1961 Cleveland Indians

78-83 • 0.484 Win% • 5th in AL

📊 Season Record

78 Wins
83 Losses
0.484 Win %
5th Rank
737 R 752 RA
Diff -15

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⚡ Quick Stats

737 Runs Scored
752 Runs Allowed
-15 Run Diff
736K Attendance

📈 vs. 1961 AL Average

Batting Avg .266 4% above the 1961 league average (.255)
OBP .325 1% below the 1961 league average (.327)
SLG .346 2% above the 1961 league average (.339)
Team ERA 4.15 3% worse than the 1961 league average (4.03)
Runs Scored 737 equal to the 1961 league average (734 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumCleveland Stadium
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Home Games 81
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Total Attendance 736,120
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Avg per Game 9,087

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Bob Nieman 0.354 2 Jim Piersall 0.322 3 Tito Francona 0.301 4 John Romano 0.299 5 Chuck Essegian 0.289

Home Runs

1 Willie Kirkland 27 2 Woodie Held 23 3 John Romano 21 4 Bubba Phillips 18 5 Tito Francona 16

RBI

1 Willie Kirkland 95 2 Tito Francona 85 3 John Romano 80 4 Woodie Held 78 5 Bubba Phillips 72
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Tito Francona 155 592 87 178 0 0 16 85 56 52 2 0.301
Vic Power 147 563 64 151 0 0 5 63 38 16 4 0.268
Bubba Phillips 143 546 64 144 0 0 18 72 29 61 1 0.264
Willie Kirkland 146 525 84 136 0 0 27 95 48 77 7 0.259
Johnny Temple 129 518 73 143 0 0 3 30 61 36 9 0.276
Woodie Held 146 509 67 136 0 0 23 78 69 111 0 0.267
John Romano 142 509 76 152 0 0 21 80 61 60 0 0.299
Jim Piersall 121 484 81 156 0 0 6 40 43 46 8 0.322
Miguel de la Hoz 61 173 20 45 0 0 3 23 7 10 0 0.260
Chuck Essegian 60 166 25 48 0 0 12 35 10 33 0 0.289
Don Dillard 74 147 27 40 0 0 7 17 15 28 0 0.272
Mudcat Grant 48 88 8 15 0 0 1 6 4 29 0 0.170
Valmy Thomas 27 86 7 18 0 0 2 6 6 7 0 0.209
Gary Bell 34 81 8 16 0 0 0 9 4 17 0 0.198
Jim Perry 35 73 4 12 0 0 0 3 1 14 0 0.164
Ken Aspromonte 22 70 5 16 0 0 0 5 6 3 0 0.229
Bob Nieman 39 65 2 23 0 0 2 10 7 4 1 0.354
Barry Latman 45 55 2 4 0 0 0 1 3 17 0 0.073
Walt Bond 38 52 7 9 0 0 2 7 6 10 1 0.173
Ty Cline 12 43 9 9 0 0 0 1 6 1 1 0.209
Jack Kubiszyn 25 42 4 9 0 0 0 0 2 5 0 0.214
Wynn Hawkins 30 37 3 4 0 0 0 1 2 18 0 0.108
Bob Hale 42 36 0 6 0 0 0 6 1 7 0 0.167
Hal Jones 12 35 2 6 0 0 2 4 2 12 0 0.171
Bobby Locke 37 19 1 4 0 0 0 2 1 7 0 0.211
Al Luplow 5 18 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 6 0 0.056
Frank Funk 56 17 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 10 0 0.059
Dick Stigman 22 16 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 7 0 0.125
Johnny Antonelli 12 15 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.267
Bob Allen 48 12 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0.167
Joe Morgan 4 10 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0.200
Bill Dailey 12 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.000
Sam McDowell 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.000
Steve Hamilton 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
Russ Heman 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Joe Schaffernoth 15 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Frank Funk 3.31 2 Bob Allen 3.75 3 Mudcat Grant 3.86 4 Barry Latman 4.02 5 Wynn Hawkins 4.06

Wins

1 Mudcat Grant 15 2 Barry Latman 13 3 Gary Bell 12 4 Frank Funk 11 5 Jim Perry 10

Strikeouts

1 Gary Bell 163 2 Mudcat Grant 146 3 Barry Latman 108 4 Jim Perry 90 5 Frank Funk 64
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Mudcat Grant 15 9 3.86 35 35 0 244.2 109 146
Gary Bell 12 16 4.10 34 34 0 228.1 100 163
Jim Perry 10 17 4.71 35 35 0 223.2 87 90
Barry Latman 13 5 4.02 45 18 5 176.2 54 108
Wynn Hawkins 7 9 4.06 30 21 1 133.0 59 51
Bobby Locke 4 4 4.53 37 4 2 95.1 40 37
Frank Funk 11 11 3.31 56 0 11 92.1 31 64
Bob Allen 3 2 3.75 48 0 3 81.2 40 42
Dick Stigman 2 5 4.62 22 6 0 64.1 25 48
Johnny Antonelli 0 4 6.56 11 7 0 48.0 18 23
Bill Dailey 1 0 0.95 12 0 0 19.0 6 7
Joe Schaffernoth 0 1 4.76 15 0 0 17.0 14 9
Russ Heman 0 0 3.60 6 0 1 10.0 8 4
Sam McDowell 0 0 0.00 1 1 0 6.1 5 5
Steve Hamilton 0 0 3.00 2 0 0 3.0 3 4

👥 Roster (36)

Bob Allen Johnny Antonelli Ken Aspromonte Gary Bell Walt Bond Ty Cline Bill Dailey Don Dillard Chuck Essegian Tito Francona Frank Funk Mudcat Grant +24 more

36 players

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