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1961 Eastern League

1961 > Class A > League History
Overall: 419 games, 6 teams, approx. 139 games in season
Attendance: n/a
Other Years: 1960 / 1962
League Index / Batting Leaders / Pitching Leaders / Other Years: 1960 / 1962

League Index / Batting Leaders / Pitching Leaders / Other Years: 1960 / 1962

League Standings

Tm Aff W L W-L% GB
Springfield Giants SFG 85 54 .612 --
Williamsport Grays PHI 79 61 .564 6.5
Binghamton Triplets NYY 75 64 .540 10
Johnstown Red Sox BOS 61 79 .436 24.5
Lancaster Red Roses STL 60 80 .429 25.5
Reading Indians CLE 59 81 .421 26.5
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
Williamsport Grays PHI 23.4 5.31 140 5255 4560 744 1242 231 42 110 668 64 583 872 .272 .352 .414 .765 1887 63 49
Binghamton Triplets NYY 21.7 5.05 139 5116 4480 702 1215 207 59 121 629 84 528 882 .271 .345 .425 .770 1903 64 44
Springfield Giants SFG 23.5 4.99 139 5182 4630 694 1283 232 48 66 624 29 437 693 .277 .337 .391 .728 1809 76 39
Reading Indians CLE 22.7 4.94 140 5245 4708 691 1250 195 71 89 619 41 461 869 .266 .329 .394 .723 1854 45 31
Johnstown Red Sox BOS 22.7 4.84 140 5221 4587 677 1205 229 53 67 594 33 540 942 .263 .337 .380 .716 1741 42 52
Lancaster Red Roses STL 22.7 4.51 140 5125 4531 631 1180 198 52 91 556 87 490 895 .260 .330 .387 .717 1755 64 40
League Totals 22.8 4.94 838 31144 27496 4139 7375 1292 325 544 3690 338 3039 5153 .268 .338 .398 .736 10949 354 255

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
Springfield Giants SFG 21.8 4.06 85 54 .612 3.43 139 139 78 61 10 1187.0 1111 565 452 62 447 32 882 33 6 61 5039 1.313 8.4 0.5 3.4 6.7 1.97
Binghamton Triplets NYY 21.8 4.79 75 64 .540 4.22 139 139 84 55 11 1163.0 1178 666 545 83 588 76 845 45 5 71 5170 1.518 9.1 0.6 4.6 6.5 1.44
Williamsport Grays PHI 21.3 5.01 79 61 .564 4.35 140 140 90 50 10 1185.0 1183 701 573 109 517 51 904 46 3 67 5269 1.435 9.0 0.8 3.9 6.9 1.75
Reading Indians CLE 24.1 5.09 59 81 .421 4.42 140 140 91 49 11 1196.0 1251 713 587 97 553 25 842 57 3 60 5363 1.508 9.4 0.7 4.2 6.3 1.52
Johnstown Red Sox BOS 22.3 5.14 61 79 .436 4.53 140 140 96 44 5 1178.0 1321 720 593 87 422 18 883 38 1 60 5212 1.480 10.1 0.7 3.2 6.7 2.09
Lancaster Red Roses STL 21.2 5.53 60 80 .429 5.07 140 140 101 39 4 1181.0 1331 774 665 106 510 27 799 45 5 83 5366 1.559 10.1 0.8 3.9 6.1 1.57
League Totals 22.1 4.94 419 419 .500 4.33 838 838 540 298 51 7090.0 7375 4139 3415 544 3037 229 5155 264 23 402 31419 1.469 9.4 0.7 3.9 6.5 1.70

League Fielding

Tm Aff G CG PO A E DP Fld% PB SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Attendance Managers
Springfield Giants SFG 139 3560 1446 165 108 .968 17 Andy Gilbert
Reading Indians CLE 140 3588 1404 189 111 .964 8 Ray Mueller
Binghamton Triplets NYY 139 3489 1416 184 164 .964 17 n/a
Johnstown Red Sox BOS 140 3534 1495 199 131 .962 25 Eddie Popowski
Williamsport Grays PHI 140 3556 1418 241 124 .954 28 Andy Seminick
Lancaster Red Roses STL 140 3544 1347 238 128 .954 17 Chase Riddle
League Totals 838 21271 8526 1216 766 .961 112