1961 Lancaster Red Roses Statistics

Eastern League (EL) - Class: A
Team Record: 60-80
Finished 5th in the EL
Manager: Chase Riddle (60-80)
Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals
Location: Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Ballpark: Stumpf Field
Attendance: 51,311, Avg. 733

1961 Lancaster Red Roses Roster

The Lancaster Red Roses of the Eastern League ended the 1961 season with a record of 60 wins and 80 losses, finishing fifth in the EL.

The Red Roses scored 631 runs, worst in the league, and surrendered 774 runs, most in the circuit. Jim O'Rourke led Lancaster with 17 home runs and drove in 71 runs. Clem Moore paced hitters with significant playing time by connecting at a .286 clip. Arthur Mehuron topped the squad with 12 wins and a team-best 3.75 earned run average, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

Tom Hughes, Mike Lee, Gary Kolb, Santiago Rosario, Jim O'Rourke, Weldon Bowlin, Tom Hilgendorf and Bill Wakefield were all players from the 1961 Lancaster Red Roses who played in the Majors during their careers.

Chase Riddle 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
Arthur Mehuron	12	9	.571	3.75	29	22		8	3		144.0	146	77	60	9	56	2	79	3	2	7
Bill Wakefield	9	11	.450	5.25	29	26		9	0		173.0	181	111	101	20	71	4	124	4	0	11
Bob Funge	8	5	.615	3.41	42	0		0	0		74.0	69	32	28	2	29	7	52	2	0	2
Elwood Hahn	8	12	.400	4.53	35	23		7	0		177.0	189	107	89	13	58	3	150	6	1	10
Mike Lee	6	7	.462		19				0		0.0
Edward Kikla	4	6	.400	5.30	17	12		5	1		90.0	92	57	53	13	38	1	51	2	0	9
James Craig	3	2	.600	5.49	10	8		1	0		41.0	54	34	25	4	24	1	26	1	0	2
Tom Hughes	3	3	.500	3.36	30	1		0	0		83.0	97	38	31	6	20	1	52	2	0	2
Richard Mauldin	2	1	.667	3.93	16	10		1	0		71.0	75	38	31	2	37	1	46	2	0	6
Lynn Rube	2	4	.333	4.43	24	6		1	0		63.0	69	35	31	4	24	2	42	1	0	7
Chase Riddle	1	0	1.000		2						0.0									0
Larry Shuck	1	5	.167	8.18	10	5		2	0		44.0	65	47	40	9	31	1	29	6	1	7
Jim Oplinger	1	7	.125	7.98	20	5		0	0		44.0	78	46	39	5	23	0	27	3	0	3
Reynaldo Oliver	0	0			2						0.0
David Galligan	0	0		15.00	3						9.0	20	15	15		7				0
James Turk	0	1	.000		3						0.0									0
Sam McIntyre	0	2	.000		7						0.0									0
Tom Hilgendorf	0	2	.000	13.00	5	0					9.0	13	13	13		8				0
Jerry Henderson	0	3	.000	0.00	3						5.0	13				8				0
Totals	60	80	.429	4.87	306	118	0	34	4	0	1027.0	1161	650	556	87	434	23	678	32	4	66	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
Clem Moore	117	510	469	65	134	12	4	3	60	10		30	45	.286	.327	.348	.674	163		0	8	3	1
Jim O'Rourke	135	557	476	74	127	22	6	17	71	15		59	123	.267	.344	.445	.790	212		4	5	13	4
Gary Kolb	137	549	487	69	127	20	12	10	53	12		54	90	.261	.336	.413	.749	201		3	2	3	3
Santiago Rosario	99	403	359	50	111	19	4	3	42	6		37	55	.309	.378	.409	.787	147		3	3	1	3
Joe Patterson	116	443	366	72	108	22	3	9	40	23		63	62	.295	.406	.445	.851	163		6	7	1	5
Jack Krol	109	417	369	55	92	23	4	12	50	0		42	69	.249	.324	.431	.755	159		0	3	3	1
Frank Waite	111	448	394	46	92	23	3	7	40	7		40	78	.234	.307	.360	.668	142		5	2	7	5
Tom Schwaner	104	373	325	39	79	13	0	9	46	3		40	100	.243	.331	.366	.697	119		4	1	3	2
Lamar Drummonds	66	213	181	26	51	6	2	6	30	1		28	45	.282	.378	.436	.814	79		0	4	0	3
Jerry Marx	57	196	170	24	45	6	0	2	19	4		23	20	.265	.356	.335	.691	57		1	2	0	2
Reynaldo Oliver	52	173	156	18	40	4	3	0	15	0		11	20	.256	.310	.321	.630	50		2	2	2	2
Jim Saul	32	100	84	18	27	5	1	3	18	0		14	19	.321	.430	.512	.942	43		2	0	0	2
Tom Hughes	47	74	69	10	23	5	1	3	11	0		4	16	.333	.370	.565	.935	39		0	1	0	0
Bill Morton	31	96	85	7	20	4	0	0	8	0		10	17	.235	.312	.282	.595	24		0	0	1	0
John Mason	24	85	76	8	16	1	0	0	4	6		5	10	.211	.274	.224	.497	17		2	1	1	0
Elwood Hahn	42	69	60	8	13	2	0	0	2	0		1	13	.217	.226	.250	.476	15		0	7	1	0
Edward Kikla	24	45	35	5	11	4	1	1	7	0		7	6	.314	.429	.571	1.000	20		0	3	0	0
Bill Wakefield	37	67	62	4	10	1	1	0	6	0		3	21	.161	.200	.210	.410	13		0	2	0	0
Arthur Mehuron	29	52	45	4	8	0	2	1	5	0		2	15	.178	.213	.333	.546	15		0	5	0	0
Jerome Flanagan	11	29	27	2	7	0	0	1	4	0		2	7	.259	.310	.370	.681	10		0	0	0	0
John Self	12	43	39	4	7	1	2	1	5	0		4	12	.179	.256	.385	.640	15		0	0	0	0
Bobby Dews	6	22	22		5	0	0	0						.227	.227	.227	.455	5
Weldon Bowlin	6	17	17		4	1	0	0						.235	.235	.294	.529	5
Chase Riddle	7	11	11		3									.273	.273	.273	.545	3
Larry Shuck	10	18	18	2	3	0	0	0	2	0		0	6	.167	.167	.167	.333	3		0	0	0	0
Sam McIntyre	8	6	6		2									.333	.333	.333	.667	2
Lynn Rube	24	16	15	1	2	1	0	0	0	0		0	2	.133	.133	.200	.333	3		0	1	0	0
Richard Mauldin	16	23	20	4	2	0	0	0	1	0		0	8	.100	.095	.100	.195	2		0	2	1	0
David Galligan	3	3	3		1									.333	.333	.333	.667	1
Jim Oplinger	20	13	12	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	6	.083	.154	.083	.237	1		0	0	0	0
James Craig	10	16	15	1	1	0	0	0	2	0		1	3	.067	.125	.067	.192	1		0	0	0	0
Tom Hilgendorf	6	1	1		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Bob Funge	42	15	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	5	.000	.071	.000	.071	0		0	1	0	0
James Turk	5	4	4		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Jerry Henderson	3	1	1		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1558	5108	4492	616	1172	195	49	88	541	87	0	482	873	.261	.334	.385	.719	1729	0	32	62	40	33

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Santiago Rosario	1B	98	765	59	7	78	.992	8.408
Frank Waite	1B	23	159	11	3	15	.983	7.391
John Self	1B	11	85	4	2	8	.978	8.091
Jack Krol	2B	97	216	213	23	68	.949	4.423
Clem Moore	2B	28	71	70	5	15	.966	5.036
Tom Schwaner	2B	16	31	24	3	10	.948	3.438
Tom Schwaner	3B	90	75	157	31	12	.882	2.578
Gary Kolb	3B	35	32	60	10	5	.902	2.629
John Mason	3B	19	14	38	9	4	.852	2.737
Lamar Drummonds	C	57	310	24	8	3	.977	5.860	2
Reynaldo Oliver	C	40	217	18	4	3	.983	5.875	5
Bill Morton	C	30	149	9	4	7	.975	5.267	3
Jim Saul	C	26	153	11	4	1	.976	6.308	2
Jim O'Rourke	OF	133	281	13	19	1	.939	2.211
Gary Kolb	OF	107	224	6	6	1	.975	2.150
Joe Patterson	OF	98	194	13	7	1	.967	2.112
Frank Waite	OF	84	144	7	12	1	.926	1.798
Bob Funge	P	42	6	17	0	0	1.000	.548
Elwood Hahn	P	35	13	31	0	1	1.000	1.257
Tom Hughes	P	30	5	21	1	1	.963	.867
Bill Wakefield	P	29	8	21	0	2	1.000	1.000
Arthur Mehuron	P	29	8	13	1	2	.955	.724
Lynn Rube	P	24	4	8	1	0	.923	.500
Jim Oplinger	P	20	1	6	2	0	.778	.350
Mike Lee	P	19						.000
Edward Kikla	P	17	5	14	1	2	.950	1.118
Richard Mauldin	P	16	2	14	0	2	1.000	1.000
Larry Shuck	P	10	3	5	1	0	.889	.800
James Craig	P	10	2	6	0	0	1.000	.800
Clem Moore	SS	83	137	234	37	56	.909	4.470
Jerry Marx	SS	54	81	128	22	20	.905	3.870
Totals		1410	3395	1255	223	319	.954	3.298	12	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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