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1961 Cincinnati Reds Statistics

1960 Season 1962 Season

Record: 93-61-0, Finished 1st in National League (Schedule and Results)

Postseason: Lost World Series (4-1) to New York Yankees

Manager: Fred Hutchinson (93-61)

General Manager: Bill DeWitt

Farm Director: Phil Seghi

Ballpark: Crosley Field

Attendance: 1,117,603 (4th of 8)

Park Factors: (Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.)
Multi-year: Batting - 101, Pitching - 100
One-year: Batting - 104, Pitching - 102

Pythagorean W-L: 83-71, 710 Runs, 653 Runs Allowed

National League Pennant

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Recent Game Results

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154. Oct 1, CIN (93-61) lost to PIT, 1-3

Top 12 Players

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Team Batting

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Team Batting
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	C	Jerry Zimmerman	26	76	222	204	8	42	5	0	0	10	1	1	11	21	.206	.252	.230	.483	29	47	10	2	4	1	0
2	1B	Gordy Coleman*	26	150	578	520	63	149	27	4	26	87	1	3	45	67	.287	.341	.504	.845	120	262	9	2	4	7	11
3	2B	Don Blasingame*	29	123	502	450	59	100	18	4	1	21	4	3	39	38	.222	.286	.287	.573	53	129	7	2	9	2	0
4	SS	Eddie Kasko	30	126	512	469	64	127	22	1	2	27	4	3	32	36	.271	.320	.335	.655	74	157	4	4	2	4	1
5	3B	Gene Freese	27	152	606	575	78	159	27	2	26	87	8	2	27	78	.277	.307	.466	.774	101	268	17	0	1	3	5
6	LF	Wally Post	31	99	306	282	44	83	16	3	20	57	0	1	22	61	.294	.346	.585	.932	141	165	7	1	0	1	1
7	CF	Vada Pinson*	22	154	660	607	101	208	34	8	16	87	23	10	39	63	.343	.379	.504	.883	131	306	9	1	4	8	1
8	RF	Frank Robinson	25	153	636	545	117	176	32	7	37	124	22	3	71	64	.323	.404	.611	1.015	164	333	15	10	0	10	23
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
9	OF	Gus Bell*	32	103	262	235	27	60	10	1	3	33	1	1	18	21	.255	.298	.345	.642	70	81	4	0	0	9	3
10	SS	Leo Cárdenas	22	74	216	198	23	61	18	1	5	24	1	0	15	39	.308	.353	.485	.838	119	96	5	0	1	2	1
11	LF	Jerry Lynch*	30	96	210	181	33	57	13	2	13	50	2	2	27	25	.315	.407	.624	1.031	168	113	2	1	1	0	6
12	C	Johnny Edwards*	23	52	165	145	14	27	5	0	2	14	1	0	18	28	.186	.279	.262	.541	45	38	3	1	0	1	4
13	2B	Elio Chacón	24	61	158	132	26	35	4	2	2	5	1	4	21	22	.265	.374	.371	.745	99	49	0	2	3	0	0
14	C	Bob Schmidt	28	27	79	70	4	9	0	0	1	4	0	0	8	14	.129	.218	.171	.389	5	12	5	0	1	0	1
15	1B	Dick Gernert	32	40	72	63	4	19	1	0	0	7	0	0	7	9	.302	.361	.317	.679	82	20	0	0	0	2	1
16	C	Darrell Johnson	32	20	56	54	3	17	2	0	1	6	0	0	1	2	.315	.321	.407	.729	92	22	1	0	0	1	0
17	C	Ed Bailey*	30	12	46	43	4	13	4	0	0	2	0	0	3	5	.302	.348	.395	.743	97	17	0	0	0	0	1
18	2B	Jim Baumer	30	10	25	24	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	.125	.125	.125	.250	-33	3	0	0	1	0	0
19	UT	Pete Whisenant	31	26	17	15	6	3	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	4	.200	.294	.200	.494	34	3	1	0	0	0	0
20	3B	Willie Jones	35	9	9	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	.000	.222	.000	.222	-34	0	0	0	0	0	0
21	OF	Joe Gaines	24	5	5	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	.000	.400	.000	.400	18	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	3B	Cliff Cook	24	4	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
23		Harry Anderson*	29	4	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500	33	1	0	0	0	0	0
24		Hal Bevan	30	3	3	3	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	.333	.333	1.333	1.667	314	4	0	0	0	0	0
25	LF	Claude Osteen*	21	6	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
26	P	Jim O'Toole#	24	39	101	93	7	16	1	0	0	6	0	0	3	29	.172	.206	.183	.389	4	17	5	1	4	0	0
27	P	Joey Jay#	25	34	93	89	3	8	3	0	0	5	0	0	2	29	.090	.110	.124	.233	-38	11	2	0	2	0	0
28	P	Bob Purkey	31	36	90	80	6	8	2	0	1	4	0	0	2	32	.100	.133	.163	.295	-22	13	2	1	7	0	0
29	P	Ken Hunt	22	29	44	39	0	7	2	0	0	3	0	0	2	19	.179	.220	.231	.450	20	9	0	0	3	0	0
30	P	Jim Maloney*	21	30	33	29	6	11	0	0	1	4	0	0	2	4	.379	.438	.483	.920	144	14	0	1	1	0	0
31	P	Ken Johnson	28	15	26	25	1	6	1	0	0	5	0	0	0	11	.240	.240	.280	.520	37	7	0	0	1	0	0
32	P	Jay Hook*	24	22	15	15	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.133	.133	.133	.267	-29	2	0	0	0	0	0
33	P	Jim Brosnan	31	53	15	13	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	6	.154	.214	.154	.368	0	2	1	0	1	0	0
34	P	Sherman Jones*	26	24	12	11	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.182	.250	.182	.432	17	2	0	0	0	0	0
35	P	Howie Nunn	25	24	8	8	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.250	.250	.250	.500	33	2	0	0	0	0	0
36	P	Bill Henry*	33	48	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
37	P	Marshall Bridges#	30	13	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
		Team Totals	26.9	154	5798	5243	710	1414	247	35	158	675	70	33	423	761	.270	.325	.421	.745	96	2205	109	29	50	51	59
		Rank in 8 NL teams				5	4	3	1	6	4		3	5	8	3	3	6	2	2		3		6		1
		Non-Pitcher Totals	26.9	154	5354	4834	684	1350	238	35	156	647	70	33	410	617	.279	.336	.440	.775	103	2126	99	26	31	51	59
		Pitcher Totals	25.9	154	444	409	26	64	9	0	2	28	0	0	13	144	.156	.188	.193	.381	1	79	10	3	19	0	0
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB

Team Pitching

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Team Pitching
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1	SP	Jim O'Toole*	24	19	9	.679	3.10	39	35	2	11	3	2	252.2	229	101	87	16	93	7	178	3	2	6	1061	130	3.13	1.274	8.2	0.6	3.3	6.3	1.91
2	SP	Joey Jay	25	21	10	.677	3.53	34	34	0	14	4	0	247.1	217	102	97	25	92	1	157	5	0	9	1032	114	3.80	1.249	7.9	0.9	3.3	5.7	1.71
3	SP	Bob Purkey	31	16	12	.571	3.73	36	34	2	13	1	1	246.1	245	118	102	27	51	4	116	6	0	7	1031	108	3.75	1.202	9.0	1.0	1.9	4.2	2.27
4	SP	Ken Hunt	22	9	10	.474	3.96	29	22	3	4	0	0	136.1	130	70	60	13	66	1	75	6	0	5	586	102	4.30	1.438	8.6	0.9	4.4	5.0	1.14
5	SP	Ken Johnson	28	6	2	.750	3.25	15	11	1	3	1	0	83.0	71	33	30	11	22	1	42	2	0	1	341	124	4.15	1.120	7.7	1.2	2.4	4.6	1.91
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
6	CL	Jim Brosnan	31	10	4	.714	3.04	53	0	34	0	0	16	80.0	77	34	27	7	18	3	40	0	1	1	335	133	3.39	1.188	8.7	0.8	2.0	4.5	2.22
7	RP	Jim Maloney	21	6	7	.462	4.37	27	11	4	1	0	2	94.2	86	54	46	16	59	4	57	1	0	5	424	93	5.47	1.532	8.2	1.5	5.6	5.4	0.97
8	RP	Sherman Jones	26	1	1	.500	4.42	24	2	9	0	0	3	55.0	51	32	27	6	27	6	32	2	2	3	239	92	4.41	1.418	8.3	1.0	4.4	5.2	1.19
9	RP	Bill Henry*	33	2	1	.667	2.19	47	0	32	0	0	16	53.1	50	18	13	8	15	4	53	0	0	0	224	185	3.38	1.219	8.4	1.4	2.5	8.9	3.53
10	RP	Howie Nunn	25	2	1	.667	3.58	24	0	12	0	0	0	37.2	35	17	15	0	24	4	26	1	0	1	170	114	3.18	1.566	8.4	0.0	5.7	6.2	1.08
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
11		Jay Hook	24	1	3	.250	7.76	22	5	3	0	0	0	62.2	83	55	54	14	22	2	36	5	0	1	291	52	5.62	1.676	11.9	2.0	3.2	5.2	1.64
12		Marshall Bridges*	30	0	1	.000	7.84	13	0	5	0	0	0	20.2	26	19	18	4	11	0	17	1	0	1	98	52	5.19	1.790	11.3	1.7	4.8	7.4	1.55
13		Claude Osteen*	21	0	0		0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		2.57	0.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
		Team Totals	26.2	93	61	.604	3.78	154	154	108	46	9	40	1370.0	1300	653	576	147	500	37	829	32	5	40	5833	107	3.92	1.314	8.5	1.0	3.3	5.4	1.66
		Rank in 8 NL teams		1	8		3				3	1	1	6	1	1	2	3	4		3
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W