Los Angeles Angels History - 1961 Summary

Team Results

Year	W	L	WPct	Finish	GB	Exp Rec	Diff	Avg	ERA	Playoffs	Champion	Attendance	Expenses	Revenue
1961 Los Angeles Angels	77	85	.475	4^th	22	83-79	-6	.255	3.50			2,749,461	$18,657,975	$0

Award Winners

Award	Players	Qty
Ozzie Award	Wilmer Flores (1B), Willie Randolph (2B), Mike B Young (3B), Cesar Geronimo (RF)	4
All-Star	Luke Appling, Steve Howe, Willie Randolph, Stephen Strasburg	4
Pitcher of the Month	Stephen Strasburg (Jun)	1

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	Willie Randolph	23	154	580	156	17	11	2	52	78	71	4	0	3	28	18	6	.269	.351	.347	.698	3.9	105
CF	Mookie Wilson	27	156	618	158	28	11	7	53	86	26	4	2	5	119	22	15	.256	.288	.371	.658	2.2	91
SS	Luke Appling	26	153	583	179	37	6	2	59	67	68	0	1	1	45	3	0	.307	.379	.401	.780	5.6	129
RF	Cesar Geronimo	25	156	571	151	23	9	2	46	62	36	3	2	5	83	2	1	.264	.309	.347	.656	1.7	92
3B	Mike B Young	31	146	566	164	31	1	12	80	67	35	5	1	3	73	0	1	.290	.335	.412	.747	5.3	117
LF	Billy Sample	27	120	457	119	24	5	15	77	56	32	6	0	5	38	3	5	.260	.314	.433	.747	2.0	117
1B	Wilmer Flores	23	130	465	115	18	1	16	68	46	30	3	0	2	42	0	0	.247	.296	.394	.690	2.1	100
C	Gus Niarhos	28	123	415	104	15	1	1	45	49	64	2	1	4	44	2	0	.251	.351	.299	.649	2.3	92
1B	Greg Dobbs	34	56	195	47	10	0	2	24	18	10	3	0	1	38	0	0	.241	.287	.323	.610	-0.4	78
2B	Manuel Lee	23	76	131	40	2	0	3	14	7	3	0	1	1	16	1	0	.305	.319	.389	.708	0.7	106
C	Gary Allenson	24	41	119	21	5	0	1	12	10	9	2	1	3	14	1	1	.176	.241	.244	.484	-0.2	42
LF	Bob Zupcic	24	54	110	25	6	0	0	9	7	7	2	0	1	16	0	0	.227	.283	.282	.565	-0.2	66
3B	Bud Harrelson	22	47	99	24	1	1	0	8	11	17	0	1	1	7	1	1	.242	.350	.273	.623	0.5	85
P	Stephen Strasburg	22	31	75	9	0	0	0	4	2	2	0	12	0	22	0	0	.120	.143	.120	.263	-1.0	-22
P	Zeke Wilson	26	32	65	11	1	0	0	6	5	1	3	13	2	13	0	0	.169	.211	.185	.396	-0.8	17
P	Michael Pineda	25	31	65	13	0	0	1	1	7	3	0	15	0	18	0	0	.200	.235	.246	.481	-0.6	41
P	Jim Hughey	29	30	64	10	3	0	0	4	7	6	1	9	0	11	0	0	.156	.239	.203	.443	-0.3	31
LF	Rusty Kuntz	25	18	56	10	0	1	0	7	4	6	0	0	1	8	0	0	.179	.254	.214	.468	-0.2	39
P	Clay Buchholz	24	25	52	4	2	0	1	8	4	1	0	8	2	21	0	0	.077	.091	.173	.264	-0.8	-24
SS	Rafael Landestoy	24	34	54	12	3	2	0	3	2	1	0	1	0	4	0	0	.222	.236	.352	.588	-0.1	70
LF	Robin Jennings	24	18	44	9	1	0	0	1	3	2	1	0	0	8	0	0	.205	.255	.227	.483	-0.2	42
C	Chris Turner	25	10	26	7	1	0	0	4	3	4	1	0	1	4	0	0	.269	.375	.308	.683	0.1	102
P	Lem Cross	21	38	15	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	6	0	0	.200	.250	.200	.450	-0.1	33
P	Hank Johnson	27	22	14	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	2	0	7	0	0	.071	.188	.071	.259	-0.2	-21
SS	Kiko Garcia	22	3	13	3	0	2	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	.231	.231	.538	.769	0.1	118
P	Steve Howe	27	70	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	4	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.1	-100
3B	Rod Booker	30	2	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.1	-100
P	Scott Schoeneweis	29	53	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.1	-100
P	Justin Speier	25	6	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	0.0	194
P	Brandon Maurer	24	19	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.0	-100
P	Bruce Kison	27	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.1	-100
31 Players		26.1	1866	5469	1396	228	51	65	585	605	437	40	78	41	695	53	30	.255	.313	.351	.664	20.8	93
AL Rank				5	3	6	4	5	4	5	5	5	4	3	6	5	4	2	4	6	6	2
ABBA Rank				10	8	9	6	11	9	10	11	10	7	7	11	10	8	7	10	12	12	5

Pitching Stats

Player	Age	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	HR	BB	K	HLD	CG	SHO	WHIP	BABIP	WAR	ERA+
Stephen Strasburg	22	31	31	18	7	0	2.19	230.3	163	58	56	13	54	163	0	7	3	.94	.232	5.1	161
Zeke Wilson	26	32	32	14	14	0	3.59	228.3	221	96	91	22	54	109	0	5	2	1.20	.270	2.1	98
Jim Hughey	29	30	30	10	15	0	3.66	219.0	213	92	89	17	57	98	0	8	1	1.23	.276	1.9	96
Michael Pineda	25	31	31	8	15	0	3.95	218.7	216	101	96	34	46	127	0	4	1	1.20	.267	0.7	89
Clay Buchholz	24	25	25	8	7	0	3.88	167.0	174	74	72	17	56	67	0	1	0	1.38	.277	0.3	91
Steve Howe	27	70	0	7	12	32	2.81	102.3	106	38	32	5	8	50	4	0	0	1.11	.290	1.5	125
Lem Cross	21	38	7	3	5	5	3.54	84.0	85	33	33	8	38	55	1	1	0	1.46	.301	0.2	99
Scott Schoeneweis	29	53	0	7	5	3	4.08	68.3	67	33	31	8	17	34	7	0	0	1.23	.262	-0.3	86
Hank Johnson	27	22	6	2	4	1	3.74	65.0	61	29	27	9	21	51	0	0	0	1.26	.277	0.0	94
Bruce Kison	27	12	0	0	0	0	5.09	23.0	24	15	13	2	8	9	1	0	0	1.39	.289	-0.1	69
Brandon Maurer	24	19	0	0	1	1	5.23	20.7	19	13	12	2	11	6	1	0	0	1.45	.236	-0.3	67
Chris Leroux	29	9	0	0	0	0	5.91	10.7	13	7	7	2	5	3	1	0	0	1.69	.314	-0.3	60
Justin Speier	25	6	0	0	0	0	3.38	8.0	9	3	3	1	2	5	0	0	0	1.38	.320	-0.1	104
Gene Pentz	22	2	0	0	0	0	0.00	1.7	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	.60	.000	0.1	0
14 Pitchers	25.4	380	162	77	85	42	3.50	1447.0	1371	592	562	140	378	780	15	26	7	1.21	.269	10.6	105
AL Rank		4	1	4	3	1	3	6	2	3	3	6	1	4	1	5	3	3	2	6
ABBA Rank		8	1	8	5	1	4	12	3	3	4	10	1	4	2	9	6	3	3	11

Fielding Stats

Pitchers
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
S. Strasburg	31	31	21	23	1	45	1	.978	230.3	1.72	0.7
Z. Wilson	32	32	18	33	3	55	4	.927	228.3	2.01	-0.9
J. Hughey	30	30	18	15	1	34	1	.971	219.0	1.36	1.2
M. Pineda	31	31	15	18	2	36	3	.917	218.7	1.36	-0.9
C. Buchholz	25	25	14	37	3	51	0	1.000	167.0	2.75	0.3
S. Howe	70	0	3	9	0	14	2	.857	102.3	1.06	0.3
L. Cross	38	7	5	11	4	16	0	1.000	84.0	1.71	0.4
S. Schoeneweis	53	0	3	6	0	10	1	.900	68.3	1.19	-0.1
H. Johnson	22	6	3	8	0	12	1	.917	65.0	1.52	-0.1
B. Kison	12	0	2	3	0	6	1	.833	23.0	1.96	-0.6
B. Maurer	18	0	0	2	0	2	0	1.000	20.7	0.87	-0.0
C. Leroux	9	0	2	2	0	4	0	1.000	10.7	3.37	0.5
J. Speier	6	0	0	2	0	2	0	1.000	8.0	2.25	-0.0
G. Pentz	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	1.7	0.00	-0.0
Totals	379	162	104	169	14	287	14	.951	1447.0	1.70	0.7

Catchers
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR	PB	RTO%
G. Niarhos	122	121	585	54	7	642	3	.995	1074.7	5.35	-0.7	11	30.1
G. Allenson	39	33	192	17	3	213	4	.981	297.7	6.32	-0.3	4	27.3
C. Turner	10	8	41	2	1	43	0	1.000	74.7	5.18	-0.5	1	0.0
Totals	171	162	818	73	11	898	7	.992	1447.0	5.54	-1.5	16	28.3

First Basemen
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
W. Flores	118	116	1050	75	91	1126	1	.999	1040.7	9.73	9.2
G. Dobbs	47	46	402	27	39	432	3	.993	406.3	9.50	-2.9
Totals	165	162	1452	102	130	1558	4	.997	1447.0	9.67	6.3

Second Basemen
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
W. Randolph	148	148	281	442	93	734	11	.985	1294.3	5.03	5.1
M. Lee	15	11	38	40	17	80	2	.975	125.0	5.62	-0.4
R. Landestoy	7	2	4	7	0	11	0	1.000	27.7	3.58	-0.1
Totals	170	161	323	489	110	825	13	.984	1447.0	5.05	4.6

Third Basemen
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
M. Young	144	143	95	259	17	357	3	.992	1267.3	2.51	14.0
B. Harrelson	15	14	16	34	4	50	0	1.000	127.7	3.52	2.5
M. Lee	7	4	3	12	1	15	0	1.000	37.3	3.62	0.8
R. Booker	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	14.7	0.00	0.0
Totals	168	162	114	305	22	422	3	.993	1447.0	2.61	17.3

Shortstops
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
L. Appling	146	146	210	389	99	625	26	.958	1292.3	4.17	-3.0
B. Harrelson	7	6	7	10	3	19	2	.895	55.3	2.77	-1.1
R. Landestoy	5	4	9	17	4	28	2	.929	38.0	6.16	-1.1
M. Lee	6	3	3	7	1	10	0	1.000	34.3	2.62	-0.5
K. Garcia	3	3	3	2	0	5	0	1.000	25.0	1.80	-0.0
M. Young	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	2.0	0.00	0.0
Totals	169	162	232	425	107	687	30	.956	1447.0	4.09	-5.7

Left Fielders
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
B. Sample	120	120	277	7	2	286	2	.993	1063.7	2.40	-1.9
B. Zupcic	31	16	41	0	0	42	1	.976	165.3	2.23	0.2
R. Kuntz	17	17	41	0	0	43	2	.953	142.0	2.60	1.0
R. Jennings	10	9	19	1	0	20	0	1.000	76.0	2.37	0.5
Totals	178	162	378	8	2	391	5	.987	1447.0	2.40	-0.1

Center Fielders
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
M. Wilson	156	155	474	16	4	493	3	.994	1383.3	3.19	4.3
B. Zupcic	10	7	23	1	0	25	1	.960	63.7	3.39	-1.5
Totals	166	162	497	17	4	518	4	.992	1447.0	3.20	2.8

Right Fielders
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
C. Geronimo	155	155	396	11	2	409	2	.995	1366.0	2.68	5.5
B. Zupcic	6	3	14	0	0	15	1	.933	36.7	3.44	-0.1
R. Jennings	7	3	4	0	0	4	0	1.000	30.3	1.19	-0.0
G. Dobbs	5	1	4	0	0	4	0	1.000	13.7	2.63	-0.0
R. Kuntz	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.3	0.00	0.0
Totals	174	162	418	11	2	432	3	.993	1447.0	2.67	5.4

Team Leaders

Batting Leaders

Category	Player(s)	Value
Batting Average	Luke Appling	.307
On-Base Percentage	Luke Appling	.379
Slugging Percentage	Mike B Young	.412
OPS	Luke Appling	.780
Games	Mookie Wilson, Cesar Geronimo	156
At-Bats	Mookie Wilson	618
Runs	Mookie Wilson	86
Hits	Luke Appling	179
Doubles	Luke Appling	37
Triples	Willie Randolph, Mookie Wilson	11
Home Runs	Wilmer Flores	16
Runs Batted In	Mike B Young	80
Stolen Bases	Mookie Wilson	22
Caught Stealing	Mookie Wilson	15
Walks	Willie Randolph	71
Strikeouts	Mookie Wilson	119

Pitching Leaders

Category	Player(s)	Value
Wins	Stephen Strasburg	18
Losses	Jim Hughey, Michael Pineda	15
Saves	Steve Howe	32
Games	Steve Howe	70
Games Started	Zeke Wilson	32
Complete Games	Jim Hughey	8
Shutouts	Stephen Strasburg	3
Innings Pitched	Stephen Strasburg	230.3
Hits Allowed	Zeke Wilson	221
Home Runs Allowed	Michael Pineda	34
Strikeouts	Stephen Strasburg	163
Walks Allowed	Jim Hughey	57
Earned Run Average	Stephen Strasburg	2.19
Walks + Hits per IP	Stephen Strasburg	0.94
BABIP	Stephen Strasburg	.232