1961 American League Stats

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1961 American League Standings

1961 National League

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Rank	Team	W-L	Games Behind	Runs Scored	Runs Allowed	Expected W-L	Shark WAR W-L	Attendance	Shark WAR	Batting WAR	Fielding WAR	Pitching WAR
1	New York Yankees	109-53 (0.673)	-	827	612	103-59 (0.634)	111-51 (0.685)	1,747,725	63.9	33.8	4.8	25.4
2	Detroit Tigers	101-61 (0.623)	8.0	841	671	98-64 (0.602)	103-59 (0.636)	1,600,710	55.7	27.4	-1.7	29.9
3	Baltimore Orioles	95-67 (0.586)	14.0	691	588	93-69 (0.573)	97-65 (0.599)	951,089	49.4	19.3	2.6	27.5
4	Chicago White Sox	86-76 (0.531)	23.0	765	726	85-77 (0.524)	88-74 (0.543)	1,146,019	40.3	22.4	2.9	15.0
5	Cleveland Indians	78-83 (0.484)	30.5	737	752	80-82 (0.491)	80-82 (0.494)	725,547	32.7	20.8	1.9	10.0
6	Boston Red Sox	76-86 (0.469)	33.0	729	792	75-87 (0.462)	70-92 (0.432)	850,589	22.2	10.4	1.0	10.7
7	Minnesota Twins	70-90 (0.438)	38.0	707	778	74-88 (0.456)	72-90 (0.444)	1,256,723	24.6	13.3	-1.6	13.0
8	Los Angeles Angels	70-91 (0.435)	38.5	744	784	77-85 (0.476)	69-93 (0.426)	603,510	21.3	11.1	-4.6	14.8
9	Washington Senators	61-100 (0.379)	47.5	618	776	64-98 (0.397)	68-94 (0.420)	597,287	20.4	7.2	4.4	8.7
9	Kansas City Athletics	61-100 (0.379)	47.5	683	863	64-98 (0.395)	52-110 (0.321)	683,817	4.6	1.9	1.0	1.7

Batting WAR Leaders

Rank	Player Name	Team	Pos	Age	Batting WAR	Shark WAR	G	PA	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SB	CS	wRC	OBP	SLG
1	Norm Cash	DET	1B	27	13.6	15.1	159	672	193	22	8	41	124	11	5	161.277	0.487	0.662
2	Mickey Mantle	NYA	CF	29	13.5	13.5	153	646	163	16	6	54	126	12	1	148.035	0.448	0.687
3	Jim Gentile	BAL	1B	27	10.5	11.2	148	601	147	25	2	46	96	1	1	125.451	0.423	0.646
4	Roger Maris	NYA	RF	26	9.9	9.2	161	698	159	16	4	61	94	0	0	127.384	0.372	0.620
5	Harmon Killebrew	MIN	1B	25	9.2	9.4	150	656	156	20	7	46	107	1	2	126.056	0.406	0.606
6	Rocky Colavito	DET	LF	27	8.9	9.3	163	708	169	30	2	45	113	1	2	129.648	0.402	0.580
7	Al Kaline	DET	RF	26	7.1	8.4	153	665	190	41	7	19	66	14	1	108.076	0.393	0.515
8	Roy Sievers	CHA	1B	34	6.1	5.1	141	563	145	26	6	27	61	1	0	91.436	0.377	0.537
9	Elston Howard	NYA	C	32	5.9	6.3	129	482	155	17	5	21	28	0	3	82.181	0.387	0.549
10	John Romano	CLE	C	26	5.2	5.1	142	580	152	29	1	21	61	0	0	85.839	0.377	0.483
11	Jim Landis	CHA	CF	27	5.1	6.1	140	618	151	18	8	22	65	19	5	83.728	0.362	0.470
12	Norm Siebern	KC1	1B	27	5.0	3.4	153	649	166	36	5	18	82	2	4	96.219	0.384	0.475
13	Tito Francona	CLE	LF	27	5.0	5.4	155	667	178	30	8	16	56	2	1	88.780	0.363	0.460
14	Al Smith	CHA	3B	33	4.7	5.2	147	602	148	29	4	28	56	4	4	84.785	0.348	0.506
15	Jackie Brandt	BAL	CF	27	4.7	4.4	139	584	153	18	5	16	62	10	2	78.539	0.371	0.444
16	Floyd Robinson	CHA	RF	25	4.4	4.9	132	492	134	20	7	11	52	7	4	72.670	0.389	0.465
17	Woodie Held	CLE	SS	29	4.2	3.4	146	590	136	23	5	23	69	0	0	78.500	0.354	0.468
18	Jim Piersall	CLE	CF	31	4.1	5.1	121	536	156	26	7	6	43	8	2	72.586	0.378	0.442
19	Johnny Blanchard	NYA	C	28	4.1	4.2	93	275	74	10	1	21	27	1	0	51.425	0.382	0.613
20	Earl Battey	MIN	C	26	4.1	5.4	133	522	139	24	1	17	53	3	3	75.175	0.377	0.470
21	Albie Pearson	LAA	RF	26	4.1	3.9	144	535	123	21	3	7	96	11	3	77.588	0.420	0.401
22	Gene Woodling	WS2	RF	38	4.0	4.1	110	396	107	16	4	10	50	1	0	61.763	0.403	0.471
23	Bob Allison	MIN	RF	26	3.9	4.2	159	677	136	21	3	29	103	2	7	89.637	0.363	0.450
24	Minnie Miñoso	CHA	LF	37	3.9	3.7	152	635	151	28	3	14	67	9	4	80.489	0.368	0.420
25	Steve Bilko	LAA	1B	32	3.7	2.7	114	354	82	16	1	20	58	1	1	61.039	0.396	0.544
26	Leon Wagner	LAA	LF	27	3.6	3.1	133	511	127	19	2	28	48	5	1	73.700	0.348	0.517
27	Bill Skowron	NYA	1B	30	3.6	0.8	150	607	150	23	4	28	35	0	0	72.865	0.318	0.472
28	Lenny Green	MIN	CF	28	3.5	3.5	156	692	171	28	7	9	81	17	11	86.190	0.374	0.400
29	Dick Howser	KC1	SS	25	3.4	2.6	158	719	171	29	6	3	92	37	9	82.549	0.377	0.362
30	Willie Kirkland	CLE	RF	27	3.3	3.8	146	585	136	22	5	27	48	7	0	69.407	0.318	0.474
31	Earl Averill	LAA	C	29	3.2	3.5	115	392	86	9	0	21	62	1	0	59.797	0.384	0.489
32	Lee Thomas	2 teams	DH	25	2.9	1.6	132	506	129	11	5	24	47	0	5	70.695	0.352	0.491
33	Pete Runnels	BOS	1B	33	2.8	2.9	143	414	114	20	3	3	46	5	1	56.527	0.396	0.414
34	Yogi Berra	NYA	LF	36	2.8	3.1	119	437	107	11	0	22	35	2	0	53.582	0.330	0.466
35	Gene Green	WS2	C	28	2.7	1.2	110	405	102	16	3	18	35	0	2	53.953	0.341	0.489
36	Don Buddin	BOS	SS	27	2.7	2.3	115	420	89	22	3	6	72	2	1	55.701	0.394	0.398
37	Gary Geiger	BOS	CF	24	2.6	2.8	140	599	116	21	6	18	87	16	4	69.150	0.349	0.407
38	Whitey Herzog	BAL	RF	29	2.6	2.4	113	377	94	11	6	5	50	1	4	49.750	0.387	0.409
39	Brooks Robinson	BAL	3B	24	2.5	2.6	163	736	192	38	7	7	47	1	3	75.391	0.334	0.397
40	Ken Hunt	LAA	CF	26	2.5	1.7	149	541	122	29	3	25	49	8	2	67.555	0.325	0.484
41	Jim King	WS2	RF	28	2.2	2.4	110	306	71	12	1	11	38	4	0	40.615	0.363	0.449
42	Steve Boros	DET	3B	24	2.1	0.6	116	485	107	18	2	5	68	4	2	57.051	0.382	0.364
43	Danny O'Connell	WS2	3B	32	2.0	3.4	138	591	128	30	1	1	77	15	5	58.294	0.361	0.331
44	Dale Long	WS2	1B	35	1.9	0.9	123	423	94	20	4	17	39	0	0	48.271	0.317	0.459
45	Jerry Lumpe	KC1	2B	28	1.9	3.5	148	627	167	29	9	3	48	1	0	68.058	0.348	0.392
46	Gus Triandos	BAL	C	30	1.9	2.6	115	445	97	21	0	17	44	0	0	48.016	0.320	0.426
47	Earl Robinson	BAL	RF	24	1.8	2.2	96	256	59	12	3	8	31	4	3	33.221	0.354	0.455
48	Sherm Lollar	CHA	C	36	1.7	1.8	116	384	95	10	1	7	37	0	0	43.350	0.360	0.380
49	Chuck Essegian	3 teams	CF	29	1.7	1.6	65	189	50	8	1	12	11	0	0	27.622	0.328	0.555
50	Jackie Jensen	BOS	RF	34	1.6	2.3	137	573	131	21	2	13	66	9	8	63.986	0.350	0.392

Pitching WAR Leaders

Rank	Player Name	Team	Age	Pitching WAR	Shark WAR	G	GS	IP	W	L	CG	SV	R	BB	SO	Pitch Runs Saved	ERA	WHIP	SOper9
1	Frank Lary	DET	31	7.4	6.7	36	36	275.33	23	9	22	0	117	66	146	65.39	3.24	1.16	4.77
2	Jim Bunning	DET	29	7.1	5.2	38	37	268.00	17	11	12	1	113	71	194	62.76	3.19	1.13	6.51
3	Don Mossi	DET	32	6.8	6.0	35	34	240.33	15	7	12	1	97	47	137	59.71	2.96	1.18	5.13
4	Whitey Ford	NYA	32	6.6	5.9	39	39	283.00	25	4	11	0	108	92	209	58.51	3.21	1.18	6.65
5	Dick Donovan	WS2	33	6.4	6.0	23	22	168.67	10	10	11	0	60	35	62	51.35	2.40	1.03	3.31
6	Bill Stafford	NYA	22	6.1	5.6	36	25	195.00	14	9	8	2	65	59	101	54.44	2.68	1.16	4.66
7	Camilo Pascual	MIN	27	5.8	4.8	35	33	252.33	15	16	15	0	114	100	221	51.04	3.46	1.21	7.88
8	Juan Pizarro	CHA	24	5.7	5.7	39	25	194.67	14	7	12	2	73	89	188	48.65	3.05	1.30	8.69
9	Jack Kralick	MIN	26	5.3	4.1	33	33	242.00	13	11	11	0	101	64	137	46.98	3.61	1.33	5.09
10	Ken McBride	LAA	25	5.1	3.3	38	36	241.67	12	15	11	1	114	102	180	44.81	3.65	1.37	6.70
11	Jim Archer	KC1	29	5.1	3.6	39	27	205.33	9	15	9	5	99	60	110	40.66	3.20	1.29	4.82
12	Bill Monbouquette	BOS	24	5.0	4.2	32	32	236.33	14	14	12	0	106	100	161	47.68	3.39	1.41	6.13
13	Bennie Daniels	WS2	29	4.7	4.2	32	28	212.00	12	11	12	0	90	80	110	37.65	3.44	1.25	4.67
14	Luis Arroyo	NYA	34	4.5	4.6	65	0	119.00	15	5	0	29	34	49	87	40.29	2.19	1.11	6.58
15	Steve Barber	BAL	23	4.5	3.9	37	34	248.33	18	12	14	1	102	130	150	42.93	3.33	1.30	5.44
16	Ralph Terry	NYA	25	4.2	3.7	31	27	188.33	16	3	9	0	74	42	86	37.14	3.15	1.08	4.11
17	Billy Hoeft	BAL	29	4.1	3.8	35	12	138.00	7	4	3	3	37	55	100	39.98	2.02	1.17	6.52
18	Milt Pappas	BAL	22	4.1	3.4	26	23	177.67	13	9	11	1	67	78	89	39.77	3.04	1.19	4.51
19	Pedro Ramos	MIN	26	3.9	3.0	42	34	264.33	11	20	9	2	134	79	174	34.75	3.95	1.30	5.92
20	Don Schwall	BOS	25	3.8	3.1	25	25	178.67	15	7	10	0	76	110	91	36.32	3.22	1.55	4.58
21	Hal Brown	BAL	36	3.6	2.9	27	23	166.67	10	6	6	1	62	33	61	34.69	3.19	1.12	3.29
22	Hoyt Wilhelm	BAL	38	3.4	3.0	51	1	109.67	9	7	0	18	35	41	87	32.55	2.30	1.19	7.14
23	Ted Bowsfield	LAA	26	3.1	2.3	41	21	157.00	11	8	4	0	75	63	88	27.78	3.73	1.38	5.04
24	Tom Morgan	LAA	31	3.1	2.9	59	0	91.67	8	2	0	10	31	17	39	27.56	2.36	0.99	3.83
25	Paul Foytack	DET	30	3.0	2.7	32	20	169.67	11	10	6	0	81	56	89	26.65	3.93	1.23	4.72
26	Mudcat Grant	CLE	25	3.0	2.0	35	35	244.67	15	9	11	0	118	109	146	25.91	3.86	1.29	5.37
27	Joe McClain	WS2	28	2.9	2.3	33	29	212.00	8	18	7	1	105	48	76	23.49	3.86	1.27	3.23
28	Terry Fox	DET	25	2.9	2.7	39	0	57.33	5	2	0	12	12	16	32	25.19	1.41	1.01	5.02
29	Chuck Estrada	BAL	23	2.8	1.6	33	31	212.00	15	9	6	0	91	132	160	26.94	3.69	1.37	6.79
30	Turk Lown	CHA	37	2.7	2.3	59	0	101.00	7	5	0	11	37	35	50	23.06	2.76	1.21	4.46
31	Billy Pierce	CHA	34	2.7	1.8	39	28	180.00	10	9	5	3	85	54	106	22.70	3.80	1.36	5.30
32	Rollie Sheldon	NYA	24	2.6	1.6	35	21	162.67	11	5	6	0	70	55	84	22.89	3.60	1.25	4.65
33	Jim Kaat	MIN	22	2.5	2.4	36	29	200.67	9	17	8	0	105	82	122	22.41	3.90	1.35	5.47
34	Dick Hall	BAL	30	2.4	1.9	29	13	122.33	7	5	4	4	47	30	92	23.06	3.09	1.08	6.77
35	Early Wynn	CHA	41	2.3	1.9	17	16	110.33	8	2	5	0	43	47	64	19.90	3.51	1.22	5.22
36	Frank Funk	CLE	25	2.3	1.9	56	0	92.33	11	11	0	11	35	31	64	20.00	3.31	1.19	6.24
37	Jim Coates	NYA	28	2.1	1.3	43	11	141.33	11	5	4	5	60	53	80	18.54	3.44	1.28	5.09
38	Don Lee	MIN	27	2.1	1.3	37	10	115.00	3	6	4	3	49	35	65	18.14	3.52	1.11	5.09
39	Ron Kline	2 teams	29	2.1	1.2	36	20	161.00	8	9	3	1	87	61	97	18.14	4.14	1.45	5.42
40	Barry Latman	CLE	25	1.9	0.8	45	18	176.67	13	5	4	5	84	54	108	16.96	4.02	1.23	5.50
41	Dave Hillman	BOS	33	1.9	1.5	28	1	78.00	3	2	0	0	26	23	39	18.32	2.77	1.19	4.50
42	Art Fowler	LAA	38	1.9	1.6	53	3	89.00	5	8	0	11	42	29	78	16.54	3.64	1.09	7.89
43	Eli Grba	LAA	26	1.9	1.9	40	30	211.67	11	13	8	2	119	114	105	16.48	4.25	1.47	4.46
44	Chet Nichols	BOS	30	1.8	1.6	26	2	51.67	3	2	0	3	12	26	20	16.87	2.09	1.28	3.48
45	Gary Bell	CLE	24	1.6	0.9	34	34	228.33	12	16	11	0	125	100	163	14.27	4.10	1.38	6.42
46	Jim Donohue	2 teams	23	1.6	1.1	52	7	120.67	5	7	0	6	58	65	99	14.40	4.18	1.50	7.38
47	Bob Shaw	2 teams	28	1.6	0.4	40	34	221.67	12	14	9	0	127	78	91	12.86	4.14	1.48	3.69
48	Wes Stock	BAL	27	1.5	1.2	35	1	71.67	5	0	0	3	24	27	47	14.56	3.01	1.19	5.90
49	Jack Fisher	BAL	22	1.4	0.5	36	25	196.00	10	13	10	1	104	75	118	13.45	3.90	1.43	5.42
50	Hank Aguirre	DET	30	1.2	0.9	45	0	55.33	4	4	0	8	22	38	32	10.80	3.25	1.48	5.20

Fielding WAR Leaders

		Player Name	Team	Age	Fielding WAR	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Def Runs Saved
POS	Rank
C	1	Earl Battey	MIN	26	1.3	131.0	1119.7	812.0	60.0	6.0	9.0	11.320
	2	Cam Carreon	CHA	23	1.2	71.0	554.3	395.0	25.0	2.0	6.0	12.171
	3	Valmy Thomas	CLE	35	1.2	27.0	211.0	151.0	17.0	2.0	6.0	11.191
	4	Pete Daley	WS2	31	0.9	72.0	531.7	285.0	35.0	4.0	6.0	8.460
	5	Joe Pignatano	KC1	31	0.9	83.0	629.7	379.0	35.0	9.0	7.0	8.348
	6	Elston Howard	NYA	32	0.8	111.0	923.3	635.0	43.0	5.0	4.0	6.518
	7	Gus Triandos	BAL	30	0.7	114.0	932.7	642.0	55.0	8.0	9.0	5.719
	8	Dick Brown	DET	26	0.5	91.0	727.7	460.0	38.0	5.0	7.0	5.052
1B	1	Vic Power	CLE	33	2.5	141.0	1246.0	1154.0	142.0	8.0	101.0	23.729
	2	Norm Cash	DET	27	1.5	157.0	1390.0	1231.0	127.0	11.0	121.0	14.318
	3	Jim Gentile	BAL	27	0.7	144.0	1225.3	1209.0	100.0	14.0	129.0	5.680
	4	Vic Wertz	BOS	36	0.4	86.0	656.3	664.0	67.0	7.0	65.0	3.426
	5	R C Stevens	WS2	26	0.3	25.0	140.3	147.0	20.0	0.0	18.0	2.884
	6	Dick Williams	BAL	32	0.3	20.0	109.7	123.0	12.0	0.0	10.0	2.169
	7	Harmon Killebrew	MIN	25	0.2	119.0	997.3	972.0	67.0	14.0	91.0	1.758
	8	Marv Throneberry	2 teams	27	0.1	41.0	295.7	302.0	35.0	3.0	37.0	0.554
2B	1	Chuck Schilling	BOS	23	2.0	158.0	1381.7	397.0	449.0	8.0	121.0	16.429
	2	Jerry Lumpe	KC1	28	1.6	147.0	1271.0	403.0	426.0	18.0	105.0	16.063
	3	Chuck Cottier	2 teams	25	1.5	102.0	882.3	235.0	322.0	10.0	75.0	14.569
	4	Ken Aspromonte	2 teams	29	1.2	83.0	688.0	185.0	246.0	14.0	63.0	10.283
	5	Danny O'Connell	WS2	32	0.7	61.0	513.7	144.0	170.0	7.0	52.0	7.173
	6	Ron Hansen	BAL	23	0.4	7.0	55.7	16.0	23.0	1.0	8.0	2.817
	7	Marv Breeding	BAL	27	0.3	80.0	593.7	179.0	179.0	11.0	53.0	2.641
	8	Ted Lepcio	MIN	31	0.3	22.0	158.3	39.0	51.0	1.0	18.0	2.768
3B	1	Clete Boyer	NYA	24	4.0	141.0	1200.0	151.0	353.0	17.0	36.0	34.114
	2	Wayne Causey	KC1	24	1.8	88.0	655.3	102.0	193.0	14.0	20.0	18.005
	3	Gene Leek	LAA	24	1.4	49.0	422.0	54.0	127.0	8.0	11.0	12.167
	4	J. C. Martin	CHA	24	0.7	36.0	308.0	39.0	89.0	6.0	11.0	7.357
	5	Deron Johnson	2 teams	22	0.7	27.0	178.7	19.0	58.0	3.0	5.0	6.626
	6	Danny O'Connell	WS2	32	0.7	73.0	642.7	75.0	173.0	16.0	14.0	6.977
	7	Harry Bright	WS2	31	0.6	40.0	334.0	47.0	95.0	11.0	14.0	5.859
	8	Pete Runnels	BOS	33	0.4	11.0	82.0	8.0	29.0	2.0	0.0	3.540
SS	1	Tony Kubek	NYA	25	2.0	145.0	1259.7	261.0	449.0	30.0	107.0	17.492
	2	Luis Aparicio	CHA	27	1.4	156.0	1331.0	264.0	487.0	30.0	86.0	13.791
	3	Ron Hansen	BAL	23	1.1	149.0	1289.0	256.0	437.0	30.0	110.0	8.697
	4	Jim Mahoney	WS2	27	0.7	31.0	250.3	57.0	95.0	5.0	26.0	6.431
	5	Coot Veal	WS2	28	0.6	63.0	510.0	130.0	172.0	8.0	43.0	5.782
	6	Ken Hamlin	LAA	26	0.6	39.0	257.7	63.0	93.0	6.0	25.0	5.100
	7	Bob Johnson	WS2	25	0.3	57.0	481.7	110.0	172.0	13.0	31.0	3.156
	8	Zoilo Versalles	MIN	21	0.3	129.0	1091.7	229.0	371.0	30.0	74.0	2.742
LF	1	Tito Francona	CLE	27	0.6	138.0	1189.0	287.0	5.0	4.0	1.0	5.908
	2	Marty Keough	WS2	27	0.6	59.0	493.3	138.0	6.0	2.0	2.0	5.960
	3	Rocky Colavito	DET	27	0.4	150.0	1266.0	301.0	14.0	8.0	3.0	4.408
	4	Jim King	WS2	28	0.3	26.0	191.3	56.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	2.958
	5	Yogi Berra	NYA	36	0.3	81.0	659.7	147.0	6.0	2.0	2.0	2.348
	6	Leo Posada	KC1	27	0.2	72.0	484.0	117.0	7.0	4.0	0.0	2.259
	7	Bob Nieman	CLE	34	0.1	7.0	44.0	17.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	1.341
	8	Chuck Hinton	WS2	27	0.1	73.0	606.0	143.0	6.0	7.0	4.0	1.352
CF	1	Jim Landis	CHA	27	1.1	139.0	1235.0	394.0	9.0	5.0	3.0	10.669
	2	Jim Piersall	CLE	31	1.0	120.0	1036.3	337.0	9.0	3.0	3.0	9.240
	3	Bill Bruton	DET	35	0.8	155.0	1291.3	406.0	4.0	5.0	2.0	7.593
	4	Al Kaline	DET	26	0.4	22.0	152.0	67.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	4.137
	5	Gary Geiger	BOS	24	0.2	137.0	1152.7	314.0	12.0	4.0	1.0	1.506
	6	Gene Stephens	2 teams	28	0.2	34.0	251.7	79.0	4.0	2.0	3.0	1.684
	7	Jay Hankins	KC1	25	0.1	32.0	199.0	61.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.401
	8	Willie Tasby	WS2	28	0.1	138.0	1185.0	328.0	5.0	5.0	0.0	1.359
RF	1	Al Kaline	DET	26	0.9	141.0	1147.0	308.0	8.0	4.0	3.0	9.224
	2	Jackie Jensen	BOS	34	0.7	129.0	1147.3	271.0	12.0	3.0	2.0	5.359
	3	Floyd Robinson	CHA	25	0.5	107.0	903.3	218.0	6.0	2.0	0.0	5.033
	4	Willie Kirkland	CLE	27	0.5	138.0	1177.7	288.0	12.0	8.0	5.0	4.488
	5	Bob Allison	MIN	26	0.5	150.0	1270.7	301.0	14.0	8.0	3.0	4.118
	6	Earl Robinson	BAL	24	0.4	78.0	509.0	133.0	5.0	4.0	2.0	3.559
	7	Jackie Brandt	BAL	27	0.2	34.0	157.7	45.0	1.0	2.0	1.0	1.399
	8	Al Pilarcik	2 teams	30	0.1	20.0	113.3	31.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	1.284