1961 Rio Grande Valley/Victoria Giants Statistics
Team Record: 69-71
Finished 5th in the TL
Manager: Ray Murray (69-71)
Affiliation: San Francisco Giants
Location: Harlingen, Texas; Victoria, Texas
Ballpark: Harlingen Baseball Park (Field), Toros Stadium:
Attendance: 43,184, Avg. 617
The Rio Grande Valley/Victoria Giants of the Texas League ended the 1961 season with a record of 69 wins and 71 losses, finishing fifth in the TL.Rio Grande Valley (28-29) moved to Victoria (41-42) June 10.
The Giants plated 618 runs and allowed 611 runs. John Weekly paced Rio Grande Valley/Victoria with 21 home runs and drove in 82 runs. José Tartabull topped all qualifying hitters on the roster with a .304 average. Clark Johnson led the team with 14 wins, while James Gibson recorded a 3.07 ERA, leading pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Dick LeMay, Wayne Schurr, Moose Stubing, Tim Talton, José Tartabull, Benny Valenzuela, John Weekly and Marvin Williams were all players from the 1961 Rio Grande Valley/Victoria Giants who played in the Majors during their careers.
Ray Murray 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clark Johnson | 14 | 9 | .609 | 3.89 | 31 | 29 | 10 | 1 | 208.0 | 197 | 107 | 90 | 22 | 92 | 8 | 153 | 8 | 0 | 9 | |||
| James Gibson | 12 | 9 | .571 | 3.07 | 33 | 28 | 9 | 2 | 211.0 | 198 | 90 | 72 | 18 | 98 | 7 | 125 | 2 | 1 | 4 | |||
| Dick Sovde | 10 | 9 | .526 | 3.56 | 43 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 149.0 | 120 | 65 | 59 | 19 | 58 | 9 | 132 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Danilo Rivas | 9 | 8 | .529 | 3.20 | 21 | 15 | 12 | 0 | 138.0 | 121 | 57 | 49 | 6 | 56 | 3 | 127 | 4 | 0 | 9 | |||
| Tom Bowers | 6 | 5 | .545 | 3.14 | 29 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 109.0 | 94 | 46 | 38 | 9 | 46 | 4 | 75 | 5 | 0 | 4 | |||
| Dick LeMay | 6 | 7 | .462 | 3.14 | 14 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 106.0 | 98 | 54 | 37 | 13 | 32 | 4 | 89 | 4 | 0 | 4 | |||
| Thomas Arruda | 4 | 9 | .308 | 3.84 | 45 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 136.0 | 118 | 78 | 58 | 10 | 80 | 7 | 87 | 9 | 0 | 4 | |||
| Richard Slomkowski | 3 | 2 | .600 | 9 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Wayne Schurr | 3 | 7 | .300 | 3.78 | 20 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 100.0 | 91 | 50 | 42 | 11 | 34 | 2 | 76 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Vic Davis | 2 | 6 | .250 | 5.84 | 23 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 57.0 | 67 | 41 | 37 | 14 | 20 | 0 | 56 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |||
| Chester Vincent | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 69 | 71 | .493 | 3.57 | 269 | 138 | 0 | 55 | 8 | 0 | 1214.0 | 1104 | 588 | 482 | 122 | 516 | 44 | 920 | 36 | 2 | 40 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| José Tartabull | 137 | 630 | 563 | 103 | 171 | 31 | 10 | 6 | 50 | 37 | 14 | 47 | 34 | .304 | .359 | .426 | .785 | 240 | 4 | 11 | 5 | ||
| John Weekly | 137 | 562 | 485 | 76 | 139 | 24 | 5 | 21 | 82 | 18 | 6 | 60 | 70 | .287 | .373 | .487 | .860 | 236 | 8 | 7 | 2 | ||
| Richard Pawlow | 134 | 572 | 496 | 74 | 130 | 25 | 4 | 3 | 55 | 16 | 7 | 61 | 79 | .262 | .342 | .347 | .688 | 172 | 1 | 10 | 4 | ||
| Tim Talton | 115 | 431 | 380 | 33 | 111 | 20 | 1 | 8 | 60 | 3 | 2 | 36 | 40 | .292 | .351 | .413 | .764 | 157 | 2 | 6 | 7 | ||
| Pete Carmona | 125 | 478 | 421 | 38 | 107 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 40 | 7 | 3 | 37 | 28 | .254 | .314 | .295 | .608 | 124 | 1 | 16 | 3 | ||
| Jerald Robinson | 132 | 523 | 448 | 65 | 107 | 23 | 0 | 13 | 55 | 8 | 8 | 56 | 96 | .239 | .324 | .377 | .701 | 169 | 3 | 11 | 5 | ||
| Moose Stubing | 101 | 433 | 368 | 52 | 99 | 10 | 2 | 9 | 53 | 7 | 5 | 59 | 47 | .269 | .371 | .380 | .752 | 140 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Charles Koss | 52 | 194 | 168 | 21 | 44 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 22 | .262 | .342 | .315 | .658 | 53 | 1 | 4 | 1 | ||
| Benny Valenzuela | 47 | 183 | 157 | 22 | 41 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 22 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 8 | .261 | .341 | .382 | .723 | 60 | 0 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Louis Caputo | 48 | 155 | 132 | 15 | 32 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 23 | 24 | .242 | .355 | .280 | .635 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Clark Johnson | 35 | 92 | 82 | 8 | 19 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 26 | .232 | .292 | .341 | .634 | 28 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Arlo Engel | 16 | 70 | 64 | 5 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 23 | .234 | .300 | .312 | .612 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| James Gibson | 33 | 82 | 78 | 4 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | .167 | .173 | .179 | .352 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Herb Raybourn | 16 | 50 | 46 | 3 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | .261 | .320 | .326 | .646 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Terry Cobb | 13 | 37 | 33 | 9 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | .333 | .405 | .333 | .739 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Thomas Arruda | 57 | 64 | 62 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | .161 | .175 | .226 | .400 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Tom Bowers | 29 | 40 | 36 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | .222 | .222 | .222 | .444 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Danilo Rivas | 22 | 59 | 50 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 | .160 | .204 | .240 | .444 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 1 | ||
| Vic Davis | 29 | 16 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .231 | .286 | .231 | .516 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Wayne Schurr | 20 | 33 | 30 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14 | .100 | .182 | .100 | .282 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dick LeMay | 15 | 43 | 36 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 16 | .083 | .175 | .111 | .286 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Dick Sovde | 43 | 50 | 42 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 18 | .071 | .188 | .071 | .259 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Richard Slomkowski | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Julio Linares | 6 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 1371 | 4810 | 4203 | 552 | 1090 | 165 | 28 | 71 | 484 | 112 | 52 | 459 | 617 | .259 | .333 | .363 | .696 | 1524 | 0 | 23 | 89 | 36 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moose Stubing | 1B | 81 | 681 | 59 | 8 | 59 | .989 | 9.136 | ||||
| John Weekly | 1B | 13 | 100 | 4 | 3 | 10 | .972 | 8.000 | ||||
| Jerald Robinson | 2B | 115 | 252 | 230 | 23 | 66 | .954 | 4.191 | ||||
| Louis Caputo | 2B | 26 | 56 | 54 | 6 | 14 | .948 | 4.231 | ||||
| Marvin Williams | 3B | 58 | 47 | 104 | 14 | 9 | .915 | 2.603 | ||||
| Charles Koss | 3B | 47 | 36 | 81 | 17 | 5 | .873 | 2.489 | ||||
| Benny Valenzuela | 3B | 39 | 38 | 90 | 6 | 5 | .955 | 3.282 | ||||
| Tim Talton | C | 98 | 666 | 27 | 8 | 3 | .989 | 7.071 | 3 | |||
| José Tartabull | CF | 137 | 346 | 15 | 8 | 2 | .978 | 2.635 | ||||
| John Weekly | LF | 116 | 208 | 13 | 13 | 1 | .944 | 1.905 | ||||
| Moose Stubing | LF | 16 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .952 | 1.250 | ||||
| Arlo Engel | LF | 16 | 34 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.375 | ||||
| Thomas Arruda | P | 45 | 11 | 44 | 1 | 7 | .982 | 1.222 | ||||
| Dick Sovde | P | 43 | 9 | 22 | 1 | 3 | .969 | .721 | ||||
| James Gibson | P | 33 | 14 | 39 | 1 | 2 | .981 | 1.606 | ||||
| Clark Johnson | P | 31 | 15 | 34 | 4 | 1 | .925 | 1.581 | ||||
| Tom Bowers | P | 29 | 6 | 40 | 1 | 1 | .979 | 1.586 | ||||
| Vic Davis | P | 23 | 3 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .826 | ||||
| Danilo Rivas | P | 21 | 4 | 30 | 1 | 4 | .971 | 1.619 | ||||
| Wayne Schurr | P | 20 | 9 | 20 | 3 | 1 | .906 | 1.450 | ||||
| Dick LeMay | P | 14 | 3 | 28 | 6 | 2 | .838 | 2.214 | ||||
| Richard Slomkowski | P | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| Chester Vincent | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Richard Pawlow | RF | 132 | 156 | 10 | 9 | 0 | .949 | 1.258 | ||||
| Pete Carmona | SS | 123 | 186 | 335 | 38 | 64 | .932 | 4.236 | ||||
| Louis Caputo | SS | 14 | 16 | 21 | 4 | 4 | .902 | 2.643 | ||||
| Terry Cobb | SS | 12 | 8 | 24 | 3 | 3 | .914 | 2.667 | ||||
| Totals | 1312 | 2923 | 1345 | 179 | 267 | .960 | 3.253 | 3 | 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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