1961 Minnesota Twins roster

31 players appeared for the Minnesota Twins in the 1961 MLB season.

1961 Twins roster: batting

1961 Minnesota Twins 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.
Lenny Green1566009217195017.285.374.774
Bob Allison15955683136291052.245.363.813
Harmon Killebrew15054194156461221.288.4051.012
Zoilo Versalles1295106514375316.280.314.704
Earl Battey1334607013917553.302.377.847
Jim Lemon1294235710914521.258.329.752
Jose Valdivielso761491529191.195.234.482
Hal Naragon5713910422110.302.326.700
Dan Dobbek7212512214141.168.255.559
Don Mincher3510118195110.188.333.739
Joe Altobelli419510213140.221.312.670
Ron Henry202814030.143.194.336
Rich Rollins131735030.294.400.753
Jake Jacobs4802000.250.250.500
Billy Consolo11510000.000.000.000
Jim Snyder3500000.000.000.000

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

1961 Twins roster: pitching

1961 Minnesota Twins 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.
Pedro RamosP423411203.95264.11741.302
Camilo PascualP353315163.46252.12211.210
Jack KralickP333313113.61242.01371.330
Jim KaatRP36299173.90200.21221.350
Don LeeP3710363.52115.0651.113
Ray MooreP460443.6756.1451.5414
Bill PleisP370424.9556.1321.652
Al SchrollP118445.2250.0241.600
Chuck StobbsP243237.4644.2171.592
Ted SadowskiP151026.8233.0121.820
Bert CuetoP75137.1721.151.730
Lee StangeP70102.9212.1102.030
Gerry ArrigoP720110.249.261.970
Gary DotterP20009.006.021.670

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.