1961 Cleveland Guardians roster

29 players appeared for the Cleveland Guardians in the 1961 MLB season.

1961 Guardians roster: batting

1961 Cleveland Guardians 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.
Tito Francona1555928717816852.301.363.823
Vic Power147563641515634.268.309.679
Bubba Phillips1435466414418721.264.305.714
Willie Kirkland1465258413627957.259.318.793
Johnny Temple129518731433309.276.351.699
Johnny Romano1425097615221800.299.377.860
Woodie Held1465096713623780.267.354.822
Jim Piersall121484811566408.322.378.820
Mike Dela hoz6117320453230.260.295.665
Don Dillard7414727407170.272.340.788
Valmy Thomas2786718260.209.261.575
Walt Bond385279271.173.267.613
Ty Cline124399011.209.333.636
Jack Kubiszyn254249000.214.250.464
Hal Jones123526240.171.216.559
Al Luplow51801000.056.150.206
Joe Morgan41002000.200.273.473

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

1961 Guardians roster: pitching

1961 Cleveland Guardians 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.
Mudcat GrantP35351593.86244.21461.290
Gary BellP343412164.10228.11631.380
Jim PerryP353510174.71223.2901.450
Barry LatmanP45181354.02176.21081.235
Wynn HawkinsP3021794.06133.0511.491
Bobby LockeP374444.5395.1371.592
Frank FunkP56011113.3192.1641.1911
Bob AllenP480323.7581.2421.673
Dick StigmanP226254.6264.1481.400
Bill DaileyP120100.9519.071.160
Sam McDowellP11000.006.151.260
Steve HamiltonP20003.003.041.670

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.