1961 Philadelphia Phillies

47-107 • 0.305 Win% • 8th in NL

📊 Season Record

47 Wins
107 Losses
0.305 Win %
8th Rank
584 R 796 RA
Diff -212

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⚡ Quick Stats

584 Runs Scored
796 Runs Allowed
-212 Run Diff
589K Attendance

📈 vs. 1961 NL Average

Batting Avg .242 7% below the 1961 league average (.261)
OBP .305 6% below the 1961 league average (.325)
SLG .301 13% below the 1961 league average (.346)
Team ERA 4.61 14% worse than the 1961 league average (4.03)
Runs Scored 584 17% below the 1961 league average (700 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumShibe Park
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Home Games 78
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Total Attendance 589,994
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Avg per Game 7,564

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Wes Covington 0.303 2 Lee Walls 0.280 3 Tony Gonzalez 0.277 4 Johnny Callison 0.266 5 Bobby Del Greco 0.259

Home Runs

1 Don Demeter 20 2 Pancho Herrera 13 3 Tony Gonzalez 12 4 Johnny Callison 9 5 Charley Smith 9

RBI

1 Don Demeter 68 2 Tony Gonzalez 58 3 Pancho Herrera 51 4 Johnny Callison 47 5 Charley Smith 47
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Johnny Callison 138 455 74 121 0 0 9 47 69 76 10 0.266
Tony Gonzalez 126 426 58 118 0 0 12 58 49 66 15 0.277
Charley Smith 112 411 43 102 0 0 9 47 23 76 3 0.248
Pancho Herrera 126 400 56 103 0 0 13 51 55 120 5 0.258
Tony Taylor 106 400 47 100 0 0 2 26 29 59 11 0.250
Don Demeter 106 382 54 98 0 0 20 68 19 74 2 0.257
Ruben Amaro 135 381 34 98 0 0 1 32 53 59 1 0.257
Clay Dalrymple 129 378 23 83 0 0 5 42 30 30 0 0.220
Bobby Malkmus 121 342 39 79 0 0 7 31 20 43 1 0.231
Lee Walls 91 261 32 73 0 0 8 30 19 48 2 0.280
Ken Walters 86 180 23 41 0 0 2 14 5 25 2 0.228
Bobby Smith 79 174 16 44 0 0 2 18 15 32 0 0.253
Wes Covington 57 165 23 50 0 0 7 26 15 17 0 0.303
Bobby Del Greco 41 112 14 29 0 0 2 11 12 17 0 0.259
Art Mahaffey 36 63 3 8 0 0 0 3 3 20 0 0.127
Darrell Johnson 21 61 4 14 0 0 0 3 3 8 0 0.230
John Buzhardt 41 57 2 6 0 0 0 1 3 29 0 0.105
Bob Sadowski 16 54 4 7 0 0 0 0 4 7 1 0.130
Jim Woods 23 48 6 11 0 0 2 9 4 15 0 0.229
Choo-Choo Coleman 34 47 3 6 0 0 0 4 2 8 0 0.128
Elmer Valo 50 43 4 8 0 0 1 8 8 6 0 0.186
Chris Short 40 37 1 6 0 0 0 2 1 10 1 0.162
Tony Curry 15 36 3 7 0 0 0 3 1 8 0 0.194
George Williams 17 36 4 9 0 0 0 1 4 4 0 0.250
Don Ferrarese 43 35 1 6 0 0 0 1 1 4 0 0.171
Dallas Green 42 33 4 5 0 0 0 3 5 13 0 0.152
Robin Roberts 26 33 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 11 0 0.091
Frank Sullivan 49 33 2 5 0 0 0 2 5 10 0 0.152
Cal Neeman 19 31 0 7 0 0 0 2 4 8 1 0.226
Jim Owens 21 27 0 2 0 0 0 1 4 12 0 0.074
Jimmie Coker 11 25 3 10 0 0 1 4 7 4 1 0.400
Al Kenders 10 23 0 4 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0.174
Jack Baldschun 65 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 0 0.000
Ken Lehman 42 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Joe Koppe 6 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Paul Brown 5 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.500
Turk Farrell 5 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.500
Jack Meyer 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Don Ferrarese 3.76 2 Jack Baldschun 3.88 3 Art Mahaffey 4.10 4 Ken Lehman 4.26 5 Frank Sullivan 4.29

Wins

1 Art Mahaffey 11 2 John Buzhardt 6 3 Chris Short 6 4 Jack Baldschun 5 5 Don Ferrarese 5

Strikeouts

1 Art Mahaffey 158 2 Frank Sullivan 114 3 John Buzhardt 92 4 Don Ferrarese 89 5 Chris Short 80
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Art Mahaffey 11 19 4.10 36 32 0 219.1 70 158
John Buzhardt 6 18 4.49 41 27 0 202.1 65 92
Frank Sullivan 3 16 4.29 49 18 6 159.1 55 114
Don Ferrarese 5 12 3.76 42 14 1 138.2 68 89
Dallas Green 2 4 4.85 42 10 1 128.0 47 51
Chris Short 6 12 5.94 39 16 1 127.1 71 80
Robin Roberts 1 10 5.85 26 18 0 117.0 23 54
Jim Owens 5 10 4.47 20 17 0 106.2 32 38
Jack Baldschun 5 3 3.88 65 0 3 99.2 49 59
Ken Lehman 1 1 4.26 41 2 1 63.1 25 27
Paul Brown 0 1 8.10 5 1 0 10.0 8 1
Turk Farrell 2 1 6.52 5 0 0 9.2 6 10
Jack Meyer 0 0 9.00 1 0 0 2.0 2 2

👥 Roster (38)

Ruben Amaro Jack Baldschun Paul Brown John Buzhardt Johnny Callison Jimmie Coker Choo-Choo Coleman Wes Covington Tony Curry Clay Dalrymple Bobby Del Greco Don Demeter +26 more

38 players

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