1961 Toronto Maple Leafs Statistics
Team Record: 76-79
Finished 5th in the IL
Manager: Johnny Lipon (0-0), Tim Thompson (0-0)
Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Ballpark: Maple Leaf Stadium
Attendance: 150,960, Avg. 1,948
The Toronto Maple Leafs of the International League ended the 1961 season with a record of 76 wins and 79 losses, finishing fifth in the IL.
The Maple Leafs plated 637 runs and yielded 606 runs. Steve Demeter paced Toronto with 25 home runs, and Ellis Burton walloped 15 or more, too. Steve Demeter drove in 77 runs. Lou Johnson led hitters with significant playing time by connecting at a .286 clip. Steve Ridzik topped the squad with 12 wins, while Rip Coleman recorded a 2.42 ERA, leading regularly-used pitchers.
Members of the 1961 Toronto Maple Leafs who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Ron Negray, Steve Demeter, Lou Johnson, Ellis Burton, Billy Moran, Carl Mathias, Rudy Hernández, Ray Semproch, Jimmie Hall, Earl Hersh, Sparky Anderson, Pat Scantlebury, Fritz Brickell, Dave Pope, Tim Thompson, Faye Throneberry, Russ Heman, Ken Johnson, Bob Chakales, Steve Ridzik, Chuck Tanner, Lou Jackson, Herb Plews, Bob Smith, R C Stevens, Héctor Maestri, Raúl Sánchez, Cal Browning, Rip Coleman, Orlando Peña and Ken Hamlin.
Johnny Lipon and Tim Thompson served as manager.Click on column headings to sort.
Pitching:
Player | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Steve Ridzik | 12 | 11 | .522 | 3.89 | 40 | 22 | 6 | 1 | 171.0 | 154 | 84 | 74 | 17 | 76 | 3 | 119 | 10 | 0 | 6 | |||
Rip Coleman | 10 | 7 | .588 | 2.42 | 26 | 22 | 7 | 3 | 134.0 | 100 | 43 | 36 | 10 | 58 | 2 | 99 | 1 | 0 | 5 | |||
Bob Smith | 9 | 11 | .450 | 3.65 | 34 | 27 | 7 | 3 | 170.0 | 132 | 80 | 69 | 10 | 115 | 3 | 167 | 3 | 0 | 12 | |||
Ron Negray | 7 | 11 | .389 | 3.16 | 32 | 26 | 7 | 3 | 182.0 | 165 | 71 | 64 | 21 | 42 | 6 | 84 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||
Ken Johnson | 5 | 5 | .500 | 3.80 | 19 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 83.0 | 79 | 40 | 35 | 5 | 27 | 2 | 67 | 3 | 0 | 2 | |||
Cal Browning | 5 | 6 | .455 | 3.46 | 26 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 104.0 | 93 | 45 | 40 | 10 | 38 | 5 | 85 | 4 | 0 | 2 | |||
Carl Mathias | 5 | 6 | .455 | 3.53 | 24 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 107.0 | 112 | 48 | 42 | 7 | 36 | 4 | 62 | 0 | 0 | 9 | |||
Russ Heman | 4 | 3 | .571 | 5.12 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 58.0 | 63 | 38 | 33 | 7 | 23 | 9 | 43 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |||
Bob Chakales | 3 | 1 | .750 | 4.78 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 49.0 | 55 | 28 | 26 | 7 | 19 | 3 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
Rudy Hernández | 3 | 4 | .429 | 4.03 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 38.0 | 38 | 22 | 17 | 1 | 28 | 3 | 35 | 2 | 0 | 5 | |||
Pat Scantlebury | 2 | 4 | .333 | 3.43 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 76.0 | 54 | 33 | 29 | 9 | 30 | 8 | 60 | 2 | 1 | 8 | |||
Chuck Hickman | 1 | 2 | .333 | 2.40 | 3 | 3 | 15.0 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |||||||||
Orlando Peña | 13 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Héctor Maestri | 18 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Raúl Sánchez | 25 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Ray Semproch | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 0 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||
Totals | 66 | 71 | .482 | 3.55 | 382 | 146 | 0 | 40 | 15 | 0 | 1189.0 | 1064 | 537 | 469 | 104 | 500 | 48 | 838 | 30 | 2 | 52 | 0 |
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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Lou Johnson | 146 | 564 | 510 | 93 | 146 | 22 | 18 | 13 | 64 | 21 | 40 | 60 | .286 | .348 | .476 | .824 | 243 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 3 | ||
Lou Jackson | 143 | 510 | 474 | 60 | 127 | 15 | 5 | 9 | 58 | 13 | 21 | 69 | .268 | .304 | .378 | .681 | 179 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 0 | ||
Fritz Brickell | 108 | 413 | 381 | 40 | 117 | 21 | 1 | 9 | 46 | 0 | 21 | 46 | .307 | .343 | .438 | .781 | 167 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 1 | ||
Steve Demeter | 132 | 496 | 438 | 62 | 115 | 19 | 3 | 25 | 77 | 2 | 47 | 53 | .263 | .335 | .491 | .826 | 215 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 5 | ||
Ken Hamlin | 97 | 408 | 360 | 46 | 96 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 41 | 2 | 34 | 27 | .267 | .328 | .353 | .681 | 127 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | ||
Tim Thompson | 97 | 322 | 281 | 36 | 76 | 11 | 0 | 8 | 37 | 0 | 33 | 28 | .270 | .344 | .395 | .739 | 111 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | ||
Ellis Burton | 134 | 465 | 384 | 61 | 74 | 8 | 2 | 22 | 63 | 4 | 72 | 85 | .193 | .320 | .396 | .716 | 152 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 6 | ||
Billy Moran | 57 | 240 | 220 | 27 | 66 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 2 | 16 | 16 | .300 | .346 | .391 | .737 | 86 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | ||
Sparky Anderson | 97 | 318 | 275 | 30 | 66 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 5 | 34 | 38 | .240 | .324 | .302 | .626 | 83 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 1 | ||
R C Stevens | 67 | 269 | 239 | 35 | 58 | 10 | 0 | 12 | 32 | 1 | 27 | 48 | .243 | .320 | .435 | .755 | 104 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | ||
Joe Hannah | 99 | 293 | 262 | 28 | 52 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 21 | 0 | 29 | 51 | .198 | .278 | .305 | .584 | 80 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
Earl Hersh | 84 | 277 | 235 | 26 | 50 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 22 | 1 | 36 | 48 | .213 | .319 | .328 | .647 | 77 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | ||
Faye Throneberry | 52 | 207 | 190 | 15 | 49 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 24 | 0 | 16 | 37 | .258 | .316 | .368 | .684 | 70 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | ||
Chuck Tanner | 70 | 247 | 218 | 19 | 49 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 22 | 1 | 28 | 18 | .225 | .316 | .358 | .674 | 78 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Dave Pope | 30 | 61 | 50 | 8 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 6 | .240 | .345 | .400 | .745 | 20 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | ||
Steve Ridzik | 47 | 68 | 65 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 16 | .154 | .164 | .215 | .380 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
Rip Coleman | 28 | 53 | 47 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 23 | .149 | .149 | .298 | .447 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
Ron Negray | 34 | 71 | 61 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 12 | .115 | .169 | .131 | .300 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
Cal Browning | 27 | 38 | 31 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | .161 | .257 | .194 | .451 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
Herb Plews | 19 | 33 | 31 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | .161 | .212 | .226 | .438 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Pat Scantlebury | 46 | 16 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | .286 | .375 | .429 | .804 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Bob Chakales | 16 | 19 | 17 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .235 | .278 | .294 | .572 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
Rudy Hernández | 24 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .600 | .667 | .600 | 1.267 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
Ken Johnson | 20 | 29 | 27 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10 | .111 | .143 | .222 | .365 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
Bob Smith | 34 | 59 | 50 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 30 | .060 | .113 | .060 | .173 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
Carl Mathias | 24 | 38 | 33 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 12 | .061 | .139 | .061 | .199 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
Russ Heman | 39 | 14 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .000 | .083 | .000 | .083 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
Chuck Hickman | 3 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
Totals | 1774 | 5540 | 4914 | 623 | 1206 | 177 | 39 | 135 | 566 | 52 | 0 | 485 | 761 | .245 | .315 | .380 | .694 | 1866 | 0 | 29 | 73 | 39 | 43 |
Fielding:
Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
R C Stevens | 1B | 66 | 584 | 55 | 4 | 50 | .994 | 9.682 | ||||
Earl Hersh | 1B | 52 | 395 | 33 | 5 | 37 | .988 | 8.231 | ||||
Ellis Burton | 1B | 37 | 315 | 15 | 3 | 19 | .991 | 8.919 | ||||
Sparky Anderson | 2B | 86 | 189 | 203 | 6 | 40 | .985 | 4.558 | ||||
Fritz Brickell | 2B | 77 | 156 | 164 | 5 | 31 | .985 | 4.156 | ||||
Steve Demeter | 3B | 123 | 84 | 234 | 12 | 12 | .964 | 2.585 | ||||
Fritz Brickell | 3B | 29 | 20 | 45 | 6 | 4 | .915 | 2.241 | ||||
Tim Thompson | C | 87 | 465 | 50 | 1 | 1 | .998 | 5.920 | 4 | |||
Joe Hannah | C | 87 | 518 | 35 | 2 | 5 | .996 | 6.356 | 11 | |||
Lou Johnson | OF | 139 | 243 | 7 | 10 | 1 | .962 | 1.799 | ||||
Lou Jackson | OF | 129 | 251 | 4 | 7 | 0 | .973 | 1.977 | ||||
Ellis Burton | OF | 81 | 141 | 5 | 4 | 0 | .973 | 1.802 | ||||
Chuck Tanner | OF | 59 | 84 | 7 | 3 | 0 | .968 | 1.542 | ||||
Faye Throneberry | OF | 52 | 81 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .988 | 1.558 | ||||
Earl Hersh | OF | 22 | 31 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .971 | 1.500 | ||||
Dave Pope | OF | 16 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
Pat Scantlebury | P | 46 | 5 | 15 | 1 | 1 | .952 | .435 | ||||
Steve Ridzik | P | 40 | 14 | 22 | 2 | 0 | .947 | .900 | ||||
Russ Heman | P | 39 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .282 | ||||
Bob Smith | P | 34 | 10 | 18 | 1 | 1 | .966 | .824 | ||||
Ron Negray | P | 32 | 15 | 32 | 2 | 2 | .959 | 1.469 | ||||
Rip Coleman | P | 26 | 6 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .846 | ||||
Cal Browning | P | 26 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .423 | ||||
Carl Mathias | P | 24 | 3 | 31 | 3 | 1 | .919 | 1.417 | ||||
Rudy Hernández | P | 22 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 1 | .727 | .364 | ||||
Ken Johnson | P | 19 | 10 | 16 | 2 | 2 | .929 | 1.368 | ||||
Bob Chakales | P | 13 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 0 | .923 | .923 | ||||
Ken Hamlin | SS | 96 | 167 | 296 | 12 | 41 | .975 | 4.823 | ||||
Billy Moran | SS | 57 | 86 | 137 | 17 | 32 | .929 | 3.912 | ||||
Totals | 1616 | 3898 | 1475 | 114 | 281 | .979 | 3.325 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
Average attendance is based upon the number of actual home dates where known (most leagues from 1992 and later). Where the number of home dates is not known, the average is calculated using half the team's total games.
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