1961 St. Louis Cardinals Statistics

National League (NL)
Team Record: 80-74
Finished 5th in the NL
Attendance: 856,025, Avg. 12,229
Ballpark: Sportsman's Park IV
Manager: Solly Hemus (33-41)
Manager: Johnny Keane (47-33)
Location: St. Louis, Missouri
1961 St. Louis Cardinals Roster
1961 St. Louis Cardinals Results

The St. Louis Cardinals of the National League ended the 1961 season with a record of 80 wins and 74 losses, finishing fifth in the NL.

The Cardinals scored 703 runs and conceded 668 runs. Ken Boyer led St. Louis with 24 home runs, while Stan Musial and Bill White walloped 20 or more also. Ken Boyer recorded 95 runs batted in and topped all qualifying hitters on the roster by connecting at a .329 clip. Ray Sadecki and Larry Jackson paced the team with 14 wins each, and Curt Simmons recorded a 3.13 ERA, best among regularly-used pitchers.

Solly Hemus and Johnny Keane 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
Ray Sadecki1410.5833.72313101300222.719610092281022114308949
Larry Jackson1411.5603.75332821230211.0203998820565113403880
Bob Gibson1312.5203.24352731021211.31869176131197166618916
Lindy McDaniel106.6254.875503900994.3117575111311165218424
Curt Simmons910.4743.1330290620195.720391681464699402840
Ernie Broglio912.4294.1229262720174.7166978019755113101762
Craig Anderson43.5713.262501300138.7381514312021103164
Ed Bauta201.0001.40130900519.312532511200076
Al Cicotte26.2505.28297900175.08347441634251203333
Mickey McDermott101.0003.671901300427.0291711315215002125
Ray Washburn11.5001.7732110020.310441701211175
Bob Miller13.2504.243451300374.3824135646739004333
Bobby Tiefenauer006.233020004.3943040300124
Totals8074.5193.74339155106499241368.7133466856913657048823243445901

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
Ken Boyer15366358910919426112495636891.329.397.533.930314111059
Bill White15366359189169281120908116484.286.354.472.826279131254
Julian Javier113484445581241432411143051.279.326.337.66315052521
Curt Flood13238033553108155221623533.322.391.415.80613963702
Stan Musial123431372461072241570005235.288.371.489.860182710617
Joe Cunningham1133903226092112740105332.286.403.398.801128111313
Charlie James1083713494389192444221559.255.288.355.64412493041
Don Taussig982101882754145225221634.287.338.447.7858450330
Carl Sawatski862001742352801033002517.299.385.517.9029040017
Bob Lillis8624523024504002133713.217.245.235.4805462422
Jimmie Schaffer6816715315397011600929.255.301.320.6214951401
Carl Warwick55177152273862416301833.250.324.395.7186020430
Red Schoendienst721331209369011210126.300.364.400.7644810102
Alex Grammas891971702336101021011921.212.293.282.5764841613
Daryl Spencer37153130193340421102317.254.366.377.7434980003
Hal Smith4514212563141010001112.248.309.296.6053731324
Ray Sadecki369087622400120017.253.261.299.5602600200
Curt Simmons327766920300600822.303.378.348.7272310300
Tim McCarver22686751621160005.239.239.343.5822310100
Gene Oliver226152814204900610.269.367.538.9052822101
Bob Gibson4075664135011000323.197.236.318.5542111320
Larry Jackson348374913320600214.176.208.270.4782031600
Jerry Buchek319390612200900028.133.151.156.3061462010
Julio Gotay10484551140050035.244.292.333.6251510001
Don Landrum287466511201310514.167.225.242.4681600300
Ernie Broglio29706239100500311.145.182.161.3431010410
Bob Nieman617170810020002.471.471.5291.000900000
Al Cicotte2921212610020006.286.286.333.619700000
Bob Miller3518142501000025.357.438.500.938700200
Ed Olivares2131302500011004.167.161.167.328510010
Lindy McDaniel5520171400000005.235.235.235.471400300
Walt Moryn1733320420020015.125.152.188.339610000
Craig Anderson25992310000001.333.333.444.778400000
Ed Bauta13440200000001.500.500.5001.000200000
Doug Clemens615121210000031.167.333.250.583300000
Chris Cannizzaro6220100000000.500.500.5001.000100000
George Crowe7770100000001.143.143.143.286100000
Ray Washburn3881100000004.125.125.125.250100000
Mickey McDermott2214141110030004.071.071.143.214200000
Bobby Tiefenauer3000000000000000000
Totals2063594453077031436236511036574628494745.271.334.393.727208310833704061


Fielding:

Player Pos GP GS Inn. PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G PB WP SB CS CS%
Bill White1B1511491306.7137310417125.9891.1739.7810000
Joe Cunningham1B10662.0691081.0001.1617.0000000
Julian Javier2B113109935.32393322082.9665.4945.0530000
Bob Lillis2B2423167.04362213.9815.6594.3750000
Red Schoendienst2B3214164.04342410.9554.6652.6560000
Alex Grammas2B189101.33143111.9876.5724.1110000
Don Landrum2B101.00000.000.0000000
Ken Boyer3B1531531350.71173462423.9513.0853.0260000
Alex Grammas3B3218.003001.0001.5001.0000000
Jimmie SchafferC6845410.72442316.9965.8513.926619141450.0
Carl SawatskiC6039356.72181913.9965.9803.9506928822.2
Hal SmithC4542344.32612826.9937.5546.42219121147.8
Tim McCarverC2017146.786930.9695.8304.750257646.2
Gene OliverC1512102.0756041.0007.1475.400226114.3
Chris CannizzaroC508.350001.0005.4001.0000000
Curt FloodOF11984795.32411344.9842.8742.1340000
Stan MusialOF10399767.7149910.9941.8521.5340000
Charlie JamesOF9084754.0151361.9631.8381.7110000
Joe CunninghamOF8677649.3131251.9641.8431.5470000
Don TaussigOF8747484.3123612.9922.3971.4830000
Carl WarwickOF4839350.094231.9702.4692.0000000
Don LandrumOF2516147.0423011.0002.7551.8000000
Ed OlivaresOF10550.380001.0001.430.8000000
Walt MorynOF7646.78010.8891.5431.1430000
Bob NiemanOF4428.020001.000.643.5000000
Doug ClemensOF3324.02010.667.750.6670000
Gene OliverOF119.02010.6672.0002.0000000
Carl SawatskiOF100.30000.000.0000000
Ray SadeckiP3131222.732471.7941.091.8710000
Bob GibsonP3527211.3143524.9612.0871.4000000
Larry JacksonP3328211.0174215.9832.5171.7880000
Curt SimmonsP3029195.763614.9771.9321.4000000
Ernie BroglioP2926174.7132710.9762.0611.3790000
Lindy McDanielP55094.3522011.0002.576.4910000
Al CicotteP29775.0712011.0002.280.6550000
Bob MillerP34574.321833.8702.422.5880000
Craig AndersonP25038.737001.0002.328.4000000
Mickey McDermottP19027.013001.0001.333.2110000
Ray WashburnP3220.305001.0002.2131.6670000
Ed BautaP13019.303001.0001.397.2310000
Bobby TiefenauerP304.30000.000.0000000
Bob LillisSS5643383.7731341619.9284.8563.6960000
Alex GrammasSS6535350.781136929.9605.5693.3380000
Daryl SpencerSS3737316.766109826.9564.9744.7300000
Jerry BuchekSS3130230.042621020.9124.0703.3550000
Julio GotaySS101087.71625106.8044.2094.1000000
Totals1840139512318.041061756166420.9724.2833.1861744674037.4




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