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1961 Raleigh Capitals

1961 > Class B > 1961 Carolina League
Overall: 58-80
Scored 593 runs, Allowed 711 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 58-80

Affiliation: Affiliate of expansion New York Mets
Manager: Enos Slaughter
Represented: Raleigh, NC
Ballpark: n/a
Attendance: n/a
Other Years: 1960 / 1962

Team Batting

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer
Rk Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1 Tommy Addington 21 33 50 5 0 0 0 .100 .100 5
2 Harold Apple 23 12 27 5 2 0 0 .185 .259 7
3 Ben Baker 24 12 2 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 0
4 Gary Baker 21 64 220 44 4 0 0 .200 .218 48
5 Richard Bazinet* 26 124 436 115 19 5 4 .264 .358 156
6 William Bethea* 31 10 14 3 1 0 1 .214 .500 7
7 Bobby Bralley 22 6 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 0
8 Herbie Burnette 23 72 258 57 14 3 1 .221 .310 80 Stats for 2 teams
9 James Burnette* 22 109 366 96 15 2 4 .262 .347 127
10 Gene Calder* 26 10 10 3 1 0 0 .300 .400 4
11 Wayne Coleman 23 117 422 124 14 3 10 .294 .412 174
12 Leon Criner 21 21 16 2 0 0 0 .125 .125 2
13 William Cronin? -- 8 13 1 0 0 0 .077 .077 1
14 William Dicrosta* 24 3 13 4 1 0 0 .308 .385 5
15 George Ferrell* 23 10 38 6 1 0 0 .158 .184 7
16 Charles Forte 23 15 63 11 3 0 0 .175 .222 14
17 Daniel Foyet 22 3 5 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 0
18 Kenneth Free 22 137 509 129 21 5 6 .253 .350 178
19 Robert Gaiser 23 2 4 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 0
20 Ronald Gasper 21 23 59 9 1 0 1 .153 .220 13
21 Paul Gilbert* 22 3 10 4 1 0 0 .400 .500 5
22 Bruce Grady 23 41 144 38 8 3 5 .264 .465 67
23 Fred Green* 23 5 13 3 0 0 0 .231 .231 3
24 Theodore Gruber* 21 9 25 9 0 0 0 .360 .360 9
25 James Hendricks* 24 30 96 27 5 0 1 .281 .365 35
26 Marc Hoy 23 47 78 11 3 0 0 .141 .179 14
27 Eugene Huband -- 16 19 5 3 0 0 .263 .421 8
28 John Isaac* 27 21 13 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 0
29 Bobby Lawrence 25 13 28 1 1 0 0 .036 .071 2
30 Carmine Lemma* 23 29 64 17 3 1 0 .266 .344 22
31 Neil Martin* 22 26 55 10 1 0 0 .182 .200 11
32 Grimm Mason 22 65 241 54 5 3 7 .224 .357 86
33 David Mullins 24 18 22 2 0 0 0 .091 .091 2
34 Kenneth Orbison 21 121 452 109 18 1 13 .241 .372 168
35 Robert Rikard 28 116 386 99 26 1 12 .256 .422 163
36 Tracy Rivers 22 18 19 2 0 0 0 .105 .105 2
37 Warren Roddenberry 22 2 6 2 .333
38 J.E. Rowe 24 7 20 4 0 0 0 .200 .200 4
39 Richard Schmidt 22 36 122 31 5 0 0 .254 .295 36
40 Norman Shanahan 20 27 34 4 1 0 0 .118 .147 5
41 Enos Slaughter* 45 42 41 14 1 0 0 .341 .366 15
42 Norman Smith* 22 4 12 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 0
43 Leverette Spencer 31 6 4 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 0
44 Sander Taboh 21 15 32 5 0 0 0 .156 .156 5
45 Jeffrey Williams 23 5 10 1 1 0 0 .100 .200 2
46 Robert Worthington 24 2 6 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 0
47 Richard Zeitler 21 17 8 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 0
47 Players 23.4 138 5220 4470 593 1063 178 28 65 526 40 10 654 914 .238 .332 .334 .666 1492 53 43 36
Only players for whom we have stats are shown. See roster for more complete team list.

Team Pitching

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer
Rk Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1 Tommy Addington 21 7 14 .333 4.06 33 25 168.2 149 101 76 8 98 1.464 8.0 0.4 5.2
2 Harold Apple 23 2 5 .286 4.61 10 8 56.2 53 35 29 5 22 1.324 8.4 0.8 3.5
3 Ben Baker* 24 1 0 1.000 6.30 12 0 20.0 22 16 14 0 14 1.800 9.9 0.0 6.3
4 William Bethea* 31 0 5 .000 7.75 9 6 33.2 45 39 29 5 29 2.198 12.0 1.3 7.8
5 Bobby Bralley 22 0 1 .000 7.71 6 4.2 4
6 Breiner? -- 0 0 15.00 1 3.0 5
7 Gene Calder 26 2 4 .333 3.32 10 10 43.1 41 22 16 2 12 1.223 8.5 0.4 2.5
8 Leon Criner 21 2 2 .500 4.13 20 3 61.0 59 35 28 1 27 1.410 8.7 0.1 4.0
9 Marc Hoy 23 10 9 .526 3.06 34 14 159.0 138 71 54 8 75 1.340 7.8 0.5 4.2
10 Eugene Huband -- 5 3 .625 3.98 16 6 61.0 65 46 27 8 27 1.508 9.6 1.2 4.0
11 John Isaac* 27 3 4 .429 4.82 20 5 61.2 63 42 33 8 29 1.492 9.2 1.2 4.2
12 Bobby Lawrence* 25 7 2 .778 2.47 13 8 73.0 75 31 20 2 24 1.356 9.2 0.2 3.0
13 Carmine Lemma* 23 6 6 .500 2.92 16 14 114.0 105 54 37 3 63 1.474 8.3 0.2 5.0
14 David Mullins 24 1 7 .125 7.67 17 12 63.1 76 62 54 6 43 1.879 10.8 0.9 6.1
15 Tracy Rivers 22 5 2 .714 3.76 18 8 67.0 64 37 28 2 28 1.373 8.6 0.3 3.8
16 Warren Roddenberry 22 0 0 5.79 2 14.0 9
17 Norman Shanahan 20 4 9 .308 2.62 27 16 120.0 105 62 35 3 55 1.333 7.9 0.2 4.1
18 Leverette Spencer 31 2 2 .500 2.45 6 25.2 7
19 Richard Zeitler 21 1 5 .167 4.03 17 3 38.0 33 20 17 0 19 1.368 7.8 0.0 4.5
19 Players 23.1 58 80 .420 3.97 138 138 97 41 9 1193.2 1154 711 527 72 573 24 711 45 15 69 5276 1.447 8.7 0.5 4.3 5.4 1.24

Team Fielding--By Pos

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer

C

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB SB CS CS% lgCS% PO
James Burnette 107 572 81 26 .962 6.10

1B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Robert Rikard 86 637 36 8 .988 7.83
Richard Schmidt 32 290 31 14 .958 10.03

2B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
James Hendricks 26 67 68 9 .938 5.19
Charles Forte 15 47 44 3 .968 6.07

3B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Kenneth Free 72 70 177 18 .932 3.43
Ronald Gasper 13 9 23 4 .889 2.46
Sander Taboh 11 3 12 5 .750 1.36

SS

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Wayne Coleman 74 131 213 25 .932 4.65
Kenneth Orbison 69 122 163 42 .872 4.13

OF

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Richard Bazinet 108 110 22 4 .971 1.22
Herbie Burnette 68 179 10 7 .964 2.78 Stats for 2 teams
Grimm Mason 66 134 6 5 .966 2.12
Gary Baker 55 103 11 5 .958 2.07
Bruce Grady 41 48 7 9 .859 1.34
Neil Martin 20 28 2 3 .909 1.50
George Ferrell 10 9 1 0 1.000 1.00

P

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Marc Hoy 34 0.00
Tommy Addington 33 0.00
Norman Shanahan 27 0.00
Leon Criner 20 0.00
John Isaac 20 0.00
Tracy Rivers 18 0.00
David Mullins 17 0.00
Richard Zeitler 17 0.00
Eugene Huband 16 0.00
Carmine Lemma 16 0.00
Bobby Lawrence 13 0.00
Ben Baker 12 0.00
Harold Apple 10 0.00
Gene Calder 10 0.00
William Bethea 9 0.00
Bobby Bralley 6 0.00
Leverette Spencer 6 0.00
Warren Roddenberry 2 0.00
Breiner 1 0.00

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Birthplace
Tommy Addington 21 R R 6' 0.0" 168 1940
Harold Apple 23 R R 6' 3.0" 210 1938
Ben Baker 24 R L 6' 0.0" 175 1937
Gary Baker 21 R R 6' 0.0" 180 1940
Richard Bazinet 26 L R 6' 1.0" 192 1935
William Bethea 31 L L 6' 3.0" 185 Aug 21, 1929 Greensboro, NC, US
Bobby Bralley 22 R R 6' 0.0" 180 Sep 12, 1938 Austinville, VA, US
Breiner -- Unknown
Herbie Burnette 23 R R 5' 10.0" 185 1938
James Burnette 22 L R 5' 11.0" 172 1939
Gene Calder 26 L R 5' 11.0" 195 Jul 17, 1934 Marion County, SC, US
Wayne Coleman 23 R R 5' 11.0" 170 1938
Leon Criner 21 R R 6' 1.0" 205 1940
William Cronin -- Unknown
William Dicrosta 24 L L 5' 11.0" 170 1937
George Ferrell 23 L R 6' 3.0" 183 1938
Charles Forte 23 R R 6' 0.0" 185 1938
Daniel Foyet 22 R R 1939
Kenneth Free 22 R R 6' 0.0" 187 1939
Robert Gaiser 23 R R 6' 0.0" 185 1938
Ronald Gasper 21 R R 5' 10.0" 185 1940
Paul Gilbert 22 L L 6' 2.0" 203 1939
Bruce Grady 23 R R 6' 0.0" 180 1938
Fred Green 23 L L 5' 8.0" 173 1938
Theodore Gruber 21 L L 5' 8.0" 170 1940
James Hendricks 24 L R 6' 0.0" 172 1937
Marc Hoy 23 R R 6' 3.0" 215 1938
Eugene Huband -- R R 6' 1.0" 185 Unknown
John Isaac 27 L L 6' 0.0" 157 1934
Bobby Lawrence 25 R L 6' 4.0" 200 1936
Carmine Lemma 23 L L 5' 10.0" 165 1938
Neil Martin 22 L L 5' 7.0" 170 1939
Grimm Mason 22 R R 5' 11.0" 185 1939
David Mullins 24 R R 6' 4.0" 185 Aug 20, 1936 Carswell, WV, US
Kenneth Orbison 21 R R 5' 9.0" 160 1940
Robert Rikard 28 R R 6' 1.0" 195 1933
Tracy Rivers 22 R R 6' 4.0" 205 1939
Warren Roddenberry 22 R R 6' 1.0" 190 1939
J.E. Rowe 24 R R 6' 1.0" 174 1937
Richard Schmidt 22 R R 6' 0.0" 190 1939
Norman Shanahan 20 R R 6' 0.0" 188 Feb 24, 1941 Toronto, ON, CA
Enos Slaughter 45 L R 5' 9.0" 180 Apr 27, 1916 Roxboro, NC, US
Norman Smith 22 L R 6' 1.0" 165 1939
Leverette Spencer 31 R R 5' 10.0" 210 Feb 5, 1930 Rocky Hill, CT, US
Sander Taboh 21 R R 6' 1.0" 180 1940
Jeffrey Williams 23 R R 6' 3.0" 200 1938
Robert Worthington 24 R R 5' 9.0" 195 1937
Richard Zeitler 21 R R 6' 3.0" 187 1940

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