1961 Chicago White Sox season

1961 Chicago White Sox
Major league affiliations
American League (Since 1901)
Location
Comiskey Park (Since 1910) Chicago, Illinois (Since 1900)
1961 Information
Owner(s)	Bill Veeck, Arthur Allyn, Jr., John Allyn
General manager(s)	Hank Greenberg, Ed Short
Manager(s)	Al Lopez
Local television	WGN-TV (Jack Brickhouse, Vince Lloyd)
Local radio	WCFL (Bob Elson, Ralph Kiner)
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The 1961 Chicago White Sox season was the team's 61st season in the major leagues, and its 62nd season overall. They finished with a record 86-76, good enough for fourth place in the American League, 23 games behind the first-place New York Yankees.

Contents 1 Offseason 2 Regular season 2.1 Season standings 2.2 Opening Day lineup 2.3 Notable transactions 2.4 Roster 3 Player stats 3.1 Batting 3.1.1 Starters by position 3.1.2 Other batters 3.2 Pitching 3.2.1 Starting pitchers 3.2.2 Other pitchers 3.2.3 Relief pitchers 4 Farm system 5 Notes 6 References

Offseason

• December 14, 1960: 1960 MLB expansion draft
  • Earl Averill, Jr. was drafted from the White Sox by the Los Angeles Angels.^[1]
  • Jim McAnany was drafted from the White Sox by the Los Angeles Angels.^[2]

Regular season

Season standings

American League	W	L	Pct.	GB
New York Yankees	109	53	.673	--
Detroit Tigers	101	61	.623	8
Baltimore Orioles	95	67	.586	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

Opening Day lineup

• Luis Aparicio, ss
• Nellie Fox, 2b
• Minnie Miñoso, lf
• Roy Sievers, 1b
• J. C. Martin, 3b
• Al Smith, rf
• Jim Landis, cf
• Sherm Lollar, c
• Early Wynn, p

Notable transactions

• May 10, 1961: Wes Covington was selected off waivers by the Chicago White Sox from the Milwaukee Braves.^[3]
• May 15, 1961: Joe Ginsberg was released by the White Sox.^[4]
• June 1, 1961: Warren Hacker was purchased by the White Sox from the Philadelphia Phillies.^[5]
• June 10, 1961: Wes Covington, Stan Johnson, Bob Shaw, and Gerry Staley were traded by the White Sox to the Kansas City Athletics for Ray Herbert, Don Larsen, Andy Carey, and Al Pilarcik.^[3]

Roster

1961 Chicago White Sox
Roster
Pitchers 38 Frank Baumann 46 Alan Brice 36 Mike DeGerick 28 Warren Hacker 21,23 Ray Herbert 20 Joe Horlen 44 Russ Kemmerer 26 Don Larsen 27 Turk Lown 15 Cal McLish 23 Gary Peters 19 Billy Pierce 32 Juan Pizarro 18 Herb Score 35 Bob Shaw 21 Jerry Staley 24 Early Wynn		Catchers 45 Cam Carreon 28 Joe Ginsberg 10 Sherm Lollar 31 Bob Roselli Infielders 11 Luis Aparicio  7 Andy Carey 14 Sammy Esposito  2 Nellie Fox  6 Billy Goodman 36 Ted Lepcio 12 J. C. Martin  5 Roy Sievers 16 Al Smith 17 Earl Torgeson		Outfielders 26 Wes Covington 40 Mike Hershberger  1 Jim Landis 30 Dean Look  9 Minnie Miñoso 29 Al Pilarcik  3 Floyd Robinson Other batters  7 Jim Rivera		Manager 42 Al Lopez Coaches 37 Ray Berres 34 Johnny Cooney 33 Tony Cuccinello 39 Don Gutteridge

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
2B	Fox, NellieNellie Fox	159	606	152	.251	2	51
SS	Aparicio, LuisLuis Aparicio	156	625	170	.272	6	45

Other batters

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

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Baumann, FrankFrank Baumann	53	187.2	10	13	5.61	75

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	San Diego Padres	Pacific Coast League	Jimmie Reese, Whitey Wietelmann and Bill Norman
A	Charleston White Sox	Sally League	Ira Hutchinson
B	Lincoln Chiefs	Illinois-Indiana-Iowa League	George Noga
C	Idaho Falls Russets	Pioneer League	Herm Reich and George Sobek
D	Harlan Smokies	Appalachian League	Frank Parenti and Eddie Lyons
D	Daytona Beach Islanders	Florida State League	Homer Ray Wilson
D	Clinton C-Sox	Midwest League	Dick Kinaman

Harlan affiliation shared with New York Yankees^[6]

Notes

References

• 1961 Chicago White Sox at Baseball Reference

1961 MLB season by team American League Baltimore • Boston • Chicago • Cleveland • Detroit • Kansas City • Los Angeles • Minnesota • New York • Washington National League Chicago • Cincinnati • Los Angeles • Milwaukee • Philadelphia • Pittsburgh • St. Louis • San Francisco 1961 All-Star Game (1st, 2nd) • 1961 World Series • 1961 MLB expansion draft

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