1961 Boston Red Sox Statistics

American League (AL)
Team Record: 76-86
Finished 6th in the AL
Attendance: 850,856, Avg. 11,984
Ballpark: Fenway Park II
Manager: Pinky Higgins (76-86)
Location: Boston, Massachusetts
1961 Boston Red Sox Roster
1961 Boston Red Sox Results

The Boston Red Sox of the American League ended the 1961 season with a record of 76 wins and 86 losses, finishing sixth in the AL.

The Red Sox tallied 729 runs and allowed 792 runs. Gary Geiger paced Boston with 18 home runs, and Jim Pagliaroni walloped 20 or more also. Frank Malzone drove in 87 runs. Frank Malzone and Carl Yastrzemski topped all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .266. Don Schwall led the team with 15 wins and a team-best 3.22 ERA, leading regularly-used pitchers.

Pinky Higgins coached the team.

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Pitching:

Player W L W% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF
Don Schwall157.6823.22252501020178.716776648110191616786
Bill Monbouquette1414.5003.39323201210236.3233106892410011610141030
Gene Conley1114.4404.9133303621199.722911610933652113300877
Mike Fornieles98.5294.68572421015119.312165621854770205526
Ike Delock69.4004.9028280310156.0185110852452280202698
Chet Nichols32.6002.092621200351.7401212326120001215
Dave Hillman32.6002.772811000078.0702624823039001321
Tom Brewer32.6003.43109100042.0372116429013004189
Ted Wills32.6005.95170700019.7241713219011004101
Billy Muffett311.2145.67381114202112.713087711836247202502
Arnold Earley24.3333.993302200749.7423122334344002223
Galen Cisco24.3336.71178400052.3674039528026011242
Tracy Stallard27.2224.88431410102132.7110757215962109103587
Wilbur Wood005.5461200013.01488270700161
Tom Borland0018.001010001.032200000006
Totals7686.4694.29394163128356301442.7147279268816767921831163366364

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
Chuck Schilling15873864687167252562767877.259.340.327.666211821110
Frank Malzone151644590741572141487134449.266.314.386.700228191093
Carl Yastrzemski148643583711553161180655096.266.324.396.721231193253
Jackie Jensen137573498641312121366986669.263.350.392.742195163242
Gary Geiger1405994998211621618641648791.232.349.407.75620374634
Pete Runnels14341436049114203338514632.317.396.414.810149123232
Jim Pagliaroni12044037650911701658115574.242.342.415.75715684230
Don Buddin1154203395889223642217245.263.394.398.79213572617
Vic Wertz9936331733831621160003843.262.339.429.768136112063
Carroll Hardy853122814674202336422653.263.330.381.71110742300
Russ Nixon872622422470122119011319.289.327.368.6958952231
Pumpsie Green882642193357123627424232.260.376.425.8019340123
Gene Conley337973816302800222.219.247.342.5892511210
Lou Clinton175451413210300210.255.283.333.6161700100
Don Schwall277361511200600110.180.194.213.40713101100
Bill Monbouquette339369690005001029.130.241.130.3719101400
Rip Repulski1526252710010215.280.308.320.628800000
Joe Ginsberg1924241600050002.250.250.250.500610000
Billy Harrell37383710620011018.162.184.216.400810000
Don Gile819182500110015.278.316.444.760800000
Billy Muffett3827234500120039.217.308.348.656810100
Mike Fornieles5733322510140008.156.156.281.438900100
Ike Delock28574835000200424.104.173.104.277520500
Tom Brewer1815147411020003.286.267.500.767700010
Tracy Stallard43403603100300012.083.083.111.194410400
Chet Nichols261091100000011.111.200.111.311100000
Galen Cisco1815100100000025.100.250.100.350100300
Arnold Earley33660000000002.000.000.000.000000000
Dave Hillman2821173000000027.000.105.000.105000200
Ted Wills17220000000002.000.000.000.000000000
Wilbur Wood6330000000002.000.000.000.000000000
Tom Borland1000000000000000000
Totals1973630755087291401251371126825636647846.254.334.374.708206212929814228


Fielding:

Player Pos GP GS Inn. PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G PB WP SB CS CS%
Pete Runnels1B11375735.070150492.9959.1966.6460000
Vic Wertz1B8682656.366467765.9911.0248.5000000
Don Gile1B6542.044223.9589.8577.6670000
Billy Harrell1B319.3122021.00013.5004.6670000
Chuck Schilling2B1581571381.73974498121.9915.5115.3540000
Pumpsie Green2B7438.076011.0003.0791.8570000
Pete Runnels2B7223.0611051.0006.6522.4290000
Frank Malzone3B1491481312.71363042345.9503.0172.9530000
Pete Runnels3B111182.082920.9494.0613.3640000
Billy Harrell3B10448.0712031.0003.5621.9000000
Jim PagliaroniC108102901.758639105.9846.2385.787724371630.2
Russ NixonC6659513.73302492.9756.2025.364111128720.0
Joe GinsbergC6226.3111001.0004.1012.000113125.0
Don GileC101.010001.0009.0001.0000000
Carl YastrzemskiOF1471461269.024812101.9631.8441.7690000
Jackie JensenOF1311311164.32741442.9862.2262.1980000
Gary GeigerOF1371301152.73241241.9882.6232.4530000
Carroll HardyOF7665602.0142763.9612.2281.9610000
Lou ClintonOF1313111.0303001.0002.6762.5380000
Rip RepulskiOF4429.040001.0001.2411.0000000
Bill MonbouquetteP3232236.3162812.9781.6761.3750000
Gene ConleyP3330200.0122822.9521.8001.2120000
Don SchwallP2525178.783334.9322.0651.6400000
Ike DelockP2828156.0131741.8821.7311.0710000
Tracy StallardP4314132.7314001.0001.153.3950000
Mike FornielesP572119.0122512.9742.798.6490000
Billy MuffettP3811112.7618011.0001.917.6320000
Dave HillmanP28178.0115001.0001.846.5710000
Galen CiscoP17852.337011.0001.720.5880000
Chet NicholsP26251.7323011.0004.5291.0000000
Arnold EarleyP33049.71920.8331.812.3030000
Tom BrewerP10942.0213011.0003.2141.5000000
Ted WillsP17019.71411.8332.288.2940000
Wilbur WoodP6113.020001.0001.385.3330000
Tom BorlandP101.00000.000.0000000
Don BuddinSS109108937.02042942370.9564.7834.5690000
Pumpsie GreenSS5753476.7841661635.9404.7204.3860000
Billy HarrellSS7227.07921.8895.3332.2860000
Pete RunnelsSS102.00000.000.0000000
Totals1807146712984.043101747144473.9774.1983.3521936682426.1




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