1961 San Francisco Giants
LeagueNational League
BallparkCandlestick Park
CitySan Francisco
OwnersHorace Stoneham
General managersChub Feeney
ManagersAlvin Dark
TelevisionKTVU
(Russ Hodges, Lon Simmons)
RadioKSFO
(Russ Hodges, Lon Simmons, Bill King)
Seasons

The 1961 San Francisco Giants season was the Giants' 79th year in Major League Baseball, their fourth season in San Francisco since their move from New York following the 1957 season, and their second season at Candlestick Park. The team finished in third place in the National League with an 85 wins and 69 losses record, eight games behind the NL Champion Cincinnati Reds. The Giants were managed by Alvin Dark. As of 2021, this remains the only Giants season in franchise history in which two players (Orlando Cepeda and Willie Mays) each hit 40 or more home runs.[1]

Regular season

Willie Mays had both a three home run game (on June 29) and a four home run game (on April 30)[2] during the 1961 season. Mays became the ninth player, and first Giant, in MLB history to hit four home runs in one game.

Season standings

National League W L Pct. GB Home Road
Cincinnati Reds 9361 0.604 — 47–30 46–31
Los Angeles Dodgers 8965 0.578 4 45–32 44–33
San Francisco Giants 8569 0.552 8 45–32 40–37
Milwaukee Braves 8371 0.539 10 45–32 38–39
St. Louis Cardinals 8074 0.519 13 48–29 32–45
Pittsburgh Pirates 7579 0.487 18 38–39 37–40
Chicago Cubs 6490 0.416 29 40–37 24–53
Philadelphia Phillies 47107 0.305 46 22–55 25–52

Record vs. opponents

1961 National League record

Sources:
Team CHC CIN LAD MIL PHI PIT SF STL
Chicago —12–107–159–13–113–911–115–177–15–1
Cincinnati 10–12—12–1015–719–311–1112–1014–8
Los Angeles 15–710–12—12–1017–513–910–1212–10
Milwaukee 13–9–17–1510–12—16–612–1011–1114–8
Philadelphia 9–133–195–176–16—7–158–14–19–13
Pittsburgh 11–1111–119–1310–1215–7—10–129–13
San Francisco 17–510–1212–1011–1114–8–112–10—9–13
St. Louis 15–7–18–1410–128–1413–913–913–9—

Opening Day starters

Roster

1961 San Francisco Giants
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Other batters

 Manager

Coaches

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
CEd Bailey10734081.2381351
1BWillie McCovey10632889.2711850
2BJoey Amalfitano10938498.255223
SSJosé Pagán134434110.253546
3BJim Davenport137436121.2781265
LFHarvey Kuenn131471125.265546
CFWillie Mays154572176.30840123
RFFelipe Alou132415120.2891852

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
Orlando Cepeda152585182.31146142
Chuck Hiller7024057.238212
Matty Alou8120062.310624
Ed Bressoud5911424.211311
John Orsino258323.277412
Hobie Landrith437117.239210
Tom Haller30629.14528
Ernie Bowman38388.21102
Jim Marshall44368.22217
Bob Farley13202.10001
Bob Schmidt261.16701
Don Blasingame310.00000

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
Mike McCormick40250.013163.20163
Jack Sanford38217.11394.22112
Juan Marichal29185.013103.89124

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
Billy O'Dell46130.1753.59110
Sam Jones37128.1884.49105
Billy Loes26114.2654.2455
Dick LeMay2783.1363.5654

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
Stu Miller63145172.6689
Bobby Bolin372253.1948
Jim Duffalo245114.2337
Eddie Fisher150215.3516
Dom Zanni81003.9511

Awards and honors

All-Star Game (first game) All-Star Game (second game)

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
AAA Tacoma Giants Pacific Coast League Red Davis
AA Rio Grande Valley/Victoria Giants Texas League Ray Murray
A Springfield Giants Eastern League Andy Gilbert
B Eugene Emeralds Northwest League Richie Klaus
C Fresno Giants California League Sal Taormina
C Pocatello Bannocks Pioneer League Bert Thiel
D Salem Rebels Appalachian League Jodie Phipps
D Quincy Giants Midwest League Buddy Kerr
D El Paso Sun Kings Sophomore League George Genovese
D Belmont Chiefs Western Carolinas League Jim Poole, Whitey Ries
and Max Lanier

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Tacoma, Springfield, Quincy

Rio Grande Valley club moved to Victoria, June 10, 1961; Pocatello affiliation shared with Kansas City Athletics[4]

Notes

  1. ↑ "Player Batting Season & Career Finder: For Single Seasons, In the Regular Season, since 1871, Playing for SFG, requiring Home Runs >= 40, sorted by most instances". Stathead Baseball. Retrieved August 29, 2021.
  2. ↑ Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p. 258, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0
  3. ↑ "1961 San Francisco Giants Roster by Baseball Almanac".
  4. ↑ 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

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