1961 National League Stats

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1961 National League Standings

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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	Cincinnati Reds	93-61 (0.604)	-	710	653	83-71 (0.538)	81-73 (0.526)	1,117,603	35.6	16.9	-2.0	20.6
2	Los Angeles Dodgers	89-65 (0.578)	4.0	735	697	81-73 (0.524)	79-75 (0.513)	1,804,250	34.1	16.9	-1.3	18.5
3	San Francisco Giants	85-69 (0.552)	8.0	773	655	89-65 (0.575)	83-71 (0.539)	1,390,679	37.9	22.9	-1.5	16.5
4	Milwaukee Braves	83-71 (0.539)	10.0	712	656	83-71 (0.537)	88-66 (0.571)	1,101,441	42.6	23.6	4.1	14.9
5	St. Louis Cardinals	80-74 (0.519)	13.0	703	668	81-73 (0.523)	81-73 (0.526)	855,305	36.0	10.3	3.7	22.0
6	Pittsburgh Pirates	75-79 (0.487)	18.0	694	675	79-75 (0.513)	79-75 (0.513)	1,199,128	33.5	16.9	1.9	14.7
7	Chicago Cubs	64-90 (0.416)	29.0	689	800	67-87 (0.432)	70-84 (0.455)	673,057	24.5	17.1	1.4	6.0
8	Philadelphia Phillies	47-107 (0.305)	46.0	584	796	56-98 (0.362)	56-98 (0.364)	590,039	10.6	2.7	5.7	2.2

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	Frank Robinson	CIN	RF	25	8.9	9.4	153	636	176	32	7	37	71	22	3	123.314	0.404	0.611
2	Hank Aaron	ML1	CF	27	8.6	9.3	155	671	197	39	10	34	56	21	9	120.706	0.381	0.594
3	Willie Mays	SFN	CF	30	8.4	8.5	154	659	176	32	3	40	81	18	9	121.091	0.393	0.584
4	Eddie Mathews	ML1	3B	29	7.9	8.0	152	672	175	23	6	32	93	12	7	116.951	0.402	0.535
5	Orlando Cepeda	SFN	1B	23	7.6	8.9	152	636	182	28	4	46	39	12	8	113.939	0.362	0.609
6	Roberto Clemente	PIT	RF	26	7.1	7.3	146	614	201	30	10	23	35	4	1	108.206	0.390	0.559
7	Ken Boyer	SLN	3B	30	6.4	8.7	153	663	194	26	11	24	68	6	3	113.333	0.397	0.533
8	Wally Moon	LAN	LF	31	6.2	5.6	134	561	152	25	3	17	89	7	5	100.255	0.434	0.505
9	Vada Pinson	CIN	CF	22	5.7	6.1	154	659	208	34	8	16	39	23	10	101.226	0.379	0.504
10	Dick Stuart	PIT	1B	28	5.4	2.0	138	576	160	28	8	35	34	0	3	93.526	0.344	0.581
11	Joe Adcock	ML1	1B	33	5.4	6.8	152	629	160	20	0	35	59	2	1	91.885	0.354	0.507
12	George Altman	CHN	RF	28	5.2	5.5	138	573	157	28	12	27	40	6	2	90.578	0.353	0.560
13	Don Hoak	PIT	3B	33	4.5	4.8	145	586	150	27	7	12	73	4	2	84.636	0.388	0.451
14	Ron Santo	CHN	3B	21	4.4	5.0	154	655	164	32	6	23	73	2	3	92.918	0.362	0.479
15	Ernie Banks	CHN	SS	30	3.9	5.5	138	573	142	22	4	29	54	1	2	81.310	0.345	0.507
16	Gordy Coleman	CIN	1B	26	3.7	5.1	150	578	149	27	4	26	45	1	3	79.757	0.342	0.504
17	Billy Williams	CHN	LF	23	3.5	3.2	146	584	147	20	7	25	45	6	0	77.326	0.338	0.484
18	Ron Fairly	LAN	RF	22	3.5	3.3	111	301	79	15	2	10	48	0	0	54.473	0.434	0.522
19	Frank Thomas	2 teams	LF	32	3.3	3.3	139	516	133	15	3	27	31	2	4	68.629	0.329	0.497
20	Bill White	SLN	1B	27	3.1	2.9	153	663	169	28	11	20	64	8	11	89.674	0.354	0.472
21	Wally Post	CIN	LF	31	2.9	3.1	99	306	83	16	3	20	22	0	1	50.678	0.346	0.585
22	Stan Musial	SLN	LF	40	2.9	3.1	123	431	107	22	4	15	52	0	0	63.475	0.371	0.489
23	Jerry Lynch	CIN	LF	30	2.9	2.7	96	210	57	13	2	13	27	2	2	42.016	0.407	0.624
24	Tony Gonzalez	PHI	CF	24	2.9	3.0	126	485	118	16	8	12	49	15	5	62.179	0.358	0.437
25	Johnny Callison	PHI	LF	22	2.9	3.1	138	538	121	20	11	9	69	10	4	66.451	0.363	0.418
26	Smoky Burgess	PIT	C	34	2.7	1.3	100	356	98	17	3	12	30	1	0	51.799	0.365	0.486
27	Willie McCovey	SFN	1B	23	2.7	4.0	106	374	89	12	3	18	37	1	2	52.270	0.350	0.491
28	Duke Snider	LAN	RF	34	2.6	2.7	85	266	69	8	3	16	29	1	1	45.054	0.375	0.562
29	Jim Davenport	SFN	3B	27	2.6	3.5	137	503	121	28	4	12	45	4	3	59.647	0.342	0.443
30	Felipe Alou	SFN	RF	26	2.6	2.8	132	447	120	19	0	18	26	11	4	55.861	0.333	0.465
31	Lee Maye	ML1	RF	26	2.4	2.5	110	417	101	11	5	14	36	10	1	49.814	0.337	0.440
32	Joe Cunningham	SLN	RF	29	2.4	2.2	113	390	92	11	2	7	53	1	0	54.243	0.403	0.398
33	Gene Freese	CIN	3B	27	2.3	1.3	152	606	159	27	2	26	27	8	2	69.257	0.307	0.466
34	Curt Flood	SLN	CF	23	2.2	2.8	132	380	108	15	5	2	35	6	2	51.165	0.391	0.415
35	John Roseboro	LAN	C	28	2.2	3.0	128	462	99	16	6	18	56	6	4	59.186	0.346	0.459
36	Pancho Herrera	PHI	1B	27	2.1	1.8	126	461	103	17	2	13	55	5	1	54.739	0.351	0.407
37	Frank Howard	LAN	RF	24	2.0	1.6	92	292	79	10	2	15	21	0	1	42.505	0.347	0.517
38	Frank Bolling	ML1	2B	29	2.0	3.2	148	658	153	16	4	15	57	7	3	64.788	0.329	0.380
39	Ed Bouchee	CHN	1B	28	2.0	1.5	112	387	79	12	3	12	58	1	4	50.083	0.371	0.417
40	Carl Sawatski	SLN	C	33	1.7	1.4	86	200	52	8	0	10	25	0	0	32.541	0.385	0.517
41	Joe Torre	ML1	C	20	1.7	1.3	113	441	113	21	4	10	28	3	5	49.435	0.330	0.424
42	Don Demeter	2 teams	CF	26	1.6	1.8	121	444	103	18	4	21	22	2	1	48.693	0.293	0.467
43	Leo Cardenas	CIN	SS	22	1.4	0.7	74	216	61	18	1	5	15	1	0	29.820	0.353	0.485
44	Matty Alou	SFN	RF	22	1.4	1.4	81	217	62	7	2	6	15	3	2	28.602	0.356	0.455
45	Willie Davis	LAN	CF	21	1.2	1.4	128	380	86	19	6	12	27	12	5	42.398	0.316	0.451
46	Tommy Davis	LAN	3B	22	1.2	0.9	132	508	128	13	2	15	32	10	4	53.094	0.325	0.413
47	Ruben Amaro	PHI	SS	25	1.2	2.1	135	447	98	14	9	1	53	1	0	44.547	0.351	0.349
48	Jim Gilliam	LAN	3B	32	1.2	1.9	144	531	107	26	3	4	79	8	4	54.770	0.358	0.344
49	Bob Skinner	PIT	LF	29	1.2	1.3	119	442	102	20	3	3	51	3	5	47.487	0.358	0.360
50	Wes Covington	2 teams	LF	29	1.1	0.8	66	206	54	10	0	7	17	0	0	26.165	0.345	0.457

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	Warren Spahn	ML1	40	7.4	7.6	38	34	262.67	21	13	21	0	96	64	115	64.33	3.02	1.14	3.94
2	Jim O'Toole	CIN	24	6.2	5.1	39	35	252.67	19	9	11	2	101	93	178	58.88	3.10	1.27	6.34
3	Sandy Koufax	LAN	25	5.6	4.1	42	35	255.67	18	13	15	1	117	96	269	53.47	3.52	1.20	9.47
4	Mike McCormick	SFN	22	5.5	4.9	40	35	250.00	13	16	13	0	99	75	163	52.94	3.20	1.24	5.87
5	Joey Jay	CIN	25	5.3	3.5	34	34	247.33	21	10	14	0	102	92	157	50.17	3.53	1.25	5.71
6	Bob Gibson	SLN	25	4.9	4.5	35	27	211.33	13	12	10	1	91	119	166	47.73	3.24	1.44	7.07
7	Don Drysdale	LAN	24	4.4	4.2	40	37	244.00	13	10	10	0	111	83	182	41.93	3.69	1.31	6.71
8	Don Cardwell	CHN	25	4.3	3.1	39	38	259.33	15	14	13	0	121	88	156	37.56	3.82	1.28	5.41
9	Curt Simmons	SLN	32	4.0	4.2	30	29	195.67	9	10	6	0	91	64	99	38.89	3.13	1.36	4.55
10	Larry Jackson	SLN	30	4.0	3.3	33	28	211.00	14	11	12	0	99	56	113	38.36	3.75	1.23	4.82
11	Ray Sadecki	SLN	20	3.9	3.5	31	31	222.67	14	10	13	0	100	102	114	38.31	3.72	1.34	4.61
12	Bob Purkey	CIN	31	3.9	2.6	36	34	246.33	16	12	13	1	118	51	116	37.20	3.73	1.20	4.24
13	Joe Gibbon	PIT	26	3.8	3.0	30	29	195.33	13	10	7	0	85	57	145	38.21	3.32	1.24	6.68
14	Stan Williams	LAN	24	3.6	2.8	41	35	235.33	15	12	6	0	114	108	205	34.33	3.90	1.36	7.84
15	Johnny Podres	LAN	28	3.5	3.0	32	29	182.67	18	5	6	0	81	51	124	33.72	3.74	1.33	6.11
16	Stu Miller	SFN	33	3.4	3.4	63	0	122.00	14	5	0	17	41	37	89	32.46	2.66	1.08	6.57
17	Lew Burdette	ML1	34	2.9	2.4	40	36	272.33	18	11	14	0	131	33	92	25.21	4.00	1.20	3.04
18	Bob Friend	PIT	30	2.9	1.7	41	35	236.00	14	19	10	1	119	45	108	28.67	3.85	1.34	4.12
19	Art Mahaffey	PHI	23	2.8	2.0	36	32	219.33	11	19	12	0	110	70	158	24.09	4.10	1.25	6.48
20	Dick Ellsworth	CHN	21	2.8	1.5	37	31	186.67	10	11	7	0	90	48	91	24.21	3.86	1.40	4.39
21	Ron Perranoski	LAN	25	2.5	2.3	53	1	91.67	7	5	0	6	31	41	56	23.85	2.65	1.34	5.50
22	Juan Marichal	SFN	23	2.4	1.5	29	27	185.00	13	10	9	0	88	48	124	22.57	3.89	1.25	6.03
23	Tom Sturdivant	PIT	31	2.3	2.1	13	11	85.67	5	2	6	1	29	17	45	23.39	2.84	1.14	4.73
24	Carl Willey	ML1	30	2.1	0.7	35	22	159.67	6	12	4	0	71	65	91	17.91	3.83	1.33	5.13
25	Don McMahon	ML1	31	2.0	1.8	53	0	92.00	6	4	0	8	35	51	55	17.02	2.84	1.47	5.38
26	Harvey Haddix	PIT	35	2.0	1.4	29	22	156.00	10	6	5	0	72	41	99	19.55	4.10	1.28	5.71
27	Ken Johnson	CIN	28	1.9	1.7	15	11	83.00	6	2	3	1	33	22	42	18.06	3.25	1.12	4.55
28	Bill Henry	CIN	33	1.9	1.7	47	0	53.33	2	1	0	16	18	15	53	17.75	2.19	1.22	8.94
29	Jim Brosnan	CIN	31	1.9	1.7	53	0	80.00	10	4	0	16	34	18	40	17.73	3.04	1.19	4.50
30	Ernie Broglio	SLN	25	1.7	0.8	29	26	174.67	9	12	7	0	97	75	113	16.88	4.12	1.38	5.82
31	Don Ferrarese	PHI	32	1.7	1.3	42	14	138.67	5	12	3	1	64	68	89	14.98	3.76	1.36	5.78
32	Billy O'Dell	SFN	28	1.6	0.9	46	14	130.33	7	5	4	2	63	33	110	15.26	3.59	1.27	7.60
33	Barney Schultz	CHN	34	1.6	1.4	41	0	66.67	7	6	0	7	32	25	59	13.77	2.70	1.23	7.96
34	Bobby Shantz	PIT	35	1.5	1.8	43	6	89.33	6	3	2	2	38	26	61	14.63	3.32	1.31	6.15
35	Roy Face	PIT	33	1.4	1.3	62	0	92.00	6	12	0	17	44	10	55	13.58	3.82	1.13	5.38
36	Ken Hunt	CIN	22	1.3	1.0	29	22	136.33	9	10	4	0	70	66	75	12.83	3.96	1.44	4.95
37	Glen Hobbie	CHN	25	1.3	0.9	36	29	198.67	7	13	7	2	113	54	103	11.56	4.26	1.31	4.67
38	Larry Sherry	LAN	25	1.2	1.1	53	1	94.67	4	4	0	15	48	39	79	11.84	3.90	1.36	7.51
39	Dick LeMay	SFN	22	1.2	0.7	27	5	83.33	3	6	1	3	35	36	54	11.09	3.56	1.21	5.83
40	John Buzhardt	PHI	24	1.1	0.3	41	27	202.33	6	18	6	0	107	65	92	9.86	4.49	1.31	4.09
41	Clem Labine	PIT	34	1.1	0.9	56	1	92.67	4	1	0	8	43	31	49	10.96	3.69	1.44	4.76
42	Ray Washburn	SLN	23	1.0	0.8	3	2	20.33	1	1	1	0	4	7	12	9.69	1.77	0.84	5.31
43	Jack Sanford	SFN	32	1.0	0.9	38	33	217.33	13	9	6	0	114	87	112	9.40	4.22	1.33	4.64
44	Bob Hendley	ML1	22	1.0	0.3	19	13	97.00	5	7	3	0	46	39	44	8.35	3.90	1.39	4.08
45	Bob Anderson	CHN	25	0.9	0.5	57	12	152.00	7	10	1	8	85	56	96	8.12	4.26	1.43	5.68
46	Don Nottebart	ML1	25	0.9	0.5	38	11	126.33	6	7	2	3	61	48	66	7.57	4.06	1.31	4.70
47	Craig Anderson	SLN	22	0.9	0.9	25	0	38.67	4	3	0	1	15	12	21	8.37	3.26	1.29	4.89
48	Ed Bauta	SLN	26	0.9	0.9	13	0	19.33	2	0	0	5	5	5	12	8.27	1.40	0.88	5.59
49	Bobby Bolin	SFN	22	0.8	0.7	37	1	48.00	2	2	0	5	20	37	48	7.28	3.19	1.54	9.00
50	Jack Baldschun	PHI	24	0.7	0.5	65	0	99.67	5	3	0	3	53	49	59	6.30	3.88	1.39	5.33

Fielding WAR Leaders

		Player Name	Team	Age	Fielding WAR	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Def Runs Saved
POS	Rank
C	1	Hal Smith	SLN	30	2.1	45.0	344.3	261.0	28.0	2.0	6.0	18.219
	2	Clay Dalrymple	PHI	24	2.0	122.0	939.0	551.0	86.0	14.0	10.0	21.329
	3	Darrell Johnson	2 teams	32	0.8	41.0	293.0	198.0	23.0	2.0	4.0	8.482
	4	John Roseboro	LAN	28	0.8	125.0	1013.3	877.0	56.0	13.0	16.0	8.565
	5	Dick Bertell	CHN	25	0.8	90.0	655.0	396.0	49.0	8.0	10.0	8.267
	6	Bob Oldis	PIT	33	0.4	4.0	14.0	11.0	3.0	0.0	3.0	3.846
	7	Gene Oliver	SLN	26	0.4	15.0	102.0	75.0	6.0	0.0	4.0	3.826
	8	Doug Camilli	LAN	24	0.2	12.0	69.3	64.0	5.0	1.0	1.0	2.125
1B	1	Joe Adcock	ML1	33	1.4	148.0	1315.0	1471.0	102.0	11.0	133.0	15.163
	2	Gordy Coleman	CIN	26	1.4	150.0	1244.0	1162.0	121.0	11.0	93.0	13.462
	3	Orlando Cepeda	SFN	23	1.4	81.0	664.7	644.0	47.0	2.0	50.0	14.554
	4	Willie McCovey	SFN	23	1.4	84.0	710.3	669.0	55.0	11.0	55.0	14.433
	5	Dick Gernert	CIN	32	0.3	21.0	126.0	125.0	17.0	1.0	9.0	3.324
	6	Bob Boyd	ML1	41	0.2	3.0	21.0	20.0	5.0	0.0	3.0	1.625
	7	Frank Thomas	2 teams	32	0.0	17.0	81.3	89.0	6.0	0.0	8.0	0.375
	8	Jim Marshall	SFN	30	0.0	4.0	9.0	8.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	0.354
2B	1	Bill Mazeroski	PIT	24	3.4	152.0	1333.0	410.0	505.0	23.0	144.0	29.709
	2	Frank Bolling	ML1	29	1.2	148.0	1307.3	326.0	489.0	10.0	112.0	12.866
	3	Bobby Malkmus	PHI	29	1.0	58.0	481.7	146.0	180.0	4.0	52.0	10.821
	4	Don Zimmer	CHN	30	0.8	116.0	944.3	282.0	323.0	17.0	99.0	8.932
	5	Alex Grammas	SLN	35	0.4	18.0	101.3	31.0	43.0	1.0	11.0	3.414
	6	Tony Taylor	PHI	25	0.4	91.0	808.0	231.0	270.0	10.0	74.0	3.923
	7	Julian Javier	SLN	24	0.3	113.0	935.3	239.0	332.0	20.0	82.0	2.531
	8	Bob Lillis	2 teams	31	0.2	25.0	173.0	49.0	65.0	2.0	14.0	1.978
3B	1	Ken Boyer	SLN	30	2.3	153.0	1350.7	117.0	346.0	24.0	23.0	19.825
	2	Jim Davenport	SFN	27	0.8	132.0	1053.0	119.0	235.0	13.0	25.0	8.768
	3	Jim Gilliam	LAN	32	0.8	74.0	406.3	48.0	104.0	7.0	9.0	8.449
	4	Ron Santo	CHN	21	0.5	153.0	1352.0	157.0	307.0	31.0	41.0	5.804
	5	Bobby Malkmus	PHI	29	0.5	25.0	121.0	16.0	38.0	1.0	3.0	5.501
	6	Don Hoak	PIT	33	0.4	143.0	1232.3	137.0	267.0	20.0	29.0	3.190
	7	Dick Schofield	PIT	26	0.3	11.0	58.7	4.0	20.0	2.0	1.0	2.463
	8	Charley Smith	2 teams	23	0.2	98.0	855.3	79.0	197.0	22.0	20.0	2.470
SS	1	Dick Groat	PIT	30	2.3	144.0	1255.7	235.0	473.0	32.0	117.0	19.857
	2	Ernie Banks	CHN	30	1.7	104.0	883.3	173.0	358.0	19.0	68.0	18.482
	3	Roy McMillan	ML1	31	1.4	154.0	1352.3	257.0	496.0	19.0	110.0	14.962
	4	Ruben Amaro	PHI	25	1.0	132.0	1083.0	243.0	379.0	19.0	91.0	10.524
	5	Alex Grammas	SLN	35	0.8	65.0	350.7	81.0	136.0	9.0	29.0	6.573
	6	Bobby Malkmus	PHI	29	0.6	34.0	178.3	48.0	81.0	7.0	12.0	6.209
	7	Dick Schofield	PIT	26	0.2	9.0	61.3	15.0	24.0	1.0	7.0	2.086
	8	Daryl Spencer	2 teams	32	0.1	40.0	340.7	72.0	116.0	8.0	28.0	1.028
LF	1	Johnny Callison	PHI	22	0.3	89.0	758.0	175.0	5.0	6.0	2.0	3.661
	2	Frank Robinson	CIN	25	0.3	59.0	481.0	110.0	7.0	1.0	2.0	3.068
	3	Don Taussig	SLN	29	0.3	47.0	142.7	43.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	2.345
	4	Bobby Smith	PHI	27	0.2	34.0	241.3	61.0	5.0	2.0	0.0	2.258
	5	Stan Musial	SLN	40	0.2	102.0	767.7	150.0	9.0	1.0	0.0	1.341
	6	Bob Skinner	PIT	29	0.1	97.0	843.0	173.0	4.0	5.0	1.0	1.261
	7	Harvey Kuenn	SFN	30	0.1	67.0	548.0	115.0	7.0	2.0	0.0	1.303
	8	Don Demeter	PHI	26	0.1	23.0	181.0	41.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	1.227
CF	1	Bill Virdon	PIT	30	0.7	145.0	1269.0	379.0	7.0	6.0	4.0	6.223
	2	Curt Flood	SLN	23	0.5	119.0	795.3	240.0	13.0	4.0	4.0	4.524
	3	Vada Pinson	CIN	22	0.4	153.0	1334.0	396.0	19.0	10.0	4.0	4.001
	4	Al Heist	CHN	33	0.3	99.0	717.3	213.0	8.0	5.0	0.0	2.818
	5	George Altman	CHN	28	0.3	25.0	139.3	58.0	0.0	2.0	0.0	2.745
	6	Bobby Del Greco	PHI	28	0.2	31.0	252.0	81.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	2.445
	7	Willie Davis	LAN	21	0.2	114.0	787.3	223.0	4.0	4.0	1.0	1.991
	8	Hank Aaron	ML1	27	0.2	83.0	712.3	211.0	2.0	4.0	0.0	1.887
RF	1	Hank Aaron	ML1	27	0.6	78.0	654.7	167.0	11.0	3.0	2.0	6.048
	2	Frank Robinson	CIN	25	0.3	92.0	796.0	172.0	6.0	2.0	1.0	2.422
	3	Wally Post	CIN	31	0.2	37.0	293.3	77.0	2.0	3.0	1.0	2.242
	4	Duke Snider	LAN	34	0.2	51.0	327.3	76.0	4.0	1.0	3.0	2.312
	5	Roberto Clemente	PIT	26	0.2	144.0	1236.0	250.0	26.0	9.0	4.0	1.507
	6	Don Demeter	2 teams	26	0.2	29.0	167.7	43.0	3.0	1.0	2.0	1.691
	7	Tommy Davis	LAN	22	0.1	30.0	167.0	40.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	1.472
	8	Ron Fairly	LAN	22	0.1	54.0	294.7	60.0	6.0	1.0	1.0	0.864