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Complete available 1961 record for the Kansas City Athletics: roster, schedule and results, plus batting, pitching, and fielding statistics.

Record: 61–100
Finish: 9
Games: 162
Ballpark: Municipal Stadium I

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1961 games

Schedule and results

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Batting

Kansas City Athletics batting
Player	G	PA	AVG	OBP	SLG	HR	RBI
Don Larsen	18	21	.300	.333	.450	1	4
Jim Archer	39	66	.063	.091	.079	0	2
Norm Bass	41	60	.119	.133	.169	1	6
Hank Bauer	43	116	.264	.319	.396	3	18
Reno Bertoia	39	133	.242	.286	.258	0	13
Bob Boyd	26	50	.229	.240	.271	0	9
Billy Bryan	9	21	.158	.238	.316	1	2
Andy Carey	39	140	.244	.336	.398	3	11
Wayne Causey	104	353	.276	.348	.404	8	49
Frank Cipriani	13	38	.250	.289	.250	0	2
Clint Courtney	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Wes Covington	17	50	.159	.260	.227	1	6
Bud Daley	16	20	.111	.200	.111	0	1
Bobby Del Greco	74	271	.230	.317	.360	5	21
Art Ditmar	20	13	.167	.231	.167	0	1
Chuck Essegian	4	7	.333	.429	.500	0	1
Bill Fischer	15	2	0	0	0	0	0
Paul Giel	1	0	—	—	—	0	0
Jay Hankins	76	182	.185	.225	.272	3	6
Ray Herbert	13	29	.107	.138	.143	0	4
Dick Howser	158	711	.280	.377	.362	3	45
Ken Johnson	6	1	0	0	0	0	0
Deron Johnson	83	302	.216	.252	.360	8	42
Stan Johnson	3	5	0	.400	0	0	0
Ed Keegan	6	0	—	—	—	0	0
Bill Kirk	1	0	—	—	—	0	0
Lou Klimchock	57	127	.215	.244	.289	1	16
Lew Krausse	13	18	.118	.167	.118	0	0
Bill Kunkel	58	9	.125	.222	.125	0	0
Jerry Lumpe	148	623	.293	.348	.392	3	54
Gordon MacKenzie	11	25	.125	.160	.125	0	1
Mickey McDermott	7	6	.200	.333	.400	0	1
Joe Nuxhall	56	71	.292	.352	.446	2	13
Dan Pfister	2	0	—	—	—	0	0
Joe Pignatano	92	285	.243	.347	.358	4	22
Al Pilarcik	35	67	.200	.269	.250	0	9
Leo Posada	116	396	.253	.321	.366	7	53
Bobby Prescott	10	14	.083	.214	.083	0	0
Ed Rakow	45	31	.103	.129	.103	0	2
Jim Rivera	64	165	.241	.352	.340	2	10
Bob Shaw	28	55	.200	.200	.200	0	0
Charlie Shoemaker	7	28	.385	.429	.462	0	1
Norm Siebern	153	649	.296	.384	.475	18	98
Gerry Staley	23	2	0	.500	0	0	0
Gene Stephens	62	201	.208	.279	.317	4	26
Haywood Sullivan	117	378	.242	.333	.356	6	40
Marv Throneberry	40	149	.238	.336	.408	6	24
Bill Tuttle	25	93	.262	.333	.333	0	8
Ozzie Virgil	11	21	.143	.143	.143	0	0
Jerry Walker	45	67	.250	.284	.281	0	7
Dave Wickersham	17	3	.667	.667	1	0	3
John Wyatt	5	0	—	—	—	0	0

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Pitching

Kansas City Athletics pitching
Pitcher	W	L	ERA	IP	SO	WHIP
Jim Archer	9	15	3.200	205.1	110	1.286
Norm Bass	11	11	4.690	170.2	74	1.441
Bud Daley	4	8	4.950	63.2	36	1.665
Art Ditmar	0	5	5.670	54.0	19	1.537
Bill Fischer	1	0	3.860	21.0	12	1.524
Paul Giel	0	0	37.800	1.2	1	5.400
Ray Herbert	3	6	5.380	83.2	34	1.590
Ken Johnson	0	4	10.610	9.1	4	1.929
Ed Keegan	0	0	4.500	6.0	3	1.833
Bill Kirk	0	0	12	3.0	3	2.333
Lew Krausse	2	5	4.850	55.2	32	1.707
Bill Kunkel	3	4	5.180	88.2	46	1.523
Don Larsen	1	0	4.200	15.0	13	2.133
Mickey McDermott	0	0	14.290	5.2	3	4.235
Joe Nuxhall	5	8	5.340	128.0	81	1.563
Dan Pfister	0	0	15.430	2.1	3	3.857
Ed Rakow	2	8	4.760	124.2	81	1.444
Bob Shaw	9	10	4.310	150.1	60	1.483
Gerry Staley	1	1	3.600	30.0	16	1.400
Jerry Walker	8	14	4.820	168.0	56	1.530
Dave Wickersham	2	1	5.140	21.0	10	1.429
John Wyatt	0	0	2.450	7.1	6	1.636

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Fielding

Kansas City Athletics fielding
Player	Pos	Inn	PO	A	E	Fld%
Jim Archer	P	205.1	6	36	2	.955
Norm Bass	P	170.2	5	17	2	.917
Hank Bauer	OF	223.0	44	2	2	.958
Reno Bertoia	2B	43.0	12	13	0	1
Reno Bertoia	3B	244.1	27	70	6	.942
Bob Boyd	1B	55.0	44	2	0	1
Billy Bryan	C	34.0	16	1	0	1
Andy Carey	3B	310.0	32	70	6	.944
Wayne Causey	2B	47.0	17	10	1	.964
Wayne Causey	3B	655.1	102	193	14	.955
Wayne Causey	SS	67.0	14	25	1	.975
Frank Cipriani	OF	79.0	20	0	0	1
Wes Covington	OF	91.0	14	0	0	1
Bud Daley	P	63.2	6	12	2	.900
Bobby Del Greco	OF	584.1	168	8	3	.983
Art Ditmar	P	54.0	5	7	1	.923
Chuck Essegian	OF	9.0	4	0	0	1
Bill Fischer	P	21.0	1	4	0	1
Paul Giel	P	1.2	0	0	0	—
Jay Hankins	OF	407.0	97	1	3	.970
Ray Herbert	P	83.2	6	15	0	1
Dick Howser	SS	1348.0	299	427	38	.950
Deron Johnson	1B	19.0	11	2	0	1
Deron Johnson	3B	141.0	17	43	3	.952
Deron Johnson	OF	467.1	104	6	6	.948
Ken Johnson	P	9.1	1	4	0	1
Stan Johnson	OF	8.0	0	0	0	—
Ed Keegan	P	6.0	1	0	0	1
Bill Kirk	P	3.0	0	0	0	—
Lou Klimchock	1B	82.0	78	4	2	.976
Lou Klimchock	2B	1.0	0	1	0	1
Lou Klimchock	3B	42.0	3	6	4	.692
Lou Klimchock	OF	57.0	11	0	0	1
Lew Krausse	P	55.2	1	4	1	.833
Bill Kunkel	P	88.2	10	13	3	.885
Don Larsen	OF	9.0	3	0	0	1
Don Larsen	P	15.0	1	4	0	1
Jerry Lumpe	2B	1271.0	403	426	18	.979
Gordon MacKenzie	C	47.0	22	3	0	1
Mickey McDermott	P	5.2	1	0	1	.500
Joe Nuxhall	P	128.0	10	13	3	.885
Dan Pfister	P	2.1	0	0	0	—
Joe Pignatano	3B	1.1	1	0	0	1
Joe Pignatano	C	629.2	379	35	9	.979
Al Pilarcik	OF	113.1	31	2	0	1
Leo Posada	OF	805.1	205	8	6	.973
Bobby Prescott	OF	18.0	0	0	0	—
Ed Rakow	P	124.2	12	19	1	.969
Jim Rivera	OF	299.2	51	0	1	.981
Bob Shaw	P	150.1	15	23	2	.950
Charlie Shoemaker	2B	53.0	17	18	0	1
Norm Siebern	1B	929.1	907	76	11	.989
Norm Siebern	OF	359.0	83	3	1	.989
Gerry Staley	P	30.0	1	8	0	1
Gene Stephens	OF	409.1	114	6	4	.968
Haywood Sullivan	1B	94.2	101	12	2	.983
Haywood Sullivan	C	689.1	387	32	7	.984
Haywood Sullivan	OF	28.0	6	0	1	.857
Marv Throneberry	1B	235.0	241	25	1	.996
Marv Throneberry	OF	78.2	16	0	0	1
Bill Tuttle	OF	199.0	58	0	3	.951
Ozzie Virgil	3B	21.0	2	7	2	.818
Ozzie Virgil	C	15.0	8	1	0	1
Jerry Walker	P	168.0	9	31	0	1
Dave Wickersham	P	21.0	0	5	1	.833
John Wyatt	P	7.1	0	2	1	.667