1961 Winston-Salem Red Sox Statistics

Carolina League (CL) - Class: B
Team Record: 68-72
Finished 4th in the CL
Manager: Elmer Yoter (0-0), Matt Sczesny (0-0)
Affiliation: Boston Red Sox
Location: Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Ballpark: Ernie Shore Stadium (Field)
Attendance: 70,236, Avg. 1,003

1961 Winston-Salem Red Sox Roster

The Winston-Salem Red Sox of the Carolina League ended the 1961 season with a record of 68 wins and 72 losses, finishing fourth in the CL.

The Red Sox scored 645 runs and allowed 652 runs. Russ Gibson paced Winston-Salem with 11 home runs and drove in 71 runs. Dean Robbins led all regular batters with a .302 average. Billy MacLeod topped the team with 15 wins and a team-best 2.31 ERA, tops among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

Players from the 1961 Winston-Salem Red Sox who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Billy MacLeod, Mike Page, Russ Gibson, Frank Kreutzer and Wilbur Wood.

Elmer Yoter and Matt Sczesny 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
Billy MacLeod	15	8	.652	2.31	31	26		15	2		206.3	152	77	53	6	89	2	208	30	0	10
Frank Kreutzer	12	11	.522	3.39	32	29		14	1		207.0	184	98	78	8	95	11	170	4	1	10
Wilbur Wood	8	5	.615	3.15	16	15		8	1		111.3	99	48	39	6	33	2	103	7	0	0
Daniel Wooden	7	3	.700	2.26	43	0		0	0		67.7	60	26	17	6	30	3	43	2	0	3
Edwin Binder	6	8	.429	3.75	29	13		1	1		105.7	111	64	44	4	38	3	87	7	0	10
Arnold Rowland	5	2	.714	4.15	35	6		2	1		89.0	80	49	41	3	51	1	58	4	0	8
Gary Modrell	5	10	.333	5.50	26	13		2	0		122.7	126	82	75	6	46	2	56	6	0	0
Gale Dennis	4	8	.333	3.45	23	14		5	0		128.0	131	68	49	6	36	5	70	6	0	1
Ben Tench	3	5	.375	3.93	14	14		1	1		91.7	65	46	40	5	69	1	92	3	0	4
Martin Kane	1	2	.333	1.50	6						12.0			2
Anthony Baker	1	2	.333	10.38	4						8.7			10						0
William Kohlwes	1	2	.333	11.42	5						8.7			11						0
Harry Fenn	1	3	.250	6.85	4						22.3			17						0
Walt Payne	0	0		0.00	1						4.0			0						0
Lawrence Krotec	0	2	.000	6.30	3						10.0	14		7		6				0
Robert Carlson	0	3	.000	6.16	13	4		0	0		38.0	43	34	26	4	28	0	24	0	0	3
Totals	69	74	.483	3.72	285	134	0	48	7	0	1233.0	1065	592	509	54	521	30	911	69	1	49	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
Gene Giannini	142	624	516	93	136	29	2	6	43	6		92	59	.264	.382	.362	.745	187		9	4	3	2
Dean Robbins	123	507	440	62	133	28	4	5	50	6		60	55	.302	.386	.418	.804	184		1	4	2	6
Donald Dingwerth	129	512	430	69	120	23	6	6	60	19		70	68	.279	.383	.402	.785	173		5	3	4	0
James Williams	118	471	426	41	110	14	3	8	66	4		37	98	.258	.315	.362	.676	154		0	4	4	2
Mike Page	129	500	418	52	101	19	5	8	60	5		70	93	.242	.354	.368	.723	154		4	6	2	3
Russ Gibson	110	401	360	58	99	18	7	11	71	0		32	57	.275	.328	.456	.784	164		0	2	7	5
Gary Hess	109	424	392	48	93	18	2	1	29	1		24	40	.237	.279	.301	.580	118		0	5	3	2
William Halter	113	427	364	46	91	17	4	3	47	2		52	58	.250	.343	.343	.686	125		1	7	3	1
Thomas Williams	99	377	328	48	81	11	8	3	38	1		39	79	.247	.330	.357	.686	117		3	4	3	2
Peter Cronin	82	307	260	32	72	12	1	3	39	5		36	32	.277	.362	.365	.728	95		1	6	4	3
John Hinson	79	275	224	39	53	15	2	5	23	9		44	44	.237	.369	.388	.757	87		4	1	2	3
Billy MacLeod	32	82	75	7	18	0	0	1	11	0		3	20	.240	.266	.280	.546	21		0	3	1	0
Gale Dennis	46	81	73	8	13	3	0	2	7	0		7	21	.178	.259	.301	.561	22		1	0	0	0
Frank Kreutzer	33	87	75	10	10	2	0	0	2	0		5	35	.133	.198	.160	.358	12		1	6	0	1
Gerald Lorek	20	51	43	10	8	1	1	2	6	0		8	8	.186	.314	.395	.709	17		0	0	0	0
Gary Modrell	27	44	38	1	6	1	0	0	3	0		3	18	.158	.220	.184	.404	7		0	3	0	0
Michael Imbriani	10	33	24	6	5	2	1	0	3	0		9	9	.208	.424	.375	.799	9		0	0	0	0
Wilbur Wood	16	49	35	6	5	1	0	0	1	0		6	18	.143	.286	.171	.457	6		1	7	0	0
Robert Carlson	13	11	10	0	3	0	0	0	1	0		1	3	.300	.364	.300	.664	3		0	0	0	0
Ron Staples	7	17	17		3									.176	.176	.176	.353	3
Ben Tench	14	34	33	1	3	0	0	0	0	0		0	8	.091	.091	.091	.182	3		0	1	0	0
Anthony Baker	4	2	2		1									.500	.500	.500	1.000	1
William Kohlwes	5	2	2		1									.500	.500	.500	1.000	1
Martin Kane	6	4	4		1									.250	.250	.250	.500	1
Harry Fenn	4	8	8		1									.125	.125	.125	.250	1
Daniel Wooden	43	13	9	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	3	.111	.200	.111	.311	1		0	3	0	0
Edwin Binder	30	34	32	2	1	0	0	0	1	0		0	9	.031	.031	.031	.062	1		0	2	0	0
Walt Payne	1	1	1		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Lawrence Krotec	3	3	3		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Arnold Rowland	35	26	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		3	18	.000	.115	.000	.115	0		0	0	0	0
Totals	1582	5407	4665	640	1169	214	46	64	561	58	0	602	853	.251	.338	.357	.695	1667	0	31	71	38	30

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
William Halter	1B	110	907	53	9	85	.991	8.727
Dean Robbins	1B	30	228	12	7	12	.972	8.000
Gerald Lorek	1B	13	104	5	1	5	.991	8.385
Gene Giannini	2B	142	320	392	53	79	.931	5.014
James Williams	3B	117	113	258	43	19	.896	3.171
Thomas Williams	3B	26	25	36	8	3	.884	2.346
Russ Gibson	C	99	682	65	18	13	.976	7.545	14
Peter Cronin	C	48	303	17	10	2	.970	6.667	10
Mike Page	OF	122	191	12	13	3	.940	1.664
Donald Dingwerth	OF	121	145	5	9	1	.943	1.240
Dean Robbins	OF	100	185	11	15	6	.929	1.960
John Hinson	OF	73	120	3	7	1	.946	1.685
Peter Cronin	OF	24	34	4	2	1	.950	1.583
Thomas Williams	OF	12	14	2	0	0	1.000	1.333
Daniel Wooden	P	43	2	5	1	1	.875	.163
Arnold Rowland	P	35	4	11	2	0	.882	.429
Frank Kreutzer	P	32	10	48	5	1	.921	1.812
Billy MacLeod	P	31	10	33	0	3	1.000	1.387
Edwin Binder	P	29	3	9	4	1	.750	.414
Gary Modrell	P	26	7	19	3	2	.897	1.000
Gale Dennis	P	23	8	22	1	2	.968	1.304
Wilbur Wood	P	16	3	24	2	3	.931	1.688
Ben Tench	P	14	3	9	1	0	.923	.857
Robert Carlson	P	13	1	3	0	0	1.000	.308
Martin Kane	P	6						.000
William Kohlwes	P	5						.000
Harry Fenn	P	4						.000
Anthony Baker	P	4						.000
Lawrence Krotec	P	3						.000
Walt Payne	P	1						.000
Gary Hess	SS	94	158	266	39	51	.916	4.511
Thomas Williams	SS	19	61	125	15	25	.925	9.789
Totals		1435	3641	1449	268	319	.950	3.547	24	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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