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1961 Johnson City Cardinals

1961 > Class Short-Season D > 1961 Appalachian League
Overall: 26-38
Scored 332 runs, Allowed 431 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 25-39

Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals-NL
Manager: Charlie Frey, Johnny Grodzicki, Ed Lyons and George Kissell
Represented: Johnson City, TN
Ballpark: Howard Johnson Field (Johnson City, TN)
Attendance: n/a
Other Years: 1960

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 Dennis Aust 20 4 8 1 .125
2 Frederick Ballard* 21 6 12 2 .167
3 Warren Barty 20 35 97 17 4 1 3 .175 .330 32
4 Lawrence Bender 19 2 6 1 .167
5 Kenneth Burchfield 21 20 60 17 5 0 3 .283 .517 31
6 Edmond Carrier 22 11 16 2 0 0 0 .125 .125 2
7 William Cundiff 20 19 12 1 0 0 0 .083 .083 1
8 Felix DeLeon 20 3 12 4 .333
9 Joseph Ezell# 18 25 57 12 0 0 1 .211 .263 15
10 David Guthrie 17 12 14 1 0 0 0 .071 .071 1
11 Ken Hultzapple 22 25 33 9 1 0 0 .273 .303 10
12 Dean Johnson? -- 5 10 1 .100
13 Ronald Jones 20 17 10 2 0 0 0 .200 .200 2
14 Kenneth Kaiser 19 10 31 3 0 0 0 .097 .097 3
15 Kenneth Kane 18 25 87 29 6 0 2 .333 .471 41
16 John Kendzierski 19 12 37 9 1 0 2 .243 .432 16
17 Victor Lowinger 19 57 198 52 11 2 5 .263 .414 82
18 Joseph Madar 19 46 135 25 1 0 1 .185 .215 29
19 Russell Maddick* 20 34 110 27 3 2 2 .245 .364 40
20 Thomas Major 18 10 8 5 1 0 1 .625 1.125 9
21 Bernard McAfee 20 37 93 17 3 1 2 .183 .301 28
22 Paul Mersch 22 34 111 33 6 1 6 .297 .532 59
23 Russell Meyer 18 11 17 4 2 0 1 .235 .529 9
24 Charles Morris 18 64 202 41 5 1 13 .203 .431 87
25 Chick Musillo 20 23 20 2 0 0 0 .100 .100 2
26 Robert Ontko 22 8 22 4 .182
27 Gerald Orlandini* 19 3 8 1 .125
28 Stanley Schuster 19 4 13 3 .231
29 Larry Shuck 19 9 13 3 .231
30 Ronald Shumate* 20 54 183 59 15 3 5 .322 .519 95
31 Mickey Sullivant* 19 11 15 1 1 0 0 .067 .133 2
32 Chuck Taylor 19 12 20 2 0 0 0 .100 .100 2
33 Floyd Wicker* 17 22 94 28 3 2 3 .298 .468 44
34 Ron Willis 17 65 253 55 12 4 7 .217 .379 96
35 Rollie Zackery 19 49 125 30 5 1 3 .240 .368 46
35 Players 19.1 66 2404 2145 332 500 86 18 62 278 43 230 649 .233 .305 .377 .682 808 14 15
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 Howard Anders* 19 0 0 2
2 Dennis Aust 20 2 1 .667 3.00 4 3 24.0 21 10 8 0 4 1.042 7.9 0.0 1.5
3 Frederick Ballard* 21 1 2 .333 6.58 6 5 26.0 26 25 19 3 21 1.808 9.0 1.0 7.3
4 William Cundiff* 20 0 5 .000 6.07 17 4 46.0 39 39 31 5 39 1.696 7.6 1.0 7.6
5 David Guthrie 17 1 8 .111 5.67 12 10 54.0 61 54 34 4 45 1.963 10.2 0.7 7.5
6 Ken Hultzapple 22 3 5 .375 4.37 20 6 68.0 67 41 33 9 23 1.324 8.9 1.2 3.0
7 Ronald Jones* 20 1 1 .500 10.00 16 2 36.0 39 51 40 7 42 2.250 9.8 1.8 10.5
8 Thomas Major 18 1 2 .333 4.24 8 5 34.0 30 21 16 2 25 1.618 7.9 0.5 6.6
9 Clifford Mein* 21 0 0 2
10 Paul Mersch* 22 0 0 1
11 Russell Meyer 18 4 2 .667 6.98 10 9 40.0 33 34 31 7 39 1.800 7.4 1.6 8.8
12 Chick Musillo 20 2 3 .400 7.65 22 3 60.0 68 64 51 6 60 2.133 10.2 0.9 9.0
13 Larry Shuck 19 5 0 1.000 1.29 9 4 42.0 27 8 6 2 20 1.119 5.8 0.4 4.3
14 Mickey Sullivant* 19 3 3 .500 6.13 11 6 47.0 52 39 32 9 25 1.638 10.0 1.7 4.8
15 Chuck Taylor 19 3 5 .375 3.57 12 9 63.0 63 37 25 3 36 1.571 9.0 0.4 5.1
16 Ron Willis 17 0 1 .000 7.20 3 5.0 7 5 4 6 2.600 12.6 10.8
16 Players 19.4 26 38 .406 5.44 66 66 49 17 3 551.1 537 431 333 58 394 521 30 3 43 2599 1.689 8.8 0.9 6.4 8.5 1.32

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
Warren Barty 32 218 20 11 .956 7.44
Bernard McAfee 32 215 22 6 .975 7.41
Edmond Carrier 11 59 3 1 .984 5.64

1B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Russell Maddick 33 237 19 11 .959 7.76
Paul Mersch 33 235 18 5 .981 7.67

2B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Joseph Madar 27 38 57 4 .960 3.52
Kenneth Kane 18 29 40 9 .885 3.83

3B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Ronald Shumate 22 22 30 6 .897 2.36
Floyd Wicker 22 21 38 9 .868 2.68

SS

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Victor Lowinger 54 89 122 25 .894 3.91

OF

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Charles Morris 61 84 5 4 .957 1.46
Ron Willis 55 81 8 12 .881 1.62
Rollie Zackery 40 36 3 1 .975 0.98
Joseph Ezell 21 17 0 0 1.000 0.81
Kenneth Burchfield 20 26 1 2 .931 1.35
John Kendzierski 10 10 2 3 .800 1.20

P

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Chick Musillo 22 0.00
Ken Hultzapple 20 0.00
William Cundiff 17 0.00
Ronald Jones 16 0.00
David Guthrie 12 0.00
Chuck Taylor 12 0.00
Mickey Sullivant 11 0.00
Russell Meyer 10 0.00
Larry Shuck 9 0.00
Thomas Major 8 0.00
Frederick Ballard 6 0.00
Dennis Aust 4 0.00
Howard Anders 2 0.00
Clifford Mein 2 0.00

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Birthplace
Howard Anders 19 L L 6' 0.0" 175 1942
Dennis Aust 20 R R 5' 11.0" 180 Nov 25, 1940 Tecumseh, NE, US
Frederick Ballard 21 L L 6' 1.0" 185 Apr 17, 1940
Warren Barty 20 R R 6' 2.0" 200 1941
Lawrence Bender 19 R R 6' 3.0" 195 1942
Kenneth Burchfield 21 R R 6' 0.0" 175 1940
Edmond Carrier 22 R R 6' 0.0" 180 1939
William Cundiff 20 R L 6' 0.0" 165 1941
Felix DeLeon 20 R R 5' 9.0" 180 Jan 1, 1941 San Juan, PR
Joseph Ezell 18 S R 5' 11.0" 155 1943
David Guthrie 17 R R 6' 3.0" 195 Sep 17, 1943 Atlanta, GA, US
Ken Hultzapple 22 R R 6' 1.0" 175 1939
Dean Johnson -- Unknown
Ronald Jones 20 R L 6' 2.0" 180 1941
Kenneth Kaiser 19 R R 5' 11.0" 178 1942
Kenneth Kane 18 R R 5' 11.0" 175 May 20, 1943 Hartford, CT, US
John Kendzierski 19 R R 6' 3.0" 190 1942
Victor Lowinger 19 R R 6' 0.0" 170 1942
Joseph Madar 19 R R 6' 1.0" 168 1942
Russell Maddick 20 L L 6' 1.0" 193 1941
Thomas Major 18 R R 6' 1.0" 170 Apr 8, 1943
Bernard McAfee 20 R R 5' 10.0" 190 1941
Clifford Mein 21 R L 6' 1.0" 190 1940
Paul Mersch 22 R L 6' 1.0" 180 May 22, 1939
Russell Meyer 18 R R 6' 4.0" 210 1943
Charles Morris 18 R R 6' 0.0" 205 1943
Chick Musillo 20 R R 6' 3.0" 185 Dec 8, 1940
Robert Ontko 22 R R 6' 0.0" 182 Apr 5, 1939 Kingston, PA, US
Gerald Orlandini 19 L L 6' 0.0" 175 1942
Stanley Schuster 19 R R 5' 10.0" 175 1942
Larry Shuck 19 R R 6' 1.0" 175 1942
Ronald Shumate 20 L R 6' 1.0" 175 1941
Mickey Sullivant 19 L L 6' 2.0" 170 1942
Chuck Taylor 19 R R 6' 2.0" 195 Apr 18, 1942 Shelbyville, TN, US
Floyd Wicker 17 L R 6' 2.0" 175 Sep 12, 1943 Burlington, NC, US
Ron Willis 17 R R 6' 2.0" 185 Jul 12, 1943 Willisville, TN, US
Rollie Zackery 19 R R 6' 3.0" 187 1942

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