1961 Spokane Indians Statistics
Team Record: 68-86
Finished 7th in the PCL
Manager: Preston Gómez (68-86)
Affiliation: Los Angeles Dodgers
Location: Spokane, Washington
Ballpark: Avista Stadium
Attendance: 153,393, Avg. 1,992
The Spokane Indians of the Pacific Coast League ended the 1961 season with a record of 68 wins and 86 losses, finishing seventh in the PCL.
The Indians scored 674 runs, worst in the league, and surrendered 803 runs. Tim Harkness led Spokane with 17 home runs and drove in 82 runs. Rod Graber paced hitters with significant playing time by hitting .310. René Valdés topped the team with 14 wins and a team-best 3.64 ERA, tops among qualifying pitchers.
Players from the 1961 Spokane Indians who spent time in the Majors during their careers included René Valdés, Duke Carmel, Ramón Conde, Rod Graber, Pete Richert, Ernie Oravetz, Choo-Choo Coleman, Doug Camilli, Gene Leek, Larry Burright, Bill Harris, Bob Bowman, Phil Ortega, Mike Goliat, Don Newcombe, Curt Roberts, Bob Giallombardo, Howie Reed, Tim Harkness, Jim Stump, Joe Moeller, Joe Koppe, Don Bessent, Nate Oliver and Fred Besana.
Preston Gómez 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| René Valdés | 14 | 11 | .560 | 3.64 | 46 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 168.0 | 151 | 76 | 68 | 16 | 59 | 12 | 111 | 3 | 1 | 2 | |||
| Don Newcombe | 9 | 8 | .529 | 4.96 | 25 | 23 | 8 | 2 | 147.0 | 204 | 90 | 81 | 16 | 15 | 1 | 76 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Don Bessent | 8 | 5 | .615 | 5.77 | 59 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 103.0 | 117 | 70 | 66 | 10 | 56 | 7 | 55 | 2 | 0 | 4 | |||
| Phil Ortega | 8 | 14 | .364 | 5.16 | 31 | 28 | 8 | 1 | 178.0 | 159 | 114 | 102 | 16 | 137 | 6 | 149 | 3 | 0 | 17 | |||
| Bill Harris | 7 | 9 | .438 | 4.18 | 37 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 140.0 | 149 | 71 | 65 | 17 | 46 | 3 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |||
| Howie Reed | 6 | 13 | .316 | 3.81 | 41 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 149.0 | 146 | 73 | 63 | 9 | 54 | 8 | 88 | 3 | 0 | 4 | |||
| Pete Richert | 5 | 10 | .333 | 4.50 | 24 | 21 | 4 | 0 | 140.0 | 137 | 79 | 70 | 9 | 99 | 7 | 108 | 1 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Rick Warren | 4 | 3 | .571 | 7.20 | 34 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 65.0 | 81 | 64 | 52 | 7 | 48 | 1 | 49 | 4 | 0 | 4 | |||
| Jimmie Harwell | 4 | 6 | .400 | 3.60 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 65.0 | 56 | 28 | 26 | 3 | 26 | 4 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Joe Moeller | 3 | 5 | .375 | 4.43 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 67.0 | 70 | 42 | 33 | 3 | 33 | 3 | 66 | 5 | 1 | 7 | |||
| Fred Besana | 26 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Mike Goliat | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Bob Bowman | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Jim Stump | 0 | 0 | 6.00 | 7 | 0 | 12.0 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Ford Young | 0 | 0 | 7.20 | 6 | 0 | 10.0 | 18 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 11 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Bob Caton | 0 | 0 | 15.00 | 4 | 0 | 6.0 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Bob Giallombardo | 0 | 1 | .000 | 6.95 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 22.0 | 24 | 19 | 17 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Totals | 68 | 85 | .444 | 4.73 | 380 | 156 | 0 | 43 | 7 | 0 | 1272.0 | 1342 | 756 | 669 | 109 | 605 | 52 | 779 | 23 | 2 | 55 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ramón Conde | 150 | 622 | 567 | 67 | 164 | 30 | 7 | 7 | 80 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 43 | .289 | .338 | .404 | .742 | 229 | 3 | 3 | 7 | ||
| Rod Graber | 141 | 565 | 477 | 83 | 148 | 25 | 6 | 4 | 54 | 10 | 9 | 75 | 45 | .310 | .403 | .413 | .816 | 197 | 2 | 6 | 5 | ||
| Tim Harkness | 155 | 647 | 542 | 87 | 139 | 21 | 7 | 17 | 82 | 1 | 5 | 93 | 101 | .256 | .368 | .415 | .783 | 225 | 5 | 3 | 4 | ||
| Nate Oliver | 125 | 502 | 458 | 56 | 122 | 20 | 5 | 7 | 46 | 9 | 6 | 39 | 74 | .266 | .325 | .378 | .703 | 173 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Ernie Oravetz | 114 | 470 | 415 | 59 | 119 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 46 | 3 | 4 | 46 | 15 | .287 | .357 | .352 | .709 | 146 | 2 | 2 | 5 | ||
| Curt Roberts | 91 | 400 | 371 | 55 | 114 | 18 | 3 | 4 | 28 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 31 | .307 | .346 | .404 | .750 | 150 | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Bob Bowman | 112 | 460 | 411 | 54 | 109 | 14 | 1 | 10 | 52 | 1 | 0 | 38 | 79 | .265 | .330 | .377 | .707 | 155 | 4 | 2 | 5 | ||
| Choo-Choo Coleman | 73 | 285 | 257 | 47 | 74 | 10 | 5 | 13 | 45 | 9 | 2 | 22 | 41 | .288 | .351 | .518 | .868 | 133 | 4 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Alfred Paschal | 50 | 202 | 171 | 24 | 42 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 20 | .246 | .345 | .304 | .649 | 52 | 3 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Doug Camilli | 42 | 163 | 152 | 12 | 38 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 29 | .250 | .290 | .395 | .685 | 60 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Rene Friol | 39 | 136 | 127 | 15 | 28 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 11 | .220 | .265 | .394 | .658 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Mike Goliat | 56 | 112 | 108 | 9 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 23 | .213 | .241 | .269 | .510 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lee Handley | 22 | 63 | 55 | 7 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 7 | .327 | .397 | .564 | .960 | 31 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Ernie Rodriguez | 23 | 50 | 46 | 4 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .326 | .367 | .326 | .693 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Allen Norris | 27 | 100 | 80 | 12 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 18 | .188 | .330 | .362 | .692 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Don Newcombe | 41 | 78 | 62 | 5 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 15 | .226 | .351 | .290 | .641 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Phil Ortega | 31 | 66 | 53 | 5 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 14 | .226 | .288 | .302 | .590 | 16 | 0 | 7 | 1 | ||
| Pete Richert | 28 | 51 | 45 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 10 | .200 | .265 | .267 | .532 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Howie Reed | 42 | 47 | 37 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 11 | .189 | .333 | .189 | .523 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Mike Napoli | 18 | 43 | 38 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14 | .184 | .238 | .289 | .528 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Bill Harris | 37 | 48 | 45 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .156 | .174 | .156 | .329 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Wade Arnold | 13 | 24 | 21 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .238 | .292 | .286 | .577 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| René Valdés | 46 | 52 | 45 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 24 | .089 | .146 | .089 | .235 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Jimmie Harwell | 12 | 23 | 22 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .136 | .174 | .182 | .356 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Giallombardo | 11 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .333 | .429 | .333 | .762 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rick Warren | 39 | 19 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | .133 | .263 | .200 | .463 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Don Bessent | 60 | 24 | 23 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .087 | .087 | .087 | .174 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Joe Moeller | 9 | 27 | 27 | 1 | .037 | .037 | .037 | .074 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Bob Caton | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Larry Burright | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Ford Young | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 1623 | 5293 | 4683 | 616 | 1243 | 194 | 42 | 82 | 557 | 35 | 30 | 485 | 646 | .265 | .336 | .377 | .713 | 1767 | 0 | 33 | 51 | 41 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tim Harkness | 1B | 155 | 1258 | 123 | 12 | 135 | .991 | 8.910 | ||||
| Curt Roberts | 2B | 90 | 220 | 240 | 11 | 69 | .977 | 5.111 | ||||
| Alfred Paschal | 2B | 48 | 104 | 116 | 3 | 31 | .987 | 4.583 | ||||
| Ramón Conde | 2B | 19 | 47 | 38 | 1 | 14 | .988 | 4.474 | ||||
| Ramón Conde | 3B | 130 | 128 | 250 | 11 | 32 | .972 | 2.908 | ||||
| Mike Goliat | 3B | 16 | 11 | 22 | 2 | 1 | .943 | 2.062 | ||||
| Choo-Choo Coleman | C | 68 | 389 | 25 | 6 | 4 | .986 | 6.088 | 11 | |||
| Doug Camilli | C | 41 | 248 | 13 | 2 | 1 | .992 | 6.366 | 7 | |||
| Rene Friol | C | 34 | 154 | 14 | 3 | 2 | .982 | 4.941 | 6 | |||
| Mike Napoli | C | 14 | 69 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .973 | 5.143 | 7 | |||
| Rod Graber | OF | 124 | 302 | 4 | 4 | 1 | .987 | 2.468 | ||||
| Bob Bowman | OF | 109 | 171 | 12 | 4 | 3 | .979 | 1.679 | ||||
| Ernie Oravetz | OF | 105 | 210 | 7 | 1 | 1 | .995 | 2.067 | ||||
| Allen Norris | OF | 26 | 61 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 2.577 | ||||
| Ernie Rodriguez | OF | 15 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .941 | 1.067 | ||||
| Lee Handley | OF | 14 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .917 | 1.571 | ||||
| Mike Goliat | OF | 10 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .900 | ||||
| Don Bessent | P | 59 | 11 | 14 | 1 | 2 | .962 | .424 | ||||
| René Valdés | P | 46 | 11 | 23 | 1 | 0 | .971 | .739 | ||||
| Howie Reed | P | 41 | 12 | 31 | 2 | 3 | .956 | 1.049 | ||||
| Bill Harris | P | 37 | 13 | 13 | 1 | 2 | .963 | .703 | ||||
| Rick Warren | P | 34 | 3 | 12 | 1 | 0 | .938 | .441 | ||||
| Phil Ortega | P | 31 | 10 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .903 | ||||
| Don Newcombe | P | 25 | 11 | 21 | 2 | 0 | .941 | 1.280 | ||||
| Pete Richert | P | 24 | 7 | 26 | 4 | 2 | .892 | 1.375 | ||||
| Jimmie Harwell | P | 11 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .909 | ||||
| Bob Giallombardo | P | 11 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .750 | .273 | ||||
| Nate Oliver | SS | 123 | 169 | 345 | 40 | 78 | .928 | 4.179 | ||||
| Totals | 1460 | 3666 | 1389 | 118 | 386 | .977 | 3.462 | 31 | 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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