1960 Portland Beavers Statistics
Team Record: 64-90
Finished 8th in the PCL
Manager: Tommy Heath (64-90)
Location: Portland, Oregon
Ballpark: PGE Park
Attendance: 116,130, Avg. 1,508
The Portland Beavers of the Pacific Coast League ended the 1960 season with a record of 64 wins and 90 losses, finishing eighth in the PCL.
The Beavers tallied 629 runs and yielded 776 runs, most in the league. Don Taussig paced Portland with 23 home runs and drove in 101 runs. Bill Causion led hitters with significant playing time by hitting .300. Noel Mickelsen topped the squad with 13 wins, while Harry Byrd recorded a 4.61 ERA, leading hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Members of the 1960 Portland Beavers who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Don Taussig, Larry Jansen, Bill Kennedy, Lynn Lovenguth, Harry Byrd, Bob Alexander, Jim Brideweser, Bill Wilson, Jim Greengrass, Nippy Jones, Jim Baxes, Vito Valentinetti, Mike Baxes, Dick Egan, Don Johnson, Roger Bowman, Milt Graff, Joe Gaines, George Freese, Ray Crone and Duane Pillette.
Tommy Heath 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Noel Mickelsen | 13 | 17 | .433 | 4.80 | 37 | 32 | 12 | 1 | 223.0 | 234 | 136 | 119 | 29 | 67 | 156 | 5 | 2 | 5 | ||||
| Harry Byrd | 10 | 12 | .455 | 4.61 | 29 | 25 | 9 | 4 | 170.0 | 173 | 94 | 87 | 18 | 43 | 125 | 9 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Bill Griffin | 5 | 8 | .385 | 5.01 | 43 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 140.0 | 148 | 80 | 78 | 19 | 63 | 89 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Glenn McMinn | 5 | 10 | .333 | 4.66 | 45 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 141.0 | 163 | 79 | 73 | 16 | 38 | 71 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Dick Egan | 4 | 4 | .500 | 3.42 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 79.0 | 70 | 40 | 30 | 1 | 44 | 64 | 4 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Bob Anderton | 4 | 11 | .267 | 5.00 | 34 | 20 | 3 | 1 | 135.0 | 160 | 84 | 75 | 17 | 47 | 54 | 6 | 1 | 7 | ||||
| Larry Jansen | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.50 | 9 | 0 | 18.0 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |||||||||
| Vito Valentinetti | 3 | 2 | .600 | 5.23 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 43.0 | 52 | 25 | 25 | 4 | 22 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Ray Crone | 2 | 4 | .333 | 3.76 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 55.0 | 63 | 28 | 23 | 0 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Bob Alexander | 1 | 3 | .250 | 8.25 | 8 | 3 | 24.0 | 41 | 28 | 22 | 1 | 14 | 0 | |||||||||
| Bill Kennedy | 37 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Lynn Lovenguth | 25 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Roger Bowman | 15 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Duane Pillette | 8 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Gerald Mason | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 1 | 0 | 6.0 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Harlond Clift | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 4 | 0 | 6.0 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Pete Mesa | 0 | 2 | .000 | 8.10 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 20.0 | 24 | 19 | 18 | 1 | 21 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Don Johnson | 0 | 3 | .000 | 11.08 | 5 | 3 | 13.0 | 20 | 19 | 16 | 3 | 6 | 0 | |||||||||
| Totals | 50 | 76 | .397 | 4.85 | 350 | 130 | 0 | 38 | 10 | 0 | 1073.0 | 1180 | 647 | 578 | 110 | 393 | 0 | 605 | 37 | 4 | 28 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Taussig | 147 | 563 | 504 | 73 | 144 | 23 | 8 | 23 | 101 | 5 | 3 | 50 | 55 | .286 | .352 | .500 | .852 | 252 | 3 | 4 | 2 | ||
| Bill Causion | 132 | 526 | 473 | 69 | 142 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 65 | 4 | 4 | 47 | 76 | .300 | .361 | .391 | .752 | 185 | 0 | 3 | 3 | ||
| Milt Graff | 118 | 532 | 498 | 58 | 129 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 24 | 10 | 10 | 28 | 26 | .259 | .302 | .305 | .607 | 152 | 3 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Jim Brideweser | 131 | 523 | 467 | 57 | 123 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 33 | 1 | 2 | 45 | 81 | .263 | .329 | .325 | .655 | 152 | 1 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Nippy Jones | 136 | 499 | 461 | 46 | 115 | 13 | 3 | 9 | 47 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 20 | .249 | .291 | .349 | .640 | 161 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
| Gerald Mason | 86 | 292 | 259 | 36 | 71 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 32 | .274 | .349 | .402 | .751 | 104 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Daryl Westerfield | 86 | 278 | 253 | 26 | 61 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 22 | .241 | .303 | .352 | .655 | 89 | 3 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Pete Gongola | 72 | 219 | 192 | 31 | 46 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 55 | .240 | .326 | .464 | .789 | 89 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Clem Moore | 41 | 149 | 133 | 20 | 29 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 9 | .218 | .264 | .263 | .527 | 35 | 2 | 5 | 2 | ||
| Jack Bloomfield | 31 | 121 | 108 | 11 | 25 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 8 | .231 | .303 | .287 | .590 | 31 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Don Frailey | 39 | 94 | 80 | 6 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 8 | .212 | .301 | .288 | .589 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Harry Byrd | 30 | 63 | 59 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | .220 | .220 | .254 | .475 | 15 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Noel Mickelsen | 40 | 83 | 76 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 25 | .132 | .165 | .184 | .349 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Glenn McMinn | 45 | 40 | 36 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | .167 | .189 | .167 | .356 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Vito Valentinetti | 14 | 17 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .308 | .333 | .538 | .872 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Joe Gaines | 9 | 16 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .375 | .625 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Bill Griffin | 43 | 42 | 37 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16 | .108 | .150 | .135 | .285 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Ray Crone | 9 | 18 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Dick Egan | 19 | 28 | 22 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 11 | .136 | .269 | .182 | .451 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Bob Anderton | 34 | 43 | 35 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 | .086 | .158 | .114 | .272 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Bob Alexander | 8 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Don Johnson | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Pete Mesa | 11 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .333 | .000 | .333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Larry Jansen | 9 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Harlond Clift | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 1299 | 4163 | 3756 | 448 | 953 | 122 | 43 | 59 | 401 | 28 | 21 | 313 | 482 | .254 | .313 | .356 | .669 | 1338 | 0 | 18 | 55 | 21 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nippy Jones | 1B | 130 | 993 | 93 | 11 | 97 | .990 | 8.354 | ||||
| Gerald Mason | 1B | 32 | 212 | 18 | 3 | 28 | .987 | 7.188 | ||||
| Milt Graff | 2B | 118 | 282 | 268 | 15 | 72 | .973 | 4.661 | ||||
| Jim Brideweser | 2B | 31 | 71 | 98 | 4 | 26 | .977 | 5.452 | ||||
| Daryl Westerfield | C | 77 | 500 | 22 | 6 | 4 | .989 | 6.779 | 8 | |||
| Pete Gongola | C | 58 | 324 | 15 | 2 | 4 | .994 | 5.845 | 3 | |||
| Don Taussig | OF | 141 | 392 | 14 | 3 | 3 | .993 | 2.879 | ||||
| Bill Causion | OF | 119 | 205 | 14 | 8 | 1 | .965 | 1.840 | ||||
| Gerald Mason | OF | 39 | 77 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .988 | 2.026 | ||||
| Don Frailey | OF | 24 | 44 | 3 | 2 | 1 | .959 | 1.958 | ||||
| Glenn McMinn | P | 45 | 10 | 27 | 1 | 2 | .974 | .822 | ||||
| Bill Griffin | P | 43 | 8 | 16 | 1 | 1 | .960 | .558 | ||||
| Noel Mickelsen | P | 37 | 13 | 30 | 2 | 0 | .956 | 1.162 | ||||
| Bob Anderton | P | 34 | 7 | 24 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .912 | ||||
| Harry Byrd | P | 29 | 9 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .724 | ||||
| Dick Egan | P | 18 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 0 | .933 | .778 | ||||
| Vito Valentinetti | P | 13 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .615 | ||||
| Pete Mesa | P | 11 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .364 | ||||
| Jim Brideweser | SS | 87 | 138 | 237 | 19 | 35 | .952 | 4.310 | ||||
| Clem Moore | SS | 23 | 46 | 59 | 10 | 18 | .913 | 4.565 | ||||
| Jack Bloomfield | SS | 22 | 35 | 62 | 18 | 14 | .843 | 4.409 | ||||
| Totals | 1131 | 3375 | 1031 | 107 | 312 | .976 | 3.896 | 11 | 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.
