1961 Tacoma Giants Statistics
Team Record: 97-57
Finished 1st in the PCL
Manager: John Davis (97-57)
Affiliation: San Francisco Giants
Location: Tacoma, Washington
Ballpark: Cheney Stadium
Attendance: 243,790, Avg. 3,166
The Tacoma Giants of the Pacific Coast League ended the 1961 season with a record of 97 wins and 57 losses, finishing first in the PCL.
The Giants conceded 607 runs, the lowest total in the circuit. Tacoma plated 727 runs. Bob Perry paced the squad with 22 home runs, while Dick Phillips and Bob Farley walloped 15 or more as well. Dick Phillips drove in 98 runs. Manny Mota led all regular batters with a .289 average. Gaylord Perry and Ron Herbel topped the team with 16 wins each, and Gaylord Perry recorded a 2.55 ERA, leading hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Benny Valenzuela, Chuck Hiller, Mike Baxes, Dusty Rhodes, Ernie Bowman, Bill Werle, Ron Herbel, Manny Mota, Dom Zanni, Tom Haller, Milt Graff, John Goetz, Sherman Jones, Bud Byerly, Lynn Lovenguth, Ray Daviault, Moose Stubing, Julio Navarro, Bob Perry, John Orsino, Verle Tiefenthaler, Neil Wilson, Eddie Fisher, Bob Farley, Dick Phillips, Georges Maranda, Jim Duffalo, Gil Garrido and Gaylord Perry were all players from the 1961 Tacoma Giants who played in the Major Leagues during their careers.
John Davis 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ron Herbel | 16 | 5 | .762 | 3.57 | 29 | 28 | 9 | 1 | 184.0 | 169 | 86 | 73 | 11 | 86 | 10 | 114 | 2 | 2 | 3 | |||
Gaylord Perry | 16 | 10 | .615 | 2.55 | 33 | 30 | 12 | 4 | 219.0 | 208 | 79 | 62 | 13 | 61 | 3 | 95 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |||
Verle Tiefenthaler | 13 | 6 | .684 | 3.92 | 56 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 85.0 | 96 | 49 | 37 | 3 | 28 | 8 | 54 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
Georges Maranda | 10 | 4 | .714 | 3.56 | 32 | 31 | 9 | 4 | 205.0 | 180 | 90 | 81 | 22 | 85 | 4 | 126 | 1 | 0 | 7 | |||
Ray Daviault | 10 | 9 | .526 | 3.17 | 58 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 105.0 | 67 | 38 | 37 | 9 | 42 | 5 | 83 | 4 | 0 | 4 | |||
Eddie Fisher | 9 | 5 | .643 | 3.09 | 17 | 17 | 10 | 1 | 128.0 | 125 | 50 | 44 | 15 | 26 | 2 | 84 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
Dom Zanni | 8 | 4 | .667 | 2.56 | 20 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 102.0 | 80 | 40 | 29 | 6 | 53 | 3 | 69 | 4 | 0 | 2 | |||
Jim Duffalo | 6 | 3 | .667 | 3.67 | 23 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 108.0 | 97 | 50 | 44 | 13 | 48 | 5 | 110 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
John Goetz | 4 | 1 | .800 | 3.54 | 29 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 56.0 | 55 | 29 | 22 | 3 | 32 | 7 | 41 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |||
Sherman Jones | 1 | 1 | .500 | 3.60 | 7 | 0 | 15.0 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 0 | |||||||||
Danilo Rivas | 1 | 2 | .333 | 3.09 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 35.0 | 34 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 26 | 1 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |||
Bill Werle | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Julio Navarro | 5 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Lynn Lovenguth | 14 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Bud Byerly | 0 | 2 | .000 | 9.72 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25.0 | 41 | 30 | 27 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Totals | 94 | 52 | .644 | 3.37 | 350 | 144 | 0 | 54 | 12 | 0 | 1267.0 | 1166 | 562 | 474 | 107 | 502 | 53 | 815 | 18 | 2 | 29 | 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Manny Mota | 142 | 545 | 484 | 64 | 140 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 43 | 5 | 9 | 39 | 37 | .289 | .347 | .351 | .698 | 170 | 5 | 15 | 2 | ||
Gil Garrido | 148 | 652 | 563 | 88 | 139 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 32 | 8 | 4 | 69 | 55 | .247 | .331 | .300 | .631 | 169 | 2 | 18 | 0 | ||
Bob Perry | 141 | 540 | 472 | 80 | 132 | 30 | 7 | 22 | 94 | 3 | 3 | 55 | 94 | .280 | .358 | .513 | .870 | 242 | 4 | 6 | 3 | ||
Dick Phillips | 144 | 598 | 492 | 80 | 130 | 16 | 3 | 16 | 98 | 5 | 4 | 94 | 55 | .264 | .382 | .407 | .789 | 200 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
William Hain | 137 | 528 | 470 | 54 | 116 | 15 | 5 | 14 | 63 | 4 | 4 | 46 | 92 | .247 | .315 | .389 | .704 | 183 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
Bob Farley | 114 | 457 | 368 | 75 | 113 | 17 | 4 | 20 | 71 | 2 | 0 | 84 | 56 | .307 | .437 | .538 | .975 | 198 | 2 | 2 | 1 | ||
Dusty Rhodes | 129 | 492 | 394 | 71 | 104 | 13 | 4 | 14 | 70 | 3 | 1 | 90 | 58 | .264 | .400 | .424 | .824 | 167 | 2 | 2 | 4 | ||
Chuck Hiller | 73 | 319 | 281 | 54 | 91 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 32 | 4 | 1 | 30 | 30 | .324 | .394 | .452 | .846 | 127 | 3 | 4 | 1 | ||
Ralph Alomar | 80 | 218 | 201 | 24 | 63 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 36 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 30 | .313 | .329 | .448 | .776 | 90 | 0 | 5 | 5 | ||
John Orsino | 60 | 208 | 179 | 17 | 48 | 9 | 0 | 8 | 29 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 24 | .268 | .357 | .453 | .810 | 81 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ||
Frank Reveira | 66 | 219 | 181 | 18 | 46 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 29 | 18 | .254 | .354 | .370 | .724 | 67 | 0 | 7 | 2 | ||
Ernie Bowman | 37 | 149 | 135 | 18 | 39 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 10 | .289 | .310 | .356 | .665 | 48 | 0 | 7 | 2 | ||
Tom Haller | 56 | 190 | 161 | 21 | 33 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 31 | .205 | .309 | .360 | .669 | 58 | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||
Benny Valenzuela | 37 | 99 | 88 | 8 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 9 | .250 | .289 | .295 | .584 | 26 | 0 | 2 | 3 | ||
Milt Graff | 76 | 61 | 56 | 7 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .268 | .293 | .321 | .615 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
Tony Frulio | 18 | 51 | 42 | 7 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | .333 | .451 | .476 | .927 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
Gaylord Perry | 34 | 86 | 82 | 6 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 | .171 | .181 | .195 | .376 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
Moose Stubing | 16 | 55 | 46 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 10 | .239 | .345 | .391 | .737 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
Jim Duffalo | 26 | 48 | 40 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 15 | .175 | .283 | .325 | .608 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
Georges Maranda | 32 | 78 | 65 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 27 | .108 | .205 | .169 | .375 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
Eddie Fisher | 17 | 54 | 46 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 15 | .130 | .259 | .152 | .411 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Ray Daviault | 58 | 29 | 25 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | .200 | .250 | .200 | .450 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
Ron Herbel | 30 | 71 | 64 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 22 | .062 | .118 | .062 | .180 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
Dom Zanni | 20 | 36 | 27 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | .111 | .226 | .148 | .374 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
John Goetz | 29 | 15 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | .167 | .231 | .167 | .397 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
Danilo Rivas | 7 | 11 | 11 | 1 | .091 | .091 | .091 | .182 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
Mike Baxes | 12 | 15 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .077 | .133 | .077 | .210 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
Bud Byerly | 19 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Verle Tiefenthaler | 56 | 19 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 11 | .000 | .278 | .000 | .278 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Sherman Jones | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
Totals | 1821 | 5850 | 5018 | 717 | 1306 | 187 | 42 | 123 | 671 | 47 | 33 | 660 | 750 | .260 | .347 | .388 | .735 | 1946 | 0 | 28 | 104 | 40 | 0 |
Fielding:
Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bob Farley | 1B | 93 | 672 | 76 | 6 | 72 | .992 | 8.043 | ||||
Dick Phillips | 1B | 59 | 480 | 38 | 6 | 46 | .989 | 8.780 | ||||
Moose Stubing | 1B | 13 | 106 | 7 | 3 | 11 | .974 | 8.692 | ||||
Chuck Hiller | 2B | 71 | 163 | 188 | 14 | 52 | .962 | 4.944 | ||||
Dick Phillips | 2B | 37 | 96 | 72 | 5 | 22 | .971 | 4.541 | ||||
William Hain | 2B | 25 | 40 | 41 | 6 | 8 | .931 | 3.240 | ||||
Milt Graff | 2B | 16 | 43 | 31 | 4 | 9 | .949 | 4.625 | ||||
Ernie Bowman | 2B | 16 | 35 | 34 | 2 | 5 | .972 | 4.312 | ||||
William Hain | 3B | 116 | 105 | 220 | 18 | 20 | .948 | 2.802 | ||||
Benny Valenzuela | 3B | 27 | 26 | 33 | 7 | 4 | .894 | 2.185 | ||||
Dick Phillips | 3B | 10 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
Tony Frulio | 3B | 10 | 7 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 2.300 | ||||
Ernie Bowman | 3B | 10 | 11 | 17 | 4 | 2 | .875 | 2.800 | ||||
Frank Reveira | C | 63 | 344 | 30 | 4 | 4 | .989 | 5.937 | 4 | |||
John Orsino | C | 53 | 312 | 28 | 6 | 7 | .983 | 6.415 | 6 | |||
Tom Haller | C | 53 | 282 | 27 | 2 | 4 | .994 | 5.830 | 4 | |||
Manny Mota | OF | 137 | 247 | 17 | 4 | 3 | .985 | 1.927 | ||||
Bob Perry | OF | 136 | 293 | 4 | 14 | 1 | .955 | 2.184 | ||||
Dusty Rhodes | OF | 117 | 198 | 6 | 7 | 1 | .967 | 1.744 | ||||
Ralph Alomar | OF | 53 | 93 | 7 | 2 | 2 | .980 | 1.887 | ||||
Dick Phillips | OF | 48 | 71 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .986 | 1.521 | ||||
Bob Farley | OF | 19 | 31 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .971 | 1.737 | ||||
Ray Daviault | P | 58 | 10 | 16 | 2 | 1 | .929 | .448 | ||||
Verle Tiefenthaler | P | 56 | 10 | 22 | 2 | 1 | .941 | .571 | ||||
Gaylord Perry | P | 33 | 14 | 39 | 2 | 4 | .964 | 1.606 | ||||
Georges Maranda | P | 32 | 12 | 35 | 1 | 5 | .979 | 1.469 | ||||
Ron Herbel | P | 29 | 10 | 36 | 6 | 4 | .885 | 1.586 | ||||
John Goetz | P | 29 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 0 | .875 | .483 | ||||
Jim Duffalo | P | 23 | 7 | 15 | 1 | 1 | .957 | .957 | ||||
Dom Zanni | P | 20 | 11 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.650 | ||||
Bud Byerly | P | 19 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .316 | ||||
Eddie Fisher | P | 17 | 13 | 15 | 3 | 1 | .903 | 1.647 | ||||
Gil Garrido | SS | 147 | 249 | 428 | 17 | 94 | .976 | 4.605 | ||||
Ernie Bowman | SS | 11 | 13 | 20 | 1 | 0 | .971 | 3.000 | ||||
Totals | 1656 | 4016 | 1567 | 153 | 391 | .973 | 3.371 | 14 | 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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