1961 Springfield Giants Statistics
Team Record: 85-54
Finished 1st in the EL
Manager: Andy Gilbert (85-54)
Affiliation: San Francisco Giants
Location: Springfield, Massachusetts
Ballpark: Pynchon Park
Attendance: 77,893, Avg. 1,121
The Springfield Giants of the Eastern League ended the 1961 season with a record of 85 wins and 54 losses, finishing first in the EL.
The Giants paced the league with just 565 runs allowed. Springfield scored 694 runs. Charles Teuscher led the team with 14 home runs Rick Joseph drove in 86 runs and topped hitters with significant playing time by connecting at a .326 clip. Jerry Thomas paced the squad with 20 wins and a team-best 2.4 ERA, tops among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Players from the 1961 Springfield Giants who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Rick Joseph, Vic Roznovsky, Charlie Dees, Carl Boles, Coco Laboy and Paul Doyle.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jerry Thomas | 20 | 7 | .741 | 2.40 | 32 | 30 | 21 | 6 | 229.0 | 175 | 88 | 61 | 8 | 88 | 5 | 214 | 6 | 0 | 13 | |||
| Paul Doyle | 12 | 4 | .750 | 3.09 | 27 | 21 | 11 | 2 | 163.0 | 154 | 65 | 56 | 8 | 71 | 2 | 101 | 1 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Bill Lindner | 12 | 6 | .667 | 3.15 | 50 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 123.0 | 103 | 53 | 43 | 12 | 29 | 5 | 116 | 4 | 0 | 5 | |||
| Ignacio Martinez | 10 | 8 | .556 | 3.31 | 25 | 25 | 13 | 0 | 174.0 | 169 | 82 | 64 | 8 | 54 | 3 | 103 | 3 | 2 | 6 | |||
| Roger Sinner | 10 | 11 | .476 | 3.74 | 29 | 27 | 11 | 2 | 178.0 | 181 | 89 | 74 | 10 | 59 | 4 | 116 | 7 | 0 | 5 | |||
| Ken Bracey | 9 | 5 | .643 | 2.85 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 98.0 | 91 | 37 | 31 | 3 | 34 | 7 | 73 | 0 | 1 | 7 | |||
| Bob Meckwood | 5 | 4 | .556 | 3.33 | 22 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 73.0 | 69 | 40 | 27 | 6 | 39 | 1 | 49 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Richard Slomkowski | 5 | 4 | .556 | 5.11 | 21 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 88.0 | 95 | 60 | 50 | 3 | 43 | 3 | 66 | 3 | 3 | 8 | |||
| Norman Simmons | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Harold Kunkel | 1 | 5 | .167 | 6.65 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 46.0 | 55 | 38 | 34 | 4 | 19 | 1 | 35 | 5 | 0 | 8 | |||
| Ed Herstek | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 85 | 54 | .612 | 3.38 | 270 | 136 | 0 | 61 | 10 | 0 | 1172.0 | 1092 | 552 | 440 | 62 | 436 | 31 | 873 | 30 | 6 | 59 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rick Joseph | 130 | 559 | 509 | 98 | 166 | 23 | 11 | 11 | 86 | 4 | 40 | 66 | .326 | .379 | .479 | .858 | 244 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 5 | ||
| Charlie Dees | 136 | 552 | 484 | 77 | 146 | 35 | 6 | 5 | 69 | 8 | 38 | 85 | .302 | .378 | .430 | .808 | 208 | 23 | 5 | 2 | 5 | ||
| Carl Boles | 122 | 542 | 480 | 86 | 142 | 21 | 6 | 7 | 56 | 5 | 34 | 45 | .296 | .350 | .408 | .758 | 196 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 3 | ||
| Ed Herstek | 134 | 526 | 467 | 66 | 128 | 30 | 3 | 2 | 56 | 0 | 50 | 60 | .274 | .346 | .364 | .710 | 170 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | ||
| Felix Maldonado | 108 | 465 | 406 | 67 | 110 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 48 | 4 | 41 | 41 | .271 | .343 | .374 | .717 | 152 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Joe Sparks | 111 | 381 | 328 | 58 | 101 | 23 | 2 | 5 | 49 | 0 | 43 | 42 | .308 | .394 | .436 | .830 | 143 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Robin Coffman | 116 | 446 | 398 | 52 | 93 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 39 | 1 | 37 | 41 | .234 | .301 | .314 | .615 | 125 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 4 | ||
| Charles Teuscher | 111 | 421 | 352 | 61 | 91 | 18 | 4 | 14 | 66 | 4 | 51 | 84 | .259 | .367 | .452 | .819 | 159 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Vic Roznovsky | 95 | 330 | 293 | 40 | 85 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 43 | 1 | 27 | 20 | .290 | .347 | .369 | .715 | 108 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | ||
| Coco Laboy | 92 | 294 | 264 | 35 | 82 | 15 | 2 | 7 | 46 | 0 | 26 | 47 | .311 | .369 | .462 | .831 | 122 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | ||
| Sid Harvey | 83 | 288 | 257 | 22 | 75 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 35 | 1 | 25 | 26 | .292 | .353 | .377 | .731 | 97 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | ||
| Ignacio Martinez | 29 | 71 | 63 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 21 | .159 | .221 | .317 | .538 | 20 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jerry Thomas | 32 | 90 | 76 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 29 | .132 | .165 | .171 | .336 | 13 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Paul Doyle | 27 | 68 | 61 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 29 | .148 | .200 | .148 | .348 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Roger Sinner | 32 | 67 | 61 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 21 | .131 | .185 | .197 | .381 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bill Lindner | 50 | 33 | 27 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 6 | .222 | .300 | .259 | .559 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Richard Slomkowski | 21 | 33 | 28 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 12 | .214 | .241 | .250 | .491 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Sam Hernandez | 6 | 15 | 15 | 5 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 5 | ||||||||||||||
| Ken Bracey | 53 | 21 | 19 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .211 | .250 | .211 | .461 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Harold Kunkel | 9 | 13 | 13 | 3 | .231 | .231 | .231 | .462 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Bob Meckwood | 22 | 26 | 25 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | .120 | .120 | .120 | .240 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Norman Simmons | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 1523 | 5245 | 4630 | 690 | 1283 | 230 | 48 | 66 | 619 | 28 | 0 | 431 | 688 | .277 | .345 | .390 | .735 | 1807 | 0 | 69 | 76 | 39 | 51 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charlie Dees | 1B | 134 | 1102 | 80 | 15 | 94 | .987 | 8.821 | ||||
| Charles Teuscher | 1B | 10 | 55 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 1.000 | 5.900 | ||||
| Joe Sparks | 2B | 90 | 169 | 210 | 23 | 48 | .943 | 4.211 | ||||
| Coco Laboy | 2B | 50 | 107 | 144 | 12 | 27 | .954 | 5.020 | ||||
| Rick Joseph | 3B | 129 | 115 | 206 | 28 | 16 | .920 | 2.488 | ||||
| Sid Harvey | C | 73 | 479 | 38 | 12 | 4 | .977 | 7.082 | 5 | |||
| Vic Roznovsky | C | 71 | 463 | 44 | 8 | 13 | .984 | 7.141 | 5 | |||
| Carl Boles | OF | 118 | 250 | 13 | 9 | 1 | .967 | 2.229 | ||||
| Felix Maldonado | OF | 104 | 166 | 12 | 4 | 1 | .978 | 1.712 | ||||
| Charles Teuscher | OF | 99 | 159 | 9 | 6 | 1 | .966 | 1.697 | ||||
| Robin Coffman | OF | 97 | 164 | 9 | 7 | 0 | .961 | 1.784 | ||||
| Vic Roznovsky | OF | 11 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.091 | ||||
| Ken Bracey | P | 53 | 5 | 21 | 2 | 1 | .929 | .491 | ||||
| Bill Lindner | P | 50 | 9 | 26 | 2 | 1 | .946 | .700 | ||||
| Jerry Thomas | P | 32 | 12 | 38 | 1 | 3 | .980 | 1.562 | ||||
| Roger Sinner | P | 29 | 9 | 26 | 1 | 2 | .972 | 1.207 | ||||
| Paul Doyle | P | 27 | 3 | 18 | 2 | 0 | .913 | .778 | ||||
| Ignacio Martinez | P | 25 | 10 | 43 | 2 | 1 | .964 | 2.120 | ||||
| Bob Meckwood | P | 22 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 0 | .909 | .455 | ||||
| Richard Slomkowski | P | 21 | 3 | 15 | 2 | 0 | .900 | .857 | ||||
| Ed Herstek | SS | 134 | 220 | 412 | 22 | 71 | .966 | 4.716 | ||||
| Totals | 1379 | 3513 | 1377 | 159 | 289 | .969 | 3.546 | 10 | 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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