1961 Shelby Colonels Statistics
Team Record: 51-55
Finished 4th in the WCL
Manager: Aaron Robinson (0-0), James Adlam (0-0)
Affiliation: Pittsburgh Pirates
Location: Shelby, North Carolina
Ballpark: City Park
Attendance: 11,587, Avg. 219
Playoffs - Shelby Colonels 2 games, Salisbury Braves 0
Finals - Shelby Colonels 2 games, Lexington Indians 1
The Shelby Colonels of the Western Carolina League ended the 1961 season with a record of 51 wins and 55 losses, finishing fourth in the WCL.
The Colonels plated 557 runs and conceded 568 runs. Benny Von Cannon and Ronald Henson paced Shelby with 12 home runs apiece. Johnny Autry drove in 62 runs. Benny Von Cannon topped all regular hitters by hitting .302. Phillip Andress led the squad with 13 wins and a team-best 3.24 earned run average, leading pitchers with enough qualifying appearances. Aaron Robinson and James Adlam 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phillip Andress | 13 | 5 | .722 | 3.24 | 24 | 22 | 14 | 1 | 164.0 | 130 | 81 | 59 | 3 | 89 | 121 | 8 | 0 | 12 | ||||
| Miguel Lemoine | 11 | 9 | .550 | 4.61 | 26 | 22 | 10 | 0 | 168.0 | 153 | 115 | 86 | 12 | 111 | 159 | 5 | 1 | 17 | ||||
| Thomas Hall | 10 | 9 | .526 | 3.45 | 22 | 17 | 8 | 0 | 120.0 | 96 | 63 | 46 | 2 | 52 | 130 | 3 | 1 | 3 | ||||
| Donald Bridges | 4 | 3 | .571 | 3.12 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 52.0 | 54 | 24 | 18 | 3 | 11 | 48 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Charles Ling | 4 | 3 | .571 | 5.84 | 16 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 77.0 | 86 | 61 | 50 | 1 | 49 | 51 | 4 | 1 | 7 | ||||
| James Wilson | 2 | 1 | .667 | 6 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Hector Urbano | 2 | 2 | .500 | 3.79 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 38.0 | 37 | 22 | 16 | 2 | 27 | 29 | 2 | 1 | 6 | ||||
| Rafael Sosa | 2 | 5 | .286 | 4.94 | 23 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 62.0 | 58 | 46 | 34 | 1 | 42 | 53 | 6 | 2 | 3 | ||||
| Silvano Quezada | 2 | 7 | .222 | 3.92 | 28 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 78.0 | 84 | 48 | 34 | 5 | 23 | 50 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||||
| Diogenes Diaz | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Tommy Cobb | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Troy Warlick | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Jimmy Tyer | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Pindaro Pastor | 0 | 1 | .000 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| James Pierce | 0 | 2 | .000 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Ronald Spring | 0 | 8 | .000 | 4.58 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 57.0 | 54 | 36 | 29 | 2 | 31 | 53 | 5 | 1 | 6 | ||||
| Totals | 50 | 55 | .476 | 4.10 | 193 | 95 | 0 | 41 | 2 | 0 | 816.0 | 752 | 496 | 372 | 31 | 435 | 0 | 694 | 35 | 9 | 60 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johnny Autry | 103 | 422 | 392 | 68 | 109 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 62 | 17 | 21 | 39 | .278 | .316 | .398 | .714 | 156 | 3 | 1 | 5 | |||
| Erasmo Felipe | 99 | 403 | 370 | 57 | 102 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 40 | 15 | 25 | 39 | .276 | .322 | .359 | .682 | 133 | 2 | 3 | 3 | |||
| Benny Von Cannon | 95 | 374 | 324 | 59 | 98 | 12 | 2 | 12 | 61 | 6 | 49 | 29 | .302 | .393 | .463 | .856 | 150 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Edward Montgomery | 59 | 240 | 217 | 34 | 73 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 37 | 15 | 21 | 16 | .336 | .395 | .456 | .851 | 99 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| John Wheelhouse | 87 | 318 | 276 | 49 | 65 | 19 | 2 | 4 | 39 | 3 | 37 | 67 | .236 | .327 | .362 | .689 | 100 | 1 | 3 | 1 | |||
| William Kuklenski | 59 | 261 | 236 | 39 | 54 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 20 | 13 | 20 | 59 | .229 | .289 | .339 | .628 | 80 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |||
| Jimmy Tyer | 68 | 203 | 184 | 21 | 46 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 2 | 15 | 29 | .250 | .308 | .337 | .645 | 62 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |||
| George Grant | 42 | 168 | 144 | 44 | 42 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 10 | 20 | 22 | .292 | .382 | .417 | .798 | 60 | 1 | 3 | 0 | |||
| Charles Hotetz | 38 | 166 | 142 | 27 | 34 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 6 | 16 | 15 | .239 | .312 | .317 | .629 | 45 | 0 | 6 | 2 | |||
| Bubba Davis | 27 | 108 | 96 | 18 | 28 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 0 | 11 | 24 | .292 | .364 | .510 | .875 | 49 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Conrado Lezcano | 18 | 67 | 60 | 12 | 26 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 0 | 7 | 4 | .433 | .493 | .650 | 1.143 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Miguel Lemoine | 37 | 96 | 90 | 17 | 26 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 10 | .289 | .312 | .378 | .690 | 34 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||
| Don Killian | 37 | 146 | 124 | 20 | 25 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 18 | 13 | .202 | .306 | .250 | .556 | 31 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |||
| James Broome | 33 | 103 | 95 | 5 | 23 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 6 | 12 | .242 | .291 | .305 | .597 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Mortimer Davis | 26 | 98 | 92 | 9 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 19 | .217 | .265 | .261 | .526 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Silvano Quezada | 41 | 70 | 63 | 9 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 14 | .302 | .333 | .429 | .762 | 27 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |||
| Victor Davis | 22 | 87 | 79 | 13 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 20 | .190 | .264 | .266 | .530 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Phillip Andress | 29 | 80 | 66 | 7 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 18 | .182 | .276 | .227 | .504 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 1 | |||
| Dennis Wagner | 28 | 89 | 78 | 17 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 10 | 14 | .154 | .258 | .269 | .528 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Odis Lowman | 12 | 37 | 35 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | .200 | .243 | .200 | .443 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Peter Pinto | 5 | 18 | 18 | 6 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 6 | ||||||||||||||
| Francisco De la Mota | 9 | 21 | 21 | 4 | .190 | .190 | .190 | .381 | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| Ronald Spring | 14 | 23 | 21 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .190 | .227 | .333 | .561 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Rafael Sosa | 23 | 24 | 23 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .174 | .208 | .217 | .426 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Donald Bridges | 8 | 24 | 24 | 4 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| Charles Ling | 16 | 31 | 27 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 9 | .148 | .233 | .148 | .381 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Thomas Hall | 22 | 46 | 40 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 11 | .075 | .140 | .075 | .215 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||
| James Pierce | 5 | 6 | 6 | 2 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Francisco Coimbre | 2 | 8 | 8 | 2 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Tommy Cobb | 5 | 10 | 10 | 2 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Dominick Capurso | 4 | 12 | 12 | 2 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Diogenes Diaz | 7 | 14 | 14 | 1 | .071 | .071 | .071 | .143 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Hector Urbano | 14 | 15 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .067 | .000 | .067 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Troy Warlick | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| James Wilson | 6 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 1101 | 3794 | 3407 | 540 | 874 | 135 | 46 | 41 | 434 | 100 | 0 | 312 | 503 | .257 | .320 | .359 | .680 | 1224 | 0 | 15 | 44 | 16 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Erasmo Felipe | 1B | 99 | 577 | 38 | 21 | 59 | .967 | 6.212 | ||||
| Charles Hotetz | 2B | 38 | 47 | 63 | 12 | 12 | .902 | 2.895 | ||||
| Don Killian | 2B | 33 | 54 | 53 | 9 | 14 | .922 | 3.242 | ||||
| John Wheelhouse | 2B | 13 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 3 | .611 | .846 | ||||
| Odis Lowman | 2B | 12 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 5 | .818 | 1.500 | ||||
| Johnny Autry | 3B | 82 | 51 | 126 | 26 | 16 | .872 | 2.159 | ||||
| John Wheelhouse | 3B | 13 | 10 | 20 | 1 | 2 | .968 | 2.308 | ||||
| James Broome | C | 24 | 100 | 10 | 4 | 1 | .965 | 4.583 | 5 | |||
| Mortimer Davis | C | 21 | 118 | 17 | 7 | 2 | .951 | 6.429 | 7 | |||
| Conrado Lezcano | C | 12 | 31 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .943 | 2.750 | 2 | |||
| Jimmy Tyer | OF | 59 | 33 | 1 | 4 | 1 | .895 | .576 | ||||
| Edward Montgomery | OF | 58 | 84 | 7 | 8 | 3 | .919 | 1.569 | ||||
| John Wheelhouse | OF | 43 | 41 | 3 | 5 | 1 | .898 | 1.023 | ||||
| Benny Von Cannon | OF | 39 | 49 | 1 | 6 | 1 | .893 | 1.282 | ||||
| Bubba Davis | OF | 27 | 45 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .979 | 1.704 | ||||
| Dennis Wagner | OF | 26 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .867 | .500 | ||||
| Victor Davis | OF | 21 | 27 | 2 | 3 | 0 | .906 | 1.381 | ||||
| Silvano Quezada | P | 28 | 8 | 18 | 2 | 0 | .929 | .929 | ||||
| Miguel Lemoine | P | 26 | 6 | 23 | 4 | 1 | .879 | 1.115 | ||||
| Phillip Andress | P | 24 | 5 | 23 | 1 | 2 | .966 | 1.167 | ||||
| Rafael Sosa | P | 23 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | .750 | .261 | ||||
| Thomas Hall | P | 22 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | .556 | .227 | ||||
| Charles Ling | P | 16 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 0 | .933 | .875 | ||||
| Hector Urbano | P | 14 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .357 | ||||
| Ronald Spring | P | 14 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 2 | .944 | 1.214 | ||||
| Donald Bridges | P | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| James Wilson | P | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| James Pierce | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jimmy Tyer | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Tommy Cobb | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Troy Warlick | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Pindaro Pastor | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Diogenes Diaz | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| George Grant | SS | 42 | 40 | 68 | 20 | 15 | .844 | 2.571 | ||||
| William Kuklenski | SS | 37 | 51 | 75 | 36 | 12 | .778 | 3.405 | ||||
| Johnny Autry | SS | 19 | 21 | 42 | 10 | 4 | .863 | 3.316 | ||||
| John Wheelhouse | SS | 12 | 9 | 14 | 9 | 3 | .719 | 1.917 | ||||
| Totals | 923 | 1440 | 663 | 212 | 161 | .908 | 2.278 | 14 | 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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