League pitching leaders -- American League
Regular season -- as of 10/8/1961

Earned run average Strikeouts Walks
           
BuzhardtChA 2.35 BunningDet190 EstradaBal121
HobbieCle 2.43 Jones,SKC 174 BarberBal114
DanielsChA 2.69 WynnMin170 WynnMin114
BunningDet 2.74 MahaffeyCle158 TurleyLAA110
MahaffeyCle 2.84 GibbonNYA155 CardwellBos103
RamosChA 3.06 EstradaBal151 BuzhardtChA96
HerbertChA 3.07 WilliamsBal149 HuntNYA93
GibbonNYA 3.16 RamosChA141 KaatMin93
CardwellBos 3.22 KaatMin134 HobbieCle92
LawCle 3.24 MonbouqeteNYA133 RamosChA91
           
           
Wins Winning percentage Average run support
           
CardwellBos21-9 LawCle .842 LawCle 6.7
HobbieCle20-6 BuzhardtChA .789 WynnMin 6.0
BunningDet17-8 HobbieCle .769 KaatMin 5.7
LawCle16-3 CardwellBos .700 CardwellBos 5.5
BuzhardtChA15-4 ElstonCle .688 Jones,SKC 5.4
DanielsChA15-7 LeeKC .688 BrownBos 5.4
MonbouqeteNYA13-6 LockeDet .688 HobbieCle 5.4
O'TooleDet13-8 MonbouqeteNYA .684 McClainBos 5.3
HerbertChA13-9 DanielsChA .682 MahaffeyCle 5.3
MahaffeyCle13-9 BunningDet .680 BowsfieldLAA 5.2
           
           
Batting average On-base percentage Slugging percentage
           
EstradaBal .202 LawCle .275 BuzhardtChA .288
HobbieCle .212 DanielsChA .281 DanielsChA .302
DanielsChA .213 PurkeyChA .285 EstradaBal .311
BunningDet .221 HobbieCle .290 HobbieCle .314
RamosChA .224 GibbonNYA .290 BunningDet .326
PurkeyChA .227 BunningDet .292 RamosChA .342
GibbonNYA .227 BurdetteBal .300 AndersonWas .348
BuzhardtChA .227 TerryNYA .300 HerbertChA .348
AndersonWas .228 RamosChA .302 PurkeyChA .350
WilliamsBal .229 HerbertChA .302 O'TooleDet .352
           
           
Hits per 9 innings Walks per 9 innings Runners per 9 innings
           
EstradaBal 6.5 BrownBos 1.5 LawCle 10.1
HobbieCle 6.9 LawCle 1.6 DanielsChA 10.2
DanielsChA 7.0 BurdetteBal 1.7 PurkeyChA 10.4
BunningDet 7.2 McClainBos 1.8 BunningDet 10.5
RamosChA 7.4 TerryNYA 2.1 HobbieCle 10.6
BuzhardtChA 7.5 HerbertChA 2.5 GibbonNYA 10.7
AndersonWas 7.5 PurkeyChA 2.6 RamosChA 11.2
GibbonNYA 7.6 GibbonNYA 2.8 HerbertChA 11.2
PurkeyChA 7.6 MonbouqeteNYA 2.9 WilliamsBal 11.3
WilliamsBal 7.7 BunningDet 2.9 O'TooleDet 11.3
           
           
Strikeouts per 9 innings Homeruns per 9 innings Stolen bases per 9 innings
           
BunningDet 7.0 BuzhardtChA 0.4 GibbonNYA 0.0
Jones,SKC 7.0 MonbouqeteNYA 0.5 ShawDet 0.1
WilliamsBal 6.8 DanielsChA 0.6 HerbertChA 0.2
MahaffeyCle 6.8 BarberBal 0.6 HookNYA 0.2
WynnMin 6.6 BowsfieldLAA 0.6 SheldonDet 0.2
GibbonNYA 6.2 HerbertChA 0.6 PierceKC 0.2
MonbouqeteNYA 6.1 BunningDet 0.7 DanielsChA 0.2
EstradaBal 6.1 EstradaBal 0.7 CardwellBos 0.2
RamosChA 5.6 BurdetteBal 0.7 BowsfieldLAA 0.2
TurleyLAA 5.4 HobbieCle 0.7 PurkeyChA 0.3
           
           
Shutouts Quality starts Quality start percentage
           
BuzhardtChA5 HobbieCle28 HobbieCle .903
LawCle5 BunningDet26 HerbertChA .781
DanielsChA4 HerbertChA25 BunningDet .743
HobbieCle4 CardwellBos24 BuzhardtChA .742
LeeKC 3 BuzhardtChA23 MizellWas .733
O'DellCle3 GibbonNYA23 MahaffeyCle .710
PurkeyChA3 MizellWas22 GibbonNYA .697
HerbertChA3 MahaffeyCle22 CardwellBos .686
BrosnanKC 2 O'TooleDet22 BarberBal .656
GreenDet2 BarberBal21 RamosChA .656
           
           
Save Opportunities Saves Save percentage
           
MillerMin38 FowlerChA33 FowlerChA .892
FowlerChA37 MillerMin33 MillerMin .868
FunkNYA32 ElstonCle20 Anderson  .731
ElstonCle31 FunkNYA20 ElstonCle .645
Anderson 26 Anderson 19 FunkNYA .625
ArroyoBal21 ArroyoBal15    
LeMay 21 MorganBos14    
MorganBos20 ReniffKC 13    
ReniffKC 16 Earley 11    
MooreCle16 LownBos11    
           
           
Holds Blown saves Blown save percentage
           
LockeDet16 LeMay 12 FunkNYA .375
PerranoskiLAA14 FunkNYA12 ElstonCle .355
LeMay 14 ElstonCle11 Anderson  .192
LabineCle13 PerranoskiLAA8 MillerMin .132
RoebuckKC 12 Sherry,LLAA8 FowlerChA .108
MoreheadNYA11 NottebartNYA6    
NottebartNYA11 HenryWas6    
JacksonMin10 ArroyoBal6    
McBeanKC 10 CloningerBal5    
LatmanChA9 Nunn 5    
           
           
Innings Batters faced per game Complete games
           
CardwellBos259.2 BuzhardtChA31.13 CardwellBos10
BunningDet242.2 HobbieCle30.03 DanielsChA9
O'TooleDet239.0 LawCle29.94 BuzhardtChA9
KaatMin234.2 TerryNYA29.68 BrownBos8
WynnMin233.0 RamosChA29.56 HobbieCle8
BuzhardtChA230.0 HerbertChA28.97 LawCle8
RamosChA226.2 BowsfieldLAA28.59 BurdetteBal8
HobbieCle226.0 BurdetteBal28.42 EstradaBal7
LawCle224.2 MahaffeyCle28.42 McClainBos6
GibbonNYA224.2 MizellWas28.39 GibbonNYA6
           
           
Doubles Triples Homeruns
           
MizellWas49 MizellWas10 Garver 37
BurdetteBal49 HuntNYA8 DelockLAA37
TerryNYA37 HookNYA8 SheldonDet34
MonbouqeteNYA36 ShawDet8 HookNYA33
KaatMin36 WynnMin8 WilleyLAA31
RamosChA34 AntonelliWas7 TurleyLAA31
BunningDet34 PierceKC 7 ShawDet30
McClainBos33 MonbouqeteNYA7 LawCle30
GibbonNYA33 EstradaBal7 PierceKC 29
BarberBal32 StobbsWas6 McClainBos27
           
           
Stolen bases Steal percentage Pickoffs
           
HobbieCle17 BunningDet .471 BunningDet4
HobaughMin17 MizellWas .591 PierceKC 3
SullivanBos16 TurleyLAA .632 CardwellBos3
WynnMin14 MahaffeyCle .650 BurnsideLAA2
MahaffeyCle13 HobaughMin .708 GibbonNYA2
MizellWas13 SullivanBos .762 MoreheadNYA2
Hawkins 12 WynnMin .824 LawCle2
TurleyLAA12 HobbieCle .895 WilleyLAA2
WilleyLAA11     McClainBos2
TerryNYA11     HobbieCle2
           
           
Hit by pitch Wild pitches Balks
           
EstradaBal16 Jones,SKC 15 McDevittNYA2
BunningDet13 McBeanKC 13 LockeDet1
CardwellBos12 BaldschunBos13 KlineKC 1
MahaffeyCle9 MahaffeyCle10 TurleyLAA1
AndersonWas8 KaatMin8 LawCle1
Sherry,LLAA7 Anderson 7 KaatMin1
PappasBal7 DrottWas7    
KaatMin7 AndersonWas7    
BaldschunBos6 TurleyLAA7    
CoatesWas6 BarberBal7    
           
           
Games Starts Batters faced
           
LockeDet93 WynnMin37 CardwellBos1100
NottebartNYA90 KaatMin37 WynnMin1048
Sherry,LLAA87 O'TooleDet36 KaatMin1028
MillerMin81 Jones,SKC 35 O'TooleDet991
RoebuckKC 79 ShawDet35 BunningDet986
ElstonCle71 BunningDet35 Jones,SKC 980
LeMay 70 CardwellBos35 BuzhardtChA965
LownBos68 BurdetteBal33 EstradaBal957
FunkNYA67 GibbonNYA33 RamosChA946
MorganBos66 HookNYA33 BurdetteBal938
           
           
Games finished Runners left scored percentage Inherited runners scored pct
           
MillerMin60 MahaffeyCle .000 PerryCle .107
FunkNYA52 MizellWas .000 LownBos .138
FowlerChA51 HerbertChA .000 WalkerDet .225
ElstonCle44 DanielsChA .100 Earley  .244
ArroyoBal40 BrownBos .125 LockeDet .259
LownBos39 O'TooleDet .154 MillerMin .270
MorganBos36 BarberBal .167 FowlerChA .281
Anderson 32 O'DellCle .167 KemmererChA .296
MooreCle28 SheldonDet .167 CloningerBal .310
GreenWas28 GibbonNYA .200 GrimBal .310
           
           
Ground ball DP Decisions Losses
           
CardwellBos34 CardwellBos30 DelockLAA3-21
BarberBal28 HobbieCle26 TurleyLAA8-18
HobbieCle24 PurkeyChA26 WilleyLAA2-16
TurleyLAA23 TurleyLAA26 BurdetteBal10-14
O'DellCle23 EstradaBal25 Hawkins 6-13
MahaffeyCle23 BunningDet25 RamosChA10-13
GibbonNYA23 DelockLAA24 PurkeyChA13-13
PappasBal22 BurdetteBal24 HobaughMin4-12
MizellWas22 Jones,SKC 24 HuntNYA4-12
BunningDet22 RamosChA23 PierceKC 4-12
           
           
On-base plus slugging Walks plus hits per inning Strikeout/walk ratio
           
DanielsChA .583 LawCle 1.11 BrownBos 3.5
BuzhardtChA .595 DanielsChA 1.11 BunningDet 2.4
HobbieCle .604 BunningDet 1.12 BurdetteBal 2.3
BunningDet .618 PurkeyChA 1.13 LawCle 2.3
EstradaBal .627 GibbonNYA 1.16 GibbonNYA 2.2
PurkeyChA .634 HobbieCle 1.18 MahaffeyCle 2.2
GibbonNYA .643 HerbertChA 1.22 MonbouqeteNYA 2.1
RamosChA .644 RamosChA 1.23 McClainBos 2.0
LawCle .650 AndersonWas 1.23 TerryNYA 2.0
HerbertChA .650 WilliamsBal 1.23 HerbertChA 2.0
           
           
Runs created per 27 outs Runs created ERA Component ERA
           
DanielsChA 2.8 DanielsChA 2.57 DanielsChA 2.47
HobbieCle 3.0 BunningDet 2.76 BunningDet 2.72
BunningDet 3.0 HobbieCle 2.77 HobbieCle 2.75
BuzhardtChA 3.0 BuzhardtChA 2.78 BuzhardtChA 2.86
GibbonNYA 3.2 GibbonNYA 2.98 PurkeyChA 2.90
PurkeyChA 3.4 PurkeyChA 3.05 GibbonNYA 2.97
EstradaBal 3.4 EstradaBal 3.09 LawCle 3.01
RamosChA 3.4 RamosChA 3.10 RamosChA 3.07
LawCle 3.5 LawCle 3.21 EstradaBal 3.16
AndersonWas 3.6 HerbertChA 3.22 HerbertChA 3.17
           
           
In-play average Balls in park Extra-base hit rate
           
EstradaBal .221 CardwellBos836 BuzhardtChA .032
HobbieCle .221 BurdetteBal781 DanielsChA .045
PurkeyChA .230 KaatMin773 HobbieCle .045
DanielsChA .230 BuzhardtChA769 O'TooleDet .047
LawCle .235 LawCle759 EstradaBal .048
BuzhardtChA .237 ShawDet746 HerbertChA .054
AndersonWas .238 O'TooleDet745 O'DellCle .054
PappasBal .239 TerryNYA739 CardwellBos .055
RamosChA .242 WynnMin734 BunningDet .055
O'TooleDet .247 HerbertChA719 Jones,SKC .055
           
           
Total bases + BB + HBP TB+BB+HBP rate Single rate
           
WynnMin476 BuzhardtChA .354 EstradaBal .120
CardwellBos463 DanielsChA .355 WilliamsBal .131
ShawDet462 HobbieCle .377 PappasBal .138
KaatMin456 BunningDet .381 RamosChA .138
HookNYA451 HerbertChA .391 AndersonWas .141
TurleyLAA438 PurkeyChA .393 BunningDet .141
DelockLAA425 RamosChA .401 HobbieCle .142
MizellWas424 LawCle .401 GibbonNYA .143
Jones,SKC 407 GibbonNYA .402 DanielsChA .145
WilleyLAA404 EstradaBal .402 BarberBal .148
           
           
Total bases plus walks TB+BB rate Double rate
           
WynnMin470 DanielsChA .350 O'TooleDet .018
ShawDet460 BuzhardtChA .350 HobbieCle .019
CardwellBos451 BunningDet .368 BuzhardtChA .021
KaatMin449 HobbieCle .376 ShawDet .022
HookNYA448 HerbertChA .385 EstradaBal .023
TurleyLAA433 EstradaBal .386 MahaffeyCle .025
DelockLAA424 PurkeyChA .388 HookNYA .025
MizellWas422 GibbonNYA .396 DanielsChA .027
Jones,SKC 402 LawCle .397 WynnMin .028
WilleyLAA400 AndersonWas .397 CardwellBos .029
           
           
Batting average vs LHB On-base percentage vs LHB Slugging percentage vs LHB
           
LeeKC .182 KaatMin .239 DrottWas .257
DrottWas .193 LeeKC .257 BowsfieldLAA .281
KaatMin .197 GibbonNYA .259 BuzhardtChA .284
GibbonNYA .209 O'DellCle .278 KaatMin .295
DanielsChA .212 Johnson,KMin .299 O'DellCle .312
HobbieCle .220 DanielsChA .308 LeeKC .328
BowsfieldLAA .222 PurkeyChA .308 CoatesWas .330
O'DellCle .228 BowsfieldLAA .314 DanielsChA .338
RamosChA .228 WilliamsBal .316 GibbonNYA .343
BuzhardtChA .230 HobbieCle .319 HobbieCle .351
           
           
Hits vs LHB Runs batted in vs LHB On-base plus slugging vs LHB
           
BurdetteBal109 TurleyLAA62 KaatMin .534
McClainBos97 WilleyLAA53 DrottWas .585
CardwellBos96 EstradaBal50 LeeKC .585
ShawDet95 TerryNYA48 O'DellCle .590
DelockLAA93 DelockLAA47 BowsfieldLAA .596
TurleyLAA92 ShawDet46 GibbonNYA .603
LawCle92 BurdetteBal46 BuzhardtChA .615
HookNYA90 CardwellBos46 DanielsChA .646
Jones,SKC 90 HookNYA43 HobbieCle .670
BrownBos88 HuntNYA42 CoatesWas .682
           
           
Doubles vs LHB Triples vs LHB Homeruns vs LHB
           
BurdetteBal20 HuntNYA5 DelockLAA18
AndersonWas15 KlineKC 4 WilleyLAA18
WilliamsBal15 MonbouqeteNYA4 TurleyLAA17
Jones,SKC 15 ShawDet4 MahaffeyCle17
LawCle15 WynnMin4 Garver 14
KlineKC 14 FowlerChA3 Hawkins 14
BassBos14 AntonelliWas3 SheldonDet14
MonbouqeteNYA14 PierceKC 3 LawCle13
TurleyLAA14 HaddixWas3 HookNYA12
EstradaBal14 NottebartNYA3 ShawDet12
           
           
Extra base hits vs LHB Total bases vs LHB Isolated power vs LHB
           
DelockLAA33 DelockLAA164 BuzhardtChA .054
BurdetteBal32 BurdetteBal163 BowsfieldLAA .060
TurleyLAA31 TurleyLAA157 DrottWas .064
WilliamsBal28 McClainBos148 O'DellCle .084
LawCle28 ShawDet147 CoatesWas .091
HookNYA27 LawCle146 KaatMin .098
Jones,SKC 27 HookNYA144 GreenDet .103
EstradaBal27 MahaffeyCle141 CardwellBos .111
KlineKC 26 Jones,SKC 139 FischerKC .114
Hawkins 26 CardwellBos137 MorganBos .115
           
           
Walks vs LHB Strikeouts vs LHB Hit by pitch vs LHB
           
WynnMin56 BunningDet57 EstradaBal11
TurleyLAA55 Jones,SKC 55 BunningDet6
RamosChA55 RamosChA54 CardwellBos5
EstradaBal53 MahaffeyCle52 BaldschunBos4
HobbieCle46 WilliamsBal51 HuntNYA4
BunningDet46 HerbertChA51 SheldonDet4
BuzhardtChA46 WynnMin49 BuzhardtChA4
CardwellBos46 GibbonNYA46 HenryWas3
HuntNYA45 DanielsChA38 OsteenBal3
SheldonDet43 EstradaBal38 PerranoskiLAA3
           
           
Sacrifice bunts vs LHB Sacrifice flies vs LHB Atbats vs LHB
           
DanielsChA8 OwensLAA5 CardwellBos371
BuzhardtChA7 O'TooleDet5 BurdetteBal354
DelockLAA6 WynnMin5 EstradaBal330
HookNYA6 HobaughMin4 LawCle329
CardwellBos6 TerryNYA4 Jones,SKC 328
GreenDet5 HookNYA4 WynnMin326
SullivanBos5 BunningDet4 PurkeyChA325
BrownBos5 BuzhardtChA4 HerbertChA324
ShawDet5 EstradaBal4 RamosChA324
CloningerBal4 HaddixWas3 ShawDet323
           
           
AB per homerun vs LHB AB per double vs LHB Plate appearances vs LHB
           
DelockLAA 13.9 AndersonWas 15.5 CardwellBos429
Garver  14.4 KlineKC 15.7 EstradaBal402
WilleyLAA 14.6 BassBos 15.9 WynnMin393
PierceKC 15.4 KemmererChA 16.1 RamosChA382
Hawkins  16.8 HaddixWas 16.7 BurdetteBal378
ClevengerLAA 17.4 LockeDet 17.3 BuzhardtChA378
TurleyLAA 17.7 ClevengerLAA 17.4 BunningDet375
HobaughMin 18.1 CoatesWas 17.6 Jones,SKC 375
SheldonDet 18.3 BurdetteBal 17.7 ShawDet372
MahaffeyCle 18.9 SullivanBos 18.7 MahaffeyCle370
           
           
Batting average vs RHB On-base percentage vs RHB Slugging percentage vs RHB
           
EstradaBal .162 LawCle .242 EstradaBal .241
LeeKC .203 BunningDet .257 DanielsChA .276
BunningDet .206 DanielsChA .260 BuzhardtChA .291
HobbieCle .206 SturdivantWas .260 HobbieCle .291
LawCle .214 LeeKC .262 BunningDet .294
DanielsChA .214 PurkeyChA .268 LeeKC .299
PurkeyChA .216 TerryNYA .270 RamosChA .314
SturdivantWas .217 HobbieCle .271 PurkeyChA .319
PerryCle .218 BurdetteBal .272 HuntNYA .323
AndersonWas .221 EstradaBal .274 Jones,SKC .326
           
           
Hits vs RHB Runs batted in vs RHB On-base plus slugging vs RHB
           
KaatMin211 KaatMin83 EstradaBal .516
MizellWas173 ShawDet82 DanielsChA .536
BowsfieldLAA161 WynnMin72 BunningDet .551
O'TooleDet159 MizellWas72 LeeKC .561
ShawDet156 McClainBos69 HobbieCle .562
WynnMin154 HookNYA69 LawCle .575
O'DellCle149 TurleyLAA67 BuzhardtChA .582
GibbonNYA148 DelockLAA66 PurkeyChA .587
BarberBal145 O'DellCle63 RamosChA .589
HookNYA144 SullivanBos62 SturdivantWas .602
           
           
Doubles vs RHB Triples vs RHB Homeruns vs RHB
           
MizellWas44 MizellWas7 Garver 23
KaatMin34 HookNYA5 HookNYA21
GibbonNYA30 BarberBal5 SheldonDet20
BurdetteBal29 PerranoskiLAA4 PierceKC 20
BowsfieldLAA26 ClevengerLAA4 DelockLAA19
PierceKC 25 AntonelliWas4 ShawDet18
TerryNYA25 ShortKC 4 LawCle17
BarberBal25 StobbsWas4 O'TooleDet17
SheldonDet22 EstradaBal4 KaatMin17
MonbouqeteNYA22 ShawDet4 HobaughMin16
           
           
Extra base hits vs RHB Total bases vs RHB Isolated power vs RHB
           
MizellWas63 KaatMin302 DanielsChA .062
KaatMin54 MizellWas267 BuzhardtChA .065
PierceKC 49 PierceKC 231 EstradaBal .079
GibbonNYA47 O'TooleDet231 HobbieCle .084
SheldonDet44 ShawDet230 BunningDet .088
TerryNYA43 HookNYA228 HuntNYA .090
BowsfieldLAA41 BowsfieldLAA228 HerbertChA .090
BurdetteBal40 WynnMin227 Jones,SKC .091
DelockLAA39 GibbonNYA226 RamosChA .092
CardwellBos39 O'DellCle217 FischerKC .094
           
           
Walks vs RHB Strikeouts vs RHB Hit by pitch vs RHB
           
BarberBal83 BunningDet133 MahaffeyCle8
KaatMin83 WynnMin121 BunningDet7
O'DellCle71 Jones,SKC 119 CardwellBos7
EstradaBal68 EstradaBal113 KaatMin6
MizellWas63 GibbonNYA109 Sherry,LLAA5
O'TooleDet63 MahaffeyCle106 CoatesWas5
BowsfieldLAA62 KaatMin105 AndersonWas5
GibbonNYA59 O'TooleDet101 PappasBal5
WynnMin58 MizellWas100 EstradaBal5
PierceKC 57 WilliamsBal98 BurdetteBal5
           
           
Sacrifice bunts vs RHB Sacrifice flies vs RHB Atbats vs RHB
           
MizellWas18 WynnMin8 KaatMin733
WilleyLAA17 BarberBal7 O'TooleDet670
O'TooleDet15 PerranoskiLAA6 MizellWas656
HobaughMin12 ShortKC 6 GibbonNYA635
TurleyLAA12 KaatMin6 BarberBal601
EstradaBal12 Hawkins 5 CardwellBos592
O'DellCle12 McClainBos5 WynnMin577
AndersonWas11 ShawDet5 BowsfieldLAA568
McClainBos11 TerryNYA5 O'DellCle563
RamosChA11 PierceKC 5 BunningDet558
           
           
AB per homerun vs RHB AB per double vs RHB Plate appearances vs RHB
           
Garver  14.5 MizellWas 14.9 KaatMin829
Sherry,LLAA 19.1 StobbsWas 15.9 O'TooleDet753
DelockLAA 22.5 BurdetteBal 18.0 MizellWas739
HobaughMin 22.9 NuxhallKC 18.3 GibbonNYA707
SheldonDet 23.3 PerryCle 19.0 BarberBal703
HookNYA 24.4 HobaughMin 19.3 CardwellBos671
PierceKC 26.3 AntonelliWas 19.5 WynnMin655
SullivanBos 26.9 OwensLAA 20.8 O'DellCle653
ShawDet 27.2 CoatesWas 20.9 BowsfieldLAA638
PerryCle 28.5 PierceKC 21.0 BunningDet611