1961 San Francisco Giants

85-69 • 0.552 Win% • 3rd in NL

📊 Season Record

85 Wins
69 Losses
0.552 Win %
3rd Rank
773 R 655 RA
Diff +118

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⚡ Quick Stats

773 Runs Scored
655 Runs Allowed
+118 Run Diff
1,391K Attendance

📈 vs. 1961 NL Average

Batting Avg .263 1% above the 1961 league average (.261)
OBP .328 1% above the 1961 league average (.325)
SLG .368 6% above the 1961 league average (.346)
Team ERA 3.77 6% better than the 1961 league average (4.03)
Runs Scored 773 10% above the 1961 league average (700 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumCandlestick Park
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Home Games 77
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Total Attendance 1,391,251
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Avg per Game 18,068

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Orlando Cepeda 0.311 2 Matty Alou 0.310 3 Willie Mays 0.308 4 Felipe Alou 0.289 5 Jim Davenport 0.278

Home Runs

1 Orlando Cepeda 46 2 Willie Mays 40 3 Felipe Alou 18 4 Willie McCovey 18 5 Ed Bailey 13

RBI

1 Orlando Cepeda 142 2 Willie Mays 123 3 Jim Davenport 65 4 Felipe Alou 52 5 Ed Bailey 51
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Orlando Cepeda 152 585 105 182 0 0 46 142 39 91 12 0.311
Willie Mays 154 572 129 176 0 0 40 123 81 77 18 0.308
Harvey Kuenn 131 471 60 125 0 0 5 46 47 34 5 0.265
Jim Davenport 137 436 64 121 0 0 12 65 45 65 4 0.278
Jose Pagan 134 434 38 110 0 0 5 46 31 45 8 0.253
Felipe Alou 132 415 59 120 0 0 18 52 26 41 11 0.289
Joey Amalfitano 109 384 64 98 0 0 2 23 44 59 7 0.255
Ed Bailey 107 340 39 81 0 0 13 51 42 41 1 0.238
Willie McCovey 106 328 59 89 0 0 18 50 37 60 1 0.271
Chuck Hiller 70 240 38 57 0 0 2 12 32 30 4 0.237
Matty Alou 81 200 38 62 0 0 6 24 15 18 3 0.310
Eddie Bressoud 59 114 14 24 0 0 3 11 11 23 1 0.211
John Orsino 25 83 5 23 0 0 4 12 3 13 0 0.277
Mike McCormick 40 80 3 15 0 0 0 4 4 25 0 0.188
Jack Sanford 39 74 13 16 0 0 3 6 5 22 0 0.216
Hobie Landrith 43 71 11 17 0 0 2 10 12 7 0 0.239
Tom Haller 30 62 5 9 0 0 2 8 9 23 0 0.145
Juan Marichal 30 59 3 7 0 0 0 3 3 15 1 0.119
Billy O'Dell 49 39 1 4 0 0 0 2 1 10 0 0.103
Ernie Bowman 38 38 10 8 0 0 0 2 1 8 2 0.211
Sam Jones 37 36 0 5 0 0 0 0 1 7 0 0.139
Jim Marshall 44 36 5 8 0 0 1 7 3 8 0 0.222
Billy Loes 26 32 0 5 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 0.156
Dick LeMay 27 26 2 2 0 0 0 1 2 14 0 0.077
Bob Farley 13 20 3 2 0 0 0 1 3 5 0 0.100
Stu Miller 64 20 2 4 0 0 0 1 4 5 1 0.200
Jim Duffalo 25 17 2 5 0 0 1 4 1 7 0 0.294
Bobby Bolin 37 7 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0.286
Eddie Fisher 15 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0.143
Bob Schmidt 2 6 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0.167
Don Blasingame 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0.000
Dom Zanni 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Stu Miller 2.66 2 Bobby Bolin 3.19 3 Mike McCormick 3.20 4 Dick LeMay 3.56 5 Billy O'Dell 3.59

Wins

1 Stu Miller 14 2 Juan Marichal 13 3 Mike McCormick 13 4 Jack Sanford 13 5 Sam Jones 8

Strikeouts

1 Mike McCormick 163 2 Juan Marichal 124 3 Jack Sanford 112 4 Billy O'Dell 110 5 Sam Jones 105
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Mike McCormick 13 16 3.20 40 35 0 250.0 75 163
Jack Sanford 13 9 4.22 38 33 0 217.1 87 112
Juan Marichal 13 10 3.89 29 27 0 185.0 48 124
Billy O'Dell 7 5 3.59 46 14 2 130.1 33 110
Sam Jones 8 8 4.49 37 17 1 128.1 57 105
Stu Miller 14 5 2.66 63 0 17 122.0 37 89
Billy Loes 6 5 4.24 26 18 0 114.2 39 55
Dick LeMay 3 6 3.56 27 5 3 83.1 36 54
Jim Duffalo 5 1 4.23 24 4 1 61.2 32 37
Bobby Bolin 2 2 3.19 37 1 5 48.0 37 48
Eddie Fisher 0 2 5.35 15 1 1 33.2 9 16
Dom Zanni 1 0 3.95 8 0 0 13.2 12 11

👥 Roster (32)

Felipe Alou Matty Alou Joey Amalfitano Ed Bailey Don Blasingame Bobby Bolin Ernie Bowman Eddie Bressoud Orlando Cepeda Jim Davenport Jim Duffalo Bob Farley +20 more

32 players

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