1961 Chicago White Sox season 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 . Their pitching staff surrendered 13 of Roger Maris's 61 home runs that year, the most of any team.Offseason Season standings Record vs. opponents 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 , PNotable transactions May 10 , 1961: Wes Covington was selected off waivers by the Chicago White Sox from the Milwaukee Braves . May 15 , 1961: Joe Ginsberg was released by the White Sox. June 1 , 1961: Warren Hacker was purchased by the White Sox from the Philadelphia Phillies . 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 .Roster Player stats Batting Note: G = Games played; AB = At Bats; R = Runs scored ; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in ; BB = Base on balls ; SO = Strikeouts; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG SB Luis Aparicio, SS 156 625 90 170 24 4 6 45 38 33 .272 53 Andy Carey, 3B 56 143 21 38 12 3 0 14 11 24 .266 0 Cam Carreon , C78 229 32 62 5 1 4 27 21 24 .271 0 Wes Covington, LF,RF 22 59 5 17 1 0 4 15 4 5 .288 0 Sammy Esposito , 3B,SS,2B63 94 12 16 5 0 1 8 12 21 .170 0 Nellie Fox, 2B 159 606 67 152 11 5 2 51 59 12 .251 2 Joe Ginsberg, C 6 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 0 Billy Goodman , 3B41 51 4 13 4 0 1 10 7 6 .255 0 Mike Hershberger , OF15 55 9 17 3 0 0 5 2 2 .309 1 Jim Landis, CF 140 534 87 151 18 8 22 85 65 71 .283 19 Ted Lepcio , 3B5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 0 Sherm Lollar, C 116 337 38 95 10 1 7 41 37 22 .282 0 Dean Look , LF3 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 J. C. Martin, 1B,3B 110 274 26 63 8 3 5 32 21 31 .230 1 Minnie Miñoso, LF 152 540 91 151 28 3 14 82 67 46 .280 9 Al Pilarcik, CF 47 62 9 11 1 0 1 6 9 5 .177 1 Jim Rivera , PR1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 Floyd Robinson , RF132 432 69 134 20 7 11 59 52 32 .310 7 Bob Roselli , C22 38 2 10 3 0 0 4 0 11 .263 0 Roy Sievers, 1B 141 492 76 145 26 6 27 92 61 62 .295 1 Al Smith, 3B,OF 147 532 88 148 29 4 28 93 56 67 .278 4 Earl Torgeson , 1B20 15 1 1 0 0 0 1 3 5 .067 0
Pitching Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average ; G = Games pitched ; GS = Games started ; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed ; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; HR = Home runs allowed ; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER HR BB K Frank Baumann 10 13 5.61 53 23 3 187.2 249 128 117 22 63 75 Alan Brice 0 1 0.00 3 0 0 3.1 4 2 0 0 3 3 Mike DeGerick 0 0 5.40 1 0 0 1.2 2 1 1 0 1 0 Warren Hacker 3 3 3.77 42 0 8 57.1 62 26 24 8 9 40 Ray Herbert 9 6 4.05 21 20 0 137.2 142 69 62 15 38 50 Joe Horlen 1 3 6.62 5 4 0 17.2 25 15 13 2 13 11 Russ Kemmerer 3 3 4.38 47 2 2 96.2 102 53 47 10 27 35 Don Larsen 7 2 4.12 25 3 2 74.1 64 36 34 5 31 53 Turk Lown 7 5 2.76 59 0 11 101.0 87 37 31 13 38 50 Cal McLish 10 13 4.38 31 27 1 162.1 178 87 79 21 48 80 Gary Peters 0 0 1.74 3 0 1 10.1 10 2 2 0 2 6 Billy Pierce 10 9 3.80 39 28 3 180.0 190 85 76 17 57 106 Juan Pizarro 14 7 3.05 39 25 2 194.2 164 73 66 17 90 188 Herb Score 1 2 6.66 8 5 0 24.1 22 19 18 3 25 14 Bob Shaw 3 4 3.79 14 10 0 71.1 85 40 30 11 25 31 Gerry Staley 0 3 5.00 16 0 0 18.0 17 10 10 3 6 8 Early Wynn 8 2 3.51 17 16 0 110.1 88 43 43 11 47 64 Team totals 86 76 4.06 163 163 33 1448.2 1491 726 653 158 523 814
Farm system Harlan affiliation shared with New York Yankees
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