1961 Kansas City Athletics Statistics

American League (AL)
Team Record: 61-100
Finished 9th in the AL
Attendance: 683,817, Avg. 9,450
Ballpark: Municipal Stadium I
Manager: Joe Gordon (26-33)
Manager: Hank Bauer (35-67)
Location: Kansas City, Kansas

1961 Kansas City Athletics Roster
1961 Kansas City Athletics Results

The Kansas City Athletics of the American League ended the 1961 season with a record of 61 wins and 100 losses, finishing ninth in the AL.

The Athletics scored 683 runs and surrendered 863 runs, most in the circuit. Norm Siebern led Kansas City with 18 home runs and drove in 98 runs, while leading batters with significant playing time with a .296 average. Norm Bass topped the squad with 11 wins, and Jim Archer recorded a 3.20 ERA, best among regularly-used pitchers.

Joe Gordon and Hank Bauer 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
Norm Bass	11	11	.500	4.69	40	23	9	6	2	0	170.7	164	98	89	17	82	0	74	4	0	5	744
Bob Shaw	9	10	.474	4.31	26	24	1	6	0	0	150.3	165	87	72	13	58	2	60	7	0	4	672
Jim Archer	9	15	.375	3.20	39	27	7	9	2	5	205.3	204	99	73	11	60	6	110	5	4	2	879
Jerry Walker	8	14	.364	4.82	36	24	10	4	0	2	168.0	161	100	90	23	96	2	56	10	0	9	758
Joe Nuxhall	5	8	.385	5.34	37	13	9	1	0	1	128.0	135	81	76	12	65	2	81	3	1	6	580
Bud Daley	4	8	.333	4.95	16	10	4	2	0	1	63.7	84	46	35	6	22	2	36	5	0	0	296
Bill Kunkel	3	4	.429	5.18	58	2	26	0	0	4	88.7	103	58	51	11	32	2	46	0	0	8	396
Ray Herbert	3	6	.333	5.38	13	12	0	1	0	0	83.7	103	56	50	10	30	1	34	2	1	0	381
Dave Wickersham	2	1	.667	5.14	17	0	11	0	0	2	21.0	25	12	12	0	5	1	10	2	0	1	90
Lew Krausse	2	5	.286	4.85	12	8	1	2	1	0	55.7	49	33	30	3	46	0	32	1	0	2	255
Ed Rakow	2	8	.200	4.76	45	11	8	1	0	1	124.7	131	80	66	14	49	1	81	8	0	8	556
Bill Fischer	1	0	1.000	3.86	15	0	10	0	0	2	21.0	26	9	9	2	6	0	12	0	0	1	89
Don Larsen	1	0	1.000	4.20	8	1	5	0	0	0	15.0	21	9	7	2	11	0	13	1	0	2	75
Gerry Staley	1	1	.500	3.60	23	0	15	0	0	2	30.0	32	15	12	4	10	1	16	2	0	3	132
John Wyatt	0	0		2.45	5	0	5	0	0	1	7.3	8	3	2	0	4	0	6	1	0	1	35
Ed Keegan	0	0		4.50	6	0	5	0	0	1	6.0	6	5	3	0	5	0	3	0	0	1	28
Bill Kirk	0	0		12.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.0	6	4	4	2	1	0	3	0	0	0	17
Mickey McDermott	0	0		14.29	4	0	1	0	0	0	5.7	14	12	9	0	10	0	3	0	1	3	41
Dan Pfister	0	0		15.43	2	0	0	0	0	0	2.3	5	4	4	2	4	0	3	0	0	1	16
Paul Giel	0	0		37.80	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.7	6	7	7	1	3	0	1	0	0	0	13
Ken Johnson	0	4	.000	10.61	6	1	1	0	0	0	9.3	11	11	11	2	7	0	4	0	0	0	45
Art Ditmar	0	5	.000	5.67	20	5	2	0	0	1	54.0	60	34	34	6	23	1	19	2	0	1	242
Totals	61	100	.379	4.74	430	162	130	32	5	23	1415.0	1519	863	746	141	629	21	703	53	7	58	6340

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
Dick Howser	158	719	611	108	171	29	6	3	45	37	9	92	38	.280	.377	.362	.739	221	8	5	8	3	0
Jerry Lumpe	148	627	569	81	167	29	9	3	54	1	0	48	39	.293	.348	.392	.740	223	10	2	4	4	0
Norm Siebern	153	649	560	68	166	36	5	18	98	2	4	82	91	.296	.384	.475	.859	266	4	1	0	6	3
Leo Posada	116	400	344	37	87	10	4	7	53	0	0	36	84	.253	.321	.366	.687	126	8	4	4	12	1
Wayne Causey	104	361	312	37	86	14	1	8	49	0	0	37	28	.276	.348	.404	.752	126	5	0	8	4	0
Haywood Sullivan	117	379	331	42	80	16	2	6	40	1	0	46	45	.242	.333	.356	.690	118	9	0	1	1	0
Deron Johnson	83	303	283	31	61	11	3	8	42	0	1	14	44	.216	.252	.360	.612	102	9	1	1	4	1
Joe Pignatano	92	292	243	31	59	10	3	4	22	2	2	36	42	.243	.347	.358	.705	87	0	4	7	2	2
Bobby Del Greco	74	276	239	34	55	14	1	5	21	1	0	30	31	.230	.317	.360	.677	86	4	1	5	1	2
Gene Stephens	62	203	183	22	38	6	1	4	26	3	2	16	27	.208	.279	.317	.596	58	2	2	2	0	0
Jim Rivera	64	165	141	20	34	8	0	2	10	6	2	24	14	.241	.352	.340	.692	48	3	0	0	0	0
Jay Hankins	76	190	173	23	32	0	3	3	6	2	0	8	17	.185	.225	.272	.497	47	3	1	8	0	0
Marv Throneberry	40	150	130	17	31	2	1	6	24	0	0	19	30	.238	.336	.408	.743	53	4	0	1	0	1
Andy Carey	39	142	123	20	30	6	2	3	11	0	0	15	23	.244	.336	.398	.734	49	3	2	2	0	0
Reno Bertoia	39	137	120	12	29	2	0	0	13	1	0	9	15	.242	.286	.258	.544	31	6	0	4	4	0
Hank Bauer	43	118	106	11	28	3	1	3	18	1	0	9	8	.264	.319	.396	.715	42	1	0	2	1	0
Lou Klimchock	57	128	121	8	26	4	1	1	16	0	0	5	13	.215	.244	.289	.533	35	1	0	1	1	0
Bill Tuttle	25	95	84	15	22	2	2	0	8	0	0	9	9	.262	.333	.333	.667	28	2	0	2	0	0
Joe Nuxhall	56	76	65	5	19	2	1	2	13	0	0	6	18	.292	.352	.446	.798	29	2	0	5	0	0
Jerry Walker	45	68	64	6	16	2	0	0	7	0	0	3	9	.250	.284	.281	.565	18	1	0	1	0	0
Al Pilarcik	35	69	60	9	12	1	1	0	9	1	0	6	7	.200	.269	.250	.519	15	3	0	2	1	0
Bob Boyd	26	50	48	7	11	2	0	0	9	0	2	1	2	.229	.240	.271	.511	13	1	0	0	1	0
Bob Shaw	28	56	55	5	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	.200	.200	.200	.400	11	2	0	1	0	0
Charlie Shoemaker	7	28	26	5	10	2	0	0	1	0	0	2	2	.385	.429	.462	.890	12	1	0	0	0	0
Frank Cipriani	13	38	36	2	9	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	4	.250	.289	.250	.539	9	1	0	0	0	0
Wes Covington	17	50	44	3	7	0	0	1	6	0	0	4	7	.159	.260	.227	.487	10	2	2	0	0	0
Norm Bass	41	63	59	4	7	0	0	1	6	0	0	1	34	.119	.133	.169	.303	10	0	0	3	0	0
Don Larsen	18	22	20	2	6	0	0	1	4	0	0	1	5	.300	.333	.450	.783	9	0	0	1	0	0
Jim Archer	39	72	63	2	4	1	0	0	2	0	0	2	19	.063	.091	.079	.170	5	0	0	6	1	0
Billy Bryan	9	21	19	2	3	0	0	1	2	0	0	2	7	.158	.238	.316	.554	6	1	0	0	0	0
Ozzie Virgil	11	21	21	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.143	.143	.143	.286	3	5	0	0	0	0
Gordon MacKenzie	11	25	24	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	6	.125	.160	.125	.285	3	1	0	0	0	0
Ray Herbert	13	31	28	1	3	1	0	0	4	0	0	1	5	.107	.138	.143	.281	4	0	0	2	0	0
Ed Rakow	45	34	29	4	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	10	.103	.129	.103	.232	3	1	0	3	1	0
Dave Wickersham	17	3	3	1	2	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	.667	.667	1.000	1.667	3	0	0	0	0	0
Chuck Essegian	4	7	6	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	.333	.429	.500	.929	3	0	0	0	0	0
Art Ditmar	20	14	12	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	.167	.231	.167	.397	2	0	0	1	0	0
Lew Krausse	13	19	17	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	8	.118	.167	.118	.284	2	0	0	1	0	0
Bud Daley	16	21	18	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	2	.111	.200	.111	.311	2	2	0	1	0	0
Mickey McDermott	7	6	5	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	.200	.333	.400	.733	2	0	0	0	0	0
Bill Kunkel	58	10	8	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	.125	.222	.125	.347	1	0	0	1	0	0
Bobby Prescott	10	14	12	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	.083	.214	.083	.298	1	1	0	0	0	0
Stan Johnson	3	5	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	.000	.400	.000	.400	0	1	0	0	0	0
Gerry Staley	23	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.500	.000	.500	0	0	0	0	0	0
Clint Courtney	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bill Fischer	15	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0
Ken Johnson	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dan Pfister	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Bill Kirk	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Ed Keegan	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Paul Giel	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
John Wyatt	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	2112	6164	5423	683	1342	216	47	90	631	58	22	580	770	.247	.320	.354	.675	1922	107	25	89	47	10

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	Inn.	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%
Norm Siebern	1B	109	107	929.3	907	76	11	88	.989	9.520	9.018	0	0	0	0
Marv Throneberry	1B	30	26	235.0	241	25	1	31	.996	1.187	8.867	0	0	0	0
Haywood Sullivan	1B	16	10	94.7	101	12	2	12	.983	1.743	7.063	0	0	0	0
Lou Klimchock	1B	11	10	82.0	78	4	2	4	.976	9.000	7.455	0	0	0	0
Bob Boyd	1B	8	7	55.0	44	2	0	4	1.000	7.527	5.750	0	0	0	0
Deron Johnson	1B	3	2	19.0	11	2	0	2	1.000	6.158	4.333	0	0	0	0
Jerry Lumpe	2B	147	146	1271.0	403	426	18	105	.979	5.870	5.639	0	0	0	0
Charlie Shoemaker	2B	6	6	53.0	17	18	0	3	1.000	5.943	5.833	0	0	0	0
Wayne Causey	2B	9	4	47.0	17	10	1	2	.964	5.170	3.000	0	0	0	0
Reno Bertoia	2B	6	6	43.0	12	13	0	5	1.000	5.233	4.167	0	0	0	0
Lou Klimchock	2B	1	0	1.0	0	1	0	0	1.000	9.000	1.000	0	0	0	0
Wayne Causey	3B	88	77	655.3	102	193	14	20	.955	4.051	3.352	0	0	0	0
Andy Carey	3B	39	35	310.0	32	70	6	12	.944	2.961	2.615	0	0	0	0
Reno Bertoia	3B	29	29	244.3	27	70	6	6	.942	3.573	3.345	0	0	0	0
Deron Johnson	3B	19	14	141.0	17	43	3	5	.952	3.830	3.158	0	0	0	0
Lou Klimchock	3B	6	5	42.0	3	6	4	0	.692	1.929	1.500	0	0	0	0
Ozzie Virgil	3B	4	2	21.0	2	7	2	1	.818	3.857	2.250	0	0	0	0
Joe Pignatano	3B	2	0	1.3	1	0	0	0	1.000	6.750	.500	0	0	0	0
Haywood Sullivan	C	88	78	689.3	387	32	7	7	.984	5.471	4.761	9	22	26	17	39.5
Joe Pignatano	C	83	74	629.7	379	35	9	7	.979	5.917	4.988	7	25	22	13	37.1
Gordon MacKenzie	C	7	5	47.0	22	3	0	2	1.000	4.787	3.571	0	1	2	0	0.0
Billy Bryan	C	4	4	34.0	16	1	0	0	1.000	4.500	4.250	1	1	0	0
Ozzie Virgil	C	3	1	15.0	8	1	0	0	1.000	5.400	3.000	0	3	2	0	0.0
Leo Posada	OF	102	93	805.3	205	8	6	0	.973	2.380	2.088	0	0	0	0
Bobby Del Greco	OF	73	67	584.3	168	8	3	2	.983	2.711	2.411	0	0	0	0
Deron Johnson	OF	59	56	467.3	104	6	6	0	.948	2.118	1.864	0	0	0	0
Gene Stephens	OF	54	47	409.3	114	6	4	4	.968	2.638	2.222	0	0	0	0
Jay Hankins	OF	65	42	407.0	97	1	3	0	.970	2.167	1.508	0	0	0	0
Norm Siebern	OF	47	44	359.0	83	3	1	1	.989	2.156	1.830	0	0	0	0
Jim Rivera	OF	43	34	299.7	51	0	1	0	.981	1.532	1.186	0	0	0	0
Hank Bauer	OF	35	24	223.0	44	2	2	0	.958	1.857	1.314	0	0	0	0
Bill Tuttle	OF	25	23	199.0	58	0	3	0	.951	2.623	2.320	0	0	0	0
Al Pilarcik	OF	21	12	113.3	31	2	0	1	1.000	2.621	1.571	0	0	0	0
Wes Covington	OF	12	11	91.0	14	0	0	0	1.000	1.385	1.167	0	0	0	0
Frank Cipriani	OF	11	8	79.0	20	0	0	0	1.000	2.278	1.818	0	0	0	0
Marv Throneberry	OF	10	10	78.7	16	0	0	0	1.000	1.831	1.600	0	0	0	0
Lou Klimchock	OF	7	7	57.0	11	0	0	0	1.000	1.737	1.571	0	0	0	0
Haywood Sullivan	OF	5	3	28.0	6	0	1	0	.857	1.929	1.200	0	0	0	0
Bobby Prescott	OF	2	2	18.0	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Don Larsen	OF	1	1	9.0	3	0	0	0	1.000	3.000	3.000	0	0	0	0
Chuck Essegian	OF	1	1	9.0	4	0	0	0	1.000	4.000	4.000	0	0	0	0
Stan Johnson	OF	2	1	8.0	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Jim Archer	P	39	27	205.3	6	36	2	2	.955	1.841	1.077	0	0	0	0
Norm Bass	P	40	23	170.7	5	17	2	2	.917	1.160	.550	0	0	0	0
Jerry Walker	P	36	24	168.0	9	31	0	4	1.000	2.143	1.111	0	0	0	0
Bob Shaw	P	26	24	150.3	15	23	2	2	.950	2.275	1.462	0	0	0	0
Joe Nuxhall	P	37	13	128.0	10	13	3	1	.885	1.617	.622	0	0	0	0
Ed Rakow	P	45	11	124.7	12	19	1	3	.969	2.238	.689	0	0	0	0
Bill Kunkel	P	58	2	88.7	10	13	3	2	.885	2.335	.397	0	0	0	0
Ray Herbert	P	13	12	83.7	6	15	0	0	1.000	2.259	1.615	0	0	0	0
Bud Daley	P	16	10	63.7	6	12	2	1	.900	2.545	1.125	0	0	0	0
Lew Krausse	P	12	8	55.7	1	4	1	0	.833	.808	.417	0	0	0	0
Art Ditmar	P	20	5	54.0	5	7	1	0	.923	2.000	.600	0	0	0	0
Gerry Staley	P	23	0	30.0	1	8	0	2	1.000	2.700	.391	0	0	0	0
Dave Wickersham	P	17	0	21.0	0	5	1	0	.833	2.143	.294	0	0	0	0
Bill Fischer	P	15	0	21.0	1	4	0	0	1.000	2.143	.333	0	0	0	0
Don Larsen	P	8	1	15.0	1	4	0	0	1.000	3.000	.625	0	0	0	0
Ken Johnson	P	6	1	9.3	1	4	0	0	1.000	4.821	.833	0	0	0	0
John Wyatt	P	5	0	7.3	0	2	1	0	.667	2.455	.400	0	0	0	0
Ed Keegan	P	6	0	6.0	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.500	.167	0	0	0	0
Mickey McDermott	P	4	0	5.7	1	0	1	0	.500	1.588	.250	0	0	0	0
Bill Kirk	P	1	1	3.0	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Dan Pfister	P	2	0	2.3	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Paul Giel	P	1	0	1.7	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Dick Howser	SS	157	156	1348.0	299	427	38	85	.950	4.847	4.624	0	0	0	0
Wayne Causey	SS	11	6	67.0	14	25	1	3	.975	5.239	3.545	0	0	0	0
Totals		1891	1458	12735.0	4260	1755	175	431	.972	4.251	3.181	17	52	52	30	36.6

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