1961 Kansas City Athletics

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Season Record: 61-100
Attendance: 683,817
1961 AL Final Standings

Team Batting Statistics
PlayerGABRH2B3BHRRBISBCSBBSOAvgOBPSLGOPS
Howser, Dick 158 611 108 171 29 6 3 45 37 9 92 38 .280 .377 .362 .739
Lumpe, Jerry 148 569 81 167 29 9 3 54 1 0 48 39 .293 .348 .392 .740
Siebern, Norm 153 560 68 166 36 5 18 98 2 4 82 91 .296 .384 .475 .859
Posada, Leo 116 344 37 87 10 4 7 53 0 0 36 84 .253 .321 .366 .687
Sullivan, Haywood 117 331 42 80 16 2 6 40 1 0 46 45 .242 .333 .356 .690
Causey, Wayne 104 312 37 86 14 1 8 49 0 0 37 28 .276 .348 .404 .752
Johnson, Deron 83 283 31 61 11 3 8 42 0 1 14 44 .216 .252 .360 .612
Pignatano, Joe 92 243 31 59 10 3 4 22 2 2 36 42 .243 .347 .358 .705
Del Greco, Bobby 74 239 34 55 14 1 5 21 1 0 30 31 .230 .317 .360 .677
Stephens, Gene 62 183 22 38 6 1 4 26 3 2 16 27 .208 .279 .317 .596
Hankins, Jay 76 173 23 32 0 3 3 6 2 0 8 17 .185 .225 .272 .497
Rivera, Jim 64 141 20 34 8 0 2 10 6 2 24 14 .241 .352 .340 .692
Throneberry, Marv 40 130 17 31 2 1 6 24 0 0 19 30 .238 .336 .408 .743
Carey, Andy 39 123 20 30 6 2 3 11 0 0 15 23 .244 .336 .398 .734
Klimchock, Lou 57 121 8 26 4 1 1 16 0 0 5 13 .215 .244 .289 .533
Bertoia, Reno 39 120 12 29 2 0 0 13 1 0 9 15 .242 .286 .258 .544
Bauer, Hank 43 106 11 28 3 1 3 18 1 0 9 8 .264 .319 .396 .715
Tuttle, Bill 25 84 15 22 2 2 0 8 0 0 9 9 .262 .333 .333 .667
Nuxhall, Joe 56 65 5 19 2 1 2 13 0 0 6 18 .292 .352 .446 .798
Walker, Jerry 45 64 6 16 2 0 0 7 0 0 3 9 .250 .284 .281 .565
Archer, Jim 39 63 2 4 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 19 .063 .091 .079 .170
Pilarcik, Al 35 60 9 12 1 1 0 9 1 0 6 7 .200 .269 .250 .519
Bass, Norm 41 59 4 7 0 0 1 6 0 0 1 34 .119 .133 .169 .303
Shaw, Bob 28 55 5 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .200 .200 .200 .400
Boyd, Bob 26 48 7 11 2 0 0 9 0 2 1 2 .229 .240 .271 .511
Covington, Wes 17 44 3 7 0 0 1 6 0 0 4 7 .159 .260 .227 .487
Cipriani, Frank 13 36 2 9 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 4 .250 .289 .250 .539
Rakow, Ed 45 29 4 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 10 .103 .129 .103 .232
Herbert, Ray 13 28 1 3 1 0 0 4 0 0 1 5 .107 .138 .143 .281
Shoemaker, Charlie 7 26 5 10 2 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 .385 .429 .462 .890
MacKenzie, Gordon 11 24 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 6 .125 .160 .125 .285
Virgil, Ozzie 11 21 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .143 .143 .143 .286
Larsen, Don 18 20 2 6 0 0 1 4 0 0 1 5 .300 .333 .450 .783
Bryan, Billy 9 19 2 3 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 7 .158 .238 .316 .554
Daley, Bud 16 18 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 .111 .200 .111 .311
Krausse, Lew 13 17 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 .118 .167 .118 .284
Ditmar, Art 20 12 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 .167 .231 .167 .397
Prescott, Bobby 10 12 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 .083 .214 .083 .298
Kunkel, Bill 58 8 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 .125 .222 .125 .347
Essegian, Chuck 4 6 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 .333 .429 .500 .929
McDermott, Mickey 7 5 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 .200 .333 .400 .733
Wickersham, Dave 17 3 1 2 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 .667 .667 1.000 1.667
Johnson, Stan 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 .000 .400 .000 .400
Fischer, Bill 15 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
Johnson, Ken 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
Courtney, Clint 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Staley, Gerry 23 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .500 .000 .500

1961 Team Pitching Statistics
PlayerWLGGSCGSHOSVIPHRERERAWHIPHRBBSO
Archer, Jim 9 15 39 27 9 2 5 205.1 204 99 73 3.20 1.29 11 60 110
Bass, Norm 11 11 40 23 6 2 0 170.2 164 98 89 4.69 1.44 17 82 74
Walker, Jerry 8 14 36 24 4 0 2 168.0 161 100 90 4.82 1.53 23 96 56
Shaw, Bob 9 10 26 24 6 0 0 150.1 165 87 72 4.31 1.48 13 58 60
Nuxhall, Joe 5 8 37 13 1 0 1 128.0 135 81 76 5.34 1.56 12 65 81
Rakow, Ed 2 8 45 11 1 0 1 124.2 131 80 66 4.76 1.44 14 49 81
Kunkel, Bill 3 4 58 2 0 0 4 88.2 103 58 51 5.18 1.52 11 32 46
Herbert, Ray 3 6 13 12 1 0 0 83.2 103 56 50 5.38 1.59 10 30 34
Daley, Bud 4 8 16 10 2 0 1 63.2 84 46 35 4.95 1.66 6 22 36
Krausse, Lew 2 5 12 8 2 1 0 55.2 49 33 30 4.85 1.71 3 46 32
Ditmar, Art 0 5 20 5 0 0 1 54.0 60 34 34 5.67 1.54 6 23 19
Staley, Gerry 1 1 23 0 0 0 2 30.0 32 15 12 3.60 1.40 4 10 16
Wickersham, Dave 2 1 17 0 0 0 2 21.0 25 12 12 5.14 1.43 0 5 10
Fischer, Bill 1 0 15 0 0 0 2 21.0 26 9 9 3.86 1.52 2 6 12
Larsen, Don 1 0 8 1 0 0 0 15.0 21 9 7 4.20 2.13 2 11 13
Johnson, Ken 0 4 6 1 0 0 0 9.1 11 11 11 10.61 1.93 2 7 4
Wyatt, John 0 0 5 0 0 0 1 7.1 8 3 2 2.45 1.64 0 4 6
Keegan, Ed 0 0 6 0 0 0 1 6.0 6 5 3 4.50 1.83 0 5 3
McDermott, Mickey 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 5.2 14 12 9 14.29 4.24 0 10 3
Kirk, Bill 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 3.0 6 4 4 12.00 2.33 2 1 3
Pfister, Dan 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2.1 5 4 4 15.43 3.86 2 4 3
Giel, Paul 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1.2 6 7 7 37.80 5.40 1 3 1