1961 Washington Senators Statistics and Roster

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1961 Washington Senators (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1962)
61-100, Finished 9th in American League
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Scored 618 runs, Allowed 776 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 64-97
Managed by Mickey Vernon

Ballpark: Griffith Stadium II (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 597,287 (9th of 10)
Park Factors
  (multi-year): Batting - 95, Pitching - 97
  (one-year): Batting - 95, Pitching - 97
  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.

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Team Batting Glossary

Pos Player              Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
C   Gene Green          28  110  364   52  102  16  3  18   62  35   65  .280  .341  .489   0   2  26   1   0   5   5  124
1B *Dale Long           35  123  377   52   94  20  4  17   49  39   41  .249  .317  .459   0   0   7   1   0   6   5  110
2B  Chuck Cottier       25  101  337   37   79  14  4   2   34  30   51  .234  .296  .318   9   1   5   1   6   4   1   68
3B  Danny O'Connell     34  138  493   61  128  30  1   1   37  77   62  .260  .361  .331  15   5   6   3  15   3   0   91
SS  Coot Veal           28   69  218   21   44  10  0   0    8  19   29  .202  .273  .248   1   8   3   3  10   2   0   44
LF  Chuck Hinton        27  106  339   51   88  13  5   6   34  40   81  .260  .337  .381  22   5   5   1   0   3   1   96
CF  Willie Tasby        28  141  494   54  124  13  2  17   63  58   94  .251  .330  .389   4  10  15   2   3   4   2   96
RF *Gene Woodling       38  110  342   39  107  16  4  10   57  50   24  .313  .403  .471   1   0  10   2   1   1   3  138
   *Marty Keough        26  135  390   57   97  18  9   9   34  32   60  .249  .307  .410  12   5   6   2   4   3   1   95
   *Jim King            28  110  263   43   71  12  1  11   46  38   45  .270  .363  .449   4   0   3   2   0   3   3  121
   *Billy Klaus         32   91  251   26   57   8  2   7   30  30   34  .227  .311  .359   2   2   1   2   1   3   3   83
    Bob Johnson         25   61  224   27   66  13  1   6   28  19   26  .295  .350  .442   4   2  10   1   2   2   2  115
    Pete Daley          31   72  203   12   39   7  1   2   17  14   37  .192  .244  .266   0   1  11   0   2   0   3   40
    Harry Bright        31   72  183   20   44   6  0   4   21  19   23  .240  .310  .339   0   2   6   0   1   1   1   78
   *Bud Zipfel          22   50  170   17   34   7  5   4   18  15   49  .200  .262  .371   1   1   3   0   3   2   0   71
    Jim Mahoney         27   43  108   10   26   0  1   0    6   5   23  .241  .274  .259   1   2   2   0   1   0   0   47
    R.C. Stevens        26   33   62    2    8   1  0   0    2   7   15  .129  .217  .145   1   0   3   0   0   0   0    2
   *Ken Retzer          27   16   53    7   18   4  0   1    3   4    5  .340  .386  .472   1   0   1   0   0   0   0  134
   *Joe Hicks           28   12   29    2    5   0  0   1    1   0    4  .172  .172  .276   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   21
    Dutch Dotterer      29    7   19    1    5   2  0   0    1   3    5  .263  .364  .368   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  101
    Ron Stillwell       21    8   16    3    2   1  0   0    1   1    4  .125  .176  .188   0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0
    Ed Brinkman         19    4   11    0    1   0  0   0    0   1    1  .091  .167  .091   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  -27
    Chet Boak           26    5    7    0    0   0  0   0    0   1    1  .000  .125  .000   1   0   1   0   0   0   0  -62

   *Bennie Daniels      29   32   76    6   15   0  0   2    5   6   34  .197  .253  .276   0   0   0   0   3   1   0   45
    Joe McClain         28   33   68    4   14   4  0   0    4   1   16  .206  .214  .265   0   0   0   0   2   1   0   30
   *Dick Donovan        33   24   56    6   10   1  0   1    7   6   23  .179  .258  .250   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   40
    Ed Hobaugh          27   27   41    0    4   0  0   0    1   1   12  .098  .119  .098   1   0   1   0   5   0   0  -40
    Pete Burnside       30   33   34    1    2   0  0   0    1   1   15  .059  .086  .059   0   0   1   0   3   0   0  -60
    Marty Kutyna        28   50   34    0    7   0  0   0    3   0    1  .206  .206  .206   0   0   1   0   4   0   0   13
   *Tom Sturdivant      31   15   26    1    2   0  0   0    0   2    5  .077  .143  .077   0   0   0   0   4   0   0  -38
   #John Gabler         30   34   25    3    5   0  1   0    1   1   11  .200  .231  .280   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   39
    Hal Woodeshick      28    7   16    0    2   0  0   0    0   0    9  .125  .125  .125   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  -31
    Tom Cheney          26   13    8    1    4   1  0   0    3   0    2  .500  .500  .625   0   0   0   0   1   0   0  206
    Johnny Klippstein   33   42    7    0    1   0  0   0    0   0    4  .143  .143  .143   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  -21
   *Claude Osteen       21    3    7    0    1   0  0   0    1   0    3  .143  .143  .143   0   0   0   0   1   0   0  -21
    Dave Sisler         29   45    6    0    0   0  0   0    0   3    2  .000  .333  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0
   #Carl Mathias        25    4    5    2    1   0  0   0    0   0    0  .200  .200  .200   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   10
    Roy Heiser          19    3    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
   #Carl Bouldin        21    2    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    Hector Maestri      26    1    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 29.4  161 5366  618 1307 217 44 119  578 558  917  .244  .315  .367  81  47 127  21  73  44  30   92
    Rank among 10 AL teams        10   10   10   5  4   8        7    2    10    10     9   3   1                    
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed
    OPS+ does not include pitcher's stats.

Team Pitching Glossary

    Player              Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
SP  Joe McClain         28  33   3.86   8  18  1  29   3   7   2  212.0  221  105   91  22   48   76  893   4   4  0   7 101
SP  Bennie Daniels      29  32   3.44  12  11  0  28   1  12   1  212.0  184   90   81  14   80  110  876   5   3  1   8 114
SP  Dick Donovan        33  23   2.40  10  10  0  22   0  11   2  168.7  138   60   45  10   35   62  671   0   3  0   3 163
SP  Ed Hobaugh          27  26   4.42   7   9  0  18   2   3   0  126.3  142   68   62  12   64   67  576   4   1  0   3  88
SP  Tom Sturdivant      31  15   4.61   2   6  0  10   3   1   1   80.0   67   42   41   6   40   39  339   6   3  0   3  85
SP  Tom Cheney          26  10   8.80   1   3  0   7   2   0   0   29.7   32   30   29   8   26   20  143   3   0  0   0  44
SP *Hal Woodeshick      28   7   4.02   3   2  0   6   0   1   0   40.3   38   19   18   3   24   24  181   4   3  0   0  97

CL  Dave Sisler         29  45   4.18   2   8 11   1  29   0   0   60.3   55   34   28   6   48   30  276   3   3  0   5  93
RP  Marty Kutyna        28  50   3.97   6   8  3   6  23   0   0  143.0  147   79   63  12   48   64  613   3   2  0   2  98
RP  Johnny Klippstein   33  42   6.78   2   2  0   1  22   0   0   71.7   83   59   54  13   43   41  336  10   4  0   1  58
RP  John Gabler         30  29   4.86   3   8  4   9  11   0   0   92.7  104   61   50   5   37   33  411   7   1  0   3  80
RP *Pete Burnside       30  33   4.53   4   9  2  16   9   4   2  113.3  106   66   57  11   51   56  492   3   3  0   2  86

    Mike Garcia         37  16   4.74   0   1  0   0   9   0   0   19.0   23   14   10   1   13   14   97   0   1  0   3  82
   *Claude Osteen       21   3   4.91   1   1  0   3   0   0   0   18.3   14   11   10   3    9   14   76   2   1  1   0  80
   *Carl Mathias        25   4  11.20   0   1  0   3   1   0   0   13.7   22   19   17   3    4    7   68   0   1  1   0  35
    Rudy Hernandez      29   7   3.00   0   1  0   0   5   0   0    9.0    8    5    3   0    3    4   37   0   0  1   0 130
    Hector Maestri      26   1   1.50   0   1  0   1   0   0   0    6.0    6    3    1   1    2    2   26   0   0  0   0 260
    Roy Heiser          19   3   6.35   0   0  0   0   2   0   0    5.7    6    5    4   1    9    1   33   0   1  0   0  61
    Carl Bouldin        21   2  16.20   0   1  0   1   0   0   0    3.3    9    6    6   0    2    2   20   1   0  0   0  24
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 29.2 161   4.23  61 100 21 161 122  39   8 1425.0 1405  776  670 131  586  666 6164  55  34  4  40  92
    Rank among 10 AL teams          6   9   1 10           5   6      9    5    6        2    5   10
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
                        Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

Team Fielding Glossary League average values for Fielding Percentage and Range Factor are included on all header lines except catcher.

Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP FP PB WP SB CS -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- GGreen 651 75 79 326 22 5 3 .986 13 29 36 10 PDaley 531 59 72 285 35 4 6 .988 7 14 32 15 KRetzer 133 15 16 71 8 1 2 .987 1 5 7 6 DDotterer 55 6 7 26 8 0 0 1.000 0 2 3 2 HBright 52 6 8 24 4 0 1 1.000 1 5 5 2 JKing 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1 0 1 0 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 1425 161 161 733 77 10 12 .988 23 55 84 35 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .990 *9.45 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- DLong 817 94 95 827 62 15 87 .983 9.79 BZipfel 388 44 44 429 25 8 40 .983 10.52 RStevens 140 14 25 147 20 0 18 1.000 10.71 MKeough 79 9 10 95 6 1 8 .990 11.46 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1425 161 161 1498 113 24 153 .985 10.17 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 *5.24 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- CCottier 870 100 100 233 316 10 73 .982 5.68 DO'Connell 513 58 61 144 170 7 52 .978 5.50 BJohnson 20 2 2 1 5 0 0 1.000 2.70 CBoak 9 1 1 1 2 0 0 1.000 3.00 JMahoney 7 0 2 2 2 0 0 1.000 5.14 HBright 3 0 1 0 2 0 0 1.000 6.00 BKlaus 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 1.000 4.50 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1425 161 161 381 498 17 126 .981 5.55 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .950 *3.18 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- DO'Connell 642 74 73 75 173 16 14 .939 3.47 BKlaus 406 43 51 40 107 6 3 .961 3.26 HBright 334 39 40 47 95 11 14 .928 3.83 EBrinkman 25 3 3 2 6 1 1 .889 2.85 BJohnson 17 2 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.53 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1425 161 161 164 382 34 32 .941 3.45 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP .956 *4.84 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- CVeal 510 57 63 130 172 8 43 .974 5.33 BJohnson 481 55 57 110 172 13 31 .956 5.27 JMahoney 250 28 31 57 95 5 26 .968 5.47 BKlaus 141 16 18 24 47 2 8 .973 4.53 RStillwell 42 5 5 4 9 1 4 .929 2.79 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1425 161 161 325 495 29 112 .966 5.18 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .969 *2.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- CHinton 606 68 73 143 6 7 4 .955 2.21 MKeough 493 55 59 138 6 2 2 .986 2.63 JKing 191 21 26 56 2 0 0 1.000 2.73 GWoodling 107 14 16 28 2 0 0 1.000 2.52 JHicks 27 3 3 9 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 BKlaus 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1425 161 161 374 16 9 6 .977 2.46 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

CenterField Inn GS G PO A E DP .982 *2.59 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- WTasby 1185 134 138 328 5 5 0 .985 2.53 MKeough 223 25 27 64 1 3 0 .956 2.62 CHinton 17 2 2 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.65 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1425 161 161 397 6 8 0 .981 2.55 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .976 *2.06 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- GWoodling 613 75 76 126 5 2 0 .985 1.92 JKing 416 44 66 82 5 3 2 .967 1.88 GGreen 170 21 21 33 0 0 0 1.000 1.75 CHinton 118 12 20 23 0 0 0 1.000 1.75 MKeough 75 6 20 12 0 0 0 1.000 1.43 JHicks 30 3 4 4 1 0 0 1.000 1.50 WTasby 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1425 161 161 281 11 5 2 .983 1.84 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Outfield Inn GS G PO A E DP .977 *2.25 LF CF RF -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- WTasby 1187 134 139 332 5 5 0 .985 2.56 MKeough 791 86 100 213 7 5 2 .978 2.50 CHinton 741 82 92 175 6 7 4 .963 2.20 GWoodling 720 89 90 154 8 2 0 .988 2.02 JKing 607 65 91 138 7 3 2 .980 2.15 GGreen 170 21 21 28 0 0 0 1.000 1.48 JHicks 57 6 7 14 1 0 0 1.000 2.37 BKlaus 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 1425 161 161 1054 34 22 8 .980 2.29 161 161 161 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .954 *2.05 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- JMcClain 212 29 33 15 24 1 0 .975 1.66 BDaniels 212 28 32 18 38 3 1 .949 2.38 DDonovan 168 22 23 15 26 4 1 .911 2.19 MKutyna 143 6 50 13 36 1 4 .980 3.08 EHobaugh 126 18 26 7 22 2 3 .935 2.07 PBurnside 113 16 33 2 17 2 1 .905 1.51 JGabler 92 9 29 11 20 1 1 .969 3.01 TSturdivant 80 10 15 2 18 0 0 1.000 2.25 JKlippstein 71 1 42 3 14 0 2 1.000 2.13 DSisler 60 1 45 4 11 0 1 1.000 2.24 HWoodeshick 40 6 7 4 11 1 0 .937 3.35 TCheney 29 7 10 1 3 1 0 .800 1.21 MGarcia 19 0 16 0 1 3 0 .250 0.47 COsteen 18 3 3 0 3 0 1 1.000 1.48 CMathias 13 3 4 1 2 0 0 1.000 1.97 RHernandez 9 0 7 1 3 0 0 1.000 4.00 HMaestri 6 1 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.50 RHeiser 5 0 3 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 CBouldin 3 1 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 5.45 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1425 161 161 98 251 20 15 .946 2.20 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Innings Pitched (usually) or Team Games is used in the calculation of the cumulative team Range Factor for a position. This means players (pre-1956) have range factor per game and the team has range factor per nine innings listed.
* indicates Innings Played rather than Games Played was used in Range Factor (RnF) calculations. Team Totals for Innings Played are Innings Pitched by the team's pitchers.

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Batting Average O'Connell .260

On-base % O'Connell .361

Slugging % Tasby .389

OPS Tasby .719

Games Tasby 141

At Bats Tasby 494

Plate Appearances (approx.) O'Connell 591

Runs O'Connell 61

Hits O'Connell 128

Total Bases Tasby 192

Doubles O'Connell 30

Triples Keough 9

Home Runs Green 18

RBI Tasby 63

Bases on Balls O'Connell 77

Strikeouts Tasby 94

Stolen Bases Hinton 22

Singles O'Connell 96

Adjusted OPS+ Tasby 96

Runs Created O'Connell 67

Adjusted Batting Runs Woodling 20

Batting Wins Woodling 2.0

Extra-Base Hits Long 41

Times on Base O'Connell 208

Offensive Win% O'Connell .489

Hit By Pitch O'Connell and Veal 3

Sac. Hits O'Connell 15

Sac. Flies Long 6

Intentional Walks Green and Long 5

Grounded into Double Plays Green 26

Caught Stealing Tasby 10

Power/Speed Number Keough 10.3

At Bats per Strikeout O'Connell 8.0

At Bats per Home Run Tasby 29.1

Outs Tasby 402

Pitching Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders

ERA Donovan 2.40

Wins Daniels 12

Won-Loss % Daniels .522

BB + H per IP (WHIP) Donovan 1.026

Hits Allowed/9IP Donovan 7.36

Bases on Balls/9IP Donovan 1.87

Strikeouts/9IP Daniels 4.67

Games Kutyna 50

Saves Sisler 11

Innings Daniels and McClain 212.0

Strikeouts Daniels 110

Games Started McClain 29

Comp. Games Daniels 12

Shutouts Burnside, Donovan, and McClain 2

Home Runs Allow. McClain 22

Bases On Balls Allow. Daniels 80

Hits Allowed McClain 221

SO to Walk Donovan 1.77

Losses McClain 18

Earned Runs Allow. McClain 91

Wild Pitches Klippstein 10

Hit Batsmen Klippstein and McClain 4

Batters Faced McClain 893

Games Finished Sisler 29

Adjusted ERA+ Donovan 163

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