1961 Chicago White Sox season

The 1961 Chicago White Sox season was the team's 61st season in the major leagues, and its 62nd season overall. They finished with a record of 86–76, good enough for fourth place in the American League, 23 games behind the first-place New York Yankees. Their pitching staff surrendered 13 of Roger Maris's 61 home runs that year, the most of any team.

1961 Chicago White Sox
LeagueAmerican League
BallparkComiskey Park
CityChicago
OwnersBill Veeck, Arthur Allyn, Jr., John Allyn
General managersHank Greenberg, Ed Short
ManagersAl López
TelevisionWGN-TV
(Jack Brickhouse, Vince Lloyd)
RadioWCFL
(Bob Elson, Ralph Kiner)
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Offseason

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Regular season

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Season standings

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American League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Yankees 109 53 .673 65‍–‍16 44‍–‍37
Detroit Tigers 101 61 .623 8 50‍–‍31 51‍–‍30
Baltimore Orioles 95 67 .586 14 48‍–‍33 47‍–‍34
Chicago White Sox 86 76 .531 23 53‍–‍28 33‍–‍48
Cleveland Indians 78 83 .484 30½ 40‍–‍41 38‍–‍42
Boston Red Sox 76 86 .469 33 50‍–‍31 26‍–‍55
Minnesota Twins 70 90 .438 38 36‍–‍44 34‍–‍46
Los Angeles Angels 70 91 .435 38½ 46‍–‍36 24‍–‍55
Kansas City Athletics 61 100 .379 47½ 33‍–‍47 28‍–‍53
Washington Senators 61 100 .379 47½ 33‍–‍46 28‍–‍54

Record vs. opponents

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Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10]
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


Opening Day lineup

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Notable transactions

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Roster

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1961 Chicago White Sox
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

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Player stats

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Batting

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Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; BB = Base on balls; SO = Strikeouts; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases

Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG SB
Luis Aparicio, SS 156 625 90 170 24 4 6 45 38 33 .272 53
Andy Carey, 3B 56 143 21 38 12 3 0 14 11 24 .266 0
Cam Carreon, C 78 229 32 62 5 1 4 27 21 24 .271 0
Wes Covington, LF,RF 22 59 5 17 1 0 4 15 4 5 .288 0
Sammy Esposito, 3B,SS,2B 63 94 12 16 5 0 1 8 12 21 .170 0
Nellie Fox, 2B 159 606 67 152 11 5 2 51 59 12 .251 2
Joe Ginsberg, C 6 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 0
Billy Goodman, 3B 41 51 4 13 4 0 1 10 7 6 .255 0
Mike Hershberger, OF 15 55 9 17 3 0 0 5 2 2 .309 1
Jim Landis, CF 140 534 87 151 18 8 22 85 65 71 .283 19
Ted Lepcio, 3B 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 0
Sherm Lollar, C 116 337 38 95 10 1 7 41 37 22 .282 0
Dean Look, LF 3 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0
J. C. Martin, 1B,3B 110 274 26 63 8 3 5 32 21 31 .230 1
Minnie Miñoso, LF 152 540 91 151 28 3 14 82 67 46 .280 9
Al Pilarcik, CF 47 62 9 11 1 0 1 6 9 5 .177 1
Jim Rivera, PR 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0
Floyd Robinson, RF 132 432 69 134 20 7 11 59 52 32 .310 7
Bob Roselli, C 22 38 2 10 3 0 0 4 0 11 .263 0
Roy Sievers, 1B 141 492 76 145 26 6 27 92 61 62 .295 1
Al Smith, 3B,OF 147 532 88 148 29 4 28 93 56 67 .278 4
Earl Torgeson, 1B 20 15 1 1 0 0 0 1 3 5 .067 0
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG SB
Frank Baumann, P 55 61 8 16 2 0 2 10 5 25 .262 1
Warren Hacker, P 42 9 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 .111 0
Ray Herbert, P 21 53 7 12 1 0 2 3 3 8 .226 0
Joe Horlen, P 5 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 0
Russ Kemmerer, P 47 15 1 3 1 0 0 1 2 7 .200 0
Don Larsen, P 25 25 2 8 0 0 1 4 0 5 .320 0
Turk Lown, P 60 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .000 0
Cal McLish, P 31 54 2 9 1 0 0 5 1 24 .167 0
Gary Peters, P 3 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 0
Billy Pierce, P 39 56 3 8 0 0 0 3 1 11 .143 0
Juan Pizarro, P 40 69 10 17 3 1 0 5 5 19 .246 1
Herb Score, P 8 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .000 0
Bob Shaw, P 14 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 6 .000 0
Early Wynn, P 17 37 4 6 0 0 0 2 3 11 .162 0
Team Totals
163 5556 765 1475 216 46 138 704 550 612 .265 100

Pitching

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Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; HR = Home runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts

Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER HR BB K
Frank Baumann 10 13 5.61 53 23 3 187.2 249 128 117 22 63 75
Alan Brice 0 1 0.00 3 0 0 3.1 4 2 0 0 3 3
Mike DeGerick 0 0 5.40 1 0 0 1.2 2 1 1 0 1 0
Warren Hacker 3 3 3.77 42 0 8 57.1 62 26 24 8 9 40
Ray Herbert 9 6 4.05 21 20 0 137.2 142 69 62 15 38 50
Joe Horlen 1 3 6.62 5 4 0 17.2 25 15 13 2 13 11
Russ Kemmerer 3 3 4.38 47 2 2 96.2 102 53 47 10 27 35
Don Larsen 7 2 4.12 25 3 2 74.1 64 36 34 5 31 53
Turk Lown 7 5 2.76 59 0 11 101.0 87 37 31 13 38 50
Cal McLish 10 13 4.38 31 27 1 162.1 178 87 79 21 48 80
Gary Peters 0 0 1.74 3 0 1 10.1 10 2 2 0 2 6
Billy Pierce 10 9 3.80 39 28 3 180.0 190 85 76 17 57 106
Juan Pizarro 14 7 3.05 39 25 2 194.2 164 73 66 17 90 188
Herb Score 1 2 6.66 8 5 0 24.1 22 19 18 3 25 14
Bob Shaw 3 4 3.79 14 10 0 71.1 85 40 30 11 25 31
Gerry Staley 0 3 5.00 16 0 0 18.0 17 10 10 3 6 8
Early Wynn 8 2 3.51 17 16 0 110.1 88 43 43 11 47 64
Team Totals
86 76 4.06 163 163 33 1448.2 1491 726 653 158 523 814

Farm system

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Level Team League Manager
AAA San Diego Padres Pacific Coast League Jimmie Reese, Whitey Wietelmann
and Bill Norman
A Charleston White Sox Sally League Ira Hutchinson
B Lincoln Chiefs Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League George Noga
C Idaho Falls Russets Pioneer League Herman Reich and Chips Sobek
D Harlan Smokies Appalachian League Frank Parenti and Eddie Lyons
D Daytona Beach Islanders Florida State League Homer Ray Wilson
D Clinton C-Sox Midwest League Dick Kinaman

Harlan affiliation shared with New York Yankees[6]

Notes

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  1. ^ Earl Averill, Jr. page at Baseball Reference
  2. ^ Jim McAnany page at Baseball Reference
  3. ^ a b Wes Covington page at Baseball Reference
  4. ^ Joe Ginsberg page at Baseball Reference
  5. ^ Warren Hacker page at Baseball Reference
  6. ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997

References

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