KANSAS CITY ATHLETICS
HISTORY TEAM STATS 1961
05/29/2001
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KANSAS CITY ATHLETICS HISTORY TEAM STATS 1961 - RECORD 61-100, .379 - FINISH 9th - RUNS SCORED 683 - RUNS ALLOWED 863
TEAM BATTING STATS
Pos Player Age G GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS wRC+ WAR
P Jim Archer 29 39 27 63 2 4 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 19 .063 .091 .079 .170 -63 -1.1
P Norm Bass 22 41 23 59 4 7 0 0 1 6 0 0 1 34 .119 .133 .169 .303 -26 -0.7
RF Hank Bauer 38 43 24 106 11 28 3 1 3 18 1 0 9 8 .264 .319 .396 .715 96 0.3
3B Reno Bertoia 26 39 35 120 12 29 2 0 0 13 1 0 9 15 .242 .286 .258 .544 50 -0.3
1B *Bob Boyd 41 26 7 48 7 11 2 0 0 9 0 2 1 2 .229 .240 .271 .511 35 -0.4
C *Billy Bryan 22 9 4 19 2 3 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 7 .158 .238 .316 .554 51 -0.0
3B Andy Carey 29 39 35 123 20 30 6 2 3 11 0 0 15 23 .244 .336 .398 .734 104 0.6
3B *Wayne Causey 24 104 87 312 37 86 14 1 8 49 0 0 37 28 .276 .348 .404 .752 108 1.7
RF Frank Cipriani 20 13 8 36 2 9 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 4 .250 .289 .250 .539 51 -0.1
C *Clint Courtney 34 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -118 -0.0
LF *Wes Covington 29 17 11 44 3 7 0 0 1 6 0 0 4 7 .159 .260 .227 .487 40 -0.2
P *Bud Daley 28 16 10 18 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 .111 .200 .111 .311 -10 -0.2
CF Bobby Del Greco 28 74 67 239 34 55 14 1 5 21 1 0 30 31 .230 .317 .360 .677 85 0.6
P Art Ditmar 32 20 5 12 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 .167 .231 .167 .397 12 -0.1
LF Chuck Essegian 29 4 1 6 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 .333 .429 .500 .929 159 0.1
P Bill Fischer 30 15 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -118 -0.0
CF *Jay Hankins 25 76 42 173 23 32 0 3 3 6 2 0 8 17 .185 .225 .272 .497 33 -0.9
P Ray Herbert 31 13 12 28 1 3 1 0 0 4 0 0 1 5 .107 .138 .143 .281 -30 -0.4
SS Dick Howser 25 158 156 611 108 171 29 6 3 45 37 9 92 38 .280 .377 .362 .739 110 4.5
RF Deron Johnson 22 83 72 283 31 61 11 3 8 42 0 1 14 44 .216 .252 .360 .612 61 -0.7
P Ken Johnson 27 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -118 -0.0
DH *Stan Johnson 24 3 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 .000 .400 .000 .400 73 -0.0
1B *Lou Klimchock 21 57 22 121 8 26 4 1 1 16 0 0 5 13 .215 .244 .289 .533 43 -0.6
P Lew Krausse 18 13 8 17 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 .118 .167 .118 .284 -24 -0.2
P Bill Kunkel 24 58 2 8 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 .125 .222 .125 .347 2 -0.1
P Don Larsen 31 18 2 20 2 6 0 0 1 4 0 0 1 5 .300 .333 .450 .783 115 0.1
2B *Jerry Lumpe 27 148 146 569 81 167 29 9 3 54 1 0 48 39 .293 .348 .392 .740 105 2.8
C Gordon Mackenzie 23 11 5 24 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 6 .125 .160 .125 .285 -26 -0.3
P *Mickey McDermott 32 7 2 5 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 .200 .333 .400 .733 104 0.0
P *Joe Nuxhall 32 56 13 65 5 19 2 1 2 13 0 0 6 18 .292 .352 .446 .798 120 0.4
C Joe Pignatano 31 92 74 243 31 59 10 3 4 22 2 2 36 42 .243 .347 .358 .705 96 1.2
RF *Al Pilarcik 30 35 12 60 9 12 1 1 0 9 1 0 6 7 .200 .269 .250 .519 44 -0.3
LF Leo Posada 25 116 93 344 37 87 10 4 7 53 0 0 36 84 .253 .321 .366 .687 87 0.4
LF Bobby Prescott 30 10 2 12 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 .083 .214 .083 .298 -7 -0.1
P #Ed Rakow 26 45 11 29 4 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 10 .103 .129 .103 .232 -44 -0.4
RF *Jim Rivera 38 64 34 141 20 34 8 0 2 10 6 2 24 14 .241 .352 .340 .692 98 0.4
P Bob Shaw 27 28 24 55 5 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .200 .200 .200 .400 3 -0.5
2B *Charlie Shoemaker 21 7 6 26 5 10 2 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 .385 .429 .462 .890 150 0.3
1B *Norm Siebern 27 153 151 560 68 166 36 5 18 98 2 4 82 91 .296 .384 .475 .859 135 3.8
P Jerry Staley 40 23 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .500 .000 .500 120 0.0
CF *Gene Stephens 28 62 47 183 22 38 6 1 4 26 3 2 16 27 .208 .279 .317 .596 65 -0.3
C Haywood Sullivan 30 117 91 331 42 80 16 2 6 40 1 0 46 45 .242 .333 .356 .690 94 1.3
1B *Marv Throneberry 27 40 36 130 17 31 2 1 6 24 0 0 19 30 .238 .336 .408 .743 103 0.3
CF Bill Tuttle 31 25 23 84 15 22 2 2 0 8 0 0 9 9 .262 .333 .333 .667 87 0.2
3B Ozzie Virgil 29 11 3 21 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .143 .143 .143 .286 -31 -0.2
P #Jerry Walker 22 45 24 64 6 16 2 0 0 7 0 0 3 9 .250 .284 .281 .565 55 -0.1
P Dave Wickersham 25 17 1 3 1 2 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 .667 .667 1.000 1.667 369 0.1
  TEAM TOTALS/AVG 27.9 2097 1460 5423 683 1342 216 47 90 631 58 22 580 770 .247 .320 .354 .675 87 10.6
* - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, blank - bats right-handed
TEAM PITCHING STATS
Player Age W L Pct G GS SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA FIP WAR
*Jim Archer 29 9 15 0.375 39 27 5 205.1 204 73 11 60 110 3.20 3.06 5.2
Norm Bass 22 11 11 0.500 40 23 0 170.2 164 89 17 82 74 4.69 4.51 0.9
*Bud Daley 28 4 8 0.333 16 10 1 63.2 84 35 6 22 36 4.95 3.84 0.9
Art Ditmar 32 0 5 0.000 20 5 1 54.0 60 34 6 23 19 5.67 4.64 0.0
Bill Fischer 30 1 0 1.000 15 0 2 21.0 26 9 2 6 12 3.86 3.52 0.2
Paul Giel 29 0 0 0.000 1 0 0 1.2 6 7 1 3 1 37.80 14.57 -0.2
Ray Herbert 31 3 6 0.333 13 12 0 83.2 103 50 10 30 34 5.38 4.42 0.7
Ken Johnson 27 0 4 0.000 6 1 0 9.1 11 11 2 7 4 10.61 6.75 -0.2
Ed Keegan 21 0 0 0.000 6 0 1 6.0 6 3 0 5 3 4.50 4.07 0.0
*Bill Kirk 25 0 0 0.000 1 1 0 3.0 6 4 2 1 3 12.00 10.24 -0.2
Lew Krausse 18 2 5 0.286 12 8 0 55.2 49 30 3 46 32 4.85 4.65 0.2
Bill Kunkel 24 3 4 0.429 58 2 4 88.2 103 51 11 32 46 5.18 4.16 0.2
Don Larsen 31 1 0 1.000 8 1 0 15.0 21 7 2 11 13 4.20 4.97 -0.1
*Mickey McDermott 32 0 0 0.000 4 0 0 5.2 14 9 0 10 3 14.29 6.80 -0.2
*Joe Nuxhall 32 5 8 0.385 37 13 1 128.0 135 76 12 65 81 5.34 4.07 1.1
Dan Pfister 24 0 0 0.000 2 0 0 2.1 5 4 2 4 3 15.43 16.28 -0.3
Ed Rakow 26 2 8 0.200 45 11 1 124.2 131 66 14 49 81 4.76 4.08 0.9
Bob Shaw 27 9 10 0.474 26 24 0 150.1 165 72 13 58 60 4.31 4.15 1.7
Jerry Staley 40 1 1 0.500 23 0 2 30.0 32 12 4 10 16 3.60 4.34 -0.0
Jerry Walker 22 8 14 0.364 36 24 2 168.0 161 90 23 96 56 4.82 5.54 -1.0
Dave Wickersham 25 2 1 0.667 17 0 2 21.0 25 12 0 5 10 5.14 2.47 0.5
John Wyatt 26 0 0 0.000 5 0 1 7.1 8 2 0 4 6 2.45 2.98 0.1
TEAM TOTALS/AVG 27.3 61 100 0.379 430 162 23 1415.0 1519 746 141 629 703 4.74 4.27 10.6
* - throws left-handed, blank - throws right-handed
PITCHER FIELDING STATS
Player Inn GS G PO A E DP ZR  
Bill Kunkel 88.2 2 58 10 13 3 2 0.0 .885 2.33  
Ed Rakow 124.2 11 45 12 19 1 3 0.0 .969 2.24  
Norm Bass 170.2 23 40 5 17 2 2 0.0 .917 1.16  
Jim Archer 205.1 27 39 6 36 2 2 0.0 .955 1.84  
Joe Nuxhall 128.0 13 37 10 13 3 1 0.0 .885 1.62  
Jerry Walker 168.0 24 36 9 31 0 4 0.0 1.000 2.14  
Bob Shaw 150.1 24 26 15 23 2 2 0.0 .950 2.27  
Jerry Staley 30.0 0 23 1 8 0 2 0.0 1.000 2.70  
Art Ditmar 54.0 5 20 5 7 1 0 0.0 .923 2.00  
Dave Wickersham 21.0 0 17 0 5 1 0 0.0 .833 2.14  
Bud Daley 63.2 10 16 6 12 2 1 0.0 .900 2.54  
Bill Fischer 21.0 0 15 1 4 0 0 0.0 1.000 2.14  
Ray Herbert 83.2 12 13 6 15 0 0 0.0 1.000 2.26  
Lew Krausse 55.2 8 12 1 4 1 0 0.0 .833 0.81  
Don Larsen 15.0 1 8 1 4 0 0 0.0 1.000 3.00  
Ken Johnson 9.1 1 6 1 4 0 0 0.0 1.000 4.82  
Ed Keegan 6.0 0 6 1 0 0 0 0.0 1.000 1.50  
John Wyatt 7.1 0 5 0 2 1 0 0.0 .667 2.45  
Mickey McDermott 5.2 0 4 1 0 1 0 0.0 .500 1.59  
Dan Pfister 2.1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0.0 .000 0.00  
Paul Giel 1.2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 .000 0.00  
Bill Kirk 3.0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 .000 0.00  
TEAM TOTALS/AVG 1415.0 162 430 91 217 20 19 0.0 .939  
Last 2 columns are Fielding Percentage and Range Factor (except Catcher where last column is Runners Thrown Out Percentage)
CATCHER FIELDING STATS
Player Inn GS G PO A E DP ZR  
Haywood Sullivan 689.1 78 88 387 32 7 7 -1.0 .984 0.00  
Joe Pignatano 629.2 74 83 379 35 9 7 -0.6 .979 0.00  
Gordon Mackenzie 47.0 5 7 22 3 0 2 0.1 1.000 0.00  
Billy Bryan 34.0 4 4 16 1 0 0 -0.2 1.000 0.00  
Ozzie Virgil 15.0 1 3 8 1 0 0 0.0 1.000 0.00  
TEAM TOTALS/AVG 1415.0 162 185 812 72 16 16 -1.6 .982  
Last 2 columns are Fielding Percentage and Range Factor (except Catcher where last column is Runners Thrown Out Percentage)
FIRST BASE FIELDING STATS
Player Inn GS G PO A E DP ZR  
Norm Siebern 929.1 107 109 907 76 11 88 0.0 .989 9.52  
Marv Throneberry 235.0 26 30 241 25 1 31 0.0 .996 10.19  
Haywood Sullivan 94.2 10 16 101 12 2 12 0.0 .983 10.74  
Lou Klimchock 82.0 10 11 78 4 2 4 0.0 .976 9.00  
Bob Boyd 55.0 7 8 44 2 0 4 0.0 1.000 7.53  
Deron Johnson 19.0 2 3 11 2 0 2 0.0 1.000 6.16  
TEAM TOTALS/AVG 1415.0 162 177 1382 121 16 141 0.0 .989  
Last 2 columns are Fielding Percentage and Range Factor (except Catcher where last column is Runners Thrown Out Percentage)
SECOND BASE FIELDING STATS
Player Inn GS G PO A E DP ZR  
Jerry Lumpe 1271.0 146 147 403 426 18 105 0.0 .979 5.87  
Wayne Causey 47.0 4 9 17 10 1 2 0.0 .964 5.17  
Reno Bertoia 43.0 6 6 12 13 0 5 0.0 1.000 5.23  
Charlie Shoemaker 53.0 6 6 17 18 0 3 0.0 1.000 5.94  
Lou Klimchock 1.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0.0 1.000 9.00  
TEAM TOTALS/AVG 1415.0 162 169 449 468 19 115 0.0 .980  
Last 2 columns are Fielding Percentage and Range Factor (except Catcher where last column is Runners Thrown Out Percentage)
THIRD BASE FIELDING STATS
Player Inn GS G PO A E DP ZR  
Wayne Causey 655.1 77 88 102 193 14 20 0.0 .955 4.05  
Andy Carey 310.0 35 39 32 70 6 12 0.0 .944 2.96  
Reno Bertoia 244.1 29 29 27 70 6 6 0.0 .942 3.57  
Deron Johnson 141.0 14 19 17 43 3 5 0.0 .952 3.83  
Lou Klimchock 42.0 5 6 3 6 4 0 0.0 .692 1.93  
Ozzie Virgil 21.0 2 4 2 7 2 1 0.0 .818 3.86  
Joe Pignatano 1.1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0.0 1.000 6.75  
TEAM TOTALS/AVG 1415.0 162 187 184 389 35 44 0.0 .942  
Last 2 columns are Fielding Percentage and Range Factor (except Catcher where last column is Runners Thrown Out Percentage)
SHORTSTOP FIELDING STATS
Player Inn GS G PO A E DP ZR  
Dick Howser 1348.0 156 157 299 427 38 85 0.0 .950 4.85  
Wayne Causey 67.0 6 11 14 25 1 3 0.0 .975 5.24  
TEAM TOTALS/AVG 1415.0 162 168 313 452 39 88 0.0 .951  
Last 2 columns are Fielding Percentage and Range Factor (except Catcher where last column is Runners Thrown Out Percentage)
LEFT FIELD FIELDING STATS
Player Inn GS G PO A E DP ZR  
Leo Posada 484.0 53 72 117 7 4 0 0.0 .969 2.31  
Norm Siebern 359.0 44 47 77 3 1 1 0.0 .988 2.01  
Deron Johnson 223.0 27 28 55 2 5 0 0.0 .919 2.30  
Jay Hankins 118.1 12 22 17 0 1 0 0.0 .944 1.29  
Hank Bauer 29.0 2 11 10 0 0 0 0.0 1.000 3.10  
Wes Covington 82.0 10 11 10 0 0 0 0.0 1.000 1.10  
Gene Stephens 42.0 5 6 8 0 1 0 0.0 .889 1.71  
Lou Klimchock 31.0 4 4 8 0 0 0 0.0 1.000 2.32  
Bobby Prescott 18.0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0.0 .000 0.00  
Haywood Sullivan 10.0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0.0 1.000 0.90  
Chuck Essegian 9.0 1 1 5 0 0 0 0.0 1.000 5.00  
Don Larsen 9.0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0.0 1.000 3.00  
TEAM TOTALS/AVG 1414.1 162 207 311 12 12 1 0.0 .964  
Last 2 columns are Fielding Percentage and Range Factor (except Catcher where last column is Runners Thrown Out Percentage)
CENTER FIELD FIELDING STATS
Player Inn GS G PO A E DP ZR  
Bobby Del Greco 584.0 67 73 151 7 3 2 0.0 .981 2.43  
Jay Hankins 199.0 21 32 61 0 0 0 0.0 1.000 2.76  
Gene Stephens 217.0 26 29 72 3 2 3 0.0 .974 3.11  
Bill Tuttle 199.0 23 25 57 0 3 0 0.0 .950 2.58  
Leo Posada 136.0 17 20 37 1 1 0 0.0 .974 2.51  
Jim Rivera 52.0 5 7 10 0 0 0 0.0 1.000 1.73  
Hank Bauer 17.0 2 2 1 0 0 0 0.0 1.000 0.53  
Al Pilarcik 2.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0.0 .000 0.00  
Deron Johnson 8.0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0.0 1.000 2.25  
TEAM TOTALS/AVG 1414.0 162 191 391 11 9 5 0.0 .978  
Last 2 columns are Fielding Percentage and Range Factor (except Catcher where last column is Runners Thrown Out Percentage)
RIGHT FIELD FIELDING STATS
Player Inn GS G PO A E DP ZR  
Jim Rivera 247.1 29 36 42 0 1 0 0.0 .977 1.53  
Deron Johnson 236.0 28 30 32 3 1 0 0.0 .972 1.33  
Hank Bauer 176.1 20 27 32 2 2 0 0.0 .944 1.74  
Leo Posada 185.0 23 27 33 0 1 0 0.0 .971 1.61  
Gene Stephens 150.0 16 25 35 3 1 1 0.0 .974 2.28  
Al Pilarcik 111.0 12 19 31 1 0 1 0.0 1.000 2.59  
Jay Hankins 89.0 9 15 12 1 2 0 0.0 .867 1.31  
Frank Cipriani 79.0 8 11 18 0 0 0 0.0 1.000 2.05  
Marv Throneberry 78.1 10 10 16 0 0 0 0.0 1.000 1.84  
Lou Klimchock 26.0 3 3 1 0 0 0 0.0 1.000 0.35  
TEAM TOTALS/AVG 1378.0 158 203 252 10 8 2 0.0 .970  
Last 2 columns are Fielding Percentage and Range Factor (except Catcher where last column is Runners Thrown Out Percentage)
TEAM BATTING LEADERS
Batting Average Norm Siebern  .296
On-Base Pct Norm Siebern  .384
Slugging Pct Norm Siebern  .475
OPS Norm Siebern  .859
wOBA Norm Siebern  .379
Games Dick Howser  158
At-Bats Dick Howser  611
Runs Dick Howser  108
Hits Dick Howser  171
Total Bases Norm Siebern  266
Singles Dick Howser  133
Doubles Norm Siebern  36
Triples Jerry Lumpe  9
Home Runs Norm Siebern  18
RBIs Norm Siebern  98
Stolen Bases Dick Howser  37
Caught Stealing Dick Howser  9
Walks Dick Howser  92
Strikeouts Norm Siebern  91
 
 
 
TEAM PITCHING LEADERS
ERA Jim Archer  3.20
Wins Norm Bass  11
Losses Jim Archer  15
Winning Pct Norm Bass  .500
Saves Jim Archer  5
Games Pitched Bill Kunkel  58
Games Started Jim Archer  27
Complete Games Jim Archer  9
Shutouts Jim Archer  2
Innings Pitched Jim Archer  205.1
Hits Allowed Jim Archer  204
Home Runs Allowed Jerry Walker  23
Strikeouts Jim Archer  110
Walks Allowed Jerry Walker  96
Walks per 9 IP Jim Archer  2.63
Hits per 9 IP Jerry Walker  8.62
Strikeouts per 9 IP Ed Rakow  5.85
WHIP Jim Archer  1.29
OAVG Jerry Walker  0.248
OOBP Jim Archer  0.306
OSLG Jim Archer  0.293
OOPS Jim Archer  0.599
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