1961 Los Angeles Dodgers

89-65 • .578 Win% • 2nd in NL

📊 Season Record

89 Wins
65 Losses
.578 Win %
2nd Rank
735 R 697 RA
Diff +38

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⚡ Quick Stats

735 Runs Scored
697 Runs Allowed
+38 Run Diff
1,804K Attendance

📈 vs. 1961 NL Average

Batting Avg .261 equal to the 1961 league average (.261)
OBP .338 3% above the 1961 league average (.327)
SLG .405 equal to the 1961 league average (.405)
Team ERA 4.04 equal to the 1961 league average (4.03)
Runs Scored 735 5% above the 1961 league average (700 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumLos Angeles Memorial Coliseum
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Home Games 77
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Total Attendance 1,804,865
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Avg per Game 23,439

⚾ Batting Leaders

Team HR Leaders — 1961

Batting Avg

1 Wally Moon 0.328 2 Ron Fairly 0.322 3 Duke Snider 0.296 4 Frank Howard 0.296 5 Maury Wills 0.282

Home Runs

1 John Roseboro 18 2 Wally Moon 17 3 Duke Snider 16 4 Tommy Davis 15 5 Frank Howard 15

RBI

1 Wally Moon 88 2 John Roseboro 59 3 Tommy Davis 58 4 Duke Snider 56 5 Ron Fairly 48
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Maury Wills 148 613 105 173 12 10 1 31 59 50 35 0.282
Wally Moon 134 463 79 152 25 3 17 88 89 79 7 0.328
Tommy Davis 132 460 60 128 13 2 15 58 32 53 10 0.278
Jim Gilliam 144 439 74 107 26 3 4 32 79 34 8 0.244
John Roseboro 128 394 59 99 16 6 18 59 56 62 6 0.251
Charlie Neal 108 341 40 80 6 1 10 48 30 49 3 0.235
Willie Davis 128 339 56 86 19 6 12 45 27 46 12 0.254
Norm Larker 97 282 29 76 16 1 5 38 24 22 0 0.270
Frank Howard 92 267 36 79 10 2 15 45 21 50 0 0.296
Ron Fairly 111 245 42 79 15 2 10 48 48 22 0 0.322
Duke Snider 85 233 35 69 8 3 16 56 29 43 1 0.296
Gil Hodges 109 215 25 52 4 0 8 31 24 43 3 0.242
Daryl Spencer 60 189 27 46 7 0 8 27 20 35 0 0.243
Norm Sherry 47 121 10 31 2 0 5 21 9 30 0 0.256
Don Drysdale 40 83 9 16 1 0 5 12 6 24 0 0.193
Stan Williams 41 78 3 13 2 0 0 5 7 39 0 0.167
Sandy Koufax 42 77 3 5 0 0 0 2 9 35 0 0.065
Johnny Podres 32 69 3 16 2 0 0 7 2 8 0 0.232
Bob Aspromonte 47 58 7 14 3 0 0 2 4 12 0 0.241
Gordie Windhorn 34 33 10 8 2 1 2 6 4 3 0 0.242
Doug Camilli 13 30 3 4 0 0 3 4 1 9 0 0.133
Don Demeter 15 29 3 5 0 0 1 2 3 6 0 0.172
Roger Craig 40 27 3 4 1 0 0 0 3 12 0 0.148
Charley Smith 9 24 4 6 1 0 2 3 1 6 0 0.250
Turk Farrell 50 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0.000
Larry Sherry 53 13 2 2 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0.154
Ron Perranoski 53 12 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 8 0 0.083
Carl Warwick 19 11 2 1 0 0 0 1 2 3 0 0.091
Bob Lillis 19 9 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0.111
Tim Harkness 5 8 4 4 2 0 0 0 3 1 1 0.500
Phil Ortega 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.250
Jim Golden 28 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Ed Roebuck 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Ed Palmquist 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

Team K Leaders — 1961

ERA

1 Ron Perranoski 2.65 2 Sandy Koufax 3.52 3 Don Drysdale 3.69 4 Johnny Podres 3.74 5 Larry Sherry 3.90

Wins

1 Sandy Koufax 18 2 Johnny Podres 18 3 Stan Williams 15 4 Don Drysdale 13 5 Ron Perranoski 7

Strikeouts

1 Sandy Koufax 269 2 Stan Williams 205 3 Don Drysdale 182 4 Johnny Podres 124 5 Turk Farrell 80
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Sandy Koufax 18 13 3.52 42 35 1 255.2 212 100 96 269
Don Drysdale 13 10 3.69 40 37 0 244.0 236 100 83 182
Stan Williams 15 12 3.90 41 35 0 235.1 213 102 108 205
Johnny Podres 18 5 3.74 32 29 0 182.2 192 76 51 124
Roger Craig 5 6 6.15 40 14 2 112.2 130 77 52 63
Larry Sherry 4 4 3.90 53 1 15 94.2 90 41 39 79
Ron Perranoski 7 5 2.65 53 1 6 91.2 82 27 41 56
Turk Farrell 6 6 5.06 50 0 10 89.0 107 50 43 80
Jim Golden 1 1 5.79 28 0 0 42.0 52 27 20 18
Phil Ortega 0 2 5.54 4 2 0 13.0 10 8 2 15
Ed Roebuck 2 0 5.00 5 0 0 9.0 12 5 2 9
Ed Palmquist 0 1 6.23 5 0 1 8.2 10 6 7 5

👥 Roster (34)

Bob Aspromonte Doug Camilli Roger Craig Tommy Davis Willie Davis Don Demeter Don Drysdale Ron Fairly Turk Farrell Jim Gilliam Jim Golden Tim Harkness +22 more

34 players

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Frequently Asked Questions about the 1961 Los Angeles Dodgers

What was the 1961 Los Angeles Dodgers record?
The 1961 Los Angeles Dodgers finished 89-65 (.578 win pct).
Who led the 1961 Los Angeles Dodgers in home runs?
John Roseboro led the 1961 Los Angeles Dodgers with 18 home runs.
What was the 1961 Los Angeles Dodgers team ERA?
The 1961 Los Angeles Dodgers posted a team ERA of 4.04.
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