1961 Boston Red Sox season

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1961 Boston Red Sox
Carl Yastrzemski's Rookie Season
Major league affiliations
Location
1961 Information
Owner(s) Tom Yawkey
Manager(s) Pinky Higgins
Local television WHDH-TV, Ch. 5
Local radio WHDH-AM 850
(Curt Gowdy, Ned Martin, Art Gleeson)

The 1961 Boston Red Sox season involved the Red Sox finishing 6th in the American League with a record of 76 wins and 86 losses.

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[edit] Regular season

1961 would be Carl Yastrzemski’s first season with the Boston Red Sox. He was considered the heir apparent to Ted Williams. [1]

[edit] Season standings

American League W L Pct. GB
New York Yankees 109 53 .673 --
Detroit Tigers 101 61 .623 8
Baltimore Orioles 95 67 .623 14
Chicago White Sox 86 76 .531 23
Cleveland Indians 78 83 .484 30.5
Boston Red Sox 76 86 .469 33
Minnesota Twins 70 90 .438 38
Los Angeles Angels 70 91 .435 38.5
Kansas City Athletics 61 100 .379 47.5
Washington Senators 61 100 .379 47.5

[edit] Transactions

[edit] Roster

1961 Boston Red Sox roster
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Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Manager

Coaches

[edit] Player stats

[edit] Batting

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

[edit] Other batters

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI

[edit] Starting pitchers

Player G IP W L ERA SO

[edit] Other pitchers

Player G IP W L ERA

[edit] Relief pitchers
Player G W L SV ERA SO

[edit] References

  1. ^ The Boston Red Sox, Milton Cole and Jim Kaplan, p.32, World Publications Group, North Dighton, MA, ISBN 1-57215-412-8
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