1961 Los Angeles Angels

70-91 • 0.435 Win% • 8th in AL

📊 Season Record

70 Wins
91 Losses
0.435 Win %
8th Rank
744 R 784 RA
Diff -40

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⚡ Quick Stats

744 Runs Scored
784 Runs Allowed
-40 Run Diff
604K Attendance

📈 vs. 1961 AL Average

Batting Avg .245 4% below the 1961 league average (.255)
OBP .329 1% above the 1961 league average (.327)
SLG .349 3% above the 1961 league average (.339)
Team ERA 4.31 7% worse than the 1961 league average (4.03)
Runs Scored 744 1% above the 1961 league average (734 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumWrigley Field (LA)
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Home Games 82
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Total Attendance 604,422
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Avg per Game 7,371

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Buck Rodgers 0.321 2 Albie Pearson 0.288 3 Lee Thomas 0.284 4 Leon Wagner 0.280 5 George Thomas 0.280

Home Runs

1 Leon Wagner 28 2 Ken Hunt 25 3 Lee Thomas 24 4 Earl Averill 21 5 Steve Bilko 20

RBI

1 Ken Hunt 84 2 Leon Wagner 79 3 Lee Thomas 70 4 Earl Averill 59 5 Steve Bilko 59
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Ken Hunt 149 479 70 122 0 0 25 84 49 120 8 0.255
Leon Wagner 133 453 74 127 0 0 28 79 48 65 5 0.280
Lee Thomas 130 450 77 128 0 0 24 70 47 74 0 0.284
Albie Pearson 144 427 92 123 0 0 7 41 96 40 11 0.288
Joe Koppe 91 338 46 85 0 0 5 40 45 77 3 0.251
Earl Averill 115 323 56 86 0 0 21 59 62 70 1 0.266
Steve Bilko 114 294 49 82 0 0 20 59 58 81 1 0.279
George Thomas 79 282 39 79 0 0 13 59 21 66 3 0.280
Ted Kluszewski 107 263 32 64 0 0 15 39 24 23 0 0.243
Ken Aspromonte 66 238 29 53 0 0 2 14 33 21 0 0.223
Rocky Bridges 84 229 20 55 0 0 2 15 26 37 1 0.240
Eddie Yost 76 213 29 43 0 0 3 15 50 48 0 0.202
Gene Leek 57 199 16 45 0 0 5 20 7 54 0 0.226
Billy Moran 54 173 17 45 0 0 2 22 17 16 0 0.260
Ed Sadowski 69 164 16 38 0 0 4 12 11 33 2 0.232
Tom Satriano 35 96 15 19 0 0 1 8 12 16 2 0.198
Ken Hamlin 42 91 4 19 0 0 1 5 11 9 0 0.209
Ken McBride 45 83 5 7 0 0 0 2 3 35 0 0.084
Del Rice 44 83 11 20 0 0 4 11 20 19 0 0.241
Eli Grba 42 64 8 15 0 0 2 11 6 17 0 0.234
Bob Cerv 18 57 3 9 0 0 2 6 1 8 0 0.158
Buck Rodgers 16 56 8 18 0 0 2 13 1 6 0 0.321
Ted Bowsfield 46 51 5 7 0 0 0 2 2 19 0 0.137
Fritz Brickell 21 49 3 6 0 0 0 3 6 9 0 0.122
Ron Kline 26 31 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 17 0 0.097
Faye Throneberry 24 31 1 6 0 0 0 0 5 10 0 0.194
Ron Moeller 35 29 2 6 0 0 0 2 8 14 0 0.207
Jim Donohue 38 27 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 7 0 0.148
Jim Fregosi 11 27 7 6 0 0 0 3 1 4 0 0.222
Ryne Duren 40 25 2 1 0 0 0 3 3 15 0 0.040
Jerry Casale 13 13 2 6 0 0 1 2 1 4 0 0.462
Art Fowler 53 13 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.077
Johnny James 43 13 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0.000
Tom Morgan 59 12 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 0.083
Julio Becquer 11 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 0 0.000
Jack Spring 18 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 0 0.000
Chuck Tanner 7 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0.125
Ned Garver 12 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.000
Leo Burke 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Dean Chance 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.000
Dan Ardell 7 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0.250
Tex Clevenger 12 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Russ Heman 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Lou Johnson 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Ray Semproch 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Bob Sprout 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Tom Morgan 2.36 2 Art Fowler 3.64 3 Ken McBride 3.65 4 Ted Bowsfield 3.73 5 Eli Grba 4.25

Wins

1 Ken McBride 12 2 Ted Bowsfield 11 3 Eli Grba 11 4 Tom Morgan 8 5 Ryne Duren 6

Strikeouts

1 Ken McBride 180 2 Ryne Duren 108 3 Eli Grba 105 4 Ted Bowsfield 88 5 Ron Moeller 87
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Ken McBride 12 15 3.65 38 36 1 241.2 102 180
Eli Grba 11 13 4.25 40 30 2 211.2 114 105
Ted Bowsfield 11 8 3.73 41 21 0 157.0 63 88
Ron Moeller 4 8 5.83 33 18 0 112.2 83 87
Ron Kline 3 6 4.90 26 12 1 104.2 44 70
Jim Donohue 4 6 4.31 38 7 5 100.1 50 79
Ryne Duren 6 12 5.18 40 14 2 99.0 75 108
Tom Morgan 8 2 2.36 59 0 10 91.2 17 39
Art Fowler 5 8 3.64 53 3 11 89.0 29 78
Johnny James 0 2 5.30 36 3 0 71.1 54 41
Jerry Casale 1 5 6.54 13 7 1 42.2 25 35
Jack Spring 3 0 4.26 18 4 0 38.0 15 27
Ned Garver 0 3 5.59 12 2 0 29.0 16 9
Dean Chance 0 2 6.87 5 4 0 18.1 5 11
Tex Clevenger 2 1 1.69 12 0 1 16.0 13 11
Russ Heman 0 0 1.80 6 0 0 10.0 2 2
Bob Sprout 0 0 4.50 1 1 0 4.0 3 2
Ray Semproch 0 0 9.00 2 0 0 1.0 3 1

👥 Roster (46)

Dan Ardell Ken Aspromonte Earl Averill Julio Becquer Steve Bilko Ted Bowsfield Fritz Brickell Rocky Bridges Leo Burke Jerry Casale Bob Cerv Dean Chance +34 more

46 players

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