1961 CLEVELAND INDIANS

| Level: MLB

Location:
Team Record: 78-83 .484
Result: 5th in American League
Manager(s): Jimmy Dykes, Mel Harder
General Manager:
Stadium: Cleveland Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 725,547
Playoffs: Did not qualify

Cleveland Indians affiliate history

Oldest Player: Bob Nieman (34)
Youngest Player: Sam McDowell (18)
Longest Tenure: Vic Power, Gary Bell, Woodie Held, Mudcat Grant (4)
Top Hitter: Tito Francona (12)
Top Pitcher: Mudcat Grant (9)
Top Draft Pick:

Roster Continuity: 72.63%

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
14	Tito Francona	of-1b	12	27	-	MLB	155	592	87	178	30	8	16	85	2	1	56	52	4	3	12	3	11	.301	.363	.459	823	272	667	441	112	6.8	.307
10	Vic Power	1b	28	33	-	MLB	147	563	64	151	34	4	5	63	4	3	38	16	1	5	8	12	19	.268	.309	.369	679	208	622	454	75	4.5	.264
5	Bubba Phillips	3b-of	62	33	-	MLB	143	546	64	144	23	1	18	72	1	0	29	61	5	4	7	3	14	.264	.305	.408	714	223	590	426	73	4.6	.268
8	Willie Kirkland	of	30	27	-	MLB	146	525	84	136	22	5	27	95	7	0	48	77	1	4	4	7	3	.259	.318	.474	793	249	585	403	92	6.1	.255
16	Johnny Temple	2b	54	33	-	MLB	129	518	73	143	22	3	3	30	9	5	61	36	0	1	7	2	12	.276	.351	.347	699	180	588	401	73	4.9	.291
11	Johnny Romano	c	26	26	-	MLB	142	509	76	152	29	1	21	80	0	0	61	60	5	3	1	4	10	.299	.377	.483	860	246	580	372	103	7.5	.303
3	Woodie Held	ss-of	34	29	-	MLB	146	509	67	136	23	5	23	78	0	0	69	111	3	11	3	6	14	.267	.354	.468	822	238	590	396	88	6.0	.297
37	Jim Piersall	of	36	31	-	MLB	121	484	81	156	26	7	6	40	8	2	43	46	2	1	4	3	18	.322	.378	.442	820	214	536	355	87	6.6	.345
1,7	Mike De la Hoz	p	-	22	-	MLB	61	173	20	45	10	0	3	23	0	0	7	10	2	0	0	1	4	.260	.295	.370	665	64	183	133	21	4.4	.261
30	Chuck Essegian	of	-	29	-	MLB	60	166	25	48	7	1	12	35	0	0	10	33	1	0	1	3	6	.289	.328	.560	888	93	181	128	31	6.6	.290
36	Don Dillard	of	-	24	-	MLB	74	147	27	40	5	0	7	17	0	0	15	28	0	1	0	0	1	.272	.340	.449	788	66	162	108	24	5.9	.295
33	Mudcat Grant	p	-	25	-	MLB	48	88	8	15	2	0	1	6	0	0	4	29	0	0	5	1	2	.170	.204	.227	432	20	98	81	1	0.2	.237
15	Valmy Thomas	c	-	32	-	MLB	27	86	7	18	3	0	2	6	0	0	6	7	0	0	0	0	7	.209	.261	.314	575	27	92	75	6	2.0	.208
39	Gary Bell	p	70	24	-	MLB	34	81	8	16	1	0	0	9	0	0	4	17	0	0	9	1	0	.198	.233	.210	442	17	95	75	3	1.0	.246
31	Jim Perry	p	-	25	UDFA: 1956	MLB	35	73	4	12	2	0	0	3	0	0	1	14	0	0	5	0	2	.164	.176	.192	367	14	79	68	0	-0.1	.203
2	Ken Aspromonte	2b	-	29	-	MLB	22	70	5	16	6	1	0	5	0	0	6	3	0	0	1	1	3	.229	.286	.343	629	24	78	59	8	3.7	.235
4	Bob Nieman	of	-	34	-	MLB	39	65	2	23	6	0	2	10	1	0	7	4	0	0	0	0	0	.354	.417	.538	955	35	72	42	17	10.7	.356
18	Barry Latman	p	-	25	-	MLB	45	55	2	4	0	1	0	1	0	0	3	17	0	0	1	0	1	.073	.121	.109	230	6	59	53	-3	-1.7	.105
12	Walt Bond	of-1b	-	23	-	MLB	38	52	7	9	1	1	2	7	1	0	6	10	1	0	0	1	1	.173	.267	.346	613	18	60	45	5	3.2	.171
9	Ty Cline	of	-	22	-	MLB	12	43	9	9	2	1	0	1	1	0	6	1	2	0	0	0	0	.209	.333	.302	636	13	51	34	6	5.0	.214
6	Jack Kubiszyn	ss-3b	-	24	-	MLB	25	42	4	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	0	0	0	0	1	.214	.250	.214	464	9	44	34	1	1.2	.243
34	Wynn Hawkins	p	-	25	-	MLB	30	37	3	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	18	0	0	3	0	2	.108	.154	.108	262	4	42	38	-3	-2.2	.211
9	Bob Hale	1b	-	27	-	MLB	42	36	0	6	0	0	0	6	0	0	1	7	1	0	0	2	0	.167	.200	.167	367	6	40	32	0	0.2	.194
7	Hal Jones	1b	-	25	-	MLB	12	35	2	6	0	0	2	4	0	0	2	12	0	0	0	0	1	.171	.216	.343	559	12	37	30	2	1.4	.190
29	Bobby Locke	p	-	27	-	MLB	37	19	1	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	7	0	0	0	0	0	.211	.250	.211	461	4	20	15	0	0.5	.333
32	Al Luplow	of	-	22	-	MLB	5	18	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	6	0	0	0	0	0	.056	.150	.056	206	1	20	17	-1	-1.9	.083
38	Frank Funk	p	-	25	-	MLB	56	17	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	10	0	0	0	0	0	.059	.111	.059	170	1	18	16	-2	-3.1	.143
22	Dick Stigman	p	-	25	-	MLB	22	16	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	1	.125	.125	.125	250	2	16	15	-1	-2.6	.222
23	Johnny Antonelli	p	-	31	-	MLB	12	15	4	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	.267	.267	.400	667	6	16	12	2	4.2	.333
24	Bob Allen	p	-	23	-	MLB	48	12	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	1	0	0	.167	.167	.250	417	3	13	11	0	0.1	.286
4	Joe Morgan	3b	-	30	-	MLB	4	10	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.273	.200	473	2	11	8	0	1.0	.286
27	Bill Dailey	p	-	26	-	MLB	12	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	2	2	-	-	.000
17	Sam McDowell	p	-	18	UDFA: 1960	MLB	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	2	2	-	-	.000
20	Russ Heman	p	-	28	-	MLB	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	1	1	-	-	.000
23	Joe Schaffernoth	p	-	23	-	MLB	15	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	1	1	-	-	.000
27	Steve Hamilton	p	-	25	-	MLB	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2000	1	1	0	1	--	1.000
Totals: (36 players)							161	5609	737	1493	257	39	150	682	34	11	492	720	28	33	73	50	133	.266	.326	.406	732	2278	6252	4383	814	5	.280

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
33	Mudcat Grant	9	25	-	MLB	15	9	3.86	35	35	11	3	0	0	244.2	207	118	105	32	109	146	8	0	1.29	7.61	1.18	4.01	5.37	0.75	.238	0.72
39	Gary Bell	16	24	-	MLB	12	16	4.10	34	34	11	2	0	0	228.1	214	125	104	32	100	163	3	0	1.38	8.44	1.26	3.94	6.42	0.61	.268	0.73
31	Jim Perry	25	25	UDFA: 1956	MLB	10	17	4.71	35	35	6	1	0	0	223.2	238	132	117	28	87	90	5	0	1.45	9.58	1.13	3.50	3.62	0.97	.279	0.84
18	Barry Latman	21	25	-	MLB	13	5	4.02	45	18	4	2	12	5	176.2	163	84	79	23	54	108	6	0	1.23	8.30	1.17	2.75	5.50	0.50	.261	0.79
34	Wynn Hawkins	-	25	-	MLB	7	9	4.06	30	21	3	1	8	1	133.0	139	72	60	16	59	51	3	1	1.49	9.41	1.08	3.99	3.45	1.16	.275	0.96
29	Bobby Locke	-	27	-	MLB	4	4	4.53	37	4	0	0	17	2	95.1	112	50	48	12	40	37	4	0	1.59	10.57	1.13	3.78	3.49	1.08	.309	1.29
38	Frank Funk	31	25	-	MLB	11	11	3.31	56	0	0	0	43	11	92.1	79	35	34	9	31	64	3	1	1.19	7.70	0.88	3.02	6.24	0.48	.263	0.83
24	Bob Allen	58	23	-	MLB	3	2	3.75	48	0	0	0	17	3	81.2	96	42	34	7	40	42	4	0	1.67	10.58	0.77	4.41	4.63	0.95	.322	1.14
22	Dick Stigman	-	25	-	MLB	2	5	4.62	22	6	0	0	5	0	64.1	65	35	33	9	25	48	3	0	1.40	9.09	1.26	3.50	6.72	0.52	.296	0.99
23	Johnny Antonelli	-	31	-	MLB	0	4	6.56	11	7	0	0	0	0	48.0	68	39	35	8	18	23	1	0	1.79	12.75	1.50	3.38	4.31	0.78	.353	0.75
27	Bill Dailey	-	26	-	MLB	1	0	0.95	12	0	0	0	10	0	19.0	16	4	2	0	6	7	2	0	1.16	7.58	0.00	2.84	3.32	0.86	.258	2.20
23	Joe Schaffernoth	-	23	-	MLB	0	1	4.76	15	0	0	0	8	0	17.0	16	11	9	2	14	9	1	0	1.76	8.47	1.06	7.41	4.76	1.56	--	1.47
20	Russ Heman	-	28	-	MLB	0	0	3.60	6	0	0	0	6	1	10.0	8	4	4	0	8	4	0	0	1.60	7.20	0.00	7.20	3.60	2.00	.242	0.56
17	Sam McDowell	-	18	UDFA: 1960	MLB	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	6.1	3	0	0	0	5	5	0	0	1.26	4.26	0.00	7.11	7.11	1.00	.176	1.00
27	Steve Hamilton	-	25	-	MLB	0	0	3.00	2	0	0	0	0	0	3.0	2	1	1	0	3	4	1	1	1.67	6.00	0.00	9.00	12.00	0.75	.333	5.00
Totals: (36 players)						78	83	4.15	161	161	35	9	126	23	1,443	1426	752	665	150	599	801	44	3	1.38	8.89	1.11	3.74	4.99	0.75	.283

FIELDING STATISTICS

Stats by Position

Games by Position

Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Johnny Romano	C	141		752	58	9	8	.989	0.00
Valmy Thomas	C	27		151	17	2	6	.988	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Vic Power	1B	141		1154	142	8	101	.994	0.00
Tito Francona	1B	14		106	6	4	9	.966	0.00
Hal Jones	1B	10		73	3	2	12	.974	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Johnny Temple	2B	129		239	317	18	79	.969	0.00
Ken Aspromonte	2B	21		29	50	3	8	.963	0.00
Mike De la Hoz	2B	17		25	38	2	2	.969	0.00
Vic Power	2B	7		20	22	2	7	.955	0.00
Jack Kubiszyn	2B	2		1	3	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Bubba Phillips	3B	143		188	246	19	23	.958	0.00
Mike De la Hoz	3B	16		13	18	1	2	.969	0.00
Jack Kubiszyn	3B	8		8	18	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Woodie Held	SS	144		258	393	27	90	.960	0.00
Mike De la Hoz	SS	17		39	60	6	6	.943	0.00
Jack Kubiszyn	SS	7		6	7	0	3	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Tito Francona	OF	138		289	5	4	1	.987	0.00
Willie Kirkland	OF	138		290	12	8	5	.974	0.00
Jim Piersall	OF	120		328	9	3	3	.991	0.00
Chuck Essegian	OF	49		85	5	3	1	.968	0.00
Don Dillard	OF	39		68	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Walt Bond	OF	12		17	1	0	0	1.000	0.00
Ty Cline	OF	12		19	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Bob Nieman	OF	12		23	1	1	0	.960	0.00
Al Luplow	OF	5		9	2	0	1	1.000	0.00
Joe Morgan	OF	2		6	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Frank Funk	P	56	92	14	11	2	0	.926	2.44
Bob Allen	P	48	81	4	14	0	0	1.000	2.00
Barry Latman	P	45	176	10	13	2	2	.920	1.17
Bobby Locke	P	37	95	9	20	0	0	1.000	2.74
Mudcat Grant	P	35	244	25	36	2	4	.968	2.25
Jim Perry	P	35	223	17	37	5	5	.915	2.18
Gary Bell	P	34	228	26	24	1	1	.980	1.97
Wynn Hawkins	P	30	133	11	18	3	1	.906	1.96
Dick Stigman	P	22	64	2	12	0	0	1.000	1.97
Joe Schaffernoth	P	15	17	1	6	1	0	.875	3.71
Bill Dailey	P	12	19	2	5	0	0	1.000	3.32
Johnny Antonelli	P	11	48	1	11	1	2	.923	2.25
Russ Heman	P	6	10	1	2	0	0	1.000	2.70
Steve Hamilton	P	2	3	1	1	0	0	1.000	6.00
Sam McDowell	P	1	6	0	2	0	0	1.000	2.95

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