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The1961Cleveland Indians season was a season in Americanbaseball. The team finished fifth in the newly expanded 10-teamAmerican League with a record of 78–83,30+1⁄2 games behind theNew York Yankees. Although the 1961 season ended up being a disappointment, the Indians had a brief flurry of pennant fever early in the 1961 season. After starting 12–13, the Indians started to streak, going 22–4 over their next 26 games to reach a record of 34–17 (were 38–20 after 58 games). However the Indians cooled off afterwards and were quickly knocked out of first place, as they went 44–66 the rest of the year. For the second year in a row, the Indians had held first place in June, only to slump to a losing record. This would happen again in 1962 as well (47–34 start in early July).

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
New York Yankees	109	53	.673	—	65‍–‍16	44‍–‍37
Detroit Tigers	101	61	.623	8	50‍–‍31	51‍–‍30
Baltimore Orioles	95	67	.586	14	48‍–‍33	47‍–‍34
Chicago White Sox	86	76	.531	23	53‍–‍28	33‍–‍48
Cleveland Indians	78	83	.484	30½	40‍–‍41	38‍–‍42
Boston Red Sox	76	86	.469	33	50‍–‍31	26‍–‍55
Minnesota Twins	70	90	.438	38	36‍–‍44	34‍–‍46
Los Angeles Angels	70	91	.435	38½	46‍–‍36	24‍–‍55
Kansas City Athletics	61	100	.379	47½	33‍–‍47	28‍–‍53
Washington Senators	61	100	.379	47½	33‍–‍46	28‍–‍54

1961 American League record v t e Sources:[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10]
Team	BAL	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	KCA	LAA	MIN	NYY	WAS
Baltimore	—	11–7	11–7	9–9	9–9	13–5	8–10	11–7	9–9–1	14–4
Boston	7–11	—	9–9	5–13	8–10	10–8	11–7–1	11–7	5–13	10–8
Chicago	7–11	9–9	—	12–6	6–12	14–4	10–8	9–9–1	6–12	13–5
Cleveland	9–9	13–5	6–12	—	6–12	8–9	10–8	10–8	4–14	12–6
Detroit	9–9	10–8	12–6	12–6	—	12–6–1	14–4	11–7	8–10	13–5
Kansas City	5–13	8–10	4–14	9–8	6–12–1	—	9–9	7–11	4–14	9–9
Los Angeles	10–8	7–11–1	8–10	8–10	4–14	9–9	—	8–9	6–12	10–8
Minnesota	7–11	7–11	9–9–1	8–10	7–11	11–7	9–8	—	4–14	8–9
New York	9–9–1	13–5	12–6	14–4	10–8	14–4	12–6	14–4	—	11–7
Washington	4–14	8–10	5–13	6–12	5–13	9–9	8–10	9–8	7–11	—

Opening Day Starters
#	Name	Position
16	Johnny Temple	2B
14	Tito Francona	LF
37	Jimmy Piersall	CF
8	Willie Kirkland	RF
3	Woodie Held	SS
10	Vic Power	1B
5	Bubba Phillips	3B
11	Johnny Romano	C
31	Jim Perry	P

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	Johnny Romano	142	509	152	.299	21	80
1B	Vic Power	147	563	151	.268	5	63
2B	Johnny Temple	129	518	143	.276	3	30
SS	Woodie Held	146	509	136	.267	23	78
3B	Bubba Phillips	143	546	144	.264	18	72
LF	Tito Francona	155	592	178	.301	16	85
CF	Jimmy Piersall	121	484	156	.322	6	40
RF	Willie Kirkland	146	525	136	.259	27	95

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Mike de la Hoz	61	173	45	.260	3	23
Chuck Essegian	60	166	48	.289	12	35
Don Dillard	74	147	40	.272	7	17
Valmy Thomas	27	86	18	.209	2	6
Ken Aspromonte	22	70	16	.229	0	5
Bob Nieman	39	65	23	.354	2	10
Walt Bond	38	52	9	.173	2	7
Ty Cline	12	43	9	.209	0	1
Jack Kubiszyn	25	42	9	.214	0	0
Bob Hale	42	36	6	.167	0	6
Hal Jones	12	35	6	.171	2	4
Al Luplow	5	18	1	.056	0	0
Joe Morgan	4	10	2	.200	0	0

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Mudcat Grant	35	244.2	15	9	3.86	146
Gary Bell	34	228.1	12	16	4.10	163
Jim Perry	35	223.2	10	17	4.71	90
Wynn Hawkins	30	133.0	7	9	4.06	51
Sam McDowell	1	6.1	0	0	0.00	5

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Barry Latman	45	176.2	13	5	4.02	108
Dick Stigman	22	64.1	2	5	4.62	48
Johnny Antonelli	11	48.0	0	4	6.56	23

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Frank Funk	56	11	11	11	3.31	64
Bob Allen	48	3	2	3	3.75	42
Bobby Locke	37	4	4	2	4.53	37
Joe Schaffernoth	15	0	1	0	4.76	9
Bill Dailey	12	1	0	0	0.95	7
Russ Heman	6	0	0	1	3.60	4
Steve Hamilton	2	0	0	0	3.00	4

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Salt Lake City Bees	Pacific Coast League	Herman Franks andFred Fitzsimmons
A	Reading Indians	Eastern League	Ray Mueller
B	Burlington Indians	Carolina League	Bill Herring and Walt Novick
D	Selma Cloverleafs	Alabama–Florida League	Walt Novick and Joe Morlan
D	Dubuque Packers	Midwest League	Pinky May

v t e 1961 MLB season by team
American League	Baltimore Boston Chicago Cleveland Detroit Kansas City Los Angeles Minnesota New York Washington
National League	Chicago Cincinnati Los Angeles Milwaukee Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis San Francisco
1961 All-Star Game (1st,2nd) 1961 World Series 1961 MLB expansion draft

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Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Notable transactions

Opening Day Lineup

Roster

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Other batters

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Other pitchers

Relief pitchers

Awards and honors

Farm system

References

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