1961 San Diego Padres Statistics

Pacific Coast League (PCL) - Class: AAA
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

1961 San Diego Padres Roster

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 Tony Roig and Harry Simpson 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 Stan Johnson, Tony Roig, Al Worthington, Mike Hershberger, Harry Simpson, Don Williams, Gary Peters, Herb Score, Dick Barone, Jake Striker, Kent Hadley, Héctor Rodríguez, Joe Hoerner, Jim Bolger, Dick Lines, Ben Wade, Joe Taylor, Jack Harshman, Bobby Knoop, Alan Brice, Frank Barnes, Ken Retzer, Joe Horlen and Lynn Lovenguth.

Jimmie Reese, Whitey Wietelmann and Bill Norman 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
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
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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