1960 Springfield Giants Statistics
Team Record: 69-70
Finished 3rd in the EL
Manager: Andy Gilbert (69-70)
Affiliation: San Francisco Giants
Location: Springfield, Massachusetts
Ballpark: Pynchon Park
Attendance: 66,857, Avg. 962
Playoffs - Springfield Giants 2 games, Binghamton Triplets 1
Finals - Williamsport Grays 1 game, Springfield Giants 0 - Rain Halted Series. Co-champions were declared.
The Springfield Giants of the Eastern League ended the 1960 season with a record of 69 wins and 70 losses, finishing third in the EL.
The Giants yielded 575 runs, fewest in the league. Springfield plated 556 runs, worst in the league,. Carl Boles paced the squad with 10 home runs Ed Herstek drove in 65 runs. Carl Boles led batters with significant playing time by connecting at a .283 clip. Jim Duffalo topped the team with 16 wins, while Clark Johnson added 15 or more wins, too Jim Duffalo recorded a 2.63 ERA, tops among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Players from the 1960 Springfield Giants who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Dick LeMay, Jim Duffalo, Tim Talton, John Fitzgerald, Charlie Dees and Carl Boles.
Andy Gilbert 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Duffalo | 16 | 5 | .762 | 2.63 | 24 | 21 | 16 | 3 | 171.0 | 122 | 62 | 50 | 7 | 54 | 1 | 148 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |||
| Clark Johnson | 15 | 8 | .652 | 3.44 | 31 | 31 | 15 | 6 | 196.0 | 152 | 84 | 75 | 9 | 117 | 0 | 169 | 8 | 1 | 8 | |||
| George Case | 12 | 14 | .462 | 3.34 | 31 | 29 | 11 | 2 | 205.0 | 187 | 88 | 76 | 14 | 72 | 4 | 102 | 3 | 3 | 10 | |||
| Jerry Thomas | 8 | 10 | .444 | 4.63 | 25 | 22 | 8 | 2 | 136.0 | 141 | 82 | 70 | 13 | 79 | 3 | 115 | 2 | 0 | 5 | |||
| Joe Blasko | 7 | 5 | .583 | 3.79 | 57 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 102.0 | 79 | 43 | 43 | 3 | 62 | 4 | 72 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| James Myers | 3 | 5 | .375 | 3.90 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 60.0 | 61 | 27 | 26 | 8 | 20 | 0 | 44 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Bob Quinn | 3 | 7 | .300 | 3.99 | 42 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 124.0 | 126 | 64 | 55 | 5 | 53 | 6 | 89 | 4 | 2 | 5 | |||
| Chester Vincent | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.23 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 39.0 | 35 | 15 | 14 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 31 | 2 | 0 | 4 | |||
| Leverette Spencer | 2 | 6 | .250 | 4.13 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 61.0 | 54 | 32 | 28 | 8 | 22 | 4 | 38 | 3 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Bob Meckwood | 1 | 2 | .333 | 4.50 | 4 | 4 | 26.0 | 28 | 16 | 13 | 1 | 14 | ||||||||||
| Gene Calder | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 0 | 2.0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Danilo Rivas | 0 | 0 | 3.00 | 3 | 0 | 9.0 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Dick LeMay | 0 | 0 | 3.18 | 4 | 2 | 17.0 | 18 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 9 | |||||||||||
| John Fitzgerald | 0 | 1 | .000 | 9.00 | 3 | 1 | 7.0 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 13 | ||||||||||
| Richard Slomkowski | 0 | 2 | .000 | 5.85 | 4 | 4 | 20.0 | 20 | 18 | 13 | 3 | 15 | ||||||||||
| Bill Lindner | 0 | 2 | .000 | 8.00 | 4 | 2 | 9.0 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Tim Lane | 0 | 3 | .000 | 7.31 | 4 | 4 | 16.0 | 16 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 16 | ||||||||||
| Totals | 69 | 70 | .496 | 3.75 | 283 | 139 | 0 | 56 | 15 | 0 | 1200.0 | 1070 | 575 | 500 | 79 | 568 | 25 | 808 | 25 | 6 | 44 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carl Boles | 127 | 548 | 491 | 81 | 139 | 23 | 10 | 10 | 59 | 9 | 39 | 60 | .283 | .344 | .432 | .776 | 212 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Charlie Dees | 133 | 564 | 499 | 71 | 139 | 23 | 5 | 9 | 53 | 11 | 38 | 94 | .279 | .348 | .399 | .747 | 199 | 18 | 4 | 5 | 3 | ||
| Ed Herstek | 136 | 549 | 490 | 54 | 129 | 23 | 1 | 7 | 65 | 6 | 50 | 66 | .263 | .328 | .357 | .686 | 175 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Robin Coffman | 131 | 560 | 502 | 62 | 127 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 51 | 4 | 47 | 44 | .253 | .322 | .363 | .684 | 182 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Tim Talton | 100 | 366 | 322 | 46 | 106 | 22 | 2 | 4 | 46 | 0 | 35 | 33 | .329 | .396 | .447 | .843 | 144 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | ||
| Charles Teuscher | 109 | 410 | 346 | 46 | 95 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 39 | 7 | 55 | 75 | .275 | .377 | .408 | .785 | 141 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 3 | ||
| James Miller | 96 | 354 | 310 | 31 | 76 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 37 | 2 | 34 | 56 | .245 | .323 | .348 | .671 | 108 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | ||
| Sam Hernandez | 102 | 397 | 341 | 45 | 73 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 26 | 17 | 45 | 40 | .214 | .309 | .273 | .582 | 93 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Emil Fiore | 100 | 305 | 254 | 27 | 60 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 33 | 0 | 40 | 36 | .236 | .343 | .327 | .670 | 83 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Sid Harvey | 74 | 258 | 234 | 23 | 59 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 28 | 0 | 19 | 34 | .252 | .309 | .325 | .633 | 76 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Don Strichek | 97 | 358 | 279 | 33 | 52 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 23 | 3 | 66 | 85 | .186 | .337 | .272 | .610 | 76 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 2 | ||
| Clark Johnson | 31 | 80 | 65 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 22 | .154 | .263 | .185 | .448 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Jim Duffalo | 30 | 73 | 67 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 18 | .149 | .197 | .239 | .436 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jerry Thomas | 25 | 52 | 44 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 18 | .159 | .245 | .182 | .427 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| George Case | 31 | 80 | 70 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 23 | .100 | .149 | .100 | .249 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ben Valley | 13 | 48 | 40 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 4 | .150 | .292 | .225 | .517 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| James Myers | 15 | 21 | 19 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .263 | .300 | .263 | .563 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joe Sparks | 11 | 32 | 25 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 5 | .200 | .312 | .360 | .672 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Joe Blasko | 57 | 27 | 21 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | .190 | .261 | .190 | .451 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Leverette Spencer | 18 | 25 | 22 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .182 | .217 | .273 | .490 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bill Lindner | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Bob Meckwood | 4 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .111 | .111 | .222 | .333 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Chester Vincent | 17 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .100 | .250 | .100 | .350 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chico Heron | 8 | 17 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .059 | .059 | .059 | .118 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Bob Quinn | 42 | 37 | 30 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 17 | .033 | .194 | .033 | .228 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Fitzgerald | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Tim Lane | 4 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Dick LeMay | 4 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Richard Slomkowski | 4 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Danilo Rivas | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 1530 | 5206 | 4531 | 553 | 1118 | 150 | 60 | 61 | 491 | 61 | 0 | 516 | 744 | .247 | .327 | .347 | .674 | 1571 | 0 | 47 | 73 | 39 | 25 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charlie Dees | 1B | 132 | 987 | 91 | 18 | 71 | .984 | 8.167 | ||||
| Sam Hernandez | 2B | 93 | 202 | 230 | 17 | 42 | .962 | 4.645 | ||||
| Robin Coffman | 2B | 42 | 69 | 72 | 5 | 10 | .966 | 3.357 | ||||
| Ed Herstek | 3B | 79 | 81 | 137 | 10 | 11 | .956 | 2.759 | ||||
| Emil Fiore | 3B | 48 | 43 | 74 | 8 | 4 | .936 | 2.438 | ||||
| Tim Talton | C | 84 | 535 | 36 | 5 | 5 | .991 | 6.798 | 4 | |||
| Sid Harvey | C | 60 | 411 | 26 | 7 | 3 | .984 | 7.283 | 12 | |||
| Carl Boles | OF | 120 | 309 | 9 | 11 | 2 | .967 | 2.650 | ||||
| Charles Teuscher | OF | 106 | 189 | 12 | 8 | 4 | .962 | 1.896 | ||||
| James Miller | OF | 90 | 173 | 5 | 8 | 2 | .957 | 1.978 | ||||
| Robin Coffman | OF | 90 | 151 | 8 | 6 | 1 | .964 | 1.767 | ||||
| Emil Fiore | OF | 25 | 39 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .976 | 1.640 | ||||
| Joe Blasko | P | 57 | 9 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .456 | ||||
| Bob Quinn | P | 42 | 8 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .714 | ||||
| Clark Johnson | P | 31 | 10 | 15 | 2 | 1 | .926 | .806 | ||||
| George Case | P | 31 | 15 | 43 | 3 | 4 | .951 | 1.871 | ||||
| Jerry Thomas | P | 25 | 9 | 29 | 1 | 2 | .974 | 1.520 | ||||
| Jim Duffalo | P | 24 | 8 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.292 | ||||
| Leverette Spencer | P | 17 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .882 | ||||
| James Myers | P | 15 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .857 | .400 | ||||
| Chester Vincent | P | 13 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .538 | ||||
| Don Strichek | SS | 97 | 169 | 187 | 26 | 41 | .932 | 3.670 | ||||
| Ed Herstek | SS | 49 | 71 | 104 | 12 | 19 | .936 | 3.571 | ||||
| Totals | 1370 | 3491 | 1167 | 149 | 224 | .969 | 3.400 | 16 | 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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