1961 Harlan Smokies Statistics
Team Record: 35-34
Finished 3rd in the AL
Manager: Eddie Lyons (35-34), Frank Parenti (35-34)
Affiliation: Chicago White Sox, New York Yankees
Location: Harlan, Kentucky
Ballpark: Browning-Leonard Park
Attendance: 19,466, Avg. 564
The Harlan Smokies of the Appalachian League ended the 1961 season with a record of 35 wins and 34 losses, finishing third in the AL.
The Smokies scored 442 runs and surrendered 444 runs. James Winn led Harlan with 14 home runs and drove in 50 runs, while leading batters with significant playing time by hitting .297. Mike DeGerick topped the team with 9 wins, and Kenneth Lawrence registered a 2.17 earned run average, best among hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Players from the 1961 Harlan Smokies who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Luis Peraza, Cisco Carlos, Mel Stottlemyre, Mike DeGerick and Art López.
Frank Parenti 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike DeGerick | 9 | 2 | .818 | 4.50 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 70.0 | 54 | 41 | 35 | 5 | 40 | 113 | 5 | 0 | 8 | ||||
| Mel Stottlemyre | 5 | 1 | .833 | 3.12 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 49.0 | 41 | 30 | 17 | 3 | 15 | 61 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Kenneth Lawrence | 4 | 1 | .800 | 2.17 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 58.0 | 41 | 22 | 14 | 4 | 24 | 71 | 3 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Walter Grayson | 4 | 7 | .364 | 4.96 | 24 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 69.0 | 72 | 49 | 38 | 10 | 27 | 77 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Thomas Jordan | 3 | 3 | .500 | 3.83 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 47.0 | 48 | 23 | 20 | 4 | 21 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Michael Sieverson | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.75 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 36.0 | 40 | 29 | 23 | 0 | 27 | 39 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Ricky Graciano | 2 | 4 | .333 | 6.92 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 52.0 | 60 | 45 | 40 | 8 | 32 | 59 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Frank Bonelli | 1 | 1 | .500 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Joe Cherry | 1 | 1 | .500 | 3 | 0.0 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Stephen Riska | 1 | 2 | .333 | 5.57 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 21.0 | 21 | 19 | 13 | 2 | 26 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| Walter Carlson | 1 | 3 | .250 | 5.40 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 20.0 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 20 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 8 | ||||
| Jack Spurgin | 1 | 3 | .250 | 6.00 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 33.0 | 36 | 28 | 22 | 3 | 23 | 38 | 6 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Cisco Carlos | 1 | 4 | .200 | 5.00 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 54.0 | 59 | 52 | 30 | 4 | 22 | 62 | 3 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| Peter DeLisa | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Buddy Wells | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Wilfredo Merced | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Andrew Johnston | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Raymond Crosato | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Dave Turnbull | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||
| John Phillips | 0 | 0 | 6.75 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24.0 | 30 | 26 | 18 | 3 | 17 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Efrain Boyrie | 0 | 1 | .000 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Luis Peraza | 0 | 1 | .000 | 27.00 | 2 | 1 | 3.0 | 6 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Totals | 35 | 34 | .507 | 4.87 | 188 | 65 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 538.0 | 524 | 390 | 291 | 48 | 302 | 0 | 626 | 22 | 2 | 46 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Winn | 67 | 289 | 232 | 52 | 69 | 12 | 1 | 14 | 50 | 7 | 54 | 73 | .297 | .431 | .539 | .969 | 125 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Reginald Pryor | 67 | 271 | 234 | 45 | 66 | 20 | 0 | 7 | 41 | 9 | 34 | 58 | .282 | .373 | .457 | .830 | 107 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||
| Jon Scott | 66 | 291 | 252 | 49 | 64 | 13 | 2 | 8 | 31 | 1 | 36 | 70 | .254 | .348 | .417 | .765 | 105 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Mick Campbell | 65 | 280 | 220 | 45 | 56 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 32 | 14 | 49 | 37 | .255 | .398 | .364 | .761 | 80 | 4 | 6 | 1 | |||
| Joe Cherry | 51 | 176 | 155 | 32 | 46 | 11 | 1 | 8 | 34 | 9 | 16 | 59 | .297 | .366 | .535 | .901 | 83 | 2 | 1 | 2 | |||
| Art López | 29 | 138 | 118 | 41 | 44 | 7 | 1 | 10 | 28 | 14 | 17 | 18 | .373 | .456 | .703 | 1.159 | 83 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Dave Turnbull | 55 | 220 | 175 | 40 | 39 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 31 | 10 | 34 | 69 | .223 | .367 | .429 | .796 | 75 | 6 | 5 | 0 | |||
| Buddy Wells | 56 | 158 | 144 | 19 | 32 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 3 | 10 | 58 | .222 | .280 | .340 | .621 | 49 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Montclair McDermott | 20 | 90 | 74 | 13 | 26 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 3 | 15 | 18 | .351 | .456 | .514 | .969 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Dolph Camilli | 39 | 136 | 109 | 25 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 2 | 24 | 25 | .202 | .351 | .284 | .635 | 31 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Richard Krebs | 39 | 103 | 92 | 18 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 4 | 9 | 16 | .217 | .284 | .370 | .654 | 34 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Peter DeLisa | 22 | 64 | 43 | 13 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 21 | 10 | .326 | .547 | .535 | 1.082 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| John Taylor | 30 | 69 | 62 | 5 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 18 | .177 | .261 | .210 | .471 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Cliff Malpass | 22 | 69 | 58 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 2 | 7 | 17 | .172 | .275 | .328 | .603 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Thomas Jordan | 19 | 27 | 22 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 7 | .273 | .407 | .318 | .726 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Joe Clabo | 10 | 35 | 26 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 11 | .231 | .429 | .346 | .775 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Willie Mills | 9 | 15 | 15 | 5 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 5 | ||||||||||||||
| Bobby Kilpatrick | 7 | 26 | 26 | 5 | .192 | .192 | .192 | .385 | 5 | ||||||||||||||
| Cisco Carlos | 15 | 18 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .267 | .312 | .400 | .712 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Max Johnson | 3 | 10 | 10 | 2 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Ricky Graciano | 13 | 16 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | .133 | .133 | .533 | .667 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Mel Stottlemyre | 8 | 18 | 18 | 2 | .111 | .111 | .111 | .222 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Kenneth Lawrence | 15 | 20 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | .105 | .105 | .105 | .211 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Walter Grayson | 25 | 25 | 20 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 7 | .100 | .250 | .150 | .400 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Mike DeGerick | 13 | 31 | 27 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 17 | .074 | .194 | .074 | .268 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Wilfredo Merced | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| John Phillips | 14 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Walter Carlson | 10 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .143 | .250 | .143 | .393 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Michael Sieverson | 15 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jack Spurgin | 12 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | .000 | .286 | .000 | .286 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Efrain Boyrie | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Stephen Riska | 8 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Luis Peraza | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Frank Bonelli | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 836 | 2642 | 2223 | 424 | 560 | 104 | 9 | 79 | 355 | 82 | 0 | 360 | 628 | .252 | .360 | .413 | .773 | 919 | 0 | 21 | 28 | 10 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Winn | 1B | 66 | 418 | 28 | 15 | 22 | .967 | 6.758 | ||||
| Dolph Camilli | 2B | 34 | 54 | 72 | 12 | 8 | .913 | 3.706 | ||||
| Cliff Malpass | 2B | 13 | 27 | 37 | 10 | 7 | .865 | 4.923 | ||||
| Mick Campbell | 2B | 13 | 24 | 25 | 5 | 1 | .907 | 3.769 | ||||
| Mick Campbell | 3B | 51 | 46 | 50 | 26 | 4 | .787 | 1.882 | ||||
| Montclair McDermott | 3B | 16 | 13 | 21 | 11 | 3 | .756 | 2.125 | ||||
| Joe Cherry | C | 36 | 343 | 18 | 14 | 0 | .963 | 1.028 | 17 | |||
| Richard Krebs | C | 26 | 199 | 8 | 4 | 1 | .981 | 7.962 | 8 | |||
| John Taylor | C | 23 | 142 | 7 | 1 | 2 | .993 | 6.478 | 6 | |||
| Jon Scott | OF | 65 | 100 | 8 | 7 | 2 | .939 | 1.662 | ||||
| Dave Turnbull | OF | 51 | 55 | 5 | 10 | 0 | .857 | 1.176 | ||||
| Buddy Wells | OF | 42 | 35 | 3 | 5 | 0 | .884 | .905 | ||||
| Art López | OF | 29 | 48 | 5 | 4 | 1 | .930 | 1.828 | ||||
| Peter DeLisa | OF | 18 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .857 | .667 | ||||
| Joe Cherry | OF | 10 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .889 | .800 | ||||
| Walter Grayson | P | 24 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 0 | .789 | .625 | ||||
| Michael Sieverson | P | 15 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | .800 | .533 | ||||
| Kenneth Lawrence | P | 15 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .909 | .667 | ||||
| Thomas Jordan | P | 15 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .400 | ||||
| Cisco Carlos | P | 15 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 0 | .929 | .867 | ||||
| John Phillips | P | 14 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .800 | .286 | ||||
| Ricky Graciano | P | 13 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .769 | ||||
| Mike DeGerick | P | 13 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 0 | .750 | .923 | ||||
| Jack Spurgin | P | 12 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 0 | .833 | .833 | ||||
| Walter Carlson | P | 10 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | .000 | .000 | ||||
| Mel Stottlemyre | P | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| Stephen Riska | P | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| Andrew Johnston | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Raymond Crosato | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Frank Bonelli | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Luis Peraza | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Wilfredo Merced | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Efrain Boyrie | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Reginald Pryor | SS | 67 | 91 | 148 | 36 | 18 | .869 | 3.567 | ||||
| Totals | 742 | 1648 | 490 | 182 | 69 | .922 | 2.881 | 31 | 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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