1961 Seattle Mariners
Record: 46-116
Finish: 8th in AL American Division
Runs Scored: 458
Runs Allowed: 831
Exp W-L: 41-121
 
Ballpark: The Fish Bowl
Attendance: 1,001,425
Manager: Peter Fletcher

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 79-58, 2nd in the AL
AA: 79-58, 2nd in the AL
A: 57-80, 5th in the AL
 
 
 
 
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
CF *Vada Pinson 22 155 603 66 177 42 6 12 56 30 8 28 68 .294 .325 .443 .768 83.1 25.0 1.7
2B  Johnny Goryl 27 152 543 48 101 29 2 18 58 0 0 41 142 .186 .245 .346 .591 42.5 4.0 2.7
3B *Bob Sadowski 24 155 504 35 84 12 2 7 37 0 0 35 157 .167 .223 .240 .463 22.7 0.0 1.6
1B  Daryl Spencer 31 149 450 41 89 15 2 7 35 0 0 49 77 .198 .276 .287 .562 36.5 3.7 1.2
LF *Dan Dobbek 26 144 441 34 70 12 1 14 37 0 0 29 98 .159 .215 .286 .500 24.3 0.0 1.6
2B  Charley Smith 23 131 417 29 82 16 1 10 32 0 0 16 119 .197 .225 .312 .537 26.6 0.8 0.9
CF  Johnny Groth 34 140 378 37 87 25 3 3 32 0 0 24 115 .230 .276 .336 .612 31.1 5.1 1.3
SS  Clete Boyer 24 126 297 21 67 16 1 6 24 0 0 19 84 .226 .274 .347 .621 26.4 4.8 1.4
SS  Jake Wood 24 72 288 34 74 11 0 6 16 22 13 24 79 .257 .313 .358 .671 33.1 7.7 2.4
C *Tom Haller 24 71 240 23 50 6 1 6 24 0 0 20 60 .208 .271 .317 .588 21.1 2.9 2.6
C  Jimmie Coker 25 81 205 22 49 7 0 7 24 0 0 14 36 .239 .285 .376 .661 20.3 3.7 1.9
C *Frank Torre 29 59 186 19 57 12 1 1 20 0 0 10 12 .306 .347 .398 .745 22.4 6.4 1.8
SS *Wally Shannon 28 88 173 8 34 10 1 1 13 0 0 4 36 .197 .223 .283 .507 8.8 0.0 1.3
2B *Jerry Lumpe 28 57 154 18 49 12 1 0 15 0 0 10 16 .318 .360 .409 .769 20.1 6.5 0.5
P  Bob Anderson 25 39 79 1 9 1 1 0 4 0 0 2 29 .114 .134 .152 .286 0.2 0.0 0.0
P  Dean Chance 20 29 76 4 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 33 .092 .115 .092 .207 -2.1 0.0 0.0
C  Steve Korcheck 28 25 71 6 11 2 0 0 2 0 0 4 10 .155 .200 .183 .383 0.8 0.0 0.4
P  Earl Wilson 26 41 47 2 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 21 .106 .122 .128 .250 -0.4 0.0 0.0
P  Ralph Beard 32 18 36 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 .111 .111 .111 .222 -0.7 0.0 0.0
P *Jim Maloney 21 15 33 2 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 10 .091 .118 .091 .209 -0.8 0.0 0.0
P  George O'Donnell 32 11 23 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 .130 .130 .174 .304 0.0 0.0 0.0
P  Orlando Pena 27 13 21 3 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 10 .095 .095 .095 .190 -0.7 0.0 0.0
LF  Pete Whisenant 31 20 17 2 4 1 0 1 2 0 0 2 4 .235 .316 .471 .786 2.3 0.8 0.1
P  Galen Cisco 25 7 10 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 .200 .200 .500 .700 1.0 0.1 0.0
P  Bob Miller 22 40 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .000 .111 .000 .111 -0.4 0.0 0.0
P  Whammy Douglas 26 4 8 1 2 1 0 1 4 0 0 0 2 .250 .250 .750 1.000 1.6 0.6 0.0
P  Barry Latman 25 4 7 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .429 .429 .429 .857 1.2 0.2 0.0
P  Mike Fornieles 29 54 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.6 0.0 0.0
P  Joe Shipley 26 39 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4 0.0 0.0
P *Ron Perranoski 25 60 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4 0.0 0.0
P  Dave Sisler 29 23 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4 0.0 0.0
P  Don McMahon 31 12 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 26.5 2034 5335 458 1125 233 24 100 439 52 21 336 1257 .211 .259 .320 .579 419.1 72.2 23.4
  Rank among 8 AL teams 7 8 8 6 8 8 8 2 7 8 7 8 8 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
 Bob Anderson 25 9 24 .273 39 39 0 275.0 254 140 41 109 154 4.58 5.8
 Dean Chance 20 8 16 .333 29 29 0 223.0 203 96 12 79 154 3.87 9.2
 Earl Wilson 26 7 13 .350 41 22 1 179.0 170 93 27 74 111 4.68 4.3
 Ralph Beard 32 5 9 .357 18 18 0 118.3 117 47 8 66 40 3.57 5.9
 Jim Maloney 21 4 9 .308 15 15 0 102.7 92 54 11 42 96 4.73 2.0
 George O'Donnell 32 3 8 .273 11 11 0 76.3 94 48 5 16 22 5.66 0.0
*Ron Perranoski 25 3 4 .429 60 0 0 76.0 78 40 7 30 41 4.74 2.7
 Orlando Pena 27 1 5 .167 13 3 0 70.3 73 42 10 22 46 5.37 0.0
 Mike Fornieles 29 2 4 .333 54 2 1 64.3 56 23 3 19 40 3.22 5.2
 Bob Miller 22 2 10 .167 40 3 12 56.0 52 29 8 23 34 4.66 3.5
 Joe Shipley 26 0 1 .000 39 0 0 42.7 53 36 2 30 27 7.59 0.0
 Galen Cisco 25 0 6 .000 7 7 0 39.3 59 37 2 19 26 8.47 0.0
 Dave Sisler 29 0 1 .000 23 0 0 34.0 42 29 9 21 22 7.68 0.0
 Barry Latman 25 0 4 .000 4 4 0 27.3 35 24 3 18 19 7.90 0.0
 Whammy Douglas 26 2 2 .500 4 4 0 25.7 22 8 3 12 24 2.81 2.7
 Don McMahon 31 0 0 .000 12 0 0 15.0 13 4 1 10 12 2.40 1.0
Team Totals 26.3 46 116 .284 409 157 14 1425.0 1413 750 152 590 868 4.74 42.4
Rank among 8 AL teams 8 8 8 8 8 6 7 8 8 8 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 .995 30.7
T.Haller 540.0 62 66 344 24 0 2 1.000 28.6
F.Torre 381.2 39 47 259 16 2 1 .993 38.5
J.Coker 374.3 43 44 263 14 1 1 .996 40.0
S.Korcheck 147.0 18 18 83 0 1 0 .988 0.0
Team Total 1442.5 162 175 949 54 4 4 .996 31.7
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 10.84
D.Spencer 1147.3 134 134 1348 112 12 125 .992 11.45
J.Groth 187.7 20 23 234 20 0 22 1.000 12.18
D.Dobbek 37.0 4 4 34 2 1 2 .973 8.76
F.Torre 18.4 2 2 22 3 0 1 1.000 12.23
P.Whisenant 18.0 1 3 24 1 0 3 1.000 12.50
J.Coker 8.0 0 1 12 1 0 1 1.000 14.63
T.Haller 2.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1418.4 161 169 1675 139 13 154 .993 11.51
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 5.36
C.Boyer 506.3 59 64 110 212 2 40 .994 5.72
J.Goryl 475.3 56 59 120 194 8 53 .975 5.95
J.Lumpe 319.9 43 48 58 129 3 27 .984 5.26
W.Shannon 98.7 9 19 20 42 0 7 1.000 5.66
J.Groth 32.0 3 8 11 15 1 3 .963 7.31
D.Spencer 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
B.Sadowski 2.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1436.2 170 200 320 592 14 130 .985 5.72
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .954 2.65
C.Smith 1045.3 124 127 70 231 25 14 .923 2.59
J.Goryl 317.7 36 39 19 77 3 4 .970 2.72
C.Boyer 50.0 2 22 2 8 0 2 1.000 1.80
B.Sadowski 6.0 0 3 1 1 0 0 1.000 3.00
W.Shannon 3.0 0 2 0 1 1 0 .500 3.00
D.Spencer 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
J.Lumpe 0.8 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1423.8 162 194 92 318 29 20 .934 2.59
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .968 4.71
J.Wood 612.0 70 72 103 285 11 51 .972 5.71
J.Goryl 462.3 54 54 63 189 10 27 .962 4.91
W.Shannon 208.0 25 27 43 106 3 24 .980 6.45
C.Boyer 85.7 9 16 18 45 1 11 .984 6.62
D.Spencer 25.0 3 3 4 10 0 4 1.000 5.04
J.Groth 13.0 1 4 3 4 1 0 .875 4.85
J.Lumpe 7.6 0 3 1 4 0 1 1.000 5.92
B.Sadowski 2.0 0 1 2 1 0 0 1.000 13.50
Team Total 1415.6 162 180 237 644 26 118 .971 5.60
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .982 1.73
V.Pinson 1311.3 148 151 279 11 3 5 .990 1.99
J.Groth 106.7 13 13 19 0 0 0 1.000 1.60
D.Dobbek 7.0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.29
Team Total 1425.0 162 165 299 11 3 5 .990 1.96
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .984 2.24
D.Dobbek 1012.3 119 119 253 4 0 2 1.000 2.28
J.Groth 397.7 43 51 113 1 0 1 1.000 2.58
P.Whisenant 14.0 0 7 6 0 0 0 1.000 3.86
J.Goryl 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1425.0 162 178 372 5 0 3 1.000 2.38
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .985 1.79
B.Sadowski 1252.7 152 152 246 16 2 1 .992 1.88
J.Groth 110.3 8 25 26 0 0 0 1.000 2.12
D.Dobbek 39.0 2 10 7 1 0 0 1.000 1.85
J.Coker 10.3 0 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.74
P.Whisenant 8.7 0 7 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.12
V.Pinson 3.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
W.Shannon 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1425.0 162 199 284 17 2 1 .993 1.90
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .973 2.01
B.Anderson 275.0 39 39 21 42 2 6 .969 2.06
D.Chance 223.0 29 29 11 50 5 3 .924 2.46
E.Wilson 179.0 22 41 7 29 2 2 .947 1.81
R.Beard 118.3 18 18 8 25 1 5 .971 2.51
J.Maloney 102.7 15 15 7 14 1 0 .955 1.84
G.O'Donnell 76.3 11 11 9 12 2 0 .913 2.48
R.Perranoski 76.0 0 60 4 19 0 2 1.000 2.72
O.Pena 70.3 3 13 5 12 2 1 .895 2.18
M.Fornieles 64.3 2 54 5 8 2 1 .867 1.82
B.Miller 56.0 3 40 1 13 0 0 1.000 2.25
J.Shipley 42.7 0 39 1 7 0 0 1.000 1.69
G.Cisco 39.3 7 7 1 5 0 1 1.000 1.37
D.Sisler 34.0 0 23 5 6 0 0 1.000 2.91
B.Latman 27.3 4 4 1 6 0 0 1.000 2.31
W.Douglas 25.7 4 4 3 5 2 1 .800 2.81
D.McMahon 15.0 0 12 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.20
Team Total 1425.0 157 409 90 254 19 22 .948 2.17
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Pinson .294
On-Base Pct Pinson .325
Slugging Pct Pinson .443
OPS Pinson .768
XR Pinson 83.1
Games Pinson, Sadowski 155
At-Bats Pinson 603
Runs Pinson 66
Hits Pinson 177
Total Bases Pinson 267
Singles Pinson 117
Doubles Pinson 42
Triples Pinson 6
Homeruns Goryl 18
RBIs Goryl 58
Stolen Bases Pinson 30
Caught Stealing Wood 13
Walks Spencer 49
Strikeouts Sadowski 157
ERA Chance 3.87
Wins Anderson 9
Losses Anderson 24
Winning Pct Wilson .350
Saves Miller 12
Games Pitched Perranoski 60
Games Started Anderson 39
Complete Games Anderson 12
Shutouts Anderson 2
Innings Pitched Anderson 275.0
Hits Allowed Anderson 254
Homeruns Allowed Anderson 41
Strikeouts Chance, Anderson 154
Walks Allowed Anderson 109
Walks per 9IP Chance 3.2
Hits per 9IP Chance 8.2
Strikeouts per 9IP Chance 6.2
WHiP Chance 1.26
OAVG Chance .240
OOBP Chance .305
OSLG Chance .355
OOPS Chance .660
Team All-Stars
Vada Pinson
Player Salaries
Bob Miller $ 1,742,857
Ralph Beard $ 350,000
George O'Donnell $ 350,000
Bob Anderson $ 350,000
Daryl Spencer $ 330,000
Clete Boyer $ 300,000
Dean Chance $ 300,000
Galen Cisco $ 300,000
Jimmie Coker $ 300,000
Dan Dobbek $ 300,000
Whammy Douglas $ 300,000
Johnny Goryl $ 300,000
Tom Haller $ 300,000
Jim Maloney $ 300,000
Jake Wood $ 300,000
Ron Perranoski $ 300,000
Vada Pinson $ 300,000
Bob Sadowski $ 300,000
Wally Shannon $ 300,000
Joe Shipley $ 300,000
Dave Sisler $ 300,000
Charley Smith $ 300,000
Earl Wilson $ 300,000
Barry Latman $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/13 Traded Felipe Alou New York (N) Pete Whisenant
3/3 Traded Ralph Terry
$5,000,000
Tampa Bay Steve Korcheck
5/1 Released Chi-Chi Olivo    
6/1 Released Steve Korcheck    
6/1 Released Pete Whisenant    
7/1 Traded Jerry Lumpe
Orlando Pena
Brooklyn Bunky Stewart
7/31 Traded Frank Torre
Mike Fornieles
Don Mcmahon
Boston (A) Bob Buhl
10/13 Released Bunky Stewart    
10/13 Released Bob Buhl    
10/13 Released Johnny Groth