1961 BALTIMORE ORIOLES

| Level: MLB

Location: Baltimore,MD
Team Record: 95-67 .586
Result: 3rd in American League
Manager(s): Paul Richards, Lum Harris
General Manager: Lee MacPhail
Stadium: Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 951,089
Playoffs: Did not qualify

Baltimore Orioles affiliate history

Oldest Player: Dave Philley (41)
Youngest Player: Boog Powell (19)
Longest Tenure: Brooks Robinson, Gus Triandos, Hal Brown (7)
Top Hitter: Jim Gentile (4)
Top Pitcher: Steve Barber (6)
Top Draft Pick:

Roster Continuity: 74.58%

American League Standings

Teams	W	L	Pct	GB
NY Yankees	109	53	.673	--
Detroit	101	61	.623	8.0
Baltimore	95	67	.586	14.0
Chi White Sox	86	76	.531	23.0
Cleveland	78	83	.484	30.5
Boston	76	86	.469	33.0
Minnesota	70	90	.437	38.0
LA Angels	70	91	.435	38.5
KC Athletics	61	100	.379	47.5
Washington	61	100	.379	47.5

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
5	Brooks Robinson	3b	9	24	UDFA: 1955	MLB	163	668	89	192	38	7	7	61	1	3	47	57	4	2	8	9	21	.287	.334	.397	730	265	736	517	98	5.1	.302
3	Ron Hansen	ss	49	23	-	MLB	155	533	51	132	13	2	12	51	1	3	66	96	1	2	3	4	19	.248	.329	.347	677	185	607	430	60	3.8	.280
25	Jackie Brandt	of	37	27	-	MLB	139	516	93	153	18	5	16	72	10	2	62	51	1	0	2	3	17	.297	.371	.444	815	229	584	387	93	6.5	.303
4	Jim Gentile	1b	4	27	-	MLB	148	486	96	147	25	2	46	141	1	1	96	106	11	5	0	8	12	.302	.423	.646	1069	314	601	360	138	10.3	.295
11	Gus Triandos	c	58	30	-	MLB	115	397	35	97	21	0	17	63	0	0	44	60	1	7	1	2	13	.244	.320	.426	746	169	445	316	57	4.9	.248
7	Jerry Adair	2b-ss	83	24	-	MLB	133	386	41	102	21	1	9	37	5	2	35	51	2	4	1	4	6	.264	.326	.394	719	152	428	297	55	5.0	.282
6,27	Whitey Herzog	of	72	29	-	MLB	113	323	39	94	11	6	5	35	1	4	50	41	1	1	2	1	6	.291	.387	.409	795	132	377	242	57	6.3	.320
9	Russ Snyder	of	-	27	-	MLB	115	312	46	91	13	5	1	13	5	3	20	32	0	0	8	1	4	.292	.333	.375	708	117	341	237	44	5.0	.321
10	Dick Williams	of-3b	-	32	-	MLB	103	310	37	64	15	2	8	24	0	4	20	38	0	0	5	5	7	.206	.251	.345	596	107	340	267	28	2.8	.208
1	Marv Breeding	2b	-	27	-	MLB	90	244	32	51	8	0	1	16	5	2	14	33	0	1	1	2	2	.209	.250	.254	504	62	261	200	14	2.0	.236
14	Earl Robinson	of	-	24	-	MLB	96	222	37	59	12	3	8	30	4	3	31	54	0	1	2	1	5	.266	.354	.455	809	101	256	174	37	5.7	.317
22	Dave Philley	of	-	41	-	MLB	99	144	13	36	9	2	1	23	2	0	10	20	0	0	0	3	9	.250	.293	.361	654	52	157	120	15	3.4	.278
36	Hank Foiles	c	-	32	-	MLB	43	124	18	34	6	0	6	19	0	2	12	27	0	1	1	1	4	.274	.336	.468	804	58	138	98	19	5.2	.304
8	Marv Throneberry	1b	-	27	-	MLB	56	96	9	20	3	0	5	11	0	0	12	20	0	0	0	0	2	.208	.296	.396	692	38	108	78	12	4.0	.211
16	Jim Busby	of	-	34	-	MLB	75	89	15	23	3	1	0	6	2	0	8	10	0	0	1	1	1	.258	.316	.315	631	28	99	69	10	4.1	.287
13	Steve Barber	p	65	23	UDFA: 1957	MLB	37	80	6	13	1	0	2	6	0	0	5	42	1	0	9	0	0	.162	.221	.250	471	20	95	76	1	0.2	.306
23	Chuck Estrada	p	67	23	-	MLB	33	70	4	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	32	0	0	9	0	2	.114	.139	.129	267	9	81	73	-5	-1.7	.211
32	Milt Pappas	p	-	22	UDFA: 1957	MLB	26	66	6	9	2	0	3	6	0	0	0	29	0	0	3	1	1	.136	.134	.303	437	20	70	62	0	-0.1	.171
8	Gene Stephens	of	-	28	-	MLB	32	58	4	11	2	0	0	2	1	1	14	7	0	0	0	0	0	.190	.347	.224	571	13	72	48	6	3.4	.216
48	Jack Fisher	p	57	22	-	MLB	36	56	2	5	0	0	0	2	0	0	4	25	1	0	10	0	1	.089	.164	.089	253	5	71	62	-4	-1.5	.161
28	Hal Brown	p	-	36	-	MLB	27	50	3	7	2	0	0	1	0	0	3	11	0	0	3	1	1	.140	.185	.180	365	9	57	48	0	0.0	.175
44	Charlie Lau	c	-	28	-	MLB	17	47	3	8	0	0	1	4	0	0	1	3	0	1	1	0	1	.170	.187	.234	422	11	49	41	1	0.8	.163
2	Clint Courtney	c	-	34	-	MLB	22	45	3	12	2	0	0	4	0	0	10	3	0	0	0	0	1	.267	.400	.311	711	14	55	34	7	5.8	.286
20	Billy Hoeft	p	-	29	-	MLB	35	39	1	7	0	0	0	4	0	0	4	13	0	0	2	1	0	.179	.250	.179	429	7	46	35	1	0.5	.259
29,38	Dick Hall	p	-	30	-	MLB	30	36	4	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	13	0	0	4	0	1	.139	.205	.139	344	5	43	36	-1	-0.8	.217
17	Walt Dropo	1b	-	38	-	MLB	14	27	1	7	0	0	1	2	0	0	4	3	0	0	0	0	3	.259	.355	.370	725	10	31	23	3	3.5	.261
15	Hoyt Wilhelm	p	-	37	-	MLB	51	20	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	10	0	0	2	0	1	.050	.136	.050	186	1	24	22	-2	-2.6	.100
30	Boog Powell	1b-of	-	19	UDFA: 1959	MLB	4	13	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.077	.077	.077	154	1	13	12	-1	-2.0	.091
18	Wes Stock	p	-	27	-	MLB	35	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	10	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.083	.000	83	0	12	11	-2	-4.6	.000
40	Barry Shetrone	of	-	22	-	MLB	3	7	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.143	.143	286	1	7	6	0	-1.2	.200
42	Frank Zupo	c	-	21	-	MLB	5	4	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.600	.750	1350	3	5	2	2	24.0	.667
10	Chuck Essegian	of	-	29	-	MLB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	1	1	-	-	.000
38	Dick Hyde	p	-	32	-	MLB	15	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2000	1	1	0	1	--	1.000
Totals: (33 players)							162	5481	691	1393	227	36	149	638	39	30	581	902	23	25	78	48	140	.254	.326	.390	716	2139	6211	4384	737	4.5	.278

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
13	Steve Barber	6	23	UDFA: 1957	MLB	18	12	3.33	37	34	14	8	1	1	248.1	194	102	92	13	130	150	9	1	1.30	7.03	0.47	4.71	5.44	0.87	.248	1.86
23	Chuck Estrada	18	23	-	MLB	15	9	3.69	33	31	6	1	1	0	212.0	159	91	87	19	132	160	8	2	1.37	6.75	0.81	5.60	6.79	0.83	.238	0.72
48	Jack Fisher	43	22	-	MLB	10	13	3.90	36	25	10	1	7	1	196.0	205	104	85	17	75	118	10	0	1.43	9.41	0.78	3.44	5.42	0.64	.301	1.08
32	Milt Pappas	19	22	UDFA: 1957	MLB	13	9	3.04	26	23	11	4	3	1	177.2	134	67	60	16	78	89	7	0	1.19	6.79	0.81	3.95	4.51	0.88	.219	1.13
28	Hal Brown	15	36	-	MLB	10	6	3.19	27	23	6	3	3	1	166.2	153	62	59	14	33	61	3	0	1.12	8.26	0.76	1.78	3.29	0.54	.255	0.79
20	Billy Hoeft	-	29	-	MLB	7	4	2.02	35	12	3	1	10	3	138.0	106	37	31	7	55	100	5	0	1.17	6.91	0.46	3.59	6.52	0.55	.258	0.89
29,38	Dick Hall	60	30	-	MLB	7	5	3.09	29	13	4	2	9	4	122.1	102	47	42	10	30	92	0	0	1.08	7.50	0.74	2.21	6.77	0.33	.264	0.62
15	Hoyt Wilhelm	30	37	-	MLB	9	7	2.30	51	1	0	0	43	18	109.2	89	35	28	5	41	87	3	0	1.19	7.30	0.41	3.36	7.14	0.47	.268	1.49
18	Wes Stock	66	27	-	MLB	5	0	3.01	35	1	0	0	19	3	71.2	58	24	24	3	27	47	0	0	1.19	7.28	0.38	3.39	5.90	0.57	.264	1.34
38	Dick Hyde	-	32	-	MLB	1	2	5.57	15	0	0	0	9	0	21.0	18	14	13	1	13	15	0	0	1.48	7.71	0.43	5.57	6.43	0.87	.274	1.82
19	Gordon Jones	-	31	-	MLB	0	0	5.40	3	0	0	0	2	1	5.0	5	3	3	3	0	4	0	0	1.00	9.00	5.40	0.00	7.20	0.00	.154	0.83
39	Jim Lehew	-	23	-	MLB	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	0	2	0	2.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.50	4.50	0.00	0.00	0.00	--	.167	1.00
39	John Papa	-	20	-	MLB	0	0	18.00	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	2	2	2	1	3	3	0	0	5.00	18.00	9.00	27.00	27.00	1.00	1.000	--
Totals: (33 players)						95	67	3.22	162	162	54	20	108	33	1,471	1226	588	526	149	617	926	45	3	1.34	7.50	0.67	3.77	5.66	0.67	.249

FIELDING STATISTICS

Stats by Position

Games by Position

Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Gus Triandos	C	114		642	55	8	9	.989	0.00
Hank Foiles	C	38		194	17	1	4	.995	0.00
Charlie Lau	C	17		90	6	1	2	.990	0.00
Clint Courtney	C	16		71	8	0	1	1.000	0.00
Frank Zupo	C	4		7	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Jim Gentile	1B	144		1209	100	14	129	.989	0.00
Dick Williams	1B	20		123	12	0	10	1.000	0.00
Walt Dropo	1B	12		62	6	0	11	1.000	0.00
Marv Throneberry	1B	11		61	10	2	6	.973	0.00
Dave Philley	1B	1		3	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Jerry Adair	2B	107		233	237	6	57	.987	0.00
Marv Breeding	2B	80		179	179	11	53	.970	0.00
Ron Hansen	2B	7		16	23	1	8	.975	0.00
Brooks Robinson	2B	2		0	1	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Brooks Robinson	3B	163		151	331	14	34	.972	0.00
Jerry Adair	3B	2		0	1	0	0	1.000	0.00
Dick Williams	3B	2		0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Jackie Brandt	3B	1		0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Ron Hansen	SS	149		256	437	30	110	.959	0.00
Jerry Adair	SS	27		26	61	5	5	.946	0.00
Brooks Robinson	SS	1		4	2	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Jackie Brandt	OF	136		293	6	8	2	.974	0.00
Russ Snyder	OF	108		168	3	6	0	.966	0.00
Whitey Herzog	OF	98		143	2	0	0	1.000	0.00
Earl Robinson	OF	82		136	6	4	3	.973	0.00
Dick Williams	OF	75		86	4	3	1	.968	0.00
Jim Busby	OF	71		76	2	1	0	.987	0.00
Gene Stephens	OF	30		34	2	0	1	1.000	0.00
Dave Philley	OF	25		21	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Marv Throneberry	OF	15		12	0	1	0	.923	0.00
Boog Powell	OF	3		3	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Barry Shetrone	OF	2		3	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Hoyt Wilhelm	P	51	109	6	22	2	1	.933	2.31
Steve Barber	P	37	248	13	60	4	8	.948	2.65
Jack Fisher	P	36	196	8	22	2	1	.937	1.38
Billy Hoeft	P	35	138	9	25	0	2	1.000	2.22
Wes Stock	P	35	71	5	22	0	1	1.000	3.41
Chuck Estrada	P	33	212	19	17	1	1	.973	1.53
Dick Hall	P	29	122	9	23	1	1	.970	2.36
Hal Brown	P	27	166	16	25	0	1	1.000	2.22
Milt Pappas	P	26	177	24	34	1	2	.983	2.95
Dick Hyde	P	15	21	1	10	1	1	.917	4.71
Gordon Jones	P	3	5	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.80
Jim Lehew	P	2	2	0	1	0	0	1.000	4.50
John Papa	P	2	1	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00

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