1961 Los Angeles Dodgers season

The 1961 Los Angeles Dodgers finished in second place in the National League with a record of 89–65, four games behind the Cincinnati Reds. 1961 was the fourth season for the Dodgers in Los Angeles. It was also the Dodgers final season of playing their home games at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, since they moved to their new stadium the following season.

1961 Los Angeles Dodgers
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s)Walter O'Malley, James & Dearie Mulvey
General manager(s)Buzzie Bavasi
Manager(s)Walter Alston
Local televisionKTTV (11)
Local radioKFI
Vin Scully, Jerry Doggett
KWKW
René Cárdenas, Jaime Jarrín, Miguel Alonzo
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Offseason

Regular season

On April 17, 1961, Duke Snider hit his 370th career home run, which at the time moved him into 7th place on the all-time career home runs list.[6] Later in the same game, Snider suffered a broken elbow, and he was knocked out for the rest of the season when he was hit by a pitch from Bob Gibson of the Cardinals.

Season standings

National League W L Pct. GB Home Road
Cincinnati Reds 9361 0.604 47–30 46–31
Los Angeles Dodgers 8965 0.578 4 45–32 44–33
San Francisco Giants 8569 0.552 8 45–32 40–37
Milwaukee Braves 8371 0.539 10 45–32 38–39
St. Louis Cardinals 8074 0.519 13 48–29 32–45
Pittsburgh Pirates 7579 0.487 18 38–39 37–40
Chicago Cubs 6490 0.416 29 40–37 24–53
Philadelphia Phillies 47107 0.305 46 22–55 25–52

Record vs. opponents

1961 National League Records

Sources:
Team CHC CIN LAD MIL PHI PIT SF STL
Chicago 12–107–159–13–113–911–115–177–15–1
Cincinnati 10–1212–1015–719–311–1112–1014–8
Los Angeles 15–710–1212–1017–513–910–1212–10
Milwaukee 13–9–17–1510–1216–612–1011–1114–8
Philadelphia 9–133–195–176–167–158–14–19–13
Pittsburgh 11–1111–119–1310–1215–710–129–13
San Francisco 17–510–1212–1011–1114–8–112–109–13
St. Louis 15–7–18–1410–128–1413–913–913–9

Opening Day lineup

Opening Day starters
NamePosition
Maury WillsShortstop
Willie DavisCenter fielder
Tommy DavisThird baseman
Duke SniderRight fielder
Wally MoonLeft fielder
Norm LarkerFirst baseman
Charlie NealSecond baseman
Johnny RoseboroCatcher
Don DrysdaleStarting pitcher

Notable transactions

Roster

1961 Los Angeles Dodgers
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders 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
CJohn Roseboro12839499.2511859
1BNorm Larker9728276.270538
2BCharlie Neal10834180.2351048
SSMaury Wills148613173.282131
3BDaryl Spencer6018946.243827
LFWally Moon134463152.3281788
CFWillie Davis12833986.2541245
RFFrank Howard9226779.2961545

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
Jim Gilliam144439107.244432
Tommy Davis132460128.2781558
Ron Fairly11124579.3221048
Duke Snider8523369.2961656
Gil Hodges10921552.242831
Norm Sherry4712131.256521
Bob Aspromonte475814.24102
Gordie Windhorn34338.24226
Don Demeter15295.17212
Doug Camilli13304.13334
Charley Smith9246.25023
Carl Warwick19111.09101
Tim Harkness584.50000
Bob Lillis1991.11101

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
Sandy Koufax42255.218133.52269
Don Drysdale4024413103.69182
Stan Williams41235.115123.90205
Johnny Podres32182.21853.74124

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
Roger Craig40112.2566.1553
Phil Ortega413025.5415

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
Larry Sherry5344153.9079
Ron Perranoski537562.6556
Turk Farrell5066105.0680
Jim Golden281105.7918
Ed Roebuck52005.009
Ed Palmquist50116.235

Awards and honors

All-Stars

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
AAA Omaha Dodgers American Association Danny Ozark
AAA Spokane Indians Pacific Coast League Preston Gómez
AA Atlanta Crackers Southern Association Rube Walker
A Greenville Spinners South Atlantic League Roy Hartsfield
B Salem Dodgers Northwest League Stan Wasiak
C Great Falls Electrics Pioneer League Al Ronning
C Reno Silver Sox California League Roy Smalley
D Artesia Dodgers Sophomore League Spider Jorgensen
D Kokomo Dodgers Midwest League Dom Domenichelli
D Orlando Dodgers Florida State League Edward Serrano
D Panama City Fliers Alabama–Florida League George Scherger

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Great Falls, Reno

References

  1. Ray Semproch at Baseball-Reference
  2. Earl Robinson at Baseball-Reference
  3. Danny McDevitt Archived April 26, 2011, at the Wayback Machine at Baseball-Reference
  4. Joe Pignatano at Baseball-Reference
  5. Ed Rakow at Baseball-Reference
  6. Duke Snider at The Baseball Page
  7. Charley Smith at Baseball-Reference
  8. Art Fowler at Baseball-Reference
  9. Bob Lillis at Baseball-Reference
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