⭐ Division Winner

1961 Cincinnati Reds

93-61 • 0.604 Win% • 1st in NL

📊 Season Record

93 Wins
61 Losses
0.604 Win %
1st Rank
710 R 653 RA
Diff +57

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⚡ Quick Stats

710 Runs Scored
653 Runs Allowed
+57 Run Diff
1,123K Attendance

📈 vs. 1961 NL Average

Batting Avg .269 3% above the 1961 league average (.261)
OBP .324 equal to the 1961 league average (.325)
SLG .360 4% above the 1961 league average (.346)
Team ERA 3.78 6% better than the 1961 league average (4.03)
Runs Scored 710 1% above the 1961 league average (700 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumCrosley Field
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Home Games 77
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Total Attendance 1,123,147
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Avg per Game 14,586

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Vada Pinson 0.343 2 Frank Robinson 0.323 3 Jerry Lynch 0.315 4 Darrell Johnson 0.315 5 Leo Cardenas 0.308

Home Runs

1 Frank Robinson 37 2 Gordy Coleman 26 3 Gene Freese 26 4 Wally Post 20 5 Vada Pinson 16

RBI

1 Frank Robinson 124 2 Gordy Coleman 87 3 Gene Freese 87 4 Vada Pinson 87 5 Wally Post 57
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Vada Pinson 154 607 101 208 0 0 16 87 39 63 23 0.343
Gene Freese 152 575 78 159 0 0 26 87 27 78 8 0.277
Frank Robinson 153 545 117 176 0 0 37 124 71 64 22 0.323
Gordy Coleman 150 520 63 149 0 0 26 87 45 67 1 0.287
Eddie Kasko 126 469 64 127 0 0 2 27 32 36 4 0.271
Don Blasingame 123 450 59 100 0 0 1 21 39 38 4 0.222
Wally Post 99 282 44 83 0 0 20 57 22 61 0 0.294
Gus Bell 103 235 27 60 0 0 3 33 18 21 1 0.255
Jerry Zimmerman 76 204 8 42 0 0 0 10 11 21 1 0.206
Leo Cardenas 74 198 23 61 0 0 5 24 15 39 1 0.308
Jerry Lynch 96 181 33 57 0 0 13 50 27 25 2 0.315
Johnny Edwards 52 145 14 27 0 0 2 14 18 28 1 0.186
Elio Chacon 61 132 26 35 0 0 2 5 21 22 1 0.265
Jim O'Toole 39 93 7 16 0 0 0 6 3 29 0 0.172
Joey Jay 34 89 3 8 0 0 0 5 2 29 0 0.090
Bob Purkey 36 80 6 8 0 0 1 4 2 32 0 0.100
Bob Schmidt 27 70 4 9 0 0 1 4 8 14 0 0.129
Dick Gernert 40 63 4 19 0 0 0 7 7 9 0 0.302
Darrell Johnson 20 54 3 17 0 0 1 6 1 2 0 0.315
Ed Bailey 12 43 4 13 0 0 0 2 3 5 0 0.302
Ken Hunt 29 39 0 7 0 0 0 3 2 19 0 0.179
Jim Maloney 30 29 6 11 0 0 1 4 2 4 0 0.379
Ken Johnson 15 25 1 6 0 0 0 5 0 11 0 0.240
Jim Baumer 10 24 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 0.125
Jay Hook 22 15 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0.133
Pete Whisenant 26 15 6 3 0 0 0 1 2 4 1 0.200
Jim Brosnan 53 13 1 2 0 0 0 1 1 6 0 0.154
Sherman Jones 24 11 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0.182
Howie Nunn 24 8 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.250
Willie Jones 9 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 0.000
Cliff Cook 4 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0.000
Bill Henry 48 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.000
Harry Anderson 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.250
Hal Bevan 3 3 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0.333
Joe Gaines 5 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0.000
Marshall Bridges 13 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Claude Osteen 6 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Bill Henry 2.19 2 Jim Brosnan 3.04 3 Jim O'Toole 3.10 4 Ken Johnson 3.25 5 Joey Jay 3.53

Wins

1 Joey Jay 21 2 Jim O'Toole 19 3 Bob Purkey 16 4 Jim Brosnan 10 5 Ken Hunt 9

Strikeouts

1 Jim O'Toole 178 2 Joey Jay 157 3 Bob Purkey 116 4 Ken Hunt 75 5 Jim Maloney 57
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Jim O'Toole 19 9 3.10 39 35 2 252.2 93 178
Joey Jay 21 10 3.53 34 34 0 247.1 92 157
Bob Purkey 16 12 3.73 36 34 1 246.1 51 116
Ken Hunt 9 10 3.96 29 22 0 136.1 66 75
Jim Maloney 6 7 4.37 27 11 2 94.2 59 57
Ken Johnson 6 2 3.25 15 11 1 83.0 22 42
Jim Brosnan 10 4 3.04 53 0 16 80.0 18 40
Jay Hook 1 3 7.76 22 5 0 62.2 22 36
Sherman Jones 1 1 4.42 24 2 2 55.0 27 32
Bill Henry 2 1 2.19 47 0 16 53.1 15 53
Howie Nunn 2 1 3.58 24 0 0 37.2 24 26
Marshall Bridges 0 1 7.84 13 0 0 20.2 11 17
Claude Osteen 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0.1 0 0

🏆 Postseason Results

World Series
Lost to NYA 4-1

👥 Roster (37)

Harry Anderson Ed Bailey Jim Baumer Gus Bell Hal Bevan Don Blasingame Marshall Bridges Jim Brosnan Leo Cardenas Elio Chacon Gordy Coleman Cliff Cook +25 more

37 players

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