1961 Montgomery Rebels Statistics
Alabama-Florida League (AAL) - Class: D
Team Record: 56-62
Finished 4th in the AAL
Manager: Gail Henley (56-62)
Affiliation: Detroit Tigers
Location: Montgomery, Alabama
Ballpark: Paterson Field
Attendance: 21,600, Avg. 366
1961 Montgomery Rebels RosterTeam Record: 56-62
Finished 4th in the AAL
Manager: Gail Henley (56-62)
Affiliation: Detroit Tigers
Location: Montgomery, Alabama
Ballpark: Paterson Field
Attendance: 21,600, Avg. 366
The Montgomery Rebels of the Alabama-Florida League ended the 1961 season with a record of 56 wins and 62 losses, finishing fourth in the AAL.
The Rebels plated 518 runs, worst in the circuit, and allowed 580 runs. Bennie Sandlin paced Montgomery with 18 home runs and accounted for 62 RBI. Thomas Schroeder topped all regular batters by connecting at a .305 clip. Michael Fedak led the squad with 13 wins and a team-best 2.98 ERA, leading hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Gail Henley and Don Bryant both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.
Gail Henley 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Fedak | 13 | 5 | .722 | 2.98 | 31 | 21 | 6 | 0 | 172.0 | 174 | 89 | 57 | 4 | 63 | 92 | 5 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Gene Garnell | 11 | 11 | .500 | 3.11 | 30 | 25 | 9 | 4 | 188.0 | 169 | 84 | 65 | 12 | 107 | 174 | 5 | 0 | 10 | ||||
| Arthur Cabadas | 10 | 14 | .417 | 3.78 | 29 | 26 | 6 | 2 | 157.0 | 144 | 92 | 66 | 6 | 118 | 106 | 6 | 1 | 10 | ||||
| William Herring | 9 | 11 | .450 | 3.79 | 31 | 22 | 6 | 0 | 164.0 | 152 | 94 | 69 | 4 | 62 | 87 | 4 | 1 | 13 | ||||
| John Teeter | 7 | 2 | .778 | 3.49 | 32 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 85.0 | 76 | 51 | 33 | 4 | 64 | 79 | 2 | 0 | 11 | ||||
| Vernon Orndorff | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.60 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15.0 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Elmer McDaniel | 2 | 4 | .333 | 3.78 | 28 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 81.0 | 74 | 44 | 34 | 5 | 34 | 61 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Larry Nosse | 1 | 3 | .250 | 6.92 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 39.0 | 43 | 37 | 30 | 4 | 47 | 44 | 3 | 0 | 8 | ||||
| Don Gerhardt | 1 | 4 | .200 | 6.83 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 29.0 | 29 | 24 | 22 | 1 | 24 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Marcus Geenen | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Angus Pledger | 0 | 0 | 4.91 | 5 | 1 | 11.0 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Rodney Schifla | 0 | 1 | .000 | 5.29 | 8 | 0 | 17.0 | 23 | 19 | 10 | 1 | 13 | 0 | |||||||||
| Lyndon Kurt | 0 | 2 | .000 | 8 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Robert Burch | 0 | 3 | .000 | 4.50 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 36.0 | 32 | 21 | 18 | 5 | 13 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Totals | 56 | 60 | .483 | 3.72 | 257 | 116 | 0 | 33 | 6 | 0 | 994.0 | 933 | 563 | 411 | 48 | 563 | 0 | 696 | 30 | 2 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thomas Schroeder | 115 | 492 | 397 | 73 | 121 | 25 | 6 | 11 | 61 | 10 | 3 | 86 | 68 | .305 | .431 | .481 | .913 | 191 | 4 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Michael Holodick | 117 | 531 | 440 | 86 | 119 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 32 | 56 | 6 | 88 | 47 | .270 | .394 | .336 | .731 | 148 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Bennie Sandlin | 116 | 475 | 404 | 68 | 109 | 21 | 0 | 18 | 62 | 7 | 5 | 51 | 119 | .270 | .356 | .455 | .811 | 184 | 8 | 3 | 9 | ||
| William Meyers | 101 | 399 | 370 | 38 | 94 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 38 | 7 | 1 | 21 | 99 | .254 | .295 | .322 | .617 | 119 | 2 | 3 | 3 | ||
| Marcus Geenen | 96 | 397 | 333 | 38 | 87 | 15 | 0 | 5 | 61 | 1 | 1 | 46 | 72 | .261 | .355 | .351 | .706 | 117 | 6 | 5 | 7 | ||
| Martin Richardson | 103 | 408 | 357 | 52 | 77 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 23 | 15 | 6 | 44 | 74 | .216 | .303 | .277 | .580 | 99 | 2 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Larry Sterkenburg | 67 | 192 | 163 | 8 | 34 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 40 | .209 | .323 | .313 | .636 | 51 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Don Bryant | 45 | 174 | 147 | 18 | 33 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 46 | .224 | .345 | .320 | .665 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jimmy Wilson | 31 | 131 | 123 | 18 | 31 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 21 | .252 | .285 | .309 | .594 | 38 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| John Halstead | 48 | 169 | 142 | 12 | 27 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 49 | .190 | .320 | .232 | .552 | 33 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Connie Mack Hamrick | 46 | 150 | 129 | 17 | 23 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 22 | .178 | .279 | .209 | .488 | 27 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Alfred Behney | 27 | 83 | 74 | 15 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 19 | .243 | .317 | .365 | .682 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Jim Temple | 20 | 75 | 65 | 8 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 15 | .262 | .360 | .308 | .668 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Glenn Werking | 35 | 110 | 94 | 8 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 26 | .160 | .282 | .234 | .516 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bill Kolleth | 15 | 48 | 40 | 11 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 | .350 | .458 | .425 | .883 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Mooring | 11 | 50 | 43 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 9 | .209 | .306 | .256 | .562 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Michael Fedak | 34 | 71 | 62 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 28 | .129 | .217 | .194 | .411 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Arthur McBride | 15 | 44 | 34 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 7 | .206 | .372 | .324 | .696 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Lyndon Kurt | 21 | 41 | 34 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 9 | .206 | .317 | .235 | .552 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Arthur Cabadas | 30 | 59 | 50 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 19 | .120 | .170 | .140 | .310 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Gene Garnell | 34 | 72 | 65 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 23 | .092 | .155 | .123 | .278 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| John Teeter | 33 | 31 | 24 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 7 | .208 | .345 | .333 | .678 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Larry Nosse | 16 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .308 | .357 | .385 | .742 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| William Herring | 31 | 59 | 49 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 29 | .061 | .207 | .061 | .268 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Rodney Schifla | 9 | 5 | 5 | 2 | .400 | .400 | .400 | .800 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Gail Henley | 6 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .286 | .286 | .429 | .714 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Edward Viola | 7 | 17 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .118 | .118 | .176 | .294 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Don Gerhardt | 17 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Elmer McDaniel | 29 | 24 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | .050 | .136 | .050 | .186 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Angus Pledger | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Robert Burch | 13 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .000 | .091 | .000 | .091 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Vernon Orndorff | 10 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .000 | .333 | .000 | .333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1304 | 4349 | 3720 | 510 | 882 | 147 | 19 | 52 | 417 | 104 | 26 | 534 | 874 | .237 | .335 | .329 | .664 | 1223 | 0 | 29 | 38 | 28 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marcus Geenen | 1B | 96 | 735 | 43 | 19 | 58 | .976 | 8.104 | ||||
| John Halstead | 1B | 24 | 182 | 11 | 6 | 16 | .970 | 8.042 | ||||
| Michael Holodick | 2B | 117 | 310 | 300 | 28 | 65 | .956 | 5.214 | ||||
| Thomas Schroeder | 3B | 115 | 99 | 193 | 34 | 12 | .896 | 2.539 | ||||
| Larry Sterkenburg | C | 55 | 310 | 16 | 4 | 3 | .988 | 5.927 | 10 | |||
| Don Bryant | C | 43 | 261 | 12 | 6 | 1 | .978 | 6.349 | 7 | |||
| Glenn Werking | C | 19 | 118 | 4 | 3 | 1 | .976 | 6.421 | 1 | |||
| Arthur McBride | C | 13 | 100 | 7 | 1 | 2 | .991 | 8.231 | 4 | |||
| Bennie Sandlin | OF | 116 | 261 | 18 | 10 | 4 | .965 | 2.405 | ||||
| William Meyers | OF | 96 | 147 | 7 | 9 | 1 | .945 | 1.604 | ||||
| Jimmy Wilson | OF | 31 | 57 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .968 | 1.935 | ||||
| Alfred Behney | OF | 25 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| John Halstead | OF | 21 | 34 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .974 | 1.762 | ||||
| Jim Temple | OF | 14 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .941 | 1.143 | ||||
| Bill Kolleth | OF | 12 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .933 | 1.167 | ||||
| Jim Mooring | OF | 11 | 25 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .966 | 2.545 | ||||
| John Teeter | P | 32 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .531 | ||||
| William Herring | P | 31 | 11 | 42 | 5 | 0 | .914 | 1.710 | ||||
| Michael Fedak | P | 31 | 7 | 28 | 3 | 5 | .921 | 1.129 | ||||
| Gene Garnell | P | 30 | 6 | 18 | 4 | 0 | .857 | .800 | ||||
| Arthur Cabadas | P | 29 | 1 | 23 | 1 | 0 | .960 | .828 | ||||
| Elmer McDaniel | P | 28 | 4 | 12 | 3 | 2 | .842 | .571 | ||||
| Don Gerhardt | P | 17 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .235 | ||||
| Larry Nosse | P | 14 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 0 | .833 | .714 | ||||
| Robert Burch | P | 13 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .857 | .462 | ||||
| Vernon Orndorff | P | 10 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .400 | ||||
| Rodney Schifla | P | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| Lyndon Kurt | P | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| Angus Pledger | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Marcus Geenen | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Martin Richardson | SS | 94 | 151 | 252 | 44 | 46 | .902 | 4.287 | ||||
| Connie Mack Hamrick | SS | 27 | 29 | 57 | 9 | 8 | .905 | 3.185 | ||||
| Totals | 1186 | 2910 | 1086 | 198 | 226 | .953 | 3.369 | 22 | 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.
