1961 Kansas City Athletics Statistics

Recent Game Results

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162. Oct 1, KCA (61-100) beat WSA, 3-2

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	Haywood Sullivan	30	117	379	331	42	80	16	2	6	40	1	0	46	45	.242	.333	.356	.690	85	118	9	0	1	1	0
2	1B	Norm Siebern*	27	153	649	560	68	166	36	5	18	98	2	4	82	91	.296	.384	.475	.859	129	266	4	1	0	6	3
3	2B	Jerry Lumpe*	28	148	627	569	81	167	29	9	3	54	1	0	48	39	.293	.348	.392	.740	98	223	10	2	4	4	0
4	SS	Dick Howser	25	158	719	611	108	171	29	6	3	45	37	9	92	38	.280	.377	.362	.739	99	221	8	5	8	3	0
5	3B	Wayne Causey*	24	104	361	312	37	86	14	1	8	49	0	0	37	28	.276	.348	.404	.752	101	126	5	0	8	4	0
6	LF	Leo Posada	27	116	400	344	37	87	10	4	7	53	0	0	36	84	.253	.321	.366	.687	84	126	8	4	4	12	1
7	CF	Bobby Del Greco	28	74	276	239	34	55	14	1	5	21	1	0	30	31	.230	.317	.360	.677	81	86	4	1	5	1	2
8	RF	Jim Rivera*	39	64	165	141	20	34	8	0	2	10	6	2	24	14	.241	.352	.340	.692	87	48	3	0	0	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
9	UT	Deron Johnson	22	83	303	283	31	61	11	3	8	42	0	1	14	44	.216	.252	.360	.612	62	102	9	1	1	4	1
10	C	Joe Pignatano	31	92	292	243	31	59	10	3	4	22	2	2	36	42	.243	.347	.358	.705	90	87	0	4	7	2	2
11	OF	Gene Stephens*	28	62	203	183	22	38	6	1	4	26	3	2	16	27	.208	.279	.317	.596	59	58	2	2	2	0	0
12	OF	Jay Hankins*	25	76	190	173	23	32	0	3	3	6	2	0	8	17	.185	.225	.272	.497	33	47	3	1	8	0	0
13	1B	Marv Throneberry*	27	40	150	130	17	31	2	1	6	24	0	0	19	30	.238	.336	.408	.743	98	53	4	0	1	0	1
14	3B	Andy Carey	29	39	143	123	20	30	6	2	3	11	0	0	15	23	.244	.336	.398	.734	96	49	3	2	2	0	0
15	3B	Reno Bertoia	26	39	137	120	12	29	2	0	0	13	1	0	9	15	.242	.286	.258	.544	47	31	6	0	4	4	0
16	UT	Lou Klimchock*	21	57	128	121	8	26	4	1	1	16	0	0	5	13	.215	.244	.289	.533	42	35	1	0	1	1	0
17	RF	Hank Bauer	38	43	118	106	11	28	3	1	3	18	1	0	9	8	.264	.319	.396	.715	91	42	1	0	2	1	0
18	CF	Bill Tuttle	31	25	95	84	15	22	2	2	0	8	0	0	9	9	.262	.333	.333	.667	79	28	2	0	2	0	0
19	RF	Al Pilarcik*	30	35	69	60	9	12	1	1	0	9	1	0	6	7	.200	.269	.250	.519	40	15	3	0	2	1	0
20	1B	Bob Boyd*	41	26	50	48	7	11	2	0	0	9	0	2	1	2	.229	.240	.271	.511	37	13	1	0	0	1	0
21	OF	Wes Covington*	29	17	50	44	3	7	0	0	1	6	0	0	4	7	.159	.260	.227	.487	32	10	2	2	0	0	0
22	RF	Frank Cipriani	20	13	38	36	2	9	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	4	.250	.289	.250	.539	46	9	1	0	0	0	0
23	2B	Charlie Shoemaker*	21	7	28	26	5	10	2	0	0	1	0	0	2	2	.385	.429	.462	.890	139	12	1	0	0	0	0
24	C	Gordon MacKenzie	23	11	25	24	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	6	.125	.160	.125	.285	-22	3	1	0	0	0	0
25	C	Billy Bryan*	22	9	21	19	2	3	0	0	1	2	0	0	2	7	.158	.238	.316	.554	47	6	1	0	0	0	0
26	UT	Ozzie Virgil	29	11	21	21	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.143	.143	.143	.286	-23	3	5	0	0	0	0
27	LF	Bobby Prescott	30	10	14	12	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	.083	.214	.083	.298	-17	1	1	0	0	0	0
28	LF	Chuck Essegian	29	4	7	6	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	.333	.429	.500	.929	148	3	0	0	0	0	0
29	RF	Stan Johnson*	24	3	5	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	.000	.400	.000	.400	18	0	1	0	0	0	0
30		Clint Courtney*	34	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	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
31	P	Joe Nuxhall*	32	56	76	65	5	19	2	1	2	13	0	0	6	18	.292	.352	.446	.798	112	29	2	0	5	0	0
32	P	Jim Archer	29	39	72	63	2	4	1	0	0	2	0	0	2	19	.063	.091	.079	.170	-54	5	0	0	6	1	0
33	P	Jerry Walker#	22	45	68	64	6	16	2	0	0	7	0	0	3	9	.250	.284	.281	.565	52	18	1	0	1	0	0
34	P	Norm Bass	22	41	63	59	4	7	0	0	1	6	0	0	1	34	.119	.133	.169	.303	-19	10	0	0	3	0	0
35	P	Bob Shaw	28	28	56	55	5	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	.200	.200	.200	.400	8	11	2	0	1	0	0
36	P	Ed Rakow#	26	45	34	29	4	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	10	.103	.129	.103	.232	-37	3	1	0	3	1	0
37	P	Ray Herbert	31	13	31	28	1	3	1	0	0	4	0	0	1	5	.107	.138	.143	.281	-25	4	0	0	2	0	0
38	P	Don Larsen	31	18	22	20	2	6	0	0	1	4	0	0	1	5	.300	.333	.450	.783	108	9	0	0	1	0	0
39	P	Bud Daley*	28	16	21	18	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	2	.111	.200	.111	.311	-14	2	2	0	1	0	0
40	P	Lew Krausse	18	13	19	17	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	8	.118	.167	.118	.284	-22	2	0	0	1	0	0
41	P	Art Ditmar	32	20	14	12	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	.167	.231	.167	.397	9	2	0	0	1	0	0
42	P	Bill Kunkel	24	58	10	8	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	.125	.222	.125	.347	-4	1	0	0	1	0	0
43	P	Mickey McDermott*	32	7	6	5	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	.200	.333	.400	.733	96	2	0	0	0	0	0
44	P	Dave Wickersham	25	17	3	3	1	2	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	.667	.667	1.000	1.667	340	3	0	0	0	0	0
45	P	Bill Fischer	30	15	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	1	0	0
46	P	Gerry Staley	40	23	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.500	.000	.500	47	0	0	0	0	0	0
47	P	Ken Johnson	28	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
48	P	John Wyatt	26	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
49	P	Dan Pfister	24	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
50	P	Ed Keegan	21	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
51	P	Paul Giel	28	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
52	P	Bill Kirk*	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
		Team Totals	27.5	162	6165	5423	683	1342	216	47	90	631	58	22	580	770	.247	.320	.354	.675	81	1922	107	25	89	47	10
		Rank in 10 AL teams				8	9	8	6	2	10		4	3	6	3	8	9	10	10		10		8		4
		Non-Pitcher Totals	27.5	162	5664	4973	649	1263	208	46	86	587	58	22	558	644	.254	.330	.366	.696	86	1821	99	25	62	45	10
		Pitcher Totals	27.1	162	501	450	34	79	8	1	4	44	0	0	22	126	.176	.213	.224	.438	17	101	8	0	27	2	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

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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 Archer*	29	9	15	.375	3.20	39	27	7	9	2	5	205.1	204	99	73	11	60	6	110	5	4	2	879	130	3.15	1.286	8.9	0.5	2.6	4.8	1.83
2	SP	Norm Bass	22	11	11	.500	4.69	40	23	9	6	2	0	170.2	164	98	89	17	82	0	74	4	0	5	744	89	4.51	1.441	8.6	0.9	4.3	3.9	0.90
3	SP	Jerry Walker	22	8	14	.364	4.82	36	24	10	4	0	2	168.0	161	100	90	23	96	2	56	10	0	9	758	86	5.58	1.530	8.6	1.2	5.1	3.0	0.58
4	SP	Bob Shaw	28	9	10	.474	4.31	26	24	1	6	0	0	150.1	165	87	72	14	58	2	60	7	0	4	672	96	4.28	1.483	9.9	0.8	3.5	3.6	1.03
5	SP	Ray Herbert	31	3	6	.333	5.38	13	12	0	1	0	0	83.2	103	56	50	10	30	1	34	2	1	0	381	77	4.46	1.590	11.1	1.1	3.2	3.7	1.13
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	RP	Joe Nuxhall*	32	5	8	.385	5.34	37	13	9	1	0	1	128.0	135	81	76	12	65	2	81	3	1	6	580	78	4.12	1.563	9.5	0.8	4.6	5.7	1.25
7	RP	Ed Rakow	26	2	8	.200	4.76	45	11	8	1	0	1	124.2	131	80	66	14	49	1	81	8	0	8	556	87	4.11	1.444	9.5	1.0	3.5	5.8	1.65
8	RP	Bill Kunkel	24	3	4	.429	5.18	58	2	26	0	0	4	88.2	103	58	51	11	32	2	46	0	0	8	396	80	4.23	1.523	10.5	1.1	3.2	4.7	1.44
9	RP	Gerry Staley	40	1	1	.500	3.60	23	0	15	0	0	2	30.0	32	15	12	4	10	1	16	2	0	3	132	117	4.44	1.400	9.6	1.2	3.0	4.8	1.60
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
10		Bud Daley*	28	4	8	.333	4.95	16	10	4	2	0	1	63.2	84	46	35	6	22	2	36	5	0	0	296	84	3.94	1.665	11.9	0.8	3.1	5.1	1.64
11		Lew Krausse	18	2	5	.286	4.85	12	8	1	2	1	0	55.2	49	33	30	3	46	0	32	1	0	2	255	86	4.66	1.707	7.9	0.5	7.4	5.2	0.70
12		Art Ditmar	32	0	5	.000	5.67	20	5	2	0	0	1	54.0	60	34	34	6	23	1	19	2	0	1	242	74	4.70	1.537	10.0	1.0	3.8	3.2	0.83
13		Bill Fischer	30	1	0	1.000	3.86	15	0	10	0	0	2	21.0	26	9	9	1	6	0	12	0	0	1	89	109	2.91	1.524	11.1	0.4	2.6	5.1	2.00
14		Dave Wickersham	25	2	1	.667	5.14	17	0	11	0	0	2	21.0	25	12	12	0	5	1	10	2	0	1	90	82	2.62	1.429	10.7	0.0	2.1	4.3	2.00
15		Don Larsen	31	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	101	4.97	2.133	12.6	1.2	6.6	7.8	1.18
16		Ken Johnson	28	0	4	.000	10.61	6	1	1	0	0	0	9.1	11	11	11	2	7	0	4	0	0	0	45	41	6.75	1.929	10.6	1.9	6.8	3.9	0.57
17		John Wyatt	26	0	0		2.45	5	0	5	0	0	1	7.1	8	3	2	0	4	0	6	1	0	1	35	177	2.98	1.636	9.8	0.0	4.9	7.4	1.50
18		Ed Keegan	21	0	0		4.50	6	0	5	0	0	1	6.0	6	5	3	0	5	0	3	0	0	1	28	98	4.07	1.833	9.0	0.0	7.5	4.5	0.60
19		Mickey McDermott*	32	0	0		14.29	4	0	1	0	0	0	5.2	14	12	9	0	10	0	3	0	1	3	41	31	6.81	4.235	22.2	0.0	15.9	4.8	0.30
20		Bill Kirk*	26	0	0		12.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.0	6	4	4	2	1	0	3	0	0	0	17	39	10.24	2.333	18.0	6.0	3.0	9.0	3.00
21		Dan Pfister	24	0	0		15.43	2	0	0	0	0	0	2.1	5	4	4	2	4	0	3	0	0	1	16	31	16.29	3.857	19.3	7.7	15.4	11.6	0.75
22		Paul Giel	28	0	0		37.80	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.2	6	7	7	1	3	0	1	0	0	0	13	13	14.57	5.400	32.4	5.4	16.2	5.4	0.33
		Team Totals	26.8	61	100	.379	4.74	162	162	130	32	5	23	1415.0	1519	863	746	141	629	21	703	53	7	58	6340	88	4.32	1.518	9.7	0.9	4.0	4.5	1.12
		Rank in 10 AL teams		9	1		10				9	8	7	10	10	10	10	4	8		9
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