1961 San Diego Padres
Record: 68-94
Finish: 6th in NL National Division
Runs Scored: 599
Runs Allowed: 747
Exp W-L: 65-97
 
Ballpark: Jack Murphy Field
Attendance: 1,331,518
Manager: Jamie D'Agostini

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 64-73, 5th in the NL
AA: 75-62, 3rd in the NL
A: 60-77, 7th 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
1B *Floyd Robinson 25 158 564 66 155 23 8 15 81 18 9 57 71 .275 .342 .424 .766 80.9 16.5 3.1
RF *Ron Fairly 22 150 530 81 139 20 0 16 59 1 1 77 60 .262 .359 .391 .749 72.7 13.8 3.1
CF *Richie Ashburn 34 150 526 67 150 23 5 1 47 29 10 34 28 .285 .329 .354 .683 62.0 11.7 4.2
C  Dick Brown 26 148 534 56 156 18 6 15 80 0 0 24 84 .292 .323 .433 .755 70.0 14.6 6.8
DH *Walt Bond 23 147 485 74 124 19 6 14 48 12 7 33 70 .256 .315 .406 .721 62.7 11.5 3.1
2B  Roy Smalley 35 154 466 36 92 15 1 7 44 0 0 27 121 .197 .242 .279 .521 31.0 0.0 5.6
3B *Jack Dittmer 33 127 342 26 71 13 1 3 41 0 0 18 72 .208 .249 .278 .526 18.1 0.0 1.8
3B *Fred Hatfield 36 86 234 19 48 11 0 4 19 1 1 16 73 .205 .257 .303 .560 17.8 1.0 1.9
SS  Jose Valdivielso 27 106 221 23 49 10 0 2 13 6 3 12 68 .222 .262 .294 .556 15.3 0.7 1.2
2B  Jack Cusick 33 105 212 17 34 4 0 1 8 2 1 20 43 .160 .233 .193 .426 6.4 0.0 2.0
LF *Boog Powell 19 54 204 28 42 8 2 10 23 0 0 21 46 .206 .280 .412 .692 24.3 3.8 1.1
1B *Gordon Goldsberry 33 117 174 14 45 7 2 2 27 0 0 24 39 .259 .347 .356 .703 21.5 3.8 0.8
3B  Dick Howser 25 53 161 18 42 8 0 2 17 6 3 29 12 .261 .374 .348 .722 22.0 4.4 1.5
C *Frank House 31 97 144 10 45 5 0 0 21 0 0 7 10 .313 .348 .347 .696 15.6 2.8 1.4
C  Sam Calderone 35 80 126 9 38 5 0 0 20 0 0 3 9 .302 .318 .341 .659 8.7 0.9 0.7
CF  Bill Tuttle 31 64 108 11 28 7 0 1 13 2 4 10 12 .259 .317 .352 .669 11.7 1.7 0.5
P *Jim Kaat 22 34 85 5 11 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 30 .129 .140 .153 .292 -1.4 0.0 0.0
P *Gary Peters 24 34 79 4 10 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 25 .127 .148 .127 .275 -1.0 0.0 0.0
P  Don Nottebart 25 33 72 3 8 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 30 .111 .111 .111 .222 -2.1 0.0 0.0
CF  Jack Reed 28 79 66 23 17 2 1 2 11 13 4 10 14 .258 .351 .409 .760 10.6 1.9 0.4
P *Al Jackson 25 31 68 5 8 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 30 .118 .118 .162 .279 -1.0 0.0 0.0
P *Don Gross 30 29 56 4 8 2 0 0 4 0 0 0 20 .143 .143 .179 .321 0.3 0.0 0.0
P  Al Downing 20 7 17 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .059 .059 .118 .176 -0.7 0.0 0.0
P  Frank Funk 25 46 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .250 .000 .250 0.1 0.0 0.0
P *Ken Lehman 33 59 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0 0.0
P  Claude Raymond 24 82 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .500 .000 .500 0.3 0.0 0.0
P  Jack Spring 28 17 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P *Jack Harshman 33 14 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 28.0 2261 5484 599 1321 204 33 95 588 90 43 427 976 .241 .297 .342 .639 545.2 89.0 39.1
  Rank among 8 NL teams 6 6 6 7 5 7 6 1 8 5 2 6 6 6 6 6  
* - 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
*Jim Kaat 22 13 14 .481 34 34 0 267.3 259 114 28 61 164 3.84 18.1
*Gary Peters 24 8 16 .333 34 34 0 259.3 260 125 24 90 191 4.34 11.3
 Don Nottebart 25 12 14 .462 33 33 0 229.3 237 102 21 95 132 4.00 12.8
*Al Jackson 25 8 14 .364 31 27 1 210.0 221 105 19 76 100 4.50 8.3
*Don Gross 30 3 14 .176 29 27 0 178.7 199 98 24 62 86 4.94 2.9
 Claude Raymond 24 7 7 .500 82 0 5 98.7 101 41 12 36 64 3.74 8.9
*Ken Lehman 33 5 6 .455 59 0 3 69.0 78 32 13 23 44 4.17 4.0
*Al Downing 20 4 2 .667 7 7 0 51.0 55 27 7 30 36 4.76 2.0
 Frank Funk 25 6 7 .462 46 0 14 50.0 62 21 9 19 31 3.78 5.1
*Jack Spring 28 2 0 1.000 17 0 0 22.0 22 11 2 8 13 4.50 1.4
*Jack Harshman 33 0 0 .000 14 0 0 17.3 14 7 2 7 9 3.64 1.4
Team Totals 26.3 68 94 .420 386 162 23 1452.6 1508 683 161 507 870 4.23 75.9
Rank among 8 NL teams 6 6 6 6 5 7 4 6 7 8 6  
* - 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
D.Brown 1117.3 125 135 676 45 2 2 .997 34.0
F.House 187.3 19 29 127 11 0 0 1.000 66.7
S.Calderone 148.0 18 19 93 1 2 0 .979 0.0
Team Total 1452.7 162 183 896 57 4 2 .996 32.7
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .993 11.17
R.Fairly 1251.3 142 145 1445 122 10 136 .994 11.27
G.Goldsberry 146.7 15 23 171 10 2 17 .989 11.11
F.Hatfield 33.0 4 5 37 1 0 3 1.000 10.36
D.Brown 16.0 1 5 15 3 0 0 1.000 10.13
W.Bond 3.0 0 1 3 1 0 1 1.000 12.00
B.Tuttle 2.7 0 1 3 0 0 1 1.000 10.15
Team Total 1452.7 162 180 1674 137 12 158 .993 11.22
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 5.55
F.Hatfield 505.0 58 64 107 178 3 32 .990 5.08
J.Cusick 476.3 52 66 102 190 5 36 .983 5.52
D.Howser 446.3 52 52 101 176 3 50 .989 5.59
J.Dittmer 22.0 0 10 4 11 1 2 .938 6.14
J.Valdivielso 2.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
R.Smalley 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1452.7 162 195 315 555 12 120 .986 5.39
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .963 2.79
J.Dittmer 814.7 97 106 62 204 6 23 .978 2.94
J.Valdivielso 586.7 62 95 44 151 9 13 .956 2.99
F.Hatfield 38.0 3 7 1 7 0 1 1.000 1.89
J.Cusick 6.3 0 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 2.84
J.Reed 2.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
G.Goldsberry 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
S.Calderone 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
B.Tuttle 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1452.7 162 214 109 363 15 37 .969 2.92
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .968 4.78
R.Smalley 1224.0 148 153 182 510 31 96 .957 5.09
J.Cusick 114.7 9 32 15 43 3 8 .951 4.55
F.Hatfield 38.7 4 6 7 20 0 3 1.000 6.29
J.Valdivielso 25.0 1 7 4 9 1 2 .929 4.68
J.Dittmer 20.7 0 10 3 5 0 0 1.000 3.48
G.Goldsberry 10.3 0 6 3 4 0 0 1.000 6.10
F.House 10.0 0 6 3 1 0 1 1.000 3.60
J.Reed 8.3 0 4 3 2 1 2 .833 5.40
S.Calderone 1.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1452.6 162 225 220 595 36 112 .958 5.05
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .982 1.78
W.Bond 821.0 94 101 174 7 0 1 1.000 1.98
B.Powell 440.3 52 52 89 4 0 0 1.000 1.90
J.Reed 82.0 8 15 18 0 0 0 1.000 1.98
B.Tuttle 79.7 8 18 18 0 1 0 .947 2.03
F.Robinson 19.7 0 9 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.29
F.Hatfield 5.0 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
J.Cusick 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
S.Calderone 2.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
F.House 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1452.7 162 201 305 11 1 1 .997 1.96
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 2.28
R.Ashburn 1074.3 123 138 331 4 6 3 .982 2.81
W.Bond 240.0 25 39 71 0 2 0 .973 2.66
B.Tuttle 97.7 11 16 22 0 0 0 1.000 2.03
J.Reed 40.7 3 11 9 0 0 0 1.000 1.99
Team Total 1452.7 162 204 433 4 8 3 .982 2.71
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 1.78
F.Robinson 1290.0 144 146 265 5 5 3 .982 1.88
G.Goldsberry 131.7 16 18 34 1 0 0 1.000 2.39
J.Reed 21.0 2 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.71
W.Bond 3.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
R.Ashburn 3.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
F.House 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
S.Calderone 2.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1452.7 162 172 304 6 5 3 .984 1.92
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .976 2.07
J.Kaat 267.3 34 34 19 39 4 2 .935 1.95
G.Peters 259.3 34 34 16 48 1 2 .985 2.22
D.Nottebart 229.3 33 33 10 37 1 5 .979 1.84
A.Jackson 210.0 27 31 9 36 1 4 .978 1.93
D.Gross 178.7 27 29 10 47 0 3 1.000 2.87
C.Raymond 98.7 0 82 10 14 2 1 .923 2.19
K.Lehman 69.0 0 59 8 18 0 2 1.000 3.39
A.Downing 51.0 7 7 3 7 0 2 1.000 1.76
F.Funk 50.0 0 46 4 8 1 1 .923 2.16
J.Spring 22.0 0 17 2 5 0 0 1.000 2.86
J.Harshman 17.3 0 14 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.04
Team Total 1452.6 162 386 91 261 10 22 .972 2.18
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Brown .292
On-Base Pct Fairly .359
Slugging Pct Brown .433
OPS Robinson .766
XR Robinson 80.9
Games Robinson 158
At-Bats Robinson 564
Runs Fairly 81
Hits Brown 156
Total Bases Robinson 239
Singles Ashburn 121
Doubles Ashburn, Robinson 23
Triples Robinson 8
Homeruns Fairly 16
RBIs Robinson 81
Stolen Bases Ashburn 29
Caught Stealing Ashburn 10
Walks Fairly 77
Strikeouts Smalley 121
ERA Kaat 3.84
Wins Kaat 13
Losses Peters 16
Winning Pct Kaat .481
Saves Funk 14
Games Pitched Raymond 82
Games Started Kaat, Peters 34
Complete Games Peters 9
Shutouts Kaat 2
Innings Pitched Kaat 267.3
Hits Allowed Peters 260
Homeruns Allowed Kaat 28
Strikeouts Peters 191
Walks Allowed Nottebart 95
Walks per 9IP Kaat 2.1
Hits per 9IP Kaat 8.7
Strikeouts per 9IP Peters 6.6
WHiP Kaat 1.20
OAVG Kaat .253
OOBP Kaat .293
OSLG Kaat .393
OOPS Kaat .686
Team All-Stars
Frank Funk
Player Salaries
Richie Ashburn $ 6,500,000
Frank House $ 2,000,000
Don Gross $ 1,230,000
Bill Tuttle $ 666,777
Ken Lehman $ 505,000
George Vico $ 500,000
Jack Harshman $ 470,000
Sam Calderone $ 410,000
Fred Hatfield $ 350,000
Al Downing $ 300,000
Gordon Goldsberry $ 300,000
Ron Fairly $ 300,000
Jack Dittmer $ 300,000
Jack Cusick $ 300,000
Dick Brown $ 300,000
Walt Bond $ 300,000
Frank Funk $ 300,000
Al Jackson $ 300,000
Jim Kaat $ 300,000
Jack Kralick $ 300,000
Don Nottebart $ 300,000
Gary Peters $ 300,000
Boog Powell $ 300,000
Claude Raymond $ 300,000
Jack Reed $ 300,000
Floyd Robinson $ 300,000
Roy Smalley $ 300,000
Jack Spring $ 300,000
Jose Valdivielso $ 300,000
Dick Howser $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
4/2 Signed     Hank Thompson
4/2 Traded Hank Thompson Tampa Bay Jack Kubiszyn
4/2 Signed     Gordon Goldsberry
4/2 Signed     Roy Smalley
4/2 Signed     Jack Dittmer
7/31 Traded Jack Urban
$9,000,000
Brooklyn Tex Nelson