1961 Philadelphia Phillies season

1961 Philadelphia Phillies
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1883)
Location
Connie Mack Stadium (since 1938)
Philadelphia (since 1883)
Other information
Owner(s)	R. R. M. Carpenter, Jr.
General manager(s)	John J. Quinn
Manager(s)	Gene Mauch
Local television	WFIL
Local radio	WFIL (By Saam, Claude Haring, Frank Sims)
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The 1961 Philadelphia Phillies season was the 69th in franchise history. The Phillies finished the season in last place in the National League at 47–107, 46 games behind the NL Champion Cincinnati Reds. The team also lost 23 games in a row, the most in the majors since 1900.

Offseason

November 28, 1960: Choo-Choo Coleman was drafted by the Phillies from the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 1960 rule 5 draft.^[1]

Regular season

Season standings

National League	W	L	GB	Pct.
Cincinnati Reds	93	61	--	.604
Los Angeles Dodgers	89	65	4	.578
San Francisco Giants	85	69	8	.552
Milwaukee Braves	83	71	10	.539
St. Louis Cardinals	80	74	13	.519
Pittsburgh Pirates	75	79	18	.487
Chicago Cubs	64	90	29	.416
Philadelphia Phillies	47	107	46	.305

Record vs. opponents

1961 National League Records Sources:
Team	CHC	CIN	LAD	MIL	PHI	PIT	SF	STL
Chicago	—	12–10	7–15	9–13–1	13–9	11–11	5–17	7–15–1
Cincinnati	10–12	—	12–10	15–7	19–3	11–11	12–10	14–8
Los Angeles	15–7	10–12	—	12–10	17–5	13–9	10–12	12–10
Milwaukee	13–9–1	7–15	10–12	—	16–6	12–10	11–11	14–8
Philadelphia	9–13	3–19	5–17	6–16	—	7–15	8–14–1	9–13
Pittsburgh	11–11	11–11	9–13	10–12	15–7	—	10–12	9–13
San Francisco	17–5	10–12	12–10	11–11	14–8–1	12–10	—	9–13
St. Louis	15–7–1	8–14	10–12	8–14	13–9	13–9	13–9	—

Notable transactions

May 4, 1961: Turk Farrell and Joe Koppe were traded by the Phillies to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Charley Smith and Don Demeter.^[2]
June 1, 1961: Warren Hacker was purchased from the Phillies by the Chicago White Sox.^[3]
July 2, 1961: Bobby Del Greco was traded by the Phillies to the Kansas City Athletics for Wes Covington.^[4]

Roster

1961 Philadelphia Phillies

Roster

Pitchers

27 Jack Baldschun

34 Paul Brown

23 John Buzhardt

43 Turk Farrell

14 Don Ferrarese

46 Dallas Green

25 Ken Lehman

28 Art Mahaffey

42 Jack Meyer

49 Jim Owens

36 Robin Roberts

41 Chris Short

29 Frank Sullivan

Catchers

10 Jimmie Coker

12 Choo-Choo Coleman

11 Clay Dalrymple

10 Darrell Johnson

10 Al Kenders

10 Cal Neeman

Infielders

20 Rubén Amaro

7,18 Pancho Herrera

15 Joe Koppe

19 Bobby Malkmus

5 Bob Sadowski

15 Charley Smith

8 Tony Taylor

9 Lee Walls

5 George Williams

30 Jim Woods

Outfielders

6 Johnny Callison

26,43 Wes Covington

7 Tony Curry

26 Bobby Del Greco

24 Don Demeter

22 Tony González

16 Bob Smith

18 Elmer Valo

17 Ken Walters

Manager

4 Gene Mauch

Coaches

2 Bob Lemon

3 Peanuts Lowrey

1 Al Vincent

^[5]

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
1B	Herrera, PanchoPancho Herrera	126	400	103	.258	13	51
3B	Smith, CharleyCharley Smith	112	411	102	.248	9	47
SS	Amaro, RubénRubén Amaro	135	381	98	.257	1	32

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
Coleman, Choo ChooChoo Choo Coleman	34	47	6	.128	0	4
Koppe, JoeJoe Koppe	6	3	0	.000	0	0

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
Buzhardt, JohnJohn Buzhardt	41	202.1	6	18	4.49	92

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
Sullivan, FrankFrank Sullivan	49	159.1	3	16	4.29	114
Ferrarese, DonDon Ferrarese	42	138.2	5	12	3.76	89
Brown, PaulPaul Brown	5	10	0	1	8.10	1

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
Baldschun, JackJack Baldschun	65	5	3	3	3.88	59
Farrell, TurkTurk Farrell	5	2	1	0	6.52	10

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Buffalo Bisons	International League	Kerby Farrell
AA	Chattanooga Lookouts	Southern Association	Frank Lucchesi
A	Williamsport Grays	Eastern League	Andy Seminick
B	Des Moines Demons	Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League	Chuck Kress
C	Bakersfield Bears	California League	Lou Kahn
C	Magic Valley Cowboys	Pioneer League	Jack Phillips
D	Dothan Phillies	Alabama–Florida League	Bob Wellman
D	Elmira Pioneers	New York–Penn League	Moose Johnson

Notes

↑ Choo-Choo Coleman page at Baseball Reference
↑ Charley Smith page at Baseball Reference
↑ Warren Hacker at Baseball Reference
↑ Wes Covington page at Baseball Reference
↑ http://www.baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1961&t=PHI
↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

References

1961 Philadelphia Phillies season 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

Philadelphia Phillies

Formerly the Philadelphia Quakers
Based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

The franchise

Ballparks

Recreation Park Baker Bowl Shibe Park Veterans Stadium Citizens Bank Park

Spring training Coffee Pot Park Rickwood Field Cooke Field McKechnie Field Wilmington Park Flamingo Field Clearwater Athletic Field Jack Russell Memorial Stadium Carpenter Complex / Bright House Field

Culture

Rivalries

Important figures

Wall of Fame members	Grover Cleveland Alexander Dick Allen Richie Ashburn Bob Boone Larry Bowa Jim Bunning Pat Burrell Johnny Callison Steve Carlton Gavvy Cravath Darren Daulton Ed Delahanty Del Ennis Dallas Green Billy Hamilton Granny Hamner Willie Jones Harry Kalas Chuck Klein John Kruk Mike Lieberthal Greg Luzinski Garry Maddox Sherry Magee Charlie Manuel Tug McGraw Paul Owens Robin Roberts Juan Samuel Curt Schilling Mike Schmidt Chris Short Curt Simmons Tony Taylor Sam Thompson John Vukovich Cy Williams

Franchise record holders	John Coleman Bill Duggleby Lenny Dykstra Kid Gleason Ryan Howard George McQuillan José Mesa Lefty O'Doul Jimmy Rollins Curt Schilling Kent Tekulve Chase Utley

Retired numbers

Key personnel

Owner: Limited partnership (John S. Middleton, Jim & Pete Buck, David Montgomery, & Pat Gillick)
President: Andy MacPhail
General Manager: Matt Klentak
Manager: Pete Mackanin

World Series
championships (2)

1980
2008

NL pennants (7)

Division
championships (11)

Minor league
affiliates

AAA: Lehigh Valley IronPigs
AA: Reading Fightin Phils
A Adv.: Clearwater Threshers
A: Lakewood BlueClaws
Short A: Williamsport Crosscutters
Rookie: GCL Phillies; VSL Phillies; DSL Phillies
Rosters: Minor league rosters

Broadcasting

Television

Radio

Broadcasters

TV Tom McCarthy Ben Davis Matt Stairs Mike Schmidt

Radio Scott Franzke Larry Andersen

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