1961 Idaho Falls Russets

1961 > Class C > 1961 Pioneer League
Overall: 67-63
Scored 744 runs, Allowed 749 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 65-65

Affiliation: Chicago White Sox-AL
Manager: George Sobek and Herman Reich
Represented: Idaho Falls, ID
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	SH	SF
1	Danny Adams	22	66		225		62	7	6	6						.276		.440		99
2	Dean Andoe	21	49		164		43	4	2	4						.262		.384		63
3	Donald Biasotti	23	35		108		23	3	0	0						.213		.241		26
4	Cisco Carlos	20	15		27		4	1	0	0						.148		.185		5
5	Anthony Christopher	22	26		79		20	3	2	2						.253		.418		33
6	Patrick Cummings	22	15		10		2	1	0	0						.200		.300		3
7	Gene Duffy*	24	88		344		102	15	6	6						.297		.427		147
8	Raymond Etchebarren	22	45		145		25	3	4	2						.172		.290		42
9	Lee Featherstone	21	30		63		7	2	0	2						.111		.238		15
10	Carleton Fratus#	18	50		128		20	3	0	2						.156		.227		29
11	Robert Gruber*	21	72		177		45	8	3	5						.254		.418		74
12	Billy Hicks*	21	60		207		51	5	4	8						.246		.425		88
13	Jim Hicks	21	130		444		128	21	9	21						.288		.518		230
14	Willie Hooker	26	22		13		1	1	0	0						.077		.154		2
15	Lefty Izquierdo	21	94		280		81	19	5	4						.289		.436		122
16	John Koehler	22	66		223		64	6	2	3						.287		.372		83
17	Kenneth Lawrence	20	6		9		1									.111
18	Ted Maley*	22	20		57		15	4	0	1						.263		.386		22
19	Brian McCall*	18	125		474		140	19	9	12						.295		.449		213
20	Lefty McClaskey*	21	35		69		10	0	0	0						.145		.145		10
21	Tommy McCraw*	20	115		446		146	27	10	11						.327		.507		226
22	Ed Nottle	21	39		36		4	0	0	1						.111		.194		7
23	Ronald Pearson	23	37		67		21	0	2	1						.313		.418		28
24	Scott Seger*	20	18		28		5	0	0	0						.179		.179		5
25	Jerry Sharp*	24	25		32		7	0	0	0						.219		.219		7
26	Jose Valladares	28	130		468		129	17	4	0						.276		.329		154
27	Ed Wojcik	23	9		24		4	0	0	0						.167		.167		4
	27 Players	21.8	131	5129	4348	744	1160	169	69	91	651	71	19	679	995	.267	.362	.400	.762	1740	92	53	49

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	Cisco Carlos	20	3	4	.429	6.41	15	10	66.0	83	53	47	3	28		1.682	11.3	0.4	3.8
2	Patrick Cummings	22	0	1	.000	2.90	15	0	31.0	36	23	10	4	8		1.419	10.5	1.2	2.3
3	Lee Featherstone	21	13	10	.565	3.70	30	27	185.0	199	100	76	13	39		1.286	9.7	0.6	1.9
4	Carleton Fratus	18	0	0			2
5	Robert Gruber*	21	4	5	.444	5.41	27	9	128.0	155	89	77	10	51		1.609	10.9	0.7	3.6
6	Willie Hooker	26	4	4	.500	5.55	22	0	47.0	61	33	29	7	25		1.830	11.7	1.3	4.8
7	Kenneth Lawrence	20	0	1	.000	7.14	6	5	29.0	33	27	23	5	22		1.897	10.2	1.6	6.8
8	Lefty McClaskey*	21	12	10	.545	4.50	31	27	186.0	223	118	93	15	76		1.608	10.8	0.7	3.7
9	Ed Nottle	21	9	8	.529	3.89	39	9	118.0	135	71	51	12	49		1.559	10.3	0.9	3.7
10	Ronald Pearson*	23	13	12	.520	4.58	33	22	171.0	197	117	87	12	42		1.398	10.4	0.6	2.2
11	Scott Seger*	20	5	5	.500	4.78	16	13	79.0	72	52	42	8	66		1.747	8.2	0.9	7.5
12	Jerry Sharp*	24	4	3	.571	4.93	25	9	84.0	110	55	46	12	31		1.679	11.8	1.3	3.3
	12 Players	21.7	67	63	.515		131	131			749				3

Team Fielding--By Pos

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer

C

	G	PO	A	E	Fld%	RF/G
Lefty Izquierdo	79	573	32	19	.970	7.66
Dean Andoe	45	315	22	9	.974	7.49
Ted Maley	12	54	3	1	.983	4.75

1B

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Tommy McCraw	115		841	48	22		.976	7.73

2B

	G	PO	A	E	Fld%	RF/G
Billy Hicks	42	99	113	17	.926	5.05
Donald Biasotti	30	74	73	9	.942	4.90
Raymond Etchebarren	17	43	34	1	.987	4.53

3B

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
John Koehler	41		55	83	9		.939	3.37
Carleton Fratus	31		22	45	10		.870	2.16

SS

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Danny Adams	65		92	181	32		.895	4.20
Jose Valladares	58		84	147	19		.924	3.98

OF

	G	PO	A	E	Fld%	RF/G
Jim Hicks	130	157	13	18	.904	1.31
Brian McCall	107	197	22	16	.932	2.05
Gene Duffy	88	184	14	6	.971	2.25
Robert Gruber	38	63	3	0	1.000	1.74
Anthony Christopher	21	21	3	3	.889	1.14

P

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Ed Nottle	39							0.00
Ronald Pearson	33							0.00
Lefty McClaskey	31							0.00
Lee Featherstone	30							0.00
Jerry Sharp	25							0.00
Willie Hooker	22							0.00
Scott Seger	16							0.00
Cisco Carlos	15							0.00
Patrick Cummings	15							0.00
Kenneth Lawrence	6							0.00

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors

	Age	B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Birthplace
Danny Adams	22	R	R	5' 8.0"	160	Sep 23, 1938
Dean Andoe	21	R	R	5' 10.0"	180	Apr 1, 1940
Donald Biasotti	23	R	R	5' 10.0"	165	Apr 18, 1938
Cisco Carlos	20	R	R	6' 3.0"	205	Sep 17, 1940	Monrovia, CA, US
Anthony Christopher	22	R	R	5' 11.0"	185	Sep 15, 1938
Patrick Cummings	22	R	R	6' 2.0"	200	Apr 26, 1939
Gene Duffy	24	L	L	5' 7.0"	155	Apr 6, 1937
Raymond Etchebarren	22	R	R	5' 9.0"	170	Jul 12, 1938
Lee Featherstone	21	R	R	6' 5.0"	210	Jan 2, 1940
Carleton Fratus	18	S	R	6' 1.0"	173	Jul 6, 1942
Robert Gruber	21	L	L	6' 0.0"	175	May 19, 1940
Billy Hicks	21	L	R	5' 11.0"	170	Sep 10, 1939	Sarasota, FL, US
Jim Hicks	21	R	R	6' 3.0"	205	May 18, 1940	East Chicago, IN, US
Willie Hooker	26	R	R	5' 11.0"	149	Mar 8, 1935	Bluefields, NI
Lefty Izquierdo	21	R	R	5' 10.0"	180	May 1, 1940
John Koehler	22	R	R	5' 9.0"	175	Jan 21, 1939
Kenneth Lawrence	20	R	R	6' 4.0"	200	Aug 9, 1940	Peoria, IL, US
Ted Maley	22	L	R	6' 0.0"	200	Mar 7, 1939
Brian McCall	18	L	L	5' 10.0"	170	Jan 25, 1943	Kentfield, CA, US
Lefty McClaskey	21	L	L	6' 3.0"	174	Jun 22, 1940
Tommy McCraw	20	L	L	6' 0.0"	183	Nov 21, 1940	Malvern, AR, US
Ed Nottle	21	R	R	5' 9.0"	176	Oct 22, 1939	Philadelphia, PA, US
Ronald Pearson	23	R	L	6' 2.0"	200	May 21, 1938
Scott Seger	20	L	L	6' 2.0"	190	Apr 8, 1941	Cincinnati, OH, US
Jerry Sharp	24	L	L	5' 11.0"	165	May 6, 1937
Jose Valladares	28	R	R	5' 6.0"	150	Aug 27, 1932
Ed Wojcik	23	R	R	6' 1.0"	195	Jan 31, 1938	Bronx, NY, US

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