1961 Texas Rangers roster

37 players appeared for the Texas Rangers in the 1961 MLB season.

1961 Rangers roster: batting

1961 Texas Rangers 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.
Willie Tasby1414945412417634.251.330.718
Danny O'connell1384936112813715.260.361.692
Marty Keough135390579793412.249.307.717
Dale Long123377529417490.249.317.776
Gene Green1103645210218620.280.341.830
Gene Woodling1103423910710571.313.403.873
Chuck Hinton106339518863422.260.337.717
Jim King110263437111464.270.363.811
Billy Klaus9125126577302.227.311.670
Bob Johnson6122427666284.295.350.792
Coot Veal692182144081.202.273.520
Pete Daley7220312392170.192.244.510
Harry Bright7218320444210.240.310.649
Bud Zipfel5017017344181.200.262.633
Jim Mahoney431081026061.241.274.534
R c Stevens336228021.129.217.363
Ken Retzer1653718131.340.386.858
Joe Hicks122925110.172.172.448
Dutch Dotterer71915010.263.364.732
Ron Stillwell81632010.125.176.364
Ed Brinkman41101000.091.167.258
Chet Boak5700001.000.125.125

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

1961 Rangers roster: pitching

1961 Texas Rangers 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.
Bennie DanielsP322812113.44212.01101.250
Joe McClainP33298183.86212.0761.271
Dick DonovanP232210102.40168.2621.030
Marty KutynaP506683.97143.0641.363
Ed HobaughP2618794.42126.1671.630
Pete BurnsideP3316494.53113.1561.392
Gabe GablerP299384.8692.2331.524
Johnny KlippsteinP421226.7871.2411.760
Dave SislerP451284.1860.1301.7111
Mike GarciaP160014.7419.0141.890
Carl MathiasP430111.2013.271.900
Rudy HernandezP70013.009.041.220
Hector MaestriP11011.506.021.330
Roy HeiserP30006.355.212.650
Carl BouldinP210116.203.123.300

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.