1960 Wytheville Senators Statistics
Team Record: 43-27
Finished 1st in the AL
Manager: Del Norwood (43-27)
Affiliation: Washington Senators
Location: Wytheville, Virginia
Ballpark: Withers Field
Attendance: 24,350, Avg. 696
The Wytheville Senators of the Appalachian League ended the 1960 season with a record of 43 wins and 27 losses, finishing first in the AL.
The Senators scored 471 runs, best in the league. Wytheville yielded 356 runs, fewest in the league. Joy Gritts led the squad with 24 home runs and drove in 60 runs. Jim Hock topped hitters with significant playing time by connecting at a .329 clip. Timothy Wells paced the team with 7 wins, while Vernon Merrick registered a 2.59 earned run average, best among qualifying pitchers.
Pete Cimino and Fred Lasher both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.
Del Norwood 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Timothy Wells | 7 | 3 | .700 | 4.57 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 67.0 | 70 | 42 | 34 | 2 | 41 | 79 | 5 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Pete Cimino | 6 | 2 | .750 | 3.43 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 63.0 | 59 | 35 | 24 | 6 | 37 | 56 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| William Pollack | 6 | 3 | .667 | 3.75 | 13 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 84.0 | 91 | 49 | 35 | 9 | 45 | 78 | 3 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| Larry Williams | 6 | 3 | .667 | 4.45 | 15 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 93.0 | 88 | 57 | 46 | 10 | 41 | 88 | 6 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| Samuel Gray | 4 | 1 | .800 | 2.08 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 52.0 | 31 | 17 | 12 | 2 | 44 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Vernon Merrick | 4 | 4 | .500 | 2.59 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 80.0 | 75 | 35 | 23 | 4 | 39 | 87 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Richard Creighton | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.62 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 24.0 | 15 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 11 | 42 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Jim Rantz | 3 | 4 | .429 | 3.79 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 57.0 | 53 | 32 | 24 | 7 | 20 | 53 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Fred Lasher | 2 | 2 | .500 | 7.31 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 32.0 | 31 | 33 | 26 | 1 | 28 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Dave Roman | 2 | 4 | .333 | 4.75 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 55.0 | 45 | 40 | 29 | 4 | 63 | 54 | 3 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Dennis Floyd | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| James Miller | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Efren Perez | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Totals | 43 | 27 | .614 | 3.86 | 121 | 70 | 0 | 37 | 4 | 0 | 607.0 | 558 | 347 | 260 | 45 | 369 | 0 | 611 | 24 | 0 | 32 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Hock | 66 | 278 | 222 | 52 | 73 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 15 | 46 | 37 | .329 | .447 | .392 | .839 | 87 | 3 | 5 | 2 | |||
| Joy Gritts | 70 | 310 | 252 | 64 | 65 | 8 | 1 | 24 | 60 | 9 | 52 | 68 | .258 | .384 | .583 | .967 | 147 | 2 | 0 | 4 | |||
| Francis Pittaro | 53 | 237 | 183 | 51 | 60 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 34 | 24 | 46 | 18 | .328 | .475 | .514 | .988 | 94 | 6 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Gerald Cassidy | 70 | 320 | 252 | 65 | 54 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 22 | 12 | 61 | 49 | .214 | .376 | .321 | .698 | 81 | 5 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Ron Gasper | 63 | 256 | 221 | 31 | 47 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 37 | 14 | 27 | 45 | .213 | .303 | .326 | .629 | 72 | 3 | 2 | 3 | |||
| Paul Michaels | 52 | 205 | 167 | 31 | 46 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 25 | 9 | 33 | 34 | .275 | .405 | .473 | .878 | 79 | 4 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Charles Isles | 45 | 202 | 158 | 37 | 45 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 14 | 43 | 18 | .285 | .436 | .386 | .822 | 61 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| John Erickson | 20 | 89 | 76 | 19 | 26 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 4 | 11 | 7 | .342 | .427 | .579 | 1.006 | 44 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Edward Onorato | 35 | 105 | 92 | 14 | 26 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 6 | 12 | 18 | .283 | .362 | .402 | .764 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| George Dempster | 41 | 132 | 107 | 16 | 24 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 5 | 23 | 32 | .224 | .366 | .327 | .694 | 35 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Larry Williams | 29 | 87 | 74 | 15 | 23 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 12 | 6 | .311 | .407 | .405 | .812 | 30 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Kurt Shaffer | 23 | 82 | 76 | 11 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 10 | .224 | .272 | .263 | .535 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| George DeVries | 25 | 79 | 72 | 7 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 17 | .208 | .253 | .319 | .573 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Peter Danovich | 28 | 86 | 68 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 17 | 16 | .176 | .349 | .265 | .614 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Timothy Wells | 13 | 30 | 27 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | .259 | .310 | .259 | .570 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Armando Pallet | 12 | 38 | 31 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 10 | .226 | .342 | .290 | .632 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Jim Rantz | 13 | 23 | 20 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | .300 | .391 | .300 | .691 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Kevin Walsh | 7 | 21 | 21 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .286 | .286 | .286 | .571 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Thomas Fries | 13 | 41 | 33 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 8 | .182 | .341 | .364 | .705 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Samuel Gray | 16 | 20 | 17 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .294 | .368 | .353 | .721 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Vernon Merrick | 15 | 33 | 30 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | .167 | .242 | .200 | .442 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Pete Cimino | 9 | 19 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .211 | .211 | .211 | .421 | 4 | |||||||||||
| Paul Benson | 6 | 17 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .176 | .176 | .176 | .353 | 3 | |||||||||||
| William Pollack | 14 | 32 | 26 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 11 | .115 | .281 | .192 | .474 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Dave Roman | 12 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | .167 | .333 | .250 | .583 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| William Marks | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Juan deDios | 3 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Paul Gleason | 2 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .143 | .143 | .143 | .286 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Fred Lasher | 7 | 13 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .077 | .077 | .077 | .154 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Willie Roberts | 3 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Pedro Perez | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Thomas Sharpe | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Dennis Floyd | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Walter Ferguson | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Richard Creighton | 4 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Jose Wilson | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 779 | 2812 | 2328 | 454 | 591 | 74 | 27 | 60 | 334 | 126 | 0 | 424 | 438 | .254 | .373 | .386 | .759 | 899 | 0 | 28 | 14 | 18 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Michaels | 1B | 43 | 291 | 18 | 6 | 21 | .981 | 7.186 | ||||
| Kurt Shaffer | 1B | 22 | 139 | 7 | 7 | 13 | .954 | 6.636 | ||||
| Armando Pallet | 1B | 10 | 73 | 0 | 5 | 2 | .936 | 7.300 | ||||
| Francis Pittaro | 2B | 35 | 68 | 75 | 8 | 15 | .947 | 4.086 | ||||
| John Erickson | 2B | 20 | 41 | 45 | 6 | 11 | .935 | 4.300 | ||||
| Charles Isles | 2B | 16 | 52 | 30 | 4 | 7 | .953 | 5.125 | ||||
| Ron Gasper | 3B | 47 | 39 | 77 | 16 | 4 | .879 | 2.468 | ||||
| Francis Pittaro | 3B | 15 | 9 | 28 | 8 | 2 | .822 | 2.467 | ||||
| George Dempster | C | 37 | 296 | 22 | 7 | 1 | .978 | 8.595 | 5 | |||
| George DeVries | C | 22 | 168 | 12 | 3 | 1 | .984 | 8.182 | 9 | |||
| Edward Onorato | C | 14 | 93 | 6 | 2 | 2 | .980 | 7.071 | 2 | |||
| Thomas Fries | C | 13 | 82 | 4 | 1 | 2 | .989 | 6.615 | 6 | |||
| Joy Gritts | OF | 70 | 71 | 11 | 9 | 7 | .901 | 1.171 | ||||
| Gerald Cassidy | OF | 70 | 114 | 13 | 9 | 1 | .934 | 1.814 | ||||
| Peter Danovich | OF | 23 | 29 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.435 | ||||
| Edward Onorato | OF | 14 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.143 | ||||
| Ron Gasper | OF | 14 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .941 | 1.143 | ||||
| Charles Isles | OF | 13 | 25 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .963 | 2.000 | ||||
| Larry Williams | OF | 10 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .900 | ||||
| Samuel Gray | P | 16 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 0 | .846 | .688 | ||||
| Larry Williams | P | 15 | 5 | 27 | 2 | 0 | .941 | 2.133 | ||||
| Vernon Merrick | P | 14 | 2 | 12 | 2 | 1 | .875 | 1.000 | ||||
| Timothy Wells | P | 13 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 1 | .818 | .692 | ||||
| William Pollack | P | 13 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 1 | .923 | .923 | ||||
| Dave Roman | P | 12 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 0 | .615 | .667 | ||||
| Jim Rantz | P | 12 | 4 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.667 | ||||
| Pete Cimino | P | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| Fred Lasher | P | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| Richard Creighton | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Efren Perez | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Dennis Floyd | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| James Miller | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jim Hock | SS | 57 | 82 | 134 | 33 | 25 | .867 | 3.789 | ||||
| Charles Isles | SS | 16 | 25 | 41 | 10 | 4 | .868 | 4.125 | ||||
| Totals | 702 | 1764 | 622 | 150 | 124 | .941 | 3.399 | 22 | 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.
Persons data from the Chadwick Baseball Bureau are Copyright Chadwick Baseball Bureau, and are made available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License.
