1960 Shreveport Sports Statistics
Team Record: 86-67
Finished 2nd in the SA
Manager: Les Peden (86-67)
Affiliation: Kansas City Athletics
Location: Shreveport, Louisiana
Ballpark: SPAR Stadium
Attendance: 53,498, Avg. 699
The Shreveport Sports of the Southern Association ended the 1960 season with a record of 86 wins and 67 losses, finishing second in the SA.
The Sports scored 831 runs and conceded 668 runs. Jim McManus walloped 32 home runs for Shreveport, while Jay Ward and Leo Posada swatted 15 or more, too. Leo Posada drove in 122 runs and topped all regular hitters by connecting at a .314 clip. Jerry Davis led the team with 15 wins, and Dave Wickersham registered a 2.65 earned run average, best among qualifying pitchers.
Evans Killeen, Jim Small, Jim McManus, Jay Ward, Dan Pfister, Dick Howser, Jay Hankins, Chet Boak, Zeke Bella, Don Williams, Leo Posada, Bill Harrington, Lou Klimchock, Dave Wickersham, Les Peden, Ray Blemker, Bud Black, Bill Kern and Al Grunwald were all players from the 1960 Shreveport Sports who played in the Major Leagues during their careers.
Les Peden 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 Davis | 15 | 13 | .536 | 3.90 | 33 | 31 | 11 | 2 | 219.0 | 232 | 119 | 95 | 4 | 86 | 7 | 141 | 2 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Bud Black | 14 | 16 | .467 | 3.65 | 34 | 29 | 9 | 1 | 209.7 | 201 | 110 | 85 | 12 | 72 | 9 | 111 | 4 | 1 | 9 | |||
| Dan Pfister | 13 | 5 | .722 | 3.03 | 20 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 124.7 | 117 | 44 | 42 | 4 | 51 | 4 | 78 | 4 | 1 | 3 | |||
| Dave Wickersham | 10 | 7 | .588 | 2.65 | 69 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 187.0 | 150 | 69 | 55 | 8 | 74 | 14 | 121 | 5 | 1 | 11 | |||
| Ray Blemker | 8 | 6 | .571 | 4.80 | 16 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 105.0 | 109 | 63 | 56 | 6 | 59 | 2 | 54 | 4 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Bill Harrington | 7 | 6 | .538 | 5.23 | 28 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 129.0 | 143 | 81 | 75 | 8 | 38 | 4 | 59 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Donald Hyman | 6 | 2 | .750 | 3.76 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 64.7 | 45 | 29 | 27 | 4 | 36 | 0 | 61 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Al Grunwald | 4 | 4 | .500 | 5.90 | 17 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 58.0 | 59 | 43 | 38 | 7 | 53 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Charles Bogan | 3 | 1 | .750 | 2.23 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 72.7 | 55 | 20 | 18 | 3 | 39 | 7 | 50 | 5 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Richard Donnelly | 3 | 2 | .600 | 3.38 | 36 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 69.3 | 49 | 34 | 26 | 5 | 25 | 4 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Ben Swaringen | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.00 | 4 | 25.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Evans Killeen | 1 | 1 | .500 | 0.00 | 3 | 9.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Stanley Horvatin | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 6.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Richard Maibauer | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0.00 | 4 | 8.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Jim Small | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0.00 | 4 | 9.0 | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| William Carpenter | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0.00 | 3 | 6.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Don Williams | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4.09 | 6 | 11.0 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 86 | 67 | .562 | 3.58 | 346 | 142 | 0 | 42 | 11 | 0 | 1313.0 | 1168 | 619 | 522 | 61 | 542 | 51 | 728 | 24 | 4 | 46 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leo Posada | 150 | 651 | 576 | 89 | 181 | 35 | 10 | 18 | 122 | 4 | 58 | 108 | .314 | .379 | .503 | .882 | 290 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 4 | ||
| Jay Hankins | 148 | 667 | 603 | 116 | 181 | 18 | 7 | 12 | 61 | 10 | 61 | 37 | .300 | .364 | .413 | .777 | 249 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | ||
| Jim McManus | 151 | 653 | 576 | 102 | 175 | 30 | 4 | 32 | 117 | 2 | 65 | 89 | .304 | .370 | .536 | .906 | 309 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 10 | ||
| Chet Boak | 150 | 619 | 538 | 74 | 157 | 33 | 2 | 12 | 96 | 4 | 64 | 49 | .292 | .367 | .428 | .795 | 230 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 2 | ||
| Dick Howser | 88 | 410 | 331 | 78 | 112 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 38 | 13 | 71 | 16 | .338 | .454 | .471 | .926 | 156 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Jay Ward | 109 | 433 | 380 | 57 | 99 | 19 | 0 | 15 | 53 | 5 | 45 | 51 | .261 | .340 | .429 | .768 | 163 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | ||
| Jack Parks | 120 | 412 | 375 | 46 | 90 | 13 | 3 | 12 | 51 | 3 | 31 | 64 | .240 | .299 | .387 | .685 | 145 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7 | ||
| Bill Kern | 94 | 331 | 284 | 57 | 75 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 55 | 0 | 41 | 37 | .264 | .358 | .412 | .770 | 117 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | ||
| Les Peden | 83 | 267 | 217 | 31 | 71 | 14 | 0 | 11 | 46 | 2 | 48 | 31 | .327 | .447 | .544 | .991 | 118 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 11 | ||
| Al Grunwald | 85 | 205 | 188 | 18 | 49 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 19 | 0 | 14 | 32 | .261 | .317 | .431 | .748 | 81 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Jim Small | 65 | 202 | 164 | 30 | 38 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 36 | 40 | .232 | .371 | .378 | .749 | 62 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Tony Frulio | 49 | 159 | 134 | 23 | 37 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 1 | 19 | 16 | .276 | .369 | .403 | .772 | 54 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Ron Debus | 39 | 139 | 122 | 19 | 33 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 16 | 12 | .270 | .360 | .320 | .679 | 39 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Dan Pfister | 31 | 56 | 52 | 13 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 7 | .288 | .327 | .346 | .673 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bud Black | 34 | 85 | 73 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 5 | .192 | .224 | .192 | .415 | 14 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ray Blemker | 21 | 49 | 45 | 7 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 6 | .289 | .327 | .489 | .815 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Jerry Davis | 36 | 88 | 71 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 24 | .141 | .222 | .183 | .405 | 13 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Bill Harrington | 29 | 53 | 49 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 15 | .184 | .200 | .224 | .424 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dave Wickersham | 69 | 64 | 53 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 11 | .170 | .228 | .208 | .436 | 11 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lou Klimchock | 11 | 21 | 19 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .263 | .333 | .579 | .912 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Zeke Bella | 8 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 4 | |||||||||||
| Richard Donnelly | 36 | 19 | 16 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | .250 | .333 | .312 | .646 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Donald Hyman | 15 | 23 | 21 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .143 | .182 | .286 | .468 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ben Swaringen | 4 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .222 | .222 | .222 | .444 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Stanley Horvatin | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Richard Maibauer | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Don Williams | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Evans Killeen | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Charles Bogan | 52 | 15 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .077 | .077 | .077 | .154 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| William Carpenter | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 1697 | 5656 | 4935 | 786 | 1391 | 228 | 42 | 144 | 742 | 45 | 0 | 595 | 670 | .282 | .359 | .433 | .792 | 2135 | 0 | 24 | 59 | 43 | 56 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim McManus | 1B | 119 | 984 | 57 | 16 | 101 | .985 | 8.748 | ||||
| Al Grunwald | 1B | 42 | 311 | 26 | 4 | 28 | .988 | 8.024 | ||||
| Chet Boak | 2B | 150 | 367 | 482 | 30 | 109 | .966 | 5.660 | ||||
| Jay Ward | 3B | 108 | 103 | 198 | 27 | 23 | .918 | 2.787 | ||||
| Ron Debus | 3B | 39 | 27 | 80 | 8 | 9 | .930 | 2.744 | ||||
| Jack Parks | C | 116 | 582 | 45 | 4 | 5 | .994 | 5.405 | 9 | |||
| Les Peden | C | 63 | 232 | 32 | 4 | 1 | .985 | 4.190 | 8 | |||
| Leo Posada | OF | 149 | 245 | 8 | 11 | 1 | .958 | 1.698 | ||||
| Jay Hankins | OF | 145 | 338 | 14 | 15 | 3 | .959 | 2.428 | ||||
| Bill Kern | OF | 77 | 122 | 5 | 6 | 1 | .955 | 1.649 | ||||
| Jim Small | OF | 52 | 76 | 3 | 4 | 0 | .952 | 1.519 | ||||
| Jim McManus | OF | 36 | 46 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .960 | 1.333 | ||||
| Tony Frulio | OF | 25 | 36 | 3 | 4 | 1 | .907 | 1.560 | ||||
| Dave Wickersham | P | 69 | 3 | 38 | 2 | 4 | .953 | .594 | ||||
| Charles Bogan | P | 52 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 1 | .941 | .308 | ||||
| Richard Donnelly | P | 36 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 0 | .923 | .333 | ||||
| Bud Black | P | 34 | 16 | 30 | 1 | 3 | .979 | 1.353 | ||||
| Jerry Davis | P | 33 | 12 | 38 | 3 | 1 | .943 | 1.515 | ||||
| Bill Harrington | P | 28 | 8 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .857 | ||||
| Dan Pfister | P | 20 | 7 | 24 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.550 | ||||
| Al Grunwald | P | 17 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .471 | ||||
| Ray Blemker | P | 16 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .750 | ||||
| Donald Hyman | P | 15 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .909 | .667 | ||||
| Dick Howser | SS | 88 | 189 | 270 | 31 | 55 | .937 | 5.216 | ||||
| Tony Frulio | SS | 11 | 16 | 38 | 4 | 9 | .931 | 4.909 | ||||
| Totals | 1540 | 3737 | 1450 | 179 | 361 | .967 | 3.368 | 17 | 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.
Persons data from the Chadwick Baseball Bureau are Copyright Chadwick Baseball Bureau, and are made available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License.
