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1961 Los Angeles Dodgers season

The 1961 Los Angeles Dodgers season was the 72nd season for the Los Angeles Dodgers franchise in Major League Baseball (MLB), their 4th season in Los Angeles, California, and their 4th and final season playing their home games at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles California, since they moved to their new stadium the following season. The Dodgers finished in second place in the National League with a record of 89–65, four games behind the Cincinnati Reds.

1961 Los Angeles Dodgers
LeagueNational League
BallparkLos Angeles Memorial Coliseum
CityLos Angeles
Record89–65 (.578)
Divisional place2nd
OwnersWalter O'Malley, James & Dearie Mulvey
PresidentWalter O'Malley
General managersBuzzie Bavasi
ManagersWalter Alston
TelevisionKTTV (11)
RadioKFI
Vin Scully, Jerry Doggett
KWKW
René Cárdenas, Jaime Jarrín, Miguel Alonzo
← 1960
1962 →

Offseason

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Regular season

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On April 17, 1961, Duke Snider hit his 370th career home run, which at the time moved him into 7th place on the all-time career home runs list.[6] Later in the same game, Snider suffered a broken elbow, and he was knocked out for a good part of the season when he was hit by a pitch from Bob Gibson of the Cardinals.

Season standings

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National League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Cincinnati Reds 9361 .604 — 47‍–‍30 46‍–‍31
Los Angeles Dodgers 8965 .578 4 45‍–‍32 44‍–‍33
San Francisco Giants 8569 .552 8 45‍–‍32 40‍–‍37
Milwaukee Braves 8371 .539 10 45‍–‍32 38‍–‍39
St. Louis Cardinals 8074 .519 13 48‍–‍29 32‍–‍45
Pittsburgh Pirates 7579 .487 18 38‍–‍39 37‍–‍40
Chicago Cubs 6490 .416 29 40‍–‍37 24‍–‍53
Philadelphia Phillies 47107 .305 46 22‍–‍55 25‍–‍52

Record vs. opponents

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1961 National League record

Sources:
Team CHC CIN LAD MIL PHI PIT SF STL
Chicago —12–107–159–13–113–911–115–177–15–1
Cincinnati 10–12—12–1015–719–311–1112–1014–8
Los Angeles 15–710–12—12–1017–513–910–1212–10
Milwaukee 13–9–17–1510–12—16–612–1011–1114–8
Philadelphia 9–133–195–176–16—7–158–14–19–13
Pittsburgh 11–1111–119–1310–1215–7—10–129–13
San Francisco 17–510–1212–1011–1114–8–112–10—9–13
St. Louis 15–7–18–1410–128–1413–913–913–9—

Opening Day lineup

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Notable transactions

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Roster

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Player stats

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= Indicates league leader

Batting

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Starters by position

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

Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
CJohn Roseboro12839499.2511859
1BNorm Larker9728276.270538
2BCharlie Neal10834180.2351048
SSMaury Wills148613173.282131
3BDaryl Spencer6018946.243827
LFWally Moon134463152.3281788
CFWillie Davis12833986.2541245
RFFrank Howard9226779.2961545

Other batters

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

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Tommy Davis132460128.2781558
Jim Gilliam144439107.244432
Ron Fairly11124579.3221048
Duke Snider8523369.2961656
Gil Hodges10921552.242831
Norm Sherry4712131.256521
Bob Aspromonte475814.24102
Gordie Windhorn34338.24226
Doug Camilli13304.13334
Don Demeter15295.17212
Charley Smith9246.25023
Carl Warwick19111.09101
Bob Lillis1991.11101
Tim Harkness584.50000

Pitching

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Starting pitchers

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Sandy Koufax42255.218133.52269
Don Drysdale40244.013103.69182
Stan Williams41235.115123.90205
Johnny Podres32182.21853.74124

Other pitchers

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Roger Craig40112.2566.1553
Phil Ortega413.0025.5415

Relief pitchers

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

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Larry Sherry5344153.9079
Turk Farrell5066105.0680
Ron Perranoski537562.6556
Jim Golden281105.7918
Ed Roebuck52005.009
Ed Palmquist50116.235

Awards and honors

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Farm system

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References

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  1. ↑ Ray Semproch at Baseball-Reference
  2. ↑ Earl Robinson at Baseball-Reference
  3. ↑ Danny McDevitt Archived April 26, 2011, at the Wayback Machine at Baseball-Reference
  4. ↑ Joe Pignatano at Baseball-Reference
  5. ↑ Ed Rakow at Baseball-Reference
  6. ↑ Duke Snider at The Baseball Page
  7. ↑ 1961 Opening Day Lineup at Baseball-Reference
  8. ↑ Charley Smith at Baseball-Reference
  9. ↑ Art Fowler at Baseball-Reference
  10. ↑ Bob Lillis at Baseball-Reference
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