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1961 Rochester Red Wings

1961 > Class AAA > 1961 International League
Overall: 77-78
Scored 695 runs, Allowed 636 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 84-71

Affiliation: Baltimore Orioles-AL
Manager: n/a
Represented: Rochester, NY
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	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	SH	SF
1	John Anderson	31	34	72	70	7	10	2	0	0	5	0	2	19	.143	.167	.171	.338	12
2	Ray Barker*	25	124	466	412	61	102	11	3	15	63	2	54	58	.248	.335	.398	.733	164
3	Alejandro Castro	26	8		6		0	0	0	0					.000		.000		0
4	Harry Chiti	28	46	179	172	26	56	8	0	11	25	0	7	24	.326	.352	.564	.916	97
5	Clint Courtney*	34	30	71	60	5	13	0	0	0	4	0	11	13	.217	.338	.217	.555	13
6	Joe Durham	29	115	371	343	46	101	22	2	9	45	2	28	69	.294	.348	.449	.797	154
7	Luke Easter*	45	82	222	203	24	59	13	1	10	51	0	19	49	.291	.351	.512	.864	104
8	Jim Finigan	32	89	295	265	21	62	6	1	3	20	1	30	27	.234	.312	.298	.610	79
9	Bob Giggie	27	33	12	11	2	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	.273	.333	.364	.697	4
10	Frank House*	31	64	186	173	15	45	9	2	3	21	0	13	10	.260	.312	.387	.699	67
11	Dick Hyde	32	11	7	6	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.333	.429	.333	.762	2
12	Bob Johnson	25	91	384	352	66	117	18	5	16	65	5	32	33	.332	.388	.548	.936	193
13	Stan Jok	35	25	63	57	4	10	1	0	0	0	0	6	13	.175	.254	.193	.447	11			Stats for 2 teams
14	Gordon Jones	31	40	43	41	5	9	1	0	1	5	0	2	11	.220	.256	.317	.573	13
15	Ron Kabbes	22	132	456	413	37	109	16	1	5	41	0	43	73	.264	.333	.344	.677	142
16	Arthur Kay	26	76	21	21	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	.048	.048	.048	.095	1
17	Johnny Kucks	27	37	65	62	2	8	2	0	0	4	0	3	13	.129	.169	.161	.331	10
18	Robert Leopold	23	15	15	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	9	.000	.067	.000	.067	0
19	Dick Luebke	26	50	7	7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.143	.143	.143	.286	1
20	Roger McCardell	28	13	36	35	2	5	1	0	1	2	0	1	8	.143	.167	.257	.424	9
21	Mickey McGuire	20	16	72	59	6	11	2	0	0	1	0	13	8	.186	.333	.220	.554	13
22	Herb Moford	32	38	77	77	4	12	0	0	0	7	0	0	21	.156	.156	.156	.312	12
23	Dave Nicholson	21	10	26	22	0	2	1	0	0	3	1	4	10	.091	.231	.136	.367	3
24	Chuck Oertel*	30	88	227	202	25	56	10	4	2	25	3	25	34	.277	.357	.396	.753	80
25	John Papa	20	4		1		0	0	0	0					.000		.000		0
26	Arnie Portocarrero	29	7		2		0	0	0	0					.000		.000		0
27	Boog Powell*	19	142	539	486	86	156	26	5	32	92	0	53	118	.321	.388	.593	.980	288
28	Art Quirk	23	39	58	56	4	10	3	0	0	2	0	2	13	.179	.207	.232	.439	13
29	Cal Ripken	25	11	26	24	2	2	0	0	1	2	0	2	7	.083	.154	.208	.362	5
30	Ron Samford	31	148	367	331	37	75	9	3	5	35	0	36	47	.227	.302	.317	.620	105
31	Barry Shetrone*	22	142	532	470	91	130	15	7	15	44	9	62	87	.277	.361	.434	.795	204
32	Bob Smith	30	27	12	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	.000	.083	.000	.083	0			Stats for 2 teams
33	Bob Trowbridge	31	9		2		2								1.000							Stats for 2 teams
34	Fred Valentine#	26	154	665	602	105	161	25	10	17	64	8	63	85	.267	.337	.427	.764	257
35	Frank Zupo*	21	40	123	107	12	22	6	1	0	8	0	16	18	.206	.309	.280	.589	30
	35 Players	26.8	155	5736	5115	695	1344	208	45	146	633	31	528	889	.263	.330	.407	.737	2080	63	30

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	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	BK	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9
1	John Anderson	31	14	9	.609	3.65	33	32	195.0	207	95	79	20	39		1.262	9.6	0.9	1.8
2	Alejandro Castro	26	1	1	.500	2.86	8	1	22.0	21	7	7	2	9		1.364	8.6	0.8	3.7
3	James Craig*	21	0	0		3.00	2	0	3.0	2	1	1	0	2		1.333	6.0	0.0	6.0
4	Joe Durham	29	0	0			3
5	George Gaffney	25	0	0		18.00	1	0	2.0	4	4	4	1	1		2.500	18.0	4.5	4.5
6	Bob Giggie	27	1	3	.250	4.50	33	2	64.0	70	42	32	9	21		1.422	9.8	1.3	3.0
7	Dick Hyde	32	1	1	.500	1.04	11	0	26.0	13	6	3	1	8		0.808	4.5	0.3	2.8
8	Gordon Jones	31	8	8	.500	4.53	38	18	139.0	160	83	70	15	31		1.374	10.4	1.0	2.0
9	Arthur Kay	26	9	10	.474	2.86	70	0	107.0	103	44	34	10	49		1.421	8.7	0.8	4.1
10	Johnny Kucks	27	10	14	.417	3.72	34	33	201.0	207	103	83	17	47		1.264	9.3	0.8	2.1
11	Robert Leopold*	23	1	6	.143	4.86	15	8	50.0	57	30	27	3	23		1.600	10.3	0.5	4.1
12	Dick Luebke*	26	3	2	.600	3.30	59	1	71.0	67	28	26	7	24		1.282	8.5	0.9	3.0
13	Herb Moford	32	15	13	.536	3.16	36	34	219.0	188	94	77	24	55		1.110	7.7	1.0	2.3
14	John Papa	20	0	1	.000	13.50	2	2	4.0	7	7	6	3	5		3.000	15.8	6.8	11.2
15	Arnie Portocarrero	29	1	1	.500	1.38	7	0	13.0	15	2	2	2	2		1.308	10.4	1.4	1.4
16	Art Quirk*	23	10	8	.556	3.58	26	24	151.0	115	63	60	18	59		1.152	6.9	1.1	3.5
17	Bob Smith*	30	4	3	.571	5.07	27	5	55.0	52	31	31	6	23		1.364	8.5	1.0	3.8	Stats for 2 teams
18	Bob Trowbridge	31	0	0		4.50	9	0	16.0	15	10	8	4	13		1.750	8.4	2.2	7.3	Stats for 2 teams
	18 Players	28.0	77	78	.497		155	155			636				3

Team Fielding--By Pos

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer

C

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB
Frank House	55	271	19	5	3	.983	5.27	3
Harry Chiti	46	328	20	4	5	.989	7.57	3
Frank Zupo	34	197	15	2	1	.991	6.24	3
Clint Courtney	16	77	9	1	2	.989	5.38	5
Roger McCardell	11	58	2	0	0	1.000	5.45	0

1B

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Boog Powell	112	777	43	12	74	.986	7.32
Luke Easter	53	359	27	2	27	.995	7.28
Ray Barker	24	131	13	3	12	.980	6.00

2B

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Ron Samford	78	179	205	14	44	.965	4.92
Bob Johnson	43	109	111	3	31	.987	5.12
Jim Finigan	38	79	100	1	22	.994	4.71

3B

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Ray Barker	81	56	130	10	9	.949	2.30
Bob Johnson	40	35	53	5	8	.946	2.20
Jim Finigan	35	18	49	8	4	.893	1.91
Ron Samford	18	13	31	2	2	.957	2.44
Stan Jok	15	10	20	4	4	.882	2.00	Stats for 2 teams

SS

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Ron Kabbes	127	200	326	20	56	.963	4.14
Bob Johnson	18	33	50	3	10	.965	4.61
Mickey McGuire	16	28	42	6	12	.921	4.38

OF

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Fred Valentine	152	282	10	12	1	.961	1.92
Barry Shetrone	137	296	14	6	2	.981	2.26
Joe Durham	99	132	8	0	4	1.000	1.41
Chuck Oertel	49	69	2	1	0	.986	1.45
Boog Powell	44	65	0	2	0	.970	1.48
Ray Barker	19	24	0	0	0	1.000	1.26

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors

	Age	B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Birthplace
John Anderson	31	R	R	6' 1.0"	190	Nov 23, 1929	St. Paul, MN, US
Ray Barker	25	L	R	6' 0.0"	192	Mar 12, 1936	Martinsburg, WV, US
Alejandro Castro	26	R	R	6' 5.0"	170	1935
Harry Chiti	28	R	R	6' 2.0"	221	Nov 16, 1932	Kincaid, IL, US
Clint Courtney	34	L	R	5' 8.0"	180	Mar 16, 1927	Hall Summit, LA, US
James Craig	21	L	L	6' 2.0"	190	1940
Joe Durham	29	R	R	6' 1.0"	186	Jul 31, 1931	Newport News, VA, US
Luke Easter	45	L	R	6' 4.0"	240	Aug 4, 1915	Jonestown, MS, US
Jim Finigan	32	R	R	5' 11.0"	175	Aug 19, 1928	Quincy, IL, US
George Gaffney	25	R	R	6' 3.0"	185	Sep 3, 1935
Bob Giggie	27	R	R	6' 1.0"	200	Aug 13, 1933	Dorchester, MA, US
Frank House	31	L	R	6' 1.0"	190	Feb 18, 1930	Bessemer, AL, US
Dick Hyde	32	R	R	5' 11.0"	170	Aug 3, 1928	Hindsboro, IL, US
Bob Johnson	25	R	R	5' 10.0"	175	Mar 4, 1936	Omaha, NE, US
Stan Jok	35	R	R	6' 0.0"	190	May 3, 1926	Buffalo, NY, US
Gordon Jones	31	R	R	6' 0.0"	185	Apr 2, 1930	Portland, OR, US
Ron Kabbes	22	R	R	5' 11.0"	175	Dec 29, 1938	Effingham, IL, US
Arthur Kay	26	R	R	5' 9.0"	174	Oct 16, 1934	Belton, SC, US
Johnny Kucks	27	R	R	6' 3.0"	170	Jul 27, 1933	Hoboken, NJ, US
Robert Leopold	23	R	L	6' 3.0"	210	Mar 5, 1938
Dick Luebke	26	R	L	6' 4.0"	200	Apr 8, 1935	Chicago, IL, US
Roger McCardell	28	R	R	6' 0.0"	200	Aug 29, 1932	Gorsuch Mills, MD, US
Mickey McGuire	20	R	R	5' 10.0"	170	Jan 18, 1941	Dayton, OH, US
Herb Moford	32	R	R	6' 1.0"	175	Aug 6, 1928	Brooksville, KY, US
Dave Nicholson	21	R	R	6' 2.0"	215	Aug 29, 1939	St. Louis, MO, US
Chuck Oertel	30	L	R	5' 8.0"	165	Mar 12, 1931	Coffeyville, KS, US
John Papa	20	R	R	5' 11.0"	190	Dec 5, 1940	Bridgeport, CT, US
Arnie Portocarrero	29	R	R	6' 3.0"	196	Jul 5, 1931	New York, NY, US
Boog Powell	19	L	R	6' 4.0"	230	Aug 17, 1941	Lakeland, FL, US
Art Quirk	23	R	L	5' 11.0"	170	Apr 11, 1938	Providence, RI, US
Cal Ripken	25	R	R	5' 11.0"	175	Dec 17, 1935	Aberdeen, MD, US
Ron Samford	31	R	R	5' 11.0"	156	Feb 28, 1930	Dallas, TX, US
Barry Shetrone	22	L	R	6' 2.0"	190	Jul 6, 1938	Baltimore, MD, US
Bob Smith	30	R	L	6' 1.0"	190	Feb 1, 1931	Woodsville, NH, US
Bob Trowbridge	31	R	R	6' 1.0"	180	Jun 27, 1930	Hudson, NY, US
Fred Valentine	26	S	R	6' 1.0"	190	Jan 19, 1935	Clarksdale, MS, US
Frank Zupo	21	L	R	5' 11.0"	182	Aug 29, 1939	San Francisco, CA, US

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