1961 Lewiston Broncs Statistics
Team Record: 84-56
Finished 1st in the NWL
Manager: John McNamara (84-56)
Affiliation: Kansas City Athletics
Location: Lewiston, Idaho
Ballpark: Bengal Field
Attendance: 49,602, Avg. 709
Playoffs - Lewiston Broncs 4 games, Yakima Bears 1
The Lewiston Broncs of the Northwest League ended the 1961 season with a record of 84 wins and 56 losses, finishing first in the NWL.
The Broncs scored 702 runs and surrendered 614 runs. Billy Bryan led Lewiston with 22 home runs, while Dick Green and Bobby Delgado walloped 15 or more as well. Ed Olsen recorded 79 runs batted in. Ossie Chavarria paced all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .299. Larry Danforth topped the squad with 20 wins and a team-best 2.41 earned run average, best among regular hurlers.
Jim Small, Ossie Chavarria, Billy Bryan, Jack Aker, Dick Green, Hector Martinez and John O'Donoghue were all players from the 1961 Lewiston Broncs who played in the Majors during their careers.
John McNamara 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 Danforth | 20 | 5 | .800 | 2.41 | 33 | 25 | 21 | 4 | 205.0 | 167 | 64 | 55 | 8 | 47 | 180 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Jack Aker | 13 | 12 | .520 | 4.32 | 29 | 21 | 12 | 2 | 171.0 | 183 | 98 | 82 | 9 | 54 | 99 | 8 | 0 | 11 | ||||
| Robert Colligan | 12 | 8 | .600 | 4.41 | 23 | 20 | 10 | 0 | 147.0 | 166 | 91 | 72 | 21 | 85 | 125 | 8 | 1 | 12 | ||||
| Patrick Centilli | 10 | 11 | .476 | 4.77 | 28 | 18 | 13 | 0 | 151.0 | 184 | 102 | 80 | 15 | 39 | 81 | 6 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| John O'Donoghue | 9 | 6 | .600 | 4.95 | 20 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 100.0 | 91 | 71 | 55 | 8 | 87 | 69 | 2 | 1 | 11 | ||||
| Jerry Mercer | 8 | 4 | .667 | 3.06 | 19 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 97.0 | 92 | 42 | 33 | 8 | 44 | 73 | 2 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Thomas Dembia | 6 | 4 | .600 | 4.65 | 32 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 89.0 | 89 | 59 | 46 | 11 | 59 | 66 | 3 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Jack Tupper | 5 | 1 | .833 | 2.81 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 48.0 | 38 | 19 | 15 | 5 | 15 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Steve Kelly | 1 | 3 | .250 | 2.96 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 67.0 | 54 | 29 | 22 | 3 | 38 | 47 | 9 | 0 | 11 | ||||
| John McNamara | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Bruce Haroldson | 0 | 2 | .000 | 10.12 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 32.0 | 57 | 37 | 36 | 5 | 13 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 10 | ||||
| Totals | 84 | 56 | .600 | 4.03 | 231 | 140 | 0 | 71 | 11 | 0 | 1107.0 | 1121 | 612 | 496 | 93 | 481 | 0 | 800 | 41 | 2 | 72 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ossie Chavarria | 136 | 593 | 522 | 102 | 156 | 28 | 8 | 6 | 56 | 15 | 3 | 54 | 79 | .299 | .373 | .418 | .790 | 218 | 8 | 8 | 1 | ||
| Pat Sisk | 126 | 513 | 443 | 75 | 129 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 39 | 5 | 4 | 62 | 63 | .291 | .382 | .332 | .714 | 147 | 3 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Ed Olsen | 135 | 523 | 466 | 62 | 127 | 21 | 3 | 9 | 79 | 2 | 3 | 40 | 66 | .273 | .333 | .388 | .721 | 181 | 5 | 6 | 6 | ||
| Dick Green | 137 | 524 | 455 | 89 | 124 | 24 | 0 | 18 | 64 | 4 | 2 | 53 | 103 | .273 | .355 | .444 | .799 | 202 | 8 | 3 | 5 | ||
| Byron Hobbensiefken | 121 | 486 | 427 | 68 | 121 | 19 | 2 | 9 | 59 | 12 | 6 | 45 | 40 | .283 | .354 | .400 | .755 | 171 | 4 | 6 | 4 | ||
| Hector Martinez | 128 | 468 | 425 | 67 | 118 | 28 | 0 | 9 | 61 | 5 | 4 | 29 | 53 | .278 | .330 | .407 | .738 | 173 | 7 | 2 | 5 | ||
| Bobby Delgado | 117 | 431 | 363 | 68 | 109 | 19 | 3 | 17 | 76 | 2 | 5 | 62 | 74 | .300 | .402 | .510 | .912 | 185 | 1 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Billy Bryan | 94 | 323 | 292 | 39 | 83 | 10 | 3 | 22 | 70 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 84 | .284 | .345 | .565 | .910 | 165 | 3 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Jim Small | 65 | 262 | 201 | 37 | 65 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 50 | 4 | 1 | 52 | 43 | .323 | .463 | .532 | .996 | 107 | 3 | 3 | 3 | ||
| John McNamara | 77 | 253 | 204 | 28 | 54 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 41 | 32 | .265 | .384 | .294 | .678 | 60 | 1 | 3 | 4 | ||
| Robert Colligan | 25 | 71 | 67 | 8 | 17 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | .254 | .254 | .403 | .657 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Patrick Centilli | 31 | 68 | 58 | 9 | 16 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 11 | .276 | .373 | .431 | .804 | 25 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Larry Danforth | 34 | 84 | 75 | 9 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 31 | .200 | .247 | .267 | .514 | 20 | 0 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Norman Shill | 35 | 96 | 68 | 9 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 22 | .191 | .411 | .324 | .734 | 22 | 5 | 1 | 1 | ||
| John O'Donoghue | 26 | 41 | 41 | 9 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | .293 | .293 | .317 | .610 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Edwin Madsen | 5 | 20 | 20 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .500 | .550 | 1.050 | 11 | |||||||||||
| Jack Aker | 30 | 70 | 63 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 16 | .143 | .214 | .333 | .548 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Thomas Dembia | 36 | 29 | 28 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .214 | .241 | .357 | .599 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Andres Rivera | 5 | 21 | 21 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .190 | .190 | .238 | .429 | 5 | |||||||||||
| Bruce Haroldson | 21 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .333 | .400 | .556 | .956 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jack Tupper | 9 | 17 | 17 | 3 | .176 | .176 | .176 | .353 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Jerry Mercer | 19 | 41 | 37 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19 | .081 | .105 | .108 | .213 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Steve Kelly | 13 | 23 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 | .050 | .136 | .050 | .186 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1425 | 4967 | 4322 | 695 | 1198 | 210 | 25 | 106 | 625 | 51 | 28 | 509 | 779 | .277 | .357 | .411 | .768 | 1776 | 0 | 49 | 49 | 38 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ed Olsen | 1B | 104 | 788 | 56 | 15 | 96 | .983 | 8.115 | ||||
| Norman Shill | 1B | 26 | 187 | 14 | 3 | 18 | .985 | 7.731 | ||||
| Jim Small | 1B | 17 | 113 | 9 | 5 | 16 | .961 | 7.176 | ||||
| Ossie Chavarria | 2B | 136 | 334 | 371 | 26 | 107 | .964 | 5.184 | ||||
| Dick Green | 3B | 122 | 85 | 220 | 24 | 25 | .927 | 2.500 | ||||
| Ed Olsen | 3B | 22 | 15 | 24 | 2 | 3 | .951 | 1.773 | ||||
| Billy Bryan | C | 85 | 468 | 57 | 13 | 8 | .976 | 6.176 | 17 | |||
| John McNamara | C | 59 | 368 | 37 | 4 | 4 | .990 | 6.864 | 6 | |||
| Pat Sisk | OF | 123 | 275 | 17 | 6 | 2 | .980 | 2.374 | ||||
| Byron Hobbensiefken | OF | 119 | 161 | 9 | 6 | 3 | .966 | 1.429 | ||||
| Bobby Delgado | OF | 117 | 122 | 5 | 7 | 2 | .948 | 1.085 | ||||
| Jim Small | OF | 51 | 90 | 5 | 1 | 1 | .990 | 1.863 | ||||
| Ed Olsen | OF | 17 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.118 | ||||
| Larry Danforth | P | 33 | 7 | 34 | 2 | 3 | .953 | 1.242 | ||||
| Thomas Dembia | P | 32 | 4 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .656 | ||||
| Jack Aker | P | 29 | 11 | 44 | 3 | 1 | .948 | 1.897 | ||||
| Patrick Centilli | P | 28 | 9 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.036 | ||||
| Robert Colligan | P | 23 | 3 | 27 | 4 | 4 | .882 | 1.304 | ||||
| Bruce Haroldson | P | 21 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .750 | .143 | ||||
| John O'Donoghue | P | 20 | 4 | 14 | 3 | 0 | .857 | .900 | ||||
| Jerry Mercer | P | 19 | 4 | 15 | 1 | 0 | .950 | 1.000 | ||||
| Steve Kelly | P | 13 | 3 | 16 | 2 | 0 | .905 | 1.462 | ||||
| Jack Tupper | P | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| Hector Martinez | SS | 121 | 172 | 347 | 36 | 80 | .935 | 4.289 | ||||
| Dick Green | SS | 23 | 23 | 62 | 6 | 11 | .934 | 3.696 | ||||
| Totals | 1369 | 3265 | 1423 | 170 | 387 | .965 | 3.424 | 23 | 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.
Persons data from the Chadwick Baseball Bureau are Copyright Chadwick Baseball Bureau, and are made available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License.
