Английская Википедия:1961 Boston Red Sox season

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Шаблон:Use mdy dates Шаблон:Infobox baseball team season The 1961 Boston Red Sox season was the 61st season in the franchise's Major League Baseball history. The Red Sox finished sixth in the American League (AL) with a record of 76 wins and 86 losses, 33 games behind the AL and World Series champion New York Yankees.

Regular season

Future Hall of Famer Carl Yastrzemski made his major league debut on Opening Day, April 11. He was considered the heir apparent to Ted Williams, who had retired at the end of 1960.

On June 30, Wilbur Wood made his major league baseball debut with the Red Sox. In a game against the Cleveland Indians, Wood pitched 4 innings, allowed 3 hits, and 2 earned runs. He had 3 strikeouts and allowed 1 walk.

On October 1, in a game against the New York Yankees, Red Sox pitcher Tracy Stallard gave up Roger Maris' 61st home run of the season, breaking Babe Ruth's record for most home runs in a season.

Notable transactions

• May 17, 1961: Joe Ginsberg was signed as a free agent by the Red Sox.
• June 26, 1961: Rip Repulski was released by the Red Sox.

Opening Day lineup

2	Chuck Schilling	2B
7	Gary Geiger	CF
6	Vic Wertz	1B
4	Jackie Jensen	RF
8	Carl Yastrzemski	LF
3	Pete Runnels	3B
22	Russ Nixon	C
12	Pumpsie Green	SS
27	Bill Monbouquette	P

Player stats

= Indicates team leader

Batting

Starters by position

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
C	Шаблон:Sortname	120	376	91	.242	16	58
1B	Шаблон:Sortname	143	360	114	.317	3	38
2B	Шаблон:Sortname	158	646	167	.259	5	62
3B	Шаблон:Sortname	151	590	157	.266	14	87
SS	Шаблон:Sortname	115	339	89	.263	6	42
LF	Шаблон:Sortname	148	583	155	.266	11	80
CF	Шаблон:Sortname	140	499	116	.232	18	64
RF	Шаблон:Sortname	147	498	131	.263	13	66

Other batters

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
Шаблон:Sortname	99	317	83	.262	11	60
Шаблон:Sortname	85	281	74	.263	3	36
Шаблон:Sortname	87	242	70	.289	1	19
Шаблон:Sortname	88	219	57	.260	6	27
Шаблон:Sortname	17	51	13	.255	0	3
Шаблон:Sortname	37	37	6	.162	0	1
Шаблон:Sortname	15	25	7	.280	0	1
Шаблон:Sortname	19	24	6	.250	0	5
Шаблон:Sortname	8	18	5	.278	1	1

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Шаблон:Sortname	32	236.1	14	14	3.39	161
Шаблон:Sortname	33	199.2	11	14	4.91	113
Шаблон:Sortname	25	178.2	15	7	3.22	91
Шаблон:Sortname	28	156.0	6	9	4.90	80

Other pitchers

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Шаблон:Sortname	17	52.1	2	4	6.71	26
Шаблон:Sortname	26	51.2	3	2	2.09	20
Шаблон:Sortname	10	42.0	3	2	3.43	13
Шаблон:Sortname	17	19.2	3	2	5.95	11
Шаблон:Sortname	6	13.0	0	0	5.54	7
Шаблон:Sortname	1	1.0	0	0	18.00	0

Relief pitchers

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

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Шаблон:Sortname	57	9	8	15	4.68	70
Шаблон:Sortname	43	2	7	2	4.88	109
Шаблон:Sortname	38	3	11	2	5.67	47
Шаблон:Sortname	33	2	4	7	3.99	44
Шаблон:Sortname	28	3	2	0	2.77	39

Farm system

Шаблон:MLB Farm System LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Olean
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External links

• 1961 Boston Red Sox team page at Baseball Reference
• 1961 Boston Red Sox season at baseball-almanac.com