1961 Chicago White Sox season

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1961 Chicago White Sox
Major league affiliations
Location
1961 Information
Owner(s) Bill Veeck, Arthur Allyn, Jr., John Allyn
General Manager(s) Hank Greenberg, Ed Short
Manager(s) Al Lopez
Local television WGN-TV
Jack Brickhouse, Vince Lloyd)
Local radio WCFL
(Bob Elson, Ralph Kiner)

The 1961 Chicago White Sox season was the White Sox's 62nd season. They finished with a record 86-76, good enough for 4th place in the American League, 23 games behind of the 1st place New York Yankees.

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[edit] Regular season

[edit] Season standings

American League W L Pct. GB
New York Yankees 109 53 .673 --
Detroit Tigers 101 61 .623 8
Baltimore Orioles 95 67 .623 14
Chicago White Sox 86 76 .531 23
Cleveland Indians 78 83 .484 30.5
Boston Red Sox 76 86 .469 33
Minnesota Twins 70 90 .438 38
Los Angeles Angels 70 91 .435 38.5
Kansas City Athletics 61 100 .379 47.5
Washington Senators 61 100 .379 47.5

[edit] Roster

1961 Chicago White Sox roster
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Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

[edit] 1961 Opening Day Lineup

Luis Aparicio, ss

Nellie Fox, 2b

Minnie Minoso, lf

Roy Sievers, 1b

J.C. Martin, 3b

Al Smith, rf

Jim Landis, cf

Sherm Lollar, c

Early Wynn, p

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