1961 San Diego Padres Statistics
Team Record: 72-82
Finished 4th in the PCL
Manager: Jimmie Reese (0-0), Whitey Wietelmann (0-0), Bill Norman (0-0)
Affiliation: Chicago White Sox
Location: San Diego, California
Ballpark: Lane Field, Westgate Park
Attendance: 172,521, Avg. 2,241
The San Diego Padres of the Pacific Coast League ended the 1961 season with a record of 72 wins and 82 losses, finishing fourth in the PCL.
The Padres plated 706 runs and gave up 699 runs. Joe Taylor paced San Diego with 26 home runs, while Harry Simpson and Tony Roig walloped 15 or more also. Harry Simpson drove in 105 runs. Jim Bolger led hitters with significant playing time by hitting .313. Gary Peters topped the squad with 13 wins, and Joe Horlen recorded a 2.51 ERA, tops among qualifying pitchers.
Players from the 1961 San Diego Padres who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Don Williams, Stan Johnson, Harry Simpson, Mike Hershberger, Al Worthington, Tony Roig, Jake Striker, Dick Barone, Kent Hadley, Héctor Rodríguez, Joe Hoerner, Gary Peters, Herb Score, Joe Horlen, Ken Retzer, Frank Barnes, Lynn Lovenguth, Joe Taylor, Jack Harshman, Dick Lines, Bobby Knoop, Alan Brice, Jim Bolger and Ben Wade.
Jimmie Reese, Whitey Wietelmann and Bill Norman 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gary Peters | 13 | 10 | .565 | 3.59 | 28 | 27 | 12 | 3 | 198.0 | 189 | 90 | 79 | 12 | 77 | 2 | 127 | 7 | 0 | 7 | |||
| Joe Horlen | 12 | 9 | .571 | 2.51 | 30 | 25 | 13 | 3 | 197.0 | 161 | 72 | 55 | 6 | 94 | 1 | 137 | 1 | 1 | 13 | |||
| Al Worthington | 9 | 10 | .474 | 3.55 | 23 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 109.0 | 86 | 48 | 43 | 10 | 49 | 3 | 74 | 1 | 0 | 9 | |||
| Don Williams | 8 | 5 | .615 | 4.32 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 75.0 | 93 | 47 | 36 | 5 | 34 | 0 | 36 | 5 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Herb Score | 7 | 6 | .538 | 5.10 | 24 | 23 | 6 | 0 | 134.0 | 103 | 89 | 76 | 14 | 136 | 0 | 105 | 3 | 0 | 15 | |||
| Glen Rosenbaum | 5 | 8 | .385 | 4.98 | 39 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 112.0 | 128 | 70 | 62 | 8 | 42 | 7 | 69 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |||
| David Jimenez | 5 | 9 | .357 | 3.72 | 19 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 104.0 | 70 | 52 | 43 | 10 | 82 | 2 | 80 | 3 | 0 | 8 | |||
| Dick Lines | 5 | 9 | .357 | 4.22 | 34 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 128.0 | 132 | 70 | 60 | 13 | 57 | 1 | 65 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||
| Alan Brice | 4 | 6 | .400 | 4.22 | 31 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 113.0 | 116 | 66 | 53 | 10 | 71 | 1 | 81 | 11 | 1 | 6 | |||
| Edward Drapcho | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.71 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17.0 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Ben Wade | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.54 | 8 | 0 | 13.0 | 18 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |||||||||
| Lynn Lovenguth | 15 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Frank Barnes | 6 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Joe Hoerner | 0 | 0 | 3.00 | 4 | 0 | 9.0 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Jake Striker | 0 | 0 | 3.21 | 5 | 1 | 14.0 | 19 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Ronald Teunis | 0 | 0 | 7.20 | 3 | 0 | 5.0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Jack Harshman | 0 | 1 | .000 | 6.00 | 4 | 3 | 15.0 | 15 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |||||||||
| Totals | 70 | 73 | .490 | 3.94 | 326 | 144 | 0 | 50 | 14 | 0 | 1243.0 | 1158 | 643 | 544 | 91 | 669 | 17 | 787 | 35 | 3 | 67 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Hershberger | 142 | 554 | 510 | 77 | 158 | 26 | 6 | 13 | 70 | 9 | 4 | 34 | 40 | .310 | .351 | .461 | .812 | 235 | 1 | 4 | 5 | ||
| Harry Simpson | 146 | 602 | 515 | 82 | 156 | 23 | 6 | 24 | 105 | 3 | 3 | 73 | 75 | .303 | .390 | .511 | .901 | 263 | 5 | 2 | 7 | ||
| Jim Bolger | 125 | 458 | 422 | 67 | 132 | 18 | 7 | 7 | 56 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 32 | .313 | .348 | .438 | .786 | 185 | 2 | 4 | 6 | ||
| Tony Roig | 143 | 580 | 502 | 88 | 128 | 19 | 2 | 19 | 70 | 7 | 1 | 66 | 99 | .255 | .341 | .414 | .755 | 208 | 3 | 2 | 7 | ||
| Joe Taylor | 132 | 512 | 441 | 69 | 118 | 22 | 4 | 26 | 74 | 0 | 1 | 64 | 75 | .268 | .364 | .512 | .876 | 226 | 4 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Dick Barone | 134 | 562 | 490 | 66 | 113 | 26 | 4 | 4 | 37 | 13 | 2 | 58 | 88 | .231 | .310 | .324 | .635 | 159 | 2 | 4 | 8 | ||
| Héctor Rodríguez | 100 | 329 | 300 | 33 | 88 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 33 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 43 | .293 | .343 | .363 | .706 | 109 | 0 | 5 | 1 | ||
| Ken Retzer | 100 | 356 | 309 | 38 | 87 | 13 | 1 | 7 | 42 | 2 | 2 | 43 | 22 | .282 | .366 | .398 | .764 | 123 | 0 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Kent Hadley | 113 | 381 | 339 | 47 | 79 | 15 | 2 | 11 | 48 | 1 | 2 | 37 | 72 | .233 | .307 | .386 | .694 | 131 | 1 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Robert Sagers | 66 | 239 | 200 | 24 | 47 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 33 | 32 | .235 | .349 | .320 | .669 | 64 | 3 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Jim Napier | 81 | 244 | 219 | 20 | 47 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 49 | .215 | .270 | .324 | .595 | 71 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Gary Peters | 37 | 88 | 82 | 8 | 27 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 21 | .329 | .345 | .500 | .845 | 41 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Glen Rosenbaum | 46 | 43 | 36 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 8 | .361 | .439 | .472 | .911 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Dick Lines | 36 | 48 | 43 | 5 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 13 | .302 | .362 | .349 | .711 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Herb Score | 24 | 48 | 42 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 17 | .214 | .298 | .452 | .750 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Joe Horlen | 31 | 81 | 78 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19 | .115 | .127 | .167 | .293 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Don Williams | 41 | 18 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | .188 | .188 | .375 | .562 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Ben Wade | 8 | 4 | 4 | 2 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Al Worthington | 28 | 38 | 34 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13 | .059 | .111 | .059 | .170 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Alan Brice | 31 | 41 | 36 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 26 | .056 | .171 | .083 | .254 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Edward Drapcho | 12 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .500 | .667 | .500 | 1.167 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ronald Teunis | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Joe Hoerner | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Jake Striker | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| David Jimenez | 24 | 37 | 32 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | ||
| Jack Harshman | 7 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 1619 | 5283 | 4669 | 653 | 1236 | 203 | 36 | 128 | 618 | 39 | 20 | 500 | 769 | .265 | .335 | .406 | .741 | 1895 | 0 | 21 | 39 | 54 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kent Hadley | 1B | 95 | 769 | 52 | 7 | 68 | .992 | 8.642 | ||||
| Harry Simpson | 1B | 65 | 520 | 23 | 2 | 63 | .996 | 8.354 | ||||
| Tony Roig | 2B | 58 | 112 | 152 | 8 | 33 | .971 | 4.552 | ||||
| Robert Sagers | 2B | 36 | 89 | 75 | 5 | 28 | .970 | 4.556 | ||||
| Tony Roig | 3B | 86 | 55 | 176 | 16 | 14 | .935 | 2.686 | ||||
| Héctor Rodríguez | 3B | 58 | 36 | 104 | 6 | 11 | .959 | 2.414 | ||||
| Robert Sagers | 3B | 27 | 22 | 36 | 4 | 8 | .935 | 2.148 | ||||
| Ken Retzer | C | 94 | 507 | 40 | 9 | 5 | .984 | 5.819 | 13 | |||
| Jim Napier | C | 78 | 428 | 36 | 8 | 4 | .983 | 5.949 | 8 | |||
| Mike Hershberger | OF | 137 | 314 | 18 | 7 | 3 | .979 | 2.423 | ||||
| Joe Taylor | OF | 120 | 204 | 2 | 10 | 0 | .954 | 1.717 | ||||
| Jim Bolger | OF | 105 | 194 | 7 | 4 | 1 | .980 | 1.914 | ||||
| Harry Simpson | OF | 79 | 125 | 6 | 5 | 1 | .963 | 1.658 | ||||
| Don Williams | P | 41 | 3 | 18 | 4 | 0 | .840 | .512 | ||||
| Glen Rosenbaum | P | 39 | 12 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .923 | ||||
| Dick Lines | P | 34 | 4 | 35 | 2 | 2 | .951 | 1.147 | ||||
| Alan Brice | P | 31 | 6 | 18 | 4 | 2 | .857 | .774 | ||||
| Joe Horlen | P | 30 | 11 | 38 | 1 | 2 | .980 | 1.633 | ||||
| Gary Peters | P | 28 | 5 | 42 | 1 | 2 | .979 | 1.679 | ||||
| Herb Score | P | 24 | 3 | 19 | 1 | 0 | .957 | .917 | ||||
| Al Worthington | P | 23 | 6 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.217 | ||||
| David Jimenez | P | 19 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 0 | .733 | .579 | ||||
| Edward Drapcho | P | 12 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| Dick Barone | SS | 132 | 196 | 378 | 32 | 80 | .947 | 4.348 | ||||
| Héctor Rodríguez | SS | 28 | 36 | 75 | 7 | 16 | .941 | 3.964 | ||||
| Totals | 1479 | 3662 | 1406 | 147 | 345 | .972 | 3.427 | 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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