1961 Vancouver Mounties Statistics
Team Record: 87-67
Finished 2nd in the PCL
Manager: Billy Hitchcock (87-67)
Affiliation: Milwaukee Braves
Location: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Ballpark: Nat Bailey Stadium
Attendance: 200,143, Avg. 2,599
The Vancouver Mounties of the Pacific Coast League ended the 1961 season with a record of 87 wins and 67 losses, finishing second in the PCL.
The Mounties plated 787 runs, tops in the circuit. Vancouver conceded 617 runs. Howie Goss paced the squad with 27 home runs, while Denis Menke and Manny Jiménez walloped 15 or more, too. Howie Goss drove in 100 runs. Frank Torre led all qualifying hitters on the roster by connecting at a .307 clip. Ron Piché topped the team with 14 wins and a team-best 2.26 ERA, leading pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Arnold Umbach, Jim Dyck, Rick Herrscher, Seth Morehead, George Brunet, Bobby Balcena, Denny Lemaster, Claude Raymond, Eddie Haas, Bob Hartman, George Bamberger, Phil Paine, Elmer Singleton, Manny Jiménez, Ron Piché, Denis Menke, Frank Torre, Charlie White, Jack Littrell, Fred Baczewski, Ed Charles, Ted Abernathy, Charley Lau, Billy Consolo, Howie Goss, Ray Webster, Joe Azcue, Bobby Knoop and Fred Besana were all players from the 1961 Vancouver Mounties who played in the Major Leagues during their careers.
Billy Hitchcock 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 Piché | 14 | 7 | .667 | 2.26 | 29 | 21 | 10 | 5 | 175.0 | 152 | 56 | 44 | 10 | 69 | 9 | 119 | 5 | 0 | 8 | |||
Carl Greene | 13 | 10 | .565 | 2.98 | 29 | 25 | 12 | 3 | 190.0 | 149 | 72 | 63 | 10 | 75 | 6 | 109 | 2 | 0 | 5 | |||
George Bamberger | 12 | 6 | .667 | 3.77 | 31 | 30 | 8 | 3 | 196.0 | 195 | 97 | 82 | 22 | 42 | 3 | 105 | 2 | 0 | 8 | |||
Noel Mickelsen | 11 | 10 | .524 | 3.49 | 26 | 24 | 6 | 3 | 165.0 | 158 | 70 | 64 | 12 | 53 | 5 | 79 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |||
Phil Paine | 7 | 5 | .583 | 4.20 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 75.0 | 79 | 42 | 35 | 6 | 25 | 5 | 45 | 4 | 1 | 4 | |||
George Brunet | 5 | 4 | .556 | 3.81 | 20 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 104.0 | 108 | 50 | 44 | 7 | 67 | 2 | 86 | 2 | 0 | 9 | |||
Seth Morehead | 4 | 4 | .500 | 4.24 | 25 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 70.0 | 73 | 40 | 33 | 1 | 35 | 4 | 47 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
Bob Hartman | 3 | 1 | .750 | 4.78 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 49.0 | 54 | 29 | 26 | 4 | 18 | 1 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
Claude Raymond | 3 | 5 | .375 | 5.37 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 52.0 | 67 | 42 | 31 | 7 | 18 | 1 | 37 | 2 | 1 | 6 | |||
Vic Rehm | 2 | 2 | .500 | 4.35 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 31.0 | 33 | 16 | 15 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |||
Denny Lemaster | 2 | 6 | .250 | 5.09 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 53.0 | 60 | 40 | 30 | 6 | 33 | 1 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Arnold Umbach | 1 | 1 | .500 | 1.80 | 3 | 1 | 10.0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |||||||||
Fred Besana | 13 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Elmer Singleton | 11 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Ted Abernathy | 27 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Fred Baczewski | 0 | 0 | 3.60 | 4 | 0 | 5.0 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
Frank Torre | 0 | 1 | .000 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
Totals | 77 | 62 | .554 | 3.61 | 341 | 142 | 0 | 48 | 15 | 0 | 1175.0 | 1144 | 558 | 471 | 89 | 457 | 37 | 712 | 19 | 2 | 48 | 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ed Charles | 148 | 685 | 594 | 114 | 181 | 36 | 9 | 13 | 77 | 29 | 9 | 79 | 91 | .305 | .385 | .461 | .846 | 274 | 0 | 9 | 3 | ||
Howie Goss | 142 | 574 | 518 | 93 | 155 | 18 | 8 | 27 | 100 | 10 | 1 | 44 | 142 | .299 | .350 | .521 | .871 | 270 | 1 | 2 | 9 | ||
Frank Torre | 132 | 544 | 466 | 79 | 143 | 20 | 1 | 13 | 63 | 1 | 1 | 59 | 30 | .307 | .390 | .438 | .828 | 204 | 7 | 8 | 4 | ||
Manny Jiménez | 111 | 470 | 415 | 71 | 135 | 26 | 1 | 17 | 76 | 2 | 0 | 29 | 33 | .325 | .389 | .516 | .905 | 214 | 17 | 5 | 4 | ||
Denis Menke | 137 | 536 | 434 | 75 | 127 | 23 | 6 | 15 | 73 | 11 | 3 | 89 | 68 | .293 | .415 | .477 | .892 | 207 | 5 | 3 | 5 | ||
Billy Consolo | 99 | 456 | 389 | 63 | 110 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 40 | 11 | 4 | 55 | 66 | .283 | .371 | .375 | .747 | 146 | 1 | 9 | 2 | ||
Eddie Haas | 124 | 448 | 357 | 58 | 86 | 16 | 6 | 9 | 62 | 3 | 0 | 83 | 62 | .241 | .382 | .395 | .777 | 141 | 1 | 3 | 4 | ||
Joe Azcue | 82 | 315 | 283 | 31 | 84 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 43 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 46 | .297 | .348 | .375 | .723 | 106 | 1 | 2 | 5 | ||
Al Grandcolas | 74 | 241 | 195 | 31 | 51 | 9 | 2 | 8 | 32 | 2 | 0 | 37 | 34 | .262 | .380 | .451 | .831 | 88 | 2 | 4 | 3 | ||
Charley Lau | 45 | 168 | 143 | 22 | 42 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 12 | .294 | .388 | .483 | .870 | 69 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
Pepper Thomas | 46 | 181 | 152 | 17 | 40 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 21 | .263 | .350 | .388 | .738 | 59 | 0 | 4 | 3 | ||
Rick Herrscher | 68 | 240 | 196 | 25 | 38 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 37 | 29 | .194 | .318 | .265 | .583 | 52 | 0 | 4 | 3 | ||
Carl Greene | 31 | 85 | 74 | 10 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 31 | .243 | .309 | .405 | .714 | 30 | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
Jack Littrell | 23 | 61 | 58 | 7 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17 | .241 | .279 | .328 | .606 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Jim Dyck | 29 | 74 | 62 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 16 | .161 | .270 | .290 | .561 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
Noel Mickelsen | 36 | 73 | 63 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 15 | .159 | .209 | .190 | .399 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
George Bamberger | 31 | 81 | 59 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 24 | .102 | .221 | .119 | .339 | 7 | 0 | 13 | 0 | ||
Ron Piché | 31 | 71 | 61 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 33 | .082 | .152 | .131 | .283 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
Vic Rehm | 6 | 9 | 9 | 3 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
Bob Hartman | 19 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | .182 | .438 | .182 | .619 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
Denny Lemaster | 14 | 23 | 20 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | .100 | .182 | .150 | .332 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
George Brunet | 20 | 39 | 32 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 20 | .062 | .143 | .156 | .299 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
Claude Raymond | 32 | 13 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .100 | .250 | .200 | .450 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Seth Morehead | 25 | 22 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12 | .053 | .143 | .053 | .195 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Phil Paine | 53 | 19 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | .000 | .056 | .000 | .056 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Louis Haas | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
Fred Baczewski | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
Arnold Umbach | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
Totals | 1569 | 5450 | 4642 | 727 | 1266 | 207 | 52 | 121 | 673 | 73 | 20 | 628 | 823 | .273 | .361 | .418 | .779 | 1940 | 0 | 40 | 93 | 47 | 0 |
Fielding:
Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Frank Torre | 1B | 125 | 1050 | 88 | 7 | 97 | .994 | 9.104 | ||||
Jim Dyck | 1B | 16 | 125 | 6 | 1 | 12 | .992 | 8.188 | ||||
Al Grandcolas | 1B | 12 | 100 | 2 | 2 | 11 | .981 | 8.500 | ||||
Rick Herrscher | 1B | 10 | 66 | 10 | 4 | 7 | .950 | 7.600 | ||||
Billy Consolo | 2B | 85 | 184 | 219 | 6 | 57 | .985 | 4.741 | ||||
Pepper Thomas | 2B | 41 | 102 | 127 | 4 | 26 | .983 | 5.585 | ||||
Jack Littrell | 2B | 13 | 27 | 29 | 2 | 9 | .966 | 4.308 | ||||
Ed Charles | 3B | 147 | 130 | 317 | 22 | 30 | .953 | 3.041 | ||||
Joe Azcue | C | 76 | 425 | 48 | 6 | 8 | .987 | 6.224 | 9 | |||
Charley Lau | C | 37 | 219 | 13 | 4 | 2 | .983 | 6.270 | 6 | |||
Howie Goss | OF | 137 | 380 | 9 | 8 | 0 | .980 | 2.839 | ||||
Eddie Haas | OF | 112 | 145 | 4 | 8 | 0 | .949 | 1.330 | ||||
Manny Jiménez | OF | 107 | 172 | 9 | 7 | 0 | .963 | 1.692 | ||||
Al Grandcolas | OF | 50 | 57 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .983 | 1.160 | ||||
Rick Herrscher | OF | 35 | 64 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .985 | 1.857 | ||||
Phil Paine | P | 52 | 2 | 16 | 3 | 0 | .857 | .346 | ||||
Claude Raymond | P | 31 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .323 | ||||
George Bamberger | P | 31 | 13 | 35 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.548 | ||||
Ron Piché | P | 29 | 18 | 32 | 1 | 1 | .980 | 1.724 | ||||
Carl Greene | P | 29 | 12 | 24 | 2 | 1 | .947 | 1.241 | ||||
Noel Mickelsen | P | 26 | 16 | 21 | 2 | 0 | .949 | 1.423 | ||||
Seth Morehead | P | 25 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 1 | .867 | .520 | ||||
George Brunet | P | 20 | 4 | 21 | 1 | 1 | .962 | 1.250 | ||||
Bob Hartman | P | 19 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .421 | ||||
Denny Lemaster | P | 14 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .857 | ||||
Denis Menke | SS | 122 | 207 | 364 | 26 | 77 | .956 | 4.680 | ||||
Rick Herrscher | SS | 20 | 34 | 47 | 8 | 8 | .910 | 4.050 | ||||
Billy Consolo | SS | 12 | 24 | 37 | 5 | 8 | .924 | 5.083 | ||||
Totals | 1433 | 3584 | 1515 | 133 | 358 | .975 | 3.558 | 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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