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1961 Brooklyn Dodgers
Record: 93-69
Finish: 4th in NL National Division
Runs Scored: 744
Runs Allowed: 586
Exp W-L: 98-64
 
Ballpark: Ebbets Field
Attendance: 1,676,987
Manager: Ty Kubick

Statistics / Schedule

 Minor League Records:
AAA: 48-89, 8th in the NL
AA: 59-78, 8th in the NL
A: 67-70, 5th in the NL
 
 
 
 
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Starters: Positional    Registers: Batters     Leaders: Batters   
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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
3B *Eddie Mathews 29 156 560 108 185 28 1 33 109 3 2 92 73 .330 .422 .561 .982 121.4 26.8 2.8
2B  Tom Upton 34 154 559 74 160 17 2 7 62 5 0 62 80 .286 .355 .361 .716 73.2 11.4 4.7
RF  Bob Allison 26 159 540 87 127 24 6 27 101 4 2 78 153 .235 .330 .452 .782 82.9 13.2 4.7
C  Earl Battey 26 140 535 74 152 23 7 12 65 0 0 51 65 .284 .348 .421 .769 73.3 12.1 10.3
SS *Tony Kubek 24 147 526 82 158 23 1 6 41 0 0 28 86 .300 .338 .382 .720 63.4 10.2 5.7
CF #Mickey Mantle 29 129 457 104 139 17 5 47 121 7 6 83 103 .304 .412 .672 1.084 114.7 26.2 5.4
RF  George Alusik 26 128 388 30 90 22 2 7 43 0 0 22 67 .232 .271 .353 .624 34.1 2.3 3.1
1B *Harry Simpson 35 131 327 39 85 9 2 12 59 0 0 26 76 .260 .311 .410 .721 42.2 6.0 2.3
2B  George Strickland 35 105 329 32 81 5 3 0 16 0 0 17 78 .246 .289 .280 .569 22.3 0.2 4.0
SS  Cass Michaels 35 99 235 28 62 13 2 0 25 2 1 16 53 .264 .308 .336 .644 23.0 2.3 2.3
2B *Jerry Lumpe 28 60 229 32 70 8 2 2 18 0 0 16 29 .306 .350 .384 .734 28.8 4.7 2.0
C *Russ Nixon 26 85 155 13 41 5 3 1 17 0 0 8 18 .265 .297 .355 .652 14.7 1.2 1.9
P  Bob Friend 30 41 124 6 21 3 0 0 7 0 0 3 47 .169 .195 .194 .389 3.3 0.0 0.0
P *Seth Morehead 26 40 114 4 11 0 0 0 4 0 0 1 49 .096 .104 .096 .201 -3.6 0.0 0.0
P  Karl Spooner 30 39 96 3 12 0 0 0 7 0 0 3 37 .125 .152 .125 .277 -0.9 0.0 0.0
CF  Mel Clark 34 32 109 11 30 2 0 0 15 0 0 3 16 .275 .298 .294 .592 8.1 0.2 1.1
LF  Chuck Essegian 29 61 95 5 18 2 0 2 3 0 0 6 33 .189 .245 .274 .519 6.2 0.0 0.6
P  Joe Gibbon 26 40 82 5 10 2 0 0 3 0 0 3 38 .122 .153 .146 .299 0.0 0.0 0.0
CF #Ernie Oravetz 29 20 41 5 6 1 0 1 3 0 0 5 10 .146 .239 .244 .483 2.3 0.0 0.3
C  Norm Sherry 29 13 30 2 5 2 0 0 5 0 0 1 10 .167 .188 .233 .421 1.3 0.0 0.5
P  Johnny Kucks 27 35 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.5 0.0 0.0
P  Jim Umbricht 30 30 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0 0.0
P  Ron Piche 26 47 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P  Red Swanson 24 50 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Orlando Pena 27 27 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 28.8 1968 5543 744 1463 206 36 157 724 21 11 524 1124 .264 .327 .399 .726 709.4 116.9 51.6
  Rank among 8 NL teams 4 4 4 6 3 5 4 5 5 1 7 3 1 5 4 4  
* - 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 Friend 30 20 16 .556 41 41 0 346.0 368 132 26 48 129 3.43 24.2
*Seth Morehead 26 25 10 .714 40 40 0 312.0 254 79 26 67 165 2.28 33.4
*Karl Spooner 30 19 7 .731 39 39 0 286.7 194 93 34 105 299 2.92 24.8
*Joe Gibbon 26 13 10 .565 40 40 0 253.0 248 100 24 87 168 3.56 15.3
 Red Swanson 24 5 4 .556 50 0 7 63.3 56 20 7 16 26 2.84 8.3
 Ron Piche 26 1 8 .111 47 1 17 50.3 51 28 4 34 36 5.01 2.3
 Johnny Kucks 27 4 3 .571 35 1 0 46.7 39 23 6 16 28 4.44 2.2
 Jim Umbricht 30 5 6 .455 30 0 0 37.0 51 28 12 14 32 6.81 0.0
*Bobby Shantz 35 0 2 .000 25 0 3 34.3 41 26 9 15 21 6.82 0.0
 Orlando Pena 27 1 3 .250 27 7 1 27.3 33 20 5 9 17 6.59 0.0
Team Totals 28.1 93 69 .574 374 169 28 1456.6 1335 549 153 411 921 3.39 110.5
Rank among 8 NL teams 4 4 4 4 4 2 3 2 2 6 2  
* - 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
E.Battey 1179.7 132 133 777 37 0 0 1.000 41.2
R.Nixon 225.0 24 29 134 8 0 0 1.000 0.0
N.Sherry 52.0 6 7 32 2 0 0 1.000 100.0
Team Total 1456.7 162 169 943 47 0 0 1.000 38.5
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .993 11.17
E.Mathews 1298.3 146 146 1468 103 6 147 .996 10.89
H.Simpson 141.3 16 16 155 18 0 7 1.000 11.02
M.Mantle 12.0 0 5 13 0 0 0 1.000 9.75
B.Allison 5.0 0 1 6 0 0 0 1.000 10.80
Team Total 1456.7 162 168 1642 121 6 154 .997 10.89
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 5.55
G.Strickland 622.0 73 74 132 270 6 58 .985 5.82
J.Lumpe 478.8 46 50 86 193 5 40 .982 5.24
C.Michaels 340.3 35 55 84 115 8 26 .961 5.26
T.Upton 3.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
G.Alusik 1.3 0 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 6.77
Team Total 1445.5 154 183 302 579 19 124 .979 5.49
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .963 2.79
T.Upton 1318.3 151 153 96 330 10 32 .977 2.91
C.Michaels 105.0 10 17 7 13 0 2 1.000 1.71
E.Mathews 14.0 0 5 1 3 0 0 1.000 2.57
E.Battey 12.3 1 5 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.73
H.Simpson 4.0 0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 4.50
T.Kubek 3.0 0 1 0 2 0 0 1.000 6.00
J.Lumpe 1.2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1457.9 162 184 104 351 10 34 .978 2.81
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .968 4.78
T.Kubek 1119.3 124 141 153 421 24 84 .960 4.62
G.Strickland 225.0 28 29 24 90 4 11 .966 4.56
C.Michaels 95.0 10 14 19 49 3 14 .958 6.44
J.Lumpe 11.4 0 4 1 6 0 2 1.000 5.53
C.Essegian 7.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
B.Allison 6.3 0 3 1 4 0 1 1.000 7.11
T.Upton 2.0 0 1 0 2 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1466.1 162 193 198 572 31 112 .961 4.73
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .982 1.78
B.Allison 1281.3 145 148 294 8 11 1 .965 2.12
C.Essegian 102.3 13 15 23 0 0 0 1.000 2.02
M.Clark 32.0 4 4 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.41
H.Simpson 21.0 0 7 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.57
E.Mathews 12.7 0 4 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.71
G.Alusik 6.3 0 5 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.42
T.Upton 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1456.7 162 184 330 8 11 1 .968 2.09
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 2.28
M.Mantle 1091.0 122 123 317 6 3 1 .991 2.66
M.Clark 197.7 21 23 56 2 0 1 1.000 2.64
E.Oravetz 87.3 10 10 20 0 2 0 .909 2.06
H.Simpson 39.3 4 5 12 0 0 0 1.000 2.75
C.Essegian 23.3 3 3 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.93
B.Allison 18.0 2 2 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.00
Team Total 1456.7 162 166 414 8 5 2 .988 2.61
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 1.78
G.Alusik 897.7 110 112 192 5 0 1 1.000 1.98
H.Simpson 493.7 49 79 112 3 5 2 .958 2.10
C.Essegian 35.0 2 14 9 0 0 0 1.000 2.31
M.Clark 11.3 1 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.38
E.Mathews 8.0 0 4 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.13
E.Oravetz 5.7 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.59
R.Nixon 4.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
B.Allison 1.3 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1456.6 162 218 318 8 5 3 .985 2.01
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .976 2.07
B.Friend 346.0 41 41 31 50 0 4 1.000 2.11
S.Morehead 312.0 40 40 23 46 1 1 .986 1.99
K.Spooner 286.7 39 39 13 41 2 5 .964 1.70
J.Gibbon 253.0 40 40 12 48 1 5 .984 2.13
R.Swanson 63.3 0 50 4 7 1 0 .917 1.56
R.Piche 50.3 1 47 4 8 0 1 1.000 2.15
J.Kucks 46.7 1 35 2 6 1 1 .889 1.54
J.Umbricht 37.0 0 30 4 3 0 0 1.000 1.70
B.Shantz 34.3 0 25 1 8 0 2 1.000 2.36
O.Pena 27.3 7 27 2 4 1 1 .857 1.98
Team Total 1456.6 169 374 96 221 7 20 .978 1.96
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Mathews .330
On-Base Pct Mathews .422
Slugging Pct Mantle .672
OPS Mantle 1.084
XR Mathews 121.4
Games Allison 159
At-Bats Mathews 560
Runs Mathews 108
Hits Mathews 185
Total Bases Mathews 314
Singles Upton 134
Doubles Mathews 28
Triples Battey 7
Homeruns Mantle 47
RBIs Mantle 121
Stolen Bases Mantle 7
Caught Stealing Mantle 6
Walks Mathews 92
Strikeouts Allison 153
ERA Morehead 2.28
Wins Morehead 25
Losses Friend 16
Winning Pct Spooner .731
Saves Piche 17
Games Pitched Swanson 50
Games Started Friend 41
Complete Games Friend 29
Shutouts Friend, Spooner 2
Innings Pitched Friend 346.0
Hits Allowed Friend 368
Homeruns Allowed Spooner 34
Strikeouts Spooner 299
Walks Allowed Spooner 105
Walks per 9IP Friend 1.2
Hits per 9IP Spooner 6.1
Strikeouts per 9IP Spooner 9.4
WHiP Morehead 1.03
OAVG Spooner .190
OOBP Morehead .267
OSLG Spooner .328
OOPS Spooner .597
Team All-Stars
Bob Allison
Earl Battey
Mickey Mantle
Eddie Mathews
Ron Piche
Karl Spooner
Player Salaries
Mickey Mantle $ 12,000,000
Karl Spooner $ 8,750,000
Eddie Mathews $ 7,820,000
Bob Friend $ 5,990,000
Tom Upton $ 3,500,000
Cass Michaels $ 2,200,000
George Strickland $ 2,050,000
Earl Battey $ 1,892,857
Tony Kubek $ 1,707,143
Seth Morehead $ 1,614,286
Johnny Kucks $ 1,307,143
Harry Simpson $ 1,300,000
Bobby Shantz $ 912,000
Chuck Essegian $ 350,000
Jerry Lumpe $ 350,000
Russ Nixon $ 350,000
Norm Sherry $ 300,000
Bob Allison $ 300,000
Ernie Oravetz $ 300,000
Joe Gibbon $ 300,000
Jim Umbricht $ 300,000
Orlando Pena $ 300,000
Mel Clark $ 300,000
Ron Piche $ 300,000
George Alusik $ 300,000
Red Swanson $ 300,000
  
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/3 Traded Bob Nieman Tampa Bay Bob Stephenson
3/3 Traded Bob Purkey St. Louis Bob Allison
Tom Upton
4/2 Released Marv Rotblatt    
7/1 Traded Bunky Stewart Seattle Jerry Lumpe
Orlando Pena
7/31 Traded Tex Nelson San Diego Jack Urban
$9,000,000
7/31 Signed     Bobby Shantz
7/31 Signed     Mel Clark
 
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