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AL · 61–100 (.379) · Rank 9 · Attendance 683817

Batting

Player	G	AB	H	HR	RBI	SB	BA	OPS
Dick Howser	158	611	171	3	45	37	.280	.739
Jerry Lumpe	148	569	167	3	54	1	.293	.740
Norm Siebern	153	560	166	18	98	2	.296	.859
Leo Posada	116	344	87	7	53	0	.253	.687
Haywood Sullivan	117	331	80	6	40	1	.242	.689
Wayne Causey	104	312	86	8	49	0	.276	.752
Deron Johnson	83	283	61	8	42	0	.216	.612
Joe Pignatano	92	243	59	4	22	2	.243	.705
Bobby Del Greco	74	239	55	5	21	1	.230	.677
Gene Stephens	62	183	38	4	26	3	.208	.596
Jay Hankins	76	173	32	3	6	2	.185	.497
Jim Rivera	64	141	34	2	10	6	.241	.692
Marv Throneberry	40	130	31	6	24	0	.238	.744
Andy Carey	39	123	30	3	11	0	.244	.734
Lou Klimchock	57	121	26	1	16	0	.215	.533
Reno Bertoia	39	120	29	0	13	1	.242	.544
Hank Bauer	43	106	28	3	18	1	.264	.715
Bill Tuttle	25	84	22	0	8	0	.262	.666
Joe Nuxhall	56	65	19	2	13	0	.292	.798
Jerry Walker	45	64	16	0	7	0	.250	.565
Jim Archer	39	63	4	0	2	0	.063	.170
Al Pilarcik	35	60	12	0	9	1	.200	.519
Norm Bass	41	59	7	1	6	0	.119	.302
Bob Shaw	28	55	11	0	0	0	.200	.400
Bob Boyd	26	48	11	0	9	0	.229	.511
Wes Covington	17	44	7	1	6	0	.159	.487
Frank Cipriani	13	36	9	0	2	0	.250	.539
Ed Rakow	45	29	3	0	2	0	.103	.232
Ray Herbert	13	28	3	0	4	0	.107	.281
Charlie Shoemaker	7	26	10	0	1	0	.385	.891
Gordon MacKenzie	11	24	3	0	1	0	.125	.285
Ozzie Virgil	11	21	3	0	0	0	.143	.286
Don Larsen	18	20	6	1	4	0	.300	.783
Billy Bryan	9	19	3	1	2	0	.158	.554
Bud Daley	16	18	2	0	1	0	.111	.311
Lew Krausse	13	17	2	0	0	0	.118	.285
Art Ditmar	20	12	2	0	1	0	.167	.398
Bobby Prescott	10	12	1	0	0	0	.083	.297
Bill Kunkel	58	8	1	0	0	0	.125	.347
Chuck Essegian	4	6	2	0	1	0	.333	.929
Mickey McDermott	7	5	1	0	1	0	.200	.733
Stan Johnson	3	3	0	0	0	0	.000	.400
Dave Wickersham	17	3	2	0	3	0	.667	1.667
Bill Fischer	15	2	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
Clint Courtney	1	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
Ken Johnson	6	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
Gerry Staley	23	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.500
Paul Giel	1	0	0	0	0	0
Ed Keegan	6	0	0	0	0	0
Bill Kirk	1	0	0	0	0	0
Dan Pfister	2	0	0	0	0	0
John Wyatt	5	0	0	0	0	0

Pitching

Player	W	L	ERA	G	SV	SO	WHIP
Jim Archer	9	15	3.20	39	5	110	1.286
Norm Bass	11	11	4.69	40	0	74	1.441
Jerry Walker	8	14	4.82	36	2	56	1.530
Bob Shaw	9	10	4.31	26	0	60	1.483
Joe Nuxhall	5	8	5.34	37	1	81	1.562
Ed Rakow	2	8	4.76	45	1	81	1.444
Bill Kunkel	3	4	5.18	58	4	46	1.523
Ray Herbert	3	6	5.38	13	0	34	1.590
Bud Daley	4	8	4.95	16	1	36	1.665
Lew Krausse	2	5	4.85	12	0	32	1.707
Art Ditmar	0	5	5.67	20	1	19	1.537
Gerry Staley	1	1	3.60	23	2	16	1.400
Bill Fischer	1	0	3.86	15	2	12	1.524
Dave Wickersham	2	1	5.14	17	2	10	1.429
Don Larsen	1	0	4.20	8	0	13	2.133
Ken Johnson	0	4	10.61	6	0	4	1.929
John Wyatt	0	0	2.45	5	1	6	1.636
Ed Keegan	0	0	4.50	6	1	3	1.833
Mickey McDermott	0	0	14.29	4	0	3	4.235
Bill Kirk	0	0	12.00	1	0	3	2.333
Dan Pfister	0	0	15.43	2	0	3	3.857
Paul Giel	0	0	37.80	1	0	1	5.400

Schedule (162 games)

Date	Opponent	Result
1961-04-11	@ BOS	W 5–2
1961-04-15	@ NYA	L 3–5
1961-04-17	@ NYA	L 0–3
1961-04-21	vs CLE	L 3–5
1961-04-22	vs CLE	W 5–2
1961-04-23	vs CLE	L 8–10
1961-04-24	vs MIN	L 6–10
1961-04-25	vs MIN	W 20–2
1961-04-27	vs CHA	L 1–9
1961-04-28	vs CHA	L 2–4
1961-04-29	vs CHA	W 13–9
1961-04-30	@ LAA	L 4–6
1961-04-30	@ LAA	W 3–2
1961-05-02	vs BOS	W 7–4
1961-05-03	vs BOS	W 9–8
1961-05-06	vs BAL	L 0–6
1961-05-07	vs BAL	W 5–4
1961-05-09	vs NYA	W 5–4
1961-05-10	vs NYA	L 4–9
1961-05-12	@ CHA	L 1–2
1961-05-13	@ CHA	L 1–10
1961-05-14	@ CHA	L 1–6
1961-05-14	@ CHA	W 5–3
1961-05-15	vs LAA	W 5–3
1961-05-16	vs LAA	W 6–4
1961-05-18	@ MIN	W 4–3
1961-05-19	@ MIN	L 1–11
1961-05-20	@ MIN	L 0–2
1961-05-21	vs DET	L 3–5
1961-05-22	vs DET	L 2–10
1961-05-23	vs WS2	L 3–7
1961-05-24	vs WS2	W 6–5
1961-05-25	vs WS2	W 4–3
1961-05-27	@ CLE	W 7–5
1961-05-28	@ CLE	L 1–9
1961-05-28	@ CLE	W 8–4
1961-05-30	@ DET	L 3–5
1961-05-30	@ DET	W 9–3
1961-05-31	@ DET	W 6–4
1961-06-01	@ DET	T 4–4
1961-06-02	@ WS2	L 4–12
1961-06-03	@ WS2	W 8–0
1961-06-04	@ WS2	W 8–5
1961-06-05	@ BOS	L 2–6
1961-06-05	@ BOS	W 10–6
1961-06-06	@ BOS	L 3–5
1961-06-07	@ BOS	L 2–6
1961-06-08	@ NYA	L 1–6
1961-06-08	@ NYA	W 9–6
1961-06-09	@ NYA	L 6–8
1961-06-10	@ NYA	L 3–5
1961-06-11	@ CLE	L 3–7
1961-06-11	@ CLE	L 3–4
1961-06-12	@ CLE	W 7–5
1961-06-13	@ MIN	L 6–8
1961-06-14	@ MIN	W 9–2
1961-06-15	@ MIN	L 3–4
1961-06-16	vs LAA	W 4–0
1961-06-17	vs LAA	L 0–3
1961-06-18	vs LAA	L 3–5
1961-06-19	vs NYA	W 4–3
1961-06-20	vs NYA	L 2–6
1961-06-21	vs NYA	L 3–5
1961-06-22	vs NYA	L 3–8
1961-06-23	vs BOS	L 4–5
1961-06-24	vs BOS	W 9–3
1961-06-25	vs BOS	L 4–7
1961-06-25	vs BOS	W 3–2
1961-06-27	vs BAL	L 3–5
1961-06-27	vs BAL	L 2–7
1961-06-28	vs BAL	L 4–5
1961-06-29	vs BAL	L 2–6
1961-06-30	vs MIN	L 2–8
1961-07-01	vs MIN	L 3–9
1961-07-02	vs MIN	W 8–7
1961-07-03	@ LAA	L 3–5
1961-07-04	@ LAA	L 5–12
1961-07-04	@ LAA	L 5–7
1961-07-05	vs CHA	W 8–3
1961-07-06	vs CHA	L 3–4
1961-07-07	@ BAL	L 2–6
1961-07-07	@ BAL	L 0–5
1961-07-08	@ BAL	L 2–7
1961-07-09	@ BAL	L 0–8
1961-07-14	@ WS2	W 8–3
1961-07-14	@ WS2	W 9–7
1961-07-15	@ WS2	L 1–7
1961-07-16	@ DET	L 1–11
1961-07-16	@ DET	L 3–8
1961-07-17	@ DET	L 4–7
1961-07-18	@ CHA	L 3–4
1961-07-19	@ CHA	L 5–6
1961-07-21	vs DET	W 3–2
1961-07-23	vs DET	L 4–6
1961-07-23	vs DET	L 14–17
1961-07-25	vs CLE	W 3–2
1961-07-26	vs CLE	L 5–12
1961-07-27	vs CLE	W 2–1
1961-07-28	vs WS2	L 6–10
1961-07-29	vs WS2	W 2–1
1961-07-30	vs WS2	L 0–4
1961-08-02	@ NYA	L 5–6
1961-08-02	@ NYA	L 5–12
1961-08-03	@ NYA	W 6–1
1961-08-04	@ BOS	W 5–0
1961-08-05	@ BOS	L 4–10
1961-08-06	@ BOS	L 2–4
1961-08-06	@ BOS	W 1–0
1961-08-07	@ BAL	L 4–5
1961-08-08	@ BAL	L 0–7
1961-08-08	@ BAL	W 6–5
1961-08-09	@ BAL	W 2–1
1961-08-10	@ BAL	L 0–8
1961-08-11	@ CHA	L 0–1
1961-08-12	@ CHA	L 1–2
1961-08-13	@ CHA	L 3–9
1961-08-14	@ MIN	L 2–6
1961-08-15	@ MIN	L 4–9
1961-08-16	@ MIN	W 12–7
1961-08-18	vs CHA	W 3–1
1961-08-19	vs CHA	L 3–5
1961-08-20	vs CHA	L 3–5
1961-08-20	vs CHA	L 0–7
1961-08-22	vs BAL	W 3–2
1961-08-23	vs BAL	L 5–7
1961-08-24	vs BAL	W 5–3
1961-08-25	vs NYA	L 0–3
1961-08-26	vs NYA	L 1–5
1961-08-27	vs NYA	L 7–8
1961-08-28	vs BOS	L 3–4
1961-08-29	vs BOS	L 4–8
1961-08-30	vs BOS	L 3–9
1961-08-31	@ LAA	W 17–3
1961-08-31	@ LAA	W 6–5
1961-09-01	@ LAA	L 4–6
1961-09-02	@ LAA	L 3–6
1961-09-04	vs LAA	L 3–4
1961-09-04	vs LAA	W 13–7
1961-09-05	vs LAA	W 7–3
1961-09-05	vs LAA	W 13–12
1961-09-08	vs MIN	W 6–4
1961-09-09	vs MIN	L 4–5
1961-09-10	vs MIN	W 13–1
1961-09-10	vs MIN	L 0–7
1961-09-12	@ DET	L 1–3
1961-09-13	@ DET	L 0–8
1961-09-14	@ DET	W 5–2
1961-09-15	@ WS2	L 1–3
1961-09-16	@ WS2	L 0–3
1961-09-17	@ WS2	W 3–2
1961-09-19	@ CLE	W 6–0
1961-09-19	@ CLE	L 2–6
1961-09-20	@ CLE	W 4–2
1961-09-22	vs CLE	W 4–3
1961-09-23	vs CLE	L 5–9
1961-09-25	vs DET	L 4–6
1961-09-25	vs DET	W 6–3
1961-09-26	vs DET	W 8–5
1961-09-27	vs DET	L 2–10
1961-09-29	vs WS2	L 0–2
1961-09-30	vs WS2	L 4–5
1961-10-01	vs WS2	W 3–2