Team fielding report -- 1961 Kansas City Athletics
Regular season -- as of 10/1/1961
| Primary |
| Pos | Name | G | GS | INN | PO | A | E | DP | TC | PCT | PB | SB | CS | SB% |
| p | Jim Archer | 38 | 27 | 204.7 | 14 | 23 | 4 | 3 | 41 | .902 | | 7 | 3 | .700 |
| | Joe Nuxhall | 51 | 13 | 138.7 | 12 | 17 | 6 | 0 | 35 | .829 | | 6 | 1 | .857 |
| | Norm Bass | 37 | 23 | 177.3 | 7 | 20 | 3 | 3 | 30 | .900 | | 13 | 3 | .813 |
| | Bill Kunkel | 64 | 2 | 103.0 | 12 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 29 | .931 | | 2 | 3 | .400 |
| | Bob Shaw | 24 | 24 | 157.7 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 26 | .962 | | 10 | 2 | .833 |
| | Jerry Walker | 38 | 24 | 172.3 | 7 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 26 | 1.000 | | 11 | 3 | .786 |
| | Ed Rakow | 56 | 11 | 129.0 | 5 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 1.000 | | 3 | 3 | .500 |
| | Lew Krausse | 21 | 8 | 62.3 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 12 | .917 | | 3 | 0 | 1.000 |
| | Bud Daley | 13 | 10 | 51.3 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 1.000 | | 1 | 1 | .500 |
| | Art Ditmar | 25 | 5 | 62.0 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 9 | .889 | | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| | Ray Herbert | 12 | 11 | 64.3 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1.000 | | 1 | 1 | .500 |
| | Bill Fischer | 22 | 0 | 21.3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 7 | .857 | | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| | Gerry Staley | 23 | 0 | 26.0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1.000 | | 1 | 0 | 1.000 |
| | Don Larsen | 14 | 1 | 18.7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | | 2 | 0 | 1.000 |
| | Dave Wickersham | 15 | 0 | 24.7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| | John Wyatt | 7 | 0 | 6.7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| | Ken Johnson | 4 | 1 | 8.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| | Ed Keegan | 7 | 0 | 7.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | | 1 | 0 | 1.000 |
| | Mickey McDermott | 5 | 0 | 5.3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| | Dan Pfister | 2 | 0 | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| | Bill Kirk | 1 | 1 | 1.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | | 1 | 0 | 1.000 |
| | Jim Rivera | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| | Total | 480 | 161 | 1445.0 | 95 | 156 | 19 | 13 | 270 | .930 | | 62 | 20 | .756 |
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| c | Haywood Sullivan | 88 | 78 | 690.7 | 411 | 24 | 9 | 1 | 444 | .980 | 8 | 26 | 13 | .667 |
| | Joe Pignatano | 88 | 73 | 667.3 | 400 | 25 | 8 | 6 | 433 | .982 | 14 | 30 | 6 | .833 |
| | Billy Bryan | 5 | 4 | 34.0 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 21 | .952 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1.000 |
| | Gordon MacKenzie | 7 | 5 | 43.0 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .000 |
| | Ozzie Virgil | 3 | 1 | 10.0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | .875 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1.000 |
| | Total | 191 | 161 | 1445.0 | 857 | 50 | 19 | 7 | 926 | .979 | 23 | 62 | 20 | .756 |
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| 1b | Norm Siebern | 109 | 107 | 954.7 | 1005 | 82 | 13 | 110 | 1100 | .988 | | | | |
| | Marv Throneberry | 32 | 26 | 234.3 | 261 | 12 | 4 | 27 | 277 | .986 | | | | |
| | Haywood Sullivan | 15 | 10 | 86.7 | 104 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 109 | .991 | | | | |
| | Lou Klimchock | 14 | 10 | 85.7 | 86 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 90 | .989 | | | | |
| | Bob Boyd | 15 | 6 | 65.0 | 69 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 74 | 1.000 | | | | |
| | Deron Johnson | 3 | 2 | 18.7 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 1.000 | | | | |
| | Total | 188 | 161 | 1445.0 | 1542 | 108 | 19 | 167 | 1669 | .989 | | | | |
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| 2b | Jerry Lumpe | 148 | 146 | 1311.0 | 346 | 578 | 25 | 130 | 949 | .974 | | | | |
| | Reno Bertoia | 6 | 6 | 46.3 | 12 | 24 | 0 | 9 | 36 | 1.000 | | | | |
| | Charlie Shoemaker | 6 | 6 | 51.0 | 13 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 34 | 1.000 | | | | |
| | Wayne Causey | 7 | 3 | 36.7 | 8 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 28 | .964 | | | | |
| | Total | 167 | 161 | 1445.0 | 379 | 642 | 26 | 143 | 1047 | .975 | | | | |
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| 3b | Wayne Causey | 99 | 77 | 723.0 | 57 | 186 | 13 | 15 | 256 | .949 | | | | |
| | Reno Bertoia | 30 | 29 | 245.3 | 28 | 62 | 7 | 9 | 97 | .928 | | | | |
| | Andy Carey | 35 | 34 | 290.3 | 22 | 73 | 2 | 11 | 97 | .979 | | | | |
| | Deron Johnson | 16 | 14 | 128.3 | 12 | 33 | 1 | 4 | 46 | .978 | | | | |
| | Lou Klimchock | 6 | 5 | 38.0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 9 | .778 | | | | |
| | Ozzie Virgil | 4 | 2 | 20.0 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 9 | .889 | | | | |
| | Total | 190 | 161 | 1445.0 | 123 | 365 | 26 | 39 | 514 | .949 | | | | |
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| ss | Dick Howser | 156 | 155 | 1391.0 | 225 | 558 | 46 | 106 | 829 | .945 | | | | |
| | Wayne Causey | 7 | 6 | 54.0 | 16 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 35 | .914 | | | | |
| | Total | 163 | 161 | 1445.0 | 241 | 574 | 49 | 109 | 864 | .943 | | | | |
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| lf | Leo Posada | 67 | 53 | 488.0 | 136 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 142 | .986 | | | | |
| | Norm Siebern | 44 | 43 | 393.3 | 82 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 87 | 1.000 | | | | |
| | Deron Johnson | 27 | 27 | 231.3 | 59 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 65 | .969 | | | | |
| | Jay Hankins | 18 | 12 | 106.3 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 22 | .955 | | | | |
| | Gene Stephens | 8 | 5 | 39.0 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 17 | .941 | | | | |
| | Lou Klimchock | 7 | 4 | 37.0 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16 | .938 | | | | |
| | Wes Covington | 11 | 10 | 87.0 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 1.000 | | | | |
| | Bobby Prescott | 4 | 2 | 22.0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1.000 | | | | |
| | Hank Bauer | 2 | 2 | 15.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | | | | |
| | Don Larsen | 1 | 1 | 9.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | | | | |
| | Haywood Sullivan | 1 | 1 | 8.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | | | | |
| | Chuck Essegian | 1 | 1 | 9.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | | | | |
| | Total | 191 | 161 | 1445.0 | 356 | 15 | 7 | 0 | 378 | .981 | | | | |
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| cf | Bobby Del Greco | 70 | 67 | 585.0 | 181 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 191 | .990 | | | | |
| | Gene Stephens | 30 | 26 | 224.3 | 81 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 84 | .988 | | | | |
| | Bill Tuttle | 28 | 23 | 207.7 | 60 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 69 | .957 | | | | |
| | Jay Hankins | 38 | 21 | 199.3 | 60 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 63 | .968 | | | | |
| | Leo Posada | 19 | 16 | 145.7 | 28 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 30 | .967 | | | | |
| | Jim Rivera | 6 | 5 | 54.0 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 16 | .875 | | | | |
| | Hank Bauer | 2 | 2 | 15.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | | | | |
| | Deron Johnson | 1 | 1 | 8.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | | | | |
| | Al Pilarcik | 2 | 0 | 6.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | | | | |
| | Total | 196 | 161 | 1445.0 | 433 | 18 | 11 | 0 | 462 | .976 | | | | |
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| rf | Jim Rivera | 46 | 29 | 272.0 | 67 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 68 | .985 | | | | |
| | Deron Johnson | 33 | 28 | 238.7 | 44 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 49 | .939 | | | | |
| | Leo Posada | 29 | 23 | 208.7 | 47 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 49 | .959 | | | | |
| | Hank Bauer | 30 | 20 | 181.7 | 32 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 36 | .944 | | | | |
| | Gene Stephens | 26 | 16 | 144.3 | 31 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 32 | .969 | | | | |
| | Al Pilarcik | 25 | 11 | 117.0 | 24 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 27 | .963 | | | | |
| | Marv Throneberry | 10 | 10 | 72.0 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 1.000 | | | | |
| | Jay Hankins | 14 | 9 | 72.3 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 1.000 | | | | |
| | Frank Cipriani | 9 | 8 | 70.0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1.000 | | | | |
| | Lou Klimchock | 4 | 3 | 32.7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1.000 | | | | |
| | Wes Covington | 1 | 1 | 9.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | | | | |
| | Stan Johnson | 2 | 1 | 9.7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | | | | |
| | Haywood Sullivan | 3 | 2 | 17.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | | | | |
| | Total | 232 | 161 | 1445.0 | 309 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 325 | .969 | | | | |
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| | Total | 161 | 161 | 1445.0 | 4335 | 1934 | 186 | 175 | 6455 | .971 | 23 | | | |