1961 Omaha Dodgers Statistics

American Association (AA) - Class: AAA
Team Record: 62-87
Finished 6th in the AA
Manager: Danny Ozark (62-87)
Affiliation: Los Angeles Dodgers
Location: Omaha, Nebraska
Ballpark: Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium
Attendance: 120,690, Avg. 1,620

1961 Omaha Dodgers Roster

The Omaha Dodgers of the American Association ended the 1961 season with a record of 62 wins and 87 losses, finishing sixth in the AA.

The Dodgers scored 573 runs, worst in the league, and yielded 755 runs, most in the circuit. Jim Koranda led Omaha with 17 home runs and drove in 71 runs. Bill Lajoie paced hitters with significant playing time with a .320 average. Nelson Chittum topped the squad with 12 wins, while Gene Snyder recorded a 3.8 ERA, best among hurlers with significant time on the mound.

Players from the 1961 Omaha Dodgers who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Gene Snyder, Nelson Chittum, Willard Hunter, Nate Smith, Chuck Churn, Gail Harris, Phil Clark, Dick Scott, Johnny Goryl, Jerry Snyder, Gordie Windhorn, Doug Camilli, Larry Burright, Dick Tracewski and Art Fowler.

Danny Ozark 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
Nelson Chittum	12	9	.571	4.18	46	24		8	2		211.0	237	115	98	20	56	11	87	5	0	7
Dick Scott	9	16	.360	4.57	35	31		11	1		187.0	192	110	95	24	70	9	91	3	0	5
Charles Spell	8	17	.320	4.55	43	27		7	2		194.0	193	109	98	18	88	3	164	2	0	5
Scott Breeden	7	7	.500	4.39	48	15		5	1		160.0	150	92	78	10	75	7	85	6	1	4
Gene Snyder	7	13	.350	3.80	35	23		4	1		154.0	150	86	65	7	88	2	113	4	0	12
Willard Hunter	6	8	.429	3.65	66	0		0	0		101.0	92	54	41	2	57	9	82	0	0	10
Art Fowler	5	3	.625	4.91	10	9		2	1		55.0	61	33	30	5	21	2	33	1	0	1
Rick Warren	3	4	.429	2.63	7	7		2	0		41.0	29	19	12	0	30	1	26	0	0	1
Burbon Wheeler	3	8	.273	4.38	35	15		1	0		117.0	106	66	57	11	78	2	79	2	0	3
Chuck Churn	2	2	.500	5.78	32	0		0	0		67.0	74	50	43	9	25	4	36	0	0	0
Phil Clark	0	0		7.83	12	0		0	0		23.0	30	21	20	6	14	3	6	0	0	2
Totals	62	87	.416	4.38	369	151	0	40	8	0	1310.0	1314	755	637	112	602	53	802	23	1	50	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
Bill Lajoie	129	553	506	68	162	29	4	3	64	6		39	57	.320	.370	.411	.781	208		2	4	2	2
Dick Tracewski	149	671	582	91	152	13	7	1	42	16		79	71	.261	.347	.313	.660	182		0	6	4	2
Johnny Goryl	135	579	521	60	146	22	6	10	60	6		47	86	.280	.340	.403	.743	210		1	9	1	3
Jim Koranda	140	565	497	62	131	20	5	17	71	2		61	81	.264	.341	.427	.768	212		0	2	5	10
Sheldon Brodsky	126	444	386	40	95	13	1	4	38	4		51	53	.246	.331	.316	.647	122		0	3	4	4
Joe Tanner	127	410	379	37	91	17	1	7	37	1		22	63	.240	.283	.346	.629	131		2	4	3	12
Nate Smith	115	416	362	29	90	13	3	5	47	3		45	62	.249	.332	.343	.674	124		1	6	2	3
Gene Wallace	90	365	320	37	77	8	0	8	26	4		36	33	.241	.319	.341	.659	109		2	4	3	3
Gordie Windhorn	55	245	225	34	66	9	2	10	32	3		19	36	.293	.347	.484	.831	109		0	0	1	3
Gail Harris	65	247	211	26	46	9	1	9	27	1		31	26	.218	.325	.398	.723	84		3	1	1	1
Gerry Thomas	53	131	120	12	33	3	3	0	10	0		8	14	.275	.323	.350	.673	42		1	1	1	0
Rene Friol	47	139	127	15	30	4	0	4	18	0		7	16	.236	.285	.362	.647	46		2	2	1	2
Mike Napoli	37	80	69	9	18	2	0	4	7	0		11	24	.261	.362	.464	.826	32		0	0	0	2
Nelson Chittum	49	83	74	8	13	0	0	1	7	0		3	13	.176	.218	.216	.434	16		1	5	0	0
Scott Breeden	48	52	49	2	10	2	0	1	1	0		1	16	.204	.220	.306	.526	15		0	2	0	0
Doug Camilli	18	62	56	2	10	2	0	1	3	0		5	13	.179	.258	.268	.526	15		1	0	0	0
Jerry Snyder	11	25	22	2	8	0	1	0	3	0		2	2	.364	.400	.455	.855	10		0	0	1	1
Jose Cesar	13	27	26	1	8	3	1	0	2	0		1	4	.308	.333	.500	.833	13		0	0	0	0
Dick Scott	35	71	59	2	8	1	1	0	3	0		2	25	.136	.164	.186	.350	11		0	10	0	0
Charles Spell	43	61	53	7	6	0	0	0	1	0		6	35	.113	.203	.113	.317	6		0	2	0	0
Willard Hunter	71	17	16	3	4	0	1	0	1	0		0	4	.250	.250	.375	.625	6		0	1	0	0
Chuck Churn	33	18	18	0	4	0	0	0	2	0		0	4	.222	.222	.222	.444	4		0	0	0	0
Gene Snyder	35	56	44	1	3	0	0	0	1	0		5	14	.068	.163	.068	.231	3		0	7	0	0
Rick Warren	7	10	10		2									.200	.200	.200	.400	2
Dan Gatta	9	14	14		2									.143	.143	.143	.286	2
Larry Burright	16	49	48	1	2	0	0	0	0	0		1	20	.042	.061	.042	.103	2		0	0	0	0
Phil Clark	12	4	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	1	.333	.333	.667	1.000	2		0	1	0	0
Art Fowler	10	19	15	0	1	0	0	0	2	0		1	2	.067	.118	.067	.184	1		0	2	1	0
Burbon Wheeler	42	39	36	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	21	.028	.054	.028	.082	1		0	2	0	0
Totals	1720	5452	4848	551	1220	171	37	85	505	46	0	484	796	.252	.320	.355	.675	1720	0	16	74	30	48

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Jim Koranda	1B	89	573	45	10	74	.984	6.944
Gail Harris	1B	61	488	30	2	41	.996	8.492
Gerry Thomas	1B	30	205	21	2	18	.991	7.533
Joe Tanner	2B	70	186	164	11	41	.970	5.000
Gene Wallace	2B	68	169	181	12	51	.967	5.147
Larry Burright	2B	15	42	31	2	6	.973	4.867
Johnny Goryl	3B	134	118	322	33	43	.930	3.284
Joe Tanner	3B	16	6	28	6	1	.850	2.125
Nate Smith	C	93	473	54	11	8	.980	5.667	10
Rene Friol	C	37	178	18	5	1	.975	5.297	5
Mike Napoli	C	19	83	8	4	2	.958	4.789	4
Doug Camilli	C	16	104	9	3	1	.974	7.062	2
Bill Lajoie	OF	120	342	5	6	1	.983	2.892
Sheldon Brodsky	OF	110	198	10	15	0	.933	1.891
Jim Koranda	OF	59	103	3	3	1	.972	1.797
Gordie Windhorn	OF	55	111	0	2	0	.982	2.018
Joe Tanner	OF	28	23	1	1	0	.960	.857
Gene Wallace	OF	22	64	1	1	0	.985	2.955
Nate Smith	OF	18	25	3	0	1	1.000	1.556
Willard Hunter	P	66	3	13	0	0	1.000	.242
Scott Breeden	P	48	10	27	3	3	.925	.771
Nelson Chittum	P	46	11	29	2	4	.952	.870
Charles Spell	P	43	13	22	0	2	1.000	.814
Burbon Wheeler	P	35	5	15	2	1	.909	.571
Gene Snyder	P	35	5	32	0	1	1.000	1.057
Dick Scott	P	35	3	24	2	0	.931	.771
Chuck Churn	P	32	6	19	1	1	.962	.781
Phil Clark	P	12	1	3	0	0	1.000	.333
Art Fowler	P	10	2	8	2	1	.833	1.000
Dick Tracewski	SS	149	269	436	43	89	.943	4.732
Totals		1571	3819	1562	184	392	.967	3.425	21	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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