1961 Cincinnati Reds Statistics and Roster

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1961 Cincinnati Reds (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1960/1962)
93-61, Finished 1st in National League
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Won NL Pennant
Scored 710 runs, Allowed 653 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 83-71
Managed by Fred Hutchinson

Ballpark: Crosley Field (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 1,117,603 (4th of 8)
Park Factors
  (multi-year): Batting - 102, Pitching - 101
  (one-year): Batting - 104, Pitching - 102
  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.

Postseason: Lost World Series (4-1) to New York Yankees

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Team Batting Glossary

Pos Player              Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
C   Jerry Zimmerman     26   76  204    8   42   5  0   0   10  11   21  .206  .252  .230   1   1  10   2   4   1   0   29
1B *Gordy Coleman       26  150  520   63  149  27  4  26   87  45   67  .287  .341  .504   1   3   9   2   4   7  11  119
2B *Don Blasingame      29  123  450   59  100  18  4   1   21  39   38  .222  .286  .287   4   3   7   2   9   2   0   52
3B  Gene Freese         27  152  575   78  159  27  2  26   87  27   78  .277  .307  .466   8   2  17   0   1   3   5  101
SS  Eddie Kasko         29  126  469   64  127  22  1   2   27  32   36  .271  .320  .335   4   3   4   4   2   4   1   73
LF  Frank Robinson      25  153  545  117  176  32  7  37  124  71   64  .323  .404  .611  22   3  15  10   0  10  23  163
CF *Vada Pinson         22  154  607  101  208  34  8  16   87  39   63  .343  .379  .504  23  10   9   1   4   8   1  130
RF  Wally Post          31   99  282   44   83  16  3  20   57  22   61  .294  .346  .585   0   1   7   1   0   1   1  140
   *Gus Bell            32  103  235   27   60  10  1   3   33  18   21  .255  .298  .345   1   1   4   0   0   9   3   69
    Leo Cardenas        22   74  198   23   61  18  1   5   24  15   39  .308  .353  .485   1   0   5   0   1   2   1  119
   *Jerry Lynch         30   96  181   33   57  13  2  13   50  27   25  .315  .407  .624   2   2   2   1   1   0   6  167
   *Johnny Edwards      23   52  145   14   27   5  0   2   14  18   28  .186  .279  .262   1   0   3   1   0   1   4   44
    Elio Chacon         24   61  132   26   35   4  2   2    5  21   22  .265  .374  .371   1   4   0   2   3   0   0   98
    Bob Schmidt         28   27   70    4    9   0  0   1    4   8   14  .129  .218  .171   0   0   5   0   1   0   1    5
    Dick Gernert        32   40   63    4   19   1  0   0    7   7    9  .302  .361  .317   0   0   0   0   0   2   1   81
    Darrell Johnson     32   20   54    3   17   2  0   1    6   1    2  .315  .321  .407   0   0   1   0   0   1   0   91
   *Ed Bailey           30   12   43    4   13   4  0   0    2   3    5  .302  .348  .395   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   96
    Jim Baumer          30   10   24    0    3   0  0   0    0   0    9  .125  .125  .125   0   0   0   0   1   0   0  -34
    Pete Whisenant      31   26   15    6    3   0  0   0    1   2    4  .200  .294  .200   1   0   1   0   0   0   0   34
    Willie Jones        35    9    7    1    0   0  0   0    0   2    3  .000  .222  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  -34
    Cliff Cook          24    4    5    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    4  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
   *Harry Anderson      29    4    4    0    1   0  0   0    0   0    1  .250  .250  .250   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   33
    Hal Bevan           30    3    3    1    1   0  0   1    1   0    2  .333  .333 1.333   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  312
    Joe Gaines          24    5    3    2    0   0  0   0    0   2    1  .000  .400  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   18
   *Claude Osteen       21    6    0    2    0   0  0   0    0   0    0                     0   0   0   0   0   0   0     

   #Jim O'Toole         24   39   93    7   16   1  0   0    6   3   29  .172  .206  .183   0   0   5   1   4   0   0    4
   #Joey Jay            25   34   89    3    8   3  0   0    5   2   29  .090  .110  .124   0   0   2   0   2   0   0  -38
    Bob Purkey          31   36   80    6    8   2  0   1    4   2   32  .100  .133  .163   0   0   2   1   7   0   0  -23
    Ken Hunt            22   29   39    0    7   2  0   0    3   2   19  .179  .220  .231   0   0   0   0   3   0   0   19
   *Jim Maloney         21   30   29    6   11   0  0   1    4   2    4  .379  .438  .483   0   0   0   1   1   0   0  143
    Ken Johnson         28   15   25    1    6   1  0   0    5   0   11  .240  .240  .280   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   37
   *Jay Hook            24   22   15    1    2   0  0   0    0   0    5  .133  .133  .133   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  -29
    Jim Brosnan         31   53   13    1    2   0  0   0    1   1    6  .154  .214  .154   0   0   1   0   1   0   0   -1
   *Sherman Jones       26   24   11    0    2   0  0   0    0   1    3  .182  .250  .182   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   17
    Howie Nunn          25   24    8    1    2   0  0   0    0   0    2  .250  .250  .250   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   33
   *Bill Henry          33   48    5    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    3  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
   #Marshall Bridges    30   13    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 26.8  154 5243  710 1414 247 35 158  675 423  761  .270  .324  .421  70  33 109  29  50  51  59  103
    Rank among 8 NL teams          5    4    3   1  6   4        8    6     3     6     2   3   4                    
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed
    OPS+ does not include pitcher's stats.

Team Pitching Glossary

    Player              Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
SP *Jim O'Toole         24  39   3.10  19   9  2  35   2  11   3  252.7  229  101   87  16   93  178 1061   6   3  2   7 131
SP  Joey Jay            25  34   3.53  21  10  0  34   0  14   4  247.3  217  102   97  25   92  157 1032   9   5  0   1 115
SP  Bob Purkey          31  36   3.73  16  12  1  34   2  13   1  246.3  245  118  102  27   51  116 1031   7   6  0   4 109
SP  Ken Hunt            22  29   3.96   9  10  0  22   3   4   0  136.3  130   70   60  13   66   75  586   5   6  0   1 103
SP  Ken Johnson         28  15   3.25   6   2  1  11   1   3   1   83.0   71   33   30  11   22   42  341   1   2  0   1 125

CL  Jim Brosnan         31  53   3.04  10   4 16   0  34   0   0   80.0   77   34   27   7   18   40  335   1   0  1   3 134
RP *Bill Henry          33  47   2.19   2   1 16   0  32   0   0   53.3   50   18   13   8   15   53  224   0   0  0   4 186
RP  Howie Nunn          25  24   3.58   2   1  0   0  12   0   0   37.7   35   17   15   0   24   26  170   1   1  0   4 114
RP  Sherman Jones       26  24   4.42   1   1  2   2   9   0   0   55.0   51   32   27   6   27   32  239   3   2  2   6  92
RP  Jay Hook            24  22   7.76   1   3  0   5   3   0   0   62.7   83   55   54  14   22   36  291   1   5  0   2  52

    Jim Maloney         21  27   4.37   6   7  2  11   4   1   0   94.7   86   54   46  16   59   57  424   5   1  0   4  93
   *Marshall Bridges    30  13   7.84   0   1  0   0   5   0   0   20.7   26   19   18   4   11   17   98   1   1  0   0  52
   *Claude Osteen       21   1   0.00   0   0  0   0   1   0   0    0.3    0    0    0   0    0    0    1   0   0  0   0    
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 26.5 154   3.78  93  61 40 154 108  46  12 1370.0 1300  653  575 147  500  829 5833  40  32  5  37 108
    Rank among 8 NL teams           3   1   8  1           3   1      6    1    1        3    4    3

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

Team Fielding Glossary League average values for Fielding Percentage and Range Factor are included on all header lines except catcher.

Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP FP PB WP SB CS -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- JZimmerman 546 64 76 374 22 10 8 .975 8 18 24 12 JEdwards 384 39 52 257 15 5 2 .982 11 13 18 8 BSchmidt 198 22 27 137 6 1 1 .993 1 3 15 4 DJohnson 143 17 20 99 10 0 2 1.000 2 6 10 7 EBailey 97 12 12 54 5 2 0 .967 1 0 1 2 PWhisenant 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 .500 0 0 0 0 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 1370 154 154 921 59 19 13 .981 23 40 68 33 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .990 *9.82 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- GColeman 1244 140 150 1162 121 11 93 .991 9.28 DGernert 126 14 21 125 17 1 9 .993 10.14 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1370 154 154 1287 138 12 102 .992 9.36 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .976 *5.51 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- DBlasingame 978 110 116 277 304 17 53 .972 5.34 EChacon 303 34 42 84 104 2 22 .989 5.57 JBaumer 63 8 9 18 14 0 2 1.000 4.52 EKasko 22 2 6 7 8 0 1 1.000 6.14 GFreese 2 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1370 154 154 388 430 19 78 .977 5.37 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .948 *2.92 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- GFreese 1309 151 151 123 254 20 23 .950 2.59 EKasko 52 3 12 6 7 0 0 1.000 2.25 CCook 5 0 1 0 2 0 0 1.000 3.60 PWhisenant 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50 WJones 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 FRobinson 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1370 154 154 129 264 21 23 .949 2.58 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP .959 *4.92 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- EKasko 920 108 112 201 286 18 59 .964 4.76 LCardenas 449 46 63 83 133 6 21 .973 4.33 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1370 154 154 284 419 24 80 .967 4.62 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .973 *1.88 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- FRobinson 481 57 59 110 7 1 2 .992 2.19 WPost 313 36 44 62 5 3 2 .957 1.93 JLynch 294 34 42 49 1 3 0 .943 1.53 GBell 258 27 44 56 1 1 0 .983 1.99 PWhisenant 16 0 10 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.69 EChacon 5 0 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.60 JGaines 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 JMaloney 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 COsteen 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1370 154 154 283 14 8 4 .974 1.95 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

CenterField Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 *2.63 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- VPinson 1334 151 153 396 19 10 4 .976 2.80 FRobinson 25 3 4 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.36 JGaines 8 0 2 1 0 1 0 .500 1.12 GBell 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1370 154 154 398 19 11 4 .974 2.74 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .974 *1.93 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- FRobinson 796 89 92 172 6 2 1 .989 2.01 WPost 293 36 37 77 2 3 1 .963 2.42 GBell 249 27 34 52 0 0 0 1.000 1.87 JLynch 15 2 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.20 EChacon 12 0 5 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 PWhisenant 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1370 154 154 302 9 5 2 .984 2.04 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Outfield Inn GS G PO A E DP .977 *2.16 LF CF RF -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- VPinson 1334 151 153 391 19 10 4 .976 2.77 FRobinson 1302 149 150 284 15 3 3 .990 2.07 WPost 606 72 81 133 7 6 3 .959 2.08 GBell 510 54 75 112 1 1 0 .991 1.99 JLynch 309 36 44 53 2 3 0 .948 1.60 PWhisenant 20 0 12 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.80 EChacon 17 0 7 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.53 JGaines 9 0 3 1 0 1 0 .500 1.00 JMaloney 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 COsteen 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 1370 154 154 980 44 24 10 .977 2.24 154 154 154 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .959 *2.18 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- JO'Toole 252 35 39 16 42 2 2 .967 2.07 JJay 247 34 34 23 32 2 2 .965 2.00 BPurkey 246 34 36 29 69 2 2 .980 3.58 KHunt 136 22 29 10 19 5 2 .853 1.91 JMaloney 94 11 27 5 13 1 0 .947 1.71 KJohnson 83 11 15 9 19 0 1 1.000 3.04 JBrosnan 80 0 53 9 18 3 0 .900 3.04 JHook 62 5 22 10 4 0 0 1.000 2.01 SJones 55 2 24 5 8 0 0 1.000 2.13 BHenry 53 0 47 4 7 0 0 1.000 1.86 HNunn 37 0 24 1 6 0 1 1.000 1.67 MBridges 20 0 13 0 3 0 0 1.000 1.30 COsteen 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1370 154 154 121 240 15 10 .960 2.37 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Innings Pitched (usually) or Team Games is used in the calculation of the cumulative team Range Factor for a position. This means players (pre-1956) have range factor per game and the team has range factor per nine innings listed.
* indicates Innings Played rather than Games Played was used in Range Factor (RnF) calculations. Team Totals for Innings Played are Innings Pitched by the team's pitchers.

Team Leaders
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Batting Average Pinson .343

On-base % Robinson .404

Slugging % Robinson .611

OPS Robinson 1.015

Games Pinson 154

At Bats Pinson 607

Plate Appearances (approx.) Pinson 659

Runs Robinson 117

Hits Pinson 208

Total Bases Robinson 333

Doubles Pinson 34

Triples Pinson 8

Home Runs Robinson 37

RBI Robinson 124

Bases on Balls Robinson 71

Strikeouts Freese 78

Stolen Bases Pinson 23

Singles Pinson 150

Adjusted OPS+ Robinson 163

Runs Created Robinson 137

Adjusted Batting Runs Robinson 52

Batting Wins Robinson 5.0

Extra-Base Hits Robinson 76

Times on Base Robinson 257

Offensive Win% Robinson .777

Hit By Pitch Robinson 10

Sac. Hits Blasingame 9

Sac. Flies Robinson 10

Intentional Walks Robinson 23

Grounded into Double Plays Freese 17

Caught Stealing Pinson 10

Power/Speed Number Robinson 27.6

At Bats per Strikeout Kasko 13.0

At Bats per Home Run Robinson 14.7

Outs Freese 439

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ERA O'Toole 3.10

Wins Jay 21

Won-Loss % Brosnan .714

BB + H per IP (WHIP) Purkey 1.202

Hits Allowed/9IP Jay 7.90

Bases on Balls/9IP Purkey 1.86

Strikeouts/9IP O'Toole 6.34

Games Brosnan 53

Saves Brosnan and Henry 16

Innings O'Toole 252.7

Strikeouts O'Toole 178

Games Started O'Toole 35

Comp. Games Jay 14

Shutouts Jay 4

Home Runs Allow. Purkey 27

Bases On Balls Allow. O'Toole 93

Hits Allowed Purkey 245

SO to Walk Purkey 2.27

Losses Purkey 12

Earned Runs Allow. Purkey 102

Wild Pitches Jay 9

Hit Batsmen Hunt and Purkey 6

Batters Faced O'Toole 1061

Games Finished Brosnan 34

Adjusted ERA+ O'Toole 131

Requirements to qualify for rate stats.

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