1961 Cincinnati Reds Roster, Stats, and Awards

Record: 93–61 (.604), 1st place in National 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 Bill Henry 48 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1961 Bob Purkey 36 87 6 8 2 0 1 4 2 32 0 0 .092 .122 .149 .272
1961 Bob Schmidt 27 71 4 9 0 0 1 4 8 14 0 0 .127 .215 .169 .384
1961 Cliff Cook 4 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1961 Darrell Johnson 20 54 3 17 2 0 1 6 1 2 0 0 .315 .321 .407 .729
1961 Dick Gernert 40 63 4 19 1 0 0 7 7 9 0 0 .302 .361 .317 .679
1961 Don Blasingame 123 459 59 100 18 4 1 21 39 38 4 3 .218 .281 .281 .562
1961 Ed Bailey 12 43 4 13 4 0 0 2 3 5 0 0 .302 .348 .395 .743
1961 Eddie Kasko 126 471 64 127 22 1 2 27 32 36 4 3 .270 .319 .333 .652
1961 Elio Chacon 61 135 26 35 4 2 2 5 21 22 1 4 .259 .367 .363 .730
1961 Frank Robinson 153 545 117 176 32 7 37 124 71 64 22 3 .323 .404 .611 1.015
1961 Gene Freese 152 576 78 159 27 2 26 87 27 78 8 2 .276 .307 .465 .772
1961 Gordy Coleman 150 524 63 149 27 4 26 87 45 67 1 3 .284 .339 .500 .839
1961 Gus Bell 103 235 27 60 10 1 3 33 18 21 1 1 .255 .298 .345 .642
1961 Hal Bevan 3 3 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 .333 .333 1.333 1.667
1961 Harry Anderson 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500
1961 Howie Nunn 24 8 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500
1961 Jay Hook 22 15 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 .133 .133 .133 .267
1961 Jerry Zimmerman 76 208 8 42 5 0 0 10 11 21 1 1 .202 .248 .226 .474
1961 Jerry Lynch 96 182 33 57 13 2 13 50 27 25 2 2 .313 .405 .621 1.026
1961 Jim Maloney 30 30 6 11 0 0 1 4 2 4 0 0 .367 .424 .467 .891
1961 Jim Brosnan 53 14 1 2 0 0 0 1 1 6 0 0 .143 .200 .143 .343
1961 Jim O'Toole 39 97 7 16 1 0 0 6 3 29 0 0 .165 .198 .175 .373
1961 Jim Baumer 10 25 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 0 .120 .120 .120 .240
1961 Joe Gaines 5 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 .000 .400 .000 .400
1961 Joey Jay 34 91 3 8 3 0 0 5 2 29 0 0 .088 .108 .121 .228
1961 Johnny Edwards 52 145 14 27 5 0 2 14 18 28 1 0 .186 .279 .262 .541
1961 Ken Johnson 15 26 1 6 1 0 0 5 0 11 0 0 .231 .231 .269 .500
1961 Ken Hunt 29 42 0 7 2 0 0 3 2 19 0 0 .167 .205 .214 .419
1961 Leo Cardenas 74 199 23 61 18 1 5 24 15 39 1 0 .307 .352 .482 .834
1961 Marshall Bridges 13 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1961 Pete Whisenant 26 15 6 3 0 0 0 1 2 4 1 0 .200 .294 .200 .494
1961 Sherman Jones 24 11 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 .182 .250 .182 .432
1961 Vada Pinson 154 611 101 208 34 8 16 87 39 63 23 10 .340 .376 .501 .877
1961 Wally Post 99 282 44 83 16 3 20 57 22 61 0 1 .294 .346 .585 .932
1961 Willie Jones 9 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 0 .000 .222 .000 .222
– – 154 5,293 708 1,414 247 35 158 675 423 761 70 33 .267 .322 .417 .739

Pitching Stats

Year Player G IP W L Sv BS Hld H R ER BB HBP SO GS QS CG ShO ERA WHIP
1961 Bill Henry 47 53.1 2 1 16 0 0 50 18 13 15 0 53 0 0 0 0 2.19 1.22
1961 Bob Purkey 36 246.1 16 12 1 0 0 245 118 102 51 6 116 34 0 13 1 3.73 1.20
1961 Claude Osteen 1 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00
1961 Howie Nunn 24 37.2 2 1 0 0 0 35 17 15 24 1 26 0 0 0 0 3.58 1.57
1961 Jay Hook 22 62.2 1 3 0 0 0 83 55 54 22 5 36 5 0 0 0 7.76 1.68
1961 Jim Maloney 27 94.2 6 7 2 0 0 86 54 46 59 1 57 11 0 1 0 4.37 1.53
1961 Jim Brosnan 53 80.0 10 4 16 0 0 77 34 27 18 0 40 0 0 0 0 3.04 1.19
1961 Jim O'Toole 39 252.2 19 9 2 0 0 229 101 87 93 3 178 35 0 11 3 3.10 1.27
1961 Joey Jay 34 247.1 21 10 0 0 0 217 102 97 92 5 157 34 0 14 4 3.53 1.25
1961 Ken Johnson 15 83.0 6 2 1 0 0 71 33 30 22 2 42 11 0 3 1 3.25 1.12
1961 Ken Hunt 29 136.1 9 10 0 0 0 130 70 60 66 6 75 22 0 4 0 3.96 1.44
1961 Marshall Bridges 13 20.2 0 1 0 0 0 26 19 18 11 1 17 0 0 0 0 7.84 1.79
1961 Sherman Jones 24 55.0 1 1 2 0 0 51 32 27 27 2 32 2 0 0 0 4.42 1.42
– – 154 1,370.0 93 61 40 0 0 1,300 653 576 500 32 829 154 0 46 9 3.78 1.31

Fielding Stats

Year Player Pos G PO A E TC DP SB CS CSPct FPct RF
1961 Bill Henry P 47 4 7 0 11 0 1.000 0.23
1961 Bob Purkey P 36 29 69 2 100 2 .980 2.72
1961 Claude Osteen P 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
1961 Howie Nunn P 24 1 6 0 7 1 1.000 0.29
1961 Jay Hook P 22 10 4 0 14 0 1.000 0.64
1961 Jim Maloney P 27 5 13 1 19 0 .947 0.67
1961 Jim Brosnan P 53 9 18 3 30 0 .900 0.51
1961 Jim O'Toole P 39 16 42 2 60 2 .967 1.49
1961 Joey Jay P 34 23 32 2 57 2 .965 1.62
1961 Ken Johnson P 15 9 19 0 28 1 1.000 1.87
1961 Ken Hunt P 29 10 19 5 34 2 .853 1.00
1961 Marshall Bridges P 13 0 3 0 3 0 1.000 0.23
1961 Sherman Jones P 24 5 8 0 13 0 1.000 0.54
1961 Bob Schmidt C 27 137 6 1 144 1 15 4 21.1% .993 5.30
1961 Darrell Johnson C 20 99 10 0 109 2 10 7 41.2% 1.000 5.45
1961 Ed Bailey C 12 54 5 2 61 0 1 2 66.7% .967 4.92
1961 Jerry Zimmerman C 76 374 22 10 406 8 24 12 33.3% .975 5.21
1961 Johnny Edwards C 52 257 15 5 277 2 18 8 30.8% .982 5.23
1961 Pete Whisenant C 1 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0.0% .500 1.00
1961 Dick Gernert 1B 21 125 17 1 143 9 .993 6.76
1961 Gordy Coleman 1B 150 1,162 121 11 1,294 93 .991 8.55
1961 Don Blasingame 2B 116 277 304 17 598 53 .972 5.01
1961 Eddie Kasko 2B 6 7 8 0 15 1 1.000 2.50
1961 Elio Chacon 2B 42 84 104 2 190 22 .989 4.48
1961 Gene Freese 2B 1 2 0 0 2 0 1.000 2.00
1961 Jim Baumer 2B 9 18 14 0 32 2 1.000 3.56
1961 Cliff Cook 3B 1 0 2 0 2 0 1.000 2.00
1961 Eddie Kasko 3B 12 6 7 0 13 0 1.000 1.08
1961 Frank Robinson 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
1961 Gene Freese 3B 151 123 254 20 397 23 .950 2.50
1961 Pete Whisenant 3B 1 0 1 0 1 0 1.000 1.00
1961 Willie Jones 3B 1 0 0 1 1 0 .000 0.00
1961 Eddie Kasko SS 112 201 286 18 505 59 .964 4.35
1961 Leo Cardenas SS 63 83 133 6 222 21 .973 3.43
1961 Claude Osteen LF 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
1961 Elio Chacon LF 3 2 0 0 2 0 1.000 0.67
1961 Frank Robinson LF 59 110 7 1 118 2 .992 1.98
1961 Gus Bell LF 44 56 1 1 58 0 .983 1.30
1961 Jerry Lynch LF 42 49 1 3 53 0 .943 1.19
1961 Jim Maloney LF 1 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 1.00
1961 Joe Gaines LF 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
1961 Pete Whisenant LF 10 3 0 0 3 0 1.000 0.30
1961 Wally Post LF 44 62 5 3 70 2 .957 1.52
1961 Frank Robinson CF 4 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 0.25
1961 Gus Bell CF 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
1961 Joe Gaines CF 2 1 0 1 2 0 .500 0.50
1961 Vada Pinson CF 153 396 19 10 425 4 .976 2.71
1961 Elio Chacon RF 5 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
1961 Frank Robinson RF 92 172 6 2 180 1 .989 1.93
1961 Gus Bell RF 34 52 0 0 52 0 1.000 1.53
1961 Jerry Lynch RF 2 1 1 0 2 0 1.000 1.00
1961 Pete Whisenant RF 2 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
1961 Wally Post RF 37 77 2 3 82 1 .963 2.14
– – 154 4,113 1,592 134 5,839 316 68 33 32.7% .977 37.05

Post-Season Stats

Hitting Stats

Year Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS Avg OBP Slg OPS
1961 Bill Henry 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1961 Bob Purkey 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1961 Darrell Johnson 2 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000
1961 Dick Gernert 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1961 Don Blasingame 3 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 .143 .143 .143 .286
1961 Eddie Kasko 5 22 1 7 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 .318 .318 .318 .636
1961 Elio Chacon 4 12 2 3 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 .250 .308 .250 .558
1961 Frank Robinson 5 15 3 3 2 0 1 4 3 4 0 0 .200 .400 .533 .933
1961 Gene Freese 5 16 0 1 1 0 0 0 3 4 0 0 .062 .211 .125 .336
1961 Gordy Coleman 5 20 2 5 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 .250 .250 .400 .650
1961 Gus Bell 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1961 Jerry Zimmerman 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1961 Jerry Lynch 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 .000 .250 .000 .250
1961 Jim Maloney 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1961 Jim Brosnan 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1961 Jim O'Toole 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1961 Joey Jay 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1961 Johnny Edwards 3 11 1 4 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .364 .364 .545 .909
1961 Ken Johnson 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1961 Ken Hunt 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1961 Leo Cardenas 3 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .333 .333 .667 1.000
1961 Sherman Jones 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1961 Vada Pinson 5 22 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .091 .091 .136 .227
1961 Wally Post 5 18 3 6 1 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 .333 .368 .556 .924
– – 5 170 13 35 8 0 3 11 8 27 0 0 .206 .254 .306 .560

Pitching Stats

Year Player G IP W L Sv BS Hld H R ER BB HBP SO GS QS CG ShO ERA WHIP
1961 Bill Henry 2 2.1 0 0 0 0 0 4 5 5 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 19.29 2.57
1961 Bob Purkey 2 11.0 0 1 0 0 0 6 5 2 3 0 5 1 0 1 0 1.64 0.82
1961 Jim Maloney 1 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 27.00 7.50
1961 Jim Brosnan 3 6.0 0 0 0 0 0 9 5 5 4 0 5 0 0 0 0 7.50 2.17
1961 Jim O'Toole 2 12.0 0 2 0 0 0 11 4 4 7 0 4 2 0 0 0 3.00 1.50
1961 Joey Jay 2 9.2 1 1 0 0 0 8 6 6 6 0 6 2 0 1 0 5.59 1.45
1961 Ken Johnson 1 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00
1961 Ken Hunt 1 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.00
1961 Sherman Jones 1 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00
– – 8 44.0 1 4 0 0 0 42 27 24 24 0 25 5 0 2 0 4.91 1.50

Fielding Stats

Year Player Pos G PO A E TC DP SB CS CSPct FPct RF
1961 Bill Henry P 2 0 1 0 1 0 1.000 0.50
1961 Bob Purkey P 2 4 3 1 8 0 .875 3.50
1961 Jim Maloney P 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
1961 Jim Brosnan P 3 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
1961 Jim O'Toole P 2 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 0.50
1961 Joey Jay P 2 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 0.50
1961 Ken Johnson P 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
1961 Ken Hunt P 1 0 1 0 1 0 1.000 1.00
1961 Sherman Jones P 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
1961 Darrell Johnson C 2 8 1 0 9 1 0 0 0.0% 1.000 4.50
1961 Jerry Zimmerman C 2 4 0 0 4 0 0 0 0.0% 1.000 2.00
1961 Johnny Edwards C 3 18 0 0 18 0 0 0 0.0% 1.000 6.00
1961 Gordy Coleman 1B 5 29 4 1 34 6 .971 6.60
1961 Don Blasingame 2B 3 5 4 0 9 0 1.000 3.00
1961 Elio Chacon 2B 3 12 9 0 21 4 1.000 7.00
1961 Gene Freese 3B 5 6 4 0 10 1 1.000 2.00
1961 Eddie Kasko SS 5 13 13 1 27 5 .963 5.20
1961 Frank Robinson LF 2 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
1961 Wally Post LF 3 6 0 0 6 0 1.000 2.00
1961 Vada Pinson CF 5 18 1 1 20 0 .950 3.80
1961 Frank Robinson RF 3 5 0 0 5 0 1.000 1.67
1961 Wally Post RF 2 2 0 0 2 0 1.000 1.00
– – 5 132 41 4 177 17 0 0 .977 34.60

Awards

Player Award Stats
Frank Robinson Most Valuable Player (CF) .323–37–124, 22 SB
Joey Jay All-Star (P) 21–10, 157 SO, 3.53 ERA
Joey Jay All-Star (P) 21–10, 157 SO, 3.53 ERA
Bob Purkey All-Star (P) 16–12, 1 Sv, 116 SO, 3.73 ERA
Bob Purkey All-Star (P) 16–12, 1 Sv, 116 SO, 3.73 ERA
Eddie Kasko All-Star (SS) .270–2–27, 4 SB
Eddie Kasko All-Star (SS) .270–2–27, 4 SB
Frank Robinson All-Star (CF) .323–37–124, 22 SB
Frank Robinson All-Star (CF) .323–37–124, 22 SB
Vada Pinson Gold Glove (CF) .976 FPct, 2.71 RF

Frequently asked questions about the 1961 Cincinnati Reds

Who had the most hits on the 1961 Cincinnati Reds?

Vada Pinson led the 1961 Cincinnati Reds with 208 hits in 154 games.

Who had the highest batting average on the 1961 Cincinnati Reds?

Vada Pinson led the 1961 Cincinnati Reds with a .340 batting average in 154 games.

Who had the most home runs on the 1961 Cincinnati Reds?

Frank Robinson led the 1961 Cincinnati Reds with 37 home runs in 153 games.

Who had the highest on-base percentage (OBP) on the 1961 Cincinnati Reds?

Frank Robinson led the 1961 Cincinnati Reds with a .404 on-base percentage (OBP) in 153 games.

Who had the highest slugging percentage on the 1961 Cincinnati Reds?

Frank Robinson led the 1961 Cincinnati Reds with a .611 slugging percentage in 153 games.

Who had the most stolen bases on the 1961 Cincinnati Reds?

Vada Pinson led the 1961 Cincinnati Reds with 23 stolen bases in 154 games.

Who had the lowest earned run average (ERA) on the 1961 Cincinnati Reds?

Jim O'Toole had a 3.10 earned-run average (ERA) in 39 games, the lowest on the 1961 Cincinnati Reds.

Who had the lowest WHIP (Walks plus Hits per Inning Pitched) on the 1961 Cincinnati Reds?

Bob Purkey had a 1.20 WHIP in 36 games, the lowest on the 1961 Cincinnati Reds.

Who struck out the most batters on the 1961 Cincinnati Reds?

Jim O'Toole led the 1961 Cincinnati Reds with 178 strikeouts in 39 games.

Who had the most wins on the 1961 Cincinnati Reds?

Joey Jay led the 1961 Cincinnati Reds with 21 wins in 34 games.

Who had the most saves on the 1961 Cincinnati Reds?

Bill Henry led the 1961 Cincinnati Reds with 16 saves in 47 games.