1961 Salisbury Braves Statistics

Western Carolina League (WCL) - Class: D
Team Record: 64-38
Finished 1st in the WCL
Manager: Alex Cosmidis (64-38)
Affiliation: Houston Colt .45's
Location: Salisbury, North Carolina
Ballpark: Newman Park (Field)
Attendance: 29,981, Avg. 588

1961 Salisbury Braves Roster

Playoffs - Shelby Colonels 2 games, Salisbury Braves 0

The Salisbury Braves of the Western Carolina League ended the 1961 season with a record of 64 wins and 38 losses, finishing first in the WCL.

The Braves scored 744 runs, most in the league. Salisbury conceded 558 runs. Fred White led the team with 12 home runs Tommy Murray drove in 83 runs. Aaron Pointer paced all regular hitters by hitting .402. John Lane topped the squad with 11 wins and a team-best 2.34 ERA, tops among regularly-used pitchers.

Aaron Pointer played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Salisbury Braves to do so.

Alex Cosmidis 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
John Lane	11	3	.786	2.34	15	12		8	2		104.0	97	50	27	5	46		81	4	0	8
Marvin Dutt	9	1	.900	2.74	14	13		7	1		102.0	102	46	31	4	43		102	1	1	4
Richard Aird	8	4	.667	3.82	33	8		3	0		99.0	84	67	42	5	60		101	9	0	7
Dave McKee	8	7	.533	3.08	25	15		5	1		108.0	92	59	37	6	57		122	4	0	11
Patrick Jackman	5	1	.833	3.05	13	8		3	1		59.0	46	26	20	3	27		55	1	0	3
James Zwergel	4	0	1.000	6.00	11	4		0	0		45.0	56	37	30	3	31		58	3	1	8
Sammy Fountain	4	1	.800	3.55	19	11		3	0		76.0	60	44	30	3	64		68	7	1	10
John Harms	4	7	.364	6.20	19	9		2	0		61.0	76	54	42	2	41		50	2	0	2
Jim Walton	3	3	.500	5.14	10	3		2	0		42.0	48	30	24	4	15		32	1	0	1
Raymond Armstrong	2	2	.500	8.18	9	3		0	0		22.0	35	24	20	1	17		13	1	0	2
Frank Glenn	1	4	.200	5.62	7	3		1	0		24.0	21	19	15	3	23		20	0	0	0
Robert Martin	0	0			1						0.0									0
Gerald Carroll					12						0.0
James Harrell					17						0.0								0
Richard Loughridge	0	0			1						0.0									0
Wally Phillips	0	1	.000		5						0.0									0
Totals	59	34	.634	3.86	211	89	0	34	5	0	742.0	717	456	318	39	424	0	702	33	3	56	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
Aaron Pointer	93	418	321	117	129	19	14	7	73	42		84	34	.402	.530	.614	1.144	197		8	1	4
Tommy Murray	96	403	365	67	106	18	6	5	83	6		27	55	.290	.341	.414	.754	151		4	1	6
Richard Loughridge	80	321	270	72	87	24	7	3	58	16		47	44	.322	.425	.496	.921	134		2	1	1
Roy Hartless	79	361	274	90	82	10	5	3	42	18		77	36	.299	.450	.405	.855	111		2	3	5
Lee Hyman	70	313	273	55	81	8	5	1	26	5		32	24	.297	.373	.374	.747	102		2	5	1
Fred White	66	275	228	48	61	7	2	12	58	1		36	53	.268	.375	.474	.848	108		6	0	5
James Sessoms	71	282	242	41	49	6	0	0	28	8		33	33	.202	.301	.227	.529	55		3	0	4
Robert Martin	39	154	135	20	31	4	4	2	22	7		13	9	.230	.311	.363	.674	49		3	3	0
Paul Roberts	29	105	92	20	29	4	1	1	31	3		13	13	.315	.400	.413	.813	38		0	0	0
Jim Walton	34	108	93	22	27	4	1	5	19	1		12	20	.290	.374	.516	.890	48		1	1	1
Guy Conti	33	102	91	9	25	4	0	0	9	3		8	10	.275	.337	.319	.655	29		1	1	1
Frank Glenn	25	67	56	17	20	4	2	3	13	3		11	14	.357	.463	.661	1.123	37		0	0	0
Bernard Simms	22	94	80	17	18	4	4	2	11	2		12	22	.225	.319	.450	.769	36		0	0	2
John Lane	23	67	58	12	16	5	0	1	14	0		7	9	.276	.364	.414	.777	24		1	1	0
Charles Word	20	54	48	4	10	0	0	0	6	0		4	17	.208	.296	.208	.505	10		2	0	0
William Canegata	7	25	25		7									.280	.280	.280	.560	7
Richard Aird	33	32	29	2	5	1	0	0	3	0		1	5	.172	.200	.207	.407	6		0	2	0
Marvin Dutt	14	49	43	7	5	1	0	0	1	0		6	13	.116	.224	.140	.364	6		0	0	0
Frank Karwoski	4	14	14		4									.286	.286	.286	.571	4
John Harms	20	26	22	3	4	1	0	0	2	0		3	3	.182	.308	.227	.535	5		1	0	0
Alex Cosmidis	3	9	9		3									.333	.333	.333	.667	3
Dave McKee	27	44	37	4	3	0	0	0	1	0		4	13	.081	.171	.081	.252	3		0	3	0
Raymond Armstrong	9	7	7		2									.286	.286	.286	.571	2
James Zwergel	12	21	19	0	2	0	0	0	3	0		0	6	.105	.100	.105	.205	2		0	1	1
Sammy Fountain	19	34	28	0	2	0	0	0	1	0		3	7	.071	.161	.071	.233	2		0	3	0
Wally Phillips	5	4	4		1									.250	.250	.250	.500	1
Patrick Jackman	14	24	20	1	1	1	0	0	0	1		4	10	.050	.208	.100	.308	2		0	0	0
Totals	947	3413	2883	628	810	125	51	45	504	116	0	437	450	.281	.379	.407	.785	1172	0	36	26	31	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Aaron Pointer	1B	93	693	47	43	47	.945	7.957
James Sessoms	2B	65	110	140	16	31	.940	3.846
Roy Hartless	2B	19	38	33	4	3	.947	3.737
Tommy Murray	3B	88	76	162	33	9	.878	2.705
Fred White	C	45	325	22	4	2	.989	7.711	18
Guy Conti	C	18	131	7	5	1	.965	7.667	3
Richard Loughridge	OF	78	84	9	12	1	.886	1.192
Roy Hartless	OF	50	64	3	3	0	.957	1.340
Robert Martin	OF	38	51	4	8	2	.873	1.447
Bernard Simms	OF	22	21	1	6	0	.786	1.000
Fred White	OF	19	21	3	0	0	1.000	1.263
Charles Word	OF	17	11	2	5	0	.722	.765
Jim Walton	OF	17	18	2	1	0	.952	1.176
Paul Roberts	OF	17	10	0	0	0	1.000	.588
Frank Glenn	OF	11	12	1	1	1	.929	1.182
Richard Aird	P	33	0	15	1	0	.938	.455
Dave McKee	P	25	2	22	3	1	.889	.960
John Harms	P	19	6	10	2	2	.889	.842
Sammy Fountain	P	19	1	20	0	1	1.000	1.105
John Lane	P	15	6	38	1	3	.978	2.933
Marvin Dutt	P	14	5	17	1	0	.957	1.571
Patrick Jackman	P	13	3	14	0	0	1.000	1.308
James Zwergel	P	11	1	5	0	0	1.000	.545
Jim Walton	P	10	5	8	0	0	1.000	1.300
Raymond Armstrong	P	9						.000
Frank Glenn	P	7						.000
Wally Phillips	P	5						.000
Robert Martin	P	1						.000
Richard Loughridge	P	1						.000
Lee Hyman	SS	70	85	172	37	30	.874	3.671
Totals		849	1779	757	186	134	.932	2.987	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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