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1961 Los Angeles Dodgers  (1960)  (1962)
73-81, 4th in National League
Scored 768 runs, Allowed 809 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 73-81
Defensive Efficiency Rating: .700
Park Factor: Batting - 97 / Pitching - 97 (over 100 favors batters)
Pyth2 W-L: 76-78   (What is this?)

Actual W-L record in MLB: 89-65
Manager(s): Robert Rescigno

Team Batting (ordered by runs created)    Glossary        Team Schedule and Splits            Photos
 Pos Player               Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   RC  RC/27  Defense  Diff
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
 OF *Wally Moon           31  139  474   88  158  23   2  20   82   2   6   91   98  .333  .438  .517  109   8.7  3(+1)e11   15  
 1B  Steve Bilko          32  117  302   73   95  16   1  30   65   0   2   55   67  .315  .418  .672   86  10.8  4e17      150  
 SS #Maury Wills          28  154  652  106  172  14  16   1   41  55  17   68   63  .264  .333  .339   79   4.1  1e32      -13  
 1B *Ron Fairly           22  116  242   40   84  26   1   9   58   0   0   57   23  .347  .465  .574   68  10.9  3e20       83  
 OF  Wally Post           32   98  300   59   90  18   3  23   71   0   0   30   60  .300  .360  .610   65   8.0  4(-2)e15   39  
 C  *Johnny Roseboro      28  117  403   57  100  25   7  20   71   5   5   44   72  .248  .323  .494   63   5.4  1(-2)e7    12  
 UT  Frank Howard         24   87  255   36   76  10   0  19   53   0   0   25   44  .298  .359  .561   51   7.5             56  
 3B #Jim Gilliam          32  116  364   57   88  23   2   2   29   7  18   77   35  .242  .374  .332   47   4.0  2e21        4  
 OF *Willie Davis         21  123  348   49   82  21   5   8   48  15   8   43   61  .236  .326  .394   44   4.0  2(+2)e8   -47  
 OF  Willie Tasby         28   95  262   35   74   9   2  10   41   1   8   26   52  .282  .346  .447   34   4.5  2(0)e7     74  
 2B *Nellie Fox           33  114  388   41   93  11   1   0   31   4   1   26   14  .240  .293  .273   32   2.8  3e16      -52  
 OF *Richie Ashburn       34   98  278   45   63   7   4   0   33   8   2   53   34  .227  .358  .281   32   3.9  3(+2)e10  -41  
 3B  Andy Carey           29   68  203   19   50  14   3   3   28   0   0   25   36  .246  .329  .389   26   4.4  2e23       -5  
 2B  Joey Amalfitano      27   73  221   28   59   5   3   0   23   4   4   20   27  .267  .324  .317   22   3.5  4e27      -11  
 C   John Orsino          23   21   69    8   17   3   2   4   17   0   0    7    7  .246  .316  .522   11   5.8  4(0)e16    21  
 C   Norm Sherry          29   35  112   11   20   3   0   4   10   0   0    9   40  .179  .238  .312    7   2.2  2(+1)e2  -154  
 PH  Mike De La Hoz       22    1    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000  .000  .000    0    .0           -665  
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
             Average age: 28                                                                           783                   10

     * - 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 *Sandy Koufax         25  13  12  .520  39  39   6   0   0   0   2  260.0  263  151  121  32  123  276  4.19  151   5.2   84  
  P  Pedro Ramos          26  11  12  .478  31  31   4   0   0   0   2  200.0  199  108   98  35   57  120  4.41  106   4.7  -27  
  P  Art Mahaffey         23   9   6  .600  30  30   3   0   0   0   0  210.2  180   99   90  27   72  131  3.84   96   4.1  -50  
  P  Joe McClain          28   9   6  .600  23  23   1   0   0   0   0  142.2  150   81   74  25   33   47  4.67   80   5.0   16  
  P  Don Drysdale         24   9  15  .375  31  30   2   1   0   1   1  200.0  234  136  126  30   84  162  5.67  135   6.0   38  
  P  Jack Baldschun       24   7  12  .368  68   0   0  40   8   4   0   95.0  112   68   61  15   37   46  5.78   61   5.7   95  
  P *Ron Perranoski       25   6   9  .400  52   0   0  39  16   7   0   68.1   66   43   37  12   30   38  4.87   40   5.3   77  
  P  Jim Owens            27   4   1  .800  48   0   0  14   0   1   0   77.2   86   60   59   8   28   33  6.84   48   5.6    0  
  P  Bob Anderson         25   4   5  .444  42   0   0  30  14   5   0   55.1   50   24   23   5   16   33  3.74   21   3.5 -105  
  P *Danny McDevitt       28   1   1  .500  17   0   0   5   0   0   0   28.0   22   11    8   1   14   16  2.57    9   2.9 -210  
  P *Jack Spring          28   0   1  .000  29   0   0   9   3   1   0   28.1   36   24   23   8   14   22  7.31   25   8.1  195  
  P *Al Jackson           25   0   1  .000   1   1   0   0   0   0   0    7.0    9    4    4   1    0    4  5.14    4   5.8  165  
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
             Average age: 25                                                                                      781         20

     * - 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
+--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---
 Johnny Roseboro       922 101 116  672   25   7   4  .990  13   7
 Norm Sherry           279  32  32  217   10   0   2 1.000   8   1
 John Orsino           171  21  21  136   10   2   0  .986   1   3
+--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---

First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Steve Bilko 613 70 76 636 44 6 76 .991 9.99 Ron Fairly 482 53 62 480 40 5 46 .990 9.70 Frank Howard 278 31 34 249 21 3 18 .989 8.74 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Nellie Fox 897 100 110 268 248 12 70 .977 5.18 Joey Amalfitano 470 54 57 141 121 9 34 .967 5.02 Jim Gilliam 6 0 4 0 2 0 0 1.000 2.84 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Jim Gilliam 869 98 106 87 186 8 17 .972 2.83 Andy Carey 490 56 60 43 119 6 16 .964 2.98 Joey Amalfitano 13 0 10 3 1 0 0 1.000 2.70 Nellie Fox 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Maury Wills 1373 154 154 212 526 27 93 .965 4.84 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

 Left Field            Inn  GS  G   PO    A   E   DP   FP    RF
+--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
 Wally Moon           1107 126 132  199    3  12   1  .944  1.64
 Wally Post            245  28  32   44    3   3   1  .940  1.73
 Richie Ashburn         16   0   9    4    0   1   0  .800  2.25
 Ron Fairly              5   0   4    3    0   0   0 1.000  5.79
+--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Center Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Willie Davis 874 97 116 248 8 6 0 .977 2.64 Willie Tasby 359 41 50 103 5 1 0 .991 2.71 Richie Ashburn 136 16 19 44 1 0 1 1.000 2.99 Ron Fairly 4 0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.15 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Richie Ashburn 471 55 57 93 0 3 0 .969 1.78 Wally Post 383 46 46 64 5 3 0 .958 1.62 Willie Tasby 268 25 47 56 0 2 0 .966 1.88 Frank Howard 237 28 29 41 3 2 1 .957 1.67 Ron Fairly 9 0 6 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.96 Steve Bilko 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 Wally Moon 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

1961 Draft


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