1961 Baltimore Orioles season

MLB yearly infobox-pre1969 alt
name = Baltimore Orioles
season = 1961
misc =

current league = American League
y1 = 1901
ballpark = Memorial Stadium
y4 = 1954
city = Baltimore, Maryland
y5 = 1954
owners = Jerold Hoffberger
general manager = Lee MacPhail
managers = Paul Richards, Lum Harris
television =WJZ-TV
radio = WBAL (AM)
(Bob Murphy, Herb Carneal) |

The 1961 Baltimore Orioles season involved the Orioles finishing 3rd in the American League with a record of 95 wins and 67 losses, 14 games behind the AL and World Series champion New York Yankees. The team was managed by Paul Richards and Lum Harris, and played their home games at Baltimore's Memorial Stadium.

Offseason

*January 24, 1961: Whitey Herzog was traded by the Kansas City Athletics with Russ Snyder to the Baltimore Orioles for Bob Boyd, Al Pilarcik, Jim Archer, Wayne Causey, and Clint Courtney. Clint Courtney returned to original teams on April 14, 1961. [http://www.baseball-reference.com/h/herzowh01.shtml]
*February 9, 1961: Darold Knowles was signed by the Baltimore Orioles as an amateur free agent. [http://www.baseball-reference.com/k/knowlda01.shtml]
*February 24, 1961: Frank House was purchased by the Baltimore Orioles from the Cincinnati Reds. [http://www.baseball-reference.com/h/housefr03.shtml]

Regular season

Roger Maris hit his 59th and 60th Home Runs of the season against the Orioles. The 59th was hit on September 20 at Memorial Stadium [http://www.baseball-almanac.com/box-scores/boxscore.php?boxid=196109200BAL] , and the 60th was hit on September 26th at Yankee Stadium [http://www.baseball-almanac.com/box-scores/boxscore.php?boxid=196109260NYA] .

Opening Day starters

*Jackie Brandt
*Marv Breeding
*Jim Gentile
*Ron Hansen
*Milt Pappas
*Brooks Robinson
*Russ Snyder
*Gene Stephens
*Gus Triandos [http://www.baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1961&t=BAL]

eason standings

Transactions

*May 24, 1961: Walt Dropo was released by the Baltimore Orioles. [http://www.baseball-reference.com/d/dropowa01.shtml]
*June 8, 1961: Marv Thorneberry was traded by the Kansas City Athletics to the Baltimore Orioles for Gene Stephens. [http://www.baseball-reference.com/t/thronma01.shtml]
*July 21, 1961: Frank House was traded by the Baltimore Orioles to the Detroit Tigers for Harry Chiti. [http://www.baseball-reference.com/h/housefr03.shtml]

Roster

Pitching

tarting pitchers

Farm system [Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., "The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball". Durham, N.C.: Baseball America, 1997]

* Class AAA: Rochester Red Wings (International League; Clyde King, manager)
* Class AA: Little Rock Travelers (Southern Association; Fred Hatfield, manager)
* Class AA: Victoria/Ardmore Rosebuds (Texas League; George Staller, manager) — Franchise transferred May 27
* Class B: Tri-City Braves (Northwest League; Whitey McDowell and Billy DeMars, managers)
* Class B: Fox Cities Foxes (Illinois-Indiana-Iowa League; Earl Weaver, manager)
* Class C: Stockton Ports (California League; Harry Dunlop, manager)
* Class C: Aberdeen Pheasants (Northern League; Lou Fitzgerald, manager) — LEAGUE CHAMPION
* Class D: Bluefield Orioles (Appalachian League; Dee Phillips, Walter Youse, Joe Cursick and Buddy Bates, managers)
* Class D: Leesburg Orioles (Florida State League; Billy DeMars, Cal Ripken, Sr. and Ray Scarborough, managers)

References

* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/BAL/1961.shtml 1961 Baltimore Orioles team page at Baseball Reference]
* [http://www.baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1961&t=BAL 1961 Baltimore Orioles season at baseball-almanac.com]