1961 Kansas City Athletics

American League
Record: 61 - 100
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Position Players
Player Pos Type GP PA/162 H HR RBI R SB SO BB BA OBP SLG F/R/A Salary
Haywood SullivanCFF117382806404214546.242.333.356C/C/A+$2.87M
Joe PignatanoCFF92294594223124236.243.347.358C-/C+/A$2.34M
Norm SiebernF15365416618986829182.296.384.475C/C-$4.72M
Marv ThroneberryP40151316241703019.238.336.408B-/D-$662K
Lou KlimchockF571292611680135.215.244.289C/D-$341K
Jerry LumpeF1486311673548113948.293.348.392B/A-$4.90M
Wayne CauseyF104364868493702837.276.348.404B/A$2.85M
Andy CareyP39143303112002315.244.336.398B-/D-$640K
Reno BertoiaP3913829013121159.242.286.258D/D+$421K
Dick HowserF158724171345108373892.280.377.362C/C+$4.75M
Leo PosadaF116403877533708436.253.321.366C/C+$2.10M
Bobby Del GrecoP74278555213413130.230.317.360A-/B+$1.99M
Deron JohnsonP83305618423104414.216.252.360D/C-$1.39M
Gene StephensP62205384262232716.208.279.317C/D+$847K
Jim RiveraP64167342102061424.241.352.340B/D-$803K
Jay HankinsF761923236232178.185.225.272C/D-$614K
Hank BauerF431192831811189.264.319.396D/D-$527K
Bill TuttleP2596220815099.262.333.333C/D-$429K
Al PilarcikP357012099176.200.269.250C/D+$238K
Pitchers
Player Role Type GP IP/162 GS ERA OAV WHIP K/BB K/9 BB/9 HR/9 Salary
Jim ArcherSF39207.00273.200.2571.291.8334.822.630.482$5.15M
Norm BassSF40172.00234.690.2551.440.9023.904.320.897$3.36M
Jerry WalkerSF36170.00244.820.2531.530.5833.005.141.232$3.26M
Bob ShawSP26152.00244.310.2811.481.0343.593.470.778$2.88M
Ray HerbertSP1385.00125.380.3031.591.1333.663.231.076$1.20M
Lew Krausse Jr.SF1257.0084.850.2431.710.6965.177.440.485$996K
Joe NuxhallRF37129.00135.340.2681.561.2465.704.570.844$3.03M
Ed RakowRF45126.00114.760.2691.441.6535.853.541.011$2.28M
Bill KunkelRF5890.0025.180.2891.521.4384.673.251.117$1.40M
Bud DaleyRP1665.00104.950.3191.661.6365.093.110.848$836K
Art DitmarRP2055.0055.670.2861.540.8263.173.831.000$776K
Gerry StaleyRP2331.0003.600.2781.401.6004.803.001.200$393K

The 1961 Kansas City Athletics roster is above. All columns may be sorted by clicking the column name. Clicking on an individual player will display the player's career statistics including his time with the 1961 Kansas City Athletics.

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