Kansas City Athletics History - 1961 Summary

Team Results

Year	W	L	WPct	Finish	GB	Exp Rec	Diff	Avg	ERA	Playoffs	Champion	Attendance	Expenses	Revenue
1961 Kansas City Athletics	59	103	.364	6^th	40	65-97	-6	.252	4.08			2,200,874	$36,021,610	$0

Award Winners

Award	Players	Qty
Ozzie Award	George J Burns (LF)	1
All-Star	Paul O'Neill	1
Player of the Week	Paul O'Neill (Apr 17), George J Burns (Sep 11)	2

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+
LF	George J Burns	22	156	640	155	33	4	4	38	84	66	5	7	6	96	46	11	.242	.315	.325	.640	1.8	88
RF	Paul O'Neill	33	155	614	174	50	1	16	87	70	70	0	0	6	68	1	1	.283	.354	.446	.800	4.4	133
CF	Denard Span	27	156	588	162	34	23	6	66	71	45	9	3	2	52	6	7	.276	.335	.442	.778	5.2	126
3B	Pepper Martin	34	144	577	151	37	9	7	59	62	40	2	3	1	128	7	5	.262	.311	.393	.705	2.2	105
2B	Red Schoendienst	27	155	548	137	38	7	3	53	51	64	1	8	2	12	0	0	.250	.328	.361	.690	2.5	102
SS	Mark Grudzielanek	28	144	531	141	32	6	2	44	51	29	8	0	3	61	6	2	.266	.312	.360	.671	2.8	96
1B	Hal Trosky Sr	31	120	456	111	32	1	7	64	50	47	4	0	7	54	2	0	.243	.315	.364	.679	1.1	98
C	Jerry May	25	118	399	120	31	1	3	39	36	44	2	0	2	59	0	0	.301	.371	.406	.777	3.4	128
C	Harry Danning	23	68	221	61	11	1	8	27	26	6	1	0	0	34	0	0	.276	.298	.443	.742	1.3	114
1B	Heinie C Mueller	25	48	172	30	1	0	2	10	11	9	2	0	1	19	3	1	.174	.223	.215	.438	-1.5	29
SS	Bill Russell	32	95	166	48	12	1	0	13	15	12	1	0	2	6	0	0	.289	.337	.373	.711	0.4	108
3B	Bill Almon	34	55	133	45	16	0	2	16	16	13	0	0	2	30	0	1	.338	.392	.504	.896	1.3	160
RF	Ike Boone	32	84	95	24	7	0	1	12	7	13	0	0	0	13	0	0	.253	.343	.358	.700	0.4	105
P	A J Burnett	32	35	74	4	1	0	0	4	2	3	0	18	0	24	0	0	.054	.091	.068	.158	-1.7	-53
P	Billy Pierce	25	37	66	11	1	0	0	2	5	9	0	11	1	4	0	1	.167	.263	.182	.445	-0.6	33
P	Mark Buehrle	33	33	65	7	2	0	0	1	1	1	2	13	0	21	0	0	.108	.147	.138	.286	-1.1	-16
P	Luis Tiant, Jr.	24	34	57	4	0	0	0	1	3	3	0	18	0	17	0	0	.070	.117	.070	.187	-1.2	-44
CF	Luis Matos	25	38	51	6	0	0	0	2	7	1	1	1	0	10	2	0	.118	.151	.118	.269	-0.4	-20
P	Brandon Morrow	28	24	33	3	1	0	0	1	3	1	0	13	1	7	0	0	.091	.114	.121	.235	-0.6	-31
P	Kevin Gross	23	60	28	2	0	0	0	1	2	3	0	4	0	12	0	0	.071	.161	.071	.233	-0.4	-29
2B	Adam Rosales	33	18	27	4	1	0	1	1	4	3	3	0	0	8	0	0	.148	.303	.296	.599	-0.1	76
P	Joel Pineiro	27	29	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.2	-100
P	Skinny Graham	24	61	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.1	-100
P	Jack Taschner	29	34	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.1	-100
P	Brad Ziegler	34	46	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	0.0	488
25 Players		28.3	1947	5552	1401	340	54	62	542	577	482	41	101	36	739	73	29	.252	.315	.367	.681	19.0	97
AL Rank				2	2	1	3	6	6	6	3	4	1	5	4	4	5	3	3	3	2	4
ABBA Rank				7	7	1	5	12	12	12	8	9	1	11	7	8	9	9	9	8	7	7

Pitching Stats

Player	Age	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	HR	BB	K	HLD	CG	SHO	WHIP	BABIP	WAR	ERA+
Billy Pierce	25	37	33	10	16	0	3.06	255.7	242	95	87	8	64	124	0	6	0	1.20	.279	5.6	115
A J Burnett	32	35	33	13	14	0	3.51	246.0	200	103	96	20	84	125	0	6	1	1.15	.238	1.4	100
Mark Buehrle	33	33	32	12	15	0	4.39	225.7	267	119	110	14	42	91	0	7	3	1.37	.315	3.7	80
Luis Tiant, Jr.	24	34	32	3	13	0	4.60	217.3	241	121	111	17	92	101	0	0	0	1.53	.302	1.4	76
Kevin Gross	23	60	13	6	14	5	4.76	155.0	144	92	82	14	73	114	1	1	0	1.40	.280	0.1	74
Brandon Morrow	28	24	19	6	13	0	4.61	132.7	126	73	68	16	55	57	0	3	1	1.36	.254	-0.3	76
Skinny Graham	24	61	0	3	5	1	3.23	86.3	74	32	31	3	43	46	1	0	0	1.36	.265	0.2	109
Brad Ziegler	34	46	0	3	7	16	4.07	55.3	63	28	25	1	29	17	0	0	0	1.66	.310	-0.2	86
Joel Pineiro	27	29	0	0	0	0	4.53	49.7	51	27	25	5	18	21	0	0	0	1.39	.284	-0.4	78
Jack Taschner	29	34	0	3	6	1	6.63	36.7	41	28	27	0	26	17	1	0	0	1.83	.320	-0.2	53
10 Pitchers	27.8	393	162	59	103	23	4.08	1460.3	1449	718	662	98	526	713	3	23	5	1.35	.282	11.5	89
AL Rank		2	1	6	1	6	6	5	5	6	6	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	5	5
ABBA Rank		5	1	12	1	12	9	8	6	8	9	5	8	8	12	12	11	8	8	10

Fielding Stats

Pitchers
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
B. Pierce	37	33	13	32	3	47	2	.957	255.7	1.58	-0.4
A. Burnett	35	33	13	20	0	38	5	.868	246.0	1.21	-1.5
M. Buehrle	33	32	13	34	4	51	4	.922	225.7	1.87	-0.9
L. Tiant, Jr.	34	32	13	31	2	47	3	.936	217.3	1.82	0.2
K. Gross	58	13	11	19	3	31	1	.968	155.0	1.74	0.3
B. Morrow	24	19	11	15	2	26	0	1.000	132.7	1.76	0.8
S. Graham	59	0	10	5	0	16	1	.938	86.3	1.56	-0.2
B. Ziegler	45	0	2	10	3	12	0	1.000	55.3	1.95	-0.1
J. Pineiro	29	0	3	7	1	10	0	1.000	49.7	1.81	-0.1
J. Taschner	33	0	2	4	0	7	1	.857	36.7	1.47	1.0
Totals	387	162	91	177	18	285	17	.940	1460.3	1.65	-0.9

Catchers
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR	PB	RTO%
J. May	113	108	474	52	12	531	5	.991	985.7	4.80	-0.7	4	27.9
H. Danning	54	54	266	24	6	296	6	.980	474.7	5.50	-2.5	1	20.0
Totals	167	162	740	76	18	827	11	.987	1460.3	5.03	-3.2	5	25.0

First Basemen
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
H. Trosky Sr	119	119	1061	74	101	1139	4	.996	1061.3	9.62	2.9
H. Mueller	44	42	387	23	46	416	6	.986	383.7	9.62	-3.0
A. Rosales	4	0	9	0	1	9	0	1.000	9.0	9.00	0.0
I. Boone	1	0	3	0	0	3	0	1.000	3.3	8.10	0.0
B. Russell	2	0	3	1	0	4	0	1.000	3.0	12.00	0.0
Totals	170	161	1463	98	148	1571	10	.994	1460.3	9.62	-0.0

Second Basemen
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
R. Schoendienst	155	155	363	468	117	836	5	.994	1375.7	5.44	2.4
A. Rosales	11	7	18	24	6	42	0	1.000	69.3	5.45	-0.8
B. Russell	8	0	4	7	2	11	0	1.000	15.3	6.46	-0.6
Totals	174	162	385	499	125	889	5	.994	1460.3	5.45	1.0

Third Basemen
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
P. Martin	138	135	90	270	30	381	21	.945	1206.3	2.69	-7.1
B. Almon	34	27	10	46	3	60	4	.933	246.0	2.05	-0.2
B. Russell	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	4.0	2.25	0.0
A. Rosales	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	3.0	0.00	0.0
I. Boone	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	1.0	0.00	0.0
Totals	176	162	101	316	33	442	25	.943	1460.3	2.57	-7.3

Shortstops
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
M. Grudzielanek	131	130	177	390	89	584	17	.971	1176.3	4.34	0.7
B. Russell	32	32	32	90	21	127	5	.961	278.0	3.95	-2.2
B. Almon	1	0	1	2	1	3	0	1.000	6.0	4.50	-0.0
Totals	164	162	210	482	111	714	22	.969	1460.3	4.26	-1.4

Left Fielders
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
G. Burns	156	156	425	8	3	435	2	.995	1399.0	2.79	6.1
B. Almon	7	6	16	0	0	16	0	1.000	61.3	2.35	-1.8
Totals	163	162	441	8	3	451	2	.996	1460.3	2.77	4.3

Center Fielders
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
D. Span	156	156	473	17	4	493	3	.994	1368.7	3.22	5.9
L. Matos	27	6	43	1	0	44	0	1.000	91.7	4.32	1.1
Totals	183	162	516	18	4	537	3	.994	1460.3	3.29	7.0

Right Fielders
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
P. O'Neill	155	155	410	12	4	424	2	.995	1389.3	2.73	2.3
I. Boone	10	7	18	0	0	18	0	1.000	71.0	2.28	-0.9
Totals	165	162	428	12	4	442	2	.995	1460.3	2.71	1.4

Team Leaders

Batting Leaders

Category	Player(s)	Value
Batting Average	Paul O'Neill	.283
On-Base Percentage	Paul O'Neill	.354
Slugging Percentage	Paul O'Neill	.446
OPS	Paul O'Neill	.800
Games	George J Burns, Denard Span	156
At-Bats	George J Burns	640
Runs	George J Burns	84
Hits	Paul O'Neill	174
Doubles	Paul O'Neill	50
Triples	Denard Span	23
Home Runs	Paul O'Neill	16
Runs Batted In	Paul O'Neill	87
Stolen Bases	George J Burns	46
Caught Stealing	George J Burns	11
Walks	Paul O'Neill	70
Strikeouts	Pepper Martin	128

Pitching Leaders

Category	Player(s)	Value
Wins	A J Burnett	13
Losses	Billy Pierce	16
Saves	Brad Ziegler	16
Games	Skinny Graham	61
Games Started	Billy Pierce, A J Burnett	33
Complete Games	Mark Buehrle	7
Shutouts	Mark Buehrle	3
Innings Pitched	Billy Pierce	255.7
Hits Allowed	Mark Buehrle	267
Home Runs Allowed	A J Burnett	20
Strikeouts	A J Burnett	125
Walks Allowed	Luis Tiant, Jr.	92
Earned Run Average	Billy Pierce	3.06
Walks + Hits per IP	A J Burnett	1.15
BABIP	A J Burnett	.238