Kansas City Athletics 1961

61–100record

.379win pct

683runs

863allowed

-180run diff

90home runs

52players

The three rarest things in 1961

Rarity	What	Who	Date	Rate	Game
60	Walk-Off Wild Pitch	Kansas City Athletics	1961-08-22	1 in 662 games	box score ↗
56	Ten-Run Inning	Kansas City Athletics	1961-09-04	1 in 429 games	box score ↗
53	Walk-Off Walk	Kansas City Athletics	1961-05-24	1 in 318 games	box score ↗

Batting (52)

Player	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Dick Howser	158	719	611	107	171	28	6	3	45	92	38	37	11	.280	.377	.360	.737
Norm Siebern	153	648	560	68	166	35	5	18	98	81	92	2	4	.296	.383	.473	.856
Jerry Lumpe	148	627	569	81	167	29	9	3	54	48	39	1	0	.293	.348	.392	.740
Leo Posada	116	400	344	37	87	10	4	7	53	36	84	0	0	.253	.321	.366	.687
Haywood Sullivan	117	379	331	42	80	16	2	6	40	46	45	1	0	.242	.333	.356	.690
Wayne Causey	104	361	312	37	86	14	1	8	49	37	28	0	0	.276	.348	.404	.752
Deron Johnson	83	303	283	31	61	11	3	8	42	14	43	0	1	.216	.252	.360	.612
Joe Pignatano	92	292	243	31	59	10	3	4	22	36	42	2	2	.243	.347	.358	.705
Bobby Del Greco	74	276	239	35	55	14	1	5	21	30	31	1	0	.230	.317	.360	.677
Gene Stephens	62	203	183	22	38	6	1	4	26	16	29	2	2	.208	.279	.317	.596
Jay Hankins	77	190	173	23	32	0	3	3	6	8	17	2	0	.185	.225	.272	.497
Jim Rivera	64	165	141	20	34	8	0	2	10	24	14	6	2	.241	.352	.340	.692
Marv Throneberry	40	150	130	17	31	2	1	6	24	19	30	0	1	.238	.336	.408	.743
Andy Carey	39	143	123	20	30	6	2	3	11	16	23	0	0	.244	.340	.398	.739
Reno Bertoia	39	137	120	12	29	2	0	0	13	9	16	1	0	.242	.286	.258	.544
Lou Klimchock	57	128	121	8	26	4	1	1	16	5	13	0	0	.215	.244	.289	.533
Hank Bauer	43	118	106	11	28	3	1	3	18	9	8	1	0	.264	.319	.396	.715
Bill Tuttle	25	95	84	15	22	2	2	0	8	9	9	0	0	.262	.333	.333	.667
Joe Nuxhall	56	76	65	5	19	2	1	2	13	6	18	0	0	.292	.352	.446	.798
Jim Archer	39	72	63	2	4	1	0	0	2	2	19	0	0	.063	.091	.079	.170
Al Pilarcik	35	69	60	9	12	1	1	0	9	6	7	1	0	.200	.269	.250	.519
Jerry Walker	45	68	64	6	16	2	0	0	7	3	9	0	0	.250	.284	.281	.565
Norm Bass	41	63	59	4	7	0	0	1	6	1	34	0	0	.119	.133	.169	.303
Bob Shaw	28	56	55	5	11	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400
Bob Boyd	26	50	48	7	11	2	0	0	9	1	2	0	2	.229	.240	.271	.511
Wes Covington	17	50	44	3	7	0	0	1	6	4	7	0	0	.159	.260	.227	.487
Frank Cipriani	13	38	36	2	9	0	0	0	2	2	5	0	0	.250	.289	.250	.539
Ed Rakow	45	34	29	4	3	0	0	0	2	1	11	0	0	.103	.129	.103	.232
Ray Herbert	13	31	28	1	3	1	0	0	4	1	5	0	0	.107	.138	.143	.281
Charlie Shoemaker	7	28	26	5	10	2	0	0	1	2	2	0	0	.385	.429	.462	.890
Gordon MacKenzie	11	25	24	1	3	0	0	0	1	1	6	0	0	.125	.160	.125	.285
Don Larsen	18	22	20	2	6	0	0	1	4	1	5	0	0	.300	.333	.450	.783
Billy Bryan	9	21	19	2	3	0	0	1	2	2	7	0	0	.158	.238	.316	.554
Bud Daley	16	21	18	1	2	0	0	0	1	2	2	0	0	.111	.200	.111	.311
Ozzie Virgil	11	21	21	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	.143	.143	.143	.286
Lew Krausse	13	19	17	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	8	0	0	.118	.167	.118	.284
Art Ditmar	20	14	12	0	2	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	.167	.231	.167	.397
Bobby Prescott	10	14	12	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	5	0	0	.083	.214	.083	.298
Bill Kunkel	58	10	8	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	.125	.222	.125	.347
Chuck Essegian	4	7	6	1	2	1	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	.333	.429	.500	.929
Mickey McDermott	7	6	5	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	.200	.333	.400	.733
Stan Johnson	3	5	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	.000	.400	.000	.400
Bill Fischer	15	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
Dave Wickersham	17	3	3	1	2	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	.667	.667	1.000	1.667
Gerry Staley	23	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.000	.500	.000	.500
Clint Courtney	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
Ken Johnson	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
Paul Giel	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–
Ed Keegan	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–
Bill Kirk	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–
Dan Pfister	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–
John Wyatt	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–

Pitching (22)

Player	G	W–L	GS	CG	SV	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	IP	ERA	WHIP
Jim Archer	39	9–15	27	9	5	204	99	73	60	110	11	205.1	3.20	1.29
Norm Bass	40	11–11	23	6	0	164	98	89	82	74	17	170.2	4.69	1.44
Jerry Walker	36	8–14	24	4	2	161	100	90	96	56	23	168.0	4.82	1.53
Bob Shaw	26	9–10	24	6	0	165	87	72	57	59	14	150.1	4.31	1.48
Joe Nuxhall	37	5–8	13	1	1	135	81	76	65	81	12	128.0	5.34	1.56
Ed Rakow	45	2–8	11	1	1	131	80	67	49	81	14	124.2	4.84	1.44
Bill Kunkel	58	3–4	2	0	4	103	58	51	32	46	11	88.2	5.18	1.52
Ray Herbert	13	3–6	12	1	0	103	56	50	30	34	10	83.2	5.38	1.59
Bud Daley	16	4–8	10	2	1	84	46	35	22	36	6	63.2	4.95	1.66
Lew Krausse	12	2–5	8	2	0	49	33	30	46	32	3	55.2	4.85	1.71
Art Ditmar	20	0–5	5	0	1	60	34	34	23	19	6	54.0	5.67	1.54
Gerry Staley	23	1–1	0	0	2	32	15	12	10	16	4	30.0	3.60	1.40
Bill Fischer	15	1–0	0	0	2	26	9	9	7	12	1	21.0	3.86	1.57
Dave Wickersham	17	2–1	0	0	2	25	12	12	5	10	0	21.0	5.14	1.43
Don Larsen	8	1–0	1	0	0	21	9	7	11	13	2	15.0	4.20	2.13
Ken Johnson	6	0–4	1	0	0	11	11	11	7	4	2	9.1	10.61	1.93
John Wyatt	5	0–0	0	0	1	8	3	2	4	6	0	7.1	2.45	1.64
Ed Keegan	6	0–0	0	0	1	6	5	3	5	3	0	6.0	4.50	1.83
Mickey McDermott	4	0–0	0	0	0	14	12	9	10	3	0	5.2	14.29	4.24
Bill Kirk	1	0–0	1	0	0	6	4	4	1	3	2	3.0	12.00	2.33
Dan Pfister	2	0–0	0	0	0	5	4	4	4	3	2	2.1	15.43	3.86
Paul Giel	1	0–0	0	0	0	6	7	7	3	1	1	1.2	37.80	5.40