1961 Cleveland Indians Statistics

American League (AL)
Team Record: 78-83
Finished 5th in the AL
Attendance: 725,547, Avg. 11,502
Ballpark: Cleveland Stadium
Manager: Jimmy Dykes (77-83)
Manager: Mel Harder (1-0)
Location: Cleveland, Ohio

1961 Cleveland Indians Roster
1961 Cleveland Indians Results

The Cleveland Indians of the American League ended the 1961 season with a record of 78 wins and 83 losses, finishing fifth in the AL.

The Indians plated 737 runs and allowed 752 runs. Willie Kirkland paced Cleveland with 27 home runs, while Woodie Held, Bubba Phillips, John Romano and Tito Francona each walloped 20 or more as well. Willie Kirkland accounted for 95 RBI. Jim Piersall led hitters with significant playing time by hitting .322. Mudcat Grant topped the team with 15 wins and a team-best 3.86 ERA, leading regularly-used pitchers.

Jimmy Dykes and Mel Harder 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
Mudcat Grant	15	9	.625	3.86	35	35	0	11	3	0	244.7	207	118	105	32	109	3	146	3	0	8	1037
Barry Latman	13	5	.722	4.02	45	18	12	4	2	5	176.7	163	84	79	23	54	3	108	5	0	6	734
Gary Bell	12	16	.429	4.10	34	34	0	11	2	0	228.3	214	125	104	32	100	2	163	6	0	3	994
Frank Funk	11	11	.500	3.31	56	0	43	0	0	11	92.3	79	35	34	9	31	6	64	4	1	3	382
Jim Perry	10	17	.370	4.71	35	35	0	6	1	0	223.7	238	132	117	28	87	5	90	6	0	5	983
Wynn Hawkins	7	9	.438	4.06	30	21	8	3	1	1	133.0	139	72	60	16	59	1	51	2	1	3	587
Bobby Locke	4	4	.500	4.53	37	4	17	0	0	2	95.3	112	50	48	12	40	4	37	2	0	4	425
Bob Allen	3	2	.600	3.75	48	0	17	0	0	3	81.7	96	42	34	7	40	5	42	1	0	4	373
Dick Stigman	2	5	.286	4.62	22	6	5	0	0	0	64.3	65	35	33	9	25	1	48	0	0	3	279
Bill Dailey	1	0	1.000	0.95	12	0	10	0	0	0	19.0	16	4	2	0	6	1	7	0	0	2	76
Sam McDowell	0	0		0.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	6.3	3	0	0	0	5	0	5	0	0	0	27
Steve Hamilton	0	0		3.00	2	0	0	0	0	0	3.0	2	1	1	0	3	0	4	0	1	1	15
Russ Heman	0	0		3.60	6	0	6	0	0	1	10.0	8	4	4	0	8	0	4	1	0	0	46
Joe Schaffernoth	0	1	.000	4.76	15	0	8	0	0	0	17.0	16	11	9	2	14	1	9	1	0	1	82
Johnny Antonelli	0	4	.000	6.56	11	7	0	0	0	0	48.0	68	39	35	8	18	0	23	1	0	1	225
Totals	78	83	.484	4.15	389	161	126	35	9	23	1443.3	1426	752	665	178	599	32	801	32	3	44	6265

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
Tito Francona	155	667	592	87	178	30	8	16	85	2	1	56	52	.301	.363	.459	.823	272	11	4	12	3	3
Jim Piersall	121	536	484	81	156	26	7	6	40	8	2	43	46	.322	.378	.442	.820	214	18	2	4	3	1
John Romano	142	580	509	76	152	29	1	21	80	0	0	61	60	.299	.377	.483	.860	246	10	5	1	4	3
Vic Power	147	622	563	64	151	34	4	5	63	4	3	38	16	.268	.309	.369	.679	208	19	1	8	12	5
Bubba Phillips	143	590	546	64	144	23	1	18	72	1	0	29	61	.264	.305	.408	.714	223	14	5	7	3	4
Johnny Temple	129	588	518	73	143	22	3	3	30	9	5	61	36	.276	.351	.347	.699	180	12	0	7	2	1
Woodie Held	146	590	509	67	136	23	5	23	78	0	0	69	111	.267	.354	.468	.822	238	14	3	3	6	11
Willie Kirkland	146	585	525	84	136	22	5	27	95	7	0	48	77	.259	.318	.474	.793	249	3	1	4	7	4
Chuck Essegian	60	181	166	25	48	7	1	12	35	0	0	10	33	.289	.328	.560	.888	93	6	1	1	3	0
Miguel de la Hoz	61	183	173	20	45	10	0	3	23	0	0	7	10	.260	.295	.370	.665	64	4	2	0	1	0
Don Dillard	74	162	147	27	40	5	0	7	17	0	0	15	28	.272	.340	.449	.788	66	1	0	0	0	1
Bob Nieman	39	72	65	2	23	6	0	2	10	1	0	7	4	.354	.417	.538	.955	35	0	0	0	0	0
Valmy Thomas	27	92	86	7	18	3	0	2	6	0	0	6	7	.209	.261	.314	.575	27	7	0	0	0	0
Ken Aspromonte	22	78	70	5	16	6	1	0	5	0	0	6	3	.229	.286	.343	.629	24	3	0	1	1	0
Gary Bell	34	95	81	8	16	1	0	0	9	0	0	4	17	.198	.233	.210	.442	17	0	0	9	1	0
Mudcat Grant	48	98	88	8	15	2	0	1	6	0	0	4	29	.170	.204	.227	.432	20	2	0	5	1	0
Jim Perry	35	79	73	4	12	2	0	0	3	0	0	1	14	.164	.176	.192	.367	14	2	0	5	0	0
Jack Kubiszyn	25	44	42	4	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	.214	.250	.214	.464	9	1	0	0	0	0
Ty Cline	12	51	43	9	9	2	1	0	1	1	0	6	1	.209	.333	.302	.636	13	0	2	0	0	0
Walt Bond	38	60	52	7	9	1	1	2	7	1	0	6	10	.173	.267	.346	.613	18	1	1	0	1	0
Hal Jones	12	37	35	2	6	0	0	2	4	0	0	2	12	.171	.216	.343	.559	12	1	0	0	0	0
Bob Hale	42	40	36	0	6	0	0	0	6	0	0	1	7	.167	.200	.167	.367	6	0	1	0	2	0
Johnny Antonelli	12	16	15	4	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.267	.267	.400	.667	6	0	0	1	0	0
Bobby Locke	37	20	19	1	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	7	.211	.250	.211	.461	4	0	0	0	0	0
Wynn Hawkins	30	42	37	3	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	18	.108	.154	.108	.262	4	2	0	3	0	0
Barry Latman	45	59	55	2	4	0	1	0	1	0	0	3	17	.073	.121	.109	.230	6	1	0	1	0	0
Joe Morgan	4	11	10	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.200	.273	.200	.473	2	0	0	0	0	0
Bob Allen	48	13	12	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.167	.167	.250	.417	3	0	0	1	0	0
Dick Stigman	22	16	16	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	7	.125	.125	.125	.250	2	1	0	0	0	0
Steve Hamilton	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1	0	0	0	0	0
Frank Funk	56	18	17	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	10	.059	.111	.059	.170	1	0	0	0	0	0
Al Luplow	5	20	18	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	6	.056	.150	.056	.206	1	0	0	0	0	0
Russ Heman	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sam McDowell	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bill Dailey	12	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Joe Schaffernoth	15	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	1953	6252	5609	737	1493	257	39	150	682	34	11	492	720	.266	.326	.406	.732	2278	133	28	73	50	33

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	Inn.	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%
Vic Power	1B	141	139	1246.0	1154	142	8	101	.994	9.361	9.191	0	0	0	0
Tito Francona	1B	14	13	112.7	106	6	4	9	.966	8.947	8.000	0	0	0	0
Hal Jones	1B	10	9	83.0	73	3	2	12	.974	8.241	7.600	0	0	0	0
Johnny Temple	2B	129	129	1111.3	239	317	18	79	.969	4.503	4.310	0	0	0	0
Ken Aspromonte	2B	21	14	151.0	29	50	3	8	.963	4.709	3.762	0	0	0	0
Miguel de la Hoz	2B	17	11	116.3	25	38	2	2	.969	4.874	3.706	0	0	0	0
Vic Power	2B	7	7	60.0	20	22	2	7	.955	6.300	6.000	0	0	0	0
Jack Kubiszyn	2B	2	0	5.0	1	3	0	0	1.000	7.200	2.000	0	0	0	0
Bubba Phillips	3B	143	143	1273.0	188	246	19	23	.958	3.068	3.035	0	0	0	0
Miguel de la Hoz	3B	16	10	100.7	13	18	1	2	.969	2.772	1.938	0	0	0	0
Jack Kubiszyn	3B	8	8	70.0	8	18	0	0	1.000	3.343	3.250	0	0	0	0
John Romano	C	141	140	1232.7	752	58	9	8	.989	5.914	5.745	10	41	48	31	39.2
Valmy Thomas	C	27	21	211.0	151	17	2	6	.988	7.166	6.222	4	3	5	8	61.5
Tito Francona	OF	138	134	1189.0	289	5	4	1	.987	2.225	2.130	0	0	0	0
Willie Kirkland	OF	138	130	1177.7	290	12	8	5	.974	2.308	2.188	0	0	0	0
Jim Piersall	OF	120	119	1036.3	328	9	3	3	.991	2.927	2.808	0	0	0	0
Chuck Essegian	OF	49	40	353.0	85	5	3	1	.968	2.295	1.837	0	0	0	0
Don Dillard	OF	39	24	257.0	68	0	0	0	1.000	2.381	1.744	0	0	0	0
Ty Cline	OF	12	11	97.0	19	0	0	0	1.000	1.763	1.583	0	0	0	0
Bob Nieman	OF	12	11	83.0	23	1	1	0	.960	2.602	2.000	0	0	0	0
Walt Bond	OF	12	7	74.0	17	1	0	0	1.000	2.189	1.500	0	0	0	0
Al Luplow	OF	5	5	44.0	9	2	0	1	1.000	2.250	2.200	0	0	0	0
Joe Morgan	OF	2	2	20.0	6	0	0	0	1.000	2.700	3.000	0	0	0	0
Mudcat Grant	P	35	35	244.7	25	36	2	4	.968	2.244	1.743	0	0	0	0
Gary Bell	P	34	34	228.3	26	24	1	1	.980	1.971	1.471	0	0	0	0
Jim Perry	P	35	35	223.7	17	37	5	5	.915	2.173	1.543	0	0	0	0
Barry Latman	P	45	18	176.7	10	13	2	2	.920	1.172	.511	0	0	0	0
Wynn Hawkins	P	30	21	133.0	11	18	3	1	.906	1.962	.967	0	0	0	0
Bobby Locke	P	37	4	95.3	9	20	0	0	1.000	2.738	.784	0	0	0	0
Frank Funk	P	56	0	92.3	14	11	2	0	.926	2.437	.446	0	0	0	0
Bob Allen	P	48	0	81.7	4	14	0	0	1.000	1.984	.375	0	0	0	0
Dick Stigman	P	22	6	64.3	2	12	0	0	1.000	1.959	.636	0	0	0	0
Johnny Antonelli	P	11	7	48.0	1	11	1	2	.923	2.250	1.091	0	0	0	0
Bill Dailey	P	12	0	19.0	2	5	0	0	1.000	3.316	.583	0	0	0	0
Joe Schaffernoth	P	15	0	17.0	1	6	1	0	.875	3.706	.467	0	0	0	0
Russ Heman	P	6	0	10.0	1	2	0	0	1.000	2.700	.500	0	0	0	0
Sam McDowell	P	1	1	6.3	0	2	0	0	1.000	2.842	2.000	0	0	0	0
Steve Hamilton	P	2	0	3.3	1	1	0	0	1.000	5.400	1.000	0	0	0	0
Woodie Held	SS	144	143	1279.7	258	393	27	90	.960	4.579	4.521	0	0	0	0
Miguel de la Hoz	SS	17	17	147.0	39	60	6	6	.943	6.061	5.824	0	0	0	0
Jack Kubiszyn	SS	7	1	17.0	6	7	0	3	1.000	6.882	1.857	0	0	0	0
Totals		1760	1449	12991.0	4320	1645	139	382	.977	4.132	3.389	14	44	53	39	42.4

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