1961 Wilson Tobs Statistics
Team Record: 83-56
Finished 1st in the CL
Manager: Jack McKeon (83-56)
Affiliation: Minnesota Twins
Location: Wilson, North Carolina
Ballpark: Fleming Stadium
Attendance: 37,893, Avg. 545
The Wilson Tobs of the Carolina League ended the 1961 season with a record of 83 wins and 56 losses, finishing first in the CL.
The Tobs surrendered 583 runs, least in the league. Wilson plated 687 runs. Chuck Weatherspoon walloped 31 home runs for the team and recorded 123 runs batted in, while leading batters with significant playing time with a .271 average. William Jones topped the squad with 15 wins and a team-best 2.48 ERA, leading regular hurlers.
Bill Harrington, Joe McCabe, Joe Caffie, Marty Martínez, Pete Cimino, Jim Heise, Gary Dotter and Jim Roland were all players from the 1961 Wilson Tobs who played in the Majors during their careers.
Jack McKeon 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| William Jones | 15 | 8 | .652 | 2.48 | 36 | 25 | 11 | 2 | 203.0 | 165 | 72 | 56 | 6 | 80 | 1 | 157 | 10 | 0 | 7 | |||
| Gary Dotter | 14 | 8 | .636 | 3.09 | 29 | 25 | 12 | 0 | 180.7 | 170 | 81 | 62 | 4 | 75 | 0 | 112 | 4 | 1 | 9 | |||
| Joel Kiger | 12 | 7 | .632 | 3.25 | 27 | 24 | 12 | 2 | 158.0 | 156 | 64 | 57 | 11 | 47 | 3 | 90 | 4 | 1 | 5 | |||
| Jim Rantz | 8 | 2 | .800 | 2.78 | 54 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 97.0 | 78 | 39 | 30 | 5 | 35 | 1 | 64 | 3 | 1 | 5 | |||
| Jim Roland | 7 | 6 | .538 | 3.15 | 17 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 123.0 | 105 | 51 | 43 | 6 | 67 | 2 | 106 | 3 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Max Sherrill | 6 | 4 | .600 | 3.62 | 31 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 82.0 | 72 | 43 | 33 | 4 | 59 | 2 | 82 | 2 | 0 | 14 | |||
| Donald Kuodis | 6 | 6 | .500 | 4.19 | 36 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 96.7 | 103 | 59 | 45 | 5 | 57 | 2 | 80 | 3 | 0 | 9 | |||
| Thomas Trammel | 5 | 2 | .714 | 3.25 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 74.7 | 54 | 32 | 27 | 6 | 35 | 0 | 54 | 5 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Pete Cimino | 4 | 5 | .444 | 5.61 | 20 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 67.3 | 76 | 51 | 42 | 5 | 35 | 0 | 42 | 1 | 0 | 5 | |||
| Bill Topp | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.24 | 5 | 16.7 | 6 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Robert Pearson | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.87 | 4 | 7.7 | 5 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Philip Bareis | 1 | 2 | .333 | 5.85 | 4 | 20.0 | 13 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Bill Harrington | 1 | 3 | .250 | 5.92 | 6 | 24.3 | 16 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Frank Slusser | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| George Miller | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Jim Heise | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Edilio Oliva | 0 | 0 | 2.55 | 7 | 17.7 | 5 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Jose Mejias | 0 | 1 | .000 | 6.14 | 4 | 7.3 | 5 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Donald Percivalle | 0 | 2 | .000 | 3.24 | 5 | 16.7 | 6 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Totals | 81 | 56 | .591 | 3.40 | 314 | 117 | 0 | 51 | 8 | 0 | 1194.7 | 984 | 492 | 451 | 52 | 491 | 11 | 787 | 35 | 3 | 57 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chuck Weatherspoon | 137 | 594 | 490 | 121 | 133 | 18 | 5 | 31 | 123 | 21 | 89 | 78 | .271 | .395 | .518 | .914 | 254 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 8 | ||
| Jesus Torres | 122 | 564 | 470 | 82 | 126 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 39 | 12 | 61 | 45 | .268 | .361 | .343 | .704 | 161 | 9 | 21 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Marty Martínez | 139 | 558 | 472 | 60 | 125 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 56 | 12 | 67 | 82 | .265 | .361 | .331 | .691 | 156 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 8 | ||
| Darwin Snyder | 137 | 587 | 499 | 68 | 125 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 65 | 1 | 66 | 85 | .251 | .350 | .351 | .701 | 175 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 7 | ||
| Joe McCabe | 101 | 411 | 348 | 58 | 101 | 16 | 4 | 7 | 58 | 4 | 52 | 52 | .290 | .382 | .420 | .801 | 146 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 4 | ||
| Tommy Thompson | 106 | 418 | 351 | 57 | 94 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 30 | 5 | 57 | 42 | .268 | .375 | .336 | .711 | 118 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 7 | ||
| Juan Vistuer | 98 | 423 | 345 | 65 | 84 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 39 | 7 | 65 | 44 | .243 | .366 | .354 | .720 | 122 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 7 | ||
| Roberto Tano | 90 | 369 | 288 | 39 | 69 | 15 | 1 | 6 | 40 | 6 | 76 | 70 | .240 | .398 | .361 | .759 | 104 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | ||
| James Burton | 108 | 367 | 298 | 53 | 69 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 35 | 2 | 62 | 60 | .232 | .361 | .342 | .703 | 102 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Joe Caffie | 31 | 120 | 105 | 17 | 28 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 13 | 21 | .267 | .347 | .419 | .767 | 44 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | ||
| David Sanchez | 34 | 128 | 110 | 5 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 11 | 14 | .182 | .256 | .218 | .474 | 24 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Hernan Valdes | 17 | 67 | 60 | 9 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 4 | .233 | .303 | .333 | .636 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Jim Roland | 18 | 56 | 54 | 3 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 6 | .241 | .268 | .296 | .564 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joel Kiger | 35 | 71 | 65 | 8 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 18 | .200 | .246 | .292 | .539 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gary Dotter | 36 | 79 | 66 | 3 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 9 | 15 | .197 | .289 | .212 | .502 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | ||
| William Atkinson | 20 | 52 | 47 | 3 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 10 | .255 | .314 | .298 | .612 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pablo Mitchell | 23 | 73 | 61 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 12 | 10 | .180 | .315 | .279 | .594 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joy Gritts | 16 | 64 | 51 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 13 | 8 | .196 | .359 | .451 | .810 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| William Jones | 42 | 89 | 79 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 29 | .101 | .165 | .127 | .291 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lawrence Belanger | 9 | 18 | 18 | 6 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 6 | ||||||||||||||
| Max Sherrill | 31 | 26 | 22 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 10 | .227 | .292 | .227 | .519 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dudley Whitley | 16 | 36 | 31 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | .161 | .278 | .226 | .504 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Francis Pittaro | 5 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .444 | .444 | .444 | .889 | 4 | |||||||||||
| Jim Rantz | 54 | 21 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 10 | .125 | .222 | .125 | .347 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pete Cimino | 20 | 23 | 21 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .095 | .095 | .095 | .190 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Thomas Trammel | 17 | 28 | 21 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 10 | .095 | .286 | .095 | .381 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Donald Kuodis | 36 | 30 | 28 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 9 | .071 | .133 | .107 | .240 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Donald Percivalle | 5 | 4 | 4 | 1 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Bill Topp | 5 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Jose Mejias | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Bill Harrington | 7 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Philip Bareis | 4 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Edilio Oliva | 7 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 1530 | 5314 | 4458 | 674 | 1097 | 167 | 50 | 69 | 575 | 75 | 0 | 690 | 744 | .246 | .352 | .352 | .704 | 1571 | 0 | 53 | 83 | 30 | 50 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Darwin Snyder | 1B | 136 | 1213 | 44 | 25 | 97 | .980 | 9.243 | ||||
| Tommy Thompson | 2B | 67 | 133 | 140 | 13 | 29 | .955 | 4.075 | ||||
| James Burton | 2B | 64 | 99 | 107 | 7 | 24 | .967 | 3.219 | ||||
| David Sanchez | 2B | 32 | 85 | 81 | 12 | 22 | .933 | 5.188 | ||||
| Jesus Torres | 3B | 122 | 126 | 236 | 26 | 28 | .933 | 2.967 | ||||
| James Burton | 3B | 12 | 9 | 20 | 5 | 2 | .853 | 2.417 | ||||
| Joe McCabe | C | 100 | 612 | 64 | 18 | 9 | .974 | 6.760 | 16 | |||
| Chuck Weatherspoon | C | 29 | 255 | 19 | 9 | 2 | .968 | 9.448 | 4 | |||
| Chuck Weatherspoon | OF | 107 | 158 | 10 | 8 | 2 | .955 | 1.570 | ||||
| Juan Vistuer | OF | 97 | 226 | 8 | 9 | 1 | .963 | 2.412 | ||||
| Roberto Tano | OF | 86 | 159 | 13 | 7 | 0 | .961 | 2.000 | ||||
| Tommy Thompson | OF | 36 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.389 | ||||
| Joe Caffie | OF | 29 | 69 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .960 | 2.483 | ||||
| James Burton | OF | 27 | 29 | 6 | 3 | 2 | .921 | 1.296 | ||||
| Pablo Mitchell | OF | 22 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .864 | ||||
| William Atkinson | OF | 18 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.056 | ||||
| Hernan Valdes | OF | 16 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .962 | 1.562 | ||||
| Joy Gritts | OF | 15 | 20 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .913 | 1.400 | ||||
| Jim Rantz | P | 54 | 5 | 20 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | .463 | ||||
| Donald Kuodis | P | 36 | 2 | 21 | 4 | 2 | .852 | .639 | ||||
| William Jones | P | 36 | 14 | 21 | 1 | 2 | .972 | .972 | ||||
| Max Sherrill | P | 31 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 0 | .917 | .355 | ||||
| Gary Dotter | P | 29 | 13 | 22 | 2 | 4 | .946 | 1.207 | ||||
| Joel Kiger | P | 27 | 7 | 23 | 1 | 3 | .968 | 1.111 | ||||
| Pete Cimino | P | 20 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .900 | .450 | ||||
| Thomas Trammel | P | 17 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 0 | .929 | .765 | ||||
| Jim Roland | P | 17 | 0 | 24 | 2 | 1 | .923 | 1.412 | ||||
| Edilio Oliva | P | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| Bill Harrington | P | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Bill Topp | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Donald Percivalle | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Robert Pearson | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jose Mejias | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Philip Bareis | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| George Miller | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jim Heise | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Marty Martínez | SS | 139 | 263 | 386 | 45 | 63 | .935 | 4.669 | ||||
| Totals | 1458 | 3614 | 1298 | 206 | 297 | .960 | 3.369 | 20 | 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.
