League Pitching Leaders -- American League
Regular season -- as of 5/31/1961

Earned Run Average Wins Strikeouts
           
DanielsWas 1.55 FordNYY8-1 FordNYY81
BunningDet 2.07 BarberBal6-2 BunningDet61
TerryNYY 2.30 LaryDet6-3 PascualMin52
FordNYY 2.32 BunningDet6-4 Bell,GaCle50
McClainWas 2.34 DanielsWas5-0 BarberBal49
Hall,DBal 2.35 HoeftBal5-1 MossiDet48
Brown,HBal 2.44 TerryNYY5-1 RamosMin48
Sturdivant,TWas 2.91 Hall,DBal5-2 EstradaBal43
LaryDet 2.98 McBrideLAA5-2 LaryDet43
EstradaBal 3.14 MossiDet5-3 McBrideLAA41
WynnChW 3.17 Perry,JCle5-4 PierceChW39
KralickMin 3.20 4 tied with 4 KralickMin39
           
           
Games Innings Winning percentage
           
LownChW21 BunningDet95.2 DanielsWas1.000
ArroyoNYY19 LaryDet90.2 FordNYY .889
FornielesBos19 FordNYY85.1 HoeftBal .833
KutynaWas19 RamosMin70.2 TerryNYY .833
FunkCle17 BarberBal69.1 BarberBal .750
Morgan,TLAA16 Perry,JCle67.2 SheldonNYY .750
Staley,GChW16 EstradaBal66.0 WynnChW .750
WickershamKCA16 WynnChW65.1 Hall,DBal .714
5 tied with 15 MossiDet65.1 McBrideLAA .714
    KralickMin64.2 LaryDet .667
    DanielsWas64.0 KaatMin .667
    PascualMin63.1 MossiDet .625
           
           
Starts Complete games Shutouts
           
BunningDet11 BunningDet8 HoeftBal2
FordNYY11 BarberBal5 TerryNYY2
LaryDet11 LaryDet5 LaryDet2
RamosMin11 MossiDet4 16 tied with 1
BarberBal10 10 tied with 3    
MossiDet10        
PascualMin10        
Perry,JCle10        
8 tied with 9        
           
           
           
           
           
Saves Save percentage Holds
           
FunkCle11 Fox,TDet1.000 Donohue,JDet2
ArroyoNYY11 GablerWas1.000 GarverLAA2
Fox,TDet7 WilhelmBal .875 HillmanBos2
WilhelmBal7 FunkCle .846 PizarroChW2
Morgan,TLAA6 ArroyoNYY .786 CoatesNYY2
FornielesBos6 Morgan,TLAA .750 13 tied with 1
LownChW5 FornielesBos .667    
Moore,RMin4 Moore,RMin .667    
GablerWas3 LownChW .625    
ArcherKCA3 ArcherKCA .500    
KunkelKCA3 KunkelKCA .500    
5 tied with 2 SislerWas .400    
           
           
Batting average Hits per 9 innings Runners per 9 innings
           
MoellerLAA .178 MoellerLAA 5.6 TerryNYY 7.8
BunningDet .189 BunningDet 6.1 BunningDet 8.8
TerryNYY .192 TerryNYY 6.3 Brown,HBal 9.2
DanielsWas .197 DanielsWas 6.3 WynnChW 9.9
WynnChW .203 WynnChW 6.6 McClainWas 9.9
Brown,HBal .213 BarberBal 6.8 FordNYY 10.0
BarberBal .213 Brown,HBal 7.0 LaryDet 10.3
FordNYY .217 FordNYY 7.2 Hall,DBal 10.8
Bell,GaCle .222 Sturdivant,TWas 7.2 MossiDet 11.0
Sturdivant,TWas .223 Bell,GaCle 7.4 Sturdivant,TWas 11.1
EstradaBal .224 EstradaBal 7.5 DanielsWas 11.3
WalkerKCA .227 Hall,DBal 7.6 BarberBal 11.4
           
           
Walks Walks per 9 innings Strikeouts per 9 innings
           
GrantCle37 MossiDet 1.1 FordNYY 8.5
DanielsWas35 TerryNYY 1.4 PascualMin 7.4
MoellerLAA34 McClainWas 1.5 Bell,GaCle 7.4
Bell,GaCle34 LaryDet 2.1 KaatMin 7.3
HawkinsCle32 KralickMin 2.1 McBrideLAA 6.7
BarberBal32 Brown,HBal 2.1 MoellerLAA 6.7
TurleyNYY31 BaumannChW 2.2 MossiDet 6.6
EstradaBal29 PierceChW 2.2 BarberBal 6.4
WalkerKCA28 McBrideLAA 2.3 PierceChW 6.2
MonbouquetteBos27 Herbert,RKCA 2.4 RamosMin 6.1
5 tied with 26 MuffettBos 2.4 Kline,RLAA 6.1
    Shaw,BChW 2.4 TurleyNYY 6.0
           
           
WHIP Homeruns Average run support
           
TerryNYY 0.85 LaryDet13 Kline,RLAA 6.8
BunningDet 0.95 DelockBos12 TerryNYY 6.8
Brown,HBal 1.01 Perry,JCle12 WynnChW 6.7
McClainWas 1.07 GrbaLAA10 KaatMin 6.5
FordNYY 1.10 Ditmar,ANYY9 Perry,JCle 6.2
WynnChW 1.10 McBrideLAA9 Brown,HBal 6.0
LaryDet 1.11 GrantCle9 FordNYY 5.8
MossiDet 1.19 MossiDet9 Hall,DBal 5.8
Hall,DBal 1.20 RamosMin9 McBrideLAA 5.7
BarberBal 1.21 7 tied with 8 BaumannChW 5.6
Sturdivant,TWas 1.23     DanielsWas 5.5
DanielsWas 1.25     Brewer,TBos 5.1
           
           
Batters faced Batters faced per game Decisions
           
BunningDet378 BunningDet34.36 BunningDet10
LaryDet369 LaryDet33.55 Perry,JCle9
FordNYY347 DanielsWas33.50 FordNYY9
Perry,JCle301 McClainWas31.75 LaryDet9
RamosMin301 FordNYY31.55 Bell,GaCle8
BarberBal283 EstradaBal31.11 BarberBal8
EstradaBal280 PierceChW31.00 MossiDet8
KralickMin275 KralickMin30.56 PascualMin8
PascualMin274 Perry,JCle30.10 7 tied with 7
DanielsWas268 Bell,GaCle29.56    
MossiDet268 GrantCle29.56    
2 tied with 266 WynnChW29.33    
           
           
Losses Games finished Runs
           
RamosMin1-6 ArroyoNYY18 RamosMin42
PascualMin2-6 FunkCle17 Perry,JCle41
Sturdivant,TWas1-5 FornielesBos16 Daley,BKCA39
GrantCle2-5 LownChW15 Herbert,RKCA38
Herbert,RKCA2-5 Morgan,TLAA14 Shaw,BChW36
McLishChW2-5 WilhelmBal12 McLishChW36
12 tied with 4 Fox,TDet10 GrantCle35
    Moore,RMin10 PascualMin34
    KlippsteinWas9 DelockBos33
    CoatesNYY9 GrbaLAA33
    WickershamKCA9 LaryDet33
    KutynaWas9 3 tied with 32
           
           
Earned runs Hits Doubles
           
RamosMin37 LaryDet80 RamosMin21
Shaw,BChW35 Perry,JCle71 Herbert,RKCA15
Herbert,RKCA35 MossiDet70 EstradaBal15
McLishChW35 BaumannChW69 PascualMin13
PascualMin33 FordNYY68 Perry,JCle13
Perry,JCle32 PascualMin67 FordNYY13
BaumannChW31 KralickMin67 7 tied with 12
DelockBos31 RamosMin67    
GrantCle31 Herbert,RKCA66    
LaryDet30 BunningDet65    
3 tied with 29 McLishChW63    
    PierceChW63    
           
           
Triples Stolen bases Steal percentage
           
KutynaWas4 Sturdivant,TWas11 DelockBos .400
Sturdivant,TWas4 McBrideLAA10 Casale,JLAA .429
Sadowski,TMin3 TurleyNYY7 DanielsWas .600
Herbert,RKCA3 Bell,GaCle7 Kline,RLAA .625
PascualMin3 Herbert,RKCA7 ConleyBos .667
FordNYY3 PascualMin7 Sturdivant,TWas .688
13 tied with 2 McClainWas6 MonbouquetteBos .714
    WynnChW5 Brewer,TBos .800
    MonbouquetteBos5 StallardBos .800
    Kline,RLAA5 McBrideLAA .833
    6 tied with 4 WynnChW .833
        3 tied with  .875
           
           
Hit by pitch Wild pitches Balks
           
Daley,BKCA6 Duren,RLAA5 SchwallBos1
SheldonNYY4 Woodeshick,HWas5 KaatMin1
Woodeshick,HWas4 RakowKCA4 Daley,BKCA1
ArcherKCA4 Clevenger,TNYY4 MonbouquetteBos1
BarberBal4 MoellerLAA4 BarberBal1
KaatMin3 Fischer,BDet3    
DelockBos3 AguirreDet3    
LaryDet3 WalkerKCA3    
BunningDet3 BarberBal3    
16 tied with 2 15 tied with 2    
           
           
           
           
Runners left scored percentage Inherited runners scored pct Ground ball DP
           
MonbouquetteBos .000 Fox,TDet .000 BarberBal15
PascualMin .000 WilhelmBal .000 ArroyoNYY11
Hall,DBal .000 GarverLAA .000 DelockBos10
Kline,RLAA .000 BaumannChW .000 MossiDet10
WynnChW .000 BowsfieldLAA .143 GarverLAA8
BunningDet .000 Allen,BCle .200 Hall,DBal8
MossiDet .000 LownChW .200 BaumannChW8
BaumannChW .111 StockBal .200 McBrideLAA8
Bell,GaCle .111 RakowKCA .250 RamosMin8
DanielsWas .125 Duren,RLAA .250 FordNYY8
GrantCle .125 KunkelKCA .300 LaryDet8
BarberBal .200 Giel,PMin .308 BunningDet8
           
           
Plate appearances vs RHB Atbats vs RHB On-base plus slugging vs RHB
           
FordNYY261 FordNYY233 WynnChW .473
MossiDet221 MossiDet210 BunningDet .501
BunningDet214 KralickMin202 PappasBal .514
BarberBal213 BunningDet200 Brown,HBal .522
KralickMin212 BarberBal186 McClainWas .523
PierceChW197 PierceChW181 HoeftBal .531
LaryDet190 LaryDet175 TerryNYY .567
RamosMin188 RamosMin174 TurleyNYY .584
Perry,JCle182 Perry,JCle166 GarverLAA .593
McClainWas175 McClainWas164 Bell,GaCle .598
BaumannChW167 BaumannChW155 Lee,DMin .602
DanielsWas167 PascualMin146 BarberBal .611
           
           
Batting average vs RHB On-base percentage vs RHB Slugging percentage vs RHB
           
WynnChW .168 WynnChW .221 WynnChW .252
HoeftBal .174 BunningDet .236 BunningDet .265
PappasBal .181 PappasBal .238 Brown,HBal .265
BunningDet .190 McClainWas .243 TurleyNYY .271
TurleyNYY .196 Lee,DMin .244 HoeftBal .275
Lee,DMin .198 TerryNYY .244 PappasBal .277
McClainWas .201 Brown,HBal .256 McClainWas .280
MoellerLAA .202 HoeftBal .256 DanielsWas .285
Brown,HBal .204 ConleyBos .262 Bell,GaCle .297
WalkerKCA .204 GarverLAA .264 BarberBal .301
ConleyBos .210 RamosMin .265 Fisher,JBal .319
Hall,DBal .210 Ditmar,ANYY .276 TerryNYY .323
           
           
Doubles vs RHB Triples vs RHB Homeruns vs RHB
           
RamosMin15 Sturdivant,TWas4 LaryDet11
Daley,BKCA12 Sadowski,TMin3 KralickMin8
FordNYY12 Johnson,K 2 McBrideLAA7
MonbouquetteBos11 ConleyBos2 MossiDet7
KralickMin11 Herbert,RKCA2 BurnsideWas6
Brewer,TBos10 Daley,BKCA2 Kline,RLAA6
BaumannChW10 PascualMin2 Perry,JCle6
MossiDet10 FordNYY2 Staley,GChW5
EstradaBal9 30 tied with 1 StobbsMin5
PascualMin9     Antonelli,JCle5
PierceChW9     GrbaLAA5
BunningDet9     Ditmar,ANYY5
           
           
Hits vs RHB Extra base hits vs RHB Total bases vs RHB
           
BaumannChW58 RamosMin20 KralickMin92
KralickMin57 KralickMin19 MossiDet89
MossiDet56 MossiDet18 BaumannChW82
Daley,BKCA53 Daley,BKCA17 LaryDet79
FordNYY52 FordNYY17 Daley,BKCA78
PierceChW49 MonbouquetteBos15 FordNYY77
Antonelli,JCle44 BaumannChW15 PierceChW70
MonbouquetteBos43 LaryDet15 RamosMin68
LaryDet42 Brewer,TBos13 Antonelli,JCle66
BarberBal40 Perry,JCle13 MonbouquetteBos66
3 tied with 39 PierceChW13 Perry,JCle64
    3 tied with 12 McBrideLAA59
           
           
Walks vs RHB Hit by pitch vs RHB Strikeouts vs RHB
           
GrantCle27 SheldonNYY3 FordNYY46
BarberBal26 James,JLAA2 BunningDet41
FordNYY24 CoatesNYY2 MossiDet38
MoellerLAA23 PizarroChW2 RamosMin37
NuxhallKCA22 Woodeshick,HWas2 BarberBal37
DanielsWas21 Bell,GaCle2 McBrideLAA33
BurnsideWas20 Daley,BKCA2 PascualMin33
ScoreChW19 DelockBos2 Bell,GaCle28
StallardBos18 McClainWas2 HoeftBal27
TurleyNYY18 LaryDet2 MoellerLAA27
3 tied with 17 BunningDet2 PierceChW27
    MossiDet2 EstradaBal26
           
           
Strikeout/walk ratio vs RHB Sacrifice bunts vs RHB Sacrifice flies vs RHB
           
FunkCle 7.0 HawkinsCle4 Staley,GChW3
MossiDet 6.3 Antonelli,JCle4 LockeCle3
BunningDet 4.1 LownChW3 NuxhallKCA3
Lee,DMin 3.8 Brown,HBal3 14 tied with 2
RamosMin 3.7 GrbaLAA3    
McBrideLAA 3.7 Shaw,BChW3    
StobbsMin 3.7 Bell,GaCle3    
McClainWas 3.1 RamosMin3    
TerryNYY 2.6 LaryDet3    
LaryDet 2.5 PierceChW3    
Daley,BKCA 2.5 21 tied with 2    
PascualMin 2.4