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Midwest League 1961


Player Roster

Players who played for teams in the Midwest League in 1961. This list includes all players I can identify, coaching staff members, umpires, and selected front office staff. There are certainly missing players, as the available sources are known to be incomplete.

270 different players are listed on this page (21 of whom played in the majors), as are 29 non-playing personel; some are listed more than once.


  • Team Roster Limit: 18 players.
  • Experience Rules: National Association Rule.
  • Salary Limit: $3,400.00 (entire team, per month).
  • League Statistician: Howe News Bureau.

While the information here is intended to be both complete and accurate, it's likely that there are omissions and the scale of the project guarantees errors; there's a lot of data here, from a variety of sources, all of which was originally in another format.

I will correct errors, or fill in missing birthdates and uniform numbers as I learn of them. Feel free to help; just drop me a line. Thanks.

There's more information about the MWL Roster project on my blog, A Dabbler's Journal.



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Midwest League Officials

 #      Name                    B/T Ht   Wt     DOB             Organization    Pos
        C.C. Hoffman            ?/? 0-00 000    00/00/0000      MWL             President/Treasurer     
        John Marion             ?/? 0-00 000    00/00/0000      MWL             Secretary       
        R.E. Crandall           ?/? 0-00 000    00/00/0000      MWL             Umpire  
        Jim Duncan              ?/? 0-00 000    00/00/0000      MWL             Umpire  
        Stuart Himes            ?/? 0-00 000    00/00/0000      MWL             Umpire  
        Ken Lord                ?/? 0-00 000    00/00/0000      MWL             Umpire  
        Andrew Tucciarello      ?/? 0-00 000    00/00/0000      MWL             Umpire  
        Raymond Vanderploeg     ?/? 0-00 000    00/00/0000      MWL             Umpire  
        Raymond Volmer          ?/? 0-00 000    00/00/0000      MWL             Umpire  
        John Webster            ?/? 0-00 000    00/00/0000      MWL             Umpire  

Clinton (Iowa) C-Sox

 #      Name                    B/T Ht   Wt     DOB             Organization    Pos
        Dick Kinaman            R/R 6-01 190    11/10/1925      White Sox       Manager 
        Ed Barberie             R/R 5-10 195    08/27/1942      White Sox       3B      
        Ken Berry               R/R 5-11 180    05/10/1941      White Sox       OF      MLB
        Dick Boyer              R/R 6-01 180    00/00/1942      White Sox       C       
        Efrain Boyrie           R/R 5-09 186    00/00/1939      White Sox       P       
        John Carter             R/R 5-11 180    00/00/1936      White Sox       P       
        Lester Clinkscales      L/L 6-03 163    06/06/1941      White Sox       P       
        Pat Cummings            R/R 6-02 200    04/26/1939      White Sox       P       
        Willie Dawson           L/L 6-00 189    09/30/1941      White Sox       P       
        Parker Eaton            L/L 5-11 185    00/00/1936      White Sox       P       
        Ed Evans                L/R 5-08 180    00/00/1942      White Sox       OF      
        Jim Evans               L/L 6-00 160    00/00/1942      White Sox       P       
        Antonio Gonzalez        R/R 5-08 170    00/00/1938      White Sox       C       
        Ron Hafner              R/R 5-09 175    00/00/1938      White Sox       C       
        Bob House               R/L 5-09 160    07/10/1937      White Sox       P       
        Max Johnson             R/R 6-02 185    00/00/1941      White Sox       OF      
        Dick Kenworthy          R/R 5-09 170    04/01/1941      White Sox       2B      MLB
        Wayne Kroll             R/R 6-00 195    04/22/1940      White Sox       P       
        Denny Lundgren          L/L 5-11 185    09/25/1940      White Sox       OF      
        Herb Madison            L/R 6-00 155    00/00/1942      White Sox       SS      
        Montclair McDermott     R/R 6-01 185    00/00/1941      White Sox       3B      
        Bob McKillop            L/R 6-01 185    00/00/1942      White Sox               
        Bob Newman              R/R 5-11 170    00/00/1938      White Sox       OF      
        Jose Porto              L/L 5-11 190    00/00/1937      White Sox       P       
        Bob Roffers             L/L 5-09 170    00/00/1941      White Sox       P       
        Dale Rohde              R/L 6-00 180    00/00/1941      White Sox       1B      
        Dwight Scholz           R/R 6-00 175    00/00/1941      White Sox       P       
        Bill Schuhrke           R/R 6-00 165    00/00/1939      White Sox       C       
        Jon Scott               L/R 5-10 164    00/00/1942      White Sox       OF      
        Jim Shuda               L/R 6-00 180    00/00/1940      White Sox       P       
        Marv Staehle            L/R 5-10 172    03/13/1942      White Sox       SS      MLB
        John Zahn               R/R 5-11 155    00/00/1938      White Sox       P       
        Fritz Colschen          ?/? 0-00 000    00/00/0000      N/A             GM      
        Walter Wagner           ?/? 0-00 000    00/00/0000      N/A             President/League VP     

Decatur (Illinois) Commodores

 #      Name                    B/T Ht   Wt     DOB             Organization    Pos
        Johnny Groth            R/R 6-00 182    07/23/1926      Tigers          Manager MLB
        Norm Adase              L/L 6-00 167    00/00/1942      Tigers          P       
        LeRoy Allen             R/R 6-00 180    00/00/1939      Tigers          P       
        Don Bryant              R/R 6-05 200    07/13/1941      Tigers          C       MLB
        Bob Burch               R/R 6-03 210    00/00/1942      Tigers          P       
        Olide Campanioni        R/R 6-01 163    00/00/1939      Tigers          P       
        Frank Ceballos          R/R 5-11 165    00/00/1942      Tigers          P       
        Ray Cordeiro            L/L 6-00 190    07/24/1939      Tigers          P       
        Ray Eberle              R/R 6-00 180    00/00/1941      Tigers          OF      
        Dick Hazard             L/R 6-00 180    00/00/1938      Tigers          OF      
        Vern Holtgrave          R/R 6-01 183    10/18/1942      Tigers          P       MLB
        Don Hughes              R/R 6-05 210    00/00/1941      Tigers          1B      
        Johnny Ison             R/R 6-00 180    11/11/1939      Tigers          P       
        Bob James               L/R 6-04 185    00/00/1938      Tigers          1B      
        Beta Mena               R/R 5-08 149    00/00/1942      Tigers          SS      
        Ernesto Mesa            R/R 5-10 163    00/00/1941      Tigers          OF      
        Jim Northrup            L/R 6-03 190    11/24/1939      Tigers          OF      MLB
        Charles Novotny         R/R 5-10 172    00/00/1939      Tigers                  
        Vern Orndorff           R/R 5-09 155    00/00/1935      Tigers          P       
        Tom Orton               L/R 6-02 190    00/00/1938      Tigers          C       
        John Pash               L/L 6-03 187    00/00/1942      Tigers          P       
        Mario Pelaez            R/R 5-07 160    00/00/1939      Tigers          P       
        Dave Richter            L/R 5-09 190    00/00/1940      Tigers          C       
        Hector Rodriguez        L/R 5-10 187    00/00/1939      Tigers                  
        Larry Rojas (Molina)    R/R 5-11 182    02/02/1942      Tigers          2B      
        Fred Ryan               L/L 5-11 180    00/00/1940      Tigers          P       
        Rod Schifla             R/R 6-03 160    00/00/1942      Tigers          P       
        Bob Shelton             L/R 6-01 195    00/00/1939      Tigers          3B      
        Mickey Stanley          R/R 6-01 195    07/20/1942      Tigers          OF      MLB
        Dick Stauffer           R/R 6-02 194    00/00/1941      Tigers          P       
        Tom Tallmadge           R/L 6-01 195    00/00/1940      Tigers          P       
        Art Thorne              R/R 6-00 190    09/06/1941      Tigers          P       
        Denny Totland           R/R 5-09 170    00/00/1940      Tigers          2B-OF-3B        
        Ed Viola                R/R 6-00 172    00/00/1942      Tigers          3B      
        Mike Wyngarden          R/R 6-02 185    00/00/1941      Tigers          P       
        Jim Doster              ?/? 0-00 000    00/00/0000      N/A             President       
        J.H. Lipe               ?/? 0-00 000    00/00/0000      N/A             GM      

Dubuque (Iowa) Packers

 #      Name                    B/T Ht   Wt     DOB             Organization    Pos
        Doc Kammer              ?/? 0-00 000    00/00/0000      Indians         Trainer 
        Pinky May               R/R 6-00 165    01/18/1911      Indians         Manager MLB
        Tommie Agee             R/R 5-11 195    08/09/1942      Indians         OF      MLB
        Dick Allen              L/R 5-10 143    00/00/1938      Indians         OF      
        John Bacot              R/R 6-02 198    00/00/1940      Indians         OF      
        Steve Bailey            R/R 6-01 194    02/12/1942      Indians         P       MLB
        Don Bowen               L/R 5-11 165    00/00/1940      Indians         3B      
        Walt Bugajski           R/R 6-00 178    00/00/1941      Indians         P       
        John Butler             R/R 5-10 172    07/13/1942      Indians         SS      
        Hector Cardenas         R/R 6-00 170    09/14/1941      Indians         OF      
        Orlando Centellas       R/R 6-00 175    10/01/1940      Indians         3B      
        Frank DeCastris         L/R 6-00 175    06/05/1942      Indians         OF      
        George Denyer           R/R 6-03 187    00/00/1939      Indians         P       
        Jerry Fosnow            R/L 6-04 195    09/21/1940      Indians         P       MLB
        Jim Gaskill             R/R 6-06 188    00/00/1940      Indians         P       
        Jackie Hernandez (Zulueta) R/R 6-00 175 09/11/1940      Indians         C       MLB
        George Hutchison        L/R 6-00 185    00/00/1941      Indians         C       
        Tommy John              R/L 6-03 185    05/22/1943      Indians         P       MLB
        Don Johnson             R/R 6-03 210    00/00/1942      Indians         P       
        Ron Kasperowski         R/R 5-11 170    00/00/1941      Indians         P       
        Jerome Kelly            L/R 6-01 187    07/05/1942      Indians         OF      
        Sam Ladatto             R/L 6-04 170    07/04/1942      Indians         P       
        Dick Lamphere           R/L 5-11 168    00/00/1942      Indians         P       
        Clarence Long           L/L 6-00 175    00/00/1937      Indians         OF      
        Bud McAfee              R/R 5-10 190    00/00/1941      Indians         C       
        Bob Miller              R/R 6-01 180    00/00/1941      Indians         P       
        Clem Ozburn             R/R 0-00 000    05/15/1937      Indians         P       
        Jim Pace                R/R 5-11 165    00/00/1939      Indians         2B      
        Lawrence Patterson      R/R 6-01 179    00/00/1943      Indians         P       
        Harold Raeford          L/R 5-11 185    00/00/1939      Indians         2B      
        Manford Ridgeway        R/R 6-01 170    00/00/1943      Indians         OF      
        Terry Screnar           L/L 6-03 185    00/00/1939      Indians         1B      
        Art Siefert             L/L 6-00 185    09/09/1939      Indians         P       
        Dick Young              R/R 6-02 180    00/00/1940      Indians         C       
        Ed Colbert              ?/? 0-00 000    00/00/0000      N/A             GM      
        Joe McCauley            ?/? 0-00 000    00/00/0000      N/A             President       

Keokuk (Iowa) Cardinals

 #      Name                    B/T Ht   Wt     DOB             Organization    Pos
        Al Unser                R/R 6-01 175    10/12/1912      Cardinals       P/Manager       MLB
        Felix Arroyo            R/R 0-00 000    00/00/0000      Cardinals       C-OF    
        Marty Beltran           L/L 6-00 170    05/26/1942      Cardinals       1B      
        Bill Cundiff            R/L 6-00 165    00/00/1941      Cardinals       P       
        Bobby Diaz              R/R 5-09 155    01/16/1943      Cardinals       SS      
        Gerald Doetzer          R/L 6-01 175    00/00/1940      Cardinals       P       
        Zeke Faulkner           L/R 5-09 160    01/14/1942      Cardinals       OF      
        Pat Foley               L/R 6-02 175    04/20/1941      Cardinals       C       
        Dave Galligan           R/R 6-02 205    02/10/1943      Cardinals       P       
        Charles Garris          R/R 6-02 205    00/00/1938      Cardinals       OF      
        Steve Gaza              R/L 6-01 195    00/00/1940      Cardinals       P       
        Jack Giles              L/R 5-11 180    00/00/1941      Cardinals       OF      
        Carlos Guzman           R/R 5-09 154    00/00/1942      Cardinals       P       
        Jerry Henderson         L/L 6-03 210    01/05/1941      Cardinals       P       
        John Jones              R/R 6-00 165    00/00/1937      Cardinals       2B      
        Mike Jones              R/R 6-00 176    07/31/1945      Cardinals       P       
        Ken Kane                R/R 5-11 175    05/20/1943      Cardinals       SS      
        John Kepic              L/L 5-11 180    00/00/1939      Cardinals       OF      
        Bill LeFebvre           B/R 6-00 165    12/28/1941      Cardinals       2B      
        Vic Lowinger            R/R 6-00 170    00/00/1942      Cardinals       OF      
        Frank McAninch          R/R 6-01 195    00/00/1941      Cardinals       P       
        Mike Michaels           R/R 5-10 170    00/00/1938      Cardinals       C       
        Bill Morton             R/R 6-01 195    00/00/1937      Cardinals       C       
        Bill Mullenix           R/R 6-00 175    00/00/1940      Cardinals       OF      
        Don Nelson              R/R 5-11 185    08/02/1942      Cardinals       2B      
        Bob Riley               R/R 5-10 170    00/00/1942      Cardinals       3B      
        Mike Roberts            L/L 6-03 170    00/00/1940      Cardinals       P       
        Jose Silva              L/L 5-10 160    00/00/1942      Cardinals       OF      
        Dave Spadoni            R/R 6-04 180    00/00/1940      Cardinals       P       
        Rafael Steffani         R/R 5-11 160    10/18/1940      Cardinals       P       
        George Stetter          R/R 6-02 192    00/00/1941      Cardinals       P       
        Francisco Torres        R/R 5-11 152    00/00/1941      Cardinals       SS      
        Bob Turner              R/R 6-03 185    00/00/1938      Cardinals       SS      
        Ron Visheau             L/R 6-03 210    00/00/1939      Cardinals       P       
        Pete Watson             R/R 6-00 190    06/23/1942      Cardinals       P       
        Bill Whitehurst         R/L 6-03 180    12/27/1940      Cardinals       P       
        Jerry Wild              R/R 6-00 175    07/31/1941      Cardinals       P       
        Gary Wyche              R/R 6-00 185    00/00/1940      Cardinals       3B      
        John Marion             ?/? 0-00 000    00/00/0000      N/A             President       
        Louis Schmadeke         ?/? 0-00 000    00/00/0000      N/A             GM      

Kokomo (Indiana) Dodgers

 #      Name                    B/T Ht   Wt     DOB             Organization    Pos
        Don Domenichelli        R/R 5-09 165    03/02/1935      Dodgers         OF/Manager      
        Frank Cernosek          R/R 6-02 185    09/05/1938      Dodgers         OF      
        Charlie Daniel          R/R 5-07 160    00/00/1938      Dodgers         OF      
        Jim Fudoli              L/R 6-00 188    00/00/1941      Dodgers         P       
        Jim Gibbs               R/R 6-00 185    00/00/1941      Dodgers         P       
        Walt Heckel             L/R 6-02 180    09/23/1943      Dodgers         SS      
        John Helmkamp           L/L 6-00 180    00/00/1938      Dodgers         P       
        Meredith Holbrook       R/L 6-00 183    00/00/1939      Dodgers         P       
        Wayne Jackson           L/R 6-02 215    00/00/1942      Dodgers         OF      
        Clarence Jones          L/L 6-02 185    11/07/1941      Dodgers         OF      MLB
        Steve Keiner            B/R 6-02 175    00/00/1939      Dodgers         SS      
        Bill Kelso              R/R 6-04 215    02/19/1940      Dodgers         C       MLB
        Ted Ketterer            R/R 6-00 175    09/28/1942      Dodgers         P       
        Dick Krotz              R/R 6-00 175    00/00/1942      Dodgers         3B      
        Moe Lago                L/L 6-01 196    06/06/1939      Dodgers         1B      
        Gary Moeller            R/R 6-02 190    00/00/1940      Dodgers         OF      
        Jean-Guy Noel           R/L 6-03 180    00/00/1942      Dodgers         P       
        Phil Pehde              L/L 5-09 175    05/29/1943      Dodgers         OF      
        Tom Richards            R/R 5-10 175    00/00/1939      Dodgers         OF      
        Bob Schmidt             R/R 6-01 170    00/00/1941      Dodgers         P       
        Lovell Smith            L/R 6-01 195    00/00/1940      Dodgers         OF      
        Larry Staab             R/L 6-02 190    09/04/1943      Dodgers         P       
        Mike Stubbins           R/R 6-01 185    02/07/1941      Dodgers         C       
        Nick Sutyak             R/R 6-04 195    00/00/1940      Dodgers         P-OF    
        Dennis Swan             R/R 6-01 165    00/00/1941      Dodgers         P       
        Ken Temple              R/R 6-05 205    00/00/1941      Dodgers         P       
        Charles Trammell        L/L 6-02 165    00/00/1939      Dodgers         OF      
        Del Walker              R/R 6-00 175    00/00/1935      Dodgers         P       
        Jerry Webster           R/R 5-09 165    00/00/1938      Dodgers         2B      
        W.E. Devinney           ?/? 0-00 000    00/00/0000      N/A             President       
        C.F. Hanley             ?/? 0-00 000    00/00/0000      N/A             GM      

Quad Cities (Iowa/Illinois) Braves

 #      Name                    B/T Ht   Wt     DOB             Organization    Pos
        Alex Monchak            R/R 6-00 180    03/05/1917      Braves          Manager MLB
        Vern Agnew              R/R 6-01 170    08/19/1940      Braves          OF      
        Demetri Alomar (Conde)  R/R 5-11 175    00/00/1938      Braves          SS      
        Sandy Alomar (Conde)    B/R 5-09 155    10/19/1943      Braves          SS      MLB
        Dick Anderson           R/R 6-02 195    12/29/1942      Braves          OF      
        Nelson Baez             R/R 5-10 160    11/10/1942      Braves          P       
        Ken Berry               R/R 6-01 185    12/30/1938      Braves          OF      
        Red Bresnehan           R/R 5-11 170    01/27/1941      Braves          P       
        Jim Burns               L/L 6-00 170    01/23/1942      Braves          P       
        Clay Carroll            R/R 6-01 200    05/02/1941      Braves          P       MLB
        Dan Cilo                R/R 5-11 175    05/16/1938      Braves          C       
        Mike Daanen             L/R 5-11 170    03/15/1942      Braves          OF      
        Wilfredo Echavarria     R/R 6-01 187    10/06/1937      Braves          P       
        Don Ganus               L/R 5-09 165    03/20/1937      Braves          OF      
        Adrian Garrett          L/R 6-03 185    01/03/1943      Braves          OF      MLB
        Gerald Glynn            R/R 6-02 190    02/22/1939      Braves          P       
        Chuck Hasenstab         R/R 5-10 150    03/10/1941      Braves          2B      
        Bob Healey              R/R 6-02 184    07/26/1937      Braves          P       
        Dan Kern                L/L 6-02 187    04/27/1942      Braves          1B      
        Wayne Kroll             R/R 6-00 195    04/22/1940      Braves          P       
        Julian MacKelly         R/R 5-11 160    03/20/1940      Braves          P       
        Josue Maldonado         L/L 5-08 150    00/00/1944      Braves          P       
        Tom McGarrey            L/L 6-01 185    07/31/1939      Braves          1B      
        Chuck McNeal            R/R 6-00 190    12/15/1937      Braves          3B      
        Tom Newton              R/L 6-02 190    11/08/1940      Braves          P       
        Ken Nixon               R/R 6-01 200    10/04/1943      Braves          P       
        Larry O'Mara            R/R 6-04 186    12/16/1936      Braves          P       
        Ray Orlikowski          L/L 6-00 185    10/23/1941      Braves          P       
        James Pirkell           R/R 5-11 190    02/18/1943      Braves          C       
        Dennis Ribant           R/R 5-11 175    09/20/1941      Braves          P       MLB
        Marcos Rodriguez        R/R 6-00 175    10/06/1939      Braves                  
        Eugenio Roman           R/R 5-10 170    07/04/1936      Braves          P       
        Bob St. John            R/R 6-02 195    09/28/1939      Braves          P       
        Jim Sweet               R/R 5-11 190    12/19/1941      Braves          C       
        Bubba Wagner            R/R 6-01 185    06/01/1939      Braves          C       
        Fred Walker             R/R 6-02 180    04/14/1937      Braves          P       
        John Wieczezak          R/R 5-10 155    04/04/1941      Braves          3B      
        H.H. Kohn               ?/? 0-00 000    00/00/0000      N/A             President       
        John Quinn              ?/? 0-00 000    00/00/0000      N/A             GM      

Quincy (Illinois) Giants

 #      Name                    B/T Ht   Wt     DOB             Organization    Pos
        Buddy Kerr              R/R 6-02 180    11/06/1922      Giants          Manager MLB
        Tom Abbott              R/R 6-00 185    10/16/1942      Giants          P       
        Ramon Almont            R/R 6-00 170    00/00/1943      Giants          1B      
        Paul Arneson            L/R 6-01 185    00/00/1939      Giants          P       
        Mike Branham            R/R 5-11 185    00/00/1941      Giants          P       
        Dave Carter             L/R 5-07 173    00/00/1942      Giants          OF      
        Paul Colacecchi         R/R 6-01 185    08/02/1941      Giants          P       
        Gary Cumberledge        R/R 6-00 180    00/00/1941      Giants          OF      
        Antonio DeLaTejera      R/R 5-11 158    00/00/1942      Giants          2B      
        Lou DeMar               L/L 6-03 185    07/05/1943      Giants          P       
        Bill Dixon              L/L 6-01 190    00/00/1939      Giants          OF      
        Al Erickson             R/R 6-01 180    00/00/1938      Giants          C       
        Jesse Evans             R/R 5-11 164    00/00/1941      Giants          P       
        Bob Faller              R/R 6-01 190    00/00/1940      Giants          C       
        Matt Gayeski            R/R 6-02 184    01/30/1942      Giants          P       
        Paul Godwin             R/R 5-11 180    00/00/1941      Giants          3B      
        Tom Holler              ?/? 0-00 000    09/22/1935      Giants          P       
        Hal Lanier              R/R 6-02 180    07/04/1942      Giants          SS      MLB
        Frank Linzy             R/R 6-01 190    09/15/1940      Giants          P-OF    MLB
        Bobby Marshall          R/R 6-01 170    01/21/1942      Giants          SS      
        Antulio Martinez        R/R 6-05 195    10/07/1939      Giants          1B      
        Joe McLaughlin          R/R 6-01 190    00/00/1939      Giants          OF      
        Joe Molinaro            R/R 6-01 190    00/00/1940      Giants          P       
        Ed Montellanico         L/R 5-11 170    00/00/1942      Giants          OF      
        Wayne Neet              L/R 6-07 240    00/00/1943      Giants          P       
        Mark Opatt              R/R 6-00 175    00/00/1941      Giants          P       
        Jim Parsons             R/R 6-01 183    00/00/1942      Giants          P       
        Ron Pinkerton           R/R 6-02 185    00/00/1940      Giants          P       
        Tom Pruitt              L/R 6-00 170    00/00/1941      Giants          OF      
        Jesus Romero            R/R 6-00 185    10/12/1942      Giants          C       
        Ken Snyder              R/L 5-10 174    00/00/1940      Giants          P       
        Orlando Stanley         R/R 6-01 180    00/00/1940      Giants          3B      
        Jim Thrower             R/R 6-00 170    10/03/1941      Giants          P       
        Russ Vanderziel         R/R 5-09 160    00/00/1943      Giants          3B      
        Dick Young              R/R 6-01 167    00/00/1939      Giants          2B      
        James Tobin             ?/? 0-00 000    00/00/0000      N/A             President/GM    

Waterloo (Iowa) Hawks

 #      Name                    B/T Ht   Wt     DOB             Organization    Pos
        Matt Sczesny            R/R 5-09 175    09/07/1932      Red Sox         Manager 
        Bill Slack              L/R 5-10 175    05/03/1933      Red Sox         Manager 
        Bob Batchelder          R/R 6-00 165    00/00/1939      Red Sox         P       
        Alan Betzhold           R/R 6-02 185    00/00/1939      Red Sox         SS      
        John Boyle              L/L 6-01 180    02/02/1942      Red Sox         P       
        Jackie Brown            R/R 6-03 200    00/00/1935      Red Sox         OF      
        Dave Busby              R/R 6-02 203    04/20/1941      Red Sox         P       
        Bob Carlson             L/L 6-01 200    00/00/1940      Red Sox         P       
        Ed Coleman              R/R 6-02 175    00/00/1940      Red Sox         P       
        George Coleman          R/R 6-00 180    12/05/1941      Red Sox         P       
        Bill Deller             L/L 5-11 180    00/00/1938      Red Sox         OF      
        Jerry Funk              R/R 5-11 175    03/01/1939      Red Sox         2B      
        Pete Griffin            R/R 6-04 205    00/00/1938      Red Sox         P       
        Dave Hall               R/R 6-00 180    12/04/1940      Red Sox         3B      
        Jerry Herron            R/R 6-05 230    11/04/1942      Red Sox         P       
        Paul Jernigan           R/R 6-00 190    05/05/1941      Red Sox         OF      
        Harry Kalbaugh          R/R 5-11 185    07/15/1940      Red Sox         OF      
        Martin Kane             L/L 5-11 172    00/00/1938      Red Sox         P       
        Bill Kohlwes            R/L 6-01 185    00/00/1938      Red Sox         P       
        Lawrence Krotec         R/R 6-02 195    03/16/1940      Red Sox         P       
        Ernest Kumerow          R/L 6-02 190    00/00/1940      Red Sox         P       
        Bob Lawrence            L/L 6-04 215    07/10/1938      Red Sox         1B      
        Dennis Loso             R/R 5-09 168    00/00/1941      Red Sox         2B      
        Wayne Milner            R/R 6-00 175    00/00/1941      Red Sox         OF      
        Bill Minkley            R/R 6-02 190    03/29/1942      Red Sox         P       
        Ray Newman              R/R 6-00 185    00/00/1939      Red Sox         OF      
        Lawrence Paquin         R/R 5-10 168    00/00/1942      Red Sox         P       
        Lazaro Perez            R/R 5-10 160    00/00/1942      Red Sox         P       
        Vanity Rushing          B/R 5-09 181    05/01/1940      Red Sox         SS      
        Art Schirmer            R/R 6-02 190    00/00/1937      Red Sox         P       
        Dennison Shelato        R/R 0-00 000    03/01/1939      Red Sox         P       
        Larry Smoot             R/R 6-02 175    08/15/1940      Red Sox         C       
        Jim Spanswick           L/L 6-02 180    08/29/1941      Red Sox         P       
        Ron Staples             R/R 5-10 190    00/00/1936      Red Sox         C       
        Larry Vincent           R/R 6-00 172    00/00/1939      Red Sox         OF      
        Dick Waite              R/R 5-09 168    00/00/1942      Red Sox         OF      
        Fred Wolff              R/R 6-01 195    00/00/1939      Red Sox         P       
        Gene Zanatta            R/L 6-02 178    00/00/1941      Red Sox         P       
        Ward Goodrich           ?/? 0-00 000    00/00/0000      N/A             GM      
        Gene Thorne             ?/? 0-00 000    00/00/0000      N/A             President       



If you can help fill the gaps in this information, please drop me a line. Thanks.


Sources

This list was compiled from a number of sources, including those listed below. It was checked against both Pat Doyle's Professional Baseball Player Database and SABR's Minor League Statistics Database. Inevitably, there are errors; those are mine.

  • The Sporting News Baseball Guide for 1962.
  • The Baseball Blue Book for 1961.
  • Programs and scorecard inserts in my collection.

My thanks to Jeff Yeo for providing the umpire listing.



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