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1961 Kansas City Athletics | Baseball Statistics

Major League Baseball (MLB)

Record: 61-100 .38.... 10th in AL - Division
Manager(s): Joe Gordon, Hank Bauer
Stadium: Municipal Stadium
Playoffs: Did not Qualify
Attendance: 683,817

Major League Debuts:

Batters: Billy Bryan (Sep 12) Frank Cipriani (Sep 8) Jay Hankins (Apr 15) Dick Howser (Apr 11) Gordon Mackenzie (Aug 13) Bobby Prescott (Jun 17) Charlie Shoemaker (Sep 9)
Pitchers: Jim Archer (Apr 30) Norm Bass (Apr 23) Bill Kirk (Sep 23) Lew Krausse (Jun 16) Bill Kunkel (Apr 15) Dan Pfister (Sep 9) John Wyatt (Sep 8)

Batting Statistics

Pos	Player Name	Age	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	GB%
C	Haywood Sullivan	30	117	331	42	80	16	2	6	40	1	0	46	45	0	0	1	1	9	.242	.333	.356	689	54%
1B	Norm Siebern	27	153	560	68	166	36	5	18	98	2	4	82	91	1	3	0	6	4	.296	.384	.475	859	54%
2B	Jerry Lumpe	28	148	569	81	167	29	9	3	54	1	0	48	39	2	0	4	4	10	.293	.348	.392	740	50%
3B	Wayne Causey	24	104	312	37	86	14	1	8	49	0	0	37	28	0	0	8	4	5	.276	.348	.404	752	51%
SS	Dick Howser	25	158	611	108	171	29	6	3	45	37	9	92	38	5	0	8	3	8	.280	.377	.362	739	51%
OF	Leo Posada	25	116	344	37	87	10	4	7	53	0	0	36	84	4	1	4	12	8	.253	.321	.366	687	51%
OF	Bobby Del Greco	28	74	239	34	55	14	1	5	21	1	0	30	31	1	2	5	1	4	.230	.317	.360	677	46%
OF	Jay Hankins	25	76	173	23	32	0	3	3	6	2	0	8	17	1	0	8	0	3	.185	.225	.272	497	54%

OF	Deron Johnson	22	83	283	31	61	11	3	8	42	0	1	14	44	1	1	1	4	9	.216	.252	.360	612	50%
P	Ray Herbert	31	13	28	1	3	1	0	0	4	0	0	1	5	0	0	2	0	0	.107	.138	.143	281	57%
C	Joe Pignatano	31	92	243	31	59	10	3	4	22	2	2	36	42	4	2	7	2	0	.243	.347	.358	705	54%
P	Don Larsen	31	18	20	2	6	0	0	1	4	0	0	1	5	0	0	1	0	0	.300	.333	.450	783	50%
OF	Gene Stephens	28	62	183	22	38	6	1	4	26	3	2	16	27	2	0	2	0	2	.208	.279	.317	596	47%
P	Bud Daley	28	16	18	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	2	0	0	1	0	2	.111	.200	.111	311	50%
OF	Jim Rivera	38	64	141	20	34	8	0	2	10	6	2	24	14	0	0	0	0	3	.241	.352	.340	692	48%
P	Dave Wickersham	25	17	3	1	2	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.667	.667	1.000	1667	--
1B	Marv Throneberry	27	40	130	17	31	2	1	6	24	0	0	19	30	0	1	1	0	4	.238	.336	.408	744	49%
P	Ken Johnson	28	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	100%
3B	Andy Carey	29	39	123	20	30	6	2	3	11	0	0	15	23	2	0	2	0	3	.244	.336	.398	734	48%
1B	Lou Klimchock	21	57	121	8	26	4	1	1	16	0	0	5	13	0	0	1	1	1	.215	.244	.289	533	65%
3B	Reno Bertoia	26	39	120	12	29	2	0	0	13	1	0	9	15	0	0	4	4	6	.242	.286	.258	544	51%
OF	Hank Bauer	38	43	106	11	28	3	1	3	18	1	0	9	8	0	0	2	1	1	.264	.319	.396	715	49%
OF	Bill Tuttle	31	25	84	15	22	2	2	0	8	0	0	9	9	0	0	2	0	2	.262	.333	.333	666	54%
P	Joe Nuxhall	32	56	65	5	19	2	1	2	13	0	0	6	18	0	0	5	0	2	.292	.352	.446	798	59%
P	Jerry Walker	22	45	64	6	16	2	0	0	7	0	0	3	9	0	0	1	0	1	.250	.284	.281	565	57%
P	Jim Archer	29	39	63	2	4	1	0	0	2	0	0	2	19	0	0	6	1	0	.063	.091	.079	170	53%
OF	Al Pilarcik	30	35	60	9	12	1	1	0	9	1	0	6	7	0	0	2	1	3	.200	.269	.250	519	57%
P	Norm Bass	22	41	59	4	7	0	0	1	6	0	0	1	34	0	0	3	0	0	.119	.133	.169	302	66%
P	Bob Shaw	28	28	55	5	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	1	0	2	.200	.200	.200	400	67%
1B	Bob Boyd	35	26	48	7	11	2	0	0	9	0	2	1	2	0	0	0	1	1	.229	.240	.271	511	56%
OF	Wes Covington	29	17	44	3	7	0	0	1	6	0	0	4	7	2	0	0	0	2	.159	.260	.227	487	45%
OF	Frank Cipriani	20	13	36	2	9	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	4	0	0	0	0	1	.250	.289	.250	539	67%
P	Ed Rakow	25	45	29	4	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	10	0	0	3	1	1	.103	.129	.103	232	67%
2B	Charlie Shoemaker	21	7	26	5	10	2	0	0	1	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	.385	.429	.462	891	43%
C	Gordon Mackenzie	23	11	24	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	6	0	0	0	0	1	.125	.160	.125	285	62%
3B-C	Ozzie Virgil	28	11	21	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	5	.143	.143	.143	286	55%
C	Billy Bryan	22	9	19	2	3	0	0	1	2	0	0	2	7	0	0	0	0	1	.158	.238	.316	554	36%
P	Lew Krausse	18	13	17	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	8	0	0	1	0	0	.118	.167	.118	285	75%
P	Art Ditmar	32	20	12	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	0	0	.167	.231	.167	398	67%
OF	Bobby Prescott	30	10	12	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	0	0	0	0	1	.083	.214	.083	297	--
P	Bill Kunkel	24	58	8	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	1	0	0	.125	.222	.125	347	37%
OF	Chuck Essegian	29	4	6	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.429	.500	929	67%
P	Mickey McDermott	32	7	5	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.333	.400	733	0%
OF	Stan Johnson	24	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.400	.000	400	80%
P	Bill Fischer	30	15	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	0%
	Clint Courtney	34	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	0%
P	Gerry Staley	40	23	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.500	.000	500	--

Pitching Statistics

	Player Name		Age	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	BK	H9	HR9	BB9	K9	WHIP	GB%
ST	Jim Archer	log	29	9	15	3.20	39	27	9	2	7	5	205.1	204	99	73	11	60	110	2	4	8.94	0.48	2.63	4.82	1.29	61%
ST	Jerry Walker	log	22	8	14	4.82	36	24	4	0	10	2	168.0	161	100	90	23	96	56	9	0	8.63	1.23	5.14	3.00	1.53	51%
ST	Bob Shaw	log	28	9	10	4.31	26	24	6	0	1	0	150.1	165	87	72	13	58	60	4	0	9.88	0.78	3.47	3.59	1.48	59%
ST	Norm Bass	log	22	11	11	4.69	40	23	6	2	9	0	170.2	164	98	89	17	82	74	5	0	8.65	0.90	4.32	3.90	1.44	58%
ST	Joe Nuxhall	log	32	5	8	5.34	37	13	1	0	9	1	128.0	135	81	76	12	65	81	6	1	9.49	0.84	4.57	5.70	1.56	54%

RP	Bill Kunkel	log	24	3	4	5.18	58	2	0	0	26	4	88.2	103	58	51	11	32	46	8	0	10.45	1.12	3.25	4.67	1.52	66%
RP	Ed Rakow	log	25	2	8	4.76	45	11	1	0	8	1	124.2	131	80	66	14	49	81	8	0	9.46	1.01	3.54	5.85	1.44	65%

	Gerry Staley	log	40	1	1	3.60	23	0	0	0	15	2	30.0	32	15	12	4	10	16	3	0	9.60	1.20	3.00	4.80	1.40	64%
	Art Ditmar	log	32	0	5	5.67	20	5	0	0	2	1	54.0	60	34	34	6	23	19	1	0	10.00	1.00	3.83	3.17	1.54	60%
	Dave Wickersham	log	25	2	1	5.14	17	0	0	0	11	2	21.0	25	12	12	0	5	10	1	0	10.71	0.00	2.14	4.29	1.43	60%
	Bud Daley	log	28	4	8	4.95	16	10	2	0	4	1	63.2	84	46	35	6	22	36	0	0	11.87	0.85	3.11	5.09	1.66	53%
	Bill Fischer	log	30	1	0	3.86	15	0	0	0	10	2	21.0	26	9	9	2	6	12	1	0	11.14	0.86	2.57	5.14	1.52	63%
	Ray Herbert	log	31	3	6	5.38	13	12	1	0	0	0	83.2	103	56	50	10	30	34	0	1	11.08	1.08	3.23	3.66	1.59	56%
	Lew Krausse	log	18	2	5	4.85	12	8	2	1	1	0	55.2	49	33	30	3	46	32	2	0	7.92	0.49	7.44	5.17	1.71	61%
	Don Larsen	log	31	1	0	4.20	8	1	0	0	5	0	15.0	21	9	7	2	11	13	2	0	12.60	1.20	6.60	7.80	2.13	53%
	Ed Keegan	log	21	0	0	4.50	6	0	0	0	5	1	6.0	6	5	3	0	5	3	1	0	9.00	0.00	7.50	4.50	1.83	27%
	Ken Johnson	log	28	0	4	10.61	6	1	0	0	1	0	9.1	11	11	11	2	7	4	0	0	10.61	1.93	6.75	3.86	1.93	74%
	John Wyatt	log	26	0	0	2.45	5	0	0	0	5	1	7.1	8	3	2	0	4	6	1	0	9.82	0.00	4.91	7.36	1.64	48%
	Mickey McDermott	log	32	0	0	14.29	4	0	0	0	1	0	5.2	14	12	9	0	10	3	3	1	22.24	0.00	15.88	4.76	4.24	36%
	Dan Pfister	log	24	0	0	15.43	2	0	0	0	0	0	2.1	5	4	4	2	4	3	1	0	19.29	7.71	15.43	11.57	3.86	0%
	Bill Kirk	log	25	0	0	12.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.0	6	4	4	2	1	3	0	0	18.00	6.00	3.00	9.00	2.33	100%
	Paul Giel	log	29	0	0	37.80	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.2	6	7	7	1	3	1	0	0	32.40	5.40	16.20	5.40	5.40	77%

Fielding Statistics

Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	TC	DP	PB	SB	CS	FPCT	RF
Bill Kunkel	24	P	58		88.2	10	13	3	26	2	-	-	-	.885	2.33
Ed Rakow	25	P	45		124.2	12	19	1	32	3	-	-	-	.969	2.24
Norm Bass	22	P	40		170.2	5	17	2	24	2	-	-	-	.917	1.16
Jim Archer	29	P	39		205.1	6	36	2	44	2	-	-	-	.955	1.84
Joe Nuxhall	32	P	37		128	10	13	3	26	1	-	-	-	.885	1.62
Jerry Walker	22	P	36		168	9	31	0	40	4	-	-	-	1.000	2.14
Bob Shaw	28	P	26		150.1	15	23	2	40	2	-	-	-	.950	2.27
Gerry Staley	40	P	23		30	1	8	0	9	2	-	-	-	1.000	2.70
Art Ditmar	32	P	20		54	5	7	1	13	0	-	-	-	.923	2.00
Dave Wickersham	25	P	17		21	0	5	1	6	0	-	-	-	.833	2.14
Bud Daley	28	P	16		63.2	6	12	2	20	1	-	-	-	.900	2.54
Bill Fischer	30	P	15		21	1	4	0	5	0	-	-	-	1.000	2.14
Ray Herbert	31	P	13		83.2	6	15	0	21	0	-	-	-	1.000	2.26
Lew Krausse	18	P	12		55.2	1	4	1	6	0	-	-	-	.833	.81
Don Larsen	31	P	8		15	1	4	0	5	0	-	-	-	1.000	3.00
Ed Keegan	21	P	6		6	1	0	0	1	0	-	-	-	1.000	1.50
Ken Johnson	28	P	6		9.1	1	4	0	5	0	-	-	-	1.000	4.82
John Wyatt	26	P	5		7.1	0	2	1	3	0	-	-	-	.667	2.45
Mickey McDermott	32	P	4		5.2	1	0	1	2	0	-	-	-	.500	1.59
Dan Pfister	24	P	2		2.1	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	---	.00
Bill Kirk	25	P	1		3	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	---	.00
Paul Giel	29	P	1		1.2	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	---	.00

Haywood Sullivan	30	C	88			387	32	7	426	7	9	0	0	.984	--
Joe Pignatano	31	C	83			379	35	9	423	7	7	0	0	.979	--
Gordon Mackenzie	23	C	7			22	3	0	25	2	0	0	0	1.000	--
Billy Bryan	22	C	4			16	1	0	17	0	1	0	0	1.000	--
Ozzie Virgil	28	C	3			8	1	0	9	0	0	0	0	1.000	--

Norm Siebern	27	1B	109			907	76	11	994	88	-	-	-	.989	--
Marv Throneberry	27	1B	30			241	25	1	267	31	-	-	-	.996	--
Haywood Sullivan	30	1B	16			101	12	2	115	12	-	-	-	.983	--
Lou Klimchock	21	1B	11			78	4	2	84	4	-	-	-	.976	--
Bob Boyd	35	1B	8			44	2	0	46	4	-	-	-	1.000	--
Deron Johnson	22	1B	3			11	2	0	13	2	-	-	-	1.000	--

Jerry Lumpe	28	2B	147			403	426	18	847	105	-	-	-	.979	--
Wayne Causey	24	2B	9			17	10	1	28	2	-	-	-	.964	--
Reno Bertoia	26	2B	6			12	13	0	25	5	-	-	-	1.000	--
Charlie Shoemaker	21	2B	6			17	18	0	35	3	-	-	-	1.000	--
Lou Klimchock	21	2B	1			0	1	0	1	0	-	-	-	1.000	--

Wayne Causey	24	3B	88			102	193	14	309	20	-	-	-	.955	--
Andy Carey	29	3B	39			32	70	6	108	12	-	-	-	.944	--
Reno Bertoia	26	3B	29			27	70	6	103	6	-	-	-	.942	--
Deron Johnson	22	3B	19			17	43	3	63	5	-	-	-	.952	--
Lou Klimchock	21	3B	6			3	6	4	13	0	-	-	-	.692	--
Ozzie Virgil	28	3B	4			2	7	2	11	1	-	-	-	.818	--
Joe Pignatano	31	3B	2			1	0	0	1	0	-	-	-	1.000	--

Dick Howser	25	SS	157			299	427	38	764	85	-	-	-	.950	--
Wayne Causey	24	SS	11			14	25	1	40	3	-	-	-	.975	--

Leo Posada	25	OF	102			205	8	6	219	0	-	-	-	.973	--
Bobby Del Greco	28	OF	73			168	8	3	179	2	-	-	-	.983	--
Jay Hankins	25	OF	65			97	1	3	101	0	-	-	-	.970	--
Deron Johnson	22	OF	59			104	6	6	116	0	-	-	-	.948	--
Gene Stephens	28	OF	54			114	6	4	124	4	-	-	-	.968	--
Norm Siebern	27	OF	47			83	3	1	87	1	-	-	-	.989	--
Jim Rivera	38	OF	43			51	0	1	52	0	-	-	-	.981	--
Hank Bauer	38	OF	35			44	2	2	48	0	-	-	-	.958	--
Bill Tuttle	31	OF	25			58	0	3	61	0	-	-	-	.951	--
Al Pilarcik	30	OF	21			31	2	0	33	1	-	-	-	1.000	--
Wes Covington	29	OF	12			14	0	0	14	0	-	-	-	1.000	--
Frank Cipriani	20	OF	11			20	0	0	20	0	-	-	-	1.000	--
Marv Throneberry	27	OF	10			16	0	0	16	0	-	-	-	1.000	--
Lou Klimchock