1961 Kokomo Dodgers Statistics

Midwest League (MWL) - Class: D
Team Record: 55-65
Finished 7th in the MWL
Manager: Donald Domenichelli (55-65)
Affiliation: Los Angeles Dodgers
Location: Kokomo, Indiana
Ballpark: Highland Park Stadium
Attendance: 30,041, Avg. 501

1961 Kokomo Dodgers Roster

The Kokomo Dodgers of the Midwest League ended the 1961 season with a record of 55 wins and 65 losses, finishing seventh in the MWL.

The Dodgers scored 675 runs and allowed 760 runs. Moe Lago paced Kokomo with 21 home runs, while Richard Krotz walloped 15 or more, too. Moe Lago recorded 83 runs batted in. Jerry Webster led batters with significant playing time by hitting .294. Del Walker topped the squad with 12 wins, and Lawrence Staab registered a 4.01 earned run average, tops among regularly-used pitchers.

Clarence Jones and Bill Kelso both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.

Donald Domenichelli 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
Del Walker	12	7	.632	4.61	29	24		9	0		160.0	170	96	82	18	94		180	6	0	4
Lawrence Staab	7	6	.538	4.01	20	18		5	2		101.0	96	60	45	5	66		119	4	0	8
Jack Helmkamp	6	2	.750	4.82	13	10		4	0		71.0	75	49	38	6	34		56	2	0	7
Theodore Ketterer	6	16	.273	5.28	29	24		8	0		167.0	163	124	98	26	134		139	11	1	13
Dennis Swan	5	8	.385	5.21	34	17		5	0		133.0	134	91	77	14	71		79	6	0	14
Jean Noel	5	10	.333	6.22	37	9		1	0		120.0	129	100	83	17	71		119	0	1	10
Nicholas Sutyak	4	5	.444	6.75	22	2		0	0		56.0	64	48	42	6	49		46	3	0	14
Jim Fudoli	3	4	.429	5.20	28	6		2	0		71.0	86	46	41	11	32		60	2	0	4
Ken Temple	2	0	1.000		8						0.0									0
Bob Schmidt	2	2	.500	7.88	12	1		0	0		24.0	39	24	21	3	10		21	3	0	3
Jimmy Gibbs	2	2	.500	9.26	12	4		0	0		34.0	43	40	35	6	28		23	0	0	2
Meredith Holbrook	1	1	.500		4						0.0									0
Frank Cernosek	0	0			1						0.0									0
Philip Pehde	0	0		15.75	11	1		0	0		16.0	23	28	28	5	24		16	0	0	1
Donald Domenichelli	0	2	.000		7						0.0									1
Totals	55	65	.458	5.57	267	116	0	34	2	0	953.0	1022	706	590	117	613	0	858	37	3	80	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
Moe Lago	122	536	416	93	113	18	1	21	83	2		107	84	.272	.425	.471	.896	196		7	2	4
Charlie Daniel	104	471	382	96	110	16	1	3	40	9		63	54	.288	.411	.359	.769	137		18	6	2
Tom Richards	78	358	300	65	99	16	2	10	69	10		47	42	.330	.429	.497	.925	149		7	1	3
Richard Krotz	114	494	395	75	99	16	2	20	79	16		95	134	.251	.396	.453	.849	179		0	4	0
Jerry Webster	86	376	327	52	96	18	2	13	64	5		43	32	.294	.378	.480	.858	157		2	3	1
Mike Stubbins	94	367	329	32	74	16	0	2	23	0		25	35	.225	.292	.292	.584	96		7	4	2
Donald Domenichelli	89	257	218	27	70	10	3	2	24	1		33	19	.321	.412	.422	.834	92		3	0	3
Wally Heckel	68	290	254	38	67	8	4	3	25	0		31	69	.264	.343	.362	.705	92		0	4	1
Frank Cernosek	52	211	188	24	43	6	2	6	34	1		16	56	.229	.300	.378	.677	71		3	4	0
Wayne Jackson	43	165	142	33	35	6	3	12	37	0		20	45	.246	.345	.585	.930	83		2	0	1
Clarence Jones	51	199	160	28	34	6	0	8	27	2		37	45	.212	.362	.400	.762	64		1	0	1
Bill Kelso	21	92	82	20	22	6	1	10	23	1		9	16	.268	.348	.732	1.080	60		1	0	0
Gary Moeller	33	100	87	11	17	2	0	2	10	0		13	38	.195	.300	.287	.587	25		0	0	0
Lovell Smith	32	118	108	9	17	4	1	2	13	1		9	32	.157	.222	.269	.491	29		0	1	0
Steven Keiner	23	99	87	14	16	1	3	0	9	3		8	27	.184	.258	.264	.522	23		1	2	1
Nicholas Sutyak	37	65	59	8	14	1	0	2	11	0		5	17	.237	.297	.356	.653	21		0	1	0
Del Walker	31	74	67	10	13	2	0	0	5	0		3	17	.194	.229	.224	.452	15		0	4	0
Philip Pehde	39	95	76	12	12	4	0	1	6	1		16	34	.158	.304	.250	.554	19		0	3	0
Dennis Swan	36	56	51	5	11	0	0	0	0	1		4	20	.216	.286	.216	.501	11		1	0	0
Jean Noel	38	47	41	4	8	1	0	1	5	0		5	16	.195	.277	.293	.569	12		0	0	1
Theodore Ketterer	30	70	66	6	7	1	0	1	4	0		0	27	.106	.106	.167	.273	11		0	4	0
Jack Helmkamp	17	33	27	6	5	0	0	0	3	0		5	10	.185	.312	.185	.498	5		0	1	0
Jim Fudoli	29	26	23	1	4	0	0	0	2	0		3	8	.174	.269	.174	.443	4		0	0	0
Charles Trammell	7	17	17		3									.176	.176	.176	.353	3
Lawrence Staab	20	39	37	1	3	1	0	0	0	0		2	16	.081	.128	.108	.236	4		0	0	0
Jimmy Gibbs	14	12	10	2	2	0	0	0	0	0		2	1	.200	.333	.200	.533	2		0	0	0
Bob Schmidt	12	7	7	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	3	.143	.143	.286	.429	2		0	0	0
Ken Temple	9	8	8		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Meredith Holbrook	4	6	6		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1333	4688	3970	672	995	160	25	119	596	53	0	601	897	.251	.355	.393	.749	1562	0	53	44	20	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Moe Lago	1B	121	910	49	17	98	.983	7.926
Jerry Webster	2B	86	180	215	17	53	.959	4.593
Charlie Daniel	2B	29	68	71	8	19	.946	4.793
Richard Krotz	3B	108	83	190	48	17	.850	2.528
Donald Domenichelli	3B	10	6	8	1	4	.933	1.400
Mike Stubbins	C	91	696	69	8	11	.990	8.407	8
Bill Kelso	C	21	154	13	2	7	.988	7.952	5
Tom Richards	OF	78	133	7	8	0	.946	1.795
Frank Cernosek	OF	52	70	4	8	2	.902	1.423
Charlie Daniel	OF	50	67	4	7	2	.910	1.420
Clarence Jones	OF	47	48	2	3	0	.943	1.064
Wayne Jackson	OF	39	37	4	5	1	.891	1.051
Lovell Smith	OF	31	35	3	5	1	.884	1.226
Philip Pehde	OF	24	17	1	2	1	.900	.750
Donald Domenichelli	OF	23	26	2	0	0	1.000	1.217
Gary Moeller	OF	17	8	1	1	0	.900	.529
Nicholas Sutyak	OF	15	8	0	2	0	.800	.533
Jean Noel	P	37	5	19	1	1	.960	.649
Dennis Swan	P	34	3	27	1	2	.968	.882
Del Walker	P	29	10	15	1	3	.962	.862
Theodore Ketterer	P	29	6	40	5	2	.902	1.586
Jim Fudoli	P	28	5	12	1	1	.944	.607
Nicholas Sutyak	P	22	2	7	0	0	1.000	.409
Lawrence Staab	P	20	1	9	4	0	.714	.500
Jack Helmkamp	P	13	5	14	5	1	.792	1.462
Bob Schmidt	P	12	1	5	0	0	1.000	.500
Jimmy Gibbs	P	12	0	17	1	0	.944	1.417
Philip Pehde	P	11	1	1	0	0	1.000	.182
Ken Temple	P	8						.000
Meredith Holbrook	P	4						.000
Wally Heckel	SS	63	87	150	20	36	.922	3.762
Charlie Daniel	SS	30	31	68	12	13	.892	3.300
Steven Keiner	SS	23	38	55	8	13	.921	4.043
Donald Domenichelli	SS	14	29	39	5	7	.932	4.857
Totals		1231	2770	1121	206	295	.950	3.161	13	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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