1961 San Francisco Giants season

March 2026 November 2013 San Francisco Giants 1961 National League Candlestick Park San Francisco 89 65 y 3rd Horace Stoneham Chub Feeney Alvin Dark KTVU(Russ Hodges, Lon Simmons) KSFO(Russ Hodges, Lon Simmons, Bill King) 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.https://stathead.com/tiny/vWiZL 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 August 29, 2021 Regular season Willie Mays had both a three home run game (on June 29) and a four home run game (on April 30)Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p. 258, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, 978-0-451-22363-0 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 San Francisco Giants Record vs. opponents SF Opening Day starters Felipe Alou Ed Bressoud Orlando Cepeda Tom Haller Chuck Hiller Sam Jones Harvey Kuenn Willie Mays Willie McCoveyhttp://www.baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1961&t=SFN 1961 San Francisco Giants Roster by Baseball Almanac Roster 1961 San Francisco Giants Roster Pitchers 42 Bob Bolin 45 Jim Duffalo 39 Eddie Fisher 19 Sam Jones 39 Dick LeMay 28 Billy Loes 27 Juan Marichal 40 Mike McCormick 37 Stu Miller 31 Billy O'Dell 33 Jack Sanford 36 Dom Zanni Catchers  6 Ed Bailey 51 Tom Haller  5 Hobie Landrith 34 John Orsino  9 Bob Schmidt Infielders 14 Joey Amalfitano 21 Ernie Bowman 16 Ed Bressoud 30 Orlando Cepeda 12 Jim Davenport 26 Chuck Hiller 25 Jim Marshall 44 Willie McCovey 15 José Pagán Outfielders 23 Felipe Alou 41 Matty Alou 18 Bob Farley  7 Harvey Kuenn 24 Willie Mays Other batters 10 Don Blasingame Manager  1 Alvin Dark Coaches 46 Larry Jansen 6,3 Whitey Lockman  2 Salty Parker 3,9 Wes Westrum Player stats = Indicates team leader = Indicates league leader 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 R Avg. HR RBI C Ed Bailey 107 340 81 39 .238 13 51 1B Willie McCovey 106 328 89 59 .271 18 50 2B Joey Amalfitano 109 384 98 64 .255 2 23 SS José Pagán 134 434 110 38 .253 5 46 3B Jim Davenport 137 436 121 64 .278 12 65 LF Harvey Kuenn 131 471 125 60 .265 5 46 CF Willie Mays 154 572 176 129.308 40 123 RF Felipe Alou 132 415 120 59 .289 18 52 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 Cepeda 152 585 182 .311 46 142 Chuck Hiller 70 240 57 .238 2 12 Matty Alou 81 200 62 .310 6 24 Ed Bressoud 59 114 24 .211 3 11 John Orsino 25 83 23 .277 4 12 Hobie Landrith 43 71 17 .239 2 10 Tom Haller 30 62 9 .145 2 8 Ernie Bowman 38 38 8 .211 0 2 Jim Marshall Jim Marshall (baseball) 44 36 8 .222 1 7 Bob Farley 13 20 2 .100 0 1 Bob Schmidt Bob Schmidt (baseball) 2 6 1 .167 0 1 Don Blasingame 3 1 0 .000 0 0 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 McCormick Mike McCormick (pitcher) 40 250.0 13 16 3.20 163 Jack Sanford 38 217.1 13 9 4.22 112 Juan Marichal 29 185.0 13 10 3.89 124 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'Dell 46 130.1 7 5 3.59 110 Sam Jones Sam Jones (baseball) 37 128.1 8 8 4.49 105 Billy Loes 26 114.2 6 5 4.24 55 Dick LeMay 27 83.1 3 6 3.56 54 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 Miller 63 14 5 17 2.66 89 Bobby Bolin 37 2 2 5 3.19 48 Jim Duffalo 24 5 1 1 4.23 37 Eddie Fisher Eddie Fisher (baseball) 15 0 2 1 5.35 16 Dom Zanni 8 1 0 0 3.95 11 Awards and honors All-Star Game (first game) All-Star Game (second game) Farm system Minor League Baseball 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 AthleticsJohnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007 Notes 2 References 1961 San Francisco Giants at Baseball Reference 1961 San Francisco Giants at Baseball Almanac Category:San Francisco Giants seasons San Francisco Giants season San Fran Category:1961 in San Francisco