1961 San Francisco Giants roster

29 players appeared for the San Francisco Giants in the 1961 MLB season.

1961 Giants roster: batting

1961 San Francisco Giants 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.
Orlando Cepeda1525851051824614212.311.362.970
Willie Mays1545721291764012318.308.393.977
Harvey Kuenn131471601255465.265.329.690
Jim Davenport1374366412112654.278.342.785
Jose Pagan134434381105468.253.306.638
Felipe Alou13241559120185211.289.333.798
Joey Amalfitano10938464982237.255.331.651
Willie McCovey106328598918501.271.350.841
Chuck Hiller7024038572124.238.328.649
Matty Alou8120038626243.310.356.811
Eddie Bressoud5911414243111.211.276.618
John Orsino25835234120.277.310.816
Hobie Landrith437111172100.239.337.717
Tom Haller306259280.145.260.518
Ernie Bowman3838108022.211.231.547
Jim Marshall443658170.222.275.581
Bob Farley132032010.100.217.317
Bobby Bolin37702020.286.286.571

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

1961 Giants roster: pitching

1961 San Francisco Giants 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.
Mike McCormickP403513163.20250.01631.240
Jack SanfordP38331394.22217.11121.330
Juan MarichalP292713103.89185.01241.250
Billy O'dellP4614753.59130.11101.272
Sam JonesP3717884.49128.11051.491
Stu MillerP6301452.66122.0891.0817
Billy LoesP2618654.24114.2551.330
Dick LemayP275363.5683.1541.213
Jim DuffaloP244514.2361.2371.481
Eddie FisherP151025.3533.2161.341
Dom ZanniP80103.9513.2111.830

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.