1961 Boston Red Sox

Roster of 32 · every name linked to a full player profile

W–L summed from pitcher decisions in the corpus.

Record

76–86

Runs

729

Home runs

112

Team AVG

.254

Team ERA

4.29

Pitching K

831

Postseason

Missed

Best by VAL

VAL is shown only for players who spent the whole season with this club.

Player	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	VAL
Chuck Schilling2B	158	646	87	167	5	62	7	.259	.667	8.7
Frank Malzone3B	151	590	74	157	14	87	1	.266	.700	9.7
Carl YastrzemskiLF	148	583	71	155	11	80	6	.266	.720	9.8
Gary GeigerCF	140	499	82	116	18	64	16	.232	.756	11.0
Jackie JensenRF	137	498	64	131	13	66	9	.263	.742	9.7
Jim PagliaroniC	120	376	50	91	16	58	1	.242	.757	8.1
Pete Runnels2B	143	360	49	114	3	38	5	.317	.810	8.4
Don BuddinSS	115	339	58	89	6	42	2	.263	.792	7.6
Vic WertzOF	99	317	33	83	11	60	0	.262	.768	—
Carroll HardyCF	85	281	46	74	3	36	4	.263	.711	5.0
Russ NixonC	87	242	24	70	1	19	0	.289	.695	3.5
Pumpsie Green2B	88	219	33	57	6	27	4	.260	.801	5.5
Gene ConleyP	33	73	8	16	2	8	0	.219	.589	6.7
Bill MonbouquetteP	33	69	6	9	0	5	0	.130	.371	9.7
Don SchwallP	27	61	5	11	0	6	0	.180	.407	7.0
Lou ClintonRF	17	51	4	13	0	3	0	.255	.616	—
Ike DelockP	28	48	3	5	0	2	0	.104	.277	4.6
Billy HarrellSS	37	37	10	6	0	1	1	.162	.400	0.0
Tracy StallardP	43	36	0	3	0	3	0	.083	.194	6.0
Mike FornielesP	57	32	2	5	1	4	0	.156	.437	8.3
Rip RepulskiLF	15	25	2	7	0	1	0	.280	.628	—
Joe GinsbergC	19	24	1	6	0	5	0	.250	.500	—
Billy MuffettP	38	23	4	5	1	2	0	.217	.656	4.3
Don Gile1B	8	18	2	5	1	1	0	.278	.760	—
Dave HillmanP	28	17	3	0	0	0	0	.000	.105	7.2
Tom BrewerP	18	14	7	4	0	2	0	.286	.767	1.9
Galen CiscoP	18	10	0	1	0	0	0	.100	.350	0.3
Chet Nichols Jr.P	26	9	1	1	0	0	0	.111	.311	7.5
Arnold EarleyP	33	6	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	6.9
Wilbur WoodP	6	3	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	—
Ted WillsP	17	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	0.0

Player	G	GS	W	L	SV	IP	SO	ERA	VAL
Bill MonbouquetteP	32	32	14	14	0	236.1	161	3.39	9.7
Gene ConleyP	33	30	11	14	1	199.2	113	4.91	6.7
Don SchwallP	25	25	15	7	0	178.2	91	3.22	7.0
Ike DelockP	28	28	6	9	0	156.0	80	4.90	4.6
Tracy StallardP	43	14	2	7	2	132.2	109	4.88	6.0
Mike FornielesP	57	2	9	8	15	119.1	70	4.68	8.3
Billy MuffettP	38	11	3	11	2	112.2	47	5.67	4.3
Dave HillmanP	28	1	3	2	0	78.0	39	2.77	7.2
Galen CiscoP	17	8	2	4	0	52.1	26	6.71	0.3
Chet Nichols Jr.P	26	2	3	2	3	51.2	20	2.09	7.5
Arnold EarleyP	33	0	2	4	7	49.2	44	3.99	6.9
Tom BrewerP	10	9	3	2	0	42.0	13	3.43	1.9
Ted WillsP	17	0	3	2	0	19.2	11	5.95	0.0
Wilbur WoodP	6	1	0	0	0	13.0	7	5.54	—
Tom BorlandP	1	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	18.00	—

Players traded mid-season are listed with their numbers for this club only.

Batting

Player	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	VAL
Chuck Schilling2B	158	646	87	167	5	62	7	.259	.667	8.7
Frank Malzone3B	151	590	74	157	14	87	1	.266	.700	9.7
Carl YastrzemskiLF	148	583	71	155	11	80	6	.266	.720	9.8
Gary GeigerCF	140	499	82	116	18	64	16	.232	.756	11.0
Jackie JensenRF	137	498	64	131	13	66	9	.263	.742	9.7
Jim PagliaroniC	120	376	50	91	16	58	1	.242	.757	8.1
Pete Runnels2B	143	360	49	114	3	38	5	.317	.810	8.4
Don BuddinSS	115	339	58	89	6	42	2	.263	.792	7.6
Vic WertzOF	99	317	33	83	11	60	0	.262	.768	—
Carroll HardyCF	85	281	46	74	3	36	4	.263	.711	5.0
Russ NixonC	87	242	24	70	1	19	0	.289	.695	3.5
Pumpsie Green2B	88	219	33	57	6	27	4	.260	.801	5.5
Gene ConleyP	33	73	8	16	2	8	0	.219	.589	6.7
Bill MonbouquetteP	33	69	6	9	0	5	0	.130	.371	9.7
Don SchwallP	27	61	5	11	0	6	0	.180	.407	7.0
Lou ClintonRF	17	51	4	13	0	3	0	.255	.616	—
Ike DelockP	28	48	3	5	0	2	0	.104	.277	4.6
Billy HarrellSS	37	37	10	6	0	1	1	.162	.400	0.0
Tracy StallardP	43	36	0	3	0	3	0	.083	.194	6.0
Mike FornielesP	57	32	2	5	1	4	0	.156	.437	8.3
Rip RepulskiLF	15	25	2	7	0	1	0	.280	.628	—
Joe GinsbergC	19	24	1	6	0	5	0	.250	.500	—
Billy MuffettP	38	23	4	5	1	2	0	.217	.656	4.3
Don Gile1B	8	18	2	5	1	1	0	.278	.760	—
Dave HillmanP	28	17	3	0	0	0	0	.000	.105	7.2
Tom BrewerP	18	14	7	4	0	2	0	.286	.767	1.9
Galen CiscoP	18	10	0	1	0	0	0	.100	.350	0.3
Chet Nichols Jr.P	26	9	1	1	0	0	0	.111	.311	7.5
Arnold EarleyP	33	6	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	6.9
Wilbur WoodP	6	3	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	—
Ted WillsP	17	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	0.0

Pitching

Player	G	GS	W	L	SV	IP	SO	ERA	VAL
Bill MonbouquetteP	32	32	14	14	0	236.1	161	3.39	9.7
Gene ConleyP	33	30	11	14	1	199.2	113	4.91	6.7
Don SchwallP	25	25	15	7	0	178.2	91	3.22	7.0
Ike DelockP	28	28	6	9	0	156.0	80	4.90	4.6
Tracy StallardP	43	14	2	7	2	132.2	109	4.88	6.0
Mike FornielesP	57	2	9	8	15	119.1	70	4.68	8.3
Billy MuffettP	38	11	3	11	2	112.2	47	5.67	4.3
Dave HillmanP	28	1	3	2	0	78.0	39	2.77	7.2
Galen CiscoP	17	8	2	4	0	52.1	26	6.71	0.3
Chet Nichols Jr.P	26	2	3	2	3	51.2	20	2.09	7.5
Arnold EarleyP	33	0	2	4	7	49.2	44	3.99	6.9
Tom BrewerP	10	9	3	2	0	42.0	13	3.43	1.9
Ted WillsP	17	0	3	2	0	19.2	11	5.95	0.0
Wilbur WoodP	6	1	0	0	0	13.0	7	5.54	—
Tom BorlandP	1	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	18.00	—