1961 Chicago White Sox Statistics

American League (AL)
Team Record: 86-76
Finished 4th in the AL
Attendance: 1,162,030, Avg. 17,607
Ballpark: Comiskey Park
Manager: Al Lopez (86-76)
Location: Chicago, Illinois
1961 Chicago White Sox Roster
1961 Chicago White Sox Results

The Chicago White Sox of the American League ended the 1961 season with a record of 86 wins and 76 losses, finishing fourth in the AL.

The White Sox scored 765 runs and yielded 726 runs. Al Smith paced Chicago with 28 home runs, while Jim Landis and Roy Sievers walloped 20 or more also. Al Smith recorded 93 runs batted in. Roy Sievers led all regular batters by hitting .295. Juan Pizarro topped the team with 14 wins and a team-best 3.05 ERA, tops among regularly-used pitchers.

Al Lopez 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
Juan Pizarro147.6673.05392581212194.7164736617891188405832
Billy Pierce109.5263.8039285513180.0190857617543106102764
Cal McLish1013.4354.3831273401162.317887792147180104701
Frank Baumann1013.4355.61532313513187.72491281172259475203860
Ray Herbert96.6004.0521201400137.714269621536250011586
Early Wynn82.8003.5117161500110.38843431147064101457
Don Larsen72.7784.122531300274.3643634529253102315
Turk Lown75.5832.76590360011101.08737311335350001416
Warren Hacker33.5003.774202600857.362262488140100244
Russ Kemmerer33.5004.384721000296.710253471026135002404
Bob Shaw34.4293.791410030071.38540301120531102311
Herb Score12.3336.6685010024.3221918324114013119
Joe Horlen13.2506.6254000017.725151321301100288
Gary Peters001.7430200110.31022020600041
Mike DeGerick005.401000001.721101000017
Alan Brice01.0000.003000003.3420030300016
Gerry Staley03.0005.00160600018.0171010351800075
Totals8676.5314.06423163124393331448.7149172665315849825814122296236

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
Luis Aparicio1566726259017024464553133833.272.313.352.665220121440
Nellie Fox15969660667152115251235912.251.323.295.6181791791573
Jim Landis1406185348715118822851956571.283.362.470.8322511041050
Minnie Minoso152635540911512831482946746.280.369.420.78922711160122
Al Smith147602532881482942893445667.278.348.506.854269175272
Roy Sievers141563492761452662792106162.295.377.537.913264116044
Floyd Robinson132492432691342071159745232.310.389.465.85420144313
Sherm Lollar1163843373895101741003722.282.360.380.740128561310
J. C. Martin110300274266383532122131.230.290.336.6259222302
Cam Carreon78253229326251427012124.271.331.354.6848170212
Andy Carey561621432138123014011124.266.323.392.7145612420
Mike Hershberger15585591730051122.309.333.364.6972010100
Wes Covington226559517104150045.288.333.508.8423020201
Juan Pizarro4077691017310510519.246.303.319.6212221110
Frank Baumann5567618162021010525.262.318.393.7122400100
Sammy Esposito631099412165018001221.170.259.255.5152430120
Billy Goodman415951413401100076.255.339.392.7312010010
Ray Herbert21585371210230038.226.281.358.6391901100
Al Pilarcik47736291110161195.177.282.242.5241520200
Bob Roselli223938210300400011.263.263.342.6051310100
Cal McLish31585429100500124.167.182.185.3671010300
Don Larsen2526252800140005.320.320.440.7601100100
Billy Pierce39635638000300111.143.158.143.301820600
Early Wynn17413746000200311.162.225.162.387610100
Russ Kemmerer4717151310010027.200.294.267.561400000
Gary Peters3331100000001.333.333.333.667100000
Warren Hacker42990100010001.111.111.111.222100000
Earl Torgeson2019151100010035.067.211.067.277110010
Joe Ginsberg6530000000012.000.250.000.250000100
Bob Shaw1423180000000036.000.143.000.143010200
Herb Score8760000000005.000.000.000.000000100
Joe Horlen5870000000002.000.000.000.000020100
Ted Lepcio5320000000010.000.333.000.333010001
Dean Look3660000000001.000.000.000.000000000
Turk Lown6015140000000005.000.000.000.000000100
Jim Rivera1000000000100000000
Mike DeGerick1000000000000000000
Alan Brice3000000000000000000
Gerry Staley16000000000000000000
Totals20596285555676514752164613870410040550612.265.335.395.730219711857715130


Fielding:

Player Pos GP GS Inn. PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G PB WP SB CS CS%
Roy Sievers1B1321291097.3109694893.9939.7609.0150000
J. C. Martin1B6034347.731429427.9888.8795.7170000
Billy Goodman1B202.760001.0002.2503.0000000
Earl Torgeson1B101.010001.0009.0001.0000000
Nellie Fox2B1591561381.74134071597.9825.3415.1570000
Sammy Esposito2B11764.02316031.0005.4843.5450000
Billy Goodman2B103.011001.0006.0002.0000000
Al Smith3B8079634.3581611212.9483.1072.7380000
Andy Carey3B5438359.0267344.9612.4821.8330000
J. C. Martin3B3636308.03989611.9553.7403.5560000
Sammy Esposito3B28597.0103015.9763.7111.4290000
Billy Goodman3B7548.741311.9443.1442.4290000
Ted Lepcio3B101.70010.000.000.0000000
Sherm LollarC10793826.74644816.9985.5744.785313272244.9
Cam CarreonC7163554.33952526.9956.8195.91521421930.0
Bob RoselliC10765.0323001.0004.8463.5001202100.0
Joe GinsbergC202.730001.0001.1251.5000000
Minnie MinosoOF1471471288.327310132.9561.9771.9250000
Jim LandisOF1391381235.0389953.9882.9002.8630000
Floyd RobinsonOF106102903.3218720.9912.2422.1230000
Al SmithOF7161562.3123330.9772.0171.7750000
Al PilarcikOF1713119.032220.9442.5712.0000000
Mike HershbergerOF1313116.7292001.0002.3912.3850000
Wes CovingtonOF1414113.016220.9001.4341.2860000
Dean LookOF118.310001.0001.0801.0000000
Juan PizarroP3925194.782231.9091.387.7690000
Frank BaumannP5323187.7143711.9812.446.9620000
Billy PierceP3928180.073131.9271.900.9740000
Cal McLishP3127162.31632011.0002.6611.5480000
Ray HerbertP2120137.7142424.9502.4841.8100000
Early WynnP1716110.3411001.0001.224.8820000
Turk LownP590101.061521.9131.871.3560000
Russ KemmererP47296.782122.9352.700.6170000
Don LarsenP25374.3413001.0002.058.6800000
Bob ShawP141071.341210.9412.0191.1430000
Warren HackerP42057.314001.000.785.1190000
Herb ScoreP8524.315001.0002.219.7500000
Gerry StaleyP16018.023001.0002.500.3130000
Joe HorlenP5417.733011.0003.0571.2000000
Gary PetersP3010.336011.0007.8393.0000000
Alan BriceP303.30000.000.0000000
Mike DeGerickP101.701001.0005.4001.0000000
Luis AparicioSS1561511331.02644873086.9625.0784.8140000
Sammy EspositoSS2012117.7183923.9664.3602.8500000
Totals1869146713038.043431790128372.9804.2343.281629483340.7




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