1961 Los Angeles Dodgers season

1961 Los Angeles Dodgers
Major League affiliations
Location
  • Los Angeles (since 1958)
Other information
Owner(s) Walter O'Malley, James & Dearie Mulvey
General manager(s) Buzzie Bavasi
Manager(s) Walter Alston
Local television KTTV (11)
Local radio KFI
Vin Scully, Jerry Doggett
KWKW
René Cárdenas, Jaime Jarrín, Miguel Alonzo
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The 1961 Los Angeles Dodgers finished in second place in the National League with a record of 89–65, four games behind the Cincinnati Reds. 1961 was the fourth season for the Dodgers in Los Angeles. It was also the Dodgers final season of playing their home games at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, since they moved to their new stadium the following season.

Offseason

Regular season

On April 17, 1961, Duke Snider hit his 370th career home run, which at the time moved him into 7th place on the all-time career home runs list.[6] Later in the same game, Snider suffered a broken elbow, and he was knocked out for the rest of the season when he was hit by a pitch from Bob Gibson of the Cardinals.

Season standings

National League W L Pct. GB Home Road
Cincinnati Reds 93 61 0.604 — 47–30 46–31
Los Angeles Dodgers 89 65 0.578 4 45–32 44–33
San Francisco Giants 85 69 0.552 8 45–32 40–37
Milwaukee Braves 83 71 0.539 10 45–32 38–39
St. Louis Cardinals 80 74 0.519 13 48–29 32–45
Pittsburgh Pirates 75 79 0.487 18 38–39 37–40
Chicago Cubs 64 90 0.416 29 40–37 24–53
Philadelphia Phillies 47 107 0.305 46 22–55 25–52

Record vs. opponents

1961 National League Records

Sources:
Team CHC CIN LAD MIL PHI PIT SF STL
Chicago — 12–10 7–15 9–13–1 13–9 11–11 5–17 7–15–1
Cincinnati 10–12 — 12–10 15–7 19–3 11–11 12–10 14–8
Los Angeles 15–7 10–12 — 12–10 17–5 13–9 10–12 12–10
Milwaukee 13–9–1 7–15 10–12 — 16–6 12–10 11–11 14–8
Philadelphia 9–13 3–19 5–17 6–16 — 7–15 8–14–1 9–13
Pittsburgh 11–11 11–11 9–13 10–12 15–7 — 10–12 9–13
San Francisco 17–5 10–12 12–10 11–11 14–8–1 12–10 — 9–13
St. Louis 15–7–1 8–14 10–12 8–14 13–9 13–9 13–9 —

Opening Day lineup

Opening Day starters
Name Position
Maury Wills Shortstop
Willie Davis Center fielder
Tommy Davis Third baseman
Duke Snider Right fielder
Wally Moon Left fielder
Norm Larker First baseman
Charlie Neal Second baseman
Johnny RoseboroCatcher
Don Drysdale Starting pitcher

Notable transactions

Roster

1961 Los Angeles Dodgers
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
SS Wills, MauryMaury Wills 148 613 173 .282 1 31
CF Davis, WillieWillie Davis 128 339 86 .254 12 45

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Snider, DukeDuke Snider 85 233 69 .296 16 56
Hodges, GilGil Hodges 109 215 52 .242 8 31
Sherry, NormNorm Sherry 47 121 31 .256 5 21
Aspromonte, BobBob Aspromonte 47 58 14 .241 0 2
Demeter, DonDon Demeter 15 29 5 .172 1 2

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Drysdale, DonDon Drysdale 40 244 13 10 3.69 182

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Craig, RogerRoger Craig 40 112.2 5 6 6.15 53

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Farrell, TurkTurk Farrell 50 6 6 10 5.06 80

Awards and honors

All-Stars

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
AAA Omaha Dodgers American Association Danny Ozark
AAA Spokane Indians Pacific Coast League Preston Gómez
AA Atlanta Crackers Southern Association Rube Walker
A Greenville Spinners South Atlantic League Roy Hartsfield
B Salem Dodgers Northwest League Stan Wasiak
C Great Falls Electrics Pioneer League Al Ronning
C Reno Silver Sox California League Roy Smalley
D Artesia Dodgers Sophomore League Spider Jorgensen
D Kokomo Dodgers Midwest League Dom Domenichelli
D Orlando Dodgers Florida State League Edward Serrano
D Panama City Fliers Alabama–Florida League George Scherger

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Great Falls, Reno

References

  1. ↑ Ray Semproch at Baseball-Reference
  2. ↑ Earl Robinson at Baseball-Reference
  3. ↑ Danny McDevitt Archived April 26, 2011, at the Wayback Machine. at Baseball-Reference
  4. ↑ Joe Pignatano at Baseball-Reference
  5. ↑ Ed Rakow at Baseball-Reference
  6. ↑ Duke Snider at The Baseball Page
  7. ↑ Charley Smith at Baseball-Reference
  8. ↑ Art Fowler at Baseball-Reference
  9. ↑ Bob Lillis at Baseball-Reference

External links

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