1960 Salisbury Braves Statistics

Western Carolina League (WCL) - Class: D
Team Record: 65-35
Finished 2nd in the WCL
Manager: Larry Taylor (65-35)
Location: Salisbury, North Carolina
Ballpark: Newman Park (Field)
Attendance: 31,041, Avg. 621

1960 Salisbury Braves Roster

Playoffs - Salisbury Braves 2 games, Newton-Conover Twins 1
Finals - Salisbury Braves 3 games, Hickory Rebels 2

The Salisbury Braves of the Western Carolina League ended the 1960 season with a record of 65 wins and 35 losses, finishing second in the WCL.

The Braves tallied 579 runs and yielded 436 runs. Paul Roberts paced Salisbury with 23 home runs, while Leroy Scercy walloped 15 or more, too. Paul Roberts drove in 91 runs. Jack Turney led all regular hitters by hitting .362. Gary Henson topped the team with 15 wins, and Jimmy Basinger registered a 1.9 earned run average, leading pitchers with enough qualifying appearances. Larry Taylor 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
Gary Henson	15	8	.652	3.16	29	24		12	2		185.0	184	85	65	9	50		122	7	0	7
Jimmy Basinger	12	7	.632	1.90	43	7		1	0		161.0	130	50	34	2	44		111	4	0	7
Kermit Doub	11	7	.611	3.51	25	22		11	3		141.0	132	73	55	8	39		108	2	1	3
David Snow	7	2	.778	3.91	17	11		2	0		76.0	64	39	33	4	48		48	1	0	7
George Schneider	7	3	.700	2.42	16	14		7	4		108.0	94	38	29	6	22		76	5	0	4
Lawson Garrison	6	1	.857	3.67	22	2		0	0		49.0	55	27	20	2	21		15	0	1	3
Grover Mullis	2	0	1.000	4.15	4	3					26.0	28	16	12	1	11
Franklin Meadows	2	1	.667	4.66	11	6		2	0		58.0	71	41	30	2	37		37	1	0	7
Benny Cook	1	0	1.000		3						0.0									0
Kenneth Bryant	1	1	.500		3						0.0									0
Larry Taylor	0	0			2						0.0									0
Leroy Scercy	0	0			1						0.0									0
Bob Winston					7						0.0									0
Larry Goodman	0	0			1						0.0									0
Hugh Deans					1						0.0									0
Gary Wilhelm	0	1	.000		2						0.0									0
Dennis Barger	0	1	.000		6						0.0									0
Totals	64	32	.667	3.11	193	89	0	35	9	0	804.0	758	369	278	34	272	0	517	20	2	38	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
Jack Turney	97	446	398	73	144	18	4	1	73	8		36	15	.362	.406	.435	.841	173		1	0	11
Paul Roberts	101	458	407	67	115	17	1	23	91	6		39	63	.283	.349	.499	.848	203		5	3	4
Robert Boyd	94	411	348	64	100	14	4	0	39	13		52	44	.287	.381	.351	.731	122		3	4	4
Franklin Meadows	91	383	343	56	87	18	3	5	40	6		31	39	.254	.324	.367	.691	126		6	0	3
Kenneth Bryant	72	327	290	52	78	12	4	4	32	28		31	22	.269	.339	.379	.719	110		2	0	4
Leroy Scercy	66	304	254	54	77	19	4	16	53	3		49	40	.303	.418	.598	1.016	152		1	0	0
Larry Taylor	66	256	209	38	54	5	4	1	18	2		45	21	.258	.388	.335	.723	70		0	1	1
Gerald Whisenhunt	63	303	231	50	50	8	3	1	19	34		64	31	.216	.390	.290	.680	67		3	3	2
Donald Meadows	36	168	146	19	38	10	2	1	13	4		20	12	.260	.345	.377	.722	55		0	0	2
Patrick Cain	37	135	110	14	31	6	1	1	14	1		24	28	.282	.407	.382	.789	42		0	0	1
Jerry Bryson	21	75	64	11	19	5	0	1	15	1		8	15	.297	.378	.422	.800	27		1	1	1
Gary Henson	41	112	102	10	18	0	2	0	12	1		4	12	.176	.213	.216	.429	22		1	4	1
Jimmy Basinger	46	80	75	7	14	5	0	0	10	0		1	23	.187	.208	.253	.461	19		1	3	0
Kermit Doub	27	70	63	13	13	0	0	0	3	0		6	1	.206	.275	.206	.482	13		0	1	0
Bill Earnhardt	16	62	52	3	11	0	0	0	7	0		5	7	.212	.279	.212	.490	11		1	1	3
George Suggs	19	71	58	5	10	1	0	0	10	0		13	6	.172	.324	.190	.514	11		0	0	0
David Snow	24	58	49	5	9	2	0	0	5	0		8	6	.184	.293	.224	.518	11		0	0	1
Harvey Stratton	3	10	10		5	0	0	0						.500	.500	.500	1.000	5
Jack Musten	5	13	13		5	0	0	0						.385	.385	.385	.769	5
George Schneider	16	43	33	2	3	0	0	0	0	0		3	15	.091	.189	.091	.280	3		1	6	0
Dennis Barger	8	8	8		2	0	0	0						.250	.250	.250	.500	2
Billy Sells	5	11	11		2	0	0	0						.182	.182	.182	.364	2
Grover Mullis	4	12	12		2	0	0	0						.167	.167	.167	.333	2
Lawson Garrison	23	28	25	2	2	0	0	0	2	1		3	11	.080	.179	.080	.259	2		0	0	0
John Henderson	2	8	8		1	0	0	0						.125	.125	.125	.250	1
Richard Hauser	1	3	3		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Larry Goodman	1	1	1		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Benny Cook	3	2	2		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Gary Wilhelm	2	1	1		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	990	3859	3326	545	890	140	32	54	456	108	0	442	411	.268	.354	.378	.732	1256	0	26	27	38	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Leroy Scercy	1B	64	581	30	14	47	.978	9.547
Jack Turney	1B	14	96	2	2	6	.980	7.000
Donald Meadows	1B	11	91	3	1	8	.989	8.545
Jack Turney	2B	80	165	205	15	46	.961	4.625
Larry Taylor	2B	22	58	57	3	11	.975	5.227
Paul Roberts	3B	79	77	152	34	14	.871	2.899
Donald Meadows	3B	17	12	33	5	3	.900	2.647
Patrick Cain	C	27	165	15	4	1	.978	6.667	13
Jerry Bryson	C	21	117	13	2	0	.985	6.190	2
George Suggs	C	19	98	9	5	1	.955	5.632	3
Robert Boyd	C	16	81	14	2	1	.979	5.938	3
Robert Boyd	OF	85	114	3	2	0	.983	1.376
Franklin Meadows	OF	79	143	5	11	0	.931	1.873
Kenneth Bryant	OF	69	150	6	9	0	.945	2.261
Paul Roberts	OF	19	20	0	3	0	.870	1.053
Bill Earnhardt	OF	13	14	0	2	0	.875	1.077
Larry Taylor	OF	11	19	0	2	0	.905	1.727
Gary Henson	OF	10	10	1	0	0	1.000	1.100
Patrick Cain	OF	10	18	0	4	0	.818	1.800
Jimmy Basinger	P	43	14	34	3	1	.941	1.116
Gary Henson	P	29	10	33	4	0	.915	1.483
Kermit Doub	P	25	7	25	2	1	.941	1.280
Lawson Garrison	P	22	1	12	1	1	.929	.591
David Snow	P	17	8	17	0	2	1.000	1.471
George Schneider	P	16	6	36	1	2	.977	2.625
Franklin Meadows	P	11	3	8	0	0	1.000	1.000
Dennis Barger	P	6						.000
Grover Mullis	P	4						.000
Benny Cook	P	3						.000
Gary Wilhelm	P	2						.000
Larry Goodman	P	1						.000
Gerald Whisenhunt	SS	63	105	161	27	30	.908	4.222
Larry Taylor	SS	32	47	98	13	16	.918	4.531
Totals		940	2230	972	171	191	.949	3.406	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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