
1961 Chicago White Sox Statistics
Team Record: 86-76
Finished 4th in the AL
Attendance: 1,146,019, Avg. 17,607
Ballpark: Comiskey Park
Manager: Al Lopez (86-76)
Location: Chicago, Illinois
1961 Chicago White Sox Results
The Chicago White Sox of the American League ended the 1961 season with a record of 86 wins and 76 losses, finishing fourth in the AL.
The White Sox scored 765 runs and yielded 726 runs. Al Smith paced Chicago with 28 home runs, while Jim Landis and Roy Sievers walloped 20 or more also. Al Smith recorded 93 runs batted in. Roy Sievers led all regular batters by hitting .295. Juan Pizarro topped the team with 14 wins and a team-best 3.05 ERA, tops among regularly-used pitchers.
Al Lopez 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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Juan Pizarro | 14 | 7 | .667 | 3.05 | 39 | 25 | 8 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 194.7 | 164 | 73 | 66 | 17 | 89 | 1 | 188 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 832 |
Billy Pierce | 10 | 9 | .526 | 3.80 | 39 | 28 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 180.0 | 190 | 85 | 76 | 17 | 54 | 3 | 106 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 764 |
Cal McLish | 10 | 13 | .435 | 4.38 | 31 | 27 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 162.3 | 178 | 87 | 79 | 21 | 47 | 1 | 80 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 701 |
Frank Baumann | 10 | 13 | .435 | 5.61 | 53 | 23 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 187.7 | 249 | 128 | 117 | 22 | 59 | 4 | 75 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 860 |
Ray Herbert | 9 | 6 | .600 | 4.05 | 21 | 20 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 137.7 | 142 | 69 | 62 | 15 | 36 | 2 | 50 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 586 |
Early Wynn | 8 | 2 | .800 | 3.51 | 17 | 16 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 110.3 | 88 | 43 | 43 | 11 | 47 | 0 | 64 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 457 |
Don Larsen | 7 | 2 | .778 | 4.12 | 25 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 74.3 | 64 | 36 | 34 | 5 | 29 | 2 | 53 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 315 |
Turk Lown | 7 | 5 | .583 | 2.76 | 59 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 101.0 | 87 | 37 | 31 | 13 | 35 | 3 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 416 |
Warren Hacker | 3 | 3 | .500 | 3.77 | 42 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 57.3 | 62 | 26 | 24 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 40 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 244 |
Russ Kemmerer | 3 | 3 | .500 | 4.38 | 47 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 96.7 | 102 | 53 | 47 | 10 | 26 | 1 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 404 |
Bob Shaw | 3 | 4 | .429 | 3.79 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 71.3 | 85 | 40 | 30 | 11 | 20 | 5 | 31 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 311 |
Herb Score | 1 | 2 | .333 | 6.66 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 24.3 | 22 | 19 | 18 | 3 | 24 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 119 |
Joe Horlen | 1 | 3 | .250 | 6.62 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17.7 | 25 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 88 |
Gary Peters | 0 | 0 | 1.74 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10.3 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41 | |
Mike DeGerick | 0 | 0 | 5.40 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | |
Alan Brice | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0.00 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
Gerry Staley | 0 | 3 | .000 | 5.00 | 16 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.0 | 17 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 75 |
Totals | 86 | 76 | .531 | 4.06 | 423 | 163 | 124 | 39 | 3 | 33 | 1448.7 | 1491 | 726 | 653 | 158 | 498 | 25 | 814 | 12 | 2 | 29 | 6236 |
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 |
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Luis Aparicio | 156 | 672 | 625 | 90 | 170 | 24 | 4 | 6 | 45 | 53 | 13 | 38 | 33 | .272 | .313 | .352 | .665 | 220 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
Nellie Fox | 159 | 696 | 606 | 67 | 152 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 51 | 2 | 3 | 59 | 12 | .251 | .323 | .295 | .618 | 179 | 17 | 9 | 15 | 7 | 3 |
Jim Landis | 140 | 618 | 534 | 87 | 151 | 18 | 8 | 22 | 85 | 19 | 5 | 65 | 71 | .283 | .362 | .470 | .832 | 251 | 10 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 0 |
Minnie Minoso | 152 | 635 | 540 | 91 | 151 | 28 | 3 | 14 | 82 | 9 | 4 | 67 | 46 | .280 | .369 | .420 | .789 | 227 | 11 | 16 | 0 | 12 | 2 |
Al Smith | 147 | 602 | 532 | 88 | 148 | 29 | 4 | 28 | 93 | 4 | 4 | 56 | 67 | .278 | .348 | .506 | .854 | 269 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 2 |
Roy Sievers | 141 | 563 | 492 | 76 | 145 | 26 | 6 | 27 | 92 | 1 | 0 | 61 | 62 | .295 | .377 | .537 | .913 | 264 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
Floyd Robinson | 132 | 492 | 432 | 69 | 134 | 20 | 7 | 11 | 59 | 7 | 4 | 52 | 32 | .310 | .389 | .465 | .854 | 201 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 |
Sherm Lollar | 116 | 384 | 337 | 38 | 95 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 22 | .282 | .360 | .380 | .740 | 128 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 10 |
J. C. Martin | 110 | 300 | 274 | 26 | 63 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 32 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 31 | .230 | .290 | .336 | .625 | 92 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
Cam Carreon | 78 | 253 | 229 | 32 | 62 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 24 | .271 | .331 | .354 | .684 | 81 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
Andy Carey | 56 | 162 | 143 | 21 | 38 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 24 | .266 | .323 | .392 | .714 | 56 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
Mike Hershberger | 15 | 58 | 55 | 9 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | .309 | .333 | .364 | .697 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Wes Covington | 22 | 65 | 59 | 5 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | .288 | .333 | .508 | .842 | 30 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
Juan Pizarro | 40 | 77 | 69 | 10 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 19 | .246 | .303 | .319 | .621 | 22 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Frank Baumann | 55 | 67 | 61 | 8 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 25 | .262 | .318 | .393 | .712 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Sammy Esposito | 63 | 109 | 94 | 12 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 21 | .170 | .259 | .255 | .515 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
Billy Goodman | 41 | 59 | 51 | 4 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 6 | .255 | .339 | .392 | .731 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Ray Herbert | 21 | 58 | 53 | 7 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | .226 | .281 | .358 | .639 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Al Pilarcik | 47 | 73 | 62 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | .177 | .282 | .242 | .524 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Bob Roselli | 22 | 39 | 38 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | .263 | .263 | .342 | .605 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Cal McLish | 31 | 58 | 54 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24 | .167 | .182 | .185 | .367 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Don Larsen | 25 | 26 | 25 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .320 | .320 | .440 | .760 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Billy Pierce | 39 | 63 | 56 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | .143 | .158 | .143 | .301 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
Early Wynn | 17 | 41 | 37 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11 | .162 | .225 | .162 | .387 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Russ Kemmerer | 47 | 17 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | .200 | .294 | .267 | .561 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Gary Peters | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Warren Hacker | 42 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .111 | .111 | .111 | .222 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Earl Torgeson | 20 | 19 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | .067 | .211 | .067 | .277 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Joe Ginsberg | 6 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .000 | .250 | .000 | .250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Bob Shaw | 14 | 23 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | .000 | .143 | .000 | .143 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Herb Score | 8 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Joe Horlen | 5 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Ted Lepcio | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .333 | .000 | .333 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Dean Look | 3 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Turk Lown | 60 | 15 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Jim Rivera | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Mike DeGerick | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Alan Brice | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Gerry Staley | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Totals | 2059 | 6285 | 5556 | 765 | 1475 | 216 | 46 | 138 | 704 | 100 | 40 | 550 | 612 | .265 | .335 | .395 | .730 | 2197 | 118 | 57 | 71 | 51 | 30 |
Fielding:
Player | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G | PB | WP | SB | CS | CS% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Roy Sievers | 1B | 132 | 129 | 1097.3 | 1096 | 94 | 8 | 93 | .993 | 9.760 | 9.015 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
J. C. Martin | 1B | 60 | 34 | 347.7 | 314 | 29 | 4 | 27 | .988 | 8.879 | 5.717 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Billy Goodman | 1B | 2 | 0 | 2.7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.250 | 3.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Earl Torgeson | 1B | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 9.000 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Nellie Fox | 2B | 159 | 156 | 1381.7 | 413 | 407 | 15 | 97 | .982 | 5.341 | 5.157 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Sammy Esposito | 2B | 11 | 7 | 64.0 | 23 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 5.484 | 3.545 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Billy Goodman | 2B | 1 | 0 | 3.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.000 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Al Smith | 3B | 80 | 79 | 634.3 | 58 | 161 | 12 | 12 | .948 | 3.107 | 2.738 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Andy Carey | 3B | 54 | 38 | 359.0 | 26 | 73 | 4 | 4 | .961 | 2.482 | 1.833 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
J. C. Martin | 3B | 36 | 36 | 308.0 | 39 | 89 | 6 | 11 | .955 | 3.740 | 3.556 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Sammy Esposito | 3B | 28 | 5 | 97.0 | 10 | 30 | 1 | 5 | .976 | 3.711 | 1.429 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Billy Goodman | 3B | 7 | 5 | 48.7 | 4 | 13 | 1 | 1 | .944 | 3.144 | 2.429 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Ted Lepcio | 3B | 1 | 0 | 1.7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Sherm Lollar | C | 107 | 93 | 826.7 | 464 | 48 | 1 | 6 | .998 | 5.574 | 4.785 | 3 | 13 | 27 | 22 | 44.9 |
Cam Carreon | C | 71 | 63 | 554.3 | 395 | 25 | 2 | 6 | .995 | 6.819 | 5.915 | 2 | 14 | 21 | 9 | 30.0 |
Bob Roselli | C | 10 | 7 | 65.0 | 32 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.846 | 3.500 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 100.0 |
Joe Ginsberg | C | 2 | 0 | 2.7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.125 | 1.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Minnie Minoso | OF | 147 | 147 | 1288.3 | 273 | 10 | 13 | 2 | .956 | 1.977 | 1.925 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Jim Landis | OF | 139 | 138 | 1235.0 | 389 | 9 | 5 | 3 | .988 | 2.900 | 2.863 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Floyd Robinson | OF | 106 | 102 | 903.3 | 218 | 7 | 2 | 0 | .991 | 2.242 | 2.123 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Al Smith | OF | 71 | 61 | 562.3 | 123 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .977 | 2.017 | 1.775 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Al Pilarcik | OF | 17 | 13 | 119.0 | 32 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .944 | 2.571 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Mike Hershberger | OF | 13 | 13 | 116.7 | 29 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.391 | 2.385 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Wes Covington | OF | 14 | 14 | 113.0 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .900 | 1.434 | 1.286 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Dean Look | OF | 1 | 1 | 8.3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.080 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Juan Pizarro | P | 39 | 25 | 194.7 | 8 | 22 | 3 | 1 | .909 | 1.387 | .769 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Frank Baumann | P | 53 | 23 | 187.7 | 14 | 37 | 1 | 1 | .981 | 2.446 | .962 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Billy Pierce | P | 39 | 28 | 180.0 | 7 | 31 | 3 | 1 | .927 | 1.900 | .974 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Cal McLish | P | 31 | 27 | 162.3 | 16 | 32 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.661 | 1.548 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Ray Herbert | P | 21 | 20 | 137.7 | 14 | 24 | 2 | 4 | .950 | 2.484 | 1.810 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Early Wynn | P | 17 | 16 | 110.3 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.224 | .882 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Turk Lown | P | 59 | 0 | 101.0 | 6 | 15 | 2 | 1 | .913 | 1.871 | .356 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Russ Kemmerer | P | 47 | 2 | 96.7 | 8 | 21 | 2 | 2 | .935 | 2.700 | .617 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Don Larsen | P | 25 | 3 | 74.3 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.058 | .680 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Bob Shaw | P | 14 | 10 | 71.3 | 4 | 12 | 1 | 0 | .941 | 2.019 | 1.143 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Warren Hacker | P | 42 | 0 | 57.3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .785 | .119 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Herb Score | P | 8 | 5 | 24.3 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.219 | .750 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Gerry Staley | P | 16 | 0 | 18.0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.500 | .313 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Joe Horlen | P | 5 | 4 | 17.7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 3.057 | 1.200 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Gary Peters | P | 3 | 0 | 10.3 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 7.839 | 3.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Alan Brice | P | 3 | 0 | 3.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Mike DeGerick | P | 1 | 0 | 1.7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.400 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Luis Aparicio | SS | 156 | 151 | 1331.0 | 264 | 487 | 30 | 86 | .962 | 5.078 | 4.814 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Sammy Esposito | SS | 20 | 12 | 117.7 | 18 | 39 | 2 | 3 | .966 | 4.360 | 2.850 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Totals | 1869 | 1467 | 13038.0 | 4343 | 1790 | 128 | 372 | .980 | 4.234 | 3.281 | 6 | 29 | 48 | 33 | 40.7 |
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