1961 San Francisco Giants season
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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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The 1961 San Francisco Giants season was the Giants' 79th year in Major League Baseball, their 4th season in San Francisco since their move from New York following the 1957 season, and their 2nd 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]
Offseason[]
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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)[2] 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[]
Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] | |||||||||||||
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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[]
- Felipe Alou
- Eddie Bressoud
- Orlando Cepeda
- Tom Haller
- Chuck Hiller
- Sam Jones
- Harvey Kuenn
- Willie Mays
- Willie McCovey[3]
Roster[]
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Player stats[]
Batting[]
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 |
Pitching[]
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 | |
C | Fresno Giants | California League | |
C | Pocatello Bannocks | Pioneer League | Bert Thiel |
D | Salem Rebels | Appalachian League | |
D | Quincy Giants | Midwest League | Buddy Kerr |
D | El Paso Sun Kings | Sophomore League | George Genovese |
D | Belmont Chiefs | Western Carolinas League | Jim Poole, 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[4]
Notes[]
- ^ "Player Batting Season & Career Finder: For Single Seasons, In the Regular Season, since 1871, Playing for SFG, requiring Home Runs >= 40, sorted by most instances". Stathead Baseball. Retrieved August 29, 2021.
- ^ 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
- ^ "1961 San Francisco Giants Roster by Baseball Almanac".
- ^ 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
- San Francisco Giants seasons
- 1961 Major League Baseball season
- 1961 in sports in California