1961 Chicago White Sox roster

28 players appeared for the Chicago White Sox in the 1961 MLB season.

1961 White Sox roster: batting

1961 Chicago White 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.
Luis Aparicio1566259017064553.272.313.665
Nellie Fox159606671522512.251.323.618
Minnie Minoso1525409115114829.280.369.789
Jim Landis14053487151228519.283.362.832
Al Smith1475328814828934.278.348.854
Roy Sievers1414927614527921.295.377.913
Floyd Robinson1324326913411597.310.389.854
Sherm Lollar11633738957410.282.360.740
J. c. Martin11027426635321.230.290.625
Cam Carreon7822932624270.271.331.684
Sammy Esposito63941216180.170.259.515
Mike Hershberger1555917051.309.333.697
Billy Goodman41514131100.255.339.731
Bob Roselli2238210040.263.263.605
Dean Look3600000.000.000.000

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

1961 White Sox roster: pitching

1961 Chicago White 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.
Juan PizarroP39251473.05194.21881.302
Frank BaumannP532310135.61187.2751.643
Billy PierceP39281093.80180.01061.363
Cal McLishP312710134.38162.1801.391
Early WynnP1716823.51110.1641.220
Turk LownP590752.76101.0501.2111
Russ KemmererP472334.3896.2351.322
Warren HackerP420333.7757.1401.228
Herb ScoreP85126.6624.1141.890
Joe HorlenP54136.6217.2112.150
Gary PetersP30001.7410.161.161
Alan BriceP30010.003.132.100
Mike DegerickP10005.401.201.800

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.