1961 Topeka Reds Statistics

Illinois-Iowa-Indiana League (IIIL) - Class: B
Team Record: 79-50
Finished 1st in the IIIL
Manager: Dave Bristol (79-50)
Affiliation: Cincinnati Reds
Location: Topeka, Kansas
Ballpark: Community Park
Attendance: 56,384, Avg. 874

1961 Topeka Reds Roster

The Topeka Reds of the Illinois-Iowa-Indiana League ended the 1961 season with a record of 79 wins and 50 losses, finishing first in the IIIL.

The Reds scored 753 runs, best in the league. Topeka conceded 678 runs. Tommy Harper and Art Shamsky led the squad with 15 home runs apiece. Miles McWilliams accounted for 102 RBI. Tommy Harper paced all regular batters with a .324 average. Ted Davidson and Michael Mattiace topped the squad with 13 wins each, while Ted Davidson recorded a 3.31 ERA, best among qualifying pitchers.

Tommy Helms, Vic Davalillo, Ted Davidson, John Flavin, Mel Queen, Art Shamsky and Tommy Harper were all players from the 1961 Topeka Reds who played in the Majors during their careers.

Dave Bristol 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
Ted Davidson	13	7	.650	3.31	23	19		8	1		155.0	138	75	57	18	86	5	142	2	0	6
Michael Mattiace	13	9	.591	4.31	27	26		13	2		186.0	185	107	89	20	104	6	150	14	3	12
Harvey Alex	12	10	.545	4.06	26	25		12	2		173.0	168	102	78	19	88	5	85	4	0	12
Stan Jones	11	5	.688	4.74	34	8		1	0		114.0	116	64	60	20	41	7	92	9	0	1
John Flavin	8	3	.727	4.89	17	17		8	1		103.0	101	70	56	13	67	3	104	4	1	10
Alva Kinney	7	8	.467	5.32	31	16		4	0		115.0	121	77	68	18	62	5	73	2	0	11
Ivan Davis	5	1	.833	2.54	43	1		1	0		85.0	88	32	24	6	43	11	42	2	0	7
Vic Davalillo	3	0	1.000	4.32	11	0		0	0		25.0	22	12	12	2	11	0	23	2	0	3
Sam Thompson	3	2	.600	5.77	24	5		1	0		78.0	84	62	50	7	55	3	53	1	0	4
Ollie Brantley	2	1	.667	3.86	8	4		1	0		35.0	34	21	15	3	12	3	30	2	0	1
Larry Dovel	2	4	.333	8.23	9	6		2	0		35.0	39	34	32	5	31	2	42	1	0	5
Dave Bristol	0	0			1						0.0									0
Henry Maly	0	0			4						0.0									0
Totals	79	50	.612	4.41	258	127	0	51	6	0	1104.0	1096	656	541	131	600	50	836	43	4	72	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
Miles McWilliams	125	540	463	84	142	30	9	14	102	14		59	102	.307	.386	.501	.887	232		5	6	7	4
Tommy Harper	124	576	426	131	138	27	11	15	65	31		136	91	.324	.488	.545	1.032	232		6	2	6	5
Tommy Helms	121	543	484	86	134	13	10	2	57	13		32	40	.277	.324	.357	.682	173		4	19	4	0
Mel Queen	129	542	459	72	122	20	5	14	88	13		68	83	.266	.366	.423	.788	194		6	6	3	1
Mario Zambrano	115	465	415	77	119	18	6	7	58	26		37	54	.287	.343	.410	.752	170		1	7	5	2
Art Shamsky	116	499	403	82	116	20	4	15	66	11		82	66	.288	.410	.469	.879	189		5	4	5	1
Gerald Dawson	114	462	400	57	90	19	5	10	59	5		55	70	.225	.319	.372	.691	149		1	4	2	6
Larry Rancourt	89	333	266	46	80	15	3	6	38	9		57	48	.301	.422	.447	.870	119		2	4	4	8
Dave Bristol	59	167	146	28	41	8	2	9	32	6		18	30	.281	.365	.548	.913	80		2	0	1	2
Billy Reeves	41	149	124	19	28	5	0	4	20	2		20	34	.226	.345	.363	.707	45		3	1	1	0
Adolfo Suarez	49	159	138	16	23	7	0	5	18	3		16	26	.167	.248	.326	.574	45		0	2	3	1
John Flavin	23	54	45	5	13	4	0	0	6	0		6	5	.289	.373	.378	.750	17		0	3	0	0
Sam Thompson	45	59	44	14	11	1	0	0	9	1		14	14	.250	.431	.273	.704	12		0	1	0	0
Martin Dihigo	37	80	69	8	10	4	0	0	4	0		9	28	.145	.250	.203	.453	14		1	0	1	0
Stan Jones	38	41	39	3	9	1	0	0	4	0		0	21	.231	.231	.256	.487	10		0	2	0	0
Ivan Davis	43	23	17	2	6	1	0	0	2	1		4	6	.353	.500	.412	.912	7		1	1	0	0
Vic Davalillo	14	22	21	5	6	1	0	1	3	0		1	0	.286	.318	.476	.794	10		0	0	0	0
Harvey Alex	26	74	60	6	6	1	0	0	1	0		8	41	.100	.206	.117	.323	7		0	6	0	0
Richard Hopkins	9	23	23		5									.217	.217	.217	.435	5
Larry Dovel	12	16	15	1	4	1	0	0	2	0		0	5	.267	.250	.333	.583	5		0	0	1	0
Alva Kinney	31	40	32	1	4	1	0	0	2	0		4	23	.125	.222	.156	.378	5		0	4	0	0
Michael Mattiace	29	74	64	5	4	0	0	0	2	0		6	30	.062	.143	.062	.205	4		0	4	0	0
Ted Davidson	23	61	43	3	3	0	0	0	2	0		11	29	.070	.255	.070	.324	3		0	6	1	0
Ted Maley	1	1	1		1									1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1
Evan Paoletti	4	3	3		1									.333	.333	.333	.667	1
Henry Maly	4	2	2		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Ollie Brantley	8	15	15		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1429	5023	4217	751	1116	197	55	102	640	135	0	643	846	.265	.363	.410	.773	1729	0	37	82	44	30

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Miles McWilliams	1B	122	1033	49	14	103	.987	8.869
Tommy Harper	2B	121	285	315	23	75	.963	4.959
Dave Bristol	2B	13	26	20	0	8	1.000	3.538
Mel Queen	3B	127	82	228	26	11	.923	2.441
Larry Rancourt	C	64	389	16	8	2	.981	6.328	12
Adolfo Suarez	C	41	249	29	8	4	.972	6.780	5
Billy Reeves	C	40	252	16	7	8	.975	6.700	6
Art Shamsky	OF	115	174	13	9	2	.954	1.626
Gerald Dawson	OF	113	209	13	12	5	.949	1.965
Mario Zambrano	OF	112	215	7	9	1	.961	1.982
Martin Dihigo	OF	35	45	1	2	1	.958	1.314
Larry Rancourt	OF	21	35	1	0	0	1.000	1.714
Dave Bristol	OF	16	11	3	1	0	.933	.875
Ivan Davis	P	43	7	27	1	1	.971	.791
Stan Jones	P	34	4	20	0	2	1.000	.706
Alva Kinney	P	31	7	20	3	3	.900	.871
Michael Mattiace	P	27	7	27	0	3	1.000	1.259
Harvey Alex	P	26	9	43	2	4	.963	2.000
Sam Thompson	P	24	7	14	1	1	.955	.875
Ted Davidson	P	23	7	23	2	3	.938	1.304
John Flavin	P	17	1	18	0	0	1.000	1.118
Vic Davalillo	P	11	1	6	0	0	1.000	.636
Larry Dovel	P	9						.000
Ollie Brantley	P	8						.000
Henry Maly	P	4						.000
Tommy Helms	SS	120	178	378	38	74	.936	4.633
Dave Bristol	SS	11	14	25	1	4	.975	3.545
Totals		1328	3247	1312	167	315	.965	3.433	23	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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