
1961 Pittsburgh Pirates Statistics
Team Record: 75-79
Finished 6th in the NL
Attendance: 1,199,128, Avg. 17,131
Ballpark: Forbes Field
Manager: Danny Murtaugh (75-79)
Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
1961 Pittsburgh Pirates Results
The Pittsburgh Pirates of the National League ended the 1961 season with a record of 75 wins and 79 losses, finishing sixth in the NL.
The Pirates scored 694 runs and yielded 675 runs. Dick Stuart walloped 35 home runs for Pittsburgh, and Roberto Clemente added 20 or more also. Dick Stuart drove in 117 runs. Roberto Clemente paced hitters with significant playing time by connecting at a .351 clip. Bob Friend topped the team with 14 wins, while Joe Gibbon recorded a 3.32 ERA, tops among regularly-used pitchers.
Danny Murtaugh 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bob Friend | 14 | 19 | .424 | 3.85 | 41 | 35 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 236.0 | 271 | 119 | 101 | 16 | 45 | 10 | 108 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1001 |
Joe Gibbon | 13 | 10 | .565 | 3.32 | 30 | 29 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 195.3 | 185 | 85 | 72 | 16 | 57 | 4 | 145 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 816 |
Harvey Haddix | 10 | 6 | .625 | 4.10 | 29 | 22 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 156.0 | 159 | 72 | 71 | 15 | 41 | 6 | 99 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 646 |
Vinegar Bend Mizell | 7 | 10 | .412 | 5.04 | 25 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 100.0 | 120 | 61 | 56 | 16 | 31 | 8 | 37 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 437 |
Bobby Shantz | 6 | 3 | .667 | 3.32 | 43 | 6 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 89.3 | 91 | 38 | 33 | 5 | 26 | 6 | 61 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 377 |
Roy Face | 6 | 12 | .333 | 3.82 | 62 | 0 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 92.0 | 94 | 44 | 39 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 55 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 373 |
Tom Sturdivant | 5 | 2 | .714 | 2.84 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 85.7 | 81 | 29 | 27 | 6 | 17 | 3 | 45 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 349 |
Clem Labine | 4 | 1 | .800 | 3.69 | 56 | 1 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 92.7 | 102 | 43 | 38 | 4 | 31 | 8 | 49 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 399 |
Al McBean | 3 | 2 | .600 | 3.75 | 27 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 74.3 | 72 | 35 | 31 | 4 | 42 | 5 | 49 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 330 |
Vern Law | 3 | 4 | .429 | 4.70 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 59.3 | 72 | 33 | 31 | 10 | 18 | 3 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 258 |
Earl Francis | 2 | 8 | .200 | 4.21 | 23 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 102.7 | 110 | 60 | 48 | 4 | 47 | 7 | 53 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 458 |
Al Jackson | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.42 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 23.7 | 20 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 91 |
Larry Foss | 1 | 1 | .500 | 5.87 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15.3 | 15 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 70 |
Tom Cheney | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | ||
Jim Umbricht | 0 | 0 | 2.70 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 | |
Fred Green | 0 | 0 | 4.79 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20.7 | 27 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 95 | |
Red Witt | 0 | 1 | .000 | 6.32 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15.7 | 17 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 67 |
Totals | 75 | 79 | .487 | 3.92 | 390 | 154 | 120 | 34 | 9 | 29 | 1362.0 | 1442 | 675 | 593 | 121 | 400 | 68 | 759 | 25 | 1 | 39 | 5790 |
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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Roberto Clemente | 146 | 614 | 572 | 100 | 201 | 30 | 10 | 23 | 89 | 4 | 1 | 35 | 59 | .351 | .390 | .559 | .949 | 320 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 |
Dick Groat | 148 | 648 | 596 | 71 | 164 | 25 | 6 | 6 | 55 | 0 | 4 | 40 | 44 | .275 | .320 | .367 | .687 | 219 | 22 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 0 |
Dick Stuart | 138 | 576 | 532 | 83 | 160 | 28 | 8 | 35 | 117 | 0 | 3 | 34 | 121 | .301 | .344 | .581 | .925 | 309 | 22 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
Bill Virdon | 146 | 660 | 599 | 81 | 156 | 22 | 8 | 9 | 58 | 5 | 8 | 49 | 45 | .260 | .313 | .369 | .682 | 221 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 1 |
Don Hoak | 145 | 586 | 503 | 72 | 150 | 27 | 7 | 12 | 61 | 4 | 2 | 73 | 53 | .298 | .388 | .451 | .839 | 227 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 8 |
Bill Mazeroski | 152 | 595 | 558 | 71 | 148 | 21 | 2 | 13 | 59 | 2 | 1 | 26 | 55 | .265 | .298 | .380 | .678 | 212 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 10 |
Bob Skinner | 119 | 442 | 381 | 61 | 102 | 20 | 3 | 3 | 42 | 3 | 5 | 51 | 49 | .268 | .358 | .360 | .718 | 137 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 9 |
Smoky Burgess | 100 | 356 | 323 | 37 | 98 | 17 | 3 | 12 | 52 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 16 | .303 | .365 | .486 | .851 | 157 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
Joe Christopher | 76 | 206 | 186 | 25 | 49 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 18 | 24 | .263 | .327 | .333 | .660 | 62 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Hal Smith | 67 | 208 | 193 | 12 | 43 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 38 | .223 | .267 | .321 | .588 | 62 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Rocky Nelson | 75 | 146 | 127 | 15 | 25 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 11 | .197 | .301 | .370 | .671 | 47 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Gino Cimoli | 21 | 69 | 67 | 4 | 20 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13 | .299 | .319 | .373 | .692 | 25 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Don Leppert | 22 | 62 | 60 | 6 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | .267 | .279 | .483 | .762 | 29 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Dick Schofield | 60 | 90 | 78 | 16 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 19 | .192 | .284 | .244 | .528 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Walt Moryn | 40 | 68 | 65 | 6 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | .200 | .235 | .354 | .589 | 23 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Johnny Logan | 27 | 56 | 52 | 5 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 | .231 | .286 | .308 | .593 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Donn Clendenon | 9 | 40 | 35 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 10 | .314 | .400 | .400 | .800 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Bob Friend | 41 | 89 | 79 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 36 | .139 | .150 | .165 | .315 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
Tom Sturdivant | 13 | 33 | 32 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Harvey Haddix | 31 | 67 | 56 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 14 | .143 | .226 | .196 | .422 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
Joe Gibbon | 31 | 71 | 59 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22 | .136 | .148 | .186 | .334 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 0 |
Bobby Shantz | 44 | 20 | 16 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .438 | .526 | .500 | 1.026 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Vern Law | 11 | 24 | 19 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .263 | .318 | .316 | .634 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
Al McBean | 28 | 16 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .267 | .267 | .467 | .733 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Roy Face | 62 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .273 | .273 | .273 | .545 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Vinegar Bend Mizell | 25 | 31 | 23 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | .130 | .192 | .130 | .323 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
Earl Francis | 23 | 31 | 28 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 17 | .107 | .194 | .107 | .301 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Jim Umbricht | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Red Witt | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 1.500 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Larry Foss | 3 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Clem Labine | 56 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .100 | .182 | .100 | .282 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Gene Baker | 9 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | .100 | .308 | .100 | .408 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Bob Oldis | 4 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Roman Mejias | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Al Jackson | 5 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .000 | .111 | .000 | .111 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fred Green | 13 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Tom Cheney | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Totals | 1905 | 5867 | 5311 | 694 | 1448 | 232 | 57 | 128 | 646 | 26 | 30 | 428 | 721 | .273 | .328 | .410 | .738 | 2178 | 140 | 27 | 64 | 37 | 51 |
Fielding:
Player | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G | PB | WP | SB | CS | CS% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dick Stuart | 1B | 132 | 131 | 1139.7 | 1152 | 99 | 21 | 141 | .983 | 9.879 | 9.477 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Rocky Nelson | 1B | 35 | 23 | 222.3 | 231 | 15 | 1 | 26 | .996 | 9.958 | 7.029 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Bill Mazeroski | 2B | 152 | 151 | 1333.0 | 410 | 505 | 23 | 144 | .975 | 6.178 | 6.020 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Dick Schofield | 2B | 5 | 3 | 29.0 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 2 | .947 | 5.586 | 3.600 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Don Hoak | 3B | 143 | 143 | 1232.3 | 137 | 267 | 20 | 29 | .953 | 2.951 | 2.825 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Dick Schofield | 3B | 11 | 5 | 58.7 | 4 | 20 | 2 | 1 | .923 | 3.682 | 2.182 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Johnny Logan | 3B | 7 | 3 | 43.0 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 2.930 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Gene Baker | 3B | 3 | 2 | 19.0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.842 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Dick Groat | 3B | 1 | 1 | 9.0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | 3.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Smoky Burgess | C | 92 | 83 | 729.3 | 426 | 27 | 4 | 4 | .991 | 5.590 | 4.924 | 7 | 15 | 20 | 12 | 37.5 |
Hal Smith | C | 65 | 55 | 481.3 | 290 | 18 | 3 | 1 | .990 | 5.759 | 4.738 | 8 | 19 | 14 | 6 | 30.0 |
Don Leppert | C | 21 | 15 | 137.3 | 80 | 11 | 3 | 1 | .968 | 5.964 | 4.333 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 42.9 |
Bob Oldis | C | 4 | 1 | 14.0 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 9.000 | 3.500 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 50.0 |
Bill Virdon | OF | 145 | 144 | 1269.0 | 384 | 6 | 6 | 4 | .985 | 2.766 | 2.690 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Roberto Clemente | OF | 144 | 142 | 1241.0 | 256 | 27 | 9 | 5 | .969 | 2.052 | 1.965 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Bob Skinner | OF | 97 | 96 | 843.0 | 175 | 5 | 5 | 1 | .973 | 1.922 | 1.856 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Joe Christopher | OF | 55 | 44 | 410.7 | 86 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .978 | 1.929 | 1.600 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Gino Cimoli | OF | 19 | 17 | 147.0 | 33 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .971 | 2.082 | 1.789 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Donn Clendenon | OF | 8 | 8 | 78.3 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.838 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Walt Moryn | OF | 11 | 10 | 78.0 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .950 | 2.192 | 1.727 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Dick Schofield | OF | 3 | 1 | 12.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.250 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Dick Stuart | OF | 1 | 0 | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Roman Mejias | OF | 2 | 0 | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.500 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Bob Friend | P | 41 | 35 | 236.0 | 19 | 37 | 3 | 3 | .949 | 2.136 | 1.366 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Joe Gibbon | P | 30 | 29 | 195.3 | 3 | 35 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.751 | 1.267 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Harvey Haddix | P | 29 | 22 | 156.0 | 5 | 29 | 2 | 4 | .944 | 1.962 | 1.172 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Earl Francis | P | 23 | 15 | 102.7 | 8 | 20 | 1 | 1 | .966 | 2.455 | 1.217 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Vinegar Bend Mizell | P | 25 | 17 | 100.0 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1 | .867 | 1.170 | .520 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Clem Labine | P | 56 | 1 | 92.7 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 0 | .960 | 2.331 | .429 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Roy Face | P | 62 | 0 | 92.0 | 13 | 22 | 3 | 2 | .921 | 3.424 | .565 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Bobby Shantz | P | 43 | 6 | 89.3 | 13 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 3.123 | .721 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Tom Sturdivant | P | 13 | 11 | 85.7 | 9 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.101 | 1.538 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Al McBean | P | 27 | 2 | 74.3 | 4 | 23 | 1 | 1 | .964 | 3.269 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Vern Law | P | 11 | 10 | 59.3 | 7 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 3.034 | 1.818 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Al Jackson | P | 3 | 2 | 23.7 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 3.423 | 3.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Fred Green | P | 13 | 0 | 20.7 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 3.484 | .615 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Red Witt | P | 9 | 1 | 15.7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .574 | .111 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Larry Foss | P | 3 | 3 | 15.3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .750 | 1.761 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Jim Umbricht | P | 1 | 0 | 3.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Tom Cheney | P | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Dick Groat | SS | 144 | 143 | 1255.7 | 235 | 473 | 32 | 117 | .957 | 5.075 | 4.917 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Dick Schofield | SS | 9 | 6 | 61.3 | 15 | 24 | 1 | 7 | .975 | 5.723 | 4.333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Johnny Logan | SS | 6 | 5 | 45.0 | 9 | 15 | 1 | 3 | .960 | 4.800 | 4.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Totals | 1705 | 1386 | 12258.0 | 4086 | 1793 | 150 | 512 | .975 | 4.316 | 3.448 | 19 | 40 | 41 | 24 | 36.9 |
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