1961 Baltimore Orioles season

The 1961 Baltimore Orioles season involved the Orioles finishing 3rd in the American League with a record of 95 wins and 67 losses, 14 games behind the AL and World Series champion New York Yankees. The team was managed by Paul Richards and Lum Harris, and played their home games at Baltimore's Memorial Stadium.

1961 Baltimore Orioles
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record95–67 (.586)
League place3rd
Other information
Owner(s)Jerold Hoffberger
General manager(s)Lee MacPhail
Manager(s)Paul Richards, Lum Harris
Local televisionWJZ-TV
Local radioWBAL (AM)
(Bob Murphy, Herb Carneal)
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Offseason

Regular season

Roger Maris of the Yankees hit his 59th and 60th home runs of the season against the Orioles, tying what was at the time Babe Ruth's single-season record. The 59th was hit on September 20 at Memorial Stadium,[6] and the 60th was hit on September 26 at Yankee Stadium.

Opening Day starters
  • Jackie Brandt
  • Marv Breeding
  • Jim Gentile
  • Ron Hansen
  • Milt Pappas
  • Brooks Robinson
  • Russ Snyder
  • Gene Stephens
  • Gus Triandos[7]

Season standings
American League W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Yankees 10953 0.673 — 65–16 44–37
Detroit Tigers 10161 0.623 8 50–31 51–30
Baltimore Orioles 9567 0.586 14 48–33 47–34
Chicago White Sox 8676 0.531 23 53–28 33–48
Cleveland Indians 7883 0.484 30½ 40–41 38–42
Boston Red Sox 7686 0.469 33 50–31 26–55
Minnesota Twins 7090 0.438 38 36–44 34–46
Los Angeles Angels 7091 0.435 38½ 46–36 24–55
Kansas City Athletics 61100 0.379 47½ 33–47 28–53
Washington Senators 61100 0.379 47½ 33–46 28–54

Record vs. opponents
1961 American League Records

Sources:
Team BAL BOS CWS CLE DET KC LAA MIN NYY WSH
Baltimore —11–711–79–99–913–58–1011–79–9–114–4
Boston 7–11—9–95–138–1010–811–7–111–75–1310–8
Chicago 7–119–9—12–66–1214–410–89–9–16–1213–5
Cleveland 9–913–56–12—6–128–910–810–84–1412–6
Detroit 9–910–812–612–6—12–6–114–411–78–1013–5
Kansas City 5–138–104–149–86–12–1—9–97–114–149–9
Los Angeles 10–87–11–18–108–104–149–9—8–96–1210–8
Minnesota 7–117–119–9–18–107–1111–79–8—4–148–9
New York 9–9–113–512–614–410–814–412–614–4—11–7
Washington 4–148–105–136–125–139–98–109–87–11—

Notable transactions

Roster
1961 Baltimore Orioles
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Other batters

 Manager

Coaches

Player stats

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
CGus Triandos11539797.2441763
1BJim Gentile148486147.30246141
2BJerry Adair133386102.264937
3BBrooks Robinson163668192.287761
SSRon Hansen155533132.2481251
LFDick Williams10331064.206824
CFJackie Brandt139516153.2971672
RFWhitey Herzog11332394.291535

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Russ Snyder11531291.292113
Marv Breeding9024451.209116
Earl Robinson9622259.266830
Dave Philley9914436.250123
Hank Foiles4312434.274619
Marv Throneberry569620.208511
Jim Busby758923.25806
Gene Stephens325811.19002
Charley Lau17478.17014
Clint Courtney224512.26704
Walt Dropo14277.25912
Boog Powell4131.07701
Barry Shetrone371.14301
Frank Zupo542.50000
Chuck Essegian110.00000

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Steve Barber37248.118123.33150
Chuck Estrada332121593.69160
Jack Fisher3619610133.90118
Milt Pappas26177.21393.0489
Hal Brown27166.21063.1961

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Billy Hoeft35138742.02100
Dick Hall29122.1753.0992

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Hoyt Wilhelm5197182.3087
Wes Stock355033.0147
Dick Hyde151205.5715
Gordon Jones30015.404
Jim Lehew20000.000
John Papa200018.003

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Rochester Red Wings International League Clyde King
AA Little Rock Travelers Southern Association Fred Hatfield
AA Victoria/Ardmore Rosebuds Texas League George Staller
B Tri-City Braves Northwest League Whitey McDowell and Billy DeMars
B Fox Cities Foxes Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League Earl Weaver
C Stockton Ports California League Harry Dunlop
C Aberdeen Pheasants Northern League Lou Fitzgerald
D Bluefield Orioles Appalachian League Dee Phillips, Walter Youse,
Joe Cusick and Bud Bates
D Leesburg Orioles Florida State League Billy DeMars, Cal Ripken Sr.
and Ray Scarborough

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Aberdeen
Victoria club moved to Ardmore, May 27, 1961

Notes
  1. Del Rice page at Baseball Reference
  2. Dave Philley page at Baseball Reference
  3. Whitey Herzog page at Baseball Reference
  4. Darold Knowles page at Baseball Reference
  5. Frank House page at Baseball Reference
  6. http://www.baseball-almanac.com/box-scores/boxscore.php?boxid=196109200BAL
  7. http://www.baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1961&t=BAL
  8. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/e/essegch01.shtml#trans
  9. Walt Dropo page at Baseball Reference
  10. Marv Throneberry page at Baseball Reference

References
  • Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (1997). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (2nd ed.). Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America. ISBN 978-0-9637189-8-3.
  • 1961 Baltimore Orioles team page at Baseball Reference
  • 1961 Baltimore Orioles season at baseball-almanac.com
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