1961 Chicago White Sox

86-76 • 0.531 Win% • 4th in AL

📊 Season Record

86 Wins
76 Losses
0.531 Win %
4th Rank
765 R 726 RA
Diff +39

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⚡ Quick Stats

765 Runs Scored
726 Runs Allowed
+39 Run Diff
1,162K Attendance

📈 vs. 1961 AL Average

Batting Avg .265 4% above the 1961 league average (.255)
OBP .331 1% above the 1961 league average (.327)
SLG .339 equal to the 1961 league average (.339)
Team ERA 4.06 1% worse than the 1961 league average (4.03)
Runs Scored 765 4% above the 1961 league average (734 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumComiskey Park
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Home Games 81
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Total Attendance 1,162,030
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Avg per Game 14,346

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Floyd Robinson 0.310 2 Mike Hershberger 0.309 3 Roy Sievers 0.295 4 Wes Covington 0.288 5 Jim Landis 0.283

Home Runs

1 Al Smith 28 2 Roy Sievers 27 3 Jim Landis 22 4 Minnie Miñoso 14 5 Floyd Robinson 11

RBI

1 Al Smith 93 2 Roy Sievers 92 3 Jim Landis 85 4 Minnie Miñoso 82 5 Floyd Robinson 59
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Luis Aparicio 156 625 90 170 0 0 6 45 38 33 53 0.272
Nellie Fox 159 606 67 152 0 0 2 51 59 12 2 0.251
Minnie Miñoso 152 540 91 151 0 0 14 82 67 46 9 0.280
Jim Landis 140 534 87 151 0 0 22 85 65 71 19 0.283
Al Smith 147 532 88 148 0 0 28 93 56 67 4 0.278
Roy Sievers 141 492 76 145 0 0 27 92 61 62 1 0.295
Floyd Robinson 132 432 69 134 0 0 11 59 52 32 7 0.310
Sherm Lollar 116 337 38 95 0 0 7 41 37 22 0 0.282
J. C. Martin 110 274 26 63 0 0 5 32 21 31 1 0.230
Cam Carreon 78 229 32 62 0 0 4 27 21 24 0 0.271
Andy Carey 56 143 21 38 0 0 0 14 11 24 0 0.266
Sammy Esposito 63 94 12 16 0 0 1 8 12 21 0 0.170
Juan Pizarro 40 69 10 17 0 0 0 5 5 19 1 0.246
Al Pilarcik 47 62 9 11 0 0 1 6 9 5 1 0.177
Frank Baumann 55 61 8 16 0 0 2 10 5 25 1 0.262
Wes Covington 22 59 5 17 0 0 4 15 4 5 0 0.288
Billy Pierce 39 56 3 8 0 0 0 3 1 11 0 0.143
Mike Hershberger 15 55 9 17 0 0 0 5 2 2 1 0.309
Cal McLish 31 54 2 9 0 0 0 5 1 24 0 0.167
Ray Herbert 21 53 7 12 0 0 2 3 3 8 0 0.226
Billy Goodman 41 51 4 13 0 0 1 10 7 6 0 0.255
Bob Roselli 22 38 2 10 0 0 0 4 0 11 0 0.263
Early Wynn 17 37 4 6 0 0 0 2 3 11 0 0.162
Don Larsen 25 25 2 8 0 0 1 4 0 5 0 0.320
Bob Shaw 14 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 6 0 0.000
Russ Kemmerer 47 15 1 3 0 0 0 1 2 7 0 0.200
Earl Torgeson 20 15 1 1 0 0 0 1 3 5 0 0.067
Turk Lown 60 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0.000
Warren Hacker 42 9 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0.111
Joe Horlen 5 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.000
Dean Look 3 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Herb Score 8 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0.000
Joe Ginsberg 6 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0.000
Gary Peters 3 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.333
Ted Lepcio 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.000
Alan Brice 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Mike DeGerick 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jim Rivera 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Gerry Staley 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Turk Lown 2.76 2 Juan Pizarro 3.05 3 Early Wynn 3.51 4 Warren Hacker 3.77 5 Bob Shaw 3.79

Wins

1 Juan Pizarro 14 2 Frank Baumann 10 3 Cal McLish 10 4 Billy Pierce 10 5 Ray Herbert 9

Strikeouts

1 Juan Pizarro 188 2 Billy Pierce 106 3 Cal McLish 80 4 Frank Baumann 75 5 Early Wynn 64
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Juan Pizarro 14 7 3.05 39 25 2 194.2 89 188
Frank Baumann 10 13 5.61 53 23 3 187.2 59 75
Billy Pierce 10 9 3.80 39 28 3 180.0 54 106
Cal McLish 10 13 4.38 31 27 1 162.1 47 80
Ray Herbert 9 6 4.05 21 20 0 137.2 36 50
Early Wynn 8 2 3.51 17 16 0 110.1 47 64
Turk Lown 7 5 2.76 59 0 11 101.0 35 50
Russ Kemmerer 3 3 4.38 47 2 2 96.2 26 35
Don Larsen 7 2 4.12 25 3 2 74.1 29 53
Bob Shaw 3 4 3.79 14 10 0 71.1 20 31
Warren Hacker 3 3 3.77 42 0 8 57.1 8 40
Herb Score 1 2 6.66 8 5 0 24.1 24 14
Gerry Staley 0 3 5.00 16 0 0 18.0 5 8
Joe Horlen 1 3 6.62 5 4 0 17.2 13 11
Gary Peters 0 0 1.74 3 0 1 10.1 2 6
Alan Brice 0 1 0.00 3 0 0 3.1 3 3
Mike DeGerick 0 0 5.40 1 0 0 1.2 1 0

👥 Roster (39)

Luis Aparicio Frank Baumann Alan Brice Andy Carey Cam Carreon Wes Covington Mike DeGerick Sammy Esposito Nellie Fox Joe Ginsberg Billy Goodman Warren Hacker +27 more

39 players

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