Birmingham Black Barons History - 1961 Summary

Team Results

Year	W	L	WPct	Finish	GB	Exp Rec	Diff	Avg	ERA	Playoffs	Champion	Attendance	Expenses	Revenue
1961 Birmingham Black Barons	94	68	.580	1^st	-	93-69	1	.271	3.73	X		3,075,306	$53,464,234	$0

Award Winners

Award	Players	Qty
Jack Roosevelt Robinson Award	Larry Doby	1
Ozzie Award	Roberto Alomar (2B), Larry Doby (RF)	2
All-Star	Roberto Alomar, Larry Doby, Sean Doolittle, Steve Rogers, John Romano, Bryn Smith, Troy Tulowitzki	7
Batter of the Month	Larry Doby (May), Ken Caminiti (Aug), Larry Doby (Sep)	3
Rookie of the Month	Larry Doby (Jul, Sep)	2
Player of the Week	Larry Doby (May 8), Roberto Alomar (May 15), Ken Caminiti (Jul 31), Alejandro de Aza (Aug 14), Ken Caminiti (Aug 21), Stan Yerkes (Sep 4)	6

Batting Stats

Pos	Player	Age	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	HP	SH	SF	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	WAR	OPS+
2B	Roberto Alomar	24	156	655	197	27	6	11	75	114	88	3	1	3	27	50	18	.301	.385	.411	.795	6.1	115
1B	Ken Caminiti	35	161	638	179	26	1	33	113	95	83	4	1	6	96	6	3	.281	.364	.480	.844	3.7	126
RF	Larry Doby	24	156	606	197	27	2	37	109	102	78	26	3	2	149	5	2	.325	.423	.559	.982	8.5	163
SS	Troy Tulowitzki	29	156	638	186	21	0	27	101	89	65	5	0	6	68	0	0	.292	.359	.451	.810	6.0	118
CF	Rick Monday	30	153	589	151	18	4	24	78	68	61	2	0	4	85	2	1	.256	.326	.423	.749	2.8	101
LF	Alejandro de Aza	27	154	551	150	25	8	16	56	76	57	13	0	2	90	13	15	.272	.353	.434	.787	3.4	112
C	John Romano	27	132	461	114	20	3	20	69	57	51	10	0	7	72	0	0	.247	.331	.434	.765	3.4	105
3B	Scott Livingstone	27	114	431	127	20	1	7	55	57	33	0	0	4	36	0	1	.295	.342	.394	.736	2.0	99
LF	Wes Chamberlain	25	113	204	60	9	1	3	26	18	15	0	0	4	29	1	0	.294	.336	.392	.728	0.4	96
C	Ray Lamanno	28	58	165	39	7	0	1	12	14	14	0	0	1	13	0	0	.236	.294	.297	.591	-0.0	61
3B	Tim Naehring	24	43	116	26	6	0	1	13	20	20	0	2	2	10	0	0	.224	.333	.302	.635	0.0	73
P	Stan Yerkes	27	39	90	9	2	0	0	7	8	6	1	16	1	17	0	0	.100	.163	.122	.285	-1.5	-21
CF	Jerry Martin	25	79	103	20	7	0	3	8	11	9	1	0	0	10	0	0	.194	.265	.350	.615	-0.2	65
P	Ed Morris	26	37	82	13	2	2	0	11	8	2	3	21	0	18	1	0	.159	.207	.232	.439	-1.0	18
P	Dixie E Walker	24	32	61	8	3	0	0	4	4	1	0	14	1	9	0	0	.131	.143	.180	.323	-1.0	-13
SS	Eric Yelding	24	52	49	10	0	0	0	4	20	6	1	0	0	8	9	5	.204	.304	.204	.508	-0.4	40
P	Paul Splittorff	26	25	45	8	2	0	0	3	5	4	2	5	0	10	0	0	.178	.275	.222	.497	-0.3	36
P	Steve Rogers	24	14	34	8	0	0	0	1	2	2	0	3	0	6	0	0	.235	.278	.235	.513	-0.3	40
P	Bryn Smith	27	52	30	4	0	0	1	3	2	1	0	4	0	14	0	0	.133	.161	.233	.395	-0.3	5
3B	Julio Gotay	25	30	31	10	2	0	0	2	4	3	0	0	0	6	0	0	.323	.382	.387	.769	0.1	109
RF	Chuck Carr	24	23	22	6	0	1	0	3	5	1	0	0	0	4	0	2	.273	.304	.364	.668	0.0	80
P	Mike Mattimore	29	12	11	2	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	2	0	4	2	0	.182	.308	.182	.490	-0.1	36
-	Reid Nichols	21	7	6	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.167	.167	.333	-0.1	-9
P	Foster Edwards	21	53	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.1	-100
P	Bob Grim	29	42	4	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	0.0	36
P	Elmer Brown	27	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.250	.000	.250	-0.0	-26
P	Gary Wayne	28	5	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	0.0	172
P	Peter Munro	25	36	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	0.0	172
P	Sean Doolittle	27	45	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.0	-100
29 Players		27.5	1980	5634	1528	224	29	184	754	783	602	72	74	43	786	89	47	.271	.347	.419	.766	31.3	106
NL Rank				4	3	5	4	2	2	2	1	2	4	4	1	3	3	3	1	3	2	2
ABBA Rank				4	3	11	10	2	2	2	1	2	8	6	2	6	4	3	1	3	2	3

Pitching Stats

Player	Age	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	HR	BB	K	HLD	CG	SHO	WHIP	BABIP	WAR	ERA+
Stan Yerkes	27	39	39	18	12	0	2.86	298.7	268	104	95	13	104	140	0	17	8	1.25	.265	7.6	144
Ed Morris	26	37	37	13	13	0	3.33	273.0	273	110	101	26	46	87	0	9	0	1.17	.260	4.9	124
Dixie E Walker	24	32	30	12	8	0	4.15	210.3	214	106	97	13	72	93	0	5	0	1.36	.284	3.8	99
Paul Splittorff	26	25	23	8	11	0	6.56	153.7	215	119	112	21	50	32	0	3	0	1.72	.326	0.7	63
Bryn Smith	27	52	12	9	6	12	4.02	138.7	151	66	62	18	36	69	2	0	0	1.35	.293	1.1	103
Steve Rogers	24	14	14	7	4	0	2.57	98.0	85	33	28	3	28	30	0	2	1	1.15	.244	2.4	161
Foster Edwards	21	53	0	8	6	18	2.74	69.0	55	22	21	3	32	46	1	0	0	1.26	.255	1.7	151
Sean Doolittle	27	45	0	10	3	10	3.47	59.7	52	23	23	8	16	47	2	0	0	1.14	.254	1.0	119
Bob Grim	29	42	0	4	1	0	2.33	58.0	49	18	15	9	27	27	3	0	0	1.31	.226	-0.4	177
Peter Munro	25	36	0	1	1	0	2.74	49.3	56	20	15	3	12	26	3	0	0	1.38	.321	0.7	151
Mike Mattimore	29	12	6	3	3	0	5.91	45.7	54	31	30	6	23	20	0	1	0	1.69	.310	-0.0	70
Gary Wayne	28	5	0	0	0	0	9.00	8.0	14	8	8	2	3	4	0	0	0	2.12	.429	-0.1	46
Elmer Brown	27	1	1	1	0	0	2.25	8.0	5	2	2	0	4	1	0	0	0	1.12	.185	0.1	184
13 Pitchers	25.9	393	162	94	68	40	3.73	1470.0	1491	662	609	125	453	622	11	37	9	1.32	.277	23.5	121
NL Rank		4	1	1	6	1	2	1	2	2	2	3	2	6	4	3	3	1	2	2
ABBA Rank		5	1	3	10	2	5	4	7	5	5	8	5	12	5	5	4	4	4	4

Fielding Stats

Pitchers
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
S. Yerkes	39	39	25	38	3	66	3	.955	298.7	1.90	0.0
E. Morris	37	37	20	31	0	55	4	.927	273.0	1.68	0.6
D. Walker	32	30	19	12	0	31	0	1.000	210.3	1.33	0.7
P. Splittorff	25	23	13	17	0	32	2	.938	153.7	1.76	0.3
B. Smith	52	12	12	16	0	28	0	1.000	138.7	1.82	0.8
S. Rogers	14	14	5	16	1	23	2	.913	98.0	1.93	-0.7
F. Edwards	52	0	3	5	0	9	1	.889	69.0	1.04	0.4
S. Doolittle	45	0	4	8	0	12	0	1.000	59.7	1.81	-0.1
B. Grim	42	0	3	9	0	12	0	1.000	58.0	1.86	0.4
P. Munro	35	0	3	7	0	11	1	.909	49.3	1.82	-0.1
M. Mattimore	12	6	1	3	0	5	1	.800	45.7	0.79	-0.6
G. Wayne	5	0	1	1	0	2	0	1.000	8.0	2.25	-0.0
E. Brown	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	8.0	0.00	-0.0
Totals	391	162	109	163	4	286	14	.951	1470.0	1.67	1.7

Catchers
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR	PB	RTO%
J. Romano	126	124	458	62	8	524	4	.992	1075.0	4.35	2.8	4	35.9
R. Lamanno	58	38	197	18	8	216	1	.995	393.0	4.92	-1.3	3	22.2
E. Yelding	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	2.0	0.00	0.0	0	0.0
Totals	186	162	655	80	16	740	5	.993	1470.0	4.50	1.5	7	32.4

First Basemen
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
K. Caminiti	149	149	1350	111	139	1479	18	.988	1343.7	9.79	-0.9
L. Doby	14	13	133	12	10	150	5	.967	122.3	10.67	-2.5
R. Monday	2	0	1	0	1	1	0	1.000	2.7	3.37	0.0
S. Livingstone	2	0	1	1	0	2	0	1.000	1.3	13.50	0.0
Totals	167	162	1485	124	150	1632	23	.986	1470.0	9.85	-3.4

Second Basemen
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
R. Alomar	156	156	384	456	132	850	10	.988	1405.0	5.38	5.7
E. Yelding	7	6	16	17	7	34	1	.971	54.7	5.43	-0.7
J. Gotay	4	0	1	3	0	4	0	1.000	10.3	3.48	-0.0
Totals	167	162	401	476	139	888	11	.988	1470.0	5.37	5.0

Third Basemen
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
S. Livingstone	113	113	83	241	29	332	8	.976	1014.7	2.87	4.4
T. Naehring	38	35	27	69	8	103	7	.932	318.0	2.72	0.3
K. Caminiti	14	12	10	19	1	32	3	.906	111.3	2.34	-1.3
J. Gotay	5	2	1	6	0	8	1	.875	20.0	3.15	-0.5
T. Tulowitzki	5	0	0	1	0	1	0	1.000	6.0	1.50	0.0
Totals	175	162	121	336	38	476	19	.960	1470.0	2.80	2.9

Shortstops
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
T. Tulowitzki	156	156	194	474	104	682	14	.979	1403.7	4.28	6.5
E. Yelding	16	6	9	17	2	27	1	.963	61.7	3.79	-0.5
L. Doby	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	1.000	3.0	3.00	-0.0
T. Naehring	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	1.7	0.00	0.0
Totals	174	162	203	492	106	710	15	.979	1470.0	4.26	6.0

Left Fielders
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
A. de Aza	136	136	417	10	1	433	6	.986	1193.3	3.22	11.0
W. Chamberlain	38	26	74	1	0	76	1	.987	269.7	2.50	0.6
J. Martin	1	0	3	0	0	3	0	1.000	4.0	6.75	-0.0
C. Carr	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	3.0	0.00	0.0
Totals	177	162	494	11	1	512	7	.986	1470.0	3.09	11.6

Center Fielders
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
R. Monday	150	148	442	20	7	466	4	.991	1331.0	3.12	-1.1
J. Martin	17	13	39	1	0	40	0	1.000	117.7	3.06	-1.1
C. Carr	5	1	5	2	1	7	0	1.000	14.7	4.30	0.6
L. Doby	3	0	2	0	0	2	0	1.000	6.7	2.70	-1.6
Totals	175	162	488	23	8	515	4	.992	1470.0	3.13	-3.2

Right Fielders
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
L. Doby	141	141	381	10	1	393	2	.995	1240.7	2.84	12.1
A. de Aza	16	14	35	1	0	38	2	.947	130.3	2.49	-0.3
W. Chamberlain	15	3	17	0	0	17	0	1.000	60.0	2.55	-0.9
C. Carr	8	4	13	0	0	13	0	1.000	39.0	3.00	0.7
Totals	180	162	446	11	1	461	4	.991	1470.0	2.80	11.6

Team Leaders

Batting Leaders

Category	Player(s)	Value
Batting Average	Larry Doby	.325
On-Base Percentage	Larry Doby	.423
Slugging Percentage	Larry Doby	.559
OPS	Larry Doby	.982
Games	Ken Caminiti	161
At-Bats	Roberto Alomar	655
Runs	Roberto Alomar	114
Hits	Roberto Alomar, Larry Doby	197
Doubles	Roberto Alomar, Larry Doby	27
Triples	Alejandro de Aza	8
Home Runs	Larry Doby	37
Runs Batted In	Ken Caminiti	113
Stolen Bases	Roberto Alomar	50
Caught Stealing	Roberto Alomar	18
Walks	Roberto Alomar	88
Strikeouts	Larry Doby	149

Pitching Leaders

Category	Player(s)	Value
Wins	Stan Yerkes	18
Losses	Ed Morris	13
Saves	Foster Edwards	18
Games	Foster Edwards	53
Games Started	Stan Yerkes	39
Complete Games	Stan Yerkes	17
Shutouts	Stan Yerkes	8
Innings Pitched	Stan Yerkes	298.7
Hits Allowed	Ed Morris	273
Home Runs Allowed	Ed Morris	26
Strikeouts	Stan Yerkes	140
Walks Allowed	Stan Yerkes	104
Earned Run Average	Stan Yerkes	2.86
Walks + Hits per IP	Ed Morris	1.17
BABIP	Ed Morris	.260

Trades
Date	Sent		Recieved
November 7th	C Elston Howard	to the Caribou Caribou for	CF Jim Piersall