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1961 Boston (N) Braves
Record: 47-115
Finish: 8th in NL National Division
Runs Scored: 494
Runs Allowed: 860
Exp W-L: 43-119
 
Ballpark: Turner Field
Attendance: 1,088,142
Manager: Ben Thompson

Statistics / Schedule

 Minor League Records:
AAA: 65-72, 4th in the NL
AA: 66-71, 6th in the NL
A: 71-66, 4th in the NL
 
 
 
 
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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
SS  Joe Koppe 30 157 574 63 168 26 5 4 50 1 1 54 116 .293 .352 .376 .729 72.8 14.1 4.2
3B  Bill Serena 36 154 550 67 124 19 2 23 64 0 0 62 188 .225 .304 .393 .697 66.0 10.1 2.9
CF  Earl Robinson 24 157 547 56 122 25 4 8 52 1 2 61 170 .223 .302 .327 .629 54.2 6.8 2.8
CF *Gus Bell 32 156 567 44 115 27 2 12 59 0 0 26 120 .203 .237 .321 .558 39.3 0.1 3.1
RF *Walt Moryn 35 154 539 44 111 14 3 14 49 0 0 54 112 .206 .276 .321 .597 48.3 3.4 1.7
1B *Ed Bouchee 28 153 508 39 120 35 5 8 64 0 0 72 134 .236 .336 .372 .708 64.1 10.9 1.6
C *Bill Hall 32 137 445 36 107 17 1 0 35 0 1 32 76 .240 .291 .283 .574 32.8 1.6 4.4
2B  Chico Carrasquel 33 126 447 45 114 15 0 2 30 0 1 33 62 .255 .311 .302 .613 38.9 4.0 5.3
2B *Nellie Fox 33 124 296 31 68 16 4 4 25 0 0 30 30 .230 .311 .351 .663 31.0 4.2 2.3
RF #Solly Drake 30 104 215 15 36 8 0 3 19 0 0 14 40 .167 .217 .247 .464 7.3 0.0 1.1
C  Ed Sadowski 30 56 128 13 29 5 0 4 14 0 0 7 25 .227 .265 .359 .624 11.6 1.0 1.2
SS  Alex Grammas 35 73 125 10 20 2 0 0 5 0 0 8 28 .160 .211 .176 .387 3.6 0.0 0.9
P  Mike Garcia 37 42 95 4 15 1 1 0 6 0 0 0 24 .158 .167 .189 .356 1.2 0.0 0.0
P  Dick Drott 24 43 83 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 39 .060 .071 .060 .132 -4.1 0.0 0.0
P *Dick Donovan 33 34 82 4 14 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 40 .171 .171 .183 .354 1.0 0.0 0.0
P *Steve Hamilton 25 22 48 2 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 16 .083 .083 .083 .167 -2.1 0.0 0.0
P  Joe McClain 28 32 45 2 7 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 12 .156 .156 .222 .378 0.9 0.0 0.0
1B *Dale Coogan 30 37 41 2 7 2 2 0 1 0 0 5 8 .171 .261 .317 .578 3.2 0.0 0.1
2B  Jerry Snyder 31 31 24 3 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 5 .125 .160 .125 .285 -0.3 0.0 0.3
2B  Gene Verble 33 49 16 11 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 4 .188 .278 .375 .653 1.9 0.3 0.1
P  Turk Farrell 27 75 6 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .333 .333 .333 .667 0.6 0.2 0.0
P  Jim McDonald 34 29 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0 0.0
P  Frank Smith 33 35 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0 0.0
P *Willard Nixon 33 13 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 31.1 1993 5389 494 1194 216 29 83 478 4 5 461 1257 .222 .284 .319 .603 471.3 56.7 32.1
  Rank among 8 NL teams 8 8 8 5 7 8 8 7 2 3 8 8 7 8 8 8  
* - 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
 Mike Garcia 37 9 23 .281 42 42 0 327.0 343 188 56 126 206 5.17 6.7
 Dick Drott 24 9 28 .243 43 43 0 274.7 303 166 43 127 234 5.44 0.0
 Dick Donovan 33 11 21 .344 34 34 0 255.3 292 143 40 75 89 5.04 7.5
*Steve Hamilton 25 6 9 .400 22 22 0 166.7 129 55 16 36 126 2.97 19.1
 Joe McClain 28 1 16 .059 32 20 0 161.0 197 94 29 22 65 5.25 1.3
 Turk Farrell 27 6 8 .429 75 0 3 88.3 104 46 13 34 50 4.69 5.8
 Sam Jones 35 2 7 .222 42 0 17 40.7 41 21 7 16 36 4.65 5.8
 Frank Smith 33 0 0 .000 35 0 0 39.0 27 15 5 18 40 3.46 4.4
 Alex Konikowski 33 3 0 1.000 38 0 0 38.7 51 27 11 17 27 6.29 0.6
 Jim McDonald 34 0 2 .000 29 0 0 31.0 39 22 4 14 12 6.39 0.0
 Willard Nixon 33 0 1 .000 13 1 0 18.0 14 9 2 7 5 4.50 1.0
Team Totals 31.1 47 115 .290 405 162 20 1440.3 1540 786 226 492 890 4.91 52.2
Rank among 8 NL teams 8 8 8 8 7 8 8 8 6 7 8  
* - 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 .996 31.6
B.Hall 1145.3 129 134 712 29 5 2 .993 34.5
E.Sadowski 291.0 33 39 196 8 0 0 1.000 22.2
A.Grammas 4.0 0 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
Team Total 1440.3 162 175 911 37 5 2 .995 31.6
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .993 11.17
E.Bouchee 1275.3 146 149 1618 129 10 155 .994 12.33
N.Fox 107.0 12 17 130 10 1 10 .993 11.78
D.Coogan 58.0 4 13 92 7 2 6 .980 15.36
Team Total 1440.3 162 179 1840 146 13 171 .993 12.41
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 5.55
C.Carrasquel 950.7 115 119 221 493 15 100 .979 6.76
N.Fox 300.3 30 50 61 145 3 24 .986 6.17
A.Grammas 140.7 15 20 31 60 1 7 .989 5.82
J.Snyder 24.7 2 7 7 15 0 5 1.000 8.03
G.Verble 18.0 0 10 6 8 0 1 1.000 7.00
B.Serena 6.0 0 4 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.50
Team Total 1440.3 162 210 326 722 19 137 .982 6.55
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .963 2.79
B.Serena 1268.3 146 146 78 342 31 35 .931 2.98
N.Fox 115.7 12 16 10 28 3 3 .927 2.96
A.Grammas 49.0 4 11 5 16 0 2 1.000 3.86
J.Snyder 7.3 0 6 1 4 0 1 1.000 6.14
Team Total 1440.3 162 179 94 390 34 41 .934 3.02
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .968 4.78
J.Koppe 1273.0 146 155 194 529 21 100 .972 5.11
N.Fox 132.0 16 18 20 62 3 7 .965 5.59
C.Carrasquel 14.7 0 2 4 8 0 2 1.000 7.37
B.Serena 12.7 0 3 5 8 0 3 1.000 9.24
J.Snyder 6.0 0 3 2 4 0 1 1.000 9.00
A.Grammas 2.0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1440.3 162 182 226 612 24 114 .972 5.24
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .982 1.78
E.Robinson 1300.3 149 149 240 11 1 2 .996 1.74
S.Drake 133.0 13 19 19 4 0 1 1.000 1.56
W.Moryn 7.0 0 4 1 1 0 0 1.000 2.57
Team Total 1440.3 162 172 260 16 1 3 .996 1.72
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 2.28
G.Bell 1245.0 142 145 267 10 6 3 .979 2.00
S.Drake 187.7 20 27 47 3 1 0 .980 2.40
E.Robinson 5.0 0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 5.40
G.Verble 2.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1439.7 162 176 318 13 7 3 .979 2.07
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 1.78
W.Moryn 1295.0 149 152 195 4 13 1 .939 1.38
S.Drake 125.0 13 18 23 1 0 0 1.000 1.73
G.Bell 12.0 0 7 6 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
E.Robinson 5.0 0 4 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
E.Bouchee 2.3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
J.Snyder 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1440.3 162 183 224 5 13 1 .946 1.43
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .976 2.07
M.Garcia 327.0 42 42 19 69 2 4 .978 2.42
D.Drott 274.7 43 43 15 46 2 6 .968 2.00
D.Donovan 255.3 34 34 21 53 2 7 .974 2.61
S.Hamilton 166.7 22 22 17 37 0 2 1.000 2.92
J.McClain 161.0 20 32 11 28 1 0 .975 2.18
T.Farrell 88.3 0 75 6 17 0 1 1.000 2.34
S.Jones 40.7 0 42 4 4 0 0 1.000 1.77
F.Smith 39.0 0 35 3 4 0 1 1.000 1.62
A.Konikowski 38.7 0 38 3 5 0 0 1.000 1.86
J.McDonald 31.0 0 29 1 1 0 0 1.000 0.58
W.Nixon 18.0 1 13 2 4 0 0 1.000 3.00
Team Total 1440.3 162 405 102 268 7 21 .981 2.31
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Koppe .293
On-Base Pct Koppe .352
Slugging Pct Serena .393
OPS Koppe .729
XR Koppe 72.8
Games Koppe, Robinson 157
At-Bats Koppe 574
Runs Serena 67
Hits Koppe 168
Total Bases Koppe, Serena 216
Singles Koppe 133
Doubles Bouchee 35
Triples Bouchee, Koppe 5
Homeruns Serena 23
RBIs Bouchee, Serena 64
Stolen Bases Donovan, Koppe, Robinson, Snyder 1
Caught Stealing Robinson 2
Walks Bouchee 72
Strikeouts Serena 188
ERA Hamilton 2.97
Wins Donovan 11
Losses Drott 28
Winning Pct Donovan .344
Saves Jones 17
Games Pitched Farrell 75
Games Started Drott 43
Complete Games Garcia 14
Shutouts Donovan, Drott 1
Innings Pitched Garcia 327.0
Hits Allowed Garcia 343
Homeruns Allowed Garcia 56
Strikeouts Drott 234
Walks Allowed Drott 127
Walks per 9IP Hamilton 1.9
Hits per 9IP Hamilton 7.0
Strikeouts per 9IP Drott 7.7
WHiP Hamilton 0.99
OAVG Hamilton .211
OOBP Hamilton .259
OSLG Hamilton .340
OOPS Hamilton .599
Team All-Stars
No players selected to All-Star Team
Player Salaries
Bill Serena $ 11,400,000
Chico Carrasquel $ 5,500,000
Curt Simmons $ 1,900,000
Mike Garcia $ 1,700,000
Gus Bell $ 1,600,000
Bobby Avila $ 1,300,000
Sam Jones $ 800,000
Turk Farrell $ 794,286
Dick Donovan $ 510,000
Alex Grammas $ 500,000
Ed Bouchee $ 414,286
Nellie Fox $ 350,000
Walt Moryn $ 350,000
Dick Drott $ 300,000
Dale Coogan $ 300,000
Solly Drake $ 300,000
Steve Hamilton $ 300,000
Gene Verble $ 300,000
Alex Konikowski $ 300,000
Joe Koppe $ 300,000
Joe McClain $ 300,000
Jim McDonald $ 300,000
Willard Nixon $ 300,000
Earl Robinson $ 300,000
Ed Sadowski $ 300,000
Frank Smith $ 300,000
Jerry Snyder $ 300,000
Bill Hall $ 300,000
  
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
3/3 Traded Lenny Green Pittsburgh Bob Aspromonte
 
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