Cincinnati Reds 1961

94–65record

.591win pct

723runs

680allowed

+43run diff

161home runs

37players

The three rarest things in 1961

Rarity	What	Who	Date	Rate	Game
61	Five Runs Scored	Vada Pinson	1961-07-09	1 in 688 games	box score ↗
52	Walk-Off Walk	Cincinnati Reds	1961-06-20	1 in 317 games	box score ↗
51	Three Wild Pitches	Bob Purkey	1961-08-30	1 in 273 games	box score ↗

Batting (37)

Player	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Vada Pinson	154	660	607	101	208	34	8	16	87	40	62	23	10	.343	.380	.504	.884
Frank Robinson	153	635	545	117	176	32	7	37	124	70	64	21	4	.323	.403	.611	1.014
Gene Freese	152	606	575	78	159	27	2	26	87	27	78	8	2	.277	.307	.466	.774
Gordy Coleman	150	578	520	63	149	27	4	26	87	45	67	1	3	.287	.341	.504	.845
Eddie Kasko	126	512	469	64	127	22	1	2	27	32	36	4	4	.271	.320	.335	.655
Don Blasingame	123	502	450	59	100	18	4	1	21	39	38	4	2	.222	.286	.287	.573
Wally Post	99	306	282	44	83	16	3	20	57	22	61	0	1	.294	.346	.585	.932
Gus Bell	103	262	235	27	60	10	1	3	33	18	21	1	1	.255	.298	.345	.642
Jerry Zimmerman	76	222	204	8	42	5	0	0	10	11	21	1	1	.206	.252	.230	.483
Leo Cardenas	74	216	198	23	61	18	1	5	24	15	39	1	0	.308	.353	.485	.838
Jerry Lynch	96	210	181	33	57	13	2	13	50	27	25	2	2	.315	.407	.624	1.031
Johnny Edwards	52	165	145	14	27	5	0	2	14	18	28	1	0	.186	.279	.262	.541
Elio Chacon	61	158	132	26	35	4	2	2	5	21	23	1	4	.265	.374	.371	.745
Jim O'Toole	39	101	93	7	16	1	0	0	6	3	29	0	0	.172	.206	.183	.389
Joey Jay	34	93	89	3	8	3	0	0	5	2	29	0	0	.090	.110	.124	.233
Bob Purkey	36	90	80	6	8	2	0	1	4	2	32	0	0	.100	.133	.163	.295
Bob Schmidt	27	79	70	4	9	0	0	1	4	8	14	0	0	.129	.218	.171	.389
Dick Gernert	40	72	63	4	19	1	0	0	7	7	9	0	0	.302	.361	.317	.679
Darrell Johnson	20	56	54	3	17	2	0	1	6	1	2	0	0	.315	.321	.407	.729
Ed Bailey	12	46	43	4	13	4	0	0	2	3	5	0	0	.302	.348	.395	.743
Ken Hunt	29	44	39	0	7	2	0	0	3	2	19	0	0	.179	.220	.231	.450
Jim Maloney	30	32	29	6	11	0	0	1	4	2	4	0	0	.379	.419	.483	.902
Ken Johnson	15	26	25	1	6	1	0	0	5	0	11	0	0	.240	.240	.280	.520
Jim Baumer	10	25	24	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	.125	.125	.125	.250
Pete Whisenant	26	17	15	6	3	0	0	0	1	2	4	1	0	.200	.294	.200	.494
Jim Brosnan	53	15	13	1	2	0	0	0	1	1	6	0	0	.154	.214	.154	.368
Jay Hook	22	15	15	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	.133	.133	.133	.267
Sherman Jones	24	12	11	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	.182	.250	.182	.432
Willie Jones	9	9	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	0	.000	.222	.000	.222
Howie Nunn	24	8	8	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500
Cliff Cook	4	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
Joe Gaines	5	5	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	.000	.400	.000	.400
Bill Henry	48	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
Harry Anderson	4	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500
Hal Bevan	3	3	3	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	.333	.333	1.333	1.667
Marshall Bridges	13	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
Claude Osteen	6	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–

Pitching (13)

Player	G	W–L	GS	CG	SV	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	IP	ERA	WHIP
Jim O'Toole	39	19–9	35	11	2	229	101	87	93	178	16	252.2	3.10	1.27
Joey Jay	34	21–10	34	14	0	217	102	97	92	157	25	247.1	3.53	1.25
Bob Purkey	36	16–12	34	13	1	245	118	102	51	116	27	246.1	3.73	1.20
Ken Hunt	29	9–10	22	4	0	130	70	60	66	75	13	136.1	3.96	1.44
Jim Maloney	27	6–7	11	1	2	86	54	46	59	57	16	94.2	4.37	1.53
Ken Johnson	15	6–2	11	3	0	71	33	30	22	42	11	83.0	3.25	1.12
Jim Brosnan	53	10–4	0	0	16	77	34	27	18	40	7	80.0	3.04	1.19
Jay Hook	22	1–3	5	0	0	83	55	54	22	36	14	62.2	7.76	1.68
Sherman Jones	24	1–1	2	0	3	51	32	27	27	32	6	55.0	4.42	1.42
Bill Henry	47	2–1	0	0	16	50	18	13	15	52	8	53.1	2.19	1.22
Howie Nunn	24	2–1	0	0	0	35	17	15	24	25	0	37.2	3.58	1.57
Marshall Bridges	13	0–1	0	0	0	26	19	18	11	17	4	20.2	7.84	1.79
Claude Osteen	1	0–0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.1	0.00	0.00