1961 Tacoma Giants Statistics

Pacific Coast League (PCL) - Class: AAA
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
1961 Tacoma Giants Roster

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.


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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
Ron Herbel165.7623.57292891184.01698673118610114223
Gaylord Perry1610.6152.553330124219.020879621361395203
Verle Tiefenthaler136.6843.925600085.0964937328854100
Georges Maranda104.7143.56323194205.0180908122854126107
Ray Daviault109.5263.1758000105.0673837942583404
Eddie Fisher95.6433.091717101128.012550441526284006
Dom Zanni84.6672.56201571102.0804029653369402
Jim Duffalo63.6673.67231471108.097504413485110100
John Goetz41.8003.542920056.0552922332741103
Sherman Jones11.5003.607015.01466160
Danilo Rivas12.3333.09770035.0341512326124201
Bill Werle10.0
Julio Navarro50.0
Lynn Lovenguth140.0
Bud Byerly02.0009.721900025.041302789515000
Totals9452.6443.373501440541201267.0116656247410750253815182290

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 Mota14254548464140134343593937.289.347.351.6981705152
Gil Garrido14865256388139104432846955.247.331.300.6311692180
Bob Perry141540472801323072294335594.280.358.513.870242463
Dick Phillips144598492801301631698549455.264.382.407.789200345
William Hain137528470541161551463444692.247.315.389.704183345
Bob Farley114457368751131742071208456.307.437.538.975198221
Dusty Rhodes129492394711041341470319058.264.400.424.824167224
Chuck Hiller733192815491153532413030.324.394.452.846127341
Ralph Alomar80218201246312333622730.313.329.448.77690055
John Orsino60208179174890829212424.268.357.453.81081212
Frank Reveira66219181184660524202918.254.354.370.72467072
Ernie Bowman371491351839710931510.289.310.356.66548072
Tom Haller56190161213354420222531.205.309.360.66958022
Benny Valenzuela379988822400120069.250.289.295.58426023
Milt Graff76615671530021022.268.293.321.61518030
Tony Frulio18514271430151185.333.451.476.92720100
Gaylord Perry348682614200400117.171.181.195.37616030
Moose Stubing1655465111021000710.239.345.391.73718101
Jim Duffalo26484037301400615.175.283.325.60813020
Georges Maranda32786557101400827.108.205.169.37511050
Eddie Fisher17544626100100815.130.259.152.4117000
Ray Daviault5829254500030029.200.250.200.4505011
Ron Herbel30716414000200422.062.118.062.1804030
Dom Zanni2036275310010046.111.226.148.3744050
John Goetz2915120200000018.167.231.167.3972020
Danilo Rivas711111.091.091.091.1821
Mike Baxes1215130100010013.077.133.077.2101001
Bud Byerly19440000000001.000.000.000.0000000
Verle Tiefenthaler56191300000100511.000.278.000.2780010
Sherman Jones7330000.000.000.000.0000
Totals1821585050187171306187421236714733660750.260.347.388.7351946028104400


Fielding:

Player Pos GP PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB SB CS CS%
Bob Farley1B9367276672.9928.043
Dick Phillips1B5948038646.9898.780
Moose Stubing1B131067311.9748.692
Chuck Hiller2B711631881452.9624.944
Dick Phillips2B379672522.9714.541
William Hain2B25404168.9313.240
Milt Graff2B16433149.9494.625
Ernie Bowman2B16353425.9724.312
William Hain3B1161052201820.9482.802
Benny Valenzuela3B27263374.8942.185
Dick Phillips3B1078011.0001.500
Tony Frulio3B10716031.0002.300
Ernie Bowman3B10111742.8752.800
Frank ReveiraC633443044.9895.9374
John OrsinoC533122867.9836.4156
Tom HallerC532822724.9945.8304
Manny MotaOF1372471743.9851.927
Bob PerryOF1362934141.9552.184
Dusty RhodesOF117198671.9671.744
Ralph AlomarOF5393722.9801.887
Dick PhillipsOF4871210.9861.521
Bob FarleyOF1931211.9711.737
Ray DaviaultP58101621.929.448
Verle TiefenthalerP56102221.941.571
Gaylord PerryP33143924.9641.606
Georges MarandaP32123515.9791.469
Ron HerbelP29103664.8851.586
John GoetzP2931120.875.483
Jim DuffaloP2371511.957.957
Dom ZanniP201122021.0001.650
Bud ByerlyP1924001.000.316
Eddie FisherP17131531.9031.647
Gil GarridoSS1472494281794.9764.605
Ernie BowmanSS11132010.9713.000
Totals165640161567153391.9733.3711400

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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