1961 Lexington Indians Statistics

Western Carolina League (WCL) - Class: D
Team Record: 51-53
Finished 3rd in the WCL
Manager: Jack Hale (51-53)
Affiliation: New York Mets
Location: Lexington, North Carolina
Ballpark: Holt-Moffitt Field
Attendance: 27,777, Avg. 534
1961 Lexington Indians Roster

Playoffs - Lexington Indians 2 games, Statesville Owls 0
Finals - Shelby Colonels 2 games, Lexington Indians 1

The Lexington Indians of the Western Carolina League ended the 1961 season with a record of 51 wins and 53 losses, finishing third in the WCL.

The Indians scored 565 runs and yielded 595 runs. Ronald Henson and Robert Worthington paced Lexington with 12 home runs apiece. Robert Worthington recorded 62 runs batted in. Robert Gaiser led batters with significant playing time by connecting at a .281 clip. George Warfford and Dubois McCullough topped the team with 9 wins each, while Dubois McCullough earned a 3.38 ERA, tops among regularly-used pitchers. Jack Hale 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
Dubois McCullough93.7503.3818107188.085403323881104
George Warfford911.4503.84331851143.01368861581151905
Gary Bodenheimer77.5003.54381361155.01741046154186608
Bob Winston64.6005.1415133084.091634875858204
Bill Bethea54.5563.4912103067.0624826555773014
Preston Aldridge41.8003.331872073.075322763562213
Jack Hale201.00030.00
David Snow21.6677.07830028.041342212318301
Jeffrey Williams22.5004.221360049.058352331934203
David Mullins24.3333.421242050.046311922737408
Bobby Lawrence11.50020.01
Bobby Bralley1300.00
Richard Green0020.00
Bob Zammit0030.00
Billy Barr01.00030.00
Leo Westbrook01.00010.00
John Mills02.00040.00
Robert Boles02.00020.00
Clement Pruitt02.0002.88541025.0271182616102
Larry Cary03.0006.30631020.02618144520000
Totals4949.5003.942119103030782.0821504342423880640332520

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
Robert Gaiser974253595710119435475763.281.382.382.764137414
Bobby Adams1034553857196113232105947.249.349.309.658119182
Sidney Smith98428367578810313255868.240.344.292.636107111
Robert Worthington763022555173163126293945.286.389.514.902131512
Theodore Gruber56219177425581120104221.311.443.384.82768000
Edward Cannon38167144274518133702113.312.395.514.90974002
Billy Barr331281152136600831122.313.375.365.74042101
Herbie Burnette35154133263665016112120.271.370.391.76152000
Sander Taboh331251079289111401420.262.347.393.73942112
Douglas Martin471591211524200803417.198.386.215.60126310
Charles Polston1985771020411151624.260.306.377.68329002
Ed Shindle24948710202003159.230.272.253.52522020
Bill Haberman16625541830010148.327.393.382.77521210
Bruce Grady3084741017401101613.230.289.324.61324112
Gene Salsman38111897176011102030.191.342.292.63426101
Hank McGraw278675813510501136.173.279.267.54620000
Gilbert Buck27917791310071138.169.297.182.47914100
Bob Winston153832491017037.281.343.406.74913030
Gary Bodenheimer385951490002069.176.276.176.4529110
Dubois McCullough1837344720020010.206.206.265.4719030
Walter Bianchi925256.240.240.240.4806
George Warfford3361531600020529.113.190.113.3036030
Bill Bethea1329261510040215.192.250.231.4816010
Larry Hatchell103834550001042.147.237.147.3845000
Bob Perez26604265100301519.119.367.143.5106201
Jeffrey Williams142115332100049.200.368.467.8357020
David Snow10149220001052.222.500.222.7222000
Preston Aldridge182621320000035.095.208.095.3042020
John Mills41111.0001.0001.0002.0001
Bobby Lawrence4551.200.200.200.4001
Larry Cary6771.143.143.143.2861
James Porter312121.083.083.083.1671
David Mullins1221172100000410.059.238.059.2971000
James Smith5770000.000.000.000.0000
Jack Hale3880000.000.000.000.0000
Laron Griggs410100000.000.000.000.0000
Phil Wilkins3220000.000.000.000.0000
Leo Westbrook1110000.000.000.000.0000
Clement Pruitt813130000.000.000.000.0000
Richard Green2110000.000.000.000.0000
Robert Boles3220000.000.000.000.0000
Bob Zammit3220000.000.000.000.0000
Totals1062367531274697641372427366600472581.244.346.329.675103002432200


Fielding:

Player Pos GP PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB SB CS CS%
Robert Gaiser1B59456181329.9738.034
Ed Shindle1B2116811412.9788.524
Edward Cannon1B15116434.9768.000
Bobby Adams2B481251171931.9275.042
Billy Barr2B205135147.8604.300
Douglas Martin2B192732109.8553.105
Gilbert Buck2B13212625.9593.615
Bobby Adams3B5158992311.8723.078
Sander Taboh3B30324273.9142.467
Douglas Martin3B23173662.8982.304
Robert WorthingtonC6447247165.9708.10917
Hank McGrawC231391042.9746.4784
Robert GaiserC17651040.9494.4121
Edward CannonC11671410.9887.3644
Theodore GruberOF5285670.9291.750
Herbie BurnetteOF3470261.9232.118
Bruce GradyOF2617240.826.731
Robert GaiserOF2648070.8731.846
Gene SalsmanOF2327220.9351.261
Charles PolstonOF1932261.8501.789
Bill HabermanOF1514420.9001.200
Bob PerezOF138010.889.615
Edward CannonOF13150001.0001.154
Gary BodenheimerP3843741.9111.079
George WarffordP3352542.882.909
Dubois McCulloughP1831741.8331.111
Preston AldridgeP1831210.938.833
Bob WinstonP1532723.9382.000
Jeffrey WilliamsP1311131.800.923
David MullinsP121430.625.417
Bill BetheaP1231341.8001.333
David SnowP8.000
Larry CaryP6.000
Clement PruittP5.000
John MillsP4.000
Bob ZammitP3.000
Jack HaleP3.000
Billy BarrP3.000
Bobby LawrenceP2.000
Richard GreenP2.000
Robert BolesP2.000
Leo WestbrookP1.000
Sidney SmithSS971422414439.8973.948
Totals9302295906230170.9333.4422600

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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