League pitching leaders

League pitching leaders -- American League
Regular season -- as of 10/9/1961

Earned Run Average			Wins			Strikeouts

Brown,H	Bal	2.46	Bunning	Det	24-6	Ford	NYA	237
Donovan	Was	2.51	Lary	Det	24-6	Pascual	Min	223
Pappas	Bal	2.59	Ford	NYA	20-9	Pizarro	ChA	206
Bunning	Det	2.81	Pappas	Bal	18-4	Bunning	Det	185
Barber	Bal	2.83	Grant	Cle	18-9	Bell,Ga	Cle	165
Stafford	NYA	2.87	Terry	NYA	17-6	McBride	LAA	163
Lary	Det	3.02	Pascual	Min	16-12	Ramos	Min	160
Ford	NYA	3.10	Mossi	Det	16-15	Monbouquette	Bos	154
Terry	NYA	3.25	Stafford	NYA	15-5	Kaat	Min	153
Kaat	Min	3.37	Barber	Bal	15-12	Barber	Bal	153
Pizarro	ChA	3.46	Ramos	Min	14-17	Grant	Cle	153
Bass	KC	3.55	5 tied with		13	Kralick	Min	147


Games			Innings			Winning percentage

Fornieles	Bos	75	Ford	NYA	290.0	Pappas	Bal	.818
Arroyo	NYA	70	Lary	Det	282.2	Bunning	Det	.800
Lown	ChA	69	Bunning	Det	281.2	Lary	Det	.800
Funk	Cle	68	Ramos	Min	263.2	Stafford	NYA	.750
Kutyna	Was	66	Grant	Cle	251.1	Brown,H	Bal	.750
Kunkel	KC	64	Pascual	Min	248.2	Moeller	LAA	.750
Morgan,T	LAA	64	Barber	Bal	242.0	Terry	NYA	.739
Wilhelm	Bal	64	Mossi	Det	227.0	Regan	Det	.733
Sisler	Was	60	Kralick	Min	226.1	Ford	NYA	.690
Staley,G	Det	58	Bell,Ga	Cle	225.1	Grant	Cle	.667
Moore	Min	56	Perry	Cle	222.2	Bass	KC	.650
Rakow	KC	56	McBride	LAA	221.1	Kaat	Min	.650


Starts			Complete games			Shutouts

Ford	NYA	39	Lary	Det	21	Barber	Bal	7
Bunning	Det	37	Bunning	Det	14	Bunning	Det	6
Lary	Det	36	Barber	Bal	13	Ford	NYA	5
McBride	LAA	36	Pappas	Bal	12	Brown,H	Bal	4
Grant	Cle	35	Kralick	Min	11	Pappas	Bal	4
Perry	Cle	35	Pascual	Min	10	Sheldon	NYA	3
Bell,Ga	Cle	34	Grant	Cle	10	Daley,B	NYA	3
Barber	Bal	34	Kaat	Min	9	Grant	Cle	3
Mossi	Det	34	Ramos	Min	9	12 tied with		2
Shaw,B	KC	34	Ford	NYA	9
Ramos	Min	34	4 tied with		8
Pascual	Min	33


Saves			Save percentage			Holds

Funk	Cle	22	Morgan,T	LAA	.867	Allen	Cle	7
Wilhelm	Bal	21	Fox,T	Det	.800	Fox,T	Det	6
Fox,T	Det	20	Wilhelm	Bal	.778	Aguirre	Det	6
Arroyo	NYA	20	Funk	Cle	.733	Kunkel	KC	6
Lown	ChA	16	Fowler	LAA	.733	Bowsfield	LAA	5
Moore	Min	14	Moore	Min	.700	Latman	Cle	5
Fornieles	Bos	14	Lown	ChA	.696	McDevitt,D	Min	5
Morgan,T	LAA	13	Arroyo	NYA	.690	Moore	Min	5
Sisler	Was	12	Sisler	Was	.667	10 tied with		4
Fowler	LAA	11	Fornieles	Bos	.609
Aguirre	Det	9	Kutyna	Was	.545
4 tied with		6	Aguirre	Det	.529


Batting average			Hits per 9 innings			Runners per 9 innings

Estrada	Bal	.196	Estrada	Bal	6.4	Donovan	Was	9.5
Pappas	Bal	.204	Pappas	Bal	6.6	Terry	NYA	9.6
Foytack	Det	.209	Foytack	Det	7.0	Foytack	Det	9.7
Barber	Bal	.224	Barber	Bal	7.2	Brown,H	Bal	10.2
Grant	Cle	.226	Grant	Cle	7.6	Pappas	Bal	10.6
Ford	NYA	.226	Ford	NYA	7.6	Ford	NYA	10.6
Bunning	Det	.228	Donovan	Was	7.7	Bunning	Det	10.8
Donovan	Was	.228	Kaat	Min	7.7	Stafford	NYA	10.8
Terry	NYA	.230	Bunning	Det	7.8	Lary	Det	11.0
Pascual	Min	.233	Terry	NYA	7.8	Ramos	Min	11.5
Kaat	Min	.233	Stafford	NYA	7.9	Bowsfield	LAA	11.8
Stafford	NYA	.235	Pascual	Min	8.0	Barber	Bal	11.8


Walks			Walks per 9 innings			Strikeouts per 9 innings

Estrada	Bal	126	Brown,H	Bal	1.5	Pizarro	ChA	9.0
Barber	Bal	120	Mossi	Det	1.6	Pascual	Min	8.1
Bell,Ga	Cle	119	Donovan	Was	1.7	Ford	NYA	7.4
Grba	LAA	118	Terry	NYA	1.7	McBride	LAA	6.6
Grant	Cle	118	Pierce	ChA	2.0	Daley,B	NYA	6.6
Walker	KC	109	Lary	Det	2.2	Bell,Ga	Cle	6.6
Schwall	Bos	104	Kralick	Min	2.5	Monbouquette	Bos	6.5
Pascual	Min	104	Stafford	NYA	2.6	Kaat	Min	6.4
Kaat	Min	100	Ramos	Min	2.6	Estrada	Bal	6.1
Stallard	Bos	99	McClain	Was	2.6	Pierce	ChA	5.9
McBride	LAA	98	Bunning	Det	2.7	Bunning	Det	5.9
2 tied with		93	Foytack	Det	2.7	Kralick	Min	5.8


WHIP			Homeruns			Average run support

Donovan	Was	1.04	Ramos	Min	40	Lary	Det	6.6
Terry	NYA	1.06	Mossi	Det	38	Pappas	Bal	6.5
Foytack	Det	1.08	Foytack	Det	35	Stafford	NYA	6.4
Brown,H	Bal	1.12	Grant	Cle	35	McLish	ChA	6.1
Pappas	Bal	1.16	Pascual	Min	32	Ford	NYA	6.0
Bunning	Det	1.16	McBride	LAA	31	Conley	Bos	6.0
Ford	NYA	1.17	Sheldon	NYA	30	Mossi	Det	5.9
Stafford	NYA	1.17	Conley	Bos	30	McBride	LAA	5.8
Lary	Det	1.19	Perry	Cle	29	Terry	NYA	5.8
Ramos	Min	1.27	Bowsfield	LAA	28	Pizarro	ChA	5.5
Barber	Bal	1.30	Monbouquette	Bos	27	Bunning	Det	5.5
Bowsfield	LAA	1.30	Bunning	Det	27	Grant	Cle	5.5


Batters faced			Batters faced per game			Decisions

Ford	NYA	1195	Lary	Det	32.75	Mossi	Det	31
Bunning	Det	1179	Bunning	Det	31.86	Ramos	Min	31
Lary	Det	1179	Ramos	Min	31.08	Lary	Det	30
Ramos	Min	1119	Kralick	Min	31.03	Bunning	Det	30
Grant	Cle	1078	Grant	Cle	30.80	Monbouquette	Bos	29
Pascual	Min	1069	Ford	NYA	30.64	Ford	NYA	29
Barber	Bal	1005	Pascual	Min	30.54	Pascual	Min	28
Bell,Ga	Cle	1004	Monbouquette	Bos	29.78	Herbert,R	ChA	27
Perry	Cle	1001	Bell,Ga	Cle	29.53	Barber	Bal	27
Kralick	Min	993	Donovan	Was	29.33	Grant	Cle	27
Mossi	Det	984	Pappas	Bal	28.85	Shaw,B	KC	26
McBride	LAA	982	Barber	Bal	28.71	3 tied with		25


Losses			Games finished			Runs

Shaw,B	KC	5-21	Arroyo	NYA	56	Shaw,B	KC	146
Monbouquette	Bos	10-19	Funk	Cle	52	McBride	LAA	144
McClain	Was	8-17	Fornieles	Bos	48	Perry	Cle	137
Ramos	Min	14-17	Sisler	Was	44	Mossi	Det	132
Archer	KC	6-16	Wilhelm	Bal	43	Monbouquette	Bos	130
Baumann	ChA	6-16	Lown	ChA	36	Conley	Bos	126
Walker	KC	7-15	Morgan,T	LAA	35	Ramos	Min	126
Perry	Cle	8-15	Moore	Min	33	McClain	Was	122
Herbert,R	ChA	12-15	Fox,T	Det	31	Kralick	Min	121
Mossi	Det	16-15	Fowler	LAA	31	Bell,Ga	Cle	118
Kralick	Min	10-14	Fischer,B	KC	30	Pascual	Min	118
McBride	LAA	10-14	2 tied with		29	2 tied with		117


Earned runs			Hits			Doubles

Shaw,B	KC	123	Lary	Det	268	Shaw,B	KC	55
Monbouquette	Bos	122	Mossi	Det	264	McClain	Was	50
Ramos	Min	118	Kralick	Min	262	Monbouquette	Bos	48
Perry	Cle	116	Ramos	Min	257	Ramos	Min	45
McBride	LAA	115	Perry	Cle	249	Burnside	Was	44
Conley	Bos	111	Shaw,B	KC	246	Daley,B	NYA	44
Pascual	Min	110	Ford	NYA	246	Ford	NYA	44
McLish	ChA	108	Bunning	Det	244	Delock	Bos	41
Fisher,J	Bal	106	Conley	Bos	232	Archer	KC	41
Grant	Cle	106	Monbouquette	Bos	231	Conley	Bos	39
McClain	Was	104	Herbert,R	ChA	229	Baumann	ChA	38
Mossi	Det	103	McBride	LAA	227	Estrada	Bal	37


Triples			Stolen bases			Steal percentage

Nuxhall	KC	13	McBride	LAA	19	Pascual	Min	.667
Wynn	ChA	12	Donovan	Was	17	McBride	LAA	.679
McLish	ChA	12	Daniels	Was	16	Estrada	Bal	.684
Grant	Cle	12	McClain	Was	15	Grba	LAA	.700
Ford	NYA	12	Stallard	Bos	14	Daniels	Was	.800
Klippstein	Was	11	Shaw,B	KC	14	Donovan	Was	.810
Daniels	Was	11	Grba	LAA	14	Shaw,B	KC	.824
McBride	LAA	10	Duren,R	LAA	13	McClain	Was	.833
Moore	Min	9	Bass	KC	13
Kutyna	Was	9	Estrada	Bal	13
Shaw,B	KC	9	4 tied with		12
3 tied with		8


Hit by pitch			Wild pitches			Balks

Archer	KC	12	Kaat	Min	12	Funk	Cle	3
Kaat	Min	11	Moeller	LAA	11	Estrada	Bal	3
Bunning	Det	11	Fisher,J	Bal	11	Nuxhall	KC	2
Lary	Det	11	Walker	KC	10	Kline,R	Det	2
Estrada	Bal	9	Moore	Min	8	Daley,B	NYA	2
Shaw,B	KC	9	Allen	Cle	8	Daniels	Was	2
Kralick	Min	9	Hoeft	Bal	8	Herbert,R	ChA	2
Wilhelm	Bal	8	Rakow	KC	8	Kaat	Min	2
Rakow	KC	8	Sheldon	NYA	8	Grba	LAA	2
Walker	KC	8	Ford	NYA	8	5 tied with		1
4 tied with		7	7 tied with		7



Runners left scored percentage			Inherited runners scored pct			Ground ball DP

Brown,H	Bal	.000	Muffett	Bos	.122	Barber	Bal	41
Kaat	Min	.188	Nuxhall	KC	.226	Kaat	Min	33
Grba	LAA	.208	Reniff	NYA	.229	Shaw,B	KC	30
Herbert,R	ChA	.214	Arroyo	NYA	.283	Lary	Det	29
Conley	Bos	.257	Funk	Cle	.289	Ford	NYA	29
Mossi	Det	.273	Aguirre	Det	.294	Archer	KC	28
Bass	KC	.286	Stallard	Bos	.294	Daley,B	NYA	27
Estrada	Bal	.286	Fornieles	Bos	.320	Grba	LAA	27
Sheldon	NYA	.300	Larsen,D	ChA	.320	Kralick	Min	27
Pizarro	ChA	.304	Pleis	Min	.324	4 tied with		25
3 tied with		.333	Nichols	Bos	.333
			Hacker	ChA	.345


Plate appearances vs RHB			Atbats vs RHB			On-base plus slugging vs RHB

Ford	NYA	930	Ford	NYA	838	Hall	Bal	.504
Barber	Bal	777	Mossi	Det	738	Hoeft	Bal	.534
Mossi	Det	774	Kralick	Min	703	Foytack	Det	.557
Kralick	Min	762	Barber	Bal	671	Lary	Det	.586
Kaat	Min	716	Bunning	Det	645	Pappas	Bal	.594
Archer	KC	705	Archer	KC	644	Brown,H	Bal	.600
Bunning	Det	699	Ramos	Min	630	Walker	KC	.616
Pizarro	ChA	695	Kaat	Min	620	Donovan	Was	.616
Ramos	Min	673	Lary	Det	612	Stafford	NYA	.617
Lary	Det	666	Pizarro	ChA	607	Bunning	Det	.618
Pierce	ChA	634	Pierce	ChA	593	Larsen,D	ChA	.619
Pascual	Min	630	Pascual	Min	562	Terry	NYA	.622


Batting average vs RHB			On-base percentage vs RHB			Slugging percentage vs RHB

Hoeft	Bal	.183	Hall	Bal	.231	Hoeft	Bal	.261
Hall	Bal	.186	Foytack	Det	.246	Hall	Bal	.272
Walker	KC	.188	Terry	NYA	.253	Pappas	Bal	.298
Foytack	Det	.188	Ramos	Min	.268	Larsen,D	ChA	.302
Estrada	Bal	.195	Muffett	Bos	.268	Foytack	Det	.310
Stallard	Bos	.211	Hoeft	Bal	.272	Lary	Det	.310
Grant	Cle	.211	Brown,H	Bal	.273	Pizarro	ChA	.315
Pappas	Bal	.213	Lary	Det	.275	Walker	KC	.318
Muffett	Bos	.217	Bunning	Det	.275	Barber	Bal	.322
Lee	Min	.218	Regan	Det	.279	Estrada	Bal	.323
Regan	Det	.221	Donovan	Was	.282	Stafford	NYA	.325
Terry	NYA	.223	Lee	Min	.284	Kaat	Min	.326


Doubles vs RHB			Triples vs RHB			Homeruns vs RHB

Burnside	Was	37	Nuxhall	KC	11	Mossi	Det	23
Daley,B	NYA	37	McLish	ChA	9	Grant	Cle	22
Archer	KC	37	Ford	NYA	9	Bowsfield	LAA	21
Ford	NYA	37	Sadowski,T	Min	7	Sheldon	NYA	19
Delock	Bos	32	Klippstein	Was	7	Terry	NYA	18
McClain	Was	31	Kutyna	Was	7	Bunning	Det	18
Shaw,B	KC	31	Grant	Cle	7	Ford	NYA	18
Ramos	Min	31	Baumann	ChA	7	McClain	Was	17
Baumann	ChA	30	Pierce	ChA	6	7 tied with		16
Kralick	Min	27	9 tied with		5
Grba	LAA	26
2 tied with		25


Hits vs RHB			Extra base hits vs RHB			Total bases vs RHB

Ford	NYA	210	Ford	NYA	64	Ford	NYA	319
Mossi	Det	206	Baumann	ChA	53	Mossi	Det	304
Kralick	Min	205	Archer	KC	53	Kralick	Min	284
Baumann	ChA	188	Burnside	Was	52	Baumann	ChA	280
Archer	KC	182	McClain	Was	51	Archer	KC	266
Pierce	ChA	165	Ramos	Min	49	McClain	Was	245
McClain	Was	157	Mossi	Det	49	Pierce	ChA	243
Barber	Bal	157	Daley,B	NYA	48	Ramos	Min	227
Kaat	Min	148	Delock	Bos	46	Bunning	Det	221
Herbert,R	ChA	145	Kralick	Min	46	Barber	Bal	216
Bunning	Det	145	Shaw,B	KC	45	Shaw,B	KC	213
Ramos	Min	144	2 tied with		44	Burnside	Was	210


Walks vs RHB			Hit by pitch vs RHB			Strikeouts vs RHB

Barber	Bal	92	Bunning	Det	11	Pizarro	ChA	175
Grant	Cle	85	Walker	KC	8	Bunning	Det	144
Ford	NYA	80	Lary	Det	8	Ford	NYA	144
Pizarro	ChA	76	Morgan,T	LAA	7	Pascual	Min	142
Kaat	Min	76	Larsen,D	ChA	6	Ramos	Min	125
Stallard	Bos	73	Rakow	KC	6	Bell,Ga	Cle	118
Nuxhall	KC	70	Kutyna	Was	6	McBride	LAA	117
Schwall	Bos	68	Stafford	NYA	6	Barber	Bal	112
Grba	LAA	66	Kaat	Min	6	Monbouquette	Bos	104
Estrada	Bal	65	Kralick	Min	6	Kaat	Min	98
McBride	LAA	63	6 tied with		5	Estrada	Bal	96
Bell,Ga	Cle	60				Kralick	Min	93


Strikeout/walk ratio vs RHB			Sacrifice bunts vs RHB			Sacrifice flies vs RHB

Hall	Bal	4.2	Perry	Cle	11	Fox,T	Det	7
Bunning	Det	4.0	Grant	Cle	9	Conley	Bos	7
Ramos	Min	3.7	Hall	Bal	7	Lary	Det	7
Donovan	Was	3.6	Stallard	Bos	7	Kaat	Min	7
Mossi	Det	3.2	Bell,Ga	Cle	7	Ford	NYA	7
Pierce	ChA	3.0	Pizarro	ChA	7	10 tied with		6
Arroyo	NYA	2.9	Kaat	Min	7
Herbert,R	ChA	2.7	Barber	Bal	7
Lary	Det	2.7	6 tied with		6
Terry	NYA	2.7
Pascual	Min	2.6
Brown,H	Bal	2.4

League pitching leaders -- American LeagueRegular season -- as of 10/9/1961

League pitching leaders -- American League
Regular season -- as of 10/9/1961