1961 Leesburg Orioles Statistics

Florida State League (FSL) - Class: D
Team Record: 56-80
Finished 7th in the FSL
Manager: Billy DeMars (0-0), Cal Ripken (0-0), Ray Scarborough (0-0)
Affiliation: Baltimore Orioles
Location: Leesburg, Florida
Ballpark: Venetian Gardens
Attendance: 10,605, Avg. 156

1961 Leesburg Orioles Roster

The Leesburg Orioles of the Florida State League ended the 1961 season with a record of 56 wins and 80 losses, finishing seventh in the FSL.

The Orioles scored 573 runs, worst in the league, and conceded 717 runs, most in the circuit. James Livesey drove in 64 runs and topped all regular hitters by hitting .339. Bob Olson led the squad with 11 wins, while Joseph Materile registered a 3.49 earned run average, best among hurlers with significant time on the mound.

Tom Phoebus played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Leesburg Orioles to do so.

Billy DeMars, Cal Ripken and Ray Scarborough 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
Bob Olson	11	12	.478	3.84	29	25		12	1		152.3	149	90	65	7	48	5	82	4	0	5
Joseph Materile	10	7	.588	3.49	26	19		13	1		142.0	116	78	55	3	63	3	124	8	0	15
Sigfield Tyler	10	11	.476	3.63	36	22		8	2		161.0	137	86	65	3	106	4	128	12	0	11
Clyde Slough	7	11	.389	4.71	38	14		6	1		145.3	149	88	76	11	72	5	74	8	5	3
Del Hill	5	12	.294	5.05	36	26		3	0		149.7	158	126	84	8	120	5	132	10	2	4
Richard Hunt	3	1	.750	1.38	10	0		0	0		26.0	13	4	4	0	10	2	26	2	0	0
Ronald Reese	3	1	.750	4.72	18	3		1	0		40.0	34	32	21	1	48	4	21	1	0	7
Gary Moston	3	2	.600	6.99	14	0		0	0		28.3	34	22	22	2	31	5	14	3	0	2
Jerry Alford	2	6	.250	4.57	10	10		4	0		63.0	63	42	32	3	28	2	48	1	0	2
Richard Lind	1	1	.500	6.62	12	2		0	0		34.0	38	26	25	2	20	1	25	0	1	0
Tom Phoebus	1	12	.077	5.53	34	14		1	0		81.3	76	80	50	1	98	1	95	3	0	15
Ramon Alston	0	0			1						0.0									0
Jack McGowan	0	0			1						0.0									0
Cal Ripken	0	0			2						0.0									0
William Robertson	0	1	.000		3						0.0									0
Joe Rowden	0	3	.000		8						0.0									0
Totals	56	80	.412	4.39	278	135	0	48	5	0	1023.0	967	674	499	41	644	37	769	52	8	64	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
James Livesey	132	534	460	95	156	23	10	2	64	10		67	75	.339	.424	.446	.869	205		2	3	2	0
Jim Rouse	81	334	297	56	104	20	5	5	53	1		30	33	.350	.411	.502	.913	149		3	1	3	8
Jack McGowan	112	435	364	48	101	20	1	7	61	5		65	41	.277	.385	.396	.781	144		0	4	2	1
Bolivar Hinojosa	75	292	255	26	76	17	6	2	46	0		32	20	.298	.374	.435	.809	111		0	3	2	2
William Robertson	118	419	339	49	73	10	7	2	31	3		74	95	.215	.360	.304	.664	103		3	2	1	4
William Shirah	108	366	302	44	72	10	2	2	48	3		60	51	.238	.365	.305	.669	92		0	4	0	2
Robert Lewandowski	90	352	308	35	64	7	1	1	18	4		36	79	.208	.298	.247	.545	76		4	3	1	2
Robert Adams	74	253	220	30	48	9	2	0	16	3		29	71	.218	.311	.277	.588	61		1	2	1	1
Chester Wojtkielewicz	42	158	139	16	36	3	0	0	13	3		15	16	.259	.327	.281	.607	39		0	2	2	0
Paul Solice	52	168	158	13	31	2	0	1	15	3		10	26	.196	.244	.228	.472	36		0	0	0	0
Cal Ripken	52	174	127	20	30	3	0	1	13	1		41	14	.236	.418	.283	.701	36		0	4	2	6
Ronald Walp	51	172	157	15	29	4	1	0	19	0		11	25	.185	.244	.223	.467	35		2	0	2	0
Bill Hartshorn	48	195	139	31	27	2	1	1	10	5		51	25	.194	.426	.245	.670	34		5	0	0	0
Ramon Alston	44	120	98	14	22	3	2	1	10	0		21	26	.224	.367	.327	.693	32		1	0	0	1
Joseph Materile	55	116	96	13	21	4	0	2	11	0		17	21	.219	.339	.323	.662	31		1	1	1	0
Jimmy Norwood	26	98	86	11	20	3	1	2	15	0		8	28	.233	.316	.360	.677	31		3	0	1	1
Lawrence Clayton	24	88	81	11	18	1	1	0	13	0		7	23	.222	.284	.259	.543	21		0	0	0	0
Rich McKray	22	73	64	9	11	0	0	0	2	0		8	8	.172	.260	.172	.432	11		0	0	1	0
Del Hill	37	60	49	5	9	1	0	0	5	0		5	19	.184	.273	.204	.477	10		1	5	0	0
Sigfield Tyler	41	66	55	4	9	1	1	0	6	0		5	21	.164	.242	.218	.460	12		1	4	1	0
Richard Hunt	21	55	43	5	7	2	1	0	2	0		9	20	.163	.327	.256	.583	11		2	0	1	0
Richard Lind	12	12	12	2	6	0	0	0	2	0		0	2	.500	.500	.500	1.000	6		0	0	0	0
Clyde Slough	38	45	34	7	6	0	0	0	3	0		9	7	.176	.364	.176	.540	6		1	1	0	0
William McAdams	6	19	19		4									.211	.211	.211	.421	4
Bob Olson	29	57	48	2	4	0	1	0	1	0		5	13	.083	.170	.125	.295	6		0	4	0	0
Jerry Alford	11	24	23	2	3	1	0	1	3	0		1	11	.130	.167	.304	.471	7		0	0	0	0
Gary Moston	14	10	10	0	2	0	0	0	1	0		0	2	.200	.200	.200	.400	2		0	0	0	0
Ronald Reese	18	13	12	2	2	0	0	0	2	0		1	8	.167	.231	.167	.397	2		0	0	0	0
Tom Phoebus	36	29	27	1	2	0	0	0	1	0		2	9	.074	.138	.074	.212	2		0	0	0	0
Joe Rowden	8	4	4		1									.250	.250	.250	.500	1
William Sutton	5	5	5		1									.200	.200	.200	.400	1
Totals	1482	4746	4031	566	995	146	43	30	484	41	0	619	789	.247	.350	.327	.676	1317	0	30	43	23	28

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Bolivar Hinojosa	1B	70	507	24	10	32	.982	7.586
Jim Rouse	1B	35	249	15	6	23	.978	7.543
Jimmy Norwood	1B	25	206	9	6	6	.973	8.600
Robert Adams	2B	68	111	140	24	23	.913	3.691
Paul Solice	2B	37	72	95	16	15	.913	4.514
Rich McKray	2B	22	39	45	8	3	.913	3.818
James Livesey	2B	10	27	33	3	5	.952	6.000
James Livesey	3B	85	78	117	16	14	.924	2.294
Chester Wojtkielewicz	3B	42	51	58	15	2	.879	2.595
Paul Solice	3B	11	13	17	5	2	.857	2.727
William Shirah	C	53	283	30	7	1	.978	5.906	18
Ronald Walp	C	47	280	39	13	3	.961	6.787	16
Cal Ripken	C	45	286	32	1	3	.997	7.067	5
William Robertson	OF	109	158	17	17	0	.911	1.606
Jack McGowan	OF	108	190	16	16	6	.928	1.907
Jim Rouse	OF	46	56	2	3	0	.951	1.261
William Shirah	OF	40	56	4	6	0	.909	1.500
Ramon Alston	OF	38	31	2	4	0	.892	.868
James Livesey	OF	34	38	5	3	0	.935	1.265
Lawrence Clayton	OF	24	24	3	9	1	.750	1.125
Richard Hunt	OF	12	11	1	1	0	.923	1.000
Joseph Materile	OF	11	14	3	0	0	1.000	1.545
Clyde Slough	P	38	8	23	2	1	.939	.816
Sigfield Tyler	P	36	8	31	7	3	.848	1.083
Del Hill	P	36	9	26	3	1	.921	.972
Tom Phoebus	P	34	6	9	6	0	.714	.441
Bob Olson	P	29	15	34	1	0	.980	1.690
Joseph Materile	P	26	3	36	7	1	.848	1.500
Ronald Reese	P	18	6	5	4	2	.733	.611
Gary Moston	P	14	1	6	1	2	.875	.500
Richard Lind	P	12	1	5	1	0	.857	.500
Richard Hunt	P	10						.000
Jerry Alford	P	10	5	6	1	1	.917	1.100
Joe Rowden	P	8						.000
William Robertson	P	3						.000
Cal Ripken	P	2						.000
Jack McGowan	P	1						.000
Ramon Alston	P	1						.000
Robert Lewandowski	SS	90	149	186	37	30	.901	3.722
Bill Hartshorn	SS	43	69	104	17	13	.911	4.023
Totals		1383	3060	1178	276	193	.939	3.064	39	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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