1961 Los Angeles Angels Statistics

American League (AL)
Team Record: 70-91
Finished 8th in the AL
Attendance: 604,422, Avg. 8,059
Ballpark: Wrigley Field (LA)
Manager: Bill Rigney (70-91)
Location: Los Angeles, California
1961 Los Angeles Angels Roster
1961 Los Angeles Angels Results

The Los Angeles Angels of the American League ended the 1961 season with a record of 70 wins and 91 losses, finishing eighth in the AL.

The Angels scored 744 runs and surrendered 784 runs. Leon Wagner led Los Angeles with 28 home runs, while Earl Averill, Lee Thomas, Steve Bilko, Ken Hunt and Ted Kluszewski each walloped 20 or more also. Ken Hunt recorded 84 runs batted in. Lee Thomas paced all qualifying hitters on the roster by connecting at a .284 clip. Ken McBride topped the squad with 12 wins and a team-best 3.65 ERA, tops among regularly-used pitchers.

Bill Rigney coached the team.

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Pitching:

Player W L W% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF
Ken McBride1215.4443.65383621111241.7229114982810241807081038
Ted Bowsfield118.5793.7341216410157.015475651863388103683
Eli Grba1113.4584.2540305802211.71971191002611410105716941
Tom Morgan82.8002.3659033001091.7743124717339500363
Ryne Duren612.3335.184014911299.087705713751108307460
Art Fowler58.3853.6453332001189.06842361229378001361
Jim Donohue46.4004.3138715005100.39348481650479002435
Ron Moeller48.3335.8333183110112.712280731583087208533
Jack Spring301.0004.26184400038.0351918415227301166
Ron Kline36.3334.9026125001104.711962571644570112464
Tex Clevenger21.6671.69120700116.0135311311100172
Jerry Casale15.1676.54137100142.7523431925035106202
Russ Heman001.8060100010.0432120210038
Bob Sprout004.501100004.0432030200018
Ray Semproch009.002000001.012103010017
Johnny James02.0005.303631000071.36644421254141205330
Dean Chance02.0006.8754100018.33315140511110188
Ned Garver03.0005.59122300029.040181821609001134
Totals7091.4354.31473162137254341438.0139178468918071338973342536333

Batting:

Player GP PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB DP HBP SH SF IBB
Lee Thomas130504450771281152470054774.284.353.491.844221122232
Leon Wagner133511453741271922879514865.280.348.517.86523453072
Albie Pearson144535427921232137411139640.288.420.400.82117133721
Ken Hunt1495414797012229325848249120.255.325.484.810232124361
Earl Averill1153923235686902159106270.266.384.489.87315892141
Joe Koppe913923384685122540334577.251.339.343.68311641620
Steve Bilko11435429449821612059115881.279.395.544.94016090022
George Thomas7931128239791211359362166.280.334.468.80313233321
Ted Kluszewski10729026332641201539002423.243.303.460.76412140035
Rocky Bridges84260229205551215102637.240.320.297.6176841400
Ken Aspromonte662762382953100214003321.223.322.290.6126952301
Billy Moran54198173174571222001716.260.328.347.6756051611
Gene Leek5721119916459152001754.226.260.357.6167182300
Eddie Yost76267213294340315015048.202.358.263.6215622200
Ed Sadowski691781641638130412231133.232.278.384.6636330211
Del Rice4410783112040411012019.241.385.434.8183610315
Ken Hamlin4210591419301501119.209.298.275.5732561112
Tom Satriano351109615195118201216.198.294.302.5962911100
Buck Rodgers165756818202130016.321.333.464.7982630000
Eli Grba4280648153021100617.234.306.375.6812411810
Bob Cerv1860573930260018.158.169.316.4851840110
Ted Bowsfield46555157110200219.137.170.196.3661010200
Ken McBride45928357300200335.084.116.120.2371010600
Jerry Casale1314132620120014.462.500.8461.3461100000
Jim Fregosi1129277600030014.222.250.222.472620100
Ron Moeller35382926100200814.207.378.241.620710100
Faye Throneberry24373116100000510.194.306.226.531710100
Fritz Brickell2155493600030069.122.218.122.341640000
Jim Donohue3827270410010007.148.148.185.333510000
Ron Kline26353103000000117.097.125.097.222300300
Dan Ardell7641100000012.250.400.250.650100100
Chuck Tanner71080100000022.125.300.125.425100000
Tom Morgan5913121100000014.083.154.083.237100000
Art Fowler5316131100000003.077.077.077.154100300
Ryne Duren40292521000300315.040.143.040.183100100
Leo Burke6550000000001.000.000.000.000000000
Julio Becquer11980000000015.000.111.000.111000000
Jack Spring181280000000015.000.111.000.111000300
Dean Chance5550000000002.000.000.000.000000000
Tex Clevenger12330000000001.000.000.000.000000000
Ned Garver12760000000003.000.000.000.000000100
Russ Heman6110000000001.000.000.000.000000000
Johnny James4314133000000005.000.071.000.071011000
Ray Semproch2000000000000000000
Bob Sprout1100000000000000100
Lou Johnson1000000000000000000
Totals22076252542474413312182218970037286811068.245.331.398.729216011630803725


Fielding:

Player Pos GP GS Inn. PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G PB WP SB CS CS%
Steve Bilko1B8672653.357761756.9898.7897.4190000
Ted Kluszewski1B6659496.752028651.9899.9308.3030000
Lee Thomas1B3430265.726710526.9829.3848.1470000
Julio Becquer1B5013.3111001.0008.1002.4000000
Dan Ardell1B119.0130011.00013.00013.0000000
Ken Aspromonte2B6261537.01561961155.9705.8995.6770000
Rocky Bridges2B5849429.7113139323.9885.2794.3450000
Billy Moran2B5147409.3108116831.9664.9254.3920000
Tom Satriano2B10445.0111221.9204.6002.3000000
Joe Koppe2B3113.062001.0005.5382.6670000
Earl Averill2B103.00000.000.0000000
Ken Hunt2B101.001001.0009.0001.0000000
Eddie Yost3B6757522.75710364.9642.7552.3880000
Gene Leek3B4948422.054127811.9583.8603.6940000
George Thomas3B3835299.32563125.8802.6462.3160000
Tom Satriano3B2321178.0174866.9153.2872.8260000
Joe Koppe3B119.024001.0006.0006.0000000
Rocky Bridges3B407.001001.0001.286.2500000
Earl AverillC8878708.35423856.9917.3696.5911724441626.7
Ed SadowskiC5644404.72951744.9876.9395.57131516523.8
Del RiceC3027209.71441410.9946.7825.267312111047.6
Buck RodgersC1413115.3711132.9656.3995.857118642.9
Ken HuntOF1341191074.72616141.9502.2361.9930000
Leon WagnerOF116113980.01871262.9711.8281.7160000
Albie PearsonOF113107966.32337112.9562.2352.1240000
Lee ThomasOF8679707.0159961.9662.1391.9530000
George ThomasOF4538339.371010.9861.8831.5780000
Bob CervOF1514118.317010.9441.2931.1330000
Earl AverillOF9754.360001.000.994.6670000
Faye ThroneberryOF5541.081001.0001.9761.8000000
Steve BilkoOF3323.020001.000.783.6670000
Chuck TannerOF117.00000.000.0000000
Lou JohnsonOF102.00000.000.0000000
Gene LeekOF101.00000.000.0000000
Ken McBrideP3836241.7195325.9732.6811.8950000
Eli GrbaP4030211.7113122.9551.7861.0500000
Ted BowsfieldP4121157.042651.8571.720.7320000
Ron MoellerP3318112.752132.8972.077.7880000
Ron KlineP2612104.782131.9062.4941.1150000
Jim DonohueP387100.3811011.0001.704.5000000
Ryne DurenP401499.06620.8571.091.3000000
Tom MorganP59091.781822.9292.553.4410000
Art FowlerP53389.047001.0001.112.2080000
Johnny JamesP36371.3112011.0001.640.3610000
Jerry CasaleP13742.74410.8891.688.6150000
Jack SpringP18438.02610.8891.895.4440000
Ned GarverP12229.0111001.0003.7241.0000000
Dean ChanceP5418.316011.0003.4361.4000000
Tex ClevengerP12016.006001.0003.375.5000000
Russ HemanP6010.002001.0001.800.3330000
Bob SproutP114.00010.000.000.0000000
Ray SemprochP201.001001.0009.000.5000000
Joe KoppeSS8887767.01272502151.9474.4244.2840000
Ken HamlinSS3930257.76393625.9635.4494.0000000
Rocky BridgesSS2519162.03257312.9674.9443.5600000
Fritz BrickellSS1713119.33034711.9014.8273.7650000
Jim FregosiSS11768.0122223.9444.5003.0910000
Gene LeekSS7442.0171946.9007.7145.1430000
Billy MoranSS2219.01410.8332.3682.5000000
Tom SatrianoSS103.011001.0006.0002.0000000
Totals1940145812942.042981749192412.9694.2053.1172452793731.9




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