1961 Boston Red Sox

76-86 • 0.469 Win% • 6th in AL

📊 Season Record

76 Wins
86 Losses
0.469 Win %
6th Rank
729 R 792 RA
Diff -63

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729 Runs Scored
792 Runs Allowed
-63 Run Diff
850K Attendance

📈 vs. 1961 AL Average

Batting Avg .254 1% below the 1961 league average (.255)
OBP .332 1% above the 1961 league average (.327)
SLG .315 7% below the 1961 league average (.339)
Team ERA 4.29 7% worse than the 1961 league average (4.03)
Runs Scored 729 1% below the 1961 league average (734 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumFenway Park II
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Home Games 82
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Total Attendance 850,856
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Avg per Game 10,376

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Pete Runnels 0.317 2 Russ Nixon 0.289 3 Frank Malzone 0.266 4 Carl Yastrzemski 0.266 5 Carroll Hardy 0.263

Home Runs

1 Gary Geiger 18 2 Jim Pagliaroni 16 3 Frank Malzone 14 4 Jackie Jensen 13 5 Vic Wertz 11

RBI

1 Frank Malzone 87 2 Carl Yastrzemski 80 3 Jackie Jensen 66 4 Gary Geiger 64 5 Chuck Schilling 62
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Chuck Schilling 158 646 87 167 0 0 5 62 78 77 7 0.259
Frank Malzone 151 590 74 157 0 0 14 87 44 49 1 0.266
Carl Yastrzemski 148 583 71 155 0 0 11 80 50 96 6 0.266
Gary Geiger 140 499 82 116 0 0 18 64 87 91 16 0.232
Jackie Jensen 137 498 64 131 0 0 13 66 66 69 9 0.263
Jim Pagliaroni 120 376 50 91 0 0 16 58 55 74 1 0.242
Pete Runnels 143 360 49 114 0 0 3 38 46 32 5 0.317
Don Buddin 115 339 58 89 0 0 6 42 72 45 2 0.263
Vic Wertz 99 317 33 83 0 0 11 60 38 43 0 0.262
Carroll Hardy 85 281 46 74 0 0 3 36 26 53 4 0.263
Russ Nixon 87 242 24 70 0 0 1 19 13 19 0 0.289
Pumpsie Green 88 219 33 57 0 0 6 27 42 32 4 0.260
Gene Conley 33 73 8 16 0 0 2 8 2 22 0 0.219
Bill Monbouquette 33 69 6 9 0 0 0 5 10 29 0 0.130
Don Schwall 27 61 5 11 0 0 0 6 1 10 0 0.180
Lou Clinton 17 51 4 13 0 0 0 3 2 10 0 0.255
Ike Delock 28 48 3 5 0 0 0 2 4 24 0 0.104
Billy Harrell 37 37 10 6 0 0 0 1 1 8 1 0.162
Tracy Stallard 43 36 0 3 0 0 0 3 0 12 0 0.083
Mike Fornieles 57 32 2 5 0 0 1 4 0 8 0 0.156
Rip Repulski 15 25 2 7 0 0 0 1 1 5 0 0.280
Joe Ginsberg 19 24 1 6 0 0 0 5 0 2 0 0.250
Billy Muffett 38 23 4 5 0 0 1 2 3 9 0 0.217
Don Gile 8 18 2 5 0 0 1 1 1 5 0 0.278
Dave Hillman 28 17 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 7 0 0.000
Tom Brewer 18 14 7 4 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 0.286
Galen Cisco 18 10 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 5 0 0.100
Chet Nichols 26 9 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0.111
Arnold Earley 33 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.000
Wilbur Wood 6 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.000
Ted Wills 17 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.000
Tom Borland 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Chet Nichols 2.09 2 Dave Hillman 2.77 3 Don Schwall 3.22 4 Bill Monbouquette 3.39 5 Tom Brewer 3.43

Wins

1 Don Schwall 15 2 Bill Monbouquette 14 3 Gene Conley 11 4 Mike Fornieles 9 5 Ike Delock 6

Strikeouts

1 Bill Monbouquette 161 2 Gene Conley 113 3 Tracy Stallard 109 4 Don Schwall 91 5 Ike Delock 80
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Bill Monbouquette 14 14 3.39 32 32 0 236.1 100 161
Gene Conley 11 14 4.91 33 30 1 199.2 65 113
Don Schwall 15 7 3.22 25 25 0 178.2 110 91
Ike Delock 6 9 4.90 28 28 0 156.0 52 80
Tracy Stallard 2 7 4.88 43 14 2 132.2 96 109
Mike Fornieles 9 8 4.68 57 2 15 119.1 54 70
Billy Muffett 3 11 5.67 38 11 2 112.2 36 47
Dave Hillman 3 2 2.77 28 1 0 78.0 23 39
Galen Cisco 2 4 6.71 17 8 0 52.1 28 26
Chet Nichols 3 2 2.09 26 2 3 51.2 26 20
Arnold Earley 2 4 3.99 33 0 7 49.2 34 44
Tom Brewer 3 2 3.43 10 9 0 42.0 29 13
Ted Wills 3 2 5.95 17 0 0 19.2 19 11
Wilbur Wood 0 0 5.54 6 1 0 13.0 7 7
Tom Borland 0 0 18.00 1 0 0 1.0 0 0

👥 Roster (32)

Tom Borland Tom Brewer Don Buddin Galen Cisco Lou Clinton Gene Conley Ike Delock Arnold Earley Mike Fornieles Gary Geiger Don Gile Joe Ginsberg +20 more

32 players

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