1961 Kansas City Athletics

American League
Record: 61 - 100
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Position Players
Player Pos Type GP PA/162 H HR RBI R SB SO BB BA OBP SLG F/R/A Salary
Haywood SullivanCF117382806404214546.242.333.356C/C/A+$2.85M
Joe PignatanoCF92294594223124236.243.347.358C-/C+/A$2.33M
Norm Siebern1BF15365416618986829182.296.384.475C/C-$4.72M
Marv Throneberry1BP40151316241703019.238.336.408B-/D-$655K
Lou Klimchock1BF571292611680135.215.244.289C/D-$336K
Jerry Lumpe2BF1486311673548113948.293.348.392B/A-$4.91M
Wayne Causey3BF104364868493702837.276.348.404B/A$2.84M
Andy Carey3BP39143303112002315.244.336.398B-/D-$630K
Reno Bertoia3BP3913829013121159.242.286.258D/D+$415K
Dick HowserSSF158724171345108373892.280.377.362C/C+$4.76M
Leo PosadaOFF116403877533708436.253.321.366C/C+$2.08M
Bobby Del GrecoOFP74278555213413130.230.317.360A-/B+$1.96M
Deron JohnsonOFP83305618423104414.216.252.360D/C-$1.38M
Gene StephensOFP62205384262232716.208.279.317C/D+$834K
Jim RiveraOFP64167342102061424.241.352.340B/D-$793K
Jay HankinsOFF761923236232178.185.225.272C/D-$604K
Hank BauerOFF431192831811189.264.319.396D/D-$522K
Bill TuttleOFP2596220815099.262.333.333C/D-$423K
Al PilarcikOFP357012099176.200.269.250C/D+$235K
Pitchers
Player Role Type GP IP/162 GS ERA OAV WHIP K/BB K/9 BB/9 HR/9 Salary
Jim ArcherSF39207.00273.200.2571.291.8334.822.630.482$5.14M
Norm BassSF40172.00234.690.2551.440.9023.904.320.897$3.34M
Jerry WalkerSF36170.00244.820.2531.530.5833.005.141.232$3.24M
Bob ShawSP26152.00244.310.2811.481.0343.593.470.778$2.86M
Ray HerbertSP1385.00125.380.3031.591.1333.663.231.076$1.19M
Lew Krausse Jr.SF1257.0084.850.2431.710.6965.177.440.485$991K
Joe NuxhallRF37129.00135.340.2681.561.2465.704.570.844$3.02M
Ed RakowRF45126.00114.760.2691.441.6535.853.541.011$2.27M
Bill KunkelRF5890.0025.180.2891.521.4384.673.251.117$1.40M
Bud DaleyRP1665.00104.950.3191.661.6365.093.110.848$829K
Art DitmarRP2055.0055.670.2861.540.8263.173.831.000$770K
Gerry StaleyRP2331.0003.600.2781.401.6004.803.001.200$391K

The 1961 Kansas City Athletics roster is above. All columns may be sorted by clicking the column name. Clicking on an individual player will display the player's career statistics including his time with the 1961 Kansas City Athletics.

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