1961 Baltimore Orioles

95-67 • 0.586 Win% • 3rd in AL

📊 Season Record

95 Wins
67 Losses
0.586 Win %
3rd Rank
691 R 588 RA
Diff +103

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691 Runs Scored
588 Runs Allowed
+103 Run Diff
960K Attendance

📈 vs. 1961 AL Average

Batting Avg .254 1% below the 1961 league average (.255)
OBP .325 1% below the 1961 league average (.327)
SLG .335 1% below the 1961 league average (.339)
Team ERA 3.22 20% better than the 1961 league average (4.03)
Runs Scored 691 6% below the 1961 league average (734 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumMemorial Stadium
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Home Games 82
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Total Attendance 960,819
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Avg per Game 11,717

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Jim Gentile 0.302 2 Jackie Brandt 0.297 3 Russ Snyder 0.292 4 Whitey Herzog 0.291 5 Brooks Robinson 0.287

Home Runs

1 Jim Gentile 46 2 Gus Triandos 17 3 Jackie Brandt 16 4 Ron Hansen 12 5 Jerry Adair 9

RBI

1 Jim Gentile 141 2 Jackie Brandt 72 3 Gus Triandos 63 4 Brooks Robinson 61 5 Ron Hansen 51
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Brooks Robinson 163 668 89 192 0 0 7 61 47 57 1 0.287
Ron Hansen 155 533 51 132 0 0 12 51 66 96 1 0.248
Jackie Brandt 139 516 93 153 0 0 16 72 62 51 10 0.297
Jim Gentile 148 486 96 147 0 0 46 141 96 106 1 0.302
Gus Triandos 115 397 35 97 0 0 17 63 44 60 0 0.244
Jerry Adair 133 386 41 102 0 0 9 37 35 51 5 0.264
Whitey Herzog 113 323 39 94 0 0 5 35 50 41 1 0.291
Russ Snyder 115 312 46 91 0 0 1 13 20 32 5 0.292
Dick Williams 103 310 37 64 0 0 8 24 20 38 0 0.206
Marv Breeding 90 244 32 51 0 0 1 16 14 33 5 0.209
Earl Robinson 96 222 37 59 0 0 8 30 31 54 4 0.266
Dave Philley 99 144 13 36 0 0 1 23 10 20 2 0.250
Hank Foiles 43 124 18 34 0 0 6 19 12 27 0 0.274
Marv Throneberry 56 96 9 20 0 0 5 11 12 20 0 0.208
Jim Busby 75 89 15 23 0 0 0 6 8 10 2 0.258
Steve Barber 37 80 6 13 0 0 2 6 5 42 0 0.163
Chuck Estrada 33 70 4 8 0 0 0 0 2 32 0 0.114
Milt Pappas 26 66 6 9 0 0 3 6 0 29 0 0.136
Gene Stephens 32 58 4 11 0 0 0 2 14 7 1 0.190
Jack Fisher 36 56 2 5 0 0 0 2 4 25 0 0.089
Hal Brown 27 50 3 7 0 0 0 1 3 11 0 0.140
Charlie Lau 17 47 3 8 0 0 1 4 1 3 0 0.170
Clint Courtney 22 45 3 12 0 0 0 4 10 3 0 0.267
Billy Hoeft 35 39 1 7 0 0 0 4 4 13 0 0.179
Dick Hall 30 36 4 5 0 0 0 1 3 13 0 0.139
Walt Dropo 14 27 1 7 0 0 1 2 4 3 0 0.259
Hoyt Wilhelm 51 20 1 1 0 0 0 2 2 10 0 0.050
Boog Powell 4 13 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0.077
Wes Stock 35 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10 0 0.000
Barry Shetrone 3 7 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0.143
Frank Zupo 5 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0.500
Chuck Essegian 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Dick Hyde 15 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1.000
Gordon Jones 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jim Lehew 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
John Papa 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Billy Hoeft 2.02 2 Hoyt Wilhelm 2.30 3 Wes Stock 3.01 4 Milt Pappas 3.04 5 Dick Hall 3.09

Wins

1 Steve Barber 18 2 Chuck Estrada 15 3 Milt Pappas 13 4 Hal Brown 10 5 Jack Fisher 10

Strikeouts

1 Chuck Estrada 160 2 Steve Barber 150 3 Jack Fisher 118 4 Billy Hoeft 100 5 Dick Hall 92
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Steve Barber 18 12 3.33 37 34 1 248.1 130 150
Chuck Estrada 15 9 3.69 33 31 0 212.0 132 160
Jack Fisher 10 13 3.90 36 25 1 196.0 75 118
Milt Pappas 13 9 3.04 26 23 1 177.2 78 89
Hal Brown 10 6 3.19 27 23 1 166.2 33 61
Billy Hoeft 7 4 2.02 35 12 3 138.0 55 100
Dick Hall 7 5 3.09 29 13 4 122.1 30 92
Hoyt Wilhelm 9 7 2.30 51 1 18 109.2 41 87
Wes Stock 5 0 3.01 35 1 3 71.2 27 47
Dick Hyde 1 2 5.57 15 0 0 21.0 13 15
Gordon Jones 0 0 5.40 3 0 1 5.0 0 4
Jim Lehew 0 0 0.00 2 0 0 2.0 0 0
John Papa 0 0 18.00 2 0 0 1.0 3 3

👥 Roster (36)

Jerry Adair Steve Barber Jackie Brandt Marv Breeding Hal Brown Jim Busby Clint Courtney Walt Dropo Chuck Essegian Chuck Estrada Jack Fisher Hank Foiles +24 more

36 players

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