1961 Boston (A) Red Sox
Record: 95-67
Finish: 2nd in AL American Division
Runs Scored: 810
Runs Allowed: 582
Exp W-L: 105-57
 
Ballpark: Fenway Park
Attendance: 2,427,830
Manager: Brian Rodgers

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 67-70, 5th in the AL
AA: 68-69, 4th in the AL
A: 72-65, 3rd in the AL
 
 
Postseason Results:
Lost AL League Series 3-4 to Oakland Athletics
 
Team Index    Draft History Park History
Starters: Positional    Registers: Batters     Leaders: Batters   
  Pitchers   Pitchers   Pitchers
 
Team Batting Stats     Help
Pos Name Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS DWS
2B *Pete Runnels 33 148 591 86 160 36 2 2 61 0 0 68 58 .271 .347 .349 .696 72.9 14.1 4.3
3B  Harmon Killebrew 25 157 558 123 157 28 2 53 129 0 0 100 160 .281 .391 .624 1.015 128.3 31.7 4.3
RF *Duke Snider 34 157 559 95 141 23 3 34 112 0 0 92 169 .252 .357 .487 .843 96.2 20.7 5.1
1B *Norm Cash 26 154 547 100 156 17 2 36 105 0 0 85 108 .285 .387 .521 .908 105.9 24.9 2.5
RF  Frank Robinson 25 150 517 77 141 32 3 21 93 10 4 52 123 .273 .345 .468 .813 80.9 17.2 3.5
LF *Whitey Herzog 29 145 487 82 158 23 4 7 53 0 0 63 86 .324 .401 .431 .832 81.5 19.6 2.8
C  Gus Triandos 30 121 398 47 72 17 1 15 60 0 0 39 110 .181 .256 .342 .598 36.0 2.8 5.8
2B *Gene Stephens 28 120 329 46 78 23 2 7 52 0 0 45 47 .237 .334 .383 .717 42.8 7.8 2.8
SS  Johnny Logan 34 115 335 27 74 10 2 3 21 0 0 16 89 .221 .261 .290 .550 22.3 0.8 3.8
3B  Ray Jablonski 34 115 327 38 74 17 3 5 36 0 0 27 55 .226 .285 .343 .627 28.8 2.6 2.3
C *Frank Torre 29 48 134 14 31 10 0 0 18 0 0 11 8 .231 .297 .306 .603 10.9 1.0 1.6
P #Robin Roberts 34 40 103 7 13 3 0 0 1 0 0 1 35 .126 .143 .155 .298 0.0 0.0 0.0
P  Ramon Monzant 28 39 104 2 12 1 0 0 5 0 0 3 44 .115 .140 .125 .265 -1.0 0.0 0.0
P  Bob Miller 35 41 99 9 13 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 40 .131 .131 .162 .293 -1.1 0.0 0.0
C  Jay Porter 28 40 99 10 20 4 0 3 8 0 0 4 35 .202 .233 .333 .566 6.6 0.1 1.4
P *Herb Score 28 36 86 9 12 4 1 0 4 0 0 0 29 .140 .138 .209 .347 1.2 0.0 0.0
RF  Carlos Paula 33 44 85 6 15 2 1 1 7 0 0 4 18 .176 .213 .259 .472 2.9 0.0 0.5
1B *Joe Cunningham 29 50 68 3 21 5 2 0 8 0 0 8 9 .309 .382 .441 .823 10.6 2.4 0.3
1B *Harry Agganis 32 73 64 19 21 5 1 3 14 1 2 10 11 .328 .419 .578 .997 13.6 3.7 0.1
SS  Tony Roig 33 58 50 10 6 4 0 0 3 1 0 10 19 .120 .267 .200 .467 3.4 0.0 0.6
P  Don Cardwell 25 61 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.5 0.0 0.0
P  Roger Craig 31 34 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .200 .000 .200 0.0 0.0 0.0
P  Mike Fornieles 29 15 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .667 1.000 0.5 0.2 0.0
P  Bob Buhl 32 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P *Whitey Ford 32 57 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P  John Wyatt 26 30 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Gary Bell 24 28 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Don McMahon 31 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 29.9 2092 5559 810 1376 268 29 190 790 12 6 639 1261 .248 .327 .409 .736 742.3 149.9 41.7
  Rank among 8 AL teams 5 1 5 2 5 1 1 7 2 1 8 5 2 3 2 2  
* - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, blank - bats right-handed
Team Pitching Stats     Help
Name Age W L Pct G GS SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA PWS
 Robin Roberts 34 17 14 .548 40 40 0 302.3 307 134 37 55 159 3.99 11.6
 Ramon Monzant 28 22 9 .710 39 39 0 300.7 239 82 13 77 252 2.45 25.5
 Bob Miller 35 21 13 .618 41 41 0 291.7 270 92 19 46 152 2.84 20.1
*Herb Score 28 19 11 .633 36 36 0 250.0 147 86 34 128 369 3.10 18.1
 Don Cardwell 25 4 7 .364 61 3 10 88.3 83 31 9 26 46 3.16 7.0
*Whitey Ford 32 5 4 .556 57 0 6 60.7 62 37 10 21 39 5.49 1.6
 Roger Craig 31 2 3 .400 34 0 0 49.0 53 14 5 14 20 2.57 3.8
 John Wyatt 26 2 1 .667 30 0 1 37.3 35 19 5 20 23 4.58 1.3
 Gary Bell 24 0 1 .000 28 0 1 28.7 27 15 3 8 29 4.71 0.7
 Mike Fornieles 29 1 0 1.000 15 0 0 21.0 19 7 1 12 13 3.00 1.7
 Don Larsen 31 1 2 .333 18 0 11 16.0 16 10 3 4 17 5.63 1.3
 Bob Buhl 32 0 0 .000 7 1 0 14.3 13 6 2 12 5 3.77 0.2
 Don McMahon 31 1 2 .333 9 0 3 8.0 9 5 0 3 5 5.63 0.5
Team Totals 29.7 95 67 .586 415 160 32 1468.0 1280 538 141 426 1129 3.30 93.4
Rank among 8 AL teams 2 2 5 2 4 3 3 1 2 5 1  
* - throws left-handed, blank - throws right-handed
Team Fielding Stats     Help
Last 2 columns are Fielding Percentage and Range Factor (expect Catcher where last column is Runners Thrown Out Percentage)
Numbers in headings are league average values.
Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .995 30.7
G.Triandos 953.7 107 111 741 28 2 1 .997 32.1
F.Torre 282.1 32 39 192 11 2 0 .990 33.3
J.Porter 214.7 23 33 168 5 0 0 1.000 50.0
Team Total 1450.4 162 183 1101 44 4 1 .997 33.3
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 10.84
N.Cash 1345.0 149 153 1380 121 12 108 .992 10.04
H.Agganis 51.0 5 9 49 5 1 3 .982 9.53
J.Cunningham 35.0 5 6 40 0 0 2 1.000 10.29
G.Stephens 18.0 1 5 26 0 0 2 1.000 13.00
F.Torre 13.6 2 2 17 2 0 0 1.000 12.57
G.Triandos 6.0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1.000 4.50
F.Robinson 5.0 0 1 4 0 1 0 .800 7.20
H.Killebrew 1.0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 18.00
Team Total 1474.6 163 178 1520 129 14 115 .992 10.06
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 5.36
P.Runnels 703.3 81 82 130 237 6 44 .984 4.70
G.Stephens 694.7 76 88 144 231 3 45 .992 4.86
T.Roig 48.0 4 13 7 13 0 2 1.000 3.75
J.Logan 22.0 1 7 4 7 0 2 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1468.0 162 190 285 488 9 93 .988 4.74
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .954 2.65
H.Killebrew 854.7 96 97 57 178 12 12 .951 2.47
R.Jablonski 613.3 66 73 43 137 11 8 .942 2.64
Team Total 1468.0 162 170 100 315 23 20 .947 2.54
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .968 4.71
J.Logan 800.3 91 101 101 285 10 52 .975 4.34
P.Runnels 554.3 63 68 63 176 10 30 .960 3.88
T.Roig 107.7 8 27 9 43 3 3 .945 4.35
W.Herzog 5.7 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.59
Team Total 1468.0 162 198 174 504 23 85 .967 4.16
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .982 1.73
W.Herzog 906.7 103 108 168 4 0 1 1.000 1.71
H.Killebrew 451.3 50 54 120 3 0 0 1.000 2.45
R.Jablonski 77.0 8 10 25 0 1 0 .962 2.92
F.Robinson 22.0 0 9 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.05
C.Paula 9.0 1 3 4 0 0 0 1.000 4.00
G.Stephens 2.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1468.0 162 185 323 7 1 1 .997 2.02
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .984 2.24
D.Snider 1320.3 149 151 365 6 5 1 .987 2.53
G.Stephens 64.0 5 11 19 1 0 1 1.000 2.81
W.Herzog 58.0 6 10 20 0 0 0 1.000 3.10
J.Porter 20.7 2 4 9 0 0 0 1.000 3.92
H.Killebrew 5.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80
Team Total 1468.0 162 177 414 7 5 2 .988 2.58
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .985 1.79
F.Robinson 1152.3 130 133 257 6 4 2 .985 2.05
C.Paula 155.0 18 22 31 2 0 1 1.000 1.92
W.Herzog 92.0 8 19 22 1 0 1 1.000 2.25
J.Cunningham 57.0 5 12 19 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
G.Stephens 8.0 1 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
H.Agganis 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
D.Snider 1.7 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 5.42
Team Total 1468.0 162 190 332 9 4 4 .988 2.09
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .973 2.01
R.Roberts 302.3 40 40 15 52 2 4 .971 1.99
R.Monzant 300.7 39 39 21 38 1 1 .983 1.77
B.Miller 291.7 41 41 23 77 0 2 1.000 3.09
H.Score 250.0 36 36 12 24 2 0 .947 1.30
D.Cardwell 88.3 3 61 8 12 2 1 .909 2.04
W.Ford 60.7 0 57 4 5 0 0 1.000 1.34
R.Craig 49.0 0 34 2 9 0 0 1.000 2.02
J.Wyatt 37.3 0 30 1 9 0 0 1.000 2.41
G.Bell 28.7 0 28 4 3 0 0 1.000 2.20
M.Fornieles 21.0 0 15 2 3 0 0 1.000 2.14
D.Larsen 16.0 0 18 2 4 0 0 1.000 3.38
B.Buhl 14.3 1 7 2 3 1 1 .833 3.14
D.McMahon 8.0 0 9 1 1 0 0 1.000 2.25
Team Total 1468.0 160 415 97 240 8 9 .977 2.07
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Herzog .324
On-Base Pct Herzog .401
Slugging Pct Killebrew .624
OPS Killebrew 1.015
XR Killebrew 128.3
Games Snider, Killebrew 157
At-Bats Runnels 591
Runs Killebrew 123
Hits Runnels 160
Total Bases Killebrew 348
Singles Herzog 124
Doubles Runnels 36
Triples Herzog 4
Homeruns Killebrew 53
RBIs Killebrew 129
Stolen Bases Robinson 10
Caught Stealing Robinson 4
Walks Killebrew 100
Strikeouts Snider 169
ERA Monzant 2.45
Wins Monzant 22
Losses Roberts 14
Winning Pct Monzant .710
Saves Larsen 11
Games Pitched Cardwell 61
Games Started Miller 41
Complete Games Roberts 7
Shutouts Roberts 2
Innings Pitched Roberts 302.3
Hits Allowed Roberts 307
Homeruns Allowed Roberts 37
Strikeouts Score 369
Walks Allowed Score 128
Walks per 9IP Miller 1.4
Hits per 9IP Score 5.3
Strikeouts per 9IP Score 13.3
WHiP Monzant 1.05
OAVG Score .168
OOBP Monzant .267
OSLG Monzant .303
OOPS Monzant .570
Team All-Stars
Norm Cash
Harmon Killebrew
Bob Miller
Ramon Monzant
Pete Runnels
Herb Score
Player Salaries
Duke Snider $ 11,500,000
Bob Miller $ 10,030,000
Harmon Killebrew $ 7,128,571
Ramon Monzant $ 4,614,286
Robin Roberts $ 4,420,000
Frank Robinson $ 3,600,000
Ray Jablonski $ 3,500,000
Pete Runnels $ 3,340,000
Johnny Logan $ 2,990,000
Gene Stephens $ 2,750,000
Whitey Herzog $ 2,442,857
Herb Score $ 2,140,000
Don Larsen $ 1,710,000
Joe Cunningham $ 1,536,429
Mike Fornieles $ 1,500,000
Gus Triandos $ 1,240,000
Whitey Ford $ 760,000
Ray Narleski $ 480,000
Roger Craig $ 350,000
Tony Roig $ 350,000
Harry Agganis $ 350,000
Carlos Paula $ 350,000
Norm Cash $ 300,000
Don Cardwell $ 300,000
Gary Bell $ 300,000
Jerry Adair $ 300,000
Don McMahon $ 300,000
John Wyatt $ 300,000
Jay Porter $ 300,000
Frank Torre $ 300,000
Jim Marshall $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
7/31 Traded Bob Buhl Seattle Frank Torre
Mike Fornieles
Don Mcmahon