1961 Pioneer League Pitching Leaders

1960 Season 1962 Season

Classification: C

Overall: 389 games, 6 teams, approx. 129 games in season

Attendance: 362,099 (930/game)

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Rk	Name	Age	Tm	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	CG	SHO	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1	Jimmy Ward	22	GRF	C	LAD	20	6	.769	3.45	4.46	31	31	17	1	240.0	261	119	92	18	69	219	10	0	8	1.375	9.8	0.7	2.6	8.2	3.17
2	James Ponceroff	18	MGV	C	PHI	15	9	.625	3.75	4.60	29	22	11	1	180.0	188	92	75	19	50	136	2	0	11	1.322	9.4	1.0	2.5	6.8	2.72
3	Lee Featherstone	21	IDF	C	CHW	13	10	.565	3.70	4.86	30	27	11	2	185.0	199	100	76	13	39	164	4	0	6	1.286	9.7	0.6	1.9	8.0	4.21
4	Ronald Pearson*	23	IDF	C	CHW	13	12	.520	4.58	6.16	33	22	11	0	171.0	197	117	87	12	42	118	5	1	4	1.398	10.4	0.6	2.2	6.2	2.81
5	Bill Ryan	20	BOI	C	MLN	13	5	.722	3.74	5.26	25	23	13	3	171.0	162	100	71	15	90	156	8	3	11	1.474	8.5	0.8	4.7	8.2	1.73
6	Bob Wasko	21	GRF	C	LAD	13	6	.684	3.56	4.34	24	22	11	1	172.0	163	83	68	15	67	131	6	0	7	1.337	8.5	0.8	3.5	6.9	1.96
7	Lefty McClaskey*	21	IDF	C	CHW	12	10	.545	4.50	5.71	31	27	12	1	186.0	223	118	93	15	76	125	7	0	8	1.608	10.8	0.7	3.7	6.0	1.64
8	Bobby Bubash	21	MGV	C	PHI	11	5	.688	5.34	6.15	24	16	5	0	123.0	123	84	73	14	85	113	6	1	18	1.691	9.0	1.0	6.2	8.3	1.33
9	James Churchwell	20	GRF	C	LAD	10	8	.556	4.13	5.14	48	8	2	0	133.0	145	76	61	9	58	130	4	0	6	1.526	9.8	0.6	3.9	8.8	2.24
10	John Hanes*	21	PCT	C	KCA	10	12	.455	4.85	5.85	42	17	7	1	143.0	136	93	77	7	95	167	4	2	8	1.615	8.6	0.4	6.0	10.5	1.76
11	Richard Holden*	21	BOI	C	MLN	10	4	.714	3.73	4.95	19	14	8	0	111.0	106	61	46	12	48	112	2	0	9	1.387	8.6	1.0	3.9	9.1	2.33
12	Edward Banach	25	BOI	C	MLN	9	6	.600	5.25	6.00	33	13	4	1	120.0	139	80	70	14	49	116	1	0	3	1.567	10.4	1.1	3.7	8.7	2.37
13	Jack Bristol*	25	PCT	C	KCA	9	12	.429	5.83	6.76	45	16	5	0	173.0	232	130	112	23	57	143	5	1	6	1.671	12.1	1.2	3.0	7.4	2.51
14	Harold Gelein*	20	BOI	C	MLN	9	5	.643	4.05	5.18	19	16	5	1	120.0	108	69	54	7	60	137	4	0	14	1.400	8.1	0.5	4.5	10.3	2.28
15	Ed Nottle	21	IDF	C	CHW	9	8	.529	3.89	5.42	39	9	0	0	118.0	135	71	51	12	49	145	2	0	8	1.559	10.3	0.9	3.7	11.1	2.96
16	Jerry Patenaude*	20	GRF	C	LAD	9	12	.429	3.90	5.20	30	25	8	0	166.0	151	96	72	6	130	175	15	0	11	1.693	8.2	0.3	7.0	9.5	1.35
17	Wayne Scarbrough*	21	GRF	C	LAD	9	13	.409	3.39	4.78	27	23	10	0	175.0	163	93	66	8	98	185	2	1	9	1.491	8.4	0.4	5.0	9.5	1.89
18	Joel Gibson	21	MGV	C	PHI	8	6	.571	4.19	5.28	17	15	6	1	116.0	121	68	54	17	48	141	1	0	4	1.457	9.4	1.3	3.7	10.9	2.94
19	Al Lowe	21	PCT	C	KCA	8	2	.800	3.88	5.28	30	8	3	0	109.0	116	64	47	17	33	75	0	0	8	1.367	9.6	1.4	2.7	6.2	2.27
20	Connie Newman*	22	BIL	C	STL	8	8	.500	4.12	5.77	46	11	1	0	131.0	141	84	60	14	90	108	12	0	14	1.763	9.7	1.0	6.2	7.4	1.20
21	Frederick Wall*	19	BIL	C	STL	8	7	.533	4.34	6.63	20	20	3	1	114.0	126	84	55	10	70	96	4	0	8	1.719	9.9	0.8	5.5	7.6	1.37
22	Don Bessey	20	MGV	C	PHI	7	7	.500	5.23	6.75	31	14	4	1	124.0	133	93	72	16	72	83	4	4	10	1.653	9.7	1.2	5.2	6.0	1.15
23	Edward Maj*	21	GRF	C	LAD	7	4	.636	4.81	5.97	32	6	2	0	101.0	121	67	54	4	54	91	4	0	10	1.733	10.8	0.4	4.8	8.1	1.69
24	Otto Meischner	19	BIL	C	STL	7	8	.467	4.07	5.85	47	9	2	0	137.0	129	89	62	8	88	132	3	1	11	1.584	8.5	0.5	5.8	8.7	1.50
25	John Wells*	22	BOI	C	MLN	7	10	.412	5.19	6.49	37	5	0	0	104.0	120	75	60	8	49	76	6	0	7	1.625	10.4	0.7	4.2	6.6	1.55
26	Wade Blasingame*	17	BOI	C	MLN	6	3	.667	4.70	5.20	13	12	6	0	90.0	91	52	47	6	51	94	0	0	7	1.578	9.1	0.6	5.1	9.4	1.84
27	Hub McCoy	21	PCT	C	KCA	6	3	.667	4.12	5.20	18	11	4	2	83.0	69	48	38	7	62	106	3	2	8	1.578	7.5	0.8	6.7	11.5	1.71
28	Paul McKenzie	22	BIL	C	STL	6	8	.429	4.79	5.89	28	9	5	0	107.0	119	70	57	10	51	62	5	0	8	1.589	10.0	0.8	4.3	5.2	1.22
29	Raymond Short	20	BOI	C	MLN	6	6	.500	4.45	4.92	31	4	1	1	97.0	107	53	48	11	34	94	3	0	3	1.454	9.9	1.0	3.2	8.7	2.76
30	Red Bresnehan	20	BOI	C	MLN	5	3	.625	5.54	6.73	18	12	3	0	91.0	110	68	56	12	51	59	4	2	7	1.769	10.9	1.2	5.0	5.8	1.16
31	Teddy Dillard	20	MGV	C	PHI	5	9	.357	4.93	6.82	29	11	4	0	95.0	108	72	52	15	35	68	6	1	4	1.505	10.2	1.4	3.3	6.4	1.94
32	Chuck Herzberger	21	MGV	C	PHI	5	4	.556	3.04	3.77	30	3	2	1	74.0	72	31	25	9	29	70	2	0	2	1.365	8.8	1.1	3.5	8.5	2.41
33	John Nance	18	BOI	C	MLN	5	6	.455	5.70	6.94	30	16	4	1	109.0	119	84	69	9	78	75	6	0	17	1.807	9.8	0.7	6.4	6.2	0.96
34	Thomas Petrick	20	BIL	C	STL	5	3	.625	4.93	6.29	23	7	0	0	73.0	78	51	40	10	44	45	0	0	9	1.671	9.6	1.2	5.4	5.5	1.02
35	Steve Rivera	19	PCT	C	KCA	5	5	.500	5.65	6.79	36	11	1	0	102.0	118	77	64	11	73	86	2	1	8	1.873	10.4	1.0	6.4	7.6	1.18
36	Brian Ross*	19	MGV	C	PHI	5	7	.417	6.26	7.06	20	15	3	1	102.0	123	80	71	21	52	72	3	0	4	1.716	10.9	1.9	4.6	6.4	1.38
37	Scott Seger*	20	IDF	C	CHW	5	5	.500	4.78	5.92	16	13	3	0	79.0	72	52	42	8	66	69	5	0	3	1.747	8.2	0.9	7.5	7.9	1.05
38	Robert Gruber*	21	IDF	C	CHW	4	5	.444	5.41	6.26	27	9	3	0	128.0	155	89	77	10	51	94	7	1	1	1.609	10.9	0.7	3.6	6.6	1.84
39	Leroy Harris*	19	BIL	C	STL	4	9	.308	4.99	7.40	23	18	2	0	101.0	118	83	56	6	48	84	6	0	8	1.644	10.5	0.5	4.3	7.5	1.75
40	Willie Hooker	26	IDF	C	CHW	4	4	.500	5.55	6.32	22	0	0	0	47.0	61	33	29	7	25	50	0	0	4	1.830	11.7	1.3	4.8	9.6	2.00
41	Jerry Sharp*	24	IDF	C	CHW	4	3	.571	4.93	5.89	25	9	2	1	84.0	110	55	46	12	31	87	4	0	3	1.679	11.8	1.3	3.3	9.3	2.81
42	Carl Shelen	19	PCT	C	KCA	4	6	.400	4.91	5.73	19	11	2	0	66.0	75	42	36	6	32	54	5	0	4	1.621	10.2	0.8	4.4	7.4	1.69
43	Cisco Carlos	20	IDF	C	CHW	3	4	.429	6.41	7.23	15	10	3	0	66.0	83	53	47	3	28	38	3	1	1	1.682	11.3	0.4	3.8	5.2	1.36
44	Morris Cigar	24	MGV	C	PHI	3	3	.500	5.79	6.64	11	4	1	0	42.0	46	31	27	6	26	40	2	0	2	1.714	9.9	1.3	5.6	8.6	1.54
45	Ray Cox	23	PCT	C	KCA	3	2	.600	4.91	6.14	34	3	0	0	88.0	106	60	48	16	34	87	3	1	5	1.591	10.8	1.6	3.5	8.9	2.56
46	Larry Crayton*	21	BIL	C	STL	3	3	.500	4.95	6.03	16	13	4	0	91.0	108	61	50	11	31	71	1	1	4	1.527	10.7	1.1	3.1	7.0	2.29
47	Robert Ericson	20	PCT	C	KCA	3	2	.600	7.36	10.09	12	6	1	0	33.0	32	37	27	5	33	33	6	1	3	1.970	8.7	1.4	9.0	9.0	1.00
48	Thomas Major	18	BIL	C	STL	3	3	.500	7.71	10.03	12	4	0	0	35.0	47	39	30	5	40	22	1	0	8	2.486	12.1	1.3	10.3	5.7	0.55
49	Mike Pankey	22	MGV	C	PHI	3	0	1.000	5.14	5.14	7	2			28.0	32	16	16	4	28			0		2.143	10.3	1.3	9.0
50	Gary Sanossian	17	PCT	C	KCA	3	6	.333	5.45	6.59	18	14	2	1	71.0	67	52	43	12	56	96	0	1	5	1.732	8.5	1.5	7.1	12.2	1.71
51	Mike Tatro	22	BIL	C	STL	3	5	.375	5.45	6.51	37	2	1	0	76.0	91	55	46	7	39	51	4	0	10	1.711	10.8	0.8	4.6	6.0	1.31
52	Dennis Aust	20	BIL	C	STL	2	3	.400	1.91	2.49	6	6	4	0	47.0	33	13	10	3	17	43	0	0	0	1.064	6.3	0.6	3.3	8.2	2.53
53	Frederick Ballard*	21	BIL	C	STL	2	3	.400	4.19	5.23	10	6	0	0	43.0	48	25	20	1	28	55	3	1	6	1.767	10.0	0.2	5.9	11.5	1.96
54	Gene Brabender	19	GRF	C	LAD	2	3	.400	6.33	6.67	8	4			27.0	27	20	19	1	24			0		1.889	9.0	0.3	8.0
55	Chick Musillo	20	BIL	C	STL	2	3	.400	4.95	6.75	10	5	1	0	40.0	50	30	22	5	22	20	3	0	2	1.800	11.3	1.1	5.0	4.5	0.91
56	Bert Thiel	35	PCT	C	KCA	2	1	.667	2.67	2.67	4	3			27.0	22	8	8	3	3			0		0.926	7.3	1.0	1.0
57	Rudy Tretter	20	PCT	C	KCA	2	2	.500	7.59	8.16	8	3	0	0	32.0	40	29	27	5	18	22	2	1	2	1.813	11.3	1.4	5.1	6.2	1.22
58	Arnold Umbach	18	BOI	C	MLN	2	6	.250	6.13	7.17	10	10	3	0	69.0	78	55	47	9	42	52	4	1	6	1.739	10.2	1.2	5.5	6.8	1.24
59	Thomas Woods	20	PCT	C	KCA	2	4	.333	7.03	7.88	7	7	0	0	32.0	34	28	25	8	29	37	1	0	3	1.969	9.6	2.3	8.2	10.4	1.28
60	Philip Carlson*	23	BIL	C	STL	1	0	1.000	2.81	6.75	8	2			16.0	20	12	5	0	10			0		1.875	11.3	0.0	5.6
61	John Drysdale*	22	GRF	C	LAD	1	1	.500	10.13	10.13	2	2			8.0	15	9	9	3	3			0		2.250	16.9	3.4	3.4
62	Jerry Henderson*	20	BIL	C	STL	1	3	.250	5.73	12.27	4	4			11.0	17	15	7	1	14			0		2.818	13.9	0.8	11.5
63	David Steplitus*	22	MGV	C	PHI	1	5	.167	6.51	8.17	18	8	1	0	76.0	100	69	55	15	40	60	1	1	2	1.842	11.8	1.8	4.7	7.1	1.50
64	Buck Stinnett	19	MGV	C	PHI	1	2	.333	6.80	9.00	9	5	2	0	41.0	52	41	31	9	21	36	0	0	3	1.780	11.4	2.0	4.6	7.9	1.71
65	John Warren	20	GRF	C	LAD	1	3	.250	5.20	6.20	17	3	1	0	45.0	57	31	26	8	21	52	1	0	6	1.733	11.4	1.6	4.2	10.4	2.48
66	Joe Ala	30	PCT	C	KCA	0	0				1												0
67	Giovanni Bertussi	21	PCT	C	KCA	0	2	.000	9.69	9.69	6	2			13.0	17	14	14	4	7			0		1.846	11.8	2.8	4.8
68	Lowell Bussler	21	PCT	C	KCA	0	0		7.71	14.14	5	1			7.0	10	11	6	2	9			0		2.714	12.9	2.6	11.6
69	Joseph Carboni	18	GRF	C	LAD	0	1	.000	5.79	9.00	6	2			14.0	16	14	9	2	11			0		1.929	10.3	1.3	7.1
70	Patrick Cummings	22	IDF	C	CHW	0	1	.000	2.90	6.68	15	0	0	0	31.0	36	23	10	4	8	17	1	0	0	1.419	10.5	1.2	2.3	4.9	2.13
71	Bill Cundiff*	19	BIL	C	STL	0	2	.000	14.63	16.31	8	4			16.0	23	29	26	2	30			2		3.313	12.9	1.1	16.9
72	Carleton Fratus	18	IDF	C	CHW	0	0				2												0
73	Chuck Giuffrida	18	GRF	C	LAD	0	0		6.63	7.82	19	2	0	0	38.0	47	33	28	7	34	42	1	0	2	2.132	11.1	1.7	8.1	9.9	1.24
74	Jeff Harrell	19	MGV	C	PHI	0	0		15.68	17.71	13	3	0	0	31.0	59	61	54	10	32	14	3	0	5	2.935	17.1	2.9	9.3	4.1	0.44
75	Robert Hoffman*	24	PCT	C	KCA	0	5	.000	6.16	6.53	36	6	0	0	73.0	87	53	50	11	47	72	2	0	9	1.836	10.7	1.4	5.8	8.9	1.53
76	Larry James	20	MGV	C	PHI	0	8	.000	5.56	6.78	15	11	2	0	81.0	93	61	50	9	46	67	1	0	5	1.716	10.3	1.0	5.1	7.4	1.46
77	Robert Kubes	19	MGV	C	PHI	0	1	.000	5.14	9.00	3	2			7.0	11	7	4	2	7			0		2.571	14.1	2.6	9.0
78	Lynn Lambeth	18	MGV	C	PHI	0	0		9.00	9.00	1	0			1.0	3	1	1	0	1			0		4.000	27.0	0.0	9.0
79	Kenneth Lawrence	20	IDF	C	CHW	0	1	.000	7.14	8.38	6	5			29.0	33	27	23	5	22			0		1.897	10.2	1.6	6.8
80	Frank McAninch	20	BIL	C	STL	0	3	.000	3.66	6.75	7	5	0	0	32.0	32	24	13	1	13	25	4	0	2	1.406	9.0	0.3	3.7	7.0	1.92
81	Dick McLaughlin*	21	GRF	C	LAD	0	0				1												0
82	Mark Opatt	19	PCT	C	KCA	0	1	.000	7.71	8.36	6	2			14.0	19	13	12	3	17			0		2.571	12.2	1.9	10.9
83	Eddie Reed	31	GRF	C	LAD	0	0				1
84	Raymond Reed	32	BOI	C	MLN	0	0				1												0
85	Gale Rottinghaus	22	GRF	C	LAD	0	1	.000	6.19	6.75	6	2			16.0	16	12	11	3	11			0		1.688	9.0	1.7	6.2
86	Richard Sherrow	20	BOI	C	MLN	0	1	.000	3.18	5.82	4	2			17.0	23	11	6	0	9			0		1.882	12.2	0.0	4.8
87	Rafael Steffani	20	BIL	C	STL	0	2	.000	8.39	9.00	13	4	0	0	44.0	58	44	41	10	30	32	3	0	4	2.000	11.9	2.0	6.1	6.5	1.07
88	John Van Ornum	21	GRF	C	LAD	0	0				1												0
89	Fred Wenz	19	PCT	C	KCA	0	7	.000	8.47	12.00	19	9	0	0	51.0	64	68	48	4	57	55	2	1	9	2.373	11.3	0.7	10.1	9.7	0.96