1961 San Francisco Giants season
The 1961 San Francisco Giants season was the Giants' 79th year in Major League Baseball, their 4th year in San Francisco since their move from New York following the 1957 season, and their second at Candlestick Park. The team finished in third place in the National League with an 85-69 record, eight games behind the NL Champion Cincinnati Reds. The Giants were managed by Alvin Dark.
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Owner(s) | Horace Stoneham |
General manager(s) | Chub Feeney |
Manager(s) | Alvin Dark |
Local television | KTVU (Russ Hodges, Lon Simmons) |
Local radio | KSFO (Russ Hodges, Lon Simmons, Bill King) |
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Regular season
Willie Mays had both a three home run game (on June 29) and a four home run game (on April 30)[1] during the 1961 season. Mays became the ninth player, and first Giant, in MLB history to hit four home runs in one game.
Season standings
National League | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Cincinnati Reds | 93 | 61 | 0.604 | — | 47–30 | 46–31 |
Los Angeles Dodgers | 89 | 65 | 0.578 | 4 | 45–32 | 44–33 |
San Francisco Giants | 85 | 69 | 0.552 | 8 | 45–32 | 40–37 |
Milwaukee Braves | 83 | 71 | 0.539 | 10 | 45–32 | 38–39 |
St. Louis Cardinals | 80 | 74 | 0.519 | 13 | 48–29 | 32–45 |
Pittsburgh Pirates | 75 | 79 | 0.487 | 18 | 38–39 | 37–40 |
Chicago Cubs | 64 | 90 | 0.416 | 29 | 40–37 | 24–53 |
Philadelphia Phillies | 47 | 107 | 0.305 | 46 | 22–55 | 25–52 |
Record vs. opponents
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Team | CHC | CIN | LAD | MIL | PHI | PIT | SF | STL | |||||
Chicago | — | 12–10 | 7–15 | 9–13–1 | 13–9 | 11–11 | 5–17 | 7–15–1 | |||||
Cincinnati | 10–12 | — | 12–10 | 15–7 | 19–3 | 11–11 | 12–10 | 14–8 | |||||
Los Angeles | 15–7 | 10–12 | — | 12–10 | 17–5 | 13–9 | 10–12 | 12–10 | |||||
Milwaukee | 13–9–1 | 7–15 | 10–12 | — | 16–6 | 12–10 | 11–11 | 14–8 | |||||
Philadelphia | 9–13 | 3–19 | 5–17 | 6–16 | — | 7–15 | 8–14–1 | 9–13 | |||||
Pittsburgh | 11–11 | 11–11 | 9–13 | 10–12 | 15–7 | — | 10–12 | 9–13 | |||||
San Francisco | 17–5 | 10–12 | 12–10 | 11–11 | 14–8–1 | 12–10 | — | 9–13 | |||||
St. Louis | 15–7–1 | 8–14 | 10–12 | 8–14 | 13–9 | 13–9 | 13–9 | — |
Opening Day starters
Roster
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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 |
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C | Ed Bailey | 107 | 340 | 81 | .238 | 13 | 51 |
1B | Willie McCovey | 106 | 328 | 89 | .271 | 18 | 50 |
2B | Joey Amalfitano | 109 | 384 | 98 | .255 | 2 | 23 |
SS | José Pagán | 134 | 434 | 110 | .253 | 5 | 46 |
3B | Jim Davenport | 137 | 436 | 121 | .278 | 12 | 65 |
LF | Harvey Kuenn | 131 | 471 | 125 | .265 | 5 | 46 |
CF | Willie Mays | 154 | 572 | 176 | .308 | 40 | 123 |
RF | Felipe Alou | 132 | 415 | 120 | .289 | 18 | 52 |
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 |
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Orlando Cepeda | 152 | 585 | 182 | .311 | 46 | 142 |
Chuck Hiller | 70 | 240 | 57 | .238 | 2 | 12 |
Matty Alou | 81 | 200 | 62 | .310 | 6 | 24 |
Eddie Bressoud | 59 | 114 | 24 | .211 | 3 | 11 |
John Orsino | 25 | 83 | 23 | .277 | 4 | 12 |
Hobie Landrith | 43 | 71 | 17 | .239 | 2 | 10 |
Tom Haller | 30 | 62 | 9 | .145 | 2 | 8 |
Ernie Bowman | 38 | 38 | 8 | .211 | 0 | 2 |
Jim Marshall | 44 | 36 | 8 | .222 | 1 | 7 |
Bob Farley | 13 | 20 | 2 | .100 | 0 | 1 |
Bob Schmidt | 2 | 6 | 1 | .167 | 0 | 1 |
Don Blasingame | 3 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
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 |
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Mike McCormick | 40 | 250 | 13 | 16 | 3.20 | 163 |
Jack Sanford | 38 | 217.1 | 13 | 9 | 4.22 | 112 |
Juan Marichal | 29 | 185 | 13 | 10 | 3.89 | 124 |
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 |
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Billy O'Dell | 46 | 130.1 | 7 | 5 | 3.59 | 110 |
Sam Jones | 37 | 128.1 | 8 | 8 | 4.49 | 105 |
Billy Loes | 26 | 114.2 | 6 | 5 | 4.24 | 55 |
Dick LeMay | 27 | 83.1 | 3 | 6 | 3.56 | 54 |
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 |
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Stu Miller | 63 | 14 | 5 | 17 | 2.66 | 89 |
Bobby Bolin | 37 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3.19 | 48 |
Jim Duffalo | 24 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 4.23 | 37 |
Eddie Fisher | 15 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5.35 | 16 |
Dom Zanni | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3.95 | 11 |
Awards and honors
All-Star Game (first game) All-Star Game (second game)
Farm system
Level | Team | League | Manager |
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AAA | Tacoma Giants | Pacific Coast League | Red Davis |
AA | Rio Grande Valley/Victoria Giants | Texas League | Ray Murray |
A | Springfield Giants | Eastern League | Andy Gilbert |
B | Eugene Emeralds | Northwest League | Richie Klaus |
C | Fresno Giants | California League | Sal Taormina |
C | Pocatello Bannocks | Pioneer League | Bert Thiel |
D | Salem Rebels | Appalachian League | Jodie Phipps |
D | Quincy Giants | Midwest League | Buddy Kerr |
D | El Paso Sun Kings | Sophomore League | George Genovese |
D | Belmont Chiefs | Western Carolinas League | Jim Poole, Whitey Ries and Max Lanier |
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Tacoma, Springfield, Quincy
Rio Grande Valley club moved to Victoria, June 10, 1961; Pocatello affiliation shared with Kansas City Athletics[3]
Notes
- Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p. 258, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0
- http://www.baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1961&t=SFN
- Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007
References
- 1961 San Francisco Giants at Baseball Reference
- 1961 San Francisco Giants at Baseball Almanac