Boston Americans History - 1961 Summary

Team Results

Year	W	L	WPct	Finish	GB	Exp Rec	Diff	Avg	ERA	Playoffs	Champion	Attendance	Expenses	Revenue
1961 Boston Americans	81	81	.500	3^rd	18	74-88	7	.251	3.77	X	X	2,711,734	$31,027,701	$0

Award Winners

Award	Players	Qty
Most Impactful Player Award	Bobby Murcer	1
Ozzie Award	Mike F McCormick (P), Jonathan Lucroy (C)	2
All-Star	Patrick Corbin, George Davis, Mike V Gonzalez, Danny Green, Bobby Murcer	5
Pitcher of the Month	Aaron Sanchez (May), Patrick Corbin (Aug, Sep)	3
Batter of the Month	Bobby Murcer (Apr, Jun)	2
Rookie of the Month	Patrick Corbin (Aug)	1
Player of the Week	Bobby Murcer (Jun 26), George Davis (Jul 17), Bobby Murcer (Aug 7), Mariano Duncan (Aug 21)	4

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+
3B	George Davis	24	156	610	152	33	8	9	60	91	46	18	2	2	71	48	12	.249	.320	.374	.693	3.1	102
CF	Bobby Murcer	24	157	589	188	33	8	27	96	92	70	3	0	14	46	19	13	.319	.386	.540	.926	8.0	168
RF	Brian S Giles	33	154	556	150	25	7	11	81	70	84	5	0	10	47	5	2	.270	.365	.399	.764	3.9	124
LF	Danny Green	22	156	576	151	25	3	11	64	64	31	12	2	8	102	42	7	.262	.309	.373	.683	2.8	99
C	Jonathan Lucroy	26	132	504	127	22	2	8	57	47	37	2	0	7	61	3	0	.252	.302	.351	.653	2.5	91
2B	Damaso Garcia	26	131	496	134	25	8	5	37	60	19	7	1	3	30	16	11	.270	.305	.383	.688	2.1	100
SS	Mariano Duncan	30	129	418	111	29	2	3	40	39	14	3	1	3	66	9	2	.266	.292	.366	.658	-0.3	92
1B	Charlie Hayes	24	143	371	83	10	0	8	48	28	23	1	0	7	54	2	0	.224	.266	.315	.582	-0.8	70
1B	Martin Prado	22	104	328	76	15	3	4	34	29	23	1	0	6	38	2	1	.232	.279	.332	.612	-0.6	78
SS	Neifi Perez	26	70	234	54	5	6	3	19	23	7	0	0	1	21	2	1	.231	.252	.342	.594	0.3	72
CF	Emilio Bonifacio	28	58	136	28	5	1	2	10	15	8	0	0	1	24	2	3	.206	.248	.301	.550	-0.8	60
C	Glenn Borgmann	22	41	119	26	4	0	1	10	14	15	0	0	0	15	0	1	.218	.306	.277	.583	0.4	72
LF	Laynce Nix	29	95	113	22	5	1	0	5	5	5	0	0	1	29	0	0	.195	.227	.257	.484	-0.5	41
P	Mike F McCormick	27	36	83	17	1	0	2	10	8	4	0	13	0	29	0	0	.205	.241	.289	.531	-0.2	55
P	Patrick Corbin	22	34	76	11	3	0	0	3	4	6	0	15	0	24	0	0	.145	.207	.184	.392	-0.9	16
P	Bobo Newsom	23	36	61	10	1	0	0	4	6	1	0	11	1	23	0	0	.164	.175	.180	.355	-0.9	4
LF	Wayne Nordhagen	27	38	69	22	5	0	0	6	7	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	.319	.329	.391	.720	0.3	110
P	Aaron Sanchez	23	29	46	4	2	0	0	3	1	1	0	12	0	13	0	0	.087	.106	.130	.237	-0.8	-31
CF	Marvell Wynne	30	26	41	5	1	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	2	3	0	1	.122	.116	.146	.263	-0.5	-24
P	Zach Wheeler	23	32	31	6	3	0	1	2	6	3	1	5	0	11	0	0	.194	.286	.387	.673	0.1	95
P	Cowboy Jones	23	26	22	3	2	0	0	1	3	1	0	3	0	3	0	0	.136	.174	.227	.401	-0.3	17
SS	Ryan Flaherty	26	2	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	.143	.250	.143	.393	-0.0	18
P	Herb Pennock	24	27	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	.000	.333	.000	.333	-0.0	6
P	Koji Uehara	36	65	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.1	-100
P	Al Nipper	24	10	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	.000	.333	.000	.333	-0.0	6
P	Mike V Gonzalez	25	48	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.0	-100
-	John Elway	22	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	1.000	.000	1.000	0.0	218
27 Players		25.7	1936	5496	1381	254	49	95	592	615	402	55	67	66	719	150	54	.251	.305	.367	.673	16.7	96
AL Rank				4	4	5	5	3	2	2	6	3	6	1	5	1	1	4	6	2	5	6
ABBA Rank				9	10	6	8	7	7	7	12	7	11	1	9	1	2	10	12	7	11	10

Pitching Stats

Player	Age	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	HR	BB	K	HLD	CG	SHO	WHIP	BABIP	WAR	ERA+
Mike F McCormick	27	36	36	9	14	0	3.91	269.0	265	129	117	25	83	120	0	8	3	1.29	.270	3.2	90
Patrick Corbin	22	34	34	17	10	0	2.67	266.3	236	86	79	10	75	149	0	14	2	1.17	.271	6.2	132
Bobo Newsom	23	36	36	12	13	0	4.01	224.3	208	113	100	9	113	121	0	0	0	1.43	.283	3.5	88
Aaron Sanchez	23	29	29	10	10	0	4.19	171.7	171	82	80	15	70	99	0	2	0	1.40	.293	1.8	84
Zach Wheeler	23	32	15	2	8	0	5.89	131.3	131	89	86	10	76	57	0	1	0	1.58	.281	0.0	60
Cowboy Jones	23	26	11	5	6	1	3.83	98.7	89	54	42	8	47	55	2	2	1	1.38	.264	0.5	92
Koji Uehara	36	65	0	7	11	26	3.17	96.7	96	37	34	6	27	92	2	0	0	1.27	.331	3.3	111
Ramon S Ramirez	24	47	0	4	5	3	3.62	64.7	63	27	26	1	33	43	4	0	0	1.48	.297	1.1	97
Mike V Gonzalez	25	48	0	11	3	5	2.57	63.0	50	22	18	3	34	53	1	0	0	1.33	.266	0.7	137
Herb Pennock	24	27	0	3	0	3	3.83	49.3	48	23	21	5	20	25	1	0	0	1.38	.281	-0.1	92
Al Nipper	24	10	1	1	1	0	4.91	18.3	18	11	10	3	8	7	0	0	0	1.42	.242	-0.3	72
Heath Hembree	24	8	0	0	0	0	0.00	10.7	5	0	0	0	2	6	1	0	0	.66	.161	0.2	0
12 Pitchers	24.6	398	162	81	81	38	3.77	1464.0	1380	673	613	95	588	827	11	27	6	1.34	.279	20.1	97
AL Rank		1	1	3	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	6	2	2	4	5	4	4	3
ABBA Rank		3	1	7	6	4	6	7	5	6	6	4	11	2	5	7	10	6	6	6

Fielding Stats

Pitchers
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
M. McCormick	36	36	24	45	4	72	3	.958	269.0	2.31	1.7
P. Corbin	34	34	10	44	2	56	2	.964	266.3	1.82	-1.0
B. Newsom	36	36	12	26	1	42	4	.905	224.3	1.52	-0.9
A. Sanchez	29	29	12	17	0	29	0	1.000	171.7	1.52	0.2
Z. Wheeler	32	15	9	21	1	31	1	.968	131.3	2.06	0.3
C. Jones	26	11	10	10	1	21	1	.952	98.7	1.82	-0.7
K. Uehara	65	0	7	14	1	21	0	1.000	96.7	1.96	-0.2
R. Ramirez	46	0	5	5	0	11	1	.909	64.7	1.39	-0.6
M. Gonzalez	46	0	7	7	0	14	0	1.000	63.0	2.00	-0.1
H. Pennock	27	0	3	10	0	13	0	1.000	49.3	2.37	-0.1
A. Nipper	10	1	1	4	0	6	1	.833	18.3	2.45	-0.0
H. Hembree	8	0	1	2	1	3	0	1.000	10.7	2.53	-0.0
Totals	395	162	101	205	11	319	13	.959	1464.0	1.88	-1.4

Catchers
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR	PB	RTO%
J. Lucroy	132	131	719	81	19	804	4	.995	1186.3	6.07	3.3	9	35.8
G. Borgmann	29	29	138	18	0	156	0	1.000	258.3	5.43	1.4	2	29.2
B. Murcer	1	1	6	2	0	8	0	1.000	10.3	6.97	0.1	0	50.0
E. Bonifacio	1	1	6	0	0	6	0	1.000	9.0	6.00	-0.1	0	0.0
Totals	163	162	869	101	19	974	4	.996	1464.0	5.96	4.8	11	34.3

First Basemen
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
C. Hayes	100	74	760	62	64	829	7	.992	728.0	10.16	1.3
M. Prado	71	68	566	45	68	616	5	.992	561.7	9.79	-2.9
B. Murcer	21	20	178	15	27	194	1	.995	163.3	10.63	-0.6
N. Perez	1	0	8	2	2	10	0	1.000	6.0	15.00	-0.5
D. Garcia	3	0	4	0	1	4	0	1.000	5.0	7.20	0.0
Totals	196	162	1516	124	162	1653	13	.992	1464.0	10.08	-2.8

Second Basemen
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
D. Garcia	123	117	261	329	87	598	8	.987	1048.7	5.06	1.6
M. Prado	22	21	44	58	23	105	3	.971	174.3	5.27	-0.5
M. Duncan	18	15	41	38	12	81	2	.975	137.3	5.18	-1.4
E. Bonifacio	17	9	25	32	10	57	0	1.000	103.7	4.95	0.2
Totals	180	162	371	457	132	841	13	.985	1464.0	5.09	-0.1

Third Basemen
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
G. Davis	150	147	98	315	29	440	27	.939	1305.3	2.85	-3.3
C. Hayes	18	9	3	19	2	22	0	1.000	95.3	2.08	-2.0
M. Prado	7	3	2	10	0	13	1	.923	31.3	3.45	0.2
M. Duncan	4	3	2	9	0	13	2	.846	30.0	3.30	-0.3
B. Murcer	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	2.0	4.50	0.0
Totals	180	162	106	353	31	489	30	.939	1464.0	2.82	-5.4

Shortstops
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
M. Duncan	96	90	126	264	61	407	17	.958	821.0	4.28	-14.0
N. Perez	69	68	91	220	50	318	7	.978	580.0	4.83	0.9
G. Davis	13	0	6	11	4	19	2	.895	28.0	5.46	-1.1
R. Flaherty	2	2	2	6	1	8	0	1.000	17.0	4.24	-0.0
C. Hayes	1	1	2	2	0	7	3	.571	8.0	4.50	-1.6
M. Prado	1	1	1	1	0	2	0	1.000	8.0	2.25	-0.5
D. Garcia	1	0	0	2	1	2	0	1.000	2.0	9.00	-1.1
Totals	183	162	228	506	117	763	29	.962	1464.0	4.51	-17.4

Left Fielders
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
D. Green	150	150	339	6	1	350	5	.986	1306.0	2.38	5.0
L. Nix	23	5	20	3	1	24	1	.958	79.7	2.60	0.5
W. Nordhagen	7	7	11	0	0	11	0	1.000	60.0	1.65	-0.1
E. Bonifacio	8	0	2	0	0	2	0	1.000	12.0	1.50	-0.0
M. Duncan	4	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	5.0	1.80	-0.0
M. Wynne	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	1.3	0.00	0.0
Totals	193	162	373	9	2	388	6	.985	1464.0	2.35	5.4

Center Fielders
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
B. Murcer	136	135	386	13	5	400	1	.998	1212.3	2.96	2.2
E. Bonifacio	25	22	68	1	0	70	1	.986	199.0	3.12	-5.9
M. Wynne	6	5	15	3	0	18	0	1.000	49.3	3.28	0.4
B. Giles	1	0	2	0	0	2	0	1.000	3.3	5.40	-0.1
Totals	168	162	471	17	5	490	2	.996	1464.0	3.00	-3.4

Right Fielders
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
B. Giles	153	153	328	12	2	345	5	.986	1369.7	2.23	5.3
L. Nix	4	4	9	0	0	9	0	1.000	37.3	2.17	-0.9
W. Nordhagen	4	4	11	0	0	11	0	1.000	36.0	2.75	-0.1
M. Wynne	2	1	2	0	0	2	0	1.000	9.0	2.00	-0.0
D. Green	2	0	2	0	0	2	0	1.000	6.0	3.00	-0.0
B. Murcer	3	0	2	0	0	2	0	1.000	6.0	3.00	-0.0
Totals	168	162	354	12	2	371	5	.987	1464.0	2.25	4.3

Team Leaders

Batting Leaders

Category	Player(s)	Value
Batting Average	Bobby Murcer	.319
On-Base Percentage	Bobby Murcer	.386
Slugging Percentage	Bobby Murcer	.540
OPS	Bobby Murcer	.926
Games	Bobby Murcer	157
At-Bats	George Davis	610
Runs	Bobby Murcer	92
Hits	Bobby Murcer	188
Doubles	George Davis, Bobby Murcer	33
Triples	George Davis, Bobby Murcer, Damaso Garcia	8
Home Runs	Bobby Murcer	27
Runs Batted In	Bobby Murcer	96
Stolen Bases	George Davis	48
Caught Stealing	Bobby Murcer	13
Walks	Brian S Giles	84
Strikeouts	Danny Green	102

Pitching Leaders

Category	Player(s)	Value
Wins	Patrick Corbin	17
Losses	Mike F McCormick	14
Saves	Koji Uehara	26
Games	Koji Uehara	65
Games Started	Mike F McCormick, Bobo Newsom	36
Complete Games	Patrick Corbin	14
Shutouts	Mike F McCormick	3
Innings Pitched	Mike F McCormick	269.0
Hits Allowed	Mike F McCormick	265
Home Runs Allowed	Mike F McCormick	25
Strikeouts	Patrick Corbin	149
Walks Allowed	Bobo Newsom	113
Earned Run Average	Patrick Corbin	2.67
Walks + Hits per IP	Patrick Corbin	1.17
BABIP	Mike F McCormick	.270