1961 Cleveland Indians
Record: 89-73
Finish: 4th in AL American Division
Runs Scored: 772
Runs Allowed: 696
Exp W-L: 89-73
 
Ballpark: Cleveland Stadium
Attendance: 1,763,132
Manager: Jason Morton

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 88-49, 1st in the AL
AA: 81-56, 1st in the AL
A: 79-58, 1st 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
LF *Norm Siebern 27 156 583 117 184 28 5 34 109 0 0 85 95 .316 .401 .556 .957 117.5 30.1 0.8
3B  Jim Finigan 32 154 582 76 151 25 4 9 54 1 0 63 104 .259 .332 .363 .694 70.1 12.5 3.9
1B  Roberto Clemente 26 154 591 92 165 45 6 21 83 5 3 24 65 .279 .307 .482 .790 80.1 16.3 0.5
CF  Gino Cimoli 31 157 577 69 177 32 9 10 71 6 2 34 90 .307 .345 .445 .790 82.6 18.1 1.0
2B  Tommy Glaviano 37 153 483 66 124 26 3 3 40 1 0 83 148 .257 .371 .342 .712 63.7 12.2 7.9
C  Harry Chiti 28 147 492 64 138 21 1 18 79 0 0 27 77 .280 .316 .437 .753 65.7 12.8 4.7
C *Johnny Roseboro 28 130 386 46 128 16 4 15 83 2 3 42 47 .332 .402 .510 .912 69.1 17.1 4.4
1B *Jim Gentile 27 132 334 65 101 13 3 27 70 0 0 61 70 .302 .425 .602 1.026 80.0 21.5 2.0
1B *Ted Kluszewski 36 142 378 40 101 15 1 12 57 0 0 19 46 .267 .302 .407 .709 43.0 6.7 2.2
3B  Al Smith 33 105 236 25 46 12 2 3 23 1 1 29 52 .195 .287 .301 .588 19.6 1.1 1.5
2B  Don Buddin 27 119 178 26 41 9 0 6 28 0 0 31 54 .230 .354 .382 .736 25.9 5.0 1.7
RF  Gus Zernial 38 98 196 26 52 3 0 8 22 1 0 9 57 .265 .298 .403 .701 22.8 3.8 0.2
C *Lou Berberet 31 41 104 12 15 2 0 3 12 0 0 16 37 .144 .258 .250 .508 6.1 0.0 1.3
P  Gus Keriazakos 29 44 104 11 18 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 38 .173 .181 .183 .364 1.7 0.0 0.0
P  Ike Delock 31 37 97 4 8 1 0 0 4 0 1 3 31 .082 .109 .093 .202 -2.9 0.0 0.0
P  Moe Drabowsky 25 39 84 2 9 0 1 0 3 0 0 1 30 .107 .116 .131 .247 -1.2 0.0 0.0
RF  Jim Landis 27 81 64 24 13 2 2 0 7 6 2 10 11 .203 .320 .297 .617 7.2 0.9 0.2
P  Milt Pappas 22 38 54 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 28 .056 .089 .056 .145 -2.3 0.0 0.0
2B  Don Zimmer 30 50 36 5 9 2 0 0 3 1 0 7 8 .250 .372 .306 .678 5.0 1.0 0.5
P *Dean Stone 30 46 18 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 6 .000 .053 .000 .053 -1.3 0.0 0.0
P  Nelson Chittum 28 26 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.5 0.0 0.0
P  Dave Hillman 33 39 7 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.6 0.0 0.0
P *Juan Pizarro 24 34 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .143 .143 .143 .286 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Wally Burnette 32 55 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P  Bob Grim 31 76 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 29.7 2253 5600 772 1484 253 41 169 753 24 12 547 1104 .265 .333 .415 .748 751.1 159.0 32.8
  Rank among 8 AL teams 4 2 1 3 4 3 2 5 3 3 5 1 1 1 1 1  
* - 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
 Gus Keriazakos 29 24 13 .649 44 44 0 319.7 214 81 22 129 345 2.28 28.8
 Ike Delock 31 15 15 .500 37 37 0 282.7 307 134 22 79 229 4.27 7.3
 Moe Drabowsky 25 14 17 .452 39 39 0 259.0 244 114 37 84 231 3.96 8.9
 Milt Pappas 22 8 11 .421 38 22 8 180.7 169 87 13 78 123 4.33 6.2
*Dean Stone 30 6 5 .545 46 15 8 97.7 89 42 16 29 94 3.87 5.9
 Bob Grim 31 6 2 .750 76 0 11 85.7 86 31 10 42 78 3.26 7.8
 Dave Hillman 33 5 4 .556 39 0 1 67.7 73 27 8 24 43 3.59 3.9
 Wally Burnette 32 6 3 .667 55 0 6 54.3 48 21 6 17 38 3.48 5.4
*Juan Pizarro 24 3 2 .600 34 2 0 52.0 75 50 9 31 40 8.65 0.0
 Nelson Chittum 28 2 1 .667 26 3 1 50.3 58 28 4 18 26 5.01 1.0
Team Totals 28.5 89 73 .549 434 162 35 1449.6 1363 615 147 531 1247 3.82 75.1
Rank among 8 AL teams 4 4 3 4 7 5 5 5 6 2 5  
* - 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.Roseboro 840.0 89 113 731 31 5 1 .993 28.0
H.Chiti 366.0 45 45 320 14 2 1 .994 23.1
L.Berberet 243.7 28 32 217 10 1 0 .996 16.7
Team Total 1449.7 162 190 1268 55 8 2 .994 25.0
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 10.84
T.Kluszewski 752.0 87 96 880 65 7 73 .993 11.31
J.Gentile 687.7 75 97 791 73 5 75 .994 11.31
N.Siebern 6.0 0 3 8 1 0 1 1.000 13.50
R.Clemente 3.0 0 3 6 0 0 0 1.000 18.00
G.Zernial 1.0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 18.00
Team Total 1449.7 162 200 1687 139 12 149 .993 11.34
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 5.36
J.Finigan 1281.7 145 151 232 525 22 105 .972 5.32
D.Buddin 152.0 17 23 24 46 5 12 .933 4.14
D.Zimmer 16.0 0 11 5 6 1 1 .917 6.19
Team Total 1449.7 162 185 261 577 28 118 .968 5.20
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .954 2.65
H.Chiti 759.7 86 98 50 180 6 16 .975 2.72
A.Smith 597.7 71 83 28 126 12 8 .928 2.32
D.Zimmer 67.3 5 24 6 18 2 1 .923 3.21
J.Landis 16.0 0 9 0 4 0 1 1.000 2.25
T.Glaviano 8.0 0 5 0 1 1 0 .500 1.13
J.Finigan 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1449.7 162 220 84 329 21 26 .952 2.56
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .968 4.71
T.Glaviano 1228.0 148 149 181 491 17 93 .975 4.93
D.Buddin 199.0 14 54 39 78 2 13 .983 5.29
D.Zimmer 15.3 0 8 5 7 0 2 1.000 7.05
G.Zernial 3.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.00
H.Chiti 2.0 0 2 0 1 0 1 1.000 4.50
J.Finigan 2.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1449.3 162 215 225 579 19 109 .977 4.99
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .982 1.73
N.Siebern 1303.0 149 150 197 9 2 2 .990 1.42
G.Zernial 112.0 12 17 10 1 0 1 1.000 0.88
A.Smith 21.3 1 5 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.69
H.Chiti 6.3 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
R.Clemente 4.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
T.Glaviano 3.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
Team Total 1449.7 162 176 212 10 2 3 .991 1.38
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .984 2.24
G.Cimoli 1304.7 151 153 262 5 11 3 .960 1.84
J.Landis 140.0 11 30 31 0 1 0 .969 1.99
T.Kluszewski 3.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
G.Zernial 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
T.Glaviano 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1449.7 162 187 293 5 12 3 .961 1.85
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .985 1.79
R.Clemente 1189.7 136 149 168 3 10 1 .945 1.29
G.Zernial 206.0 23 29 44 1 2 1 .957 1.97
A.Smith 29.0 2 8 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.24
H.Chiti 22.0 1 5 7 0 0 0 1.000 2.86
J.Landis 3.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1449.7 162 192 223 4 12 2 .950 1.41
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .973 2.01
G.Keriazakos 319.7 44 44 10 52 1 3 .984 1.75
I.Delock 282.7 37 37 18 49 3 1 .957 2.13
M.Drabowsky 259.0 39 39 10 47 0 4 1.000 1.98
M.Pappas 180.7 22 38 20 29 1 5 .980 2.44
D.Stone 97.7 15 46 10 17 2 3 .931 2.49
B.Grim 85.7 0 76 4 16 1 0 .952 2.10
D.Hillman 67.7 0 39 7 9 1 0 .941 2.13
W.Burnette 54.3 0 55 1 11 0 0 1.000 1.99
J.Pizarro 52.0 2 34 5 10 0 0 1.000 2.60
N.Chittum 50.3 3 26 1 8 0 1 1.000 1.61
Team Total 1449.6 162 434 86 248 9 17 .974 2.07
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Siebern .316
On-Base Pct Siebern .401
Slugging Pct Siebern .556
OPS Siebern .957
XR Siebern 117.5
Games Cimoli 157
At-Bats Clemente 591
Runs Siebern 117
Hits Siebern 184
Total Bases Siebern 324
Singles Cimoli 126
Doubles Clemente 45
Triples Cimoli 9
Homeruns Siebern 34
RBIs Siebern 109
Stolen Bases Cimoli, Landis 6
Caught Stealing Clemente, Roseboro 3
Walks Siebern 85
Strikeouts Glaviano 148
ERA Keriazakos 2.28
Wins Keriazakos 24
Losses Drabowsky 17
Winning Pct Keriazakos .649
Saves Grim 11
Games Pitched Grim 76
Games Started Keriazakos 44
Complete Games Delock 19
Shutouts Drabowsky 3
Innings Pitched Keriazakos 319.7
Hits Allowed Delock 307
Homeruns Allowed Drabowsky 37
Strikeouts Keriazakos 345
Walks Allowed Keriazakos 129
Walks per 9IP Delock 2.5
Hits per 9IP Keriazakos 6.0
Strikeouts per 9IP Keriazakos 9.7
WHiP Keriazakos 1.07
OAVG Keriazakos .188
OOBP Keriazakos .273
OSLG Keriazakos .290
OOPS Keriazakos .563
Team All-Stars
Harry Chiti
Gino Cimoli
Gus Keriazakos
Norm Siebern
Player Salaries
Ted Kluszewski $ 12,500,000
Ike Delock $ 9,000,000
Dean Stone $ 6,750,000
Gus Keriazakos $ 6,650,000
Jim Finigan $ 5,210,000
Norm Siebern $ 5,128,571
Tommy Glaviano $ 2,277,000
Harry Chiti $ 2,260,000
Gus Zernial $ 2,200,000
Al Smith $ 2,000,000
Roberto Clemente $ 1,832,143
Roy McMillan $ 1,142,857
Bob Grim $ 1,000,000
Dave Hillman $ 600,000
Don Buddin $ 576,429
Milt Pappas $ 457,143
Johnny Podres $ 400,000
Don Zimmer $ 350,000
Nelson Chittum $ 350,000
Lou Berberet $ 300,000
Jim Landis $ 300,000
Jim Gentile $ 300,000
Moe Drabowsky $ 300,000
Juan Pizarro $ 300,000
Gino Cimoli $ 300,000
Johnny Roseboro $ 300,000
Wally Burnette $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/2 Signed     Al Smith
2/3 Signed     Gus Zernial