1961 Magic Valley Cowboys Statistics
Team Record: 64-66
Finished 4th in the PL
Manager: Jack Phillips (64-66)
Affiliation: Philadelphia Phillies
Location: Twin Falls, Idaho
Ballpark: Jaycee Park
Attendance: 61,405, Avg. 945
The Magic Valley Cowboys of the Pioneer League ended the 1961 season with a record of 64 wins and 66 losses, finishing fourth in the PL.
The Cowboys scored 831 runs, best in the league. Magic Valley conceded 808 runs. Bobby Sanders walloped 40 home runs for the squad, while Dick Allen, John Weghorn and Costen Shockley each swatted 15 or more also. Bobby Sanders drove in 118 runs. Costen Shockley paced batters with significant playing time with a .360 average. James Ponceroff topped the team with 15 wins and a team-best 3.75 earned run average, best among regularly-used pitchers.
Members of the 1961 Magic Valley Cowboys who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Dick Allen, Adolfo Phillips and Costen Shockley.
Jack Phillips 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Ponceroff | 15 | 9 | .625 | 3.75 | 29 | 22 | 11 | 1 | 180.0 | 188 | 92 | 75 | 19 | 50 | 136 | 2 | 0 | 11 | ||||
| Bobby Bubash | 11 | 5 | .688 | 5.34 | 24 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 123.0 | 123 | 84 | 73 | 14 | 85 | 113 | 6 | 1 | 18 | ||||
| Joel Gibson | 8 | 6 | .571 | 4.19 | 17 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 116.0 | 121 | 68 | 54 | 17 | 48 | 141 | 1 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Don Bessey | 7 | 7 | .500 | 5.23 | 31 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 124.0 | 133 | 93 | 72 | 16 | 72 | 83 | 4 | 4 | 10 | ||||
| Chuck Herzberger | 5 | 4 | .556 | 3.04 | 30 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 74.0 | 72 | 31 | 25 | 9 | 29 | 70 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Brian Ross | 5 | 7 | .417 | 6.26 | 20 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 102.0 | 123 | 80 | 71 | 21 | 52 | 72 | 3 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Teddy Dillard | 5 | 9 | .357 | 4.93 | 29 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 95.0 | 108 | 72 | 52 | 15 | 35 | 68 | 6 | 1 | 4 | ||||
| Mike Pankey | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.14 | 7 | 2 | 28.0 | 32 | 16 | 16 | 4 | 28 | 0 | |||||||||
| Morris Cigar | 3 | 3 | .500 | 5.79 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 42.0 | 46 | 31 | 27 | 6 | 26 | 40 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Buck Stinnett | 1 | 2 | .333 | 6.80 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 41.0 | 52 | 41 | 31 | 9 | 21 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| David Steplitus | 1 | 5 | .167 | 6.51 | 18 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 76.0 | 100 | 69 | 55 | 15 | 40 | 60 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Lynn Lambeth | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Jeff Harrell | 0 | 0 | 15.68 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 31.0 | 59 | 61 | 54 | 10 | 32 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 5 | |||||
| Robert Kubes | 0 | 1 | .000 | 5.14 | 3 | 2 | 7.0 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 0 | |||||||||
| Larry James | 0 | 8 | .000 | 5.56 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 81.0 | 93 | 61 | 50 | 9 | 46 | 67 | 1 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| Totals | 64 | 66 | .492 | 5.30 | 257 | 131 | 0 | 41 | 5 | 0 | 1121.0 | 1264 | 807 | 660 | 166 | 572 | 0 | 900 | 31 | 7 | 70 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Costen Shockley | 126 | 545 | 470 | 105 | 169 | 31 | 6 | 23 | 108 | 11 | 8 | 61 | 99 | .360 | .442 | .598 | 1.040 | 281 | 11 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Bobby Sanders | 126 | 557 | 453 | 113 | 147 | 18 | 3 | 40 | 118 | 16 | 5 | 91 | 109 | .325 | .433 | .642 | 1.076 | 291 | 2 | 3 | 8 | ||
| Dick Allen | 117 | 526 | 460 | 101 | 146 | 17 | 8 | 21 | 94 | 10 | 4 | 63 | 131 | .317 | .401 | .526 | .927 | 242 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Gary Curkendall | 124 | 576 | 499 | 83 | 146 | 23 | 3 | 9 | 60 | 7 | 6 | 67 | 56 | .293 | .383 | .405 | .787 | 202 | 7 | 1 | 2 | ||
| John Weghorn | 118 | 518 | 429 | 105 | 124 | 17 | 6 | 17 | 60 | 6 | 2 | 83 | 100 | .289 | .406 | .476 | .881 | 204 | 2 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Victor Baron | 109 | 450 | 395 | 60 | 116 | 18 | 2 | 13 | 72 | 2 | 0 | 47 | 79 | .294 | .369 | .448 | .817 | 177 | 2 | 3 | 3 | ||
| Robert Carmo | 63 | 283 | 241 | 44 | 77 | 17 | 2 | 7 | 45 | 6 | 5 | 31 | 51 | .320 | .400 | .494 | .894 | 119 | 4 | 3 | 4 | ||
| Dennis Wagner | 79 | 309 | 266 | 35 | 61 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 46 | 2 | 0 | 34 | 75 | .229 | .316 | .357 | .673 | 95 | 2 | 2 | 5 | ||
| Buck Stinnett | 80 | 249 | 226 | 32 | 59 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 38 | .261 | .323 | .296 | .619 | 67 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Barry Fullerton | 67 | 228 | 183 | 29 | 39 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 42 | 41 | .213 | .361 | .273 | .634 | 50 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Adolfo Phillips | 72 | 226 | 203 | 26 | 39 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 30 | 4 | 0 | 17 | 101 | .192 | .263 | .335 | .598 | 68 | 3 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Albert Durling | 48 | 215 | 179 | 29 | 37 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 33 | 63 | .207 | .332 | .352 | .684 | 63 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Bobby Bubash | 31 | 70 | 57 | 19 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 21 | .351 | .471 | .561 | 1.033 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| James Ponceroff | 30 | 81 | 76 | 17 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 43 | .224 | .244 | .421 | .665 | 32 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Larry James | 15 | 31 | 31 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | .290 | .290 | .290 | .581 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Morris Cigar | 25 | 45 | 33 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | .273 | .467 | .606 | 1.073 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joel Gibson | 17 | 48 | 42 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | .167 | .178 | .238 | .416 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Mike Pankey | 7 | 12 | 12 | 5 | .417 | .417 | .417 | .833 | 5 | ||||||||||||||
| David Steplitus | 18 | 27 | 21 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 | .238 | .385 | .333 | .718 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Don Bessey | 31 | 47 | 43 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 20 | .116 | .191 | .116 | .308 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Brian Ross | 22 | 39 | 32 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 11 | .094 | .194 | .125 | .319 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Teddy Dillard | 30 | 38 | 33 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 16 | .091 | .189 | .121 | .310 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Jeff Harrell | 13 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .200 | .273 | .200 | .473 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chuck Herzberger | 30 | 31 | 26 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 15 | .077 | .200 | .077 | .277 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Jimmy Boring | 4 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Robert Kubes | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 1405 | 5174 | 4432 | 827 | 1247 | 197 | 32 | 161 | 745 | 70 | 33 | 634 | 1111 | .281 | .374 | .449 | .823 | 1991 | 0 | 43 | 32 | 33 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Costen Shockley | 1B | 125 | 1058 | 85 | 30 | 87 | .974 | 9.144 | ||||
| Bobby Sanders | 1B | 10 | 70 | 5 | 4 | 9 | .949 | 7.500 | ||||
| Dick Allen | 2B | 116 | 258 | 291 | 27 | 67 | .953 | 4.733 | ||||
| Bobby Sanders | 2B | 13 | 22 | 27 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | 3.769 | ||||
| Gary Curkendall | 3B | 122 | 84 | 205 | 30 | 16 | .906 | 2.369 | ||||
| Victor Baron | C | 104 | 760 | 49 | 23 | 13 | .972 | 7.779 | 12 | |||
| Barry Fullerton | C | 31 | 217 | 11 | 6 | 0 | .974 | 7.355 | 5 | |||
| Bobby Sanders | OF | 85 | 114 | 5 | 6 | 0 | .952 | 1.400 | ||||
| Dennis Wagner | OF | 75 | 119 | 9 | 11 | 1 | .921 | 1.707 | ||||
| Robert Carmo | OF | 63 | 117 | 11 | 4 | 2 | .970 | 2.032 | ||||
| Buck Stinnett | OF | 62 | 79 | 5 | 2 | 1 | .977 | 1.355 | ||||
| Adolfo Phillips | OF | 62 | 73 | 4 | 8 | 0 | .906 | 1.242 | ||||
| Albert Durling | OF | 47 | 90 | 10 | 5 | 2 | .952 | 2.128 | ||||
| Barry Fullerton | OF | 20 | 26 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .929 | 1.300 | ||||
| Don Bessey | P | 31 | 8 | 25 | 3 | 0 | .917 | 1.065 | ||||
| Chuck Herzberger | P | 30 | 2 | 13 | 1 | 0 | .938 | .500 | ||||
| James Ponceroff | P | 29 | 12 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.241 | ||||
| Teddy Dillard | P | 29 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 0 | .812 | .448 | ||||
| Bobby Bubash | P | 24 | 1 | 28 | 0 | 6 | 1.000 | 1.208 | ||||
| Brian Ross | P | 20 | 6 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.250 | ||||
| David Steplitus | P | 18 | 4 | 16 | 2 | 2 | .909 | 1.111 | ||||
| Joel Gibson | P | 17 | 5 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Larry James | P | 15 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 1 | .941 | 1.067 | ||||
| Jeff Harrell | P | 13 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .750 | .231 | ||||
| Morris Cigar | P | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | .818 | .818 | ||||
| Buck Stinnett | P | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| Mike Pankey | P | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| Robert Kubes | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Lynn Lambeth | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| John Weghorn | SS | 116 | 160 | 342 | 57 | 63 | .898 | 4.328 | ||||
| Bobby Sanders | SS | 22 | 12 | 55 | 5 | 8 | .931 | 3.045 | ||||
| Totals | 1330 | 3314 | 1275 | 233 | 284 | .952 | 3.450 | 17 | 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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