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1961 Chicago Cubs Statistics
Team Record: 64-90
Finished 7th in the NL
Attendance: 673,057, Avg. 10,197
Ballpark: Wrigley Field
Manager: Vedie Himsl (5-6)
Manager: Harry Craft (4-8)
Manager: Vedie Himsl (5-12)
Manager: El Tappe (2-0)
Manager: Harry Craft (3-1)
Manager: Vedie Himsl (0-3)
Manager: El Tappe (35-43)
Manager: Lou Klein (5-6)
Manager: El Tappe (5-11)
Location: Chicago, Illinois
1961 Chicago Cubs Results
The Chicago Cubs of the National League ended the 1961 season with a record of 64 wins and 90 losses, finishing seventh in the NL.
The Cubs tallied 689 runs and allowed 800 runs, most in the league. Ernie Banks paced Chicago with 29 home runs, while George Altman, Ron Santo and Billy Williams each walloped 20 or more, too. George Altman drove in 96 runs and topped batters with significant playing time with a .303 average. Don Cardwell led the team with 15 wins and a team-best 3.82 ERA, leading regularly-used pitchers.
Vedie Himsl, Harry Craft, Vedie Himsl, El Tappe, Harry Craft, Vedie Himsl, El Tappe, Lou Klein and El Tappe coached the team.
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Pitching:
Player | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Don Cardwell | 15 | 14 | .517 | 3.82 | 39 | 38 | 1 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 259.3 | 243 | 121 | 110 | 22 | 88 | 0 | 156 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 1106 |
Dick Ellsworth | 10 | 11 | .476 | 3.86 | 37 | 31 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 186.7 | 213 | 90 | 80 | 23 | 48 | 3 | 91 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 799 |
Jack Curtis | 10 | 13 | .435 | 4.89 | 31 | 27 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 180.3 | 220 | 117 | 98 | 23 | 51 | 6 | 57 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 802 |
Barney Schultz | 7 | 6 | .538 | 2.70 | 41 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 66.7 | 57 | 32 | 20 | 6 | 25 | 4 | 59 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 286 |
Bob Anderson | 7 | 10 | .412 | 4.26 | 57 | 12 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 152.0 | 162 | 85 | 72 | 14 | 56 | 11 | 96 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 659 |
Glen Hobbie | 7 | 13 | .350 | 4.26 | 36 | 29 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 198.7 | 207 | 113 | 94 | 26 | 54 | 7 | 103 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 848 |
Don Elston | 6 | 7 | .462 | 5.59 | 58 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 93.3 | 108 | 64 | 58 | 11 | 45 | 12 | 59 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 421 |
Dick Drott | 1 | 4 | .200 | 4.22 | 35 | 8 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 98.0 | 75 | 54 | 46 | 13 | 51 | 0 | 48 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 414 |
Jim Brewer | 1 | 7 | .125 | 5.82 | 36 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 86.7 | 116 | 65 | 56 | 17 | 21 | 2 | 57 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 388 |
Dick Burwell | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21 | |
Mel Wright | 0 | 1 | .000 | 10.71 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21.0 | 42 | 26 | 25 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 107 |
Joe Schaffernoth | 0 | 4 | .000 | 6.34 | 21 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38.3 | 43 | 29 | 27 | 7 | 18 | 2 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 170 |
Totals | 64 | 90 | .416 | 4.48 | 404 | 156 | 122 | 34 | 6 | 25 | 1385.0 | 1492 | 800 | 690 | 165 | 465 | 47 | 755 | 35 | 3 | 50 | 6021 |
Batting:
Player | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ron Santo | 154 | 655 | 578 | 84 | 164 | 32 | 6 | 23 | 83 | 2 | 3 | 73 | 77 | .284 | .362 | .479 | .842 | 277 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
George Altman | 138 | 573 | 518 | 77 | 157 | 28 | 12 | 27 | 96 | 6 | 2 | 40 | 92 | .303 | .353 | .560 | .913 | 290 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 3 |
Billy Williams | 146 | 584 | 529 | 75 | 147 | 20 | 7 | 25 | 86 | 6 | 0 | 45 | 70 | .278 | .338 | .484 | .822 | 256 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 11 |
Ernie Banks | 138 | 573 | 511 | 75 | 142 | 22 | 4 | 29 | 80 | 1 | 2 | 54 | 75 | .278 | .346 | .507 | .852 | 259 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 21 |
Don Zimmer | 128 | 512 | 477 | 57 | 120 | 25 | 4 | 13 | 40 | 5 | 1 | 25 | 70 | .252 | .291 | .403 | .694 | 192 | 16 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 1 |
Al Heist | 109 | 366 | 321 | 48 | 82 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 37 | 3 | 3 | 39 | 51 | .255 | .337 | .383 | .720 | 123 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
Richie Ashburn | 109 | 368 | 307 | 49 | 79 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 19 | 7 | 6 | 55 | 27 | .257 | .373 | .306 | .679 | 94 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
Ed Bouchee | 112 | 387 | 319 | 49 | 79 | 12 | 3 | 12 | 38 | 1 | 4 | 58 | 77 | .248 | .371 | .417 | .788 | 133 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 7 |
Jerry Kindall | 96 | 333 | 310 | 37 | 75 | 22 | 3 | 9 | 44 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 89 | .242 | .288 | .419 | .707 | 130 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Dick Bertell | 92 | 287 | 267 | 20 | 73 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 33 | .273 | .308 | .330 | .637 | 88 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 |
Andre Rodgers | 73 | 243 | 214 | 27 | 57 | 17 | 0 | 6 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 54 | .266 | .343 | .430 | .773 | 92 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
Sammy Taylor | 89 | 264 | 235 | 26 | 56 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 39 | .238 | .316 | .391 | .707 | 92 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
Bob Will | 86 | 130 | 113 | 9 | 29 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 19 | .257 | .341 | .336 | .677 | 38 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Frank Thomas | 15 | 52 | 50 | 7 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | .260 | .288 | .420 | .708 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Glen Hobbie | 36 | 74 | 66 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 30 | .167 | .225 | .303 | .528 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Jack Curtis | 31 | 72 | 60 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 23 | .167 | .286 | .300 | .586 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Don Cardwell | 40 | 106 | 95 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 55 | .105 | .167 | .232 | .398 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
Dick Drott | 35 | 23 | 22 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .273 | .304 | .364 | .668 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Cuno Barragan | 10 | 31 | 28 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | .214 | .267 | .321 | .588 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Moe Thacker | 25 | 47 | 35 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 11 | .171 | .383 | .171 | .554 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Bob Anderson | 57 | 45 | 42 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22 | .143 | .163 | .286 | .449 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Danny Murphy | 4 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .385 | .429 | .846 | 1.275 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Moe Morhardt | 7 | 21 | 18 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | .278 | .381 | .278 | .659 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Ken Hubbs | 10 | 28 | 28 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | .179 | .179 | .393 | .571 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mel Roach | 23 | 42 | 39 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 9 | .128 | .190 | .179 | .370 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Jim Brewer | 36 | 25 | 22 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | .182 | .250 | .182 | .432 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Jim McAnany | 11 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .300 | .364 | .400 | .764 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
George Freese | 9 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .286 | .375 | .286 | .661 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Don Elston | 58 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .182 | .182 | .182 | .364 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Dick Ellsworth | 37 | 65 | 56 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 29 | .036 | .100 | .054 | .154 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
Nelson Mathews | 3 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .111 | .111 | .111 | .222 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Barney Schultz | 41 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .100 | .100 | .100 | .200 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Lou Brock | 4 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .091 | .167 | .091 | .258 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Joe Schaffernoth | 21 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Dick Burwell | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Sammy Drake | 13 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .167 | .000 | .167 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mel Wright | 11 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 2009 | 6000 | 5344 | 689 | 1364 | 238 | 51 | 176 | 650 | 35 | 25 | 539 | 1027 | .255 | .325 | .418 | .743 | 2232 | 115 | 32 | 52 | 33 | 64 |
Fielding:
Player | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G | PB | WP | SB | CS | CS% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ed Bouchee | 1B | 107 | 90 | 829.0 | 852 | 76 | 16 | 97 | .983 | 1.075 | 8.673 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Andre Rodgers | 1B | 42 | 39 | 335.3 | 369 | 26 | 7 | 34 | .983 | 1.601 | 9.405 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Ernie Banks | 1B | 7 | 7 | 61.0 | 68 | 6 | 1 | 8 | .987 | 1.918 | 1.571 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Moe Morhardt | 1B | 7 | 7 | 55.3 | 72 | 3 | 3 | 9 | .962 | 12.199 | 1.714 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Mel Roach | 1B | 7 | 5 | 43.3 | 50 | 3 | 1 | 8 | .981 | 11.008 | 7.571 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Frank Thomas | 1B | 6 | 4 | 36.0 | 41 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.750 | 7.167 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
George Altman | 1B | 3 | 3 | 19.0 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 9.947 | 7.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Bob Will | 1B | 1 | 1 | 6.0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .750 | 4.500 | 3.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Don Zimmer | 2B | 116 | 108 | 944.3 | 282 | 323 | 17 | 99 | .973 | 5.766 | 5.216 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Jerry Kindall | 2B | 50 | 38 | 356.3 | 124 | 122 | 13 | 34 | .950 | 6.213 | 4.920 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Ken Hubbs | 2B | 8 | 6 | 53.3 | 13 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 4.725 | 3.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Mel Roach | 2B | 7 | 4 | 30.0 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .889 | 2.400 | 1.143 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Andre Rodgers | 2B | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 9.000 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Ron Santo | 3B | 153 | 152 | 1352.0 | 157 | 307 | 31 | 41 | .937 | 3.089 | 3.033 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Don Zimmer | 3B | 5 | 4 | 33.0 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 1 | .786 | 3.000 | 2.200 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Dick Bertell | C | 90 | 75 | 655.0 | 396 | 49 | 8 | 10 | .982 | 6.115 | 4.944 | 23 | 19 | 26 | 20 | 43.5 |
Sammy Taylor | C | 75 | 61 | 541.7 | 319 | 25 | 4 | 5 | .989 | 5.716 | 4.587 | 8 | 25 | 32 | 11 | 25.6 |
Moe Thacker | C | 25 | 11 | 117.3 | 67 | 5 | 2 | 0 | .973 | 5.523 | 2.880 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 40.0 |
Cuno Barragan | C | 10 | 9 | 71.0 | 35 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 4.944 | 3.900 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 100.0 |
Billy Williams | OF | 135 | 133 | 1179.3 | 220 | 9 | 11 | 3 | .954 | 1.748 | 1.696 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
George Altman | OF | 130 | 128 | 1145.3 | 258 | 11 | 6 | 2 | .978 | 2.114 | 2.069 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Al Heist | OF | 99 | 82 | 717.3 | 211 | 9 | 5 | 0 | .978 | 2.760 | 2.222 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Richie Ashburn | OF | 76 | 69 | 604.3 | 131 | 4 | 3 | 0 | .978 | 2.010 | 1.776 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Ernie Banks | OF | 23 | 23 | 199.7 | 32 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .974 | 1.713 | 1.652 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Bob Will | OF | 30 | 13 | 142.7 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.082 | 1.100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Frank Thomas | OF | 10 | 8 | 75.0 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.320 | 1.100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Danny Murphy | OF | 4 | 4 | 27.3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.976 | 1.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Lou Brock | OF | 3 | 3 | 21.0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .750 | 2.571 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Nelson Mathews | OF | 2 | 2 | 18.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.500 | 2.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Andre Rodgers | OF | 2 | 2 | 16.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.688 | 1.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Sammy Drake | OF | 1 | 1 | 6.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Don Zimmer | OF | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Jim McAnany | OF | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Don Cardwell | P | 39 | 38 | 259.3 | 18 | 54 | 2 | 3 | .973 | 2.499 | 1.846 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Glen Hobbie | P | 36 | 29 | 198.7 | 16 | 53 | 4 | 1 | .945 | 3.126 | 1.917 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Dick Ellsworth | P | 37 | 31 | 186.7 | 8 | 49 | 2 | 7 | .966 | 2.748 | 1.541 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Jack Curtis | P | 31 | 27 | 180.3 | 5 | 42 | 3 | 1 | .940 | 2.346 | 1.516 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Bob Anderson | P | 57 | 12 | 152.0 | 14 | 38 | 0 | 7 | 1.000 | 3.079 | .912 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Dick Drott | P | 35 | 8 | 98.0 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 0 | .923 | 1.102 | .343 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Don Elston | P | 58 | 0 | 93.3 | 4 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.121 | .379 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Jim Brewer | P | 36 | 11 | 86.7 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 0 | .923 | 1.246 | .333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Barney Schultz | P | 41 | 0 | 66.7 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.755 | .317 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Joe Schaffernoth | P | 21 | 0 | 38.3 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.878 | .381 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Mel Wright | P | 11 | 0 | 21.0 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 4.286 | .909 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Dick Burwell | P | 2 | 0 | 4.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.500 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Ernie Banks | SS | 104 | 102 | 883.3 | 173 | 358 | 19 | 68 | .965 | 5.410 | 5.106 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Jerry Kindall | SS | 47 | 38 | 340.0 | 82 | 111 | 13 | 27 | .937 | 5.109 | 4.106 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Andre Rodgers | SS | 24 | 16 | 161.7 | 35 | 57 | 2 | 10 | .979 | 5.122 | 3.833 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Totals | 1816 | 1404 | 12465.0 | 4155 | 1848 | 183 | 486 | .970 | 4.334 | 3.306 | 35 | 50 | 61 | 35 | 36.5 |
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