1961 San Francisco Giants | ||
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League | National League | |
Ballpark | Candlestick Park | |
City | San Francisco | |
Owners | Horace Stoneham | |
General managers | Chub Feeney | |
Managers | Alvin Dark | |
Television |
KTVU ( Russ Hodges, Lon Simmons) | |
Radio |
KSFO ( Russ Hodges, Lon Simmons, Bill King) | |
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The 1961 San Francisco Giants season was the Giants' 79th year in Major League Baseball, their fourth season in San Francisco since their move from New York following the 1957 season, and their second season at Candlestick Park. The team finished in third place in the National League with an 85 wins and 69 losses record, eight games behind the NL Champion Cincinnati Reds. The Giants were managed by Alvin Dark. As of 2021, this remains the only Giants season in franchise history in which two players ( Orlando Cepeda and Willie Mays) each hit 40 or more home runs. [1]
Willie Mays had both a three home run game (on June 29) and a four home run game (on April 30) [2] during the 1961 season. Mays became the ninth player, and first Giant, in MLB history to hit four home runs in one game.
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 |
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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 | — |
1961 San Francisco Giants | |||||||||
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Pitchers
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Catchers
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Outfielders
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Manager
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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 |
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 |
Ed 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 |
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 | 250.0 | 13 | 16 | 3.20 | 163 |
Jack Sanford | 38 | 217.1 | 13 | 9 | 4.22 | 112 |
Juan Marichal | 29 | 185.0 | 13 | 10 | 3.89 | 124 |
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 |
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 |
All-Star Game (first game) All-Star Game (second game)
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Tacoma, Springfield, Quincy
Rio Grande Valley club moved to Victoria, June 10, 1961; Pocatello affiliation shared with Kansas City Athletics [4]