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1961 Oakland Athletics
Record: 100-62
Finish: 1st in AL American Division
Runs Scored: 737
Runs Allowed: 588
Exp W-L: 98-64
 
Ballpark: Colosseum
Attendance: 2,415,026
Manager: Marwan Najdawi

Statistics / Schedule

 Minor League Records:
AAA: 58-79, 6th in the AL
AA: 48-89, 8th in the AL
A: 55-82, 6th in the AL
 
 
Postseason Results:
Won World Championship 4-1 over Montreal Expos
Won AL League Series 4-3 over Boston (A) Red Sox
 
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
SS  Jim Brideweser 34 154 619 88 191 25 6 6 72 30 6 38 86 .309 .351 .397 .748 84.8 19.8 4.9
CF *Whitey Lockman 34 155 580 81 172 22 4 26 86 16 7 58 72 .297 .362 .483 .845 97.9 24.5 5.8
1B *Wayne Belardi 30 158 546 101 157 23 5 21 88 0 0 69 96 .288 .379 .463 .842 96.5 23.5 3.2
2B #Jim Gilliam 32 151 552 95 161 45 10 5 57 17 8 71 21 .292 .371 .437 .808 85.9 21.0 10.1
RF  Jackie Jensen 34 152 508 66 123 23 4 23 90 2 0 58 128 .242 .319 .439 .758 70.8 14.1 4.2
RF *Willie Kirkland 27 146 466 71 106 26 7 11 64 15 4 62 82 .227 .323 .384 .707 53.8 8.7 3.7
C *Joe Ginsberg 34 140 439 46 105 15 1 6 53 0 0 54 25 .239 .325 .319 .644 46.3 7.0 6.0
1B *Billy Klaus 32 137 442 40 103 12 2 9 37 6 1 47 89 .233 .305 .330 .635 45.6 6.1 5.0
1B  Luis Aparicio 27 132 388 47 87 20 5 4 42 15 2 16 22 .224 .252 .332 .585 31.7 2.4 3.7
RF  Stan Palys 31 89 200 25 59 15 1 9 38 0 0 17 28 .295 .347 .515 .862 34.3 8.7 1.4
C  Johnny Pramesa 35 49 133 11 31 2 0 3 10 0 0 5 29 .233 .261 .316 .577 10.4 0.9 1.8
P  Gene Conley 30 41 118 8 23 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 23 .195 .200 .195 .395 4.0 0.0 0.0
RF  Bill Wilson 32 66 106 17 24 4 0 4 16 0 0 18 30 .226 .344 .377 .721 13.6 2.4 0.4
P *Billy Pierce 34 40 96 8 17 1 0 1 9 0 1 1 22 .177 .186 .219 .404 3.4 0.0 0.0
P  Virgil Jester 33 41 97 5 17 1 0 0 4 0 1 2 42 .175 .190 .186 .376 2.4 0.0 0.0
LF  Dick Gernert 32 35 66 9 14 1 1 3 16 0 0 11 17 .212 .329 .394 .723 9.5 1.6 0.5
DH  Vic Power 33 45 61 4 12 4 1 0 8 1 0 1 7 .197 .206 .295 .501 3.0 0.0 0.3
2B  Leo Cardenas 22 21 50 3 8 3 0 0 7 0 0 3 13 .160 .208 .220 .428 1.5 0.0 0.6
C  Cal Neeman 32 30 47 7 14 4 0 1 9 0 0 3 9 .298 .353 .447 .800 6.8 1.8 0.7
P  Tom Acker 31 40 40 2 3 0 0 1 3 0 0 1 16 .075 .095 .150 .245 -0.4 0.0 0.0
P #Marshall Bridges 30 47 40 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 12 .075 .119 .075 .194 -1.0 0.0 0.0
P  Dolan Nichols 31 20 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .500 .000 .500 0.3 0.0 0.0
P  Ron Mrozinski 30 6 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 0.4 0.0 0.0
P  Jim Waugh 27 21 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .500 1.000 0.4 0.0 0.0
P *Tom Borland 28 15 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 31.0 1931 5600 737 1432 246 47 133 716 102 30 536 872 .256 .323 .388 .711 701.8 142.3 52.3
  Rank among 8 AL teams 3 3 4 5 1 5 3 1 8 4 1 4 3 4 4 3  
* - 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
 Gene Conley 30 26 6 .813 41 41 0 349.7 242 78 18 74 333 2.01 39.6
 Virgil Jester 33 17 17 .500 41 41 0 305.7 310 126 35 52 213 3.71 15.9
*Billy Pierce 34 20 9 .690 40 40 0 302.0 256 120 46 108 274 3.58 18.4
*Marshall Bridges 30 12 5 .706 47 19 1 163.7 110 47 14 82 143 2.58 15.8
 Tom Acker 31 5 9 .357 39 20 1 148.3 147 88 35 63 109 5.34 0.0
 Chuck Estrada 23 8 4 .667 69 0 3 81.3 69 32 10 33 79 3.54 6.6
 Cholly Naranjo 26 7 5 .583 46 0 20 47.3 51 24 5 22 43 4.56 4.0
 Dolan Nichols 31 3 5 .375 20 0 2 29.7 31 16 2 11 6 4.86 0.8
 Jim Waugh 27 2 1 .667 21 0 3 26.0 20 11 2 8 16 3.81 2.6
*Tom Borland 28 0 0 .000 15 0 0 15.0 18 6 1 3 9 3.60 0.8
*Ron Mrozinski 30 0 1 .000 6 1 0 14.0 10 5 1 5 8 3.21 0.8
Team Totals 29.4 100 62 .617 385 162 30 1482.6 1264 553 169 461 1233 3.36 105.3
Rank among 8 AL teams 1 1 6 1 1 2 8 3 3 4 3  
* - 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
J.Ginsberg 1073.0 116 124 911 30 4 3 .996 21.7
J.Pramesa 306.7 36 38 243 15 0 1 1.000 28.6
C.Neeman 103.0 10 16 101 3 0 0 1.000 25.0
Team Total 1482.7 162 178 1255 48 4 4 .997 24.4
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 10.84
W.Belardi 1182.3 134 136 1353 103 11 111 .993 11.08
L.Aparicio 120.0 11 23 142 11 1 9 .994 11.48
V.Power 65.7 7 15 72 12 0 4 1.000 11.51
B.Klaus 63.0 6 7 75 6 0 7 1.000 11.57
B.Wilson 31.0 4 5 38 3 1 5 .976 11.90
J.Ginsberg 13.7 0 6 14 0 0 1 1.000 9.22
L.Cardenas 4.0 0 3 6 1 0 0 1.000 15.75
D.Gernert 2.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
W.Lockman 1.0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 18.00
Team Total 1482.7 162 197 1702 137 13 137 .993 11.16
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 5.36
J.Gilliam 1274.0 141 146 273 551 13 100 .984 5.82
L.Aparicio 127.7 13 18 20 53 1 10 .986 5.15
B.Klaus 76.0 8 12 8 32 1 6 .976 4.74
J.Brideweser 3.0 0 1 2 1 0 1 1.000 9.00
L.Cardenas 2.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1482.7 162 178 304 637 15 117 .984 5.71
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .954 2.65
J.Brideweser 1308.0 145 151 61 328 19 24 .953 2.68
L.Aparicio 92.0 10 15 5 18 1 0 .958 2.25
B.Klaus 62.7 7 9 3 13 1 3 .941 2.30
W.Belardi 14.0 0 3 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.64
J.Gilliam 5.0 0 2 0 1 1 1 .500 1.80
C.Neeman 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1482.7 162 181 69 361 22 28 .951 2.61
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .968 4.71
B.Klaus 890.3 97 105 124 348 17 52 .965 4.77
L.Aparicio 390.0 44 50 57 146 7 26 .967 4.68
L.Cardenas 108.0 11 16 10 47 1 12 .983 4.75
B.Wilson 85.7 10 10 21 22 7 6 .860 4.52
J.Brideweser 4.0 0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 4.50
V.Power 3.7 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
S.Palys 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1482.7 162 185 212 565 32 96 .960 4.72
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .982 1.73
W.Kirkland 965.0 106 115 155 7 7 3 .959 1.51
S.Palys 247.0 29 37 46 0 0 0 1.000 1.68
L.Aparicio 96.0 9 15 16 1 0 1 1.000 1.59
W.Lockman 60.0 6 6 12 0 0 0 1.000 1.80
J.Jensen 41.0 5 5 7 0 2 0 .778 1.54
D.Gernert 40.0 4 6 11 0 0 0 1.000 2.48
W.Belardi 19.0 2 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.95
B.Wilson 13.0 1 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
J.Gilliam 1.7 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1482.7 162 192 249 8 9 4 .966 1.56
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .984 2.24
W.Lockman 1276.0 143 145 251 11 3 3 .989 1.85
D.Gernert 83.0 10 10 14 0 1 0 .933 1.52
B.Wilson 62.0 7 11 9 0 1 0 .900 1.31
S.Palys 28.0 2 8 7 1 0 1 1.000 2.57
J.Jensen 24.7 0 9 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.19
V.Power 5.0 0 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 5.40
T.Acker 4.0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1.000 2.25
Team Total 1482.7 162 185 290 13 5 5 .984 1.84
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .985 1.79
J.Jensen 1107.7 125 129 194 5 1 1 .995 1.62
W.Kirkland 150.0 16 22 31 3 1 1 .971 2.04
W.Belardi 97.7 10 13 16 1 0 0 1.000 1.57
S.Palys 97.0 9 15 17 0 0 0 1.000 1.58
V.Power 11.0 1 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.64
L.Aparicio 10.0 0 5 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.80
D.Gernert 7.0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.29
B.Wilson 2.3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1482.7 162 189 263 9 2 2 .993 1.65
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .973 2.01
G.Conley 349.7 41 41 14 45 2 4 .967 1.52
V.Jester 305.7 41 41 27 50 1 3 .987 2.27
B.Pierce 302.0 40 40 21 46 3 3 .957 2.00
M.Bridges 163.7 19 47 7 37 0 5 1.000 2.42
T.Acker 148.3 20 39 7 37 1 1 .978 2.67
C.Estrada 81.3 0 69 8 16 1 1 .960 2.66
C.Naranjo 47.3 0 46 1 9 0 2 1.000 1.90
D.Nichols 29.7 0 20 0 9 0 1 1.000 2.73
J.Waugh 26.0 0 21 1 4 1 0 .833 1.73
T.Borland 15.0 0 15 1 2 0 1 1.000 1.80
R.Mrozinski 14.0 1 6 0 1 1 0 .500 0.64
Team Total 1482.6 162 385 87 256 10 21 .972 2.08
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Brideweser .309
On-Base Pct Belardi .379
Slugging Pct Lockman .483
OPS Lockman .845
XR Lockman 97.9
Games Belardi 158
At-Bats Brideweser 619
Runs Belardi 101
Hits Brideweser 191
Total Bases Lockman 280
Singles Brideweser 154
Doubles Gilliam 45
Triples Gilliam 10
Homeruns Lockman 26
RBIs Jensen 90
Stolen Bases Brideweser 30
Caught Stealing Gilliam 8
Walks Gilliam 71
Strikeouts Jensen 128
ERA Conley 2.01
Wins Conley 26
Losses Jester 17
Winning Pct Conley .813
Saves Naranjo 20
Games Pitched Estrada 69
Games Started Conley, Jester 41
Complete Games Conley 22
Shutouts Conley 3
Innings Pitched Conley 349.7
Hits Allowed Jester 310
Homeruns Allowed Pierce 46
Strikeouts Conley 333
Walks Allowed Pierce 108
Walks per 9IP Jester 1.5
Hits per 9IP Bridges 6.0
Strikeouts per 9IP Conley 8.6
WHiP Conley 0.90
OAVG Conley .191
OOBP Conley .236
OSLG Conley .277
OOPS Conley .514
Team All-Stars
Wayne Belardi
Gene Conley
Virgil Jester
Whitey Lockman
Player Salaries
Gene Conley $ 22,100,000
Jim Gilliam $ 6,100,000
Jackie Jensen $ 5,500,000
Whitey Lockman $ 5,410,000
Virgil Jester $ 4,428,571
Jim Brideweser $ 3,660,000
Wayne Belardi $ 3,570,000
Willie Kirkland $ 3,542,857
Stan Palys $ 2,687,143
Billy Klaus $ 2,421,429
Joe Ginsberg $ 1,500,000
Billy Pierce $ 1,000,000
Johnny Pramesa $ 950,000
Bill Wilson $ 527,000
Vic Power $ 350,000
Ron Mrozinski $ 350,000
Dolan Nichols $ 350,000
Tom Acker $ 300,000
Cholly Naranjo $ 300,000
Chuck Estrada $ 300,000
Jim Waugh $ 300,000
Leo Cardenas $ 300,000
Marshall Bridges $ 300,000
Cal Neeman $ 300,000
Tom Borland $ 300,000
Luis Aparicio $ 300,000
Dick Gernert $ 300,000
  
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/13 Traded Mickey Mcdermott New York (N) Wayne Belardi
Johnny Pramesa
7/1 Signed     Dick Gernert
 
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