3	1	3	1
Johnny Werhas	106	431	357	48	89	17	4	8	43	4		63	67	.249	.363	.387	.750	138		1	10	0	3
Wendell Hall	97	345	273	32	68	14	2	2	35	3		55	45	.249	.376	.337	.713	92		4	7	6	0
Leonard Lindborg	71	235	215	26	48	6	2	8	28	1		14	53	.223	.275	.381	.656	82		2	2	2	2
Bobby Catton	77	279	228	19	45	9	0	1	28	0		41	44	.197	.325	.250	.575	57		4	2	4	3
Albert Fantuzzi	47	188	159	24	39	5	0	0	8	3		23	12	.245	.341	.277	.617	44		1	3	2	4
Melvin McGavock	31	91	83	1	20	3	1	0	9	0		1	24	.241	.259	.301	.560	25		1	6	0	0
Nick Willhite	29	93	86	9	19	3	1	0	7	0		5	14	.221	.264	.279	.543	24		0	2	0	0
Tom Richards	23	88	74	7	17	3	0	0	2	1		10	7	.230	.345	.270	.615	20		3	1	0	1
Irvin Knowles	26	106	91	16	14	0	1	0	9	0		13	23	.154	.257	.176	.433	16		0	1	1	0
Braxton Bailey	16	70	60	8	13	1	1	0	6	1		8	3	.217	.309	.267	.575	16		0	2	0	0
Lowell Barnhart	19	73	62	8	13	3	0	1	7	1		10	12	.210	.315	.306	.622	19		0	0	1	0
Fran Boniar	18	59	52	5	12	1	1	0	3	1		5	7	.231	.293	.288	.582	15		0	1	1	0
Arthur Burnett	15	65	54	4	11	1	0	0	6	3		10	10	.204	.338	.222	.561	12		1	0	0	0
Bob Giallombardo	27	36	30	3	7	0	1	1	1	0		5	6	.233	.361	.400	.761	12		1	0	0	0
Larry Miller	21	36	35	3	7	0	1	0	2	0		0	3	.200	.200	.257	.457	9		0	1	0	0
Mike Castanon	34	81	73	2	7	1	0	1	8	1		5	18	.096	.165	.151	.315	11		1	2	0	1
Denny Midgette	15	13	13	3	6	3	0	0	6	0		0	2	.462	.462	.692	1.154	9		0	0	0	0
Pfilip Hunt	12	38	34	6	6	2	0	0	1	0		4	3	.176	.263	.235	.498	8		0	0	0	0
Philip Brown	30	50	47	5	5	0	0	0	1	1		1	13	.106	.125	.106	.231	5		0	2	0	0
Ford Young	9	25	25		3									.120	.120	.120	.240	3
William Kalmes	24	44	38	4	3	0	0	0	1	1		2	17	.079	.146	.079	.225	3		1	3	0	0
Joe Moeller	6	15	15		2									.133	.133	.133	.267	2
Joseph Curtin	7	18	18		2	0	0	0						.111	.111	.111	.222	2
Phil Graf	19	13	8	2	1	0	0	0	0	0		5	5	.125	.462	.125	.587	1		0	0	0	0
J. E. Rowe	4	14	14		1	0	0	0						.071	.071	.071	.143	1
Howard Galloway	31	26	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	10	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0	0
Wayne Scarbrough	7	3	3		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Roy Hartsfield	1	1	1		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Tom Young	2	3	3		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1427	5126	4451	569	1059	159	43	67	496	69	0	534	778	.238	.323	.338	.661	1505	0	41	68	32	30

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Mel Corbo	1B	138	1107	78	23	124	.981	8.587
Jose Cesar	2B	107	274	386	19	78	.972	6.168
Irvin Knowles	2B	24	59	68	6	22	.955	5.292
Johnny Werhas	3B	106	92	199	34	19	.895	2.745
Mike Castanon	3B	21	19	34	8	2	.869	2.524
Bobby Catton	C	74	503	35	7	3	.987	7.270	14
Wendell Hall	C	67	423	46	3	3	.994	7.000	5
Dick Smith	OF	126	268	10	6	5	.979	2.206
Bill Berrier	OF	94	197	5	7	0	.967	2.149
Leonard Lindborg	OF	54	79	5	6	0	.933	1.556
Albert Fantuzzi	OF	40	64	1	3	0	.956	1.625
Tom Richards	OF	23	39	3	3	1	.933	1.826
Lowell Barnhart	OF	17	27	1	2	0	.933	1.647
Braxton Bailey	OF	16	22	1	1	0	.958	1.438
Wendell Hall	OF	15	10	2	0	0	1.000	.800
Arthur Burnett	OF	14	26	3	4	0	.879	2.071
Fran Boniar	OF	12	15	3	4	0	.818	1.500
Howard Galloway	P	31	4	15	6	0	.760	.613
Melvin McGavock	P	30	17	36	6	3	.898	1.767
Philip Brown	P	30	4	18	1	0	.957	.733
Nick Willhite	P	28	9	51	4	2	.938	2.143
William Kalmes	P	23	4	21	3	1	.893	1.087
Larry Miller	P	19	4	15	0	1	1.000	1.000
Phil Graf	P	19	1	3	1	0	.800	.211
Denny Midgette	P	15	1	5	0	0	1.000	.400
Bob Giallombardo	P	13	8	11	1	1	.950	1.462
Gary Smith	SS	138	202	324	34	69	.939	3.812
Totals		1294	3478	1379	192	334	.962	3.753	19	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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