1961 Jacksonville Jets Statistics
South Atlantic League (SAL) - Class: A
Team Record: 51-88
Finished 8th in the SAL
Manager: Tom Saffell (0-0), Dixie Howell (0-0)
Affiliation: Houston Colt .45's
Location: Jacksonville, Florida
Ballpark: Sam M. Wolfson Park
Attendance: 25,156, Avg. 362
1961 Jacksonville Jets RosterTeam Record: 51-88
Finished 8th in the SAL
Manager: Tom Saffell (0-0), Dixie Howell (0-0)
Affiliation: Houston Colt .45's
Location: Jacksonville, Florida
Ballpark: Sam M. Wolfson Park
Attendance: 25,156, Avg. 362
The Jacksonville Jets of the South Atlantic League ended the 1961 season with a record of 51 wins and 88 losses, finishing eighth in the SAL.
The Jets tallied 489 runs, worst in the circuit, and gave up 639 runs. Joe Wooten paced Jacksonville with 14 home runs and drove in 60 runs, while leading hitters with significant playing time by connecting at a .249 clip. Wallace Mixon topped the team with 8 wins, and Dave Giusti recorded a 2.29 ERA, leading hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Jim Greengrass, Cholly Naranjo, Ron Davis, Don Arlich, Dave Roberts, Ray Crone, Wally Wolf, Dave Giusti and John Kennedy were all players from the 1961 Jacksonville Jets who played in the Major Leagues during their careers.
Tom Saffell and Dixie Howell 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wallace Mixon | 8 | 9 | .471 | 3.85 | 17 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 110.0 | 116 | 64 | 47 | 5 | 49 | 0 | 61 | 3 | 0 | 10 | |||
| Dave Giusti | 7 | 7 | .500 | 2.29 | 14 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 118.0 | 87 | 40 | 30 | 3 | 42 | 0 | 82 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |||
| John Lane | 4 | 5 | .444 | 2.35 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 69.0 | 58 | 29 | 18 | 0 | 46 | 9 | 36 | 7 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Kenneth Pate | 4 | 5 | .444 | 3.95 | 26 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 70.7 | 75 | 39 | 31 | 6 | 49 | 4 | 54 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Ray Crone | 4 | 5 | .444 | 4.60 | 23 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 88.0 | 99 | 58 | 45 | 5 | 26 | 3 | 36 | 5 | 1 | 5 | |||
| Harold DeMars | 4 | 6 | .400 | 2.85 | 20 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 94.7 | 91 | 38 | 30 | 7 | 47 | 2 | 68 | 3 | 0 | 4 | |||
| Joseph Clement | 3 | 5 | .375 | 2.12 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 59.3 | 49 | 20 | 14 | 3 | 31 | 0 | 36 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Don Altman | 3 | 9 | .250 | 3.41 | 20 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 116.0 | 114 | 57 | 44 | 3 | 32 | 1 | 57 | 6 | 1 | 3 | |||
| Cholly Naranjo | 2 | 4 | .333 | 1.40 | 29 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 70.7 | 63 | 18 | 11 | 5 | 23 | 2 | 34 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Bennie Griggs | 2 | 6 | .250 | 3.19 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 93.0 | 83 | 50 | 33 | 4 | 50 | 1 | 79 | 4 | 2 | 3 | |||
| Dave McKee | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.86 | 2 | 9.7 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| James Zwergel | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.18 | 2 | 11.3 | 4 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Thomas Fassler | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.30 | 9 | 18.7 | 11 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Dale Hendrickson | 1 | 1 | .500 | 1.71 | 9 | 26.3 | 5 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Robert Wedin | 1 | 1 | .500 | 3.00 | 7 | 12.0 | 4 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Don Arlich | 1 | 2 | .333 | 7.00 | 7 | 5 | 27.0 | 35 | 23 | 21 | 15 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Wally Wolf | 1 | 7 | .125 | 6.38 | 21 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 48.0 | 51 | 51 | 34 | 1 | 52 | 2 | 37 | 6 | 0 | 12 | |||
| Elio Toboso | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Charles Kolakowski | 20 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Jose Padilla | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Alfred Diez | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Ray Dabek | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Wayne Minshew | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Sammy Fountain | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Burt Touchberry | 0 | 0 | 7.36 | 2 | 3.7 | 3 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Bill Griffin | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3.14 | 7 | 14.3 | 14 | 5 | 11 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| Boyd Linker | 0 | 1 | .000 | 10.80 | 5 | 15.0 | 18 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Richard Aird | 0 | 2 | .000 | 4.50 | 3 | 8.0 | 4 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Ernie Christoff | 0 | 2 | .000 | 8.71 | 5 | 10.3 | 10 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Harold Norris | 0 | 2 | .000 | 9.64 | 3 | 9.3 | 10 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Marvin Dutt | 0 | 2 | .000 | 11.57 | 2 | 9.3 | 23 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 48 | 82 | .369 | 3.59 | 307 | 112 | 0 | 41 | 7 | 0 | 1119.3 | 958 | 502 | 446 | 42 | 478 | 24 | 580 | 39 | 4 | 49 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Wooten | 118 | 466 | 410 | 44 | 102 | 15 | 1 | 14 | 60 | 3 | 44 | 60 | .249 | .321 | .393 | .714 | 161 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Walt Matthews | 124 | 436 | 374 | 46 | 92 | 13 | 2 | 10 | 46 | 5 | 58 | 50 | .246 | .349 | .372 | .720 | 139 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Dave Roberts | 77 | 299 | 266 | 50 | 84 | 18 | 2 | 8 | 29 | 2 | 31 | 45 | .316 | .388 | .489 | .877 | 130 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Dale Bennetch | 99 | 351 | 305 | 41 | 84 | 17 | 0 | 11 | 40 | 3 | 39 | 42 | .275 | .357 | .439 | .796 | 134 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | ||
| Jim Dobson | 69 | 244 | 215 | 22 | 55 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 26 | 2 | 26 | 68 | .256 | .333 | .409 | .743 | 88 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | ||
| Ron Davis | 63 | 257 | 238 | 23 | 53 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 11 | 65 | .223 | .260 | .290 | .550 | 69 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Jose Padilla | 103 | 335 | 302 | 22 | 53 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 27 | 61 | .175 | .243 | .195 | .439 | 59 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | ||
| William Rittman | 67 | 237 | 216 | 18 | 52 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 29 | 0 | 16 | 37 | .241 | .295 | .352 | .647 | 76 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Cliff Davis | 54 | 199 | 190 | 18 | 42 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 4 | 6 | 51 | .221 | .247 | .279 | .526 | 53 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Rene Marte | 71 | 224 | 185 | 18 | 38 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 37 | 44 | .205 | .336 | .238 | .574 | 44 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Robert Fidler | 38 | 154 | 137 | 21 | 35 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 16 | 21 | .255 | .338 | .336 | .673 | 46 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ray Dabek | 61 | 189 | 161 | 18 | 35 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 17 | 3 | 23 | 24 | .217 | .310 | .329 | .639 | 53 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Elio Toboso | 44 | 155 | 137 | 23 | 32 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 29 | .234 | .307 | .285 | .592 | 39 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Joel Kelfer | 56 | 188 | 163 | 17 | 31 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 23 | 37 | .190 | .298 | .215 | .513 | 35 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Greengrass | 35 | 123 | 103 | 12 | 26 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 19 | 19 | .252 | .366 | .379 | .744 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| David Jacobs | 34 | 101 | 97 | 11 | 25 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 17 | .258 | .287 | .330 | .617 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Leonard Bell | 49 | 153 | 129 | 9 | 25 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 19 | 39 | .194 | .302 | .256 | .558 | 33 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Don Bush | 29 | 96 | 85 | 10 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 9 | 25 | .212 | .295 | .318 | .612 | 27 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Edward Wolf | 41 | 129 | 107 | 7 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 27 | .168 | .280 | .271 | .551 | 29 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Dave Giusti | 18 | 51 | 48 | 6 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 10 | .292 | .333 | .500 | .833 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Andy Madalone | 29 | 78 | 63 | 8 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 11 | .206 | .351 | .238 | .589 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Wayne Wilson | 18 | 78 | 74 | 11 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 9 | .176 | .218 | .216 | .434 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Donald Porter | 17 | 58 | 53 | 2 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 17 | .208 | .276 | .245 | .521 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Fred White | 16 | 52 | 46 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 14 | .217 | .294 | .326 | .620 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Harold DeMars | 21 | 39 | 35 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | .171 | .237 | .200 | .437 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Benny Stokes | 8 | 21 | 21 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .238 | .238 | .286 | .524 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Kenneth Pate | 26 | 27 | 24 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 | .208 | .269 | .250 | .519 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Wallace Mixon | 22 | 43 | 38 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 17 | .132 | .175 | .211 | .386 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Wally Wolf | 22 | 18 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 9 | .250 | .333 | .312 | .646 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bennie Griggs | 25 | 29 | 27 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .148 | .179 | .148 | .327 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ray Crone | 23 | 29 | 25 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | .120 | .185 | .160 | .345 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Henry Nash | 4 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .222 | .222 | .222 | .444 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Joseph Clement | 17 | 19 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .125 | .176 | .125 | .301 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Lane | 12 | 23 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | .105 | .190 | .158 | .348 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cholly Naranjo | 33 | 25 | 22 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .091 | .130 | .136 | .267 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Don Altman | 22 | 39 | 34 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 14 | .059 | .158 | .059 | .217 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Burt Touchberry | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Thomas Fassler | 9 | 3 | 3 | 1 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| John Kennedy | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Boyd Linker | 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Dale Hendrickson | 9 | 8 | 8 | 1 | .125 | .125 | .125 | .250 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Don Arlich | 7 | 10 | 10 | 1 | .100 | .100 | .100 | .200 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Robert Wedin | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| James Zwergel | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Harold Norris | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Dave McKee | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Ernie Christoff | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Bill Griffin | 7 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| James Fitzgerald | 2 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Marvin Dutt | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Richard Aird | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 1633 | 5036 | 4452 | 479 | 1009 | 157 | 24 | 71 | 408 | 48 | 0 | 481 | 906 | .227 | .304 | .321 | .625 | 1427 | 0 | 26 | 51 | 26 | 19 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Walt Matthews | 1B | 107 | 869 | 100 | 12 | 85 | .988 | 9.056 | ||||
| Dave Roberts | 1B | 33 | 191 | 13 | 3 | 18 | .986 | 6.182 | ||||
| Joel Kelfer | 2B | 44 | 81 | 107 | 11 | 25 | .945 | 4.273 | ||||
| Leonard Bell | 2B | 41 | 97 | 91 | 5 | 24 | .974 | 4.585 | ||||
| Joe Wooten | 2B | 36 | 73 | 97 | 13 | 24 | .929 | 4.722 | ||||
| Andy Madalone | 2B | 19 | 51 | 49 | 5 | 12 | .952 | 5.263 | ||||
| David Jacobs | 2B | 14 | 21 | 24 | 5 | 4 | .900 | 3.214 | ||||
| William Rittman | 3B | 59 | 63 | 123 | 10 | 11 | .949 | 3.153 | ||||
| Joe Wooten | 3B | 57 | 81 | 93 | 18 | 16 | .906 | 3.053 | ||||
| Jim Dobson | 3B | 18 | 7 | 14 | 4 | 1 | .840 | 1.167 | ||||
| Ray Dabek | C | 56 | 240 | 44 | 9 | 4 | .969 | 5.071 | 7 | |||
| Rene Marte | C | 51 | 256 | 34 | 3 | 4 | .990 | 5.686 | 6 | |||
| Edward Wolf | C | 36 | 179 | 9 | 8 | 4 | .959 | 5.222 | 4 | |||
| Fred White | C | 15 | 84 | 12 | 5 | 1 | .950 | 6.400 | 1 | |||
| Dale Bennetch | OF | 96 | 114 | 11 | 5 | 4 | .962 | 1.302 | ||||
| Ron Davis | OF | 63 | 153 | 6 | 4 | 1 | .975 | 2.524 | ||||
| Jim Dobson | OF | 50 | 74 | 4 | 4 | 0 | .951 | 1.560 | ||||
| Dave Roberts | OF | 48 | 129 | 9 | 6 | 2 | .958 | 2.875 | ||||
| Cliff Davis | OF | 48 | 78 | 3 | 4 | 1 | .953 | 1.688 | ||||
| Elio Toboso | OF | 36 | 61 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.833 | ||||
| Robert Fidler | OF | 35 | 67 | 1 | 3 | 1 | .958 | 1.943 | ||||
| Jim Greengrass | OF | 28 | 30 | 6 | 1 | 1 | .973 | 1.286 | ||||
| Wayne Wilson | OF | 18 | 29 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .939 | 1.722 | ||||
| Joe Wooten | OF | 11 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Donald Porter | OF | 10 | 41 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .977 | 4.200 | ||||
| Cholly Naranjo | P | 29 | 12 | 14 | 1 | 0 | .963 | .897 | ||||
| Kenneth Pate | P | 26 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .538 | ||||
| Ray Crone | P | 23 | 11 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.130 | ||||
| Bennie Griggs | P | 22 | 5 | 17 | 4 | 0 | .846 | 1.000 | ||||
| Wally Wolf | P | 21 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .429 | ||||
| Harold DeMars | P | 20 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 0 | .938 | .750 | ||||
| Don Altman | P | 20 | 7 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.550 | ||||
| Wallace Mixon | P | 17 | 7 | 18 | 2 | 1 | .926 | 1.471 | ||||
| Dave Giusti | P | 14 | 13 | 22 | 3 | 2 | .921 | 2.500 | ||||
| John Lane | P | 12 | 4 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Joseph Clement | P | 12 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.167 | ||||
| Jose Padilla | SS | 103 | 184 | 269 | 25 | 50 | .948 | 4.398 | ||||
| Don Bush | SS | 28 | 50 | 66 | 14 | 10 | .892 | 4.143 | ||||
| David Jacobs | SS | 12 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 2 | .826 | 1.583 | ||||
| Joel Kelfer | SS | 10 | 19 | 18 | 6 | 7 | .860 | 3.700 | ||||
| Totals | 1398 | 3420 | 1395 | 201 | 322 | .960 | 3.444 | 18 | 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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