New York Black Yankees History - 1961 Summary

Team Results

Year	W	L	WPct	Finish	GB	Exp Rec	Diff	Avg	ERA	Playoffs	Champion	Attendance	Expenses	Revenue
1961 New York Black Yankees	99	63	.611	1^st	-	98-64	1	.266	3.12	X		3,165,395	$42,728,622	$0

Award Winners

Award	Players	Qty
Robert Moses Grove Award	Brad Penny	1
Jack Roosevelt Robinson Award	Fred Lynn	1
Ozzie Award	Dick Groat (SS)	1
All-Star	Dick Allen, Dick Groat, Fred Lynn, Brad Penny, Sergio Santos	5
Pitcher of the Month	Brad Penny (Jul)	1
Batter of the Month	Ryan Klesko (Aug)	1
Rookie of the Month	Dick Allen (May, Jun), Fred Lynn (Jul)	3
Player of the Week	Dick Allen (Apr 24), Fred Lynn (May 1, May 15), Dick Allen (Jun 12), Fred Lynn (Jul 3), Don Money (Jul 24), Fred Lynn (Aug 14), Hector Villanueva (Sep 18), John Vander Wal (Sep 25)	9

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+
CF	Fred Lynn	23	157	651	194	28	8	28	94	111	71	7	1	9	51	15	4	.298	.369	.495	.863	8.2	150
2B	Don Money	31	156	607	133	38	1	16	69	82	68	8	8	7	83	3	0	.219	.303	.364	.667	1.8	94
3B	Dick Allen	21	158	585	190	34	17	15	83	87	62	2	0	5	88	2	2	.325	.388	.518	.906	6.3	163
RF	Ryan Klesko	31	156	557	161	26	7	25	91	86	79	2	2	7	63	0	1	.289	.375	.496	.871	4.8	153
1B	Wilson Betemit	29	156	569	131	28	3	15	72	60	56	1	1	5	160	2	2	.230	.298	.369	.667	0.8	94
LF	John Vander Wal	37	149	495	125	31	3	15	61	62	44	1	2	4	147	0	1	.253	.312	.418	.731	1.0	112
SS	Dick Groat	28	137	504	136	24	9	2	47	53	18	4	1	7	20	0	0	.270	.296	.365	.662	3.1	93
C	Hector Villanueva	25	131	492	126	24	1	19	71	50	30	7	0	4	88	0	0	.256	.306	.425	.731	3.7	112
LF	Pat Sheridan	23	102	163	51	7	3	6	23	27	15	0	0	1	36	1	3	.313	.369	.503	.872	1.4	153
RF	Marvin Benard	24	131	122	34	2	1	3	14	24	12	2	1	2	10	6	3	.279	.348	.385	.733	0.7	114
C	Kevin L Brown	26	35	116	27	3	0	1	21	12	14	2	0	3	30	1	0	.233	.319	.284	.603	0.4	78
SS	Julio Lugo	31	52	117	36	8	1	2	9	17	7	0	0	1	12	4	0	.308	.344	.444	.788	1.4	129
P	Ed Halicki	25	40	95	23	4	0	0	7	4	1	2	13	0	42	0	0	.242	.265	.284	.550	-0.5	61
P	Brad Penny	25	40	92	15	2	0	1	10	6	1	0	15	0	28	0	0	.163	.172	.217	.389	-1.0	13
P	Howie Pollet	22	41	82	13	1	0	0	2	7	7	0	16	1	36	0	0	.159	.222	.171	.393	-1.0	17
SS	Jose Ramirez	20	69	92	31	7	0	1	7	13	5	0	3	1	10	6	0	.337	.367	.446	.813	1.1	137
P	Bruce Hurst	26	40	75	15	1	0	0	6	5	5	1	16	0	17	0	0	.200	.259	.213	.473	-0.7	40
3B	Jerry Royster	22	107	77	18	3	1	0	6	12	6	0	0	0	10	5	2	.234	.289	.299	.588	0.1	72
1B	Todd Benzinger	31	42	75	22	4	0	0	2	10	4	0	0	0	14	1	0	.293	.329	.347	.676	0.2	98
P	Wayne Twitchell	24	16	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	6	0	0	.100	.182	.100	.282	-0.2	-15
P	Ken Brett	25	43	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	1	0	0	.125	.125	.125	.250	-0.1	-27
P	Sergio Santos	27	69	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.2	-100
3B	Ed Jurak	24	1	3	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.667	.667	.667	1.333	0.1	292
1B	Jose Offerman	35	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	0.1	194
P	Ray Crone	22	46	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	0.0	488
-	Scott Podsednik	27	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.0	-100
26 Players		27.3	2077	5597	1487	275	55	149	696	728	506	39	85	57	953	47	18	.266	.328	.414	.742	31.7	115
AL Rank				1	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	6	3	2	1	6	6	1	1	1	1	1
ABBA Rank				6	6	2	3	5	5	4	4	11	4	2	1	11	11	5	6	4	4	2

Pitching Stats

Player	Age	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	HR	BB	K	HLD	CG	SHO	WHIP	BABIP	WAR	ERA+
Ed Halicki	25	40	40	16	8	0	3.21	300.0	278	119	107	24	81	167	0	9	1	1.20	.267	4.1	110
Howie Pollet	22	41	41	15	19	0	3.33	297.3	274	119	110	11	80	188	0	14	6	1.19	.289	6.5	106
Brad Penny	25	40	40	20	5	0	2.65	292.0	257	99	86	11	74	165	0	13	2	1.13	.268	6.5	133
Bruce Hurst	26	40	35	19	9	0	3.47	262.3	277	118	101	12	59	101	0	9	2	1.28	.292	3.9	101
Sergio Santos	27	69	0	7	10	24	2.77	104.0	82	34	32	3	42	90	6	0	0	1.19	.275	2.4	127
Ken Brett	25	43	1	4	2	3	3.02	92.3	79	32	31	6	30	44	2	0	0	1.18	.253	0.2	116
Ray Crone	22	46	0	9	5	9	3.22	58.7	66	24	21	4	14	31	0	0	0	1.36	.312	0.7	109
Wayne Twitchell	24	16	5	3	3	1	3.09	46.7	40	21	16	5	20	25	0	0	0	1.29	.255	-0.3	114
Joe Musgrove	23	26	0	6	2	3	3.16	31.3	26	11	11	1	9	13	1	0	0	1.12	.245	0.2	111
9 Pitchers	24.5	361	162	99	63	40	3.12	1484.7	1379	577	515	77	409	824	9	45	11	1.20	.277	24.2	114
AL Rank		6	1	1	6	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	3	3	5	1	1	2	3	2
ABBA Rank		10	1	1	12	2	2	2	4	2	2	2	3	3	9	3	2	2	4	2

Fielding Stats

Pitchers
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
E. Halicki	40	40	16	34	2	53	3	.943	300.0	1.50	-1.6
H. Pollet	41	41	22	41	3	65	2	.969	297.3	1.91	-1.0
B. Penny	40	40	29	31	4	63	3	.952	292.0	1.85	-0.5
B. Hurst	40	35	30	35	1	70	5	.929	262.3	2.23	-1.0
S. Santos	69	0	6	11	1	18	1	.944	104.0	1.47	-0.2
K. Brett	43	1	9	10	3	19	0	1.000	92.3	1.85	0.4
R. Crone	46	0	7	7	1	15	1	.933	58.7	2.15	-0.1
W. Twitchell	16	5	2	3	0	6	1	.833	46.7	0.96	-0.6
J. Musgrove	25	0	3	1	0	4	0	1.000	31.3	1.15	-0.1
Totals	360	162	124	173	15	313	16	.949	1484.7	1.80	-4.7

Catchers
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR	PB	RTO%
H. Villanueva	130	130	681	76	12	766	9	.988	1182.0	5.76	1.4	9	37.9
K. Brown	35	32	175	30	0	207	2	.990	301.7	6.12	1.6	0	38.7
J. Vander Wal	1	0	1	1	0	2	0	1.000	1.0	18.00	0.0	0	0.0
Totals	166	162	857	107	12	975	11	.989	1484.7	5.84	3.0	9	38.1

First Basemen
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
W. Betemit	152	152	1413	119	130	1547	15	.990	1337.7	10.31	2.3
T. Benzinger	31	10	143	21	16	165	1	.994	134.0	11.01	0.6
D. Money	3	0	7	1	0	8	0	1.000	7.0	10.29	0.0
J. Offerman	2	0	6	0	0	6	0	1.000	6.0	9.00	0.0
Totals	188	162	1569	141	146	1726	16	.991	1484.7	10.37	3.0

Second Basemen
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
D. Money	155	155	360	482	109	849	7	.992	1358.0	5.58	-3.0
J. Lugo	9	7	15	25	6	40	0	1.000	64.7	5.57	0.8
J. Ramirez	23	0	9	11	4	20	0	1.000	41.3	4.35	1.0
J. Royster	10	0	3	4	1	7	0	1.000	20.7	3.05	-0.0
Totals	197	162	387	522	120	916	7	.992	1484.7	5.51	-1.2

Third Basemen
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
D. Allen	158	156	94	257	15	376	25	.934	1223.3	2.58	-10.2
J. Royster	91	5	18	61	5	81	2	.975	252.3	2.82	0.0
E. Jurak	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	1.000	7.0	1.29	0.0
D. Money	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	1.000	2.0	4.50	0.0
Totals	251	162	112	320	20	459	27	.941	1484.7	2.62	-10.1

Shortstops
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
D. Groat	129	129	181	403	91	592	8	.986	1136.7	4.62	7.7
J. Lugo	26	23	36	66	17	105	3	.971	205.7	4.46	1.0
J. Ramirez	29	10	24	42	14	69	3	.957	138.3	4.29	-0.0
J. Royster	2	0	0	2	1	2	0	1.000	4.0	4.50	-0.5
Totals	186	162	241	513	123	768	14	.982	1484.7	4.57	8.1

Left Fielders
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
J. Vander Wal	137	135	259	1	0	266	6	.977	1209.7	1.93	-7.3
P. Sheridan	28	27	56	0	0	58	2	.966	233.7	2.16	-2.3
D. Money	17	0	9	0	0	11	2	.818	36.0	2.25	-0.1
L. Meadows	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	4.3	0.00	0.0
J. Lugo	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	1.0	0.00	0.0
Totals	186	162	324	1	0	335	10	.970	1484.7	1.97	-9.6

Center Fielders
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
F. Lynn	155	155	443	8	3	456	5	.989	1422.7	2.85	6.0
M. Benard	7	7	14	0	0	14	0	1.000	60.0	2.10	0.4
P. Sheridan	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	2.0	0.00	0.0
Totals	163	162	457	8	3	470	5	.989	1484.7	2.82	6.4

Right Fielders
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
R. Klesko	156	155	298	7	3	313	8	.974	1225.3	2.24	-10.2
M. Benard	86	6	73	0	0	74	1	.986	248.0	2.65	0.3
P. Sheridan	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	3.0	3.00	-0.0
L. Meadows	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	1.0	9.00	-0.0
J. Vander Wal	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.3	0.00	0.0
Totals	245	161	373	7	3	389	9	.977	1477.7	2.31	-9.9

Team Leaders

Batting Leaders

Category	Player(s)	Value
Batting Average	Dick Allen	.325
On-Base Percentage	Dick Allen	.388
Slugging Percentage	Dick Allen	.518
OPS	Dick Allen	.906
Games	Dick Allen	158
At-Bats	Fred Lynn	651
Runs	Fred Lynn	111
Hits	Fred Lynn	194
Doubles	Don Money	38
Triples	Dick Allen	17
Home Runs	Fred Lynn	28
Runs Batted In	Fred Lynn	94
Stolen Bases	Fred Lynn	15
Caught Stealing	Fred Lynn	4
Walks	Ryan Klesko	79
Strikeouts	Wilson Betemit	160

Pitching Leaders

Category	Player(s)	Value
Wins	Brad Penny	20
Losses	Howie Pollet	19
Saves	Sergio Santos	24
Games	Sergio Santos	69
Games Started	Howie Pollet	41
Complete Games	Howie Pollet	14
Shutouts	Howie Pollet	6
Innings Pitched	Ed Halicki	300.0
Hits Allowed	Ed Halicki	278
Home Runs Allowed	Ed Halicki	24
Strikeouts	Howie Pollet	188
Walks Allowed	Ed Halicki	81
Earned Run Average	Brad Penny	2.65
Walks + Hits per IP	Brad Penny	1.13
BABIP	Ed Halicki	.267