1961 Quad Cities Braves Statistics
Team Record: 68-56
Finished 3rd in the MWL
Manager: Alex Monchak (68-56)
Affiliation: Milwaukee Braves
Location: Moline, Illinois; Rock Island, Illinois; Bettendorf, Iowa; Davenport, Iowa
Ballpark: John O'Donnell Stadium
Attendance: 74,617, Avg. 1,204
The Quad Cities Braves of the Midwest League ended the 1961 season with a record of 68 wins and 56 losses, finishing third in the MWL.
The Braves allowed 592 runs, least in the league. Quad Cities plated 606 runs. Chuck McNeal paced the team with 19 home runs and drove in 91 runs. Don Ganus topped all regular hitters by connecting at a .299 clip. Tom Newton led the squad with 20 wins, while Dennis Ribant added 15 or more wins, too Dennis Ribant recorded a 1.86 ERA, tops among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Players from the 1961 Quad Cities Braves who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Dennis Ribant, Adrian Garrett, Clay Carroll and Sandy Alomar.
Alex Monchak 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Newton | 20 | 7 | .741 | 2.92 | 29 | 27 | 22 | 4 | 228.0 | 201 | 88 | 74 | 15 | 74 | 208 | 6 | 0 | 8 | ||||
| Dennis Ribant | 17 | 2 | .895 | 1.86 | 20 | 19 | 17 | 5 | 155.0 | 110 | 38 | 32 | 7 | 39 | 155 | 1 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| Larry O'Mara | 8 | 8 | .500 | 3.90 | 21 | 20 | 8 | 1 | 134.0 | 133 | 79 | 58 | 16 | 45 | 110 | 4 | 1 | 5 | ||||
| Clay Carroll | 7 | 10 | .412 | 4.20 | 21 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 122.0 | 123 | 73 | 57 | 7 | 43 | 94 | 5 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Gerry Glynn | 6 | 4 | .600 | 3.45 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 86.0 | 74 | 39 | 33 | 3 | 37 | 71 | 8 | 0 | 11 | ||||
| Ken Nixon | 3 | 3 | .500 | 4.94 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 51.0 | 68 | 36 | 28 | 9 | 10 | 41 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Fred Walker | 2 | 1 | .667 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Julian MacKelly | 2 | 5 | .286 | 5.85 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 40.0 | 48 | 30 | 26 | 9 | 23 | 37 | 3 | 0 | 9 | ||||
| Robert St. John | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Robert Healey | 1 | 1 | .500 | 7 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Red Bresnehan | 1 | 5 | .167 | 5.34 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32.0 | 37 | 25 | 19 | 2 | 19 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Wayne Kroll | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Nelson Baez | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Don Ganus | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Eugenio Roman | 0 | 1 | .000 | 7 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Jim Burns | 0 | 1 | .000 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Ray Orlikowski | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3.75 | 8 | 24.0 | 24 | 10 | 17 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| Josue Maldonado | 0 | 1 | .000 | 9.90 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30.0 | 25 | 29 | 33 | 5 | 33 | 26 | 3 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| Wilfredo Echavarria | 0 | 2 | .000 | 6.23 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26.0 | 36 | 29 | 18 | 2 | 11 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Totals | 68 | 52 | .567 | 3.76 | 205 | 108 | 0 | 65 | 13 | 0 | 928.0 | 879 | 466 | 388 | 75 | 351 | 0 | 782 | 35 | 1 | 57 | 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 Ganus | 122 | 552 | 421 | 99 | 126 | 23 | 9 | 12 | 87 | 9 | 118 | 78 | .299 | .451 | .482 | .933 | 203 | 4 | 2 | 7 | |||
| Chuck McNeal | 101 | 425 | 342 | 57 | 100 | 19 | 2 | 19 | 91 | 3 | 67 | 81 | .292 | .405 | .526 | .932 | 180 | 4 | 3 | 9 | |||
| Chuck Hasenstab | 115 | 512 | 409 | 70 | 95 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 42 | 5 | 92 | 78 | .232 | .373 | .298 | .671 | 122 | 0 | 10 | 1 | |||
| John Wieczezak | 100 | 412 | 364 | 57 | 87 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 32 | 6 | 40 | 47 | .239 | .319 | .305 | .624 | 111 | 3 | 4 | 1 | |||
| Bubba Wagner | 107 | 418 | 348 | 42 | 84 | 20 | 1 | 8 | 58 | 1 | 58 | 72 | .241 | .349 | .374 | .722 | 130 | 1 | 8 | 3 | |||
| Sandy Alomar | 77 | 326 | 299 | 48 | 83 | 19 | 3 | 4 | 31 | 5 | 21 | 38 | .278 | .326 | .401 | .727 | 120 | 1 | 4 | 1 | |||
| Dick Anderson | 77 | 325 | 275 | 33 | 73 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 34 | 4 | 38 | 55 | .265 | .358 | .324 | .682 | 89 | 3 | 7 | 2 | |||
| Ken Berry | 91 | 362 | 306 | 43 | 64 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 35 | 5 | 50 | 57 | .209 | .323 | .284 | .608 | 87 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Thomas McGarrey | 54 | 240 | 194 | 27 | 55 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 27 | 0 | 39 | 36 | .284 | .400 | .361 | .761 | 70 | 0 | 5 | 2 | |||
| Vern Agnew | 75 | 279 | 228 | 33 | 52 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 3 | 46 | 55 | .228 | .355 | .272 | .627 | 62 | 0 | 3 | 2 | |||
| Daniel Kern | 69 | 271 | 228 | 19 | 40 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 35 | 50 | .175 | .285 | .250 | .535 | 57 | 0 | 8 | 0 | |||
| Jim Pirkel | 25 | 77 | 72 | 11 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 18 | .222 | .273 | .278 | .551 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Dennis Ribant | 21 | 69 | 59 | 6 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 7 | .237 | .270 | .339 | .609 | 20 | 0 | 6 | 1 | |||
| Tom Newton | 29 | 103 | 86 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 13 | 28 | .128 | .242 | .151 | .394 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |||
| Demetri Alomar | 13 | 54 | 45 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 7 | .200 | .315 | .311 | .626 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Clay Carroll | 21 | 50 | 46 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 14 | .174 | .224 | .261 | .485 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Gerry Glynn | 12 | 34 | 33 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .182 | .206 | .212 | .418 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Adrian Garrett | 10 | 41 | 26 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 11 | .192 | .488 | .192 | .680 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ken Nixon | 9 | 21 | 21 | 4 | .190 | .190 | .190 | .381 | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| Michael Daanen | 9 | 23 | 23 | 4 | .174 | .174 | .174 | .348 | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| Larry O'Mara | 21 | 56 | 44 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 17 | .091 | .273 | .091 | .364 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Red Bresnehan | 16 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Josue Maldonado | 9 | 9 | 9 | 3 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Jim Sweet | 15 | 33 | 30 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | .100 | .182 | .167 | .348 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Eugenio Roman | 7 | 4 | 4 | 2 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Fred Walker | 3 | 8 | 8 | 2 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Robert St. John | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Robert Healey | 7 | 7 | 7 | 1 | .143 | .143 | .143 | .286 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Ray Orlikowski | 8 | 9 | 9 | 1 | .111 | .111 | .111 | .222 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Marcos Rodriguez | 3 | 11 | 11 | 1 | .091 | .091 | .091 | .182 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Julian MacKelly | 12 | 16 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .000 | .200 | .000 | .200 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Nelson Baez | 5 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Daniel Cilo | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Jim Burns | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Wilfredo Echavarria | 13 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 1264 | 4778 | 3990 | 583 | 957 | 152 | 35 | 58 | 524 | 43 | 0 | 664 | 769 | .240 | .349 | .339 | .688 | 1353 | 0 | 24 | 67 | 33 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daniel Kern | 1B | 68 | 546 | 34 | 11 | 43 | .981 | 8.529 | ||||
| Thomas McGarrey | 1B | 54 | 441 | 23 | 9 | 37 | .981 | 8.593 | ||||
| Chuck Hasenstab | 2B | 114 | 236 | 291 | 20 | 61 | .963 | 4.623 | ||||
| Vern Agnew | 2B | 11 | 18 | 23 | 3 | 3 | .932 | 3.727 | ||||
| Chuck McNeal | 3B | 74 | 57 | 106 | 21 | 12 | .886 | 2.203 | ||||
| John Wieczezak | 3B | 59 | 31 | 87 | 11 | 3 | .915 | 2.000 | ||||
| Bubba Wagner | C | 105 | 766 | 66 | 24 | 6 | .972 | 7.924 | 26 | |||
| Jim Pirkel | C | 19 | 124 | 8 | 3 | 2 | .978 | 6.947 | 4 | |||
| Don Ganus | OF | 122 | 174 | 16 | 9 | 1 | .955 | 1.557 | ||||
| Ken Berry | OF | 88 | 180 | 6 | 12 | 0 | .939 | 2.114 | ||||
| Dick Anderson | OF | 73 | 123 | 2 | 11 | 0 | .919 | 1.712 | ||||
| Vern Agnew | OF | 47 | 60 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .984 | 1.298 | ||||
| Chuck McNeal | OF | 27 | 46 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.815 | ||||
| Tom Newton | P | 29 | 12 | 47 | 3 | 2 | .952 | 2.034 | ||||
| Larry O'Mara | P | 21 | 2 | 21 | 6 | 1 | .793 | 1.095 | ||||
| Clay Carroll | P | 21 | 8 | 26 | 2 | 2 | .944 | 1.619 | ||||
| Dennis Ribant | P | 20 | 10 | 41 | 2 | 2 | .962 | 2.550 | ||||
| Red Bresnehan | P | 16 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .750 | ||||
| Wilfredo Echavarria | P | 13 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 0 | .833 | .769 | ||||
| Julian MacKelly | P | 11 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .909 | ||||
| Gerry Glynn | P | 11 | 4 | 18 | 5 | 2 | .815 | 2.000 | ||||
| Ken Nixon | P | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| Josue Maldonado | P | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| Wayne Kroll | P | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ray Orlikowski | P | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| Eugenio Roman | P | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| Robert Healey | P | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| Nelson Baez | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Fred Walker | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Robert St. John | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jim Burns | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Sandy Alomar | SS | 73 | 107 | 195 | 34 | 33 | .899 | 4.137 | ||||
| John Wieczezak | SS | 31 | 38 | 62 | 8 | 9 | .926 | 3.226 | ||||
| Demetri Alomar | SS | 13 | 24 | 34 | 9 | 5 | .866 | 4.462 | ||||
| Totals | 1182 | 3014 | 1135 | 206 | 225 | .953 | 3.510 | 30 | 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.
