1961 Washington Senators

61-100 • 0.379 Win% • 9th in AL

📊 Season Record

61 Wins
100 Losses
0.379 Win %
9th Rank
618 R 776 RA
Diff -158

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⚡ Quick Stats

618 Runs Scored
776 Runs Allowed
-158 Run Diff
597K Attendance

📈 vs. 1961 AL Average

Batting Avg .243 5% below the 1961 league average (.255)
OBP .314 4% below the 1961 league average (.327)
SLG .310 9% below the 1961 league average (.339)
Team ERA 4.23 5% worse than the 1961 league average (4.03)
Runs Scored 618 16% below the 1961 league average (734 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumGriffith Stadium II
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Home Games 79
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Total Attendance 597,597
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Avg per Game 7,564

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Ken Retzer 0.340 2 Gene Woodling 0.313 3 Bob Johnson 0.295 4 Gene Green 0.280 5 Jim King 0.270

Home Runs

1 Gene Green 18 2 Dale Long 17 3 Willie Tasby 17 4 Jim King 11 5 Gene Woodling 10

RBI

1 Willie Tasby 63 2 Gene Green 62 3 Gene Woodling 57 4 Dale Long 49 5 Jim King 46
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Willie Tasby 141 494 54 124 0 0 17 63 58 94 4 0.251
Danny O'Connell 138 493 61 128 0 0 1 37 77 62 15 0.260
Marty Keough 135 390 57 97 0 0 9 34 32 60 12 0.249
Dale Long 123 377 52 94 0 0 17 49 39 41 0 0.249
Gene Green 110 364 52 102 0 0 18 62 35 65 0 0.280
Gene Woodling 110 342 39 107 0 0 10 57 50 24 1 0.313
Chuck Hinton 106 339 51 88 0 0 6 34 40 81 22 0.260
Chuck Cottier 101 337 37 79 0 0 2 34 30 51 9 0.234
Jim King 110 263 43 71 0 0 11 46 38 45 4 0.270
Billy Klaus 91 251 26 57 0 0 7 30 30 34 2 0.227
Bob Johnson 61 224 27 66 0 0 6 28 19 26 4 0.295
Coot Veal 69 218 21 44 0 0 0 8 19 29 1 0.202
Pete Daley 72 203 12 39 0 0 2 17 14 37 0 0.192
Harry Bright 72 183 20 44 0 0 4 21 19 23 0 0.240
Bud Zipfel 50 170 17 34 0 0 4 18 15 49 1 0.200
Jim Mahoney 43 108 10 26 0 0 0 6 5 23 1 0.241
Bennie Daniels 32 76 6 15 0 0 2 5 6 34 0 0.197
Joe McClain 33 68 4 14 0 0 0 4 1 16 0 0.206
R C Stevens 33 62 2 8 0 0 0 2 7 15 1 0.129
Dick Donovan 24 56 6 10 0 0 1 7 6 23 0 0.179
Ken Retzer 16 53 7 18 0 0 1 3 4 5 1 0.340
Ed Hobaugh 27 41 0 4 0 0 0 1 1 12 1 0.098
Pete Burnside 33 34 1 2 0 0 0 1 1 15 0 0.059
Marty Kutyna 50 34 0 7 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 0.206
Joe Hicks 12 29 2 5 0 0 1 1 0 4 0 0.172
Tom Sturdivant 15 26 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 5 0 0.077
John Gabler 34 25 3 5 0 0 0 1 1 11 1 0.200
Dutch Dotterer 7 19 1 5 0 0 0 1 3 5 0 0.263
Ron Stillwell 8 16 3 2 0 0 0 1 1 4 0 0.125
Hal Woodeshick 7 16 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 0.125
Ed Brinkman 4 11 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0.091
Tom Cheney 13 8 1 4 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 0.500
Chet Boak 5 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0.000
Johnny Klippstein 42 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0.143
Claude Osteen 3 7 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0.143
Dave Sisler 45 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 0.000
Carl Mathias 4 5 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.200
Roy Heiser 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Carl Bouldin 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Hector Maestri 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Mike Garcia 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Rudy Hernandez 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Dick Donovan 2.40 2 Bennie Daniels 3.44 3 Joe McClain 3.86 4 Marty Kutyna 3.97 5 Hal Woodeshick 4.02

Wins

1 Bennie Daniels 12 2 Dick Donovan 10 3 Joe McClain 8 4 Ed Hobaugh 7 5 Marty Kutyna 6

Strikeouts

1 Bennie Daniels 110 2 Joe McClain 76 3 Ed Hobaugh 67 4 Marty Kutyna 64 5 Dick Donovan 62
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Bennie Daniels 12 11 3.44 32 28 0 212.0 80 110
Joe McClain 8 18 3.86 33 29 1 212.0 48 76
Dick Donovan 10 10 2.40 23 22 0 168.2 35 62
Marty Kutyna 6 8 3.97 50 6 3 143.0 48 64
Ed Hobaugh 7 9 4.42 26 18 0 126.1 64 67
Pete Burnside 4 9 4.53 33 16 2 113.1 51 56
John Gabler 3 8 4.86 29 9 4 92.2 37 33
Tom Sturdivant 2 6 4.61 15 10 0 80.0 40 39
Johnny Klippstein 2 2 6.78 42 1 0 71.2 43 41
Dave Sisler 2 8 4.18 45 1 11 60.1 48 30
Hal Woodeshick 3 2 4.02 7 6 0 40.1 24 24
Tom Cheney 1 3 8.80 10 7 0 29.2 26 20
Mike Garcia 0 1 4.74 16 0 0 19.0 13 14
Claude Osteen 1 1 4.91 3 3 0 18.1 9 14
Carl Mathias 0 1 11.20 4 3 0 13.2 4 7
Rudy Hernandez 0 1 3.00 7 0 0 9.0 3 4
Hector Maestri 0 1 1.50 1 1 0 6.0 2 2
Roy Heiser 0 0 6.35 3 0 0 5.2 9 1
Carl Bouldin 0 1 16.20 2 1 0 3.1 2 2

👥 Roster (42)

Chet Boak Carl Bouldin Harry Bright Ed Brinkman Pete Burnside Tom Cheney Chuck Cottier Pete Daley Bennie Daniels Dick Donovan Dutch Dotterer John Gabler +30 more

42 players

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