1961 Baltimore Orioles Statistics
Team Record: 95-67
Finished 3rd in the AL
Attendance: 951,089, Avg. 13,726
Ballpark: Memorial Stadium
Manager: Paul Richards (78-57)
Manager: Lum Harris (17-10)
Location: Baltimore, Maryland
1961 Baltimore Orioles Results
The Baltimore Orioles of the American League ended the 1961 season with a record of 95 wins and 67 losses, finishing third in the AL.
The Orioles paced the circuit with just 588 runs allowed. Baltimore scored 691 runs. Jim Gentile walloped 46 home runs for the team, while Jackie Brandt and Gus Triandos added 20 or more, too. Jim Gentile drove in 141 runs and topped all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .302. Steve Barber led the team with 18 wins, and Chuck Estrada, too contributed 15 or more wins, too Billy Hoeft recorded a 2.02 ERA, best among regularly-used pitchers.
Paul Richards and Lum Harris coached the team.
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Pitching:
Player | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
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Steve Barber | 18 | 12 | .600 | 3.33 | 37 | 34 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 248.3 | 194 | 102 | 92 | 13 | 130 | 4 | 150 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 1040 |
Chuck Estrada | 15 | 9 | .625 | 3.69 | 33 | 31 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 212.0 | 159 | 91 | 87 | 19 | 132 | 0 | 160 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 924 |
Milt Pappas | 13 | 9 | .591 | 3.04 | 26 | 23 | 3 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 177.7 | 134 | 67 | 60 | 16 | 78 | 5 | 89 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 736 |
Hal Brown | 10 | 6 | .625 | 3.19 | 27 | 23 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 166.7 | 153 | 62 | 59 | 14 | 33 | 0 | 61 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 668 |
Jack Fisher | 10 | 13 | .435 | 3.90 | 36 | 25 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 196.0 | 205 | 104 | 85 | 17 | 75 | 3 | 118 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 853 |
Hoyt Wilhelm | 9 | 7 | .563 | 2.30 | 51 | 1 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 109.7 | 89 | 35 | 28 | 5 | 41 | 5 | 87 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 458 |
Billy Hoeft | 7 | 4 | .636 | 2.02 | 35 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 138.0 | 106 | 37 | 31 | 7 | 55 | 3 | 100 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 560 |
Dick Hall | 7 | 5 | .583 | 3.09 | 29 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 122.3 | 102 | 47 | 42 | 10 | 30 | 5 | 92 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 489 |
Wes Stock | 5 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.01 | 35 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 71.7 | 58 | 24 | 24 | 3 | 27 | 2 | 47 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 293 |
Dick Hyde | 1 | 2 | .333 | 5.57 | 15 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21.0 | 18 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 13 | 3 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 96 |
Jim Lehew | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | |
Gordon Jones | 0 | 0 | 5.40 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5.0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | |
John Papa | 0 | 0 | 18.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | |
Totals | 95 | 67 | .586 | 3.22 | 331 | 163 | 109 | 54 | 20 | 33 | 1471.3 | 1226 | 588 | 526 | 109 | 617 | 30 | 926 | 32 | 3 | 45 | 6152 |
Batting:
Player | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Brooks Robinson | 163 | 736 | 668 | 89 | 192 | 38 | 7 | 7 | 61 | 1 | 3 | 47 | 57 | .287 | .334 | .397 | .730 | 265 | 21 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 2 |
Jackie Brandt | 139 | 584 | 516 | 93 | 153 | 18 | 5 | 16 | 72 | 10 | 2 | 62 | 51 | .297 | .371 | .444 | .815 | 229 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
Jim Gentile | 148 | 601 | 486 | 96 | 147 | 25 | 2 | 46 | 141 | 1 | 1 | 96 | 106 | .302 | .423 | .646 | 1.069 | 314 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 8 | 5 |
Ron Hansen | 155 | 607 | 533 | 51 | 132 | 13 | 2 | 12 | 51 | 1 | 3 | 66 | 96 | .248 | .329 | .347 | .677 | 185 | 19 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 |
Jerry Adair | 133 | 428 | 386 | 41 | 102 | 21 | 1 | 9 | 37 | 5 | 2 | 35 | 51 | .264 | .326 | .394 | .719 | 152 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 |
Gus Triandos | 115 | 445 | 397 | 35 | 97 | 21 | 0 | 17 | 63 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 60 | .244 | .320 | .426 | .746 | 169 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
Whitey Herzog | 113 | 377 | 323 | 39 | 94 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 35 | 1 | 4 | 50 | 41 | .291 | .387 | .409 | .795 | 132 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Russ Snyder | 115 | 341 | 312 | 46 | 91 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 20 | 32 | .292 | .333 | .375 | .708 | 117 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 |
Dick Williams | 103 | 340 | 310 | 37 | 64 | 15 | 2 | 8 | 24 | 0 | 4 | 20 | 38 | .206 | .251 | .345 | .596 | 107 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
Earl Robinson | 96 | 256 | 222 | 37 | 59 | 12 | 3 | 8 | 30 | 4 | 3 | 31 | 54 | .266 | .354 | .455 | .809 | 101 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Marv Breeding | 90 | 261 | 244 | 32 | 51 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 33 | .209 | .250 | .254 | .504 | 62 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
Dave Philley | 99 | 157 | 144 | 13 | 36 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 20 | .250 | .293 | .361 | .654 | 52 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
Hank Foiles | 43 | 138 | 124 | 18 | 34 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 27 | .274 | .336 | .468 | .804 | 58 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Jim Busby | 75 | 99 | 89 | 15 | 23 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 10 | .258 | .316 | .315 | .631 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Marv Throneberry | 56 | 108 | 96 | 9 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 20 | .208 | .296 | .396 | .692 | 38 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Steve Barber | 37 | 95 | 80 | 6 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 42 | .163 | .221 | .250 | .471 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
Clint Courtney | 22 | 55 | 45 | 3 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3 | .267 | .400 | .311 | .711 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Gene Stephens | 32 | 72 | 58 | 4 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 7 | .190 | .347 | .224 | .571 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Milt Pappas | 26 | 70 | 66 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | .136 | .134 | .303 | .437 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
Charlie Lau | 17 | 49 | 47 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .170 | .188 | .234 | .422 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Chuck Estrada | 33 | 81 | 70 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 32 | .114 | .139 | .129 | .267 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
Walt Dropo | 14 | 31 | 27 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | .259 | .355 | .370 | .725 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Billy Hoeft | 35 | 46 | 39 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 13 | .179 | .250 | .179 | .429 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
Hal Brown | 27 | 57 | 50 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11 | .140 | .185 | .180 | .365 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
Dick Hall | 30 | 43 | 36 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 13 | .139 | .205 | .139 | .344 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
Jack Fisher | 36 | 71 | 56 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 25 | .089 | .164 | .089 | .253 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
Frank Zupo | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .500 | .600 | .750 | 1.350 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Dick Hyde | 15 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Barry Shetrone | 3 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .143 | .143 | .143 | .286 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Boog Powell | 4 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .077 | .077 | .077 | .154 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Hoyt Wilhelm | 51 | 24 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | .050 | .136 | .050 | .186 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Wes Stock | 35 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | .000 | .083 | .000 | .083 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Chuck Essegian | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Jim Lehew | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
John Papa | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Gordon Jones | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Totals | 2073 | 6211 | 5481 | 691 | 1393 | 227 | 36 | 149 | 638 | 39 | 30 | 581 | 902 | .254 | .326 | .390 | .716 | 2139 | 140 | 23 | 78 | 48 | 25 |
Fielding:
Player | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G | PB | WP | SB | CS | CS% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jim Gentile | 1B | 144 | 137 | 1225.3 | 1209 | 100 | 14 | 129 | .989 | 9.615 | 9.090 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Dick Williams | 1B | 20 | 11 | 109.7 | 123 | 12 | 0 | 10 | 1.000 | 11.079 | 6.750 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Walt Dropo | 1B | 12 | 9 | 69.7 | 62 | 6 | 0 | 11 | 1.000 | 8.785 | 5.667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Marv Throneberry | 1B | 11 | 5 | 60.7 | 61 | 10 | 2 | 6 | .973 | 1.533 | 6.455 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Dave Philley | 1B | 1 | 1 | 6.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.500 | 3.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Jerry Adair | 2B | 107 | 96 | 820.0 | 233 | 237 | 6 | 57 | .987 | 5.159 | 4.393 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Marv Breeding | 2B | 80 | 62 | 593.7 | 179 | 179 | 11 | 53 | .970 | 5.427 | 4.475 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Ron Hansen | 2B | 7 | 5 | 55.7 | 16 | 23 | 1 | 8 | .975 | 6.305 | 5.571 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Brooks Robinson | 2B | 2 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.500 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Brooks Robinson | 3B | 163 | 162 | 1459.7 | 151 | 331 | 14 | 34 | .972 | 2.972 | 2.957 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Jerry Adair | 3B | 2 | 1 | 7.7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.174 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Dick Williams | 3B | 2 | 0 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Jackie Brandt | 3B | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Gus Triandos | C | 114 | 108 | 932.7 | 642 | 55 | 8 | 9 | .989 | 6.726 | 6.114 | 21 | 28 | 22 | 20 | 47.6 |
Hank Foiles | C | 38 | 32 | 300.3 | 194 | 17 | 1 | 4 | .995 | 6.323 | 5.553 | 5 | 12 | 20 | 7 | 25.9 |
Charlie Lau | C | 17 | 13 | 119.0 | 90 | 6 | 1 | 2 | .990 | 7.261 | 5.647 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 14.3 |
Clint Courtney | C | 16 | 10 | 111.3 | 71 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 6.386 | 4.938 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 33.3 |
Frank Zupo | C | 4 | 0 | 8.0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 7.875 | 1.750 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Jackie Brandt | OF | 136 | 134 | 1187.0 | 293 | 6 | 8 | 2 | .974 | 2.267 | 2.199 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Whitey Herzog | OF | 98 | 86 | 739.3 | 143 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.765 | 1.480 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Russ Snyder | OF | 108 | 74 | 711.7 | 168 | 3 | 6 | 0 | .966 | 2.163 | 1.583 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Dick Williams | OF | 75 | 64 | 532.0 | 86 | 4 | 3 | 1 | .968 | 1.523 | 1.200 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Earl Robinson | OF | 82 | 53 | 521.7 | 136 | 6 | 4 | 3 | .973 | 2.450 | 1.732 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Jim Busby | OF | 71 | 26 | 264.3 | 76 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .987 | 2.656 | 1.099 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Gene Stephens | OF | 30 | 18 | 173.0 | 34 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.873 | 1.200 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Dave Philley | OF | 25 | 17 | 146.0 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.295 | .840 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Marv Throneberry | OF | 15 | 13 | 101.0 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .923 | 1.069 | .800 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Boog Powell | OF | 3 | 3 | 26.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.038 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Barry Shetrone | OF | 2 | 1 | 12.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.250 | 1.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Steve Barber | P | 37 | 34 | 248.3 | 13 | 60 | 4 | 8 | .948 | 2.646 | 1.973 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Chuck Estrada | P | 33 | 31 | 212.0 | 19 | 17 | 1 | 1 | .973 | 1.528 | 1.091 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Jack Fisher | P | 36 | 25 | 196.0 | 8 | 22 | 2 | 1 | .938 | 1.378 | .833 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Milt Pappas | P | 26 | 23 | 177.7 | 24 | 34 | 1 | 2 | .983 | 2.938 | 2.231 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Hal Brown | P | 27 | 23 | 166.7 | 16 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.214 | 1.519 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Billy Hoeft | P | 35 | 12 | 138.0 | 9 | 25 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 2.217 | .971 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Dick Hall | P | 29 | 13 | 122.3 | 9 | 23 | 1 | 1 | .970 | 2.354 | 1.103 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Hoyt Wilhelm | P | 51 | 1 | 109.7 | 6 | 22 | 2 | 1 | .933 | 2.298 | .549 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Wes Stock | P | 35 | 1 | 71.7 | 5 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 3.391 | .771 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Dick Hyde | P | 15 | 0 | 21.0 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 1 | .917 | 4.714 | .733 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Gordon Jones | P | 3 | 0 | 5.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.800 | .333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Jim Lehew | P | 2 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.500 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
John Papa | P | 2 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Ron Hansen | SS | 149 | 145 | 1289.0 | 256 | 437 | 30 | 110 | .959 | 4.839 | 4.651 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Jerry Adair | SS | 27 | 18 | 180.3 | 26 | 61 | 5 | 5 | .946 | 4.342 | 3.222 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Brooks Robinson | SS | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 27.000 | 6.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Totals | 1894 | 1467 | 13242.0 | 4413 | 1772 | 128 | 465 | .980 | 4.204 | 3.266 | 30 | 45 | 52 | 30 | 36.6 |
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