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1961 Boston Red Sox  (1960)  (1962) 70-84, 5th in American League Scored 699 runs, Allowed 759 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 71-83 Defensive Efficiency Rating: .700 Park Factor: Batting - 98 / Pitching - 99 (over 100 favors batters) Pyth2 W-L: 64-90   (What is this?) Actual W-L record in MLB: 76-86 Manager(s): Mike Tomeo

 Pos Player               Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   RC  RC/27  Defense  Diff
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
 2B  Chuck Schilling      23  154  611   74  165  33   1   7   63   2   1   83   81  .270  .361  .362   88   4.9  2e8        56  
 OF  Jim Piersall         31  132  486   70  160  36   7   3   40   4   1   52   40  .329  .395  .451   84   6.3  1(-1)e4    25  
 OF *Carl Yastrzemski     21  120  475   55  129  31   8  10   74   0   2   39   93  .272  .328  .434   63   4.6  2(-2)e12   41  
 OF *Tony Gonzalez        24  117  400   68   98  21   5  12   56   7   2   50   59  .245  .331  .412   54   4.6  2(-1)e7   -51  
 C  *Sammy Taylor         28   69  231   38   76  16   4  15   53   0   0   21   31  .329  .385  .628   52   8.8  4(+2)e4   306  
 1B  Pancho Herrera       27   98  298   51   84  15   4   9   38   1   0   41   75  .282  .372  .450   52   6.3  4e11       63  
 1B *Vic Wertz            36   89  308   46   88  16   1  12   42   0   0   37   36  .286  .359  .461   48   5.5  4e15       60  
 3B *Pete Runnels         33  114  317   39   99  13   3   1   32   4   1   43   28  .312  .398  .382   47   5.4  4e25      -29  
 SS  Ruben Amaro          25  136  399   50   88  18   6   1   46   0   1   63   57  .221  .330  .303   43   3.3  2e24      -66  
 3B  Daryl Spencer        32  101  299   46   76  13   0  10   49   0   0   49   45  .254  .364  .398   43   4.9  4e18       23  
 OF *Jerry Lynch          30   92  187   29   55  10   2  11   30   1   1   28   34  .294  .387  .545   39   7.7  4(+2)e16  -98  
 OF  Jackie Jensen        34   78  218   36   51   9   1   9   32   3   1   36   31  .234  .341  .408   31   4.8  2(-3)e5     8  
 C   Joe Pignatano        31   90  231   28   51  10   4   4   27   0   0   29   41  .221  .317  .351   28   3.9  3(0)e8    -38  
 OF  Carroll Hardy        28   69  162   24   36   4   0   5   24   0   0   19   32  .222  .315  .340   17   3.7  2(-3)e15  -56  
 C   Jimmie Coker         25    6   16    4    8   1   0   1    6   1   0    3    2  .500  .600  .750    8  27.5  4(0)e2    259  
 SS  Eddie Bressoud       29   45  122   13   23   8   0   2   11   0   0    4   18  .189  .211  .303    7   2.0  4e29     -103  
 C   Sammy White          34   21   59    3   15   0   0   0    9   0   0    6    9  .254  .304  .254    5   3.1  3(0)e16    30  
 PH #Buck Rodgers         22    6    6    0    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    0  .333  .333  .333    0   4.5           -131  
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
             Average age: 28                                                                           717                   16

     * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, otherwise bats right-handed

Team Pitching   Glossary

     Player               Ag  W   L   Pct   G   GS  CG  GF  SV  BS SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   ERA   RC  RC/27  OPS
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
  P  Jack Sanford         32  11   9  .550  27  26   5   1   0   0   2  179.2  153   78   71  22   80   85  3.56   81   4.1  -48  
  P  Gene Conley          30   9  14  .391  28  25   4   3   1   0   0  173.2  192  111  100  36   61  106  5.18  112   5.8  -30  
  P  Barry Latman         25   8   5  .615  18  17   2   1   1   0   0  114.2  107   48   42  17   31   67  3.30   53   4.2  -30  
  P  Dave Hillman         33   7   3  .700  40   0   0  20   8   4   0   61.2   53   29   28   9   21   32  4.09   27   4.2   21  
  P *Harvey Haddix        35   7   6  .538  51  11   2  23  10   4   1  140.0  135   78   69  15   40   89  4.44   69   4.5  -15  
  P  Ike Delock           31   6   6  .500  18  12   2   6   0   0   0   82.2  129   59   57  16   35   36  6.21   82   9.1   97  
  P  Jack Fisher          22   6  11  .353  22  22   4   0   0   0   0  146.0  174   88   78  12   53  105  4.81   88   5.4   19  
  P  Lindy McDaniel       25   5   4  .556  48   0   0  27   8   1   0   80.0   76   32   26   7   24   47  2.92   32   3.6 -152  
  P  Billy Muffett        30   4   2  .667  18   2   0  10   2   2   0   41.2   54   28   20   5   14   11  4.32   29   6.2  -18  
  P *Jack Kralick         26   4  12  .250  26  26   5   0   0   0   0  167.2  179   97   86  24   56   99  4.62   99   5.3   33  
  P  Tracy Stallard       23   2   4  .333  22  13   0   6   1   0   0   92.0   82   50   43  11   78   74  4.21   54   5.3    7  
  P *Arnold Earley        28   1   3  .250  31   0   0  18   8   2   0   40.0   43   27   19   3   24   32  4.28   25   5.6  108  
  P *Chet Nichols         30   0   1  .000  13   0   0   6   1   1   0   16.1   21   12    7   2    9    6  3.86   12   6.8  215  
  P  Tom Brewer           29   0   4  .000  23   0   0   9   0   2   0   33.2   33   22   20   8   19   16  5.35   22   5.7   83  
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
             Average age: 28                                                                                      791          0

     * - throws left-handed, otherwise throws right-handed

Team Fielding   (completed seasons only)
 An asterisk after a player's name means his fielding stats are for multiple teams.

Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP FP OSB OCS +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- Joe Pignatano 612 67 83 399 25 4 4 .991 19 8 Sammy Taylor 553 63 69 387 28 2 6 .995 32 14 Sammy White 171 20 21 110 14 3 0 .976 13 7 Jimmie Coker 34 4 4 20 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Vic Wertz 694 79 79 674 53 13 62 .982 9.42 Pancho Herrera 646 74 76 627 51 3 78 .996 9.45 Pete Runnels 29 1 8 33 1 0 2 1.000 10.43 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Chuck Schilling 1366 154 154 395 424 10 121 .988 5.40 Pete Runnels 4 0 3 0 2 0 1 1.000 4.50 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Pete Runnels 686 79 82 63 126 13 18 .936 2.48 Daryl Spencer 682 75 86 67 136 8 17 .962 2.68 Eddie Bressoud 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Joe Pignatano 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 .500 9.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Ruben Amaro 1074 121 131 189 416 17 79 .973 5.07 Eddie Bressoud 282 33 39 56 105 4 25 .976 5.14 Daryl Spencer 13 0 6 4 3 0 1 1.000 4.72 Pete Runnels 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Carl Yastrzemski 1038 117 119 204 12 7 2 .969 1.87 Carroll Hardy 312 36 38 61 1 5 1 .925 1.79 Jackie Jensen 11 1 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.45 Tony Gonzalez 5 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Jerry Lynch 4 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Center Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Jim Piersall 1033 117 119 364 12 4 1 .989 3.27 Tony Gonzalez 304 34 39 89 3 2 0 .979 2.73 Carroll Hardy 33 3 8 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.65 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Tony Gonzalez 581 65 72 123 8 4 0 .970 2.03 Jackie Jensen 462 51 56 90 0 1 0 .989 1.75 Jerry Lynch 323 38 40 67 2 3 0 .958 1.92 Carroll Hardy 4 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

1961 Draft

Round 1 (#10):	Jim Piersall
Round 2 (#23):	Pancho Herrera
Round 3 (#37):	Joe Pignatano
Round 4 (#51):	Sammy Taylor
Round 5 (#64):	Vic Wertz
Round 6 (#76):	Eddie Bressoud
Round 7 (#87):	Jimmie Coker

Transactions

• 1961-01: acquired Sammy White as a free agent
• 1961 postseason: released Ruben Amaro

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