1961 Newton-Conover Twins Statistics
Team Record: 36-58
Finished 6th in the WCL
Manager: Joe Abernethy (36-58)
Affiliation: Milwaukee Braves
Location: Conover, North Carolina; Newton, North Carolina
Ballpark: American Legion Park
Attendance: 17,822, Avg. 379
The Newton-Conover Twins of the Western Carolina League ended the 1961 season with a record of 36 wins and 58 losses, finishing sixth in the WCL.
The Newton- Twins scored 452 runs, worst in the league, and gave up 579 runs. Joe Abernethy and Henry Nichols each drove in 42 runs. Henry Nichols led all regular batters with a .282 average. James Boyles topped the team with 5 wins and a team-best 4.91 ERA, best among regular hurlers. Joe Abernethy 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 |
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James Boyles | 5 | 5 | .500 | 4.91 | 15 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 88.0 | 95 | 64 | 48 | 2 | 46 | 54 | 3 | 1 | 16 | ||||
George Costner | 4 | 3 | .571 | 3.00 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.0 | 38 | 24 | 13 | 1 | 33 | 28 | 3 | 0 | 5 | ||||
Wayne Kroll | 4 | 4 | .500 | 4.41 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 51.0 | 51 | 36 | 25 | 1 | 33 | 45 | 2 | 0 | 3 | ||||
Paul Williams | 3 | 3 | .500 | 3.75 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 36.0 | 40 | 21 | 15 | 4 | 11 | 25 | 2 | 2 | 1 | ||||
Hazen MacIntyre | 3 | 4 | .429 | 3.71 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 63.0 | 62 | 41 | 26 | 1 | 33 | 38 | 2 | 0 | 5 | ||||
Richard Sherrow | 3 | 5 | .375 | 3.52 | 16 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 69.0 | 60 | 36 | 27 | 1 | 47 | 66 | 4 | 1 | 6 | ||||
Robert Horne | 2 | 4 | .333 | 4.94 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 62.0 | 83 | 50 | 34 | 3 | 28 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||
Aaron Jones | 2 | 6 | .250 | 5.37 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 52.0 | 73 | 48 | 31 | 3 | 29 | 42 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||||
Sonny Allsup | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
Neil O'Sullivan | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
Floyd Lager | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.43 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21.0 | 21 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 9 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 1 | ||||
William DeFoor | 1 | 1 | .500 | 7.20 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 20.0 | 23 | 18 | 16 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 7 | ||||
Robert Baldwin | 1 | 2 | .333 | 7 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
Gerald Herron | 1 | 5 | .167 | 3.63 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 62.0 | 53 | 39 | 25 | 3 | 52 | 61 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||
Alwin Roane | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
Glenn Santmire | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
Henry Nichols | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
Roy Wagner | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||
Gerald Carroll | 5 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Hiram Baucom | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
James Harrell | 11 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||
George Deratnay | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
Joe Abernethy | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
James Krause | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
Jim Burns | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
Paul Carmine | 0 | 1 | .000 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
Don Gerhardt | 0 | 1 | .000 | 9.43 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 21.0 | 22 | 24 | 22 | 0 | 22 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||||
Robert Lyons | 0 | 2 | .000 | 7 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
Totals | 32 | 48 | .400 | 4.47 | 204 | 74 | 0 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 584.0 | 621 | 409 | 290 | 20 | 359 | 0 | 433 | 28 | 4 | 55 | 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 |
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Henry Nichols | 88 | 348 | 312 | 33 | 88 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 42 | 6 | 33 | 23 | .282 | .350 | .346 | .696 | 108 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |||
Steve Bolick | 89 | 367 | 327 | 49 | 87 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 34 | 16 | 34 | 57 | .266 | .334 | .343 | .677 | 112 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||
Joe Abernethy | 83 | 310 | 283 | 39 | 69 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 42 | 1 | 22 | 27 | .244 | .297 | .297 | .594 | 84 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |||
Ernesto Mesa | 48 | 199 | 183 | 26 | 55 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 9 | 12 | 13 | .301 | .347 | .366 | .713 | 67 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||
Willie Hayes | 44 | 212 | 161 | 44 | 49 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 12 | 47 | 31 | .304 | .472 | .416 | .888 | 67 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |||
Lyndon Kurt | 40 | 161 | 140 | 19 | 41 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 28 | 2 | 20 | 33 | .293 | .385 | .471 | .857 | 66 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
David Pavlesic | 35 | 163 | 140 | 30 | 38 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 7 | 19 | 14 | .271 | .364 | .379 | .743 | 53 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||
Joseph Hadly | 35 | 151 | 124 | 22 | 30 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 20 | 5 | 24 | 33 | .242 | .377 | .435 | .813 | 54 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||
Glenn Santmire | 40 | 148 | 124 | 22 | 28 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 4 | 17 | 30 | .226 | .336 | .290 | .626 | 36 | 4 | 2 | 1 | |||
Walter Szczepanski | 25 | 103 | 93 | 15 | 27 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 14 | .290 | .350 | .473 | .823 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
Frank Duke | 46 | 153 | 136 | 13 | 27 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 38 | .199 | .273 | .228 | .501 | 31 | 2 | 3 | 0 | |||
Daniel Kern | 30 | 112 | 92 | 16 | 23 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 19 | 27 | .250 | .384 | .359 | .743 | 33 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
Joe Rowe | 23 | 97 | 83 | 12 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 12 | 22 | .229 | .330 | .325 | .655 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
Vern Agnew | 18 | 68 | 53 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 12 | 8 | .208 | .368 | .245 | .613 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |||
Sonny Allsup | 28 | 57 | 55 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 21 | .182 | .211 | .236 | .447 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Morton Gelber | 17 | 61 | 45 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 12 | .156 | .367 | .178 | .544 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
Hazen MacIntyre | 18 | 34 | 28 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 10 | .214 | .303 | .214 | .517 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||
James Boyles | 16 | 41 | 38 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 14 | .158 | .220 | .211 | .430 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Glenn Werking | 16 | 39 | 25 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 7 | .200 | .474 | .280 | .754 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
Norman Miderski | 20 | 56 | 45 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 8 | .111 | .286 | .133 | .419 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
Jerry Dalton | 13 | 23 | 19 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 5 | .211 | .348 | .211 | .558 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Aaron Jones | 20 | 28 | 22 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | .182 | .333 | .182 | .515 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
Richard Sherrow | 17 | 28 | 25 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 11 | .160 | .250 | .160 | .410 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Robert Horne | 15 | 32 | 26 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 8 | .154 | .267 | .269 | .536 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
Edward Viola | 5 | 11 | 11 | 3 | .273 | .273 | .273 | .545 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
Gerald Bosse | 8 | 13 | 13 | 3 | .231 | .231 | .231 | .462 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
Gerald Herron | 14 | 22 | 18 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 11 | .167 | .286 | .167 | .452 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
Glenn Campbell | 9 | 23 | 23 | 3 | .130 | .130 | .130 | .261 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
Don Gerhardt | 7 | 6 | 6 | 2 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
Paul Williams | 9 | 13 | 13 | 2 | .154 | .154 | .154 | .308 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
Paul Carmine | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
Neil O'Sullivan | 3 | 5 | 5 | 1 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
James Krause | 6 | 5 | 5 | 1 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
Robert Baldwin | 7 | 7 | 7 | 1 | .143 | .143 | .143 | .286 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
William DeFoor | 5 | 8 | 8 | 1 | .125 | .125 | .125 | .250 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
George Costner | 19 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .111 | .200 | .111 | .311 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
James Bailey | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
Wayne Kroll | 9 | 19 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
Floyd Lager | 7 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
Jim Burns | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
Alwin Roane | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
Alan Betzhold | 3 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
Robert Lyons | 7 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
Bennett Harris | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
Totals | 953 | 3166 | 2749 | 406 | 669 | 89 | 30 | 22 | 317 | 69 | 0 | 359 | 482 | .243 | .334 | .322 | .656 | 884 | 0 | 25 | 17 | 16 | 0 |
Fielding:
Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Joe Abernethy | 1B | 31 | 164 | 6 | 7 | 9 | .960 | 5.484 | ||||
Daniel Kern | 1B | 29 | 210 | 9 | 4 | 18 | .982 | 7.552 | ||||
Steve Bolick | 2B | 82 | 204 | 164 | 22 | 33 | .944 | 4.488 | ||||
Willie Hayes | 3B | 44 | 36 | 91 | 26 | 2 | .830 | 2.886 | ||||
Joe Rowe | 3B | 23 | 18 | 27 | 6 | 3 | .882 | 1.957 | ||||
Joe Abernethy | 3B | 18 | 16 | 32 | 11 | 1 | .814 | 2.667 | ||||
Henry Nichols | C | 71 | 420 | 40 | 24 | 4 | .950 | 6.479 | 13 | |||
Glenn Werking | C | 11 | 37 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .975 | 3.545 | 0 | |||
Sonny Allsup | C | 10 | 41 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.300 | 3 | |||
Ernesto Mesa | OF | 47 | 80 | 11 | 5 | 2 | .948 | 1.936 | ||||
Glenn Santmire | OF | 39 | 38 | 4 | 10 | 1 | .808 | 1.077 | ||||
Lyndon Kurt | OF | 39 | 46 | 7 | 6 | 0 | .898 | 1.359 | ||||
Joseph Hadly | OF | 35 | 80 | 3 | 4 | 0 | .954 | 2.371 | ||||
Joe Abernethy | OF | 33 | 38 | 3 | 5 | 0 | .891 | 1.242 | ||||
Walter Szczepanski | OF | 25 | 38 | 5 | 6 | 0 | .878 | 1.720 | ||||
Morton Gelber | OF | 16 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.875 | ||||
Henry Nichols | OF | 15 | 24 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .929 | 1.733 | ||||
David Pavlesic | OF | 11 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 0 | .765 | 1.182 | ||||
Sonny Allsup | OF | 10 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .857 | .600 | ||||
George Costner | P | 18 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .222 | ||||
Richard Sherrow | P | 16 | 2 | 16 | 1 | 2 | .947 | 1.125 | ||||
Aaron Jones | P | 16 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 1 | .750 | .562 | ||||
Robert Horne | P | 15 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 0 | .769 | .667 | ||||
James Boyles | P | 15 | 8 | 19 | 2 | 0 | .931 | 1.800 | ||||
Gerald Herron | P | 14 | 2 | 12 | 2 | 0 | .875 | 1.000 | ||||
Hazen MacIntyre | P | 12 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 0 | .667 | 1.000 | ||||
Paul Williams | P | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
Wayne Kroll | P | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
Robert Lyons | P | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
Floyd Lager | P | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
Don Gerhardt | P | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
Robert Baldwin | P | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
William DeFoor | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
Joe Abernethy | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
Neil O'Sullivan | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
James Krause | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
Jim Burns | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
Sonny Allsup | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
Alwin Roane | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
Paul Carmine | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
Glenn Santmire | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
Henry Nichols | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
Frank Duke | SS | 36 | 42 | 61 | 19 | 11 | .844 | 2.861 | ||||
David Pavlesic | SS | 24 | 34 | 58 | 22 | 3 | .807 | 3.833 | ||||
Norman Miderski | SS | 18 | 21 | 30 | 12 | 7 | .810 | 2.833 | ||||
Vern Agnew | SS | 17 | 18 | 23 | 7 | 9 | .854 | 2.412 | ||||
Totals | 864 | 1672 | 656 | 221 | 108 | .913 | 2.694 | 16 | 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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