1961 Panama City Fliers Statistics

Alabama-Florida League (AAL) - Class: D
Team Record: 55-64
Finished 5th in the AAL
Manager: George Scherger (55-64)
Affiliation: Los Angeles Dodgers
Location: Panama City, Florida
Ballpark: Lions Park
Attendance: 24,167, Avg. 406
1961 Panama City Fliers Roster

The Panama City Fliers of the Alabama-Florida League ended the 1961 season with a record of 55 wins and 64 losses, finishing fifth in the AAL.

The Fliers tallied 649 runs and conceded 638 runs. Bobby Cox paced Panama City with 17 home runs Bob Loftin drove in 91 runs. Braxton Bailey topped all regular hitters by connecting at a .356 clip. Tom Young led the squad with 13 wins and a team-best 1.95 ERA, leading regular hurlers.

Bobby Cox played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Panama City Fliers to do so.

George Scherger 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
Tom Young136.6841.952321133152.01255233569176409
Jackie Shue92.8181.662375187.066231643281203
Joseph Michel96.6004.39331530123.012585603808414218
Marcus Neese57.4175.88211530101.010578666915513116
Linwood Warren58.3853.16171360111.0103593954062116
Joseph Carboni45.4444.1220142094.09458439751033014
Phil Graf34.4292.571143042.026141211933001
Samuel Duke24.3335.141140042.050312413332701
Gordon Scott25.2863.692250061.070442543128306
Nicholas Sutyak25.2864.761462051.054482713141107
Denny Midgette15.1674.421472055.054382714954206
Michael Deaton0040.00
Conrad Gasper005.688019.0241412250
Jim Case008.253212.01613112140
John Kimbrel009.00207.0987090
Thomas Frank02.0005.679227.03523171160
John Korkosz02.00024.00706.0141616390
William DeFoor03.0009.751440024.031382603618204
Totals5564.4624.09256119039401014.01001642461486390767524910

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
Bob Loftin119525464751453241091344773.312.379.463.842215554
Michael Strickland117558434103141356434281011173.325.467.461.927200733
Braxton Bailey10144636889131341114781626124.356.452.6221.0742295102
Gary Dempsey8035331852107203450512534.336.383.456.839145163
Bobby Cox923963356610227417731744872.304.395.561.956188463
Lance Nichols1054303704082203760214690.222.311.349.659129455
Ralph Plumlee82346294376582326404457.221.326.293.61886251
Kenneth Stahl893102553159131740014678.231.350.373.72295171
Johnny Oppert55201167295180121302933.305.411.371.78262140
Jean Gauthier36148118253252015202815.271.408.347.75641011
Johnny Bland2811310319283021230722.272.336.359.69637300
Michael Deaton4312811016230006001315.209.320.209.52923500
Tommy Smith321129918227019101129.222.306.323.63032110
Frank Cernosek30988171840110211130.222.330.309.63925312
Thomas Parsha135147311300410410.234.294.298.59214000
Linwood Warren24514641010260049.217.280.370.65017010
Joseph Carboni2243352820030027.229.270.286.55610060
Louis Pannella19574768001900720.170.286.234.52011111
Tom Young286652681001001017.154.290.173.4639040
Joseph Michel35554967202500425.143.204.306.51015011
Jackie Shue2334262500030059.192.323.192.5155030
Denny Midgette1418164400230016.250.294.625.91910010
Marcus Neese21443554000300811.114.279.114.3934010
Jim Case3772.286.286.286.5712
Conrad Gasper8882.250.250.250.5002
Samuel Duke1115123210010023.167.286.250.5363010
John Kimbrel2221.500.500.5001.0001
John Korkosz9221.500.500.5001.0001
Phil Graf1115120100000028.083.214.083.2981010
Nicholas Sutyak15242021000200311.050.174.050.2241010
Thomas Owens2550000.000.000.000.0000
William DeFoor14640000000021.000.333.000.3330000
Thomas Frank9660000.000.000.000.0000
Gordon Scott23191420000000512.000.263.000.2630000
Totals131546923961652108122636785658724586794.273.370.407.778161304375270


Fielding:

Player Pos GP PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB SB CS CS%
Bob Loftin1B1199597313118.9888.672
Bobby Cox2B90220247871.9835.189
Jean Gauthier2B154051511.9486.067
Thomas Parsha2B11282739.9485.000
Gary Dempsey3B80671321616.9262.488
Jean Gauthier3B16144074.8853.375
Louis Pannella3B12142173.8332.917
Tommy Smith3B10192373.8574.200
Lance NicholsC9963159610.9916.97022
Michael DeatonC28194751.9767.1799
Michael StricklandOF1161755142.9281.552
Braxton BaileyOF1012141252.9782.238
Kenneth StahlOF7987691.9121.177
Johnny OppertOF3949111.9801.282
Frank CernosekOF2342260.8801.913
Lance NicholsOF1011441.7891.500
Joseph MichelP3332951.865.970
Tom YoungP2342120.9261.087
Jackie ShueP2331412.944.739
Gordon ScottP22816021.0001.091
Marcus NeeseP2171951.8391.238
Joseph CarboniP2021420.889.800
Linwood WarrenP17817001.0001.471
Nicholas SutyakP141420.714.357
Denny MidgetteP1426001.000.571
William DeFoorP1403001.000.214
Phil GrafP111110.667.182
Samuel DukeP111610.875.636
Thomas FrankP9.000
Conrad GasperP8.000
John KorkoszP7.000
Michael DeatonP4.000
Jim CaseP3.000
John KimbrelP2.000
Ralph PlumleeSS821312241464.9624.329
Johnny BlandSS2540681920.8504.320
Tommy SmithSS153235119.8594.467
Totals122630071187179352.9593.4213100

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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