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1961 Boston Red Sox | ||
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League | American League | |
Ballpark | Fenway Park | |
City | Boston, Massachusetts | |
Record | 76–86 (.469) | |
League place | 6th (33 GB) | |
Owners | Tom Yawkey | |
President | Tom Yawkey | |
Managers | Pinky Higgins | |
Television | WHDH-TV, Ch. 5 | |
Radio | WHDH-AM 850 (Curt Gowdy, Ned Martin, Art Gleeson) | |
Stats | ESPN.com BB-reference | |
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The 1961 Boston Red Sox season was the 61st season in the franchise's Major League Baseball history. The Red Sox finished sixth in the American League (AL) with a record of 76 wins and 86 losses, 33 games behind the AL and World Series champion New York Yankees.
Future Hall of Famer Carl Yastrzemski made his major league debut on Opening Day, April 11. He was considered the heir apparent to Ted Williams, who had retired at the end of 1960.
On June 30, Wilbur Wood made his major league baseball debut with the Red Sox. In a game against the Cleveland Indians, Wood pitched 4 innings, allowed 3 hits, and 2 earned runs. He had 3 strikeouts and allowed 1 walk.
On October 1, in a game against the New York Yankees, Red Sox pitcher Tracy Stallard gave up Roger Maris' 61st home run of the season, breaking Babe Ruth's record for most home runs in a season.
American League | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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New York Yankees | 109 | 53 | 0.673 | — | 65–16 | 44–37 |
Detroit Tigers | 101 | 61 | 0.623 | 8 | 50–31 | 51–30 |
Baltimore Orioles | 95 | 67 | 0.586 | 14 | 48–33 | 47–34 |
Chicago White Sox | 86 | 76 | 0.531 | 23 | 53–28 | 33–48 |
Cleveland Indians | 78 | 83 | 0.484 | 30½ | 40–41 | 38–42 |
Boston Red Sox | 76 | 86 | 0.469 | 33 | 50–31 | 26–55 |
Minnesota Twins | 70 | 90 | 0.438 | 38 | 36–44 | 34–46 |
Los Angeles Angels | 70 | 91 | 0.435 | 38½ | 46–36 | 24–55 |
Kansas City Athletics | 61 | 100 | 0.379 | 47½ | 33–47 | 28–53 |
Washington Senators | 61 | 100 | 0.379 | 47½ | 33–46 | 28–54 |
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Team | BAL | BOS | CHW | CLE | DET | KCA | LAA | MIN | NYY | WSH | |||
Baltimore | — | 11–7 | 11–7 | 9–9 | 9–9 | 13–5 | 8–10 | 11–7 | 9–9–1 | 14–4 | |||
Boston | 7–11 | — | 9–9 | 5–13 | 8–10 | 10–8 | 11–7–1 | 11–7 | 5–13 | 10–8 | |||
Chicago | 7–11 | 9–9 | — | 12–6 | 6–12 | 14–4 | 10–8 | 9–9–1 | 6–12 | 13–5 | |||
Cleveland | 9–9 | 13–5 | 6–12 | — | 6–12 | 8–9 | 10–8 | 10–8 | 4–14 | 12–6 | |||
Detroit | 9–9 | 10–8 | 12–6 | 12–6 | — | 12–6–1 | 14–4 | 11–7 | 8–10 | 13–5 | |||
Kansas City | 5–13 | 8–10 | 4–14 | 9–8 | 6–12–1 | — | 9–9 | 7–11 | 4–14 | 9–9 | |||
Los Angeles | 10–8 | 7–11–1 | 8–10 | 8–10 | 4–14 | 9–9 | — | 8–9 | 6–12 | 10–8 | |||
Minnesota | 7–11 | 7–11 | 9–9–1 | 8–10 | 7–11 | 11–7 | 9–8 | — | 4–14 | 8–9 | |||
New York | 9–9–1 | 13–5 | 12–6 | 14–4 | 10–8 | 14–4 | 12–6 | 14–4 | — | 11–7 | |||
Washington | 4–14 | 8–10 | 5–13 | 6–12 | 5–13 | 9–9 | 8–10 | 9–8 | 7–11 | — |
2 | Chuck Schilling | 2B |
7 | Gary Geiger | CF |
6 | Vic Wertz | 1B |
4 | Jackie Jensen | RF |
8 | Carl Yastrzemski | LF |
3 | Pete Runnels | 3B |
22 | Russ Nixon | C |
12 | Pumpsie Green | SS |
27 | Bill Monbouquette | P |
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Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Pos | Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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C | Jim Pagliaroni | 120 | 376 | 91 | .242 | 16 | 58 |
1B | Pete Runnels | 143 | 360 | 114 | .317 | 3 | 38 |
2B | Chuck Schilling | 158 | 646 | 167 | .259 | 5 | 62 |
3B | Frank Malzone | 151 | 590 | 157 | .266 | 14 | 87 |
SS | Don Buddin | 115 | 339 | 89 | .263 | 6 | 42 |
LF | Carl Yastrzemski | 148 | 583 | 155 | .266 | 11 | 80 |
CF | Gary Geiger | 140 | 499 | 116 | .232 | 18 | 64 |
RF | Jackie Jensen | 147 | 498 | 131 | .263 | 13 | 66 |
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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Vic Wertz | 99 | 317 | 83 | .262 | 11 | 60 |
Carroll Hardy | 85 | 281 | 74 | .263 | 3 | 36 |
Russ Nixon | 87 | 242 | 70 | .289 | 1 | 19 |
Pumpsie Green | 88 | 219 | 57 | .260 | 6 | 27 |
Lou Clinton | 17 | 51 | 13 | .255 | 0 | 3 |
Billy Harrell | 37 | 37 | 6 | .162 | 0 | 1 |
Rip Repulski | 15 | 25 | 7 | .280 | 0 | 1 |
Joe Ginsberg | 19 | 24 | 6 | .250 | 0 | 5 |
Don Gile | 8 | 18 | 5 | .278 | 1 | 1 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Bill Monbouquette | 32 | 236.1 | 14 | 14 | 3.39 | 161 |
Gene Conley | 33 | 199.2 | 11 | 14 | 4.91 | 113 |
Don Schwall | 25 | 178.2 | 15 | 7 | 3.22 | 91 |
Ike Delock | 28 | 156.0 | 6 | 9 | 4.90 | 80 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Galen Cisco | 17 | 52.1 | 2 | 4 | 6.71 | 26 |
Chet Nichols Jr. | 26 | 51.2 | 3 | 2 | 2.09 | 20 |
Tom Brewer | 10 | 42.0 | 3 | 2 | 3.43 | 13 |
Ted Wills | 17 | 19.2 | 3 | 2 | 5.95 | 11 |
Wilbur Wood | 6 | 13.0 | 0 | 0 | 5.54 | 7 |
Tom Borland | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 18.00 | 0 |
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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Mike Fornieles | 57 | 9 | 8 | 15 | 4.68 | 70 |
Tracy Stallard | 43 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 4.88 | 109 |
Billy Muffett | 38 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 5.67 | 47 |
Arnold Earley | 33 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 3.99 | 44 |
Dave Hillman | 28 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2.77 | 39 |
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