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1961 Baltimore Orioles season

Major League Baseball season

Field	Value
name	Baltimore Orioles
season	1961
league	American League
ballpark	Memorial Stadium
city	Baltimore, Maryland
record	95–67 (.586)
league_place	3rd
owners	Jerold Hoffberger, Joseph Iglehart
general_managers	Lee MacPhail
managers	Paul Richards, Lum Harris
television	WJZ-TV
radio	WBAL (AM)
(Bob Murphy, Herb Carneal)

(Bob Murphy, Herb Carneal) |}}

The 1961 Baltimore Orioles season involved the Orioles finishing third in the American League with a record of 95 wins and 67 losses, 14 games behind the AL and World Series champion New York Yankees. The team was managed by Paul Richards and Lum Harris, and played their home games at Baltimore's Memorial Stadium.

The 95 wins set a new franchise record for wins in a season, beating the 93 wins by the 1922 St. Louis Browns. It was only the second time that the Orioles, and their previous incarnations as the Milwaukee Brewers and Browns, ever won 90 games in a season.

Offseason

October 13, 1960: Del Rice was released by the Orioles.
October 13, 1960: Dave Philley was released by the Orioles.
January 24, 1961: Bob Boyd, Al Pilarcik, Jim Archer, Wayne Causey, and Clint Courtney were traded by the Orioles to the Kansas City Athletics for Whitey Herzog and Russ Snyder. Clint Courtney was returned to the Orioles on April 14.
January 31, 1961: Dave Philley was signed as a free agent by the Orioles.
February 9, 1961: Darold Knowles was signed as an amateur free agent by the Orioles.
February 24, 1961: Frank House was purchased by the Orioles from the Cincinnati Reds.

Regular season

Roger Maris of the Yankees hit his 59th and 60th home runs of the season against the Orioles, tying what was at the time Babe Ruth's single-season record. The 59th was hit on September 20 at Memorial Stadium, and the 60th was hit on September 26 at Yankee Stadium.

Opening Day starters

Jackie Brandt
Marv Breeding
Jim Gentile
Ron Hansen
Milt Pappas
Brooks Robinson
Russ Snyder
Gene Stephens
Gus Triandos

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Notable transactions

April 12, 1961: Chuck Essegian and Jerry Walker were traded by the Orioles to the Kansas City Athletics in exchange for Dick Hall and Dick Williams.
May 24, 1961: Walt Dropo was released by the Orioles.
June 8, 1961: Gene Stephens was traded by the Orioles to the Kansas City Athletics for Marv Throneberry.
July 21, 1961: Frank House was traded by the Orioles to the Detroit Tigers for Harry Chiti.

Roster

1961 Baltimore Orioles
Roster
Pitchers

Player stats

	= Indicates team leader

	= Indicates league leader

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	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	115	397	97	.244	17	63
1B	148	486	147	.302	46	141
2B	133	386	102	.264	9	37
3B	163	668	192	.287	7	61
SS	155	533	132	.248	12	51
LF	103	310	64	.206	8	24
CF	139	516	153	.297	16	72
RF	113	323	94	.291	5	35

Other batters

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

AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
115	312	91	.292	1	13
90	244	51	.209	1	16
96	222	59	.266	8	30
99	144	36	.250	1	23
43	124	34	.274	6	19
56	96	20	.208	5	11
75	89	23	.258	0	6
32	58	11	.190	0	2
17	47	8	.170	1	4
22	45	12	.267	0	4
14	27	7	.259	1	2
4	13	1	.077	0	1
3	7	1	.143	0	1
5	4	2	.500	0	0
1	1	0	.000	0	0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

IP	W	L	ERA	SO
37	248.1	18	12	3.33	150
33	212.0	15	9	3.69	160
36	196.0	10	13	3.90	118
26	177.2	13	9	3.04	89
27	166.2	10	6	3.19	61

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
		35	138.0	7	4	2.02	100
		29	122.1	7	5	3.09	92

Relief pitchers

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

W	L	SV	ERA	SO
51	9	7	18	2.30	87
35	5	0	3	3.01	47
15	1	2	0	5.57	15
3	0	0	1	5.40	4
2	0	0	0	0.00	0
2	0	0	0	18.00	3

Farm system

Joe Cusick and Bud Bates and Ray Scarborough LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Aberdeen Victoria club moved to Ardmore, May 27, 1961

Notes

References

[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/ricede01.shtml Del Rice page at Baseball Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/p/phillda01.shtml Dave Philley page at Baseball Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/h/herzowh01.shtml Whitey Herzog page at Baseball Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/k/knowlda01.shtml Darold Knowles page at Baseball Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/h/housefr03.shtml Frank House page at Baseball Reference]
"Box Score of Game played on Wednesday, September 20, 1961 at Memorial Stadium".
"1961 Baltimore Orioles Roster by Baseball Almanac".
"Chuck Essegian Stats".
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/d/dropowa01.shtml Walt Dropo page at Baseball Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/t/thronma01.shtml Marv Throneberry page at Baseball Reference]

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