1961 Toronto Maple Leafs Statistics

International League (IL) - Class: AAA
Team Record: 76-79
Finished 5th in the IL
Manager: Johnny Lipon (0-0), Tim Thompson (0-0)
Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Ballpark: Maple Leaf Stadium
Attendance: 150,960, Avg. 1,948

1961 Toronto Maple Leafs Roster

The Toronto Maple Leafs of the International League ended the 1961 season with a record of 76 wins and 79 losses, finishing fifth in the IL.

The Maple Leafs plated 637 runs and yielded 606 runs. Steve Demeter paced Toronto with 25 home runs, and Ellis Burton walloped 15 or more, too. Steve Demeter drove in 77 runs. Lou Johnson led hitters with significant playing time by connecting at a .286 clip. Steve Ridzik topped the squad with 12 wins, while Rip Coleman recorded a 2.42 ERA, leading regularly-used pitchers.

Members of the 1961 Toronto Maple Leafs who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Billy Moran, Ellis Burton, Lou Johnson, Rudy Hernández, Carl Mathias, Ray Semproch, Ron Negray, Steve Demeter, Bob Chakales, Ken Johnson, Russ Heman, Fritz Brickell, Tim Thompson, Dave Pope, Sparky Anderson, Pat Scantlebury, Jimmie Hall, Earl Hersh, Faye Throneberry, Chuck Tanner, Steve Ridzik, Herb Plews, Lou Jackson, Bob Smith, Héctor Maestri, Raúl Sánchez, Cal Browning, Rip Coleman, Orlando Peña, Ken Hamlin and R C Stevens.

Johnny Lipon and Tim Thompson 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
Steve Ridzik	12	11	.522	3.89	40	22		6	1		171.0	154	84	74	17	76	3	119	10	0	6
Rip Coleman	10	7	.588	2.42	26	22		7	3		134.0	100	43	36	10	58	2	99	1	0	5
Bob Smith	9	11	.450	3.65	34	27		7	3		170.0	132	80	69	10	115	3	167	3	0	12
Ron Negray	7	11	.389	3.16	32	26		7	3		182.0	165	71	64	21	42	6	84	2	1	1
Ken Johnson	5	5	.500	3.80	19	10		3	0		83.0	79	40	35	5	27	2	67	3	0	2
Cal Browning	5	6	.455	3.46	26	12		4	2		104.0	93	45	40	10	38	5	85	4	0	2
Carl Mathias	5	6	.455	3.53	24	15		3	1		107.0	112	48	42	7	36	4	62	0	0	9
Russ Heman	4	3	.571	5.12	39	0		0	0		58.0	63	38	33	7	23	9	43	2	0	1
Bob Chakales	3	1	.750	4.78	13	8		3	2		49.0	55	28	26	7	19	3	17	1	0	1
Rudy Hernández	3	4	.429	4.03	22	1		0	0		38.0	38	22	17	1	28	3	35	2	0	5
Pat Scantlebury	2	4	.333	3.43	46	0		0	0		76.0	54	33	29	9	30	8	60	2	1	8
Chuck Hickman	1	2	.333	2.40	3	3					15.0	17	5	4	0	6				0
Orlando Peña					13						0.0
Héctor Maestri					18						0.0
Raúl Sánchez					25						0.0
Ray Semproch	0	0		0.00	2	0					2.0	2	0	0	0	2				0
Totals	66	71	.482	3.55	382	146	0	40	15	0	1189.0	1064	537	469	104	500	48	838	30	2	52	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
Lou Johnson	146	564	510	93	146	22	18	13	64	21		40	60	.286	.348	.476	.824	243		9	3	2	3
Lou Jackson	143	510	474	60	127	15	5	9	58	13		21	69	.268	.304	.378	.681	179		5	6	4	0
Fritz Brickell	108	413	381	40	117	21	1	9	46	0		21	46	.307	.343	.438	.781	167		2	5	4	1
Steve Demeter	132	496	438	62	115	19	3	25	77	2		47	53	.263	.335	.491	.826	215		4	0	7	5
Ken Hamlin	97	408	360	46	96	16	3	3	41	2		34	27	.267	.328	.353	.681	127		2	6	6	0
Tim Thompson	97	322	281	36	76	11	0	8	37	0		33	28	.270	.344	.395	.739	111		1	2	5	7
Ellis Burton	134	465	384	61	74	8	2	22	63	4		72	85	.193	.320	.396	.716	152		1	6	2	6
Billy Moran	57	240	220	27	66	7	2	3	16	2		16	16	.300	.346	.391	.737	86		0	3	1	2
Sparky Anderson	97	318	275	30	66	17	0	0	22	5		34	38	.240	.324	.302	.626	83		1	6	2	1
R C Stevens	67	269	239	35	58	10	0	12	32	1		27	48	.243	.320	.435	.755	104		1	0	2	3
Joe Hannah	99	293	262	28	52	7	0	7	21	0		29	51	.198	.278	.305	.584	80		0	2	0	2
Earl Hersh	84	277	235	26	50	6	0	7	22	1		36	48	.213	.319	.328	.647	77		2	1	3	5
Faye Throneberry	52	207	190	15	49	4	1	5	24	0		16	37	.258	.316	.368	.684	70		0	1	0	7
Chuck Tanner	70	247	218	19	49	5	3	6	22	1		28	18	.225	.316	.358	.674	78		1	0	0	0
Dave Pope	30	61	50	8	12	2	0	2	5	0		8	6	.240	.345	.400	.745	20		0	3	0	1
Steve Ridzik	47	68	65	7	10	1	0	1	5	0		1	16	.154	.164	.215	.380	14		0	1	1	0
Rip Coleman	28	53	47	5	7	1	0	2	4	0		0	23	.149	.149	.298	.447	14		0	6	0	0
Ron Negray	34	71	61	2	7	1	0	0	1	0		4	12	.115	.169	.131	.300	8		0	6	0	0
Cal Browning	27	38	31	6	5	1	0	0	0	0		4	5	.161	.257	.194	.451	6		0	3	0	0
Herb Plews	19	33	31	3	5	0	1	0	0	0		2	8	.161	.212	.226	.438	7		0	0	0	0
Pat Scantlebury	46	16	14	3	4	2	0	0	0	0		2	5	.286	.375	.429	.804	6		0	0	0	0
Bob Chakales	16	19	17	2	4	1	0	0	3	0		1	3	.235	.278	.294	.572	5		0	1	0	0
Rudy Hernández	24	7	5	1	3	0	0	0	1	0		1	1	.600	.667	.600	1.267	3		0	1	0	0
Ken Johnson	20	29	27	2	3	0	0	1	1	0		1	10	.111	.143	.222	.365	6		0	1	0	0
Bob Smith	34	59	50	3	3	0	0	0	0	0		3	30	.060	.113	.060	.173	3		0	6	0	0
Carl Mathias	24	38	33	3	2	0	0	0	1	0		3	12	.061	.139	.061	.199	2		0	2	0	0
Russ Heman	39	14	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	6	.000	.083	.000	.083	0		0	2	0	0
Chuck Hickman	3	5	5		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1774	5540	4914	623	1206	177	39	135	566	52	0	485	761	.245	.315	.380	.694	1866	0	29	73	39	43

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
R C Stevens	1B	66	584	55	4	50	.994	9.682
Earl Hersh	1B	52	395	33	5	37	.988	8.231
Ellis Burton	1B	37	315	15	3	19	.991	8.919
Sparky Anderson	2B	86	189	203	6	40	.985	4.558
Fritz Brickell	2B	77	156	164	5	31	.985	4.156
Steve Demeter	3B	123	84	234	12	12	.964	2.585
Fritz Brickell	3B	29	20	45	6	4	.915	2.241
Tim Thompson	C	87	465	50	1	1	.998	5.920	4
Joe Hannah	C	87	518	35	2	5	.996	6.356	11
Lou Johnson	OF	139	243	7	10	1	.962	1.799
Lou Jackson	OF	129	251	4	7	0	.973	1.977
Ellis Burton	OF	81	141	5	4	0	.973	1.802
Chuck Tanner	OF	59	84	7	3	0	.968	1.542
Faye Throneberry	OF	52	81	0	1	0	.988	1.558
Earl Hersh	OF	22	31	2	1	0	.971	1.500
Dave Pope	OF	16	15	1	0	0	1.000	1.000
Pat Scantlebury	P	46	5	15	1	1	.952	.435
Steve Ridzik	P	40	14	22	2	0	.947	.900
Russ Heman	P	39	4	7	0	0	1.000	.282
Bob Smith	P	34	10	18	1	1	.966	.824
Ron Negray	P	32	15	32	2	2	.959	1.469
Rip Coleman	P	26	6	16	0	0	1.000	.846
Cal Browning	P	26	3	8	0	0	1.000	.423
Carl Mathias	P	24	3	31	3	1	.919	1.417
Rudy Hernández	P	22	1	7	3	1	.727	.364
Ken Johnson	P	19	10	16	2	2	.929	1.368
Bob Chakales	P	13	2	10	1	0	.923	.923
Ken Hamlin	SS	96	167	296	12	41	.975	4.823
Billy Moran	SS	57	86	137	17	32	.929	3.912
Totals		1616	3898	1475	114	281	.979	3.325	15	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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