1961 Los Angeles Dodgers

Roster of 34 · every name linked to a full player profile

W–L summed from pitcher decisions in the corpus.

Record

89–65

Runs

735

Home runs

157

Team AVG

.262

Team ERA

4.04

Pitching K

1,105

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
Maury WillsSS	148	613	105	173	1	31	35	.282	.685	9.3
Wally MoonLF	134	463	79	152	17	88	7	.328	.939	13.7
Tommy DavisLF	132	460	60	128	15	58	10	.278	.738	9.2
Jim Gilliam2B	144	439	74	107	4	32	8	.244	.702	7.7
John RoseboroC	128	394	59	99	18	59	6	.251	.805	9.6
Charlie Neal2B	108	341	40	80	10	48	3	.235	.643	5.5
Willie DavisCF	128	339	56	86	12	45	12	.254	.767	8.2
Norm Larker1B	97	282	29	76	5	38	0	.270	.713	4.8
Frank HowardLF	92	267	36	79	15	45	0	.296	.864	7.2
Ron Fairly1B	111	245	42	79	10	48	0	.322	.956	8.9
Duke SniderCF	85	233	35	69	16	56	1	.296	.937	7.9
Gil Hodges1B	109	215	25	52	8	31	3	.242	.685	4.7
Daryl SpencerSS	60	189	27	46	8	27	0	.243	.734	—
Norm SherryC	47	121	10	31	5	21	0	.256	.705	2.4
Don DrysdaleP	40	83	9	16	5	12	0	.193	.630	11.4
Stan WilliamsP	41	78	3	13	0	5	0	.167	.427	11.3
Sandy KoufaxP	42	77	3	5	0	2	0	.065	.228	14.2
Johnny PodresP	32	69	3	16	0	7	0	.232	.511	9.5
Bob Aspromonte2B	47	58	7	14	0	2	0	.241	.583	0.7
Gordie WindhornOF	34	33	10	8	2	6	0	.242	.869	1.6
Doug CamilliC	13	30	3	4	3	4	0	.133	.594	—
Don DemeterCF	15	29	3	5	1	2	0	.172	.526	—
Roger CraigP	40	27	3	4	0	0	0	.148	.418	3.3
Charley Smith3B	9	24	4	6	2	3	0	.250	.822	—
Turk FarrellP	50	18	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	—
Larry SherryP	53	13	2	2	0	1	0	.154	.421	9.9
Ron PerranoskiP	53	12	2	1	0	0	0	.083	.297	10.6
Carl WarwickOF	19	11	2	1	0	1	0	.091	.322	—
Bob LillisSS	19	9	0	1	0	1	0	.111	.311	—
Tim Harkness1B	5	8	4	4	0	0	1	.500	1.386	—
Phil OrtegaP	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	.250	.500	—
Jim GoldenP	28	3	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	1.2
Ed RoebuckP	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	—

Player	G	GS	W	L	SV	IP	SO	ERA	VAL
Sandy KoufaxP	42	35	18	13	1	255.2	269	3.52	14.2
Don DrysdaleP	40	37	13	10	0	244.0	182	3.69	11.4
Stan WilliamsP	41	35	15	12	0	235.1	205	3.90	11.3
Johnny PodresP	32	29	18	5	0	182.2	124	3.74	9.5
Roger CraigP	40	14	5	6	2	112.2	63	6.15	3.3
Larry SherryP	53	1	4	4	15	94.2	79	3.90	9.9
Ron PerranoskiP	53	1	7	5	6	91.2	56	2.65	10.6
Turk FarrellP	50	0	6	6	10	89.0	80	5.06	—
Jim GoldenP	28	0	1	1	0	42.0	18	5.79	1.2
Phil OrtegaP	4	2	0	2	0	13.0	15	5.54	—
Ed RoebuckP	5	0	2	0	0	9.0	9	5.00	—
Ed PalmquistP	5	0	0	1	1	8.2	5	6.23	—

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
Maury WillsSS	148	613	105	173	1	31	35	.282	.685	9.3
Wally MoonLF	134	463	79	152	17	88	7	.328	.939	13.7
Tommy DavisLF	132	460	60	128	15	58	10	.278	.738	9.2
Jim Gilliam2B	144	439	74	107	4	32	8	.244	.702	7.7
John RoseboroC	128	394	59	99	18	59	6	.251	.805	9.6
Charlie Neal2B	108	341	40	80	10	48	3	.235	.643	5.5
Willie DavisCF	128	339	56	86	12	45	12	.254	.767	8.2
Norm Larker1B	97	282	29	76	5	38	0	.270	.713	4.8
Frank HowardLF	92	267	36	79	15	45	0	.296	.864	7.2
Ron Fairly1B	111	245	42	79	10	48	0	.322	.956	8.9
Duke SniderCF	85	233	35	69	16	56	1	.296	.937	7.9
Gil Hodges1B	109	215	25	52	8	31	3	.242	.685	4.7
Daryl SpencerSS	60	189	27	46	8	27	0	.243	.734	—
Norm SherryC	47	121	10	31	5	21	0	.256	.705	2.4
Don DrysdaleP	40	83	9	16	5	12	0	.193	.630	11.4
Stan WilliamsP	41	78	3	13	0	5	0	.167	.427	11.3
Sandy KoufaxP	42	77	3	5	0	2	0	.065	.228	14.2
Johnny PodresP	32	69	3	16	0	7	0	.232	.511	9.5
Bob Aspromonte2B	47	58	7	14	0	2	0	.241	.583	0.7
Gordie WindhornOF	34	33	10	8	2	6	0	.242	.869	1.6
Doug CamilliC	13	30	3	4	3	4	0	.133	.594	—
Don DemeterCF	15	29	3	5	1	2	0	.172	.526	—
Roger CraigP	40	27	3	4	0	0	0	.148	.418	3.3
Charley Smith3B	9	24	4	6	2	3	0	.250	.822	—
Turk FarrellP	50	18	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	—
Larry SherryP	53	13	2	2	0	1	0	.154	.421	9.9
Ron PerranoskiP	53	12	2	1	0	0	0	.083	.297	10.6
Carl WarwickOF	19	11	2	1	0	1	0	.091	.322	—
Bob LillisSS	19	9	0	1	0	1	0	.111	.311	—
Tim Harkness1B	5	8	4	4	0	0	1	.500	1.386	—
Phil OrtegaP	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	.250	.500	—
Jim GoldenP	28	3	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	1.2
Ed RoebuckP	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	—

Pitching

Player	G	GS	W	L	SV	IP	SO	ERA	VAL
Sandy KoufaxP	42	35	18	13	1	255.2	269	3.52	14.2
Don DrysdaleP	40	37	13	10	0	244.0	182	3.69	11.4
Stan WilliamsP	41	35	15	12	0	235.1	205	3.90	11.3
Johnny PodresP	32	29	18	5	0	182.2	124	3.74	9.5
Roger CraigP	40	14	5	6	2	112.2	63	6.15	3.3
Larry SherryP	53	1	4	4	15	94.2	79	3.90	9.9
Ron PerranoskiP	53	1	7	5	6	91.2	56	2.65	10.6
Turk FarrellP	50	0	6	6	10	89.0	80	5.06	—
Jim GoldenP	28	0	1	1	0	42.0	18	5.79	1.2
Phil OrtegaP	4	2	0	2	0	13.0	15	5.54	—
Ed RoebuckP	5	0	2	0	0	9.0	9	5.00	—
Ed PalmquistP	5	0	0	1	1	8.2	5	6.23	—