1961 Los Angeles Angels Roster, Stats, and Awards

Record: 70–91 (.435), 8th place (38.5 games behind) in American League
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Regular Season Stats

Hitting Stats

Year Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS Avg OBP Slg OPS
1961 Albie Pearson 144 434 92 123 21 3 7 41 96 40 11 3 .283 .415 .394 .809
1961 Art Fowler 53 16 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 .062 .062 .062 .125
1961 Billy Moran 54 179 17 45 7 1 2 22 17 16 0 0 .251 .318 .335 .653
1961 Bob Cerv 18 58 3 9 3 0 2 6 1 8 0 0 .155 .167 .310 .477
1961 Bob Sprout 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1961 Buck Rodgers 16 56 8 18 2 0 2 13 1 6 0 0 .321 .333 .464 .798
1961 Chuck Tanner 7 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 .125 .300 .125 .425
1961 Dan Ardell 7 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 .200 .333 .200 .533
1961 Dean Chance 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1961 Del Rice 44 86 11 20 4 0 4 11 20 19 0 1 .233 .374 .419 .792
1961 Earl Averill 115 324 56 86 9 0 21 59 62 70 1 0 .265 .383 .488 .870
1961 Ed Sadowski 69 166 16 38 13 0 4 12 11 33 2 3 .229 .275 .380 .655
1961 Eddie Yost 76 215 29 43 4 0 3 15 50 48 0 1 .200 .356 .260 .616
1961 Eli Grba 42 72 8 15 3 0 2 11 6 17 0 0 .208 .275 .333 .608
1961 Faye Throneberry 24 32 1 6 1 0 0 0 5 10 0 0 .187 .297 .219 .516
1961 Fritz Brickell 21 49 3 6 0 0 0 3 6 9 0 0 .122 .218 .122 .341
1961 Gene Leek 57 202 16 45 9 1 5 20 7 54 0 1 .223 .256 .351 .607
1961 George Thomas 79 285 39 79 12 1 13 59 21 66 3 6 .277 .331 .463 .794
1961 Jack Spring 18 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 0 0 .000 .083 .000 .083
1961 Jerry Casale 13 13 2 6 2 0 1 2 1 4 0 0 .462 .500 .846 1.346
1961 Jim Donohue 38 27 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 7 0 0 .148 .148 .185 .333
1961 Jim Fregosi 11 28 7 6 0 0 0 3 1 4 0 0 .214 .241 .214 .456
1961 Joe Koppe 91 344 46 85 12 2 5 40 45 77 3 3 .247 .334 .337 .671
1961 Johnny James 43 13 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 .000 .071 .000 .071
1961 Julio Becquer 11 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 0 0 .000 .111 .000 .111
1961 Ken Hunt 149 482 70 122 29 3 25 84 49 120 8 2 .253 .323 .481 .805
1961 Ken McBride 45 89 5 7 3 0 0 2 3 35 0 0 .079 .109 .112 .221
1961 Ken Aspromonte 66 241 29 53 10 0 2 14 33 21 0 0 .220 .319 .286 .605
1961 Ken Hamlin 42 92 4 19 3 0 1 5 11 9 0 1 .207 .295 .272 .567
1961 Lee Thomas 130 452 77 128 11 5 24 70 47 74 0 5 .283 .351 .489 .840
1961 Leo Burke 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1961 Leon Wagner 133 453 74 127 19 2 28 79 48 65 5 1 .280 .348 .517 .865
1961 Ned Garver 12 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1961 Rocky Bridges 84 233 20 55 5 1 2 15 26 37 1 0 .236 .315 .292 .607
1961 Ron Kline 26 34 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 17 0 0 .088 .114 .088 .203
1961 Ron Moeller 35 30 2 6 1 0 0 2 8 14 0 0 .200 .368 .233 .602
1961 Russ Heman 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1961 Ryne Duren 40 26 2 1 0 0 0 3 3 15 0 0 .038 .138 .038 .176
1961 Steve Bilko 114 294 49 82 16 1 20 59 58 81 1 1 .279 .395 .544 .940
1961 Ted Bowsfield 46 53 5 7 1 1 0 2 2 19 0 0 .132 .164 .189 .352
1961 Ted Kluszewski 107 263 32 64 12 0 15 39 24 23 0 0 .243 .303 .460 .764
1961 Tex Clevenger 12 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1961 Tom Satriano 35 97 15 19 5 1 1 8 12 16 2 0 .196 .291 .299 .590
1961 Tom Morgan 59 12 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 .083 .154 .083 .237
– – 161 5,504 744 1,331 218 22 189 700 681 1,068 37 28 .242 .327 .392 .719

Pitching Stats

Year Player G IP W L Sv BS Hld H R ER BB HBP SO GS QS CG ShO ERA WHIP
1961 Art Fowler 53 89.0 5 8 11 0 0 68 42 36 29 0 78 3 0 0 0 3.64 1.09
1961 Bob Sprout 1 4.0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 2 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 4.50 1.75
1961 Dean Chance 5 18.1 0 2 0 0 0 33 15 14 5 1 11 4 0 0 0 6.87 2.07
1961 Eli Grba 40 211.2 11 13 2 0 0 197 119 100 114 7 105 30 0 8 0 4.25 1.47
1961 Jack Spring 18 38.0 3 0 0 0 0 35 19 18 15 3 27 4 0 0 0 4.26 1.32
1961 Jerry Casale 13 42.2 1 5 1 0 0 52 34 31 25 1 35 7 0 0 0 6.54 1.80
1961 Jim Donohue 38 100.1 4 6 5 0 0 93 48 48 50 0 79 7 0 0 0 4.31 1.43
1961 Johnny James 36 71.1 0 2 0 0 0 66 44 42 54 2 41 3 0 0 0 5.30 1.68
1961 Ken McBride 38 241.2 12 15 1 0 0 229 114 98 102 7 180 36 0 11 1 3.65 1.37
1961 Ned Garver 12 29.0 0 3 0 0 0 40 18 18 16 0 9 2 0 0 0 5.59 1.93
1961 Ray Semproch 2 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 9.00 4.00
1961 Ron Kline 26 104.2 3 6 1 0 0 119 62 57 44 1 70 12 0 0 0 4.90 1.56
1961 Ron Moeller 33 112.2 4 8 0 0 0 122 80 73 83 2 87 18 0 1 1 5.83 1.82
1961 Russ Heman 6 10.0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 2 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 1.80 0.60
1961 Ryne Duren 40 99.0 6 12 2 0 0 87 70 57 75 3 108 14 0 1 1 5.18 1.64
1961 Ted Bowsfield 41 157.0 11 8 0 0 0 154 75 65 63 1 88 21 0 4 1 3.73 1.38
1961 Tex Clevenger 12 16.0 2 1 1 0 0 13 5 3 13 0 11 0 0 0 0 1.69 1.62
1961 Tom Morgan 59 91.2 8 2 10 0 0 74 31 24 17 5 39 0 0 0 0 2.36 0.99
– – 161 1,438.0 70 91 34 0 0 1,391 784 689 713 34 973 162 0 25 4 4.31 1.46

Fielding Stats

Year Player Pos G PO A E TC DP SB CS CSPct FPct RF
1961 Art Fowler P 53 4 7 0 11 0 1.000 0.21
1961 Bob Sprout P 1 0 0 1 1 0 .000 0.00
1961 Dean Chance P 5 1 6 0 7 1 1.000 1.40
1961 Eli Grba P 40 11 31 2 44 2 .955 1.05
1961 Jack Spring P 18 2 6 1 9 0 .889 0.44
1961 Jerry Casale P 13 4 4 1 9 0 .889 0.62
1961 Jim Donohue P 38 8 11 0 19 1 1.000 0.50
1961 Johnny James P 36 1 12 0 13 1 1.000 0.36
1961 Ken McBride P 38 19 53 2 74 5 .973 1.89
1961 Ned Garver P 12 1 11 0 12 0 1.000 1.00
1961 Ray Semproch P 2 0 1 0 1 0 1.000 0.50
1961 Ron Kline P 26 8 21 3 32 1 .906 1.12
1961 Ron Moeller P 33 5 21 3 29 2 .897 0.79
1961 Russ Heman P 6 0 2 0 2 0 1.000 0.33
1961 Ryne Duren P 40 6 6 2 14 0 .857 0.30
1961 Ted Bowsfield P 41 4 26 5 35 1 .857 0.73
1961 Tex Clevenger P 12 0 6 0 6 0 1.000 0.50
1961 Tom Morgan P 59 8 18 2 28 2 .929 0.44
1961 Buck Rodgers C 14 71 11 3 85 2 8 6 42.9% .965 5.86
1961 Del Rice C 30 144 14 1 159 0 11 10 47.6% .994 5.27
1961 Earl Averill C 88 542 38 5 585 6 44 16 26.7% .991 6.59
1961 Ed Sadowski C 56 295 17 4 316 4 16 5 23.8% .987 5.57
1961 Dan Ardell 1B 1 13 0 0 13 1 1.000 13.00
1961 Julio Becquer 1B 5 11 1 0 12 0 1.000 2.40
1961 Lee Thomas 1B 34 267 10 5 282 26 .982 8.15
1961 Steve Bilko 1B 86 577 61 7 645 56 .989 7.42
1961 Ted Kluszewski 1B 66 520 28 6 554 51 .989 8.30
1961 Billy Moran 2B 51 108 116 8 232 31 .966 4.39
1961 Earl Averill 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
1961 Joe Koppe 2B 3 6 2 0 8 0 1.000 2.67
1961 Ken Hunt 2B 1 0 1 0 1 0 1.000 1.00
1961 Ken Aspromonte 2B 62 156 196 11 363 55 .970 5.68
1961 Rocky Bridges 2B 58 113 139 3 255 23 .988 4.34
1961 Tom Satriano 2B 10 11 12 2 25 1 .920 2.30
1961 Eddie Yost 3B 67 57 103 6 166 4 .964 2.39
1961 Gene Leek 3B 49 54 127 8 189 11 .958 3.69
1961 George Thomas 3B 38 25 63 12 100 5 .880 2.32
1961 Joe Koppe 3B 1 2 4 0 6 0 1.000 6.00
1961 Rocky Bridges 3B 4 0 1 0 1 0 1.000 0.25
1961 Tom Satriano 3B 23 17 48 6 71 6 .915 2.83
1961 Billy Moran SS 2 1 4 1 6 0 .833 2.50
1961 Fritz Brickell SS 17 30 34 7 71 11 .901 3.76
1961 Gene Leek SS 7 17 19 4 40 6 .900 5.14
1961 Jim Fregosi SS 11 12 22 2 36 3 .944 3.09
1961 Joe Koppe SS 88 127 250 21 398 51 .947 4.28
1961 Ken Hamlin SS 39 63 93 6 162 25 .963 4.00
1961 Rocky Bridges SS 25 32 57 3 92 12 .967 3.56
1961 Tom Satriano SS 1 1 1 0 2 0 1.000 2.00
1961 Albie Pearson LF 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
1961 Bob Cerv LF 15 21 0 1 22 0 .955 1.40
1961 Earl Averill LF 9 5 0 0 5 0 1.000 0.56
1961 Faye Throneberry LF 3 2 0 0 2 0 1.000 0.67
1961 Gene Leek LF 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
1961 George Thomas LF 24 27 0 1 28 0 .964 1.12
1961 Ken Hunt LF 5 1 0 1 2 0 .500 0.20
1961 Lee Thomas LF 28 37 2 1 40 0 .975 1.39
1961 Leon Wagner LF 104 157 11 5 173 1 .971 1.62
1961 Lou Johnson LF 1 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 1.00
1961 Albie Pearson CF 46 103 2 4 109 1 .963 2.28
1961 George Thomas CF 17 33 0 0 33 0 1.000 1.94
1961 Ken Hunt CF 111 224 5 9 238 1 .962 2.06
1961 Albie Pearson RF 76 123 5 7 135 1 .948 1.68
1961 Chuck Tanner RF 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
1961 Faye Throneberry RF 2 5 1 0 6 0 1.000 3.00
1961 George Thomas RF 4 8 0 0 8 0 1.000 2.00
1961 Ken Hunt RF 22 21 1 4 26 0 .846 1.00
1961 Lee Thomas RF 63 106 6 5 117 1 .957 1.78
1961 Leon Wagner RF 14 19 1 1 21 1 .952 1.43
1961 Steve Bilko RF 3 2 0 0 2 0 1.000 0.67
– – 161 4,249 1,748 192 6,189 412 79 37 31.9% .969 37.25

Post-Season Stats

No stats available.

Awards

Player Award Stats
Ryne Duren All-Star (P) 6–13, 2 Sv, 115 SO, 5.19 ERA
Ken McBride All-Star (P) 12–15, 1 Sv, 180 SO, 3.65 ERA

Frequently asked questions about the 1961 Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim

Who had the most hits on the 1961 Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim?

Lee Thomas led the 1961 Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim with 128 hits in 130 games.

Who had the highest batting average on the 1961 Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim?

Albie Pearson led the 1961 Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim with a .283 batting average in 144 games.

Who had the most home runs on the 1961 Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim?

Leon Wagner led the 1961 Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim with 28 home runs in 133 games.

Who had the highest on-base percentage (OBP) on the 1961 Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim?

Albie Pearson led the 1961 Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim with a .415 on-base percentage (OBP) in 144 games.

Who had the highest slugging percentage on the 1961 Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim?

Leon Wagner led the 1961 Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim with a .517 slugging percentage in 133 games.

Who had the most stolen bases on the 1961 Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim?

Albie Pearson led the 1961 Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim with 11 stolen bases in 144 games.

Who had the lowest earned run average (ERA) on the 1961 Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim?

Ken McBride had a 3.65 earned-run average (ERA) in 38 games, the lowest on the 1961 Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim.

Who had the lowest WHIP (Walks plus Hits per Inning Pitched) on the 1961 Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim?

Ken McBride had a 1.37 WHIP in 38 games, the lowest on the 1961 Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim.

Who struck out the most batters on the 1961 Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim?

Ken McBride led the 1961 Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim with 180 strikeouts in 38 games.

Who had the most wins on the 1961 Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim?

Ken McBride led the 1961 Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim with 12 wins in 38 games.

Who had the most saves on the 1961 Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim?

Art Fowler led the 1961 Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim with 11 saves in 53 games.