1961 CINCINNATI REDS

| Level: MLB

Location: Cincinnati,OH
Team Record: 93-61 .604
Result: 1st in National League
Manager(s): Fred Hutchinson
General Manager: Bill DeWitt
Stadium: Crosley Field
Attendance: 1,117,603
Playoffs: Lost World Series (Yankees)

Cincinnati Reds affiliate history

Oldest Player: Willie Jones (35)
Youngest Player: Jim Maloney (21)
Longest Tenure: Gus Bell, Ed Bailey (9)
Top Hitter: Frank Robinson (1)
Top Pitcher: Jim O'Toole (3)
Top Draft Pick:

Roster Continuity: 71.85%

National League Standings

Teams	W	L	Pct	GB
Cincinnati	93	61	.604	--
LA Dodgers	89	65	.578	4.0
SF Giants	85	69	.552	8.0
Milwaukee	83	71	.539	10.0
St. Louis	80	74	.519	13.0
Pittsburgh	75	79	.487	18.0
Chi Cubs	64	90	.416	29.0
Philadelphia	47	107	.305	46.0

BATTING STATISTICS

Basic Stats

Advanced Stats

Extra

Batting Orders

Defensive Lineups

Feats

Splits Analysis

#	Player	Pos	Rk	Age	Drafted	HiLvl	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	PA	OUT	RC	RC/G	babip
28	Vada Pinson	of	7	22	UDFA: 1956	MLB	154	607	101	208	34	8	16	87	23	10	39	63	1	1	4	8	9	.343	.379	.504	883	306	659	430	126	7.9	.358
12	Gene Freese	3b	23	27	-	MLB	152	575	78	159	27	2	26	87	8	2	27	78	0	5	1	3	17	.277	.307	.466	774	268	606	439	87	5.3	.281
20	Frank Robinson	of	1	25	UDFA: 1953	MLB	153	545	117	176	32	7	37	124	22	3	71	64	10	23	0	10	15	.323	.404	.611	1015	333	636	397	145	9.9	.306
18	Gordy Coleman	1b	16	26	-	MLB	150	520	63	149	27	4	26	87	1	3	45	67	2	11	4	7	9	.287	.341	.504	845	262	578	394	98	6.7	.283
10	Eddie Kasko	ss-3b	33	29	-	MLB	126	469	64	127	22	1	2	27	4	3	32	36	4	1	2	4	4	.271	.320	.335	655	157	511	355	58	4.4	.287
19	Don Blasingame	2b	32	29	-	MLB	123	450	59	100	18	4	1	21	4	3	39	38	2	0	9	2	7	.222	.286	.287	573	129	502	371	42	3.0	.240
29	Wally Post	of	64	31	-	MLB	99	282	44	83	16	3	20	57	0	1	22	61	1	1	0	1	7	.294	.346	.585	932	165	306	208	58	7.6	.312
25	Gus Bell	of	46	32	-	MLB	103	235	27	60	10	1	3	33	1	1	18	21	0	3	0	9	4	.255	.298	.345	642	81	262	189	28	4.0	.259
8	Jerry Zimmerman	c	-	26	-	MLB	76	204	8	42	5	0	0	10	1	1	11	21	2	0	4	1	10	.206	.252	.230	483	47	222	178	8	1.2	.228
16	Leo Cardenas	ss	-	22	UDFA: 1957	MLB	74	198	23	61	18	1	5	24	1	0	15	39	0	1	1	2	5	.308	.353	.485	838	96	216	145	36	6.7	.359
24	Jerry Lynch	of	-	30	-	MLB	96	181	33	57	13	2	13	50	2	2	27	25	1	6	1	0	2	.315	.407	.624	1031	113	210	129	49	10.2	.308
6	Johnny Edwards	c	-	23	UDFA: 1959	MLB	52	145	14	27	5	0	2	14	1	0	18	28	1	4	0	1	3	.186	.279	.262	541	38	165	122	10	2.2	.216
17	Elio Chacon	ss-2b	-	24	-	MLB	61	132	26	35	4	2	2	5	1	4	21	22	2	0	3	0	0	.265	.374	.371	745	49	158	104	20	5.3	.306
31	Jim O'Toole	p	-	24	-	MLB	39	93	7	16	1	0	0	6	0	0	3	29	1	0	4	0	5	.172	.206	.183	389	17	101	86	-2	-0.6	.250
30	Joey Jay	p	-	25	-	MLB	34	89	3	8	3	0	0	5	0	0	2	29	0	0	2	0	2	.090	.110	.124	233	11	93	85	-6	-1.8	.133
37	Bob Purkey	p	66	31	-	MLB	36	80	6	8	2	0	1	4	0	0	2	32	1	0	7	0	2	.100	.133	.162	295	13	90	81	-4	-1.3	.149
6	Bob Schmidt	c	-	28	-	MLB	27	70	4	9	0	0	1	4	0	0	8	14	0	1	1	0	5	.129	.218	.171	389	12	79	67	-1	-0.3	.145
15	Dick Gernert	1b	-	32	-	MLB	40	63	4	19	1	0	0	7	0	0	7	9	0	1	0	2	0	.302	.361	.317	679	20	72	46	8	4.9	.339
9	Darrell Johnson	c	-	32	-	MLB	20	54	3	17	2	0	1	6	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	1	1	.315	.321	.407	729	22	56	39	8	5.5	.308
6	Ed Bailey	c	54	30	-	MLB	12	43	4	13	4	0	0	2	0	0	3	5	0	1	0	0	0	.302	.348	.395	743	17	46	30	7	6.1	.342
41	Ken Hunt	p	-	22	-	MLB	29	39	0	7	2	0	0	3	0	0	2	19	0	0	3	0	0	.179	.220	.231	450	9	44	35	0	0.2	.350
46	Jim Maloney	p	-	21	-	MLB	30	29	6	11	0	0	1	4	0	0	2	4	1	0	1	0	0	.379	.437	.483	920	14	33	19	6	9.0	.417
40	Ken Johnson	p	-	28	-	MLB	15	25	1	6	1	0	0	5	0	0	0	11	0	0	1	0	0	.240	.240	.280	520	7	26	20	1	1.0	.429
11	Jim Baumer	2b-ss	-	30	-	MLB	10	24	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	1	0	0	.125	.125	.125	250	3	25	22	-1	-1.7	.200
47	Jay Hook	p	-	24	-	MLB	22	15	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	.133	.133	.133	267	2	15	13	-1	-1.6	.200
27	Pete Whisenant	of	-	31	-	MLB	26	15	6	3	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	4	0	0	0	0	1	.200	.294	.200	494	3	17	13	0	1.0	.273
42	Jim Brosnan	p	-	31	-	MLB	53	13	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	6	0	0	1	0	1	.154	.214	.154	368	2	15	13	-1	-1.4	.286
14	Sherman Jones	p	-	26	-	MLB	24	11	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	.182	.250	.182	432	2	12	9	0	0.6	.250
38	Howie Nunn	p	-	25	-	MLB	24	8	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	500	2	8	6	0	1.3	.333
34	Willie Jones	3b	-	35	-	MLB	9	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.222	.000	222	0	9	7	0	-1.6	.000
44	Bill Henry	p	-	33	-	MLB	48	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	5	5	-	-	.000
11	Cliff Cook	3b-of	-	24	-	MLB	4	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	5	5	-	-	.000
27	Harry Anderson	of-1b	-	29	-	MLB	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	500	1	4	3	0	1.3	.333
9	Hal Bevan	3b	-	30	-	MLB	3	3	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	1.333	1667	4	3	2	1	17.1	.000
21	Joe Gaines	of	-	24	-	MLB	5	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.400	.000	400	0	5	3	0	2.0	.000
34	Marshall Bridges	p	-	30	-	MLB	13	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	2	2	-	-	.000
32	Claude Osteen	p	-	21	UDFA: 1957	MLB	6	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	-	-	.000
Totals: (37 players)							154	5243	710	1414	247	35	158	675	70	33	423	761	29	59	50	51	109	.270	.325	.421	746	2205	5796	4072	773	5.1	.287

PITCHING STATISTICS

Basic Stats

Advanced Stats

Extra

Starting Pitcher Log

Feats

Splits Analysis

#	Player	Rk	Age	Drafted	HiLvl	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	Bk	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	BB/SO	BABIP	GB/FB
31	Jim O'Toole	3	24	-	MLB	19	9	3.10	39	35	11	3	2	2	252.2	229	101	87	16	93	178	6	2	1.27	8.16	0.57	3.31	6.34	0.52	.280	0.91
30	Joey Jay	5	25	-	MLB	21	10	3.53	34	34	14	4	0	0	247.1	217	102	97	25	92	157	9	0	1.25	7.90	0.91	3.35	5.71	0.59	.259	0.88
37	Bob Purkey	8	31	-	MLB	16	12	3.73	36	34	13	1	2	1	246.1	245	118	102	27	51	116	7	0	1.20	8.95	0.99	1.86	4.24	0.44	.267	1.09
41	Ken Hunt	-	22	-	MLB	9	10	3.96	29	22	4	0	3	0	136.1	130	70	60	13	66	75	5	0	1.44	8.58	0.86	4.36	4.95	0.88	.280	0.83
46	Jim Maloney	-	21	-	MLB	6	7	4.37	27	11	1	0	4	2	94.2	86	54	46	16	59	57	5	0	1.53	8.18	1.52	5.61	5.42	1.04	.248	0.83
40	Ken Johnson	-	28	-	MLB	6	2	3.25	15	11	3	1	1	1	83.0	71	33	30	11	22	42	1	0	1.12	7.70	1.19	2.39	4.55	0.52	.235	1.05
42	Jim Brosnan	28	31	-	MLB	10	4	3.04	53	0	0	0	34	16	80.0	77	34	27	7	18	40	1	1	1.19	8.66	0.79	2.02	4.50	0.45	.269	0.89
47	Jay Hook	-	24	-	MLB	1	3	7.76	22	5	0	0	3	0	62.2	83	55	54	14	22	36	1	0	1.68	11.92	2.01	3.16	5.17	0.61	.332	0.84
14	Sherman Jones	-	26	-	MLB	1	1	4.42	24	2	0	0	9	2	55.0	51	32	27	6	27	32	3	2	1.42	8.35	0.98	4.42	5.24	0.84	.280	0.80
44	Bill Henry	35	33	-	MLB	2	1	2.19	47	0	0	0	32	16	53.1	50	18	13	8	15	53	0	0	1.22	8.44	1.35	2.53	8.94	0.28	.290	0.74
38	Howie Nunn	-	25	-	MLB	2	1	3.58	24	0	0	0	12	0	37.2	35	17	15	0	24	26	1	0	1.57	8.36	0.00	5.73	6.21	0.92	.310	1.17
34	Marshall Bridges	-	30	-	MLB	0	1	7.84	13	0	0	0	5	0	20.2	26	19	18	4	11	17	1	0	1.79	11.32	1.74	4.79	7.40	0.65	.361	0.92
32	Claude Osteen	-	21	UDFA: 1957	MLB	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	0	1	0	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	--	--	--
Totals: (37 players)						93	61	3.78	154	154	46	9	108	40	1,370	1300	653	576	158	500	829	40	5	1.34	8.54	0.97	3.28	5.45	0.60	.271

FIELDING STATISTICS

Stats by Position

Games by Position

Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Jerry Zimmerman	C	76		374	22	10	8	.975	0.00
Johnny Edwards	C	52		257	15	5	2	.982	0.00
Bob Schmidt	C	27		137	6	1	1	.993	0.00
Darrell Johnson	C	20		99	10	0	2	1.000	0.00
Ed Bailey	C	12		54	5	2	0	.967	0.00
Pete Whisenant	C	1		0	1	1	0	.500	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Gordy Coleman	1B	150		1162	121	11	93	.991	0.00
Dick Gernert	1B	21		125	17	1	9	.993	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Don Blasingame	2B	116		277	304	17	53	.972	0.00
Elio Chacon	2B	42		84	104	2	22	.989	0.00
Jim Baumer	2B	9		18	14	0	2	1.000	0.00
Eddie Kasko	2B	6		7	8	0	1	1.000	0.00
Gene Freese	2B	1		2	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Gene Freese	3B	151		123	254	20	23	.950	0.00
Eddie Kasko	3B	12		6	7	0	0	1.000	0.00
Cliff Cook	3B	1		0	2	0	0	1.000	0.00
Willie Jones	3B	1		0	0	1	0	.000	0.00
Frank Robinson	3B	1		0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Pete Whisenant	3B	1		0	1	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Eddie Kasko	SS	112		201	286	18	59	.964	0.00
Leo Cardenas	SS	63		83	133	6	21	.973	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Vada Pinson	OF	153		391	19	10	4	.976	0.00
Frank Robinson	OF	150		284	15	3	3	.990	0.00
Wally Post	OF	81		133	7	6	3	.959	0.00
Gus Bell	OF	75		112	1	1	0	.991	0.00
Jerry Lynch	OF	44		53	2	3	0	.948	0.00
Pete Whisenant	OF	12		4	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Elio Chacon	OF	7		1	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Joe Gaines	OF	3		1	0	1	0	.500	0.00
Jim Maloney	OF	1		1	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Claude Osteen	OF	1		0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Jim Brosnan	P	53	80	9	18	3	0	.900	3.04
Bill Henry	P	47	53	4	7	0	0	1.000	1.86
Jim O'Toole	P	39	252	16	42	2	2	.967	2.07
Bob Purkey	P	36	246	29	69	2	2	.980	3.58
Joey Jay	P	34	247	23	32	2	2	.965	2.00
Ken Hunt	P	29	136	10	19	5	2	.853	1.92
Jim Maloney	P	27	94	5	13	1	0	.947	1.72
Sherman Jones	P	24	55	5	8	0	0	1.000	2.13
Howie Nunn	P	24	37	1	6	0	1	1.000	1.69
Jay Hook	P	22	62	10	4	0	0	1.000	2.03
Ken Johnson	P	15	83	9	19	0	1	1.000	3.04
Marshall Bridges	P	13	20	0	3	0	0	1.000	1.34
Claude Osteen	P	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00

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