1961 Atlanta Braves roster

29 players appeared for the Atlanta Braves in the 1961 MLB season.

1961 Braves roster: batting

1961 Atlanta Braves batting
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted.R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher.H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error.HR: Home runs hit.RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance.SB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately.AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one.OBP: Share of plate appearances that ended with the batter on base — hits, walks and hit-by-pitches.OPS: On-base percentage plus slugging. Around .800 is All-Star level, .900 is MVP territory.
Hank Aaron1556031151973412021.327.381.974
Frank Bolling1485858615315567.262.329.708
Eddie Mathews152572103175329112.306.402.937
Joe Adcock15256277160351082.285.354.861
Roy McMillan154505421117482.220.305.598
Joe Torre1134064011310423.278.330.754
Lee Maye11037368101144110.271.337.777
Mack Jones2810413240124.231.322.620
Felix Mantilla45931320151.215.298.578
John Demerit3274512250.162.225.509
Sammy White2163114150.222.242.528
Del Crandall153036010.200.226.526
Hawk Taylor202615110.192.276.584
Neil Chrisley10912000.222.300.522

What the columns mean: AB · R · H · HR · RBI · SB · AVG · OBP · OPS

1961 Braves roster: pitching

1961 Atlanta Braves pitching
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.GS: Games started — for a pitcher, games he opened on the mound.W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win.L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss.ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent.IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs.K: Batters this pitcher struck out.WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite.SV: Games finished by protecting a narrow lead to the last out.
Lew BurdetteP403618114.00272.1921.200
Warren SpahnP383421133.02262.21151.140
Bob BuhlP32289104.11188.1771.480
Carl WilleyP35226123.83159.2911.330
Don NottebartP3811674.06126.1661.313
Bob HendleyP1913573.9097.0441.390
Don McMahonP530642.8492.0551.478
Tony CloningerP1910725.2584.0511.390
Moe DrabowskyP160024.6225.151.742
Ron PicheP121223.4723.1161.541
Claude RaymondP130103.9820.1131.522
Seth MoreheadP120106.4615.1131.500
Ken MackenzieP50015.147.051.430
George BrunetP50005.405.001.800
Chi-chi OlivoP300018.002.014.000

What the columns mean: W · L · ERA · IP · K · WHIP · SV

Regular season. Player lines are the season lines ESPN files under this club; a player traded during the season may appear under his last club only. Age is the player’s age on June 30 of the season. Standings start in 1995, so this season shows no league or division placing.