1961 New York (N) Giants
Record: 95-67
Finish: 3rd in NL National Division
Runs Scored: 789
Runs Allowed: 672
Exp W-L: 93-69
 
Ballpark: The Meadowlands
Attendance: 2,321,020
Manager: Matt Ida

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 63-74, 7th in the NL
AA: 62-75, 7th in the NL
A: 57-80, 8th in the NL
 
 
 
 
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  Gil McDougald 33 156 617 96 165 29 5 35 91 2 1 42 109 .267 .317 .501 .818 93.5 16.3 6.1
CF  Hank Aaron 27 154 577 115 196 34 3 46 121 3 2 62 50 .340 .402 .648 1.051 130.0 31.1 4.7
RF  Wally Post 31 159 565 96 162 28 5 36 97 0 0 66 111 .287 .363 .545 .908 103.2 21.0 2.7
3B *Billy Williams 23 156 567 78 148 32 2 26 88 3 4 47 48 .261 .317 .462 .779 78.8 12.5 4.0
RF  Felipe Alou 26 156 537 57 148 22 1 14 61 1 1 25 36 .276 .310 .399 .708 60.2 7.9 4.9
C *Carl Sawatski 33 145 486 72 120 15 5 28 75 0 0 79 140 .247 .352 .471 .823 82.3 15.2 4.8
SS  Bobby Richardson 25 145 543 61 168 27 4 2 48 4 3 11 19 .309 .323 .385 .707 61.1 9.8 6.8
3B  Andy Carey 29 119 362 57 118 22 4 8 51 0 0 14 64 .326 .353 .475 .828 53.3 10.6 1.8
3B  Dick Groat 30 110 312 31 76 19 3 0 23 0 0 17 18 .244 .282 .324 .606 25.8 1.8 2.8
LF  Frank Thomas 32 83 177 17 51 9 2 6 24 0 0 6 17 .288 .310 .463 .773 25.2 4.1 1.1
SS  Woodie Held 29 72 158 20 37 6 0 9 30 0 0 16 48 .234 .316 .443 .759 22.7 3.5 2.1
C  Dick Rand 30 43 119 11 31 5 0 1 16 0 0 11 23 .261 .323 .328 .651 11.8 1.2 1.0
P *Johnny Antonelli 31 44 118 10 16 0 0 0 7 0 0 2 39 .136 .149 .136 .284 -0.4 0.0 0.0
P  Humberto Robinson 31 45 112 11 16 1 0 1 7 0 0 3 54 .143 .165 .179 .344 1.1 0.0 0.0
LF *Charlie Maxwell 34 95 89 20 18 4 0 5 14 0 0 15 15 .202 .317 .416 .733 10.7 1.0 0.1
P  Tex Clevenger 28 40 91 8 16 1 0 1 4 0 0 1 29 .176 .185 .220 .405 2.2 0.0 0.0
C  Bill Sarni 33 63 72 13 21 4 0 3 9 0 0 5 11 .292 .346 .472 .818 10.5 1.9 0.2
P  Lee Stange 24 21 49 2 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 19 .041 .041 .082 .122 -3.2 0.0 0.0
LF  Bob Borkowski 35 23 50 5 8 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 8 .160 .208 .180 .388 -0.1 0.0 0.4
LF  Tommy Davis 22 13 35 7 12 2 1 0 5 0 0 1 6 .343 .361 .457 .818 4.8 0.9 0.2
P *Frank Baumann 27 13 29 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 .138 .138 .138 .276 -0.4 0.0 0.0
P  Terry Fox 25 64 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4 0.0 0.0
P  Ron Negray 31 8 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .667 .667 .667 1.333 0.9 0.3 0.0
P  Bobby Locke 27 29 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Roger Bowman 33 63 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
2B  Joe Demaestri 32 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .500 .000 .500 0.3 0.0 0.1
2B  Ted Lepcio 30 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 0.4 0.0 0.0
P  Duke Maas 32 27 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
CF *Al Luplow 22 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 29.1 2052 5680 789 1536 263 35 221 774 13 11 427 882 .270 .322 .446 .768 774.1 139.1 43.9
  Rank among 8 NL teams 1 3 1 2 4 3 2 6 4 6 1 1 3 3 2 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
*Johnny Antonelli 31 21 13 .618 44 44 0 323.3 266 118 38 111 323 3.28 25.2
 Humberto Robinson 31 22 7 .759 45 45 0 314.3 250 84 23 74 298 2.41 33.8
 Tex Clevenger 28 15 12 .556 40 40 0 270.7 270 120 33 68 210 3.99 15.7
 Lee Stange 24 6 10 .375 21 21 0 142.0 144 69 17 33 79 4.37 4.0
*Jackie Collum 34 3 10 .231 100 0 15 107.0 138 62 19 34 58 5.21 0.5
 Terry Fox 25 10 3 .769 64 0 7 81.0 92 34 10 31 35 3.78 6.8
*Roger Bowman 33 8 4 .667 63 0 11 79.7 64 32 7 36 71 3.62 9.8
*Frank Baumann 27 5 3 .625 11 11 0 67.3 72 42 13 18 54 5.61 0.9
 Bobby Locke 27 3 2 .600 29 1 3 37.0 41 20 2 19 22 4.86 2.0
 Duke Maas 32 2 2 .500 27 0 3 36.3 28 15 7 11 19 3.72 3.4
 Ron Negray 31 0 1 .000 8 0 0 10.7 16 12 6 7 8 10.13 0.0
Team Totals 29.4 95 67 .586 452 162 39 1469.3 1381 608 175 442 1177 3.72 102.0
Rank among 8 NL teams 3 3 1 3 2 3 5 4 5 2 4  
* - 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
C.Sawatski 1192.3 129 139 977 45 6 0 .994 29.0
D.Rand 229.0 29 29 190 9 1 0 .995 27.3
B.Sarni 48.0 4 9 39 2 0 0 1.000 0.0
Team Total 1469.3 162 177 1206 56 7 0 .994 27.3
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .993 11.17
W.Post 1306.0 144 149 1497 115 14 116 .991 11.11
F.Thomas 128.0 16 18 136 11 1 13 .993 10.34
D.Rand 22.0 2 5 20 2 0 5 1.000 9.00
F.Alou 11.3 0 3 19 0 0 2 1.000 15.09
A.Carey 2.0 0 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 13.50
Team Total 1469.3 162 176 1675 128 15 136 .992 11.04
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 5.55
G.McDougald 1355.3 148 152 265 557 24 113 .972 5.46
W.Held 97.0 12 12 21 38 1 5 .983 5.47
D.Groat 17.0 2 2 3 5 0 0 1.000 4.24
Team Total 1469.3 162 166 289 600 25 118 .973 5.45
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .963 2.79
D.Groat 680.7 85 87 37 180 7 7 .969 2.87
A.Carey 580.0 60 81 29 124 8 9 .950 2.37
F.Thomas 160.7 17 26 10 31 4 1 .911 2.30
W.Held 33.0 0 10 0 16 0 0 1.000 4.36
D.Rand 13.0 0 5 1 3 0 0 1.000 2.77
B.Richardson 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1469.3 162 210 77 354 19 17 .958 2.64
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .968 4.78
B.Richardson 1229.0 143 144 149 481 19 84 .971 4.61
W.Held 192.0 19 33 23 81 6 15 .945 4.88
D.Groat 39.7 0 18 6 17 0 4 1.000 5.22
J.Demaestri 5.7 0 2 2 3 0 1 1.000 7.95
G.McDougald 3.0 0 2 0 1 0 1 1.000 3.00
Team Total 1469.3 162 199 180 583 25 105 .968 4.67
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .982 1.78
B.Williams 1288.7 145 148 216 13 5 4 .979 1.60
C.Maxwell 50.0 6 10 8 0 0 0 1.000 1.44
F.Thomas 42.0 5 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.50
B.Borkowski 25.0 3 3 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.44
T.Davis 23.0 3 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.39
H.Aaron 20.0 0 6 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.90
F.Alou 11.7 0 5 4 0 0 0 1.000 3.09
A.Carey 6.0 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.50
W.Post 3.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1469.3 162 186 243 13 5 4 .981 1.57
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 2.28
F.Alou 1247.3 146 150 268 7 8 2 .972 1.98
W.Held 99.0 11 13 23 0 3 0 .885 2.09
F.Thomas 51.3 0 19 18 1 0 0 1.000 3.33
B.Borkowski 43.7 5 7 10 0 0 0 1.000 2.06
H.Aaron 12.7 0 5 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.13
W.Post 11.3 0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.38
B.Williams 2.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
T.Davis 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1469.3 162 200 325 8 11 2 .968 2.04
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 1.78
H.Aaron 1237.0 139 139 255 8 7 2 .974 1.91
A.Carey 125.0 14 14 20 0 1 0 .952 1.44
T.Davis 56.7 5 8 13 0 0 0 1.000 2.06
B.Borkowski 45.7 4 7 8 0 0 0 1.000 1.58
A.Luplow 4.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
B.Williams 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1469.3 162 170 298 8 8 2 .975 1.87
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .976 2.07
J.Antonelli 323.3 44 44 24 45 1 3 .986 1.92
H.Robinson 314.3 45 45 16 47 1 3 .984 1.80
T.Clevenger 270.7 40 40 16 41 1 2 .983 1.90
L.Stange 142.0 21 21 14 27 2 0 .953 2.60
J.Collum 107.0 0 100 7 17 0 1 1.000 2.02
T.Fox 81.0 0 64 4 13 0 1 1.000 1.89
R.Bowman 79.7 0 63 5 14 0 0 1.000 2.15
F.Baumann 67.3 11 11 6 11 0 0 1.000 2.27
B.Locke 37.0 1 29 2 8 0 2 1.000 2.43
D.Maas 36.3 0 27 2 7 0 1 1.000 2.23
R.Negray 10.7 0 8 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.69
Team Total 1469.3 162 452 96 232 5 13 .985 2.01
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Aaron .340
On-Base Pct Aaron .402
Slugging Pct Aaron .648
OPS Aaron 1.051
XR Aaron 130.0
Games Post 159
At-Bats McDougald 617
Runs Aaron 115
Hits Aaron 196
Total Bases Aaron 374
Singles Richardson 135
Doubles Aaron 34
Triples McDougald, Post, Sawatski 5
Homeruns Aaron 46
RBIs Aaron 121
Stolen Bases Richardson 4
Caught Stealing Williams 4
Walks Sawatski 79
Strikeouts Sawatski 140
ERA Robinson 2.41
Wins Robinson 22
Losses Antonelli 13
Winning Pct Robinson .759
Saves Collum 15
Games Pitched Collum 100
Games Started Robinson 45
Complete Games Antonelli 7
Shutouts Antonelli 1
Innings Pitched Antonelli 323.3
Hits Allowed Clevenger 270
Homeruns Allowed Antonelli 38
Strikeouts Antonelli 323
Walks Allowed Antonelli 111
Walks per 9IP Robinson 2.1
Hits per 9IP Robinson 7.2
Strikeouts per 9IP Antonelli 9.0
WHiP Robinson 1.03
OAVG Robinson .216
OOBP Robinson .265
OSLG Robinson .329
OOPS Robinson .594
Team All-Stars
Hank Aaron
Andy Carey
Gil McDougald
Humberto Robinson
Carl Sawatski
Player Salaries
Gil McDougald $ 9,000,000
Hank Aaron $ 8,840,000
Humberto Robinson $ 7,407,143
Johnny Antonelli $ 7,400,000
Carl Sawatski $ 7,220,000
Frank Baumann $ 4,614,286
Wally Post $ 3,790,000
Andy Carey $ 3,003,003
Tex Clevenger $ 2,564,286
Jackie Collum $ 2,550,000
Dick Groat $ 1,500,000
Woodie Held $ 1,234,286
Bill Sarni $ 1,172,000
Charlie Maxwell $ 1,012,000
Roger Bowman $ 700,007
Duke Maas $ 548,571
Dick Rand $ 350,000
Frank Thomas $ 350,000
Tommy Davis $ 300,000
Bob Borkowski $ 300,000
Felipe Alou $ 300,000
Joe Demaestri $ 300,000
Terry Fox $ 300,000
Gail Harris $ 300,000
Bobby Locke $ 300,000
Dom Zanni $ 300,000
Al Luplow $ 300,000
Bobby Richardson $ 300,000
Lee Stange $ 300,000
Billy Williams $ 300,000
Ted Lepcio $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/13 Traded Wayne Belardi
Johnny Pramesa
Oakland Mickey Mcdermott
2/13 Traded Pete Whisenant Seattle Felipe Alou
2/20 Signed     Andy Carey
4/2 Signed     Charlie Maxwell
4/2 Signed     Bill Sarni
10/19 Released Ron Negray