1961 Hawaii Islanders Statistics
Team Record: 68-86
Finished 6th in the PCL
Manager: Tommy Heath (0-0), Bill Werle (0-0), Tommy Heath (0-0), Bill Werle (0-0)
Affiliation: Kansas City Athletics
Location: Honolulu, Hawaii
Ballpark: Honolulu Stadium
Attendance: 165,786, Avg. 2,153
The Hawaii Islanders of the Pacific Coast League ended the 1961 season with a record of 68 wins and 86 losses, finishing sixth in the PCL.
The Islanders tallied 729 runs and conceded 838 runs, most in the league. Bobby Prescott walloped 32 home runs for Hawaii, while Carlos Bernier and Jim McManus swatted 15 or more, too. Bobby Prescott accounted for 100 RBI. Carlos Bernier paced hitters with significant playing time by hitting .351. Dave Thies topped the team with 15 wins and a team-best 4.02 ERA, leading pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Bud Podbielan, Roger Bowman, Elmo Plaskett, Bill Werle, Ray Blemker, Neil Wilson, Carlos Bernier, Hank Mason, Dave Thies, Milt Smith, Jay Hankins, Ralph Schwamb, Bob Giggie, Ray Webster, Chuck Harmon, Harry Byrd, Bobby Prescott, Bob Chakales, Julio Navarro, Jay Ward, Stan Johnson, Ray Jablonski, Tom Baker, Bobby Balcena, Diego Seguí, Jim McManus and Jim Small were all players from the 1961 Hawaii Islanders who played in the Majors during their careers.
Tommy Heath, Bill Werle, Tommy Heath and Bill Werle 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave Thies | 15 | 7 | .682 | 4.02 | 28 | 27 | 11 | 2 | 186.0 | 183 | 90 | 83 | 20 | 64 | 6 | 98 | 6 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Diego Seguí | 5 | 10 | .333 | 4.42 | 40 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 167.0 | 187 | 96 | 82 | 18 | 65 | 6 | 86 | 2 | 0 | 9 | |||
| Bob Chakales | 4 | 3 | .571 | 6.13 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 47.0 | 57 | 37 | 32 | 7 | 21 | 1 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Hank Mason | 4 | 7 | .364 | 5.84 | 14 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 74.0 | 83 | 57 | 48 | 12 | 29 | 0 | 37 | 3 | 0 | 4 | |||
| Tom Baker | 3 | 4 | .429 | 4.27 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 59.0 | 65 | 42 | 28 | 7 | 23 | 0 | 50 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Robert Leopold | 3 | 4 | .429 | 4.29 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 65.0 | 57 | 40 | 31 | 6 | 37 | 0 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Roger Bowman | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.80 | 7 | 0 | 5.0 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||
| Vic Davis | 1 | 1 | .500 | 6.19 | 7 | 0 | 16.0 | 15 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 10 | 0 | |||||||||
| Ralph Schwamb | 1 | 2 | .333 | 5.14 | 6 | 3 | 21.0 | 27 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 9 | 0 | |||||||||
| Bud Watkins | 1 | 5 | .167 | 5.84 | 41 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 91.0 | 105 | 65 | 59 | 10 | 50 | 8 | 37 | 2 | 0 | 5 | |||
| Glen Stabelfeld | 5 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Bud Podbielan | 18 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Julio Navarro | 29 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Harry Byrd | 18 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Julius Grant | 33 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Bill Werle | 22 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Ray Blemker | 0 | 0 | 5.25 | 4 | 0 | 12.0 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Chrispin Mancao | 0 | 0 | 7.20 | 3 | 0 | 5.0 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Ted Thiem | 0 | 1 | .000 | 6.00 | 8 | 0 | 6.0 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |||||||||
| Bob Giggie | 0 | 4 | .000 | 4.50 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 60.0 | 69 | 36 | 30 | 8 | 16 | 1 | 35 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Totals | 38 | 48 | .442 | 4.78 | 333 | 93 | 0 | 25 | 3 | 0 | 814.0 | 883 | 513 | 432 | 103 | 337 | 22 | 402 | 19 | 0 | 30 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rac Slider | 127 | 584 | 513 | 75 | 154 | 18 | 2 | 7 | 41 | 21 | 7 | 62 | 38 | .300 | .378 | .384 | .762 | 197 | 3 | 4 | 2 | ||
| Carlos Bernier | 127 | 541 | 433 | 89 | 152 | 18 | 6 | 20 | 87 | 22 | 10 | 95 | 59 | .351 | .467 | .559 | 1.025 | 242 | 4 | 3 | 6 | ||
| Jim McManus | 139 | 551 | 484 | 66 | 133 | 19 | 2 | 21 | 81 | 9 | 0 | 60 | 69 | .275 | .352 | .452 | .804 | 219 | 0 | 2 | 5 | ||
| Bobby Prescott | 125 | 535 | 435 | 75 | 131 | 20 | 3 | 32 | 100 | 2 | 1 | 83 | 85 | .301 | .409 | .582 | .991 | 253 | 3 | 5 | 9 | ||
| Jay Ward | 123 | 442 | 403 | 35 | 107 | 13 | 0 | 7 | 42 | 3 | 0 | 30 | 53 | .266 | .314 | .350 | .663 | 141 | 0 | 5 | 4 | ||
| Ken Toothman | 71 | 319 | 272 | 53 | 82 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 25 | 7 | 2 | 41 | 19 | .301 | .399 | .412 | .810 | 112 | 3 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Ray Jablonski | 77 | 304 | 265 | 33 | 71 | 9 | 0 | 14 | 44 | 3 | 0 | 35 | 55 | .268 | .355 | .460 | .816 | 122 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Milt Smith | 70 | 259 | 234 | 27 | 56 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 30 | 4 | 3 | 23 | 47 | .239 | .305 | .380 | .685 | 89 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Jack Parks | 90 | 292 | 247 | 28 | 52 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 35 | 2 | 0 | 39 | 61 | .211 | .322 | .372 | .694 | 92 | 2 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Jim Small | 58 | 218 | 172 | 31 | 39 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 45 | 32 | .227 | .387 | .331 | .718 | 57 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Jay Hankins | 19 | 89 | 82 | 10 | 21 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 8 | .256 | .292 | .354 | .646 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Dave Thies | 32 | 75 | 61 | 11 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 25 | .213 | .324 | .230 | .553 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Diego Seguí | 40 | 59 | 55 | 4 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19 | .218 | .232 | .309 | .541 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Lenny Neal | 12 | 37 | 32 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | .281 | .361 | .375 | .736 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Barton Dupon | 23 | 71 | 62 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 8 | .129 | .225 | .177 | .403 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Bud Watkins | 41 | 25 | 24 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .250 | .280 | .250 | .530 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chuck Harmon | 7 | 23 | 23 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .174 | .174 | .174 | .348 | 4 | |||||||||||
| Hank Mason | 16 | 31 | 27 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | .148 | .233 | .259 | .493 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Bob Chakales | 11 | 16 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .231 | .333 | .231 | .564 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Bob Giggie | 17 | 18 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .176 | .176 | .176 | .353 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Tom Baker | 11 | 22 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 | .105 | .190 | .158 | .348 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Charlie Bennett | 15 | 27 | 22 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | .091 | .259 | .091 | .350 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Robert Leopold | 11 | 26 | 23 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13 | .087 | .160 | .087 | .247 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Roger Bowman | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Elmo Plaskett | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Ray Blemker | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Ralph Schwamb | 6 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Ted Thiem | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Vic Davis | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 1296 | 4580 | 3934 | 558 | 1069 | 135 | 20 | 132 | 529 | 76 | 23 | 552 | 624 | .272 | .362 | .417 | .778 | 1640 | 0 | 21 | 39 | 34 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim McManus | 1B | 129 | 1132 | 93 | 14 | 104 | .989 | 9.496 | ||||
| Ray Jablonski | 1B | 19 | 157 | 14 | 3 | 21 | .983 | 9.000 | ||||
| Jay Ward | 2B | 48 | 106 | 122 | 9 | 25 | .962 | 4.750 | ||||
| Milt Smith | 2B | 40 | 112 | 101 | 17 | 22 | .926 | 5.325 | ||||
| Ken Toothman | 2B | 14 | 34 | 41 | 1 | 10 | .987 | 5.357 | ||||
| Ken Toothman | 3B | 55 | 50 | 125 | 9 | 5 | .951 | 3.182 | ||||
| Jay Ward | 3B | 49 | 37 | 106 | 15 | 10 | .905 | 2.918 | ||||
| Ray Jablonski | 3B | 48 | 50 | 100 | 11 | 9 | .932 | 3.125 | ||||
| Jack Parks | C | 83 | 374 | 35 | 3 | 3 | .993 | 4.928 | 7 | |||
| Lenny Neal | C | 12 | 53 | 9 | 1 | 1 | .984 | 5.167 | 3 | |||
| Carlos Bernier | OF | 127 | 346 | 14 | 7 | 4 | .981 | 2.835 | ||||
| Bobby Prescott | OF | 124 | 187 | 9 | 7 | 1 | .966 | 1.581 | ||||
| Jim Small | OF | 50 | 97 | 4 | 4 | 0 | .962 | 2.020 | ||||
| Jay Hankins | OF | 19 | 43 | 3 | 4 | 1 | .920 | 2.421 | ||||
| Barton Dupon | OF | 17 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .950 | 1.118 | ||||
| Milt Smith | OF | 13 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .889 | 1.231 | ||||
| Charlie Bennett | OF | 12 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.167 | ||||
| Bud Watkins | P | 41 | 6 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | .537 | ||||
| Diego Seguí | P | 40 | 8 | 31 | 2 | 1 | .951 | .975 | ||||
| Dave Thies | P | 28 | 25 | 43 | 3 | 1 | .958 | 2.429 | ||||
| Bob Giggie | P | 17 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 2 | .917 | .647 | ||||
| Hank Mason | P | 14 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.071 | ||||
| Robert Leopold | P | 11 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .923 | 1.091 | ||||
| Bob Chakales | P | 11 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .818 | ||||
| Tom Baker | P | 11 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .818 | ||||
| Rac Slider | SS | 124 | 207 | 425 | 26 | 78 | .960 | 5.097 | ||||
| Totals | 1156 | 3084 | 1336 | 141 | 303 | .969 | 3.824 | 10 | 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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