Team fielding -- 1961 Detroit Metro Stars
Regular season -- as of 9/30/1961
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| Pos | S | Name | G | GS | INN | PO | A | E | DP | TC | PCT | PB | SB | CS | SB% | PK |
| p | | Bob Gibson | 37 | 30 | 219.0 | 17 | 33 | 1 | 1 | 51 | .980 | | 15 | 7 | .682 | 0 |
| | | Bob Purkey | 35 | 35 | 232.7 | 17 | 26 | 0 | 3 | 43 | 1.000 | | 13 | 6 | .684 | 1 |
| | | Lew Burdette | 36 | 22 | 186.3 | 13 | 25 | 1 | 1 | 39 | .974 | | 4 | 1 | .800 | 0 |
| | | Johnny Podres | 32 | 32 | 199.0 | 8 | 19 | 2 | 2 | 29 | .931 | | 14 | 9 | .609 | 1 |
| | | Ken Johnson | 13 | 13 | 81.0 | 13 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 1.000 | | 3 | 3 | .500 | 0 |
| | | Bob Miller | 33 | 6 | 83.0 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 20 | .850 | | 2 | 7 | .222 | 2 |
| | | Billy O'Dell | 45 | 15 | 142.7 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 1.000 | | 7 | 2 | .778 | 0 |
| | | Luis Arroyo | 65 | 0 | 92.3 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 1.000 | | 1 | 2 | .333 | 2 |
| | | Tom Brewer | 10 | 9 | 57.3 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 1.000 | | 0 | 3 | .000 | 1 |
| | | Johnny Antonelli | 28 | 0 | 42.7 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1.000 | | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | 0 |
| | f | Bill Dailey | 14 | 0 | 18.7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1.000 | | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
| | | Eddie Fisher | 26 | 0 | 42.3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | .750 | | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0 |
| | | Ted Wills | 25 | 0 | 29.7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
| | | Seth Morehead | 16 | 0 | 22.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
| | | Total | 415 | 162 | 1448.7 | 101 | 168 | 8 | 13 | 277 | .971 | | 63 | 40 | .612 | 7 |
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| c | | Joe Pignatano | 69 | 62 | 543.7 | 316 | 24 | 7 | 1 | 347 | .980 | 5 | 19 | 15 | .559 | 0 |
| | | Russ Nixon | 64 | 53 | 482.7 | 278 | 29 | 12 | 2 | 319 | .962 | 9 | 23 | 14 | .622 | 0 |
| | | Carl Sawatski | 45 | 44 | 391.3 | 258 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 273 | .993 | 5 | 21 | 9 | .700 | 0 |
| | | Dutch Dotterer | 4 | 3 | 31.0 | 23 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 0 |
| | | Total | 182 | 162 | 1448.7 | 875 | 70 | 21 | 4 | 966 | .978 | 19 | 63 | 40 | .612 | 0 |
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| 1b | | Willie McCovey | 82 | 82 | 726.7 | 773 | 58 | 14 | 58 | 845 | .983 | | | | | |
| | | Ron Fairly | 55 | 55 | 488.0 | 497 | 37 | 6 | 61 | 540 | .989 | | | | | |
| | | Bob Allison | 24 | 24 | 214.0 | 242 | 12 | 5 | 18 | 259 | .981 | | | | | |
| | | Billy Goodman | 5 | 1 | 20.0 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 1.000 | | | | | |
| | | Total | 166 | 162 | 1448.7 | 1533 | 109 | 25 | 138 | 1667 | .985 | | | | | |
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| 2b | | Jerry Lumpe | 132 | 125 | 1126.0 | 288 | 425 | 15 | 85 | 728 | .979 | | | | | |
| | | Jerry Kindall | 22 | 22 | 183.7 | 52 | 71 | 3 | 15 | 126 | .976 | | | | | |
| | | Jim Baumer | 23 | 15 | 139.0 | 47 | 54 | 0 | 14 | 101 | 1.000 | | | | | |
| | | Total | 177 | 162 | 1448.7 | 387 | 550 | 18 | 114 | 955 | .981 | | | | | |
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| 3b | | Brooks Robinson | 147 | 144 | 1289.7 | 89 | 330 | 13 | 27 | 432 | .970 | | | | | |
| | | Chico Fernandez | 8 | 8 | 60.0 | 8 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 1.000 | | | | | |
| | | Harvey Kuenn | 7 | 7 | 61.3 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 1.000 | | | | | |
| | | Billy Goodman | 4 | 3 | 32.0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 9 | .778 | | | | | |
| | | Joe Pignatano | 2 | 0 | 5.7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | | | | | |
| | | Total | 168 | 162 | 1448.7 | 103 | 362 | 15 | 29 | 480 | .969 | | | | | |
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| ss | | Chico Fernandez | 110 | 102 | 854.7 | 133 | 346 | 20 | 60 | 499 | .960 | | | | | |
| | | Jerry Kindall | 67 | 45 | 426.0 | 60 | 159 | 9 | 24 | 228 | .961 | | | | | |
| | | Ron Stillwell | 15 | 8 | 76.0 | 11 | 34 | 3 | 9 | 48 | .938 | | | | | |
| | | Julio Gotay | 19 | 7 | 84.7 | 10 | 28 | 4 | 6 | 42 | .905 | | | | | |
| | | Jim Baumer | 7 | 0 | 7.3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1.000 | | | | | |
| | | Total | 218 | 162 | 1448.7 | 216 | 569 | 36 | 101 | 821 | .956 | | | | | |
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| lf | | Harvey Kuenn | 116 | 116 | 1014.7 | 244 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 253 | .972 | | | | | |
| | | Matty Alou | 38 | 35 | 315.3 | 83 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 87 | .977 | | | | | |
| | | Al Luplow | 12 | 11 | 96.0 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13 | .923 | | | | | |
| | | Tony Gonzalez | 4 | 0 | 10.7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | | | | | |
| | | Earl Robinson | 4 | 0 | 12.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | | | | | |
| | | Total | 174 | 162 | 1448.7 | 341 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 355 | .972 | | | | | |
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| cf | | Tony Gonzalez | 102 | 95 | 841.3 | 273 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 285 | .993 | | | | | |
| | | Earl Robinson | 50 | 41 | 386.0 | 93 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 97 | .969 | | | | | |
| | | Ron Fairly | 21 | 16 | 150.3 | 42 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 43 | .977 | | | | | |
| | | Matty Alou | 13 | 10 | 60.0 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 19 | .947 | | | | | |
| | | Jerry Kindall | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | | | | | |
| | | Harvey Kuenn | 1 | 0 | 5.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | | | | | |
| | | Dutch Dotterer | 1 | 0 | 3.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | | | | | |
| | | Julio Gotay | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | | | | | |
| | | Total | 190 | 162 | 1448.7 | 431 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 450 | .984 | | | | | |
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| rf | | Bob Allison | 122 | 119 | 1061.0 | 250 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 269 | .963 | | | | | |
| | | Tony Gonzalez | 12 | 12 | 102.7 | 33 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 1.000 | | | | | |
| | | Matty Alou | 11 | 8 | 80.7 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 28 | .964 | | | | | |
| | | Al Luplow | 17 | 16 | 133.3 | 25 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 1.000 | | | | | |
| | | Earl Robinson | 11 | 6 | 55.0 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 1.000 | | | | | |
| | | Harvey Kuenn | 2 | 1 | 11.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | | | | | |
| | | Russ Nixon | 1 | 0 | 3.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | | | | | |
| | | Ron Fairly | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | | | | | |
| | | Total | 177 | 162 | 1448.7 | 359 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 385 | .971 | | | | | |
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| | | Total | 162 | 162 | 1448.7 | 4346 | 1859 | 151 | 146 | 6356 | .976 | 19 | | | | |