1961 Kansas City Athletics

61-100 • 0.379 Win% • 9th in AL

📊 Season Record

61 Wins
100 Losses
0.379 Win %
9th Rank
683 R 863 RA
Diff -180

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⚡ Quick Stats

683 Runs Scored
863 Runs Allowed
-180 Run Diff
680K Attendance

📈 vs. 1961 AL Average

Batting Avg .247 3% below the 1961 league average (.255)
OBP .320 2% below the 1961 league average (.327)
SLG .297 12% below the 1961 league average (.339)
Team ERA 4.74 18% worse than the 1961 league average (4.03)
Runs Scored 683 7% below the 1961 league average (734 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumMunicipal Stadium I
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Home Games 80
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Total Attendance 680,382
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Avg per Game 8,504

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Norm Siebern 0.296 2 Jerry Lumpe 0.293 3 Joe Nuxhall 0.292 4 Dick Howser 0.280 5 Wayne Causey 0.276

Home Runs

1 Norm Siebern 18 2 Wayne Causey 8 3 Deron Johnson 8 4 Leo Posada 7 5 Haywood Sullivan 6

RBI

1 Norm Siebern 98 2 Jerry Lumpe 54 3 Leo Posada 53 4 Wayne Causey 49 5 Dick Howser 45
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Dick Howser 158 611 108 171 0 0 3 45 92 38 37 0.280
Jerry Lumpe 148 569 81 167 0 0 3 54 48 39 1 0.293
Norm Siebern 153 560 68 166 0 0 18 98 82 91 2 0.296
Leo Posada 116 344 37 87 0 0 7 53 36 84 0 0.253
Haywood Sullivan 117 331 42 80 0 0 6 40 46 45 1 0.242
Wayne Causey 104 312 37 86 0 0 8 49 37 28 0 0.276
Deron Johnson 83 283 31 61 0 0 8 42 14 44 0 0.216
Joe Pignatano 92 243 31 59 0 0 4 22 36 42 2 0.243
Bobby Del Greco 74 239 34 55 0 0 5 21 30 31 1 0.230
Gene Stephens 62 183 22 38 0 0 4 26 16 27 3 0.208
Jay Hankins 76 173 23 32 0 0 3 6 8 17 2 0.185
Jim Rivera 64 141 20 34 0 0 2 10 24 14 6 0.241
Marv Throneberry 40 130 17 31 0 0 6 24 19 30 0 0.238
Andy Carey 39 123 20 30 0 0 3 11 15 23 0 0.244
Lou Klimchock 57 121 8 26 0 0 1 16 5 13 0 0.215
Reno Bertoia 39 120 12 29 0 0 0 13 9 15 1 0.242
Hank Bauer 43 106 11 28 0 0 3 18 9 8 1 0.264
Bill Tuttle 25 84 15 22 0 0 0 8 9 9 0 0.262
Joe Nuxhall 56 65 5 19 0 0 2 13 6 18 0 0.292
Jerry Walker 45 64 6 16 0 0 0 7 3 9 0 0.250
Jim Archer 39 63 2 4 0 0 0 2 2 19 0 0.063
Al Pilarcik 35 60 9 12 0 0 0 9 6 7 1 0.200
Norm Bass 41 59 4 7 0 0 1 6 1 34 0 0.119
Bob Shaw 28 55 5 11 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0.200
Bob Boyd 26 48 7 11 0 0 0 9 1 2 0 0.229
Wes Covington 17 44 3 7 0 0 1 6 4 7 0 0.159
Frank Cipriani 13 36 2 9 0 0 0 2 2 4 0 0.250
Ed Rakow 45 29 4 3 0 0 0 2 1 10 0 0.103
Ray Herbert 13 28 1 3 0 0 0 4 1 5 0 0.107
Charlie Shoemaker 7 26 5 10 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 0.385
Gordon MacKenzie 11 24 1 3 0 0 0 1 1 6 0 0.125
Ozzie Virgil 11 21 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.143
Don Larsen 18 20 2 6 0 0 1 4 1 5 0 0.300
Billy Bryan 9 19 2 3 0 0 1 2 2 7 0 0.158
Bud Daley 16 18 1 2 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 0.111
Lew Krausse 13 17 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 8 0 0.118
Art Ditmar 20 12 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0.167
Bobby Prescott 10 12 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 5 0 0.083
Bill Kunkel 58 8 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 0.125
Chuck Essegian 4 6 1 2 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0.333
Mickey McDermott 7 5 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0.200
Stan Johnson 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0.000
Dave Wickersham 17 3 1 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0.667
Bill Fischer 15 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Clint Courtney 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Ken Johnson 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Gerry Staley 23 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.000
Paul Giel 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Ed Keegan 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Bill Kirk 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Dan Pfister 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
John Wyatt 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Jim Archer 3.20 2 Gerry Staley 3.60 3 Bob Shaw 4.31 4 Norm Bass 4.69 5 Ed Rakow 4.76

Wins

1 Norm Bass 11 2 Jim Archer 9 3 Bob Shaw 9 4 Jerry Walker 8 5 Joe Nuxhall 5

Strikeouts

1 Jim Archer 110 2 Joe Nuxhall 81 3 Ed Rakow 81 4 Norm Bass 74 5 Bob Shaw 60
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Jim Archer 9 15 3.20 39 27 5 205.1 60 110
Norm Bass 11 11 4.69 40 23 0 170.2 82 74
Jerry Walker 8 14 4.82 36 24 2 168.0 96 56
Bob Shaw 9 10 4.31 26 24 0 150.1 58 60
Joe Nuxhall 5 8 5.34 37 13 1 128.0 65 81
Ed Rakow 2 8 4.76 45 11 1 124.2 49 81
Bill Kunkel 3 4 5.18 58 2 4 88.2 32 46
Ray Herbert 3 6 5.38 13 12 0 83.2 30 34
Bud Daley 4 8 4.95 16 10 1 63.2 22 36
Lew Krausse 2 5 4.85 12 8 0 55.2 46 32
Art Ditmar 0 5 5.67 20 5 1 54.0 23 19
Gerry Staley 1 1 3.60 23 0 2 30.0 10 16
Bill Fischer 1 0 3.86 15 0 2 21.0 6 12
Dave Wickersham 2 1 5.14 17 0 2 21.0 5 10
Don Larsen 1 0 4.20 8 1 0 15.0 11 13
Ken Johnson 0 4 10.61 6 1 0 9.1 7 4
John Wyatt 0 0 2.45 5 0 1 7.1 4 6
Ed Keegan 0 0 4.50 6 0 1 6.0 5 3
Mickey McDermott 0 0 14.29 4 0 0 5.2 10 3
Bill Kirk 0 0 12.00 1 1 0 3.0 1 3
Dan Pfister 0 0 15.43 2 0 0 2.1 4 3
Paul Giel 0 0 37.80 1 0 0 1.2 3 1

👥 Roster (52)

Jim Archer Norm Bass Hank Bauer Reno Bertoia Bob Boyd Billy Bryan Andy Carey Wayne Causey Frank Cipriani Clint Courtney Wes Covington Bud Daley +40 more

52 players

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