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1961 American League Team Record GB New York Yankees 109 - 53 — Detroit Tigers 101 - 61 8.0 Baltimore Orioles 95 - 67 14.0 Chicago White Sox 86 - 76 23.0 Cleveland Indians 78 - 83 30.5 Boston Red Sox 76 - 86 33.0 Minnesota Twins 70 - 90 38.0 Los Angeles Angels 70 - 91 38.5 Kansas City Athletics 61 - 100 47.5 Washington Senators 61 - 100 47.5	8th (AL) Runs Scored: 683 Runs Allowed: 863 Attendance: 683,817
1961 Kansas City Athletics Batting (Starters) Player Pos Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB K SB CS SH HBP GDP AVG OBP SLG OPS Haywood Sullivan C 30 117 331 42 80 16 2 6 40 46 0 45 1 0 1 0 9 .242 .333 .356 .689 Norm Siebern 1B 27 153 560 68 166 36 5 18 98 82 3 91 2 4 0 1 4 .296 .384 .475 .859 Jerry Lumpe 2B 28 148 569 81 167 29 9 3 54 48 0 39 1 0 4 2 10 .293 .348 .392 .740 Wayne Causey 3B 24 104 312 37 86 14 1 8 49 37 0 28 0 0 8 0 5 .276 .348 .404 .752 Dick Howser SS 25 158 611 108 171 29 6 3 45 92 0 38 37 9 8 5 8 .280 .377 .362 .739 Leo Posada LF 25 116 344 37 87 10 4 7 53 36 1 84 0 0 4 4 8 .253 .321 .366 .687 Bobby Del Greco CF 28 74 239 34 55 14 1 5 21 30 2 31 1 0 5 1 4 .230 .317 .360 .677 Deron Johnson RF 22 83 283 31 61 11 3 8 42 14 1 44 0 1 1 1 9 .216 .252 .360 .612
1961 Kansas City Athletics Batting (Bench) Player Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB K SB CS SH HBP GDP AVG OBP SLG OPS Joe Pignatano 31 92 243 31 59 10 3 4 22 36 2 42 2 2 7 4 0 .243 .347 .358 .705 Jay Hankins 25 76 173 23 32 0 3 3 6 8 0 17 2 0 8 1 3 .185 .225 .272 .497 Jim Rivera 38 64 141 20 34 8 0 2 10 24 0 14 6 2 0 0 3 .241 .352 .340 .692 Gene Stephens 28 62 183 22 38 6 1 4 26 16 0 27 3 2 2 2 2 .208 .279 .317 .596 Lou Klimchock 21 57 121 8 26 4 1 1 16 5 0 13 0 0 1 0 1 .215 .244 .289 .533 Hank Bauer 38 43 106 11 28 3 1 3 18 9 0 8 1 0 2 0 1 .264 .319 .396 .715 Marv Throneberry 27 40 130 17 31 2 1 6 24 19 1 30 0 0 1 0 4 .238 .336 .408 .744 Reno Bertoia 26 39 120 12 29 2 0 0 13 9 0 15 1 0 4 0 6 .242 .286 .258 .544 Andy Carey 29 39 123 20 30 6 2 3 11 15 0 23 0 0 2 2 3 .244 .336 .398 .734 Al Pilarcik 30 35 60 9 12 1 1 0 9 6 0 7 1 0 2 0 3 .200 .269 .250 .519 Bob Boyd 41 26 48 7 11 2 0 0 9 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 .229 .240 .271 .511 Bill Tuttle 31 25 84 15 22 2 2 0 8 9 0 9 0 0 2 0 2 .262 .333 .333 .666 Wes Covington 29 17 44 3 7 0 0 1 6 4 0 7 0 0 0 2 2 .159 .260 .227 .487 Frank Cipriani 20 13 36 2 9 0 0 0 2 2 0 4 0 0 0 0 1 .250 .289 .250 .539 Gordon Mackenzie 23 11 24 1 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 6 0 0 0 0 1 .125 .160 .125 .285 Ozzie Virgil 29 11 21 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 5 .143 .143 .143 .286 Bobby Prescott 30 10 12 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 5 0 0 0 0 1 .083 .214 .083 .297 Billy Bryan 22 9 19 2 3 0 0 1 2 2 0 7 0 0 0 0 1 .158 .238 .316 .554 Charlie Shoemaker 21 7 26 5 10 2 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 .385 .429 .462 .891 Chuck Essegian 29 4 6 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .429 .500 .929 Stan Johnson 24 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .400 .000 .400 Clint Courtney 34 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1961 Kansas City Athletics Batting (Pitchers) Player Pos Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB K SB CS SH HBP GDP AVG OBP SLG OPS Joe Nuxhall P 32 56 65 5 19 2 1 2 13 6 0 18 0 0 5 0 2 .292 .352 .446 .798 Jerry Walker P 22 45 64 6 16 2 0 0 7 3 0 9 0 0 1 0 1 .250 .284 .281 .565 Jim Archer P 29 39 63 2 4 1 0 0 2 2 0 19 0 0 6 0 0 .063 .091 .079 .170 Norm Bass P 22 41 59 4 7 0 0 1 6 1 0 34 0 0 3 0 0 .119 .133 .169 .302 Bob Shaw P 28 28 55 5 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 1 0 2 .200 .200 .200 .400 Ed Rakow P 26 45 29 4 3 0 0 0 2 1 0 10 0 0 3 0 1 .103 .129 .103 .232 Ray Herbert P 31 13 28 1 3 1 0 0 4 1 0 5 0 0 2 0 0 .107 .138 .143 .281 Don Larsen P 31 18 20 2 6 0 0 1 4 1 0 5 0 0 1 0 0 .300 .333 .450 .783 Bud Daley P 28 16 18 1 2 0 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 2 .111 .200 .111 .311 Lew Krausse P 18 13 17 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 8 0 0 1 0 0 .118 .167 .118 .285 Art Ditmar P 32 20 12 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 .167 .231 .167 .398 Bill Kunkel P 24 58 8 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 1 0 0 .125 .222 .125 .347 Mickey McDermott P 32 7 5 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 .200 .333 .400 .733 Dave Wickersham P 25 17 3 1 2 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .667 .667 1.000 1.667 Bill Fischer P 30 15 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 Jerry Staley P 40 23 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .500 .000 .500 Ken Johnson P 28 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1961 Kansas City Athletics Pitching (Starters) Player Age G GS W L Pct. ERA IP R ER H HR BB K BAA HB WP CG SO SV BS DICE Jim Archer 29 39 27 9 15 .375 3.20 205.1 99 73 204 11 60 110 .251 5 2 9 2 5 3.57 Bob Shaw 28 26 24 9 10 .474 4.31 150.1 87 72 165 13 58 60 .272 7 4 6 0 0 4.62 Jerry Walker 22 36 24 8 14 .364 4.82 168.0 100 90 161 23 96 56 .247 10 9 4 0 2 6.01 Norm Bass 22 40 23 11 11 .500 4.69 170.2 98 89 164 17 82 74 .249 4 5 6 2 0 4.94 Ray Herbert 31 13 12 3 6 .333 5.38 83.2 56 50 103 10 30 34 .295 2 0 1 0 0 4.89 Bud Daley 28 16 10 4 8 .333 4.95 63.2 46 35 84 6 22 36 .312 5 0 2 0 1 4.37 Lew Krausse 18 12 8 2 5 .286 4.85 55.2 33 30 49 3 46 32 .236 1 2 2 1 0 5.08 Bill Kirk 25 1 1 0 0 .000 12.00 3.0 4 4 6 2 1 3 .375 0 0 0 0 0 10.67
1961 Kansas City Athletics Pitching (Bullpen) Player Age G GS W L Pct. ERA IP R ER H HR BB K BAA HB WP CG SO SV BS DICE Bill Kunkel 24 58 2 3 4 .429 5.18 88.2 58 51 103 11 32 46 .286 4 8 0 0 4 4.79 Ed Rakow 26 45 11 2 8 .200 4.76 124.2 80 66 131 14 49 81 .263 8 8 1 0 1 4.53 Joe Nuxhall 32 37 13 5 8 .385 5.34 128.0 81 76 135 12 65 81 .264 3 6 1 0 1 4.55 Jerry Staley 40 23 0 1 1 .500 3.60 30.0 15 12 32 4 10 16 .267 2 3 0 0 2 4.87 Art Ditmar 32 20 5 0 5 .000 5.67 54.0 34 34 60 6 23 19 .276 2 1 0 0 1 5.13 Dave Wickersham 25 17 0 2 1 .667 5.14 21.0 12 12 25 0 5 10 .301 2 1 0 0 2 3.05 Bill Fischer 30 15 0 1 0 1.000 3.86 21.0 9 9 26 2 6 12 .313 0 1 0 0 2 3.95 Don Larsen 31 8 1 1 0 1.000 4.20 15.0 9 7 21 2 11 13 .333 1 2 0 0 0 5.40 Ken Johnson 28 6 1 0 4 .000 10.61 9.1 11 11 11 2 7 4 .289 0 0 0 0 0 7.18 Ed Keegan 21 6 0 0 0 .000 4.50 6.0 5 3 6 0 5 3 .261 0 1 0 0 1 4.50 John Wyatt 26 5 0 0 0 .000 2.45 7.1 3 2 8 0 4 6 .267 1 1 0 0 1 3.41 Mickey McDermott 32 4 0 0 0 .000 14.29 5.2 12 9 14 0 10 3 .467 1 3 0 0 0 7.76 Dan Pfister 24 2 0 0 0 .000 15.43 2.1 4 4 5 2 4 3 .417 0 1 0 0 0 16.71 Paul Giel 29 1 0 0 0 .000 37.80 1.2 7 7 6 1 3 1 .600 0 0 0 0 0 15.00