1961 Cincinnati Reds
Record: 65-97
Finish: 7th in NL National Division
Runs Scored: 547
Runs Allowed: 698
Exp W-L: 63-99
 
Ballpark: Crosley Field
Attendance: 754,574
Manager: Freddy Wills

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 94-43, 1st in the NL
AA: 71-66, 5th in the NL
A: 84-53, 3rd 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
CF *Albie Pearson 26 154 556 69 149 34 3 4 48 8 4 65 24 .268 .344 .362 .706 65.8 13.6 4.0
DH  Dick Stuart 28 155 579 61 141 20 3 22 90 0 0 35 166 .244 .289 .402 .692 66.3 12.2 2.7
1B *Tony Bartirome 29 154 553 48 139 19 6 3 50 3 8 28 52 .251 .287 .324 .610 47.0 6.2 2.7
SS  Reno Bertoia 26 150 547 50 119 17 4 12 45 1 1 27 143 .218 .260 .329 .589 41.4 3.6 7.9
C  Del Crandall 31 143 524 63 126 7 3 19 43 1 1 38 74 .240 .292 .374 .666 57.5 10.1 1.3
1B *Norm Larker 30 134 471 48 110 21 4 4 37 0 0 26 45 .234 .280 .321 .600 40.6 5.6 2.7
SS  Rocky Krsnich 33 136 398 30 93 20 1 6 40 0 0 31 39 .234 .293 .334 .627 37.0 5.6 5.7
1B *Jack Daniels 33 114 293 27 60 7 1 2 17 2 1 37 46 .205 .300 .256 .556 24.1 2.4 3.9
SS  Ken Hunt 26 123 301 29 63 16 0 9 35 1 0 25 88 .209 .268 .352 .620 27.9 3.5 1.1
RF *Lee Thomas 25 78 260 42 76 12 0 20 47 4 3 25 49 .292 .352 .569 .921 49.1 13.2 3.3
C  Don Leppert 29 71 170 14 26 4 1 1 13 0 0 14 41 .153 .216 .206 .422 6.8 0.0 0.4
1B *Bill Taylor 31 83 159 14 35 7 0 8 24 0 0 4 31 .220 .246 .415 .661 16.5 2.2 1.6
3B  Tommy Brown 33 61 125 9 23 5 0 4 14 0 0 0 42 .184 .184 .320 .504 6.6 0.0 2.0
P #Joey Jay 25 44 101 5 7 0 0 1 7 0 0 4 45 .069 .104 .099 .203 -2.6 0.0 0.0
P *Don Rudolph 29 40 100 4 13 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 30 .130 .155 .140 .295 -0.3 0.0 0.0
P *Jim Brewer 23 44 89 3 12 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 42 .135 .154 .146 .300 -0.1 0.0 0.0
SS  Coot Veal 28 51 79 9 15 2 0 2 3 0 0 4 13 .190 .229 .291 .520 4.9 0.0 1.3
P  Juan Marichal 23 16 49 2 8 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 14 .163 .163 .204 .367 0.8 0.0 0.0
2B #Casey Wise 28 62 50 16 10 1 0 2 4 1 2 1 5 .200 .216 .340 .556 3.0 0.0 0.6
P *Don Newcombe 35 31 33 2 8 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 8 .242 .242 .242 .485 1.8 0.0 0.0
C *Danny Kravitz 30 28 28 2 6 1 1 1 5 0 0 1 3 .214 .241 .429 .670 2.7 0.4 0.0
P  Jim Coates 28 17 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.5 0.0 0.0
P  Bob Bruce 28 40 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4 0.0 0.0
P  Tom Poholsky 31 81 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0 0.0
P  Jim Brosnan 31 79 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 1.0 0.3 0.0
  Team Totals 28.8 2089 5479 547 1241 197 27 120 532 21 20 367 1003 .227 .277 .338 .615 496.7 79.0 41.2
  Rank among 8 NL teams 7 7 7 8 8 6 7 4 6 8 4 7 8 7 7 7  
* - 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
 Joey Jay 25 13 23 .361 44 44 0 321.3 325 127 48 74 274 3.56 18.5
*Don Rudolph 29 11 22 .333 40 40 0 315.7 355 151 42 60 123 4.31 9.6
*Jim Brewer 23 14 22 .389 44 44 0 283.7 234 109 30 95 283 3.46 19.4
 Juan Marichal 23 7 8 .467 16 16 0 129.7 124 53 16 26 71 3.68 8.9
 Don Newcombe 35 5 6 .455 31 16 0 121.7 119 60 18 45 110 4.44 5.7
 Jim Brosnan 31 4 6 .400 79 0 10 102.0 106 46 12 40 66 4.06 7.6
 Tom Poholsky 31 7 6 .538 81 1 7 93.0 112 64 18 47 67 6.19 0.0
 Bob Bruce 28 3 3 .500 40 0 2 53.3 53 25 6 20 35 4.22 3.2
 Jim Coates 28 1 1 .500 17 1 2 29.7 37 10 4 13 16 3.03 1.9
Team Totals 28.1 65 97 .401 392 162 21 1450.0 1465 645 194 420 1045 4.00 74.7
Rank among 8 NL teams 7 7 7 7 6 6 7 5 4 5 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 .996 31.6
D.Crandall 1116.3 122 135 817 34 5 1 .994 20.0
D.Leppert 325.7 39 40 247 14 1 0 .996 11.1
D.Kravitz 8.0 1 3 6 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
Team Total 1450.0 162 178 1070 48 6 1 .995 17.5
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .993 11.17
D.Stuart 1297.0 148 150 1436 108 17 137 .989 10.71
B.Taylor 131.0 14 18 153 8 2 15 .988 11.06
A.Pearson 10.0 0 5 8 0 0 0 1.000 7.20
L.Thomas 7.0 0 2 6 1 0 2 1.000 9.00
T.Bartirome 3.0 0 1 5 1 0 1 1.000 18.00
D.Kravitz 2.0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1450.0 162 177 1610 118 19 155 .989 10.73
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 5.55
J.Daniels 763.0 92 92 163 306 10 70 .979 5.53
R.Bertoia 536.7 59 62 126 184 9 45 .972 5.20
C.Wise 123.3 9 33 30 45 2 7 .974 5.47
T.Brown 27.0 2 7 5 6 0 1 1.000 3.67
Team Total 1450.0 162 194 324 541 21 123 .976 5.37
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .963 2.79
L.Thomas 649.0 73 75 47 151 7 9 .966 2.75
R.Krsnich 392.0 46 47 26 89 5 6 .958 2.64
T.Brown 281.0 34 38 15 82 2 4 .980 3.11
B.Taylor 111.7 9 22 13 35 1 5 .980 3.87
D.Crandall 6.0 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.50
D.Leppert 5.3 0 1 1 0 1 0 .500 1.69
C.Veal 5.0 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1450.0 162 189 103 357 16 24 .966 2.86
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .968 4.78
R.Bertoia 731.3 87 89 118 269 9 61 .977 4.76
R.Krsnich 553.7 61 79 57 205 8 37 .970 4.26
C.Veal 146.0 13 26 22 61 2 11 .976 5.12
C.Wise 15.0 1 5 0 6 0 0 1.000 3.60
T.Brown 4.0 0 3 1 1 1 0 .667 4.50
Team Total 1450.0 162 202 198 542 20 109 .974 4.59
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .982 1.78
N.Larker 1080.0 128 130 231 4 2 2 .992 1.96
K.Hunt 253.0 27 38 36 1 0 1 1.000 1.32
T.Bartirome 59.7 3 14 23 0 0 0 1.000 3.47
B.Taylor 41.0 4 7 11 0 0 0 1.000 2.41
T.Brown 8.0 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.13
J.Daniels 5.3 0 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 5.07
C.Wise 3.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1450.0 162 195 305 5 2 3 .994 1.92
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 2.28
A.Pearson 1297.3 148 148 334 8 7 2 .980 2.37
K.Hunt 129.3 13 17 30 0 1 0 .968 2.09
J.Daniels 21.3 1 7 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.53
N.Larker 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1450.0 162 173 370 8 8 2 .979 2.35
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 1.78
T.Bartirome 1158.3 131 135 230 1 4 1 .983 1.79
K.Hunt 218.0 25 28 39 0 0 0 1.000 1.61
B.Taylor 46.0 5 6 7 1 0 0 1.000 1.57
J.Daniels 12.0 1 3 4 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
L.Thomas 8.7 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.04
A.Pearson 3.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
N.Larker 2.0 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
R.Bertoia 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1450.0 162 178 282 2 4 1 .986 1.76
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .976 2.07
J.Jay 321.3 44 44 13 40 1 1 .981 1.48
D.Rudolph 315.7 40 40 16 55 1 4 .986 2.02
J.Brewer 283.7 44 44 22 46 2 6 .971 2.16
J.Marichal 129.7 16 16 4 21 0 2 1.000 1.74
D.Newcombe 121.7 16 31 5 22 0 3 1.000 2.00
J.Brosnan 102.0 0 79 7 13 1 1 .952 1.76
T.Poholsky 93.0 1 81 3 23 0 2 1.000 2.52
B.Bruce 53.3 0 40 4 12 0 1 1.000 2.70
J.Coates 29.7 1 17 1 5 0 1 1.000 1.82
Team Total 1450.0 162 392 75 237 5 21 .984 1.94
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Pearson .268
On-Base Pct Pearson .344
Slugging Pct Stuart .402
OPS Pearson .706
XR Stuart 66.3
Games Stuart 155
At-Bats Stuart 579
Runs Pearson 69
Hits Pearson 149
Total Bases Stuart 233
Singles Bartirome 111
Doubles Pearson 34
Triples Bartirome 6
Homeruns Stuart 22
RBIs Stuart 90
Stolen Bases Pearson 8
Caught Stealing Bartirome 8
Walks Pearson 65
Strikeouts Stuart 166
ERA Brewer 3.46
Wins Brewer 14
Losses Jay 23
Winning Pct Brewer .389
Saves Brosnan 10
Games Pitched Poholsky 81
Games Started Brewer, Jay 44
Complete Games Rudolph 24
Shutouts Rudolph 3
Innings Pitched Jay 321.3
Hits Allowed Rudolph 355
Homeruns Allowed Jay 48
Strikeouts Brewer 283
Walks Allowed Brewer 95
Walks per 9IP Rudolph 1.7
Hits per 9IP Brewer 7.4
Strikeouts per 9IP Brewer 9.0
WHiP Brewer 1.16
OAVG Brewer .223
OOBP Brewer .287
OSLG Brewer .366
OOPS Brewer .654
Team All-Stars
No players selected to All-Star Team
Player Salaries
Joey Jay $ 6,000,000
Del Crandall $ 3,000,000
Tom Poholsky $ 2,500,000
Don Newcombe $ 2,000,000
Erv Palica $ 350,000
Bobo Holloman $ 350,000
Paul Giel $ 350,000
Jim Coates $ 350,000
Jim Brosnan $ 350,000
Bill Taylor $ 350,000
Reno Bertoia $ 350,000
Norm Larker $ 300,000
Tommy Brown $ 300,000
Jack Daniels $ 300,000
Jim Brewer $ 300,000
Ken Hunt $ 300,000
Bob Bruce $ 300,000
Tony Bartirome $ 300,000
Rocky Krsnich $ 300,000
Casey Wise $ 300,000
Don Leppert $ 300,000
Juan Marichal $ 300,000
Phil Paine $ 300,000
Albie Pearson $ 300,000
Don Rudolph $ 300,000
Dick Stuart $ 300,000
Lee Thomas $ 300,000
Coot Veal $ 300,000
Danny Kravitz $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
4/2 Signed     Rocky Krsnich