1961 Johnson City Cardinals Statistics
Team Record: 26-38
Finished 8th in the AL
Manager: Eddie Lyons (0-0), George Kissell (0-0), Charlie Frey (0-0), Mo Mozzali (0-0), Johnny Grodzicki (0-0)
Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals
Location: Johnson City, Tennessee
Ballpark: Keystone Field
Attendance: 13,336, Avg. 417
The Johnson City Cardinals of the Appalachian League ended the 1961 season with a record of 26 wins and 38 losses, finishing eighth in the AL.
The Cardinals scored 332 runs, worst in the league, and allowed 431 runs. Charles Morris led Johnson City with 13 home runs and accounted for 38 RBI. Ronald Shumate paced all regular batters with a .322 average. Larry Shuck topped the team with 5 wins, while Chuck Taylor recorded a 3.57 ERA, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Players from the 1961 Johnson City Cardinals who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Dennis Aust, Chuck Taylor, Floyd Wicker and Ron Willis.
Eddie Lyons, George Kissell, Charlie Frey, Mo Mozzali and Johnny Grodzicki 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Larry Shuck | 5 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.29 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 42.0 | 27 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 20 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Russell Meyer | 4 | 2 | .667 | 6.98 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 40.0 | 33 | 34 | 31 | 7 | 39 | 40 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Mickey Sullivant | 3 | 3 | .500 | 6.13 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 47.0 | 52 | 39 | 32 | 9 | 25 | 35 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Chuck Taylor | 3 | 5 | .375 | 3.57 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 63.0 | 63 | 37 | 25 | 3 | 36 | 51 | 4 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Ken Hultzapple | 3 | 5 | .375 | 4.37 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 68.0 | 67 | 41 | 33 | 9 | 23 | 50 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Dennis Aust | 2 | 1 | .667 | 3.00 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 24.0 | 21 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 27 | 4 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Chick Musillo | 2 | 3 | .400 | 7.65 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 60.0 | 68 | 64 | 51 | 6 | 60 | 63 | 1 | 1 | 9 | ||||
| Ronald Jones | 1 | 1 | .500 | 10.00 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 36.0 | 39 | 51 | 40 | 7 | 42 | 33 | 1 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Thomas Major | 1 | 2 | .333 | 4.24 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 34.0 | 30 | 21 | 16 | 2 | 25 | 34 | 3 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Frederick Ballard | 1 | 2 | .333 | 6.58 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 26.0 | 26 | 25 | 19 | 3 | 21 | 47 | 3 | 1 | 4 | ||||
| Dave Guthrie | 1 | 8 | .111 | 5.67 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 54.0 | 61 | 54 | 34 | 4 | 45 | 47 | 6 | 1 | 6 | ||||
| Howard Anders | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Paul Mersch | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Clifford Mein | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Ron Willis | 0 | 1 | .000 | 7.20 | 3 | 5.0 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Bill Cundiff | 0 | 5 | .000 | 6.07 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 46.0 | 39 | 39 | 31 | 5 | 39 | 45 | 3 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Totals | 26 | 38 | .406 | 5.45 | 155 | 64 | 0 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 545.0 | 533 | 428 | 330 | 57 | 385 | 0 | 509 | 29 | 3 | 42 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ronald Shumate | 54 | 201 | 183 | 36 | 59 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 32 | 7 | 17 | 22 | .322 | .383 | .519 | .902 | 95 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ron Willis | 65 | 273 | 253 | 44 | 55 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 24 | 6 | 17 | 69 | .217 | .268 | .379 | .648 | 96 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Victor Lowinger | 57 | 216 | 198 | 27 | 52 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 30 | 5 | 15 | 57 | .263 | .313 | .414 | .727 | 82 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |||
| Charles Morris | 64 | 244 | 202 | 36 | 41 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 38 | 2 | 37 | 74 | .203 | .328 | .431 | .759 | 87 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Paul Mersch | 34 | 135 | 111 | 19 | 33 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 19 | 7 | 24 | 38 | .297 | .422 | .532 | .954 | 59 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Rollie Zackery | 49 | 136 | 125 | 16 | 30 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 9 | 48 | .240 | .287 | .368 | .655 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Kenneth Kane | 25 | 97 | 87 | 11 | 29 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 10 | 25 | .333 | .402 | .471 | .873 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Floyd Wicker | 22 | 100 | 94 | 16 | 28 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 17 | .298 | .340 | .468 | .808 | 44 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Russell Maddick | 34 | 130 | 110 | 20 | 27 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 18 | 21 | .245 | .349 | .364 | .712 | 40 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Joseph Madar | 46 | 144 | 135 | 16 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 38 | .185 | .225 | .215 | .440 | 29 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Kenneth Burchfield | 20 | 72 | 60 | 11 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 25 | .283 | .389 | .517 | .906 | 31 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Bud McAfee | 37 | 108 | 93 | 16 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 1 | 12 | 27 | .183 | .280 | .301 | .581 | 28 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Warren Barty | 35 | 106 | 97 | 16 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 1 | 7 | 38 | .175 | .236 | .330 | .566 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Joseph Ezell | 25 | 64 | 57 | 8 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 19 | .211 | .297 | .263 | .560 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ken Hultzapple | 25 | 40 | 33 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 9 | .273 | .400 | .303 | .703 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| John Kendzierski | 12 | 42 | 37 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 12 | .243 | .293 | .432 | .725 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Thomas Major | 10 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | .625 | .727 | 1.125 | 1.852 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Felix DeLeon | 3 | 12 | 12 | 4 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| Russell Meyer | 11 | 18 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | .235 | .235 | .529 | .765 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Robert Ontko | 8 | 22 | 22 | 4 | .182 | .182 | .182 | .364 | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| Stanley Schuster | 4 | 13 | 13 | 3 | .231 | .231 | .231 | .462 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Larry Shuck | 9 | 13 | 13 | 3 | .231 | .231 | .231 | .462 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Kenneth Kaiser | 10 | 33 | 31 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 12 | .097 | .121 | .097 | .218 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Ronald Jones | 17 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .200 | .273 | .200 | .473 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Frederick Ballard | 6 | 12 | 12 | 2 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Edmond Carrier | 11 | 18 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | .125 | .222 | .125 | .347 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Chuck Taylor | 12 | 21 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | .100 | .100 | .100 | .200 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Chick Musillo | 23 | 23 | 20 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12 | .100 | .217 | .100 | .317 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Lawrence Bender | 2 | 6 | 6 | 1 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Dennis Aust | 4 | 8 | 8 | 1 | .125 | .125 | .125 | .250 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Gerald Orlandini | 3 | 8 | 8 | 1 | .125 | .125 | .125 | .250 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Dean Johnson | 5 | 10 | 10 | 1 | .100 | .100 | .100 | .200 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Bill Cundiff | 19 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .083 | .154 | .083 | .237 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Dave Guthrie | 12 | 16 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .071 | .188 | .071 | .259 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Mickey Sullivant | 11 | 18 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | .067 | .118 | .133 | .251 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Totals | 784 | 2396 | 2142 | 317 | 503 | 85 | 18 | 60 | 260 | 41 | 0 | 217 | 610 | .235 | .306 | .375 | .682 | 804 | 0 | 10 | 13 | 14 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Mersch | 1B | 33 | 235 | 18 | 5 | 20 | .981 | 7.667 | ||||
| Russell Maddick | 1B | 33 | 237 | 19 | 11 | 21 | .959 | 7.758 | ||||
| Joseph Madar | 2B | 27 | 38 | 57 | 4 | 14 | .960 | 3.519 | ||||
| Ronald Shumate | 2B | 18 | 32 | 26 | 4 | 4 | .935 | 3.222 | ||||
| Kenneth Kane | 2B | 18 | 29 | 40 | 9 | 9 | .885 | 3.833 | ||||
| Floyd Wicker | 3B | 22 | 21 | 38 | 9 | 2 | .868 | 2.682 | ||||
| Ronald Shumate | 3B | 22 | 22 | 30 | 6 | 4 | .897 | 2.364 | ||||
| Ron Willis | 3B | 13 | 14 | 18 | 5 | 1 | .865 | 2.462 | ||||
| Bud McAfee | C | 32 | 215 | 22 | 6 | 1 | .975 | 7.406 | 27 | |||
| Warren Barty | C | 32 | 218 | 20 | 11 | 3 | .956 | 7.438 | 11 | |||
| Edmond Carrier | C | 11 | 59 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .984 | 5.636 | 3 | |||
| Charles Morris | OF | 61 | 84 | 5 | 4 | 0 | .957 | 1.459 | ||||
| Ron Willis | OF | 55 | 81 | 8 | 12 | 1 | .881 | 1.618 | ||||
| Rollie Zackery | OF | 40 | 36 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .975 | .975 | ||||
| Joseph Ezell | OF | 21 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .810 | ||||
| Kenneth Burchfield | OF | 20 | 26 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .931 | 1.350 | ||||
| Ronald Shumate | OF | 10 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .909 | 1.000 | ||||
| John Kendzierski | OF | 10 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 1 | .800 | 1.200 | ||||
| Chick Musillo | P | 22 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 3 | .762 | .727 | ||||
| Ken Hultzapple | P | 20 | 7 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | .950 | ||||
| Bill Cundiff | P | 17 | 2 | 14 | 1 | 0 | .941 | .941 | ||||
| Ronald Jones | P | 16 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .667 | .375 | ||||
| Chuck Taylor | P | 12 | 4 | 13 | 6 | 0 | .739 | 1.417 | ||||
| Dave Guthrie | P | 12 | 5 | 12 | 2 | 1 | .895 | 1.417 | ||||
| Mickey Sullivant | P | 11 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | .917 | 1.000 | ||||
| Russell Meyer | P | 10 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .875 | .700 | ||||
| Larry Shuck | P | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| Thomas Major | P | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| Frederick Ballard | P | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Dennis Aust | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Clifford Mein | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Howard Anders | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Victor Lowinger | SS | 54 | 89 | 122 | 25 | 28 | .894 | 3.907 | ||||
| Joseph Madar | SS | 12 | 19 | 27 | 7 | 4 | .868 | 3.833 | ||||
| Totals | 695 | 1524 | 536 | 145 | 121 | .934 | 2.964 | 41 | 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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