1961 Los Angeles Dodgers season

March 2026 November 2013 Los Angeles Dodgers 1961 National League Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles 89 65 y 2nd Walter O'Malley, James & Dearie Mulvey Walter O'Malley Buzzie Bavasi Walter Alston KTTV (11) KFI Vin Scully, Jerry DoggettKWKWRené Cárdenas, Jaime Jarrín, Miguel Alonzo The 1961 Los Angeles Dodgers season was the 72nd season for the Los Angeles Dodgers franchise in Major League Baseball (MLB), their 4th season in Los Angeles, California, and their 4th and final season playing their home games at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles California, since they moved to their new stadium the following season. The Dodgers finished in second place in the National League with a record of 89–65, four games behind the Cincinnati Reds. Offseason November 28, 1960: Ray Semproch was drafted by the Washington Senators from the Dodgers in the 1960 rule 5 draft.Ray Semproch at Baseball-Reference December 15, 1960: Earl Robinson was purchased from the Dodgers by the Baltimore Orioles.Earl Robinson at Baseball-Reference December 16, 1960: Danny McDevitt was purchased from the Dodgers by the New York Yankees.Danny McDevitt https://web.archive.org/web/20110426170716/http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/mcdevda01.shtml April 26, 2011 at Baseball-Reference January 31, 1961: Joe Pignatano was purchased from the Dodgers by the Kansas City Athletics.Joe Pignatano at Baseball-Reference March 30, 1961: Ed Rakow was traded by the Dodgers to the Kansas City Athletics for Howie Reed and cash.Ed Rakow at Baseball-Reference Regular season On April 17, 1961, Duke Snider hit his 370th career home run, which at the time moved him into 7th place on the all-time career home runs list.http://www.thebaseballpage.com/players/snidedu01.php Duke Snider at The Baseball Page May 7, 2006 March 4, 2006 https://web.archive.org/web/20060304170320/http://www.thebaseballpage.com/players/snidedu01.php dead Later in the same game, Snider suffered a broken elbow, and he was knocked out for a good part of the season when he was hit by a pitch from Bob Gibson of the Cardinals. Season standings Record vs. opponents LAD Opening Day lineup +Opening Day starters # Name Position30 Maury Wills SS3 Willie Davis CF12 Tommy Davis 3B4 Duke Snider RF9 Wally Moon LF5 Norm Larker 1B43 Charlie Neal 2B8 John RoseboroC53 Don Drysdale P 1961 Opening Day Lineup at Baseball-Reference Notable transactions May 4, 1961: Don Demeter and Charley Smith were traded by the Dodgers to the Philadelphia Phillies for Turk Farrell and Joe Koppe.Charley Smith at Baseball-Reference May 26, 1961: Art Fowler was purchased from the Dodgers by the Los Angeles Angels.Art Fowler at Baseball-Reference May 30, 1961: Bob Lillis and Carl Warwick were traded by the Dodgers to the St. Louis Cardinals for Daryl Spencer.Bob Lillis at Baseball-Reference Roster 1961 Los Angeles Dodgers Roster Pitchers 38 Roger Craig 53 Don Drysdale 20 Turk Farrell 41 Jim Golden 32 Sandy Koufax 17 Phil Ortega 23 Ed Palmquist 16 Ron Perranoski 22 Johnny Podres 37 Ed Roebuck 51 Larry Sherry 40 Stan Williams Catchers 35 Doug Camilli  8 John Roseboro 34 Norm Sherry Infielders 28 Bob Aspromonte 19 Jim Gilliam 15 Tim Harkness 14 Gil Hodges  5 Norm Larker 11 Bob Lillis 43 Charlie Neal 18 Charley Smith  7 Daryl Spencer 30 Maury Wills Outfielders 12 Tommy Davis  3 Willie Davis  7 Don Demeter  6 Ron Fairly 25 Frank Howard  9 Wally Moon  4 Duke Snider 54 Carl Warwick 23 Gordie Windhorn Manager 24 Walter Alston Coaches 33 Joe Becker 10 Clay Bryant  2 Leo Durocher 27 Pete Reiser Player stats = 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 Avg. HR RBI C John Roseboro 128 394 99 .251 18 59 1B Norm Larker 97 282 76 .270 5 38 2B Charlie Neal 108 341 80 .235 10 48 SS Maury Wills 148 613 173 .282 1 31 3B Daryl Spencer 60 189 46 .243 8 27 LF Wally Moon 134 463 152 .328 17 88 CF Willie Davis Willie Davis (baseball) 128 339 86 .254 12 45 RF Frank Howard Frank Howard (baseball) 92 267 79 .296 15 45 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 Tommy Davis Tommy Davis (outfielder) 132 460 128 .278 15 58 Jim Gilliam 144 439 107 .244 4 32 Ron Fairly 111 245 79 .322 10 48 Duke Snider 85 233 69 .296 16 56 Gil Hodges 109 215 52 .242 8 31 Norm Sherry 47 121 31 .256 5 21 Bob Aspromonte 47 58 14 .241 0 2 Gordie Windhorn 34 33 8 .242 2 6 Doug Camilli 13 30 4 .133 3 4 Don Demeter 15 29 5 .172 1 2 Charley Smith 9 24 6 .250 2 3 Carl Warwick 19 11 1 .091 0 1 Bob Lillis 19 9 1 .111 0 1 Tim Harkness 5 8 4 .500 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 Sandy Koufax 42 255.2 18 13 3.52 269 Don Drysdale 40 244.0 13 10 3.69 182 Stan Williams Stan Williams (baseball) 41 235.1 15 12 3.90 205 Johnny Podres 32 182.2 18 5 3.74 124 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 Roger Craig Roger Craig (baseball) 40 112.2 5 6 6.15 53 Phil Ortega 4 13.0 0 2 5.54 15 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 Larry Sherry 53 4 4 15 3.90 79 Turk Farrell 50 6 6 10 5.06 80 Ron Perranoski 53 7 5 6 2.65 56 Jim Golden 28 1 1 0 5.79 18 Ed Roebuck 5 2 0 0 5.00 9 Ed Palmquist 5 0 1 1 6.23 5 Awards and honors Gold Glove Award Maury Wills John Roseboro All-Stars 1961 Major League Baseball All-Star Game – Game 1 Maury Wills starter Sandy Koufax reserve John Roseboro reserve 1961 Major League Baseball All-Star Game – Game 2 Maury Wills starter Don Drysdale reserve Sandy Koufax reserve John Roseboro reserve TSN National League All-Star Maury Wills Farm system AAA Omaha Dodgers American Association Danny Ozark AAA Spokane Indians Pacific Coast League Preston Gómez AA Atlanta Crackers Southern Association Rube Walker A Greenville Spinners South Atlantic League Roy Hartsfield B Salem Dodgers Northwest League Stan Wasiak C Great Falls Electrics Pioneer League Al Ronning C Reno Silver Sox California League Roy Smalley D Artesia Dodgers Sophomore League Spider Jorgensen D Kokomo Dodgers Midwest League Dom Domenichelli D Orlando Dodgers Florida State League Edward Serrano D Panama City Fliers Alabama–Florida League George Scherger LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Great Falls, Reno References 2 External links Baseball-Reference season page Baseball Almanac season page 1961 Los Angeles Dodgers uniform Los Angeles Dodgers official web site 1961 Dodgers Roster through baseball cards Category:Los Angeles Dodgers seasons Los Angeles Dodgers season Los Angel Category:Events at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum