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1961 Cincinnati Reds Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1960 / 1962)
93-61, Finished 1st in National League
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Scored 710 runs, Allowed 653 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 83-71
Manager: Fred Hutchinson (93-61)
Ballpark: Crosley Field (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 1,117,603 (4th of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 102, Pitching - 101;   one-year: Batting - 104, Pitching - 102
Won NL Pennant
Postseason:  Lost World Series (4-1) to New York Yankees

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1960 / 1962 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics
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Team Batting

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Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1 C Jerry Zimmerman 26 76 222 204 8 42 5 0 0 10 1 1 11 21 .206 .252 .230 .483 29 47 10 2 4 1 0
2 1B Gordy Coleman* 26 150 578 520 63 149 27 4 26 87 1 3 45 67 .287 .341 .504 .845 119 262 9 2 4 7 11
3 2B Don Blasingame* 29 123 502 450 59 100 18 4 1 21 4 3 39 38 .222 .286 .287 .573 52 129 7 2 9 2 0
4 SS Eddie Kasko 29 126 511 469 64 127 22 1 2 27 4 3 32 36 .271 .320 .335 .655 73 157 4 4 2 4 1
5 3B Gene Freese 27 152 606 575 78 159 27 2 26 87 8 2 27 78 .277 .307 .466 .774 101 268 17 0 1 3 5
6 LF Wally Post 31 99 306 282 44 83 16 3 20 57 0 1 22 61 .294 .346 .585 .932 140 165 7 1 0 1 1
7 CF Vada Pinson* 22 154 659 607 101 208 34 8 16 87 23 10 39 63 .343 .379 .504 .883 130 306 9 1 4 8 1
8 RF Frank Robinson 25 153 636 545 117 176 32 7 37 124 22 3 71 64 .323 .404 .611 1.015 163 333 15 10 0 10 23
Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
9 OF Gus Bell* 32 103 262 235 27 60 10 1 3 33 1 1 18 21 .255 .298 .345 .642 69 81 4 0 0 9 3
10 SS Leo Cardenas 22 74 216 198 23 61 18 1 5 24 1 0 15 39 .308 .353 .485 .838 119 96 5 0 1 2 1
11 LF Jerry Lynch* 30 96 210 181 33 57 13 2 13 50 2 2 27 25 .315 .407 .624 1.031 167 113 2 1 1 0 6
12 C Johnny Edwards* 23 52 165 145 14 27 5 0 2 14 1 0 18 28 .186 .279 .262 .541 44 38 3 1 0 1 4
13 2B Elio Chacon 24 61 158 132 26 35 4 2 2 5 1 4 21 22 .265 .374 .371 .745 98 49 0 2 3 0 0
14 C Bob Schmidt 28 27 79 70 4 9 0 0 1 4 0 0 8 14 .129 .218 .171 .389 5 12 5 0 1 0 1
15 1B Dick Gernert 32 40 72 63 4 19 1 0 0 7 0 0 7 9 .302 .361 .317 .679 81 20 0 0 0 2 1
16 C Darrell Johnson 32 20 56 54 3 17 2 0 1 6 0 0 1 2 .315 .321 .407 .729 91 22 1 0 0 1 0
17 C Ed Bailey* 30 12 46 43 4 13 4 0 0 2 0 0 3 5 .302 .348 .395 .743 96 17 0 0 0 0 1
18 2B Jim Baumer 30 10 25 24 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 .125 .125 .125 .250 -34 3 0 0 1 0 0
19 UT Pete Whisenant 31 26 17 15 6 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 4 .200 .294 .200 .494 34 3 1 0 0 0 0
20 3B Willie Jones 35 9 9 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 .000 .222 .000 .222 -34 0 0 0 0 0 0
21 OF Joe Gaines 24 5 5 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 .000 .400 .000 .400 18 0 0 0 0 0 0
22 3B Cliff Cook 24 4 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
23 Harry Anderson* 29 4 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 .250 .500 33 1 0 0 0 0 0
24 Hal Bevan 30 3 3 3 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 .333 .333 1.333 1.667 312 4 0 0 0 0 0
Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
25 P Jim O'Toole# 24 39 101 93 7 16 1 0 0 6 0 0 3 29 .172 .206 .183 .389 4 17 5 1 4 0 0
26 P Joey Jay# 25 34 93 89 3 8 3 0 0 5 0 0 2 29 .090 .110 .124 .233 -38 11 2 0 2 0 0
27 P Bob Purkey 31 36 90 80 6 8 2 0 1 4 0 0 2 32 .100 .133 .163 .295 -23 13 2 1 7 0 0
28 P Ken Hunt 22 29 44 39 0 7 2 0 0 3 0 0 2 19 .179 .220 .231 .450 19 9 0 0 3 0 0
29 P Jim Maloney* 21 30 33 29 6 11 0 0 1 4 0 0 2 4 .379 .438 .483 .920 143 14 0 1 1 0 0
30 P Ken Johnson 28 15 26 25 1 6 1 0 0 5 0 0 0 11 .240 .240 .280 .520 37 7 0 0 1 0 0
31 P Jay Hook* 24 22 15 15 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .133 .133 .133 .267 -29 2 0 0 0 0 0
32 P Jim Brosnan 31 53 15 13 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 6 .154 .214 .154 .368 -1 2 1 0 1 0 0
33 P Sherman Jones* 26 24 12 11 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .182 .250 .182 .432 17 2 0 0 0 0 0
34 P Howie Nunn 25 24 8 8 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .250 .250 .250 .500 33 2 0 0 0 0 0
35 P Bill Henry* 33 48 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 P Marshall Bridges# 30 13 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
Team Totals 26.7 154 5796 5243 710 1414 247 35 158 675 70 33 423 761 .270 .325 .421 .745 95 2205 109 29 50 51 59
Rank in 8 NL teams 5 4 3 1 6 4 3 4 8 6 3 6 2 2 3
Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
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* - bats left-handed, # - bats both, else - bats right, ? - unknown; OPS_lg for OPS+ does not include pitchers.

Team Pitching

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Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1 SP Jim O'Toole* 24 19 9 .679 3.10 39 35 2 11 3 2 252.2 229 101 87 16 93 7 178 3 2 6 1061 131 1.274 8.2 0.6 3.3 6.3 1.91
2 SP Joey Jay 25 21 10 .677 3.53 34 34 0 14 4 0 247.1 217 102 97 25 92 1 157 5 0 9 1032 115 1.249 7.9 0.9 3.3 5.7 1.71
3 SP Bob Purkey 31 16 12 .571 3.73 36 34 2 13 1 1 246.1 245 118 102 27 51 4 116 6 0 7 1031 109 1.202 9.0 1.0 1.9 4.2 2.27
4 SP Ken Hunt 22 9 10 .474 3.96 29 22 3 4 0 0 136.1 130 70 60 13 66 1 75 6 0 5 586 103 1.438 8.6 0.9 4.4 5.0 1.14
5 SP Ken Johnson 28 6 2 .750 3.25 15 11 1 3 1 1 83.0 71 33 30 11 22 1 42 2 0 1 341 125 1.120 7.7 1.2 2.4 4.6 1.91
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
6 CL Jim Brosnan 31 10 4 .714 3.04 53 0 34 0 0 16 80.0 77 34 27 7 18 3 40 0 1 1 335 134 1.188 8.7 0.8 2.0 4.5 2.22
7 RP Jim Maloney 21 6 7 .462 4.37 27 11 4 1 0 2 94.2 86 54 46 16 59 4 57 1 0 5 424 93 1.532 8.2 1.5 5.6 5.4 0.97
8 RP Sherman Jones 26 1 1 .500 4.42 24 2 9 0 0 2 55.0 51 32 27 6 27 6 32 2 2 3 239 92 1.418 8.3 1.0 4.4 5.2 1.19
9 RP Bill Henry* 33 2 1 .667 2.19 47 0 32 0 0 16 53.1 50 18 13 8 15 4 53 0 0 0 224 186 1.219 8.4 1.4 2.5 8.9 3.53
10 RP Howie Nunn 25 2 1 .667 3.58 24 0 12 0 0 0 37.2 35 17 15 0 24 4 26 1 0 1 170 114 1.566 8.4 0.0 5.7 6.2 1.08
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
11 Jay Hook 24 1 3 .250 7.76 22 5 3 0 0 0 62.2 83 55 54 14 22 2 36 5 0 1 291 52 1.676 11.9 2.0 3.2 5.2 1.64
12 Marshall Bridges* 30 0 1 .000 7.84 13 0 5 0 0 0 20.2 26 19 18 4 11 0 17 1 0 1 98 52 1.790 11.3 1.7 4.8 7.4 1.55
13 Claude Osteen* 21 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Team Totals 26.2 93 61 .604 3.78 154 154 108 46 9 40 1370.0 1300 653 576 147 500 37 829 32 5 40 5833 108 1.314 8.5 1.0 3.3 5.4 1.66
Rank in 8 NL teams 1 8 3 1 1 6 1 1 2 3 4 3
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
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* - throws left-handed, # - throws both, else - throws right, ? - unknown

Team Fielding--Totals

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Age G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp Rctch RF/9 RF/G PB WP SB CS CS% Pos. Summary
Ed Bailey 30 12 12 97.1 61 54 5 2 0 .967 1.0 12.3 1 5.46 4.92 1 0 1 2 67% C
Jim Baumer 30 9 8 63.2 32 18 14 0 2 1.000 0.4 7.5 0.4 0.5 0.0 0 4.52 3.56 2B
Gus Bell 32 79 54 510.2 110 108 1 1 0 .991 1.9 4.5 1.9 0.3 1.6 0 1.92 1.38 LF-RF-CF
Don Blasingame 29 116 110 978.2 598 277 304 17 53 .972 -1.6 -2.0 1.4 0.7 0.7 -3 5.34 5.01 2B
Marshall Bridges 30 13 0 20.2 3 0 3 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 1.31 0.23 P
Jim Brosnan 31 53 0 80.0 30 9 18 3 0 .900 0.0 0.0 3.04 0.51 P
Leo Cardenas 22 63 46 449.1 222 83 133 6 21 .973 -0.8 -2.1 2.2 -1.1 3.3 -3 4.33 3.43 SS
Elio Chacon 24 50 34 320.2 192 86 104 2 22 .990 2.5 9.4 2.5 1.9 0.6 0 0 5.33 3.80 2B-RF-LF
Gordy Coleman 26 150 140 1244.0 1294 1162 121 11 93 .991 5.4 5.2 6.4 3.7 2.8 -1 9.28 8.55 1B
Cliff Cook 24 1 0 5.0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 0.4 96.0 0.4 0.4 0.0 0 3.60 2.00 3B
Johnny Edwards 23 52 39 384.0 277 257 15 5 2 .982 -4.0 -12.5 -4 6.38 5.23 11 13 18 8 31% C
Gene Freese 27 152 151 1311.0 399 125 254 20 23 .950 -1.0 -0.9 0.0 -1.3 1.4 -1 2.60 2.49 3B-2B
Joe Gaines 24 3 0 9.0 2 1 0 1 0 .500 -0.3 -40.0 -0.3 -0.3 0.0 0 1.00 0.33 CF-LF
Dick Gernert 32 21 14 126.0 143 125 17 1 9 .993 1.5 14.3 1.5 1.0 0.6 0 10.14 6.76 1B
Bill Henry 33 47 0 53.1 11 4 7 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 1.86 0.23 P
Jay Hook 24 22 5 62.2 14 10 4 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 2.01 0.64 P
Ken Hunt 22 29 22 136.1 34 10 19 5 2 .853 0.0 0.0 1.91 1.00 P
Joey Jay 25 34 34 247.1 57 23 32 2 2 .965 0.0 0.0 2.00 1.62 P
Darrell Johnson 32 20 17 143.0 109 99 10 0 2 1.000 1.0 8.4 1 6.86 5.45 2 6 10 7 41% C
Ken Johnson 28 15 11 83.0 28 9 19 0 1 1.000 0.0 0.0 3.04 1.87 P
Sherman Jones 26 24 2 55.0 13 5 8 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 2.13 0.54 P
Willie Jones 35 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 1 0 .000 -0.1 -120.0 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 3B
Eddie Kasko 29 130 113 994.2 533 214 301 18 60 .966 2.3 2.8 3.3 7.0 -3.7 -1 4.66 3.96 SS-3B-2B
Jerry Lynch 30 44 36 309.0 55 50 2 3 0 .945 -2.8 -10.9 -2.8 -0.7 -2.1 0 1.51 1.18 LF-RF
Jim Maloney 21 28 11 95.2 20 6 13 1 0 .950 0.3 3.8 0.3 0.3 0.0 0 1.79 0.68 P-LF
Howie Nunn 25 24 0 37.2 7 1 6 0 1 1.000 0.0 0.0 1.67 0.29 P
Jim O'Toole 24 39 35 252.2 60 16 42 2 2 .967 0.0 0.0 2.07 1.49 P
Claude Osteen 21 2 0 1.1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 LF-P
Vada Pinson 22 153 151 1334.0 425 396 19 10 4 .976 17.9 16.1 10.9 10.6 0.3 7 2.80 2.71 CF
Wally Post 31 81 72 606.1 152 139 7 6 3 .961 4.9 9.7 1.9 4.5 -2.6 3 2.17 1.80 LF-RF
Bob Purkey 31 36 34 246.1 100 29 69 2 2 .980 0.0 0.0 3.58 2.72 P
Frank Robinson 25 156 149 1303.0 299 283 13 3 3 .990 7.6 7.0 5.6 4.2 1.4 2 2.04 1.90 RF-LF-CF-3B
Bob Schmidt 28 27 22 198.0 144 137 6 1 1 .993 0.0 0.0 0 6.50 5.30 1 3 15 4 21% C
Pete Whisenant 31 14 0 23.0 6 3 2 1 0 .833 0.3 15.7 0.3 0.0 0.3 0 0 0 1.96 0.36 0 0 0 0 LF-RF-3B-C
Jerry Zimmerman 26 76 64 546.2 406 374 22 10 8 .975 -2.0 -4.4 -2 6.52 5.21 8 18 24 12 33% C
Team Totals 26.9 154 1386 12330.0 5838 4110 1594 134 316 .977 34.8 3.4 35.8 31.6 4.6 12 -9 -4 4.16 3.23 23 40 68 33 33%
Rank in 8 NL teams 6 8 2
Age G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp Rctch RF/9 RF/G PB WP SB CS CS% Pos. Summary

1960 / 1962 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics