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1961 Southern Association

1961 > Class AA > League History
Overall: 611 games, 8 teams, approx. 152 games in season
Attendance: n/a
Other Years: 1960
League Index / Batting Leaders / Pitching Leaders / Other Years: 1960

League Index / Batting Leaders / Pitching Leaders / Other Years: 1960

League Standings

Tm Aff W L W-L% GB
Chattanooga Lookouts PHI 90 62 .592 --
Birmingham Barons DET 89 63 .586 1
Little Rock Travelers BAL 80 73 .523 10.5
Atlanta Crackers LAD 77 74 .510 12.5
Macon Peaches 75 79 .487 16
Nashville Volunteers MIN 69 83 .454 21
Shreveport Sports OAK 69 84 .451 21.5
Mobile Bears 61 92 .399 29.5
This league's standings, if available, are based on full season team pitching records. Leagues may have have split season and postseason results that are not currently available.

League Batting

Tm Aff BatAge R/G G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
Birmingham Barons DET 25.2 5.58 153 6076 5241 854 1452 234 48 90 778 28 707 835 .277 .360 .392 .751 2052 134 76 52 53
Shreveport Sports KCA 24.2 5.12 153 5949 5264 783 1419 251 38 116 708 27 606 758 .270 .343 .398 .740 2094 142 40 39 45
Nashville Volunteers MIN 26.8 5.03 152 5796 5035 764 1390 267 39 105 702 27 672 791 .276 .358 .407 .765 2050 121 41 48 52
Chattanooga Lookouts PHI 24.1 4.95 152 5791 5123 753 1411 252 57 95 657 36 586 832 .275 .348 .402 .750 2062 142 51 31 55
Atlanta Crackers LAD 24.9 4.82 151 5753 5021 728 1316 235 40 94 661 65 638 767 .262 .342 .381 .723 1913 109 41 53 30
Little Rock Travelers BAL 26.7 4.65 153 5774 4973 711 1296 231 37 95 637 84 685 898 .261 .347 .379 .726 1886 126 60 56 57
Macon Peaches 27.0 4.35 155 5872 5179 674 1332 210 25 86 607 39 571 795 .257 .329 .357 .686 1850 113 82 40 41
Mobile Bears 26.3 3.72 153 5761 5071 569 1214 181 20 60 509 29 599 815 .239 .318 .318 .636 1615 120 53 38 40
League Totals 25.7 4.78 1222 46772 40907 5836 10830 1861 304 741 5259 335 5064 6491 .265 .343 .379 .723 15522 1007 444 357 373

League Pitching

Tm Aff PitchAge R/G W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
Chattanooga Lookouts PHI 25.0 4.11 90 62 .592 3.60 152 152 90 62 11 1315.1 1287 624 526 88 530 27 806 29 2 53 1.381 8.8 0.6 3.6 5.5 1.52
Birmingham Barons DET 23.1 4.31 89 63 .586 3.66 153 153 83 70 15 1353.1 1270 660 551 82 591 31 947 37 6 73 5867 1.375 8.4 0.5 3.9 6.3 1.60
Little Rock Travelers BAL 25.3 4.67 80 73 .523 4.02 153 153 105 48 7 1322.0 1326 715 591 79 698 60 884 33 2 75 1.531 9.0 0.5 4.8 6.0 1.27
Atlanta Crackers LAD 23.1 4.73 77 74 .510 4.03 151 151 107 44 7 1294.0 1300 714 580 84 663 81 755 19 1 43 1.517 9.0 0.6 4.6 5.3 1.14
Mobile Bears 27.3 4.82 61 92 .399 4.15 153 153 114 39 3 1336.1 1424 738 616 81 582 60 692 46 3 63 1.501 9.6 0.5 3.9 4.7 1.19
Nashville Volunteers MIN 26.5 5.03 69 83 .454 4.52 152 152 114 38 11 1287.2 1441 765 647 99 606 26 737 43 3 55 1.590 10.1 0.7 4.2 5.2 1.22
Macon Peaches 27.6 5.03 75 79 .487 4.30 155 155 99 56 10 1359.2 1460 780 649 110 580 43 772 31 0 45 1.500 9.7 0.7 3.8 5.1 1.33
Shreveport Sports KCA 22.4 5.49 69 84 .451 4.72 153 153 119 34 7 1335.2 1322 840 700 118 814 45 898 31 7 67 1.599 8.9 0.8 5.5 6.1 1.10
League Totals 24.8 4.78 610 610 .500 4.12 1222 1222 831 391 71 10604.0 10830 5836 4860 741 5064 373 6491 269 24 474 5867 1.499 9.2 0.6 4.3 5.5 1.28

League Fielding

Tm Aff G CG PO A E DP Fld% PB SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Attendance Managers
Atlanta Crackers LAD 151 3882 1643 153 176 .973 14 Rube Walker
Nashville Volunteers MIN 152 3863 1604 164 170 .971 15 Red Robbins
Birmingham Barons DET 153 4060 1593 172 147 .970 9 Frank Skaff
Chattanooga Lookouts PHI 152 3946 1529 178 152 .969 30 Frank Lucchesi
Mobile Bears 153 4008 1674 197 181 .966 15 Ernie White
Macon Peaches 155 4079 1697 204 185 .966 20 Jerry Snyder and Max Macon
Shreveport Sports KCA 153 4007 1454 196 136 .965 18 Les Peden
Little Rock Travelers BAL 153 3966 1578 207 149 .964 27 Fred Hatfield
League Totals 1222 31811 12772 1471 1296 .968 148