1961 Boston Red Sox roster

29 players appeared for the Boston Red Sox in the 1961 MLB season.

1961 Red Sox roster: batting

1961 Boston Red Sox 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.
Chuck Schilling158646871675627.259.340.666
Frank Malzone1515907415714871.266.314.700
Carl Yastrzemski1485837115511806.266.324.721
Gary Geiger14049982116186416.232.349.756
Jackie Jensen1374986413113669.263.350.742
Jim Pagliaroni120376509116581.242.342.757
Pete Runnels143360491143385.317.396.810
Don Buddin11533958896422.263.394.792
Carroll Hardy8528146743364.263.330.711
Russ Nixon8724224701190.289.327.695
Pumpsie Green8821933576274.260.376.801
Lou Clinton1751413030.255.283.616
Billy Harrell3737106011.162.184.400
Rip Repulski152527010.280.308.628
Don Gile81825110.278.316.760

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

1961 Red Sox roster: pitching

1961 Boston Red Sox 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.
Bill MonbouquetteP323214143.39236.11611.410
Gene ConleyP333011144.91199.21131.471
Don SchwallP25251573.22178.2911.550
Ike DelockP2828694.90156.0801.520
Mike FornielesP572984.68119.1701.4715
Billy MuffettP38113115.67112.2471.472
Dave HillmanP281322.7778.0391.190
Galen CiscoP178246.7152.1261.820
Chet NicholsP262322.0951.2201.283
Arnold EarleyP330243.9949.2441.537
Tom BrewerP109323.4342.0131.570
Ted WillsP170325.9519.2112.190
Wilbur WoodP61005.5413.071.620
Tom BorlandP100018.001.003.000

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.