Chicago Cubs 1961

64–90record

.416win pct

689runs

800allowed

-111run diff

176home runs

37players

The three rarest things in 1961

Rarity	What	Who	Date	Rate	Game
89	Three Sacrifice Flies	Ernie Banks	1961-06-02	1 in 13,977 games	box score ↗
52	Walk-Off Walk	Chicago Cubs	1961-07-27	1 in 317 games	box score ↗
51	Three Wild Pitches	Dick Drott	1961-05-21	1 in 273 games	box score ↗

Batting (37)

Player	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Ron Santo	154	655	578	84	164	32	6	23	83	73	77	2	3	.284	.362	.479	.842
Billy Williams	146	584	529	75	147	20	7	25	86	45	70	6	0	.278	.338	.484	.822
George Altman	138	573	518	78	157	28	12	27	96	40	92	6	2	.303	.353	.560	.913
Ernie Banks	138	573	511	75	142	22	4	29	80	54	75	1	2	.278	.346	.507	.852
Don Zimmer	128	512	477	57	120	24	4	13	40	25	70	5	1	.252	.291	.400	.692
Ed Bouchee	112	386	319	49	79	12	3	12	38	58	77	1	4	.248	.371	.417	.788
Richie Ashburn	109	368	307	49	79	7	4	0	19	55	27	7	6	.257	.373	.306	.679
Al Heist	109	366	321	48	82	14	3	7	37	39	51	3	3	.255	.337	.383	.720
Jerry Kindall	96	333	310	37	75	22	3	9	44	18	89	2	2	.242	.288	.419	.707
Dick Bertell	92	287	267	20	73	7	1	2	33	15	33	0	0	.273	.308	.330	.637
Sammy Taylor	89	264	235	26	56	8	2	8	23	23	39	0	0	.238	.316	.391	.707
Andre Rodgers	73	243	214	26	57	17	0	6	23	25	53	1	1	.266	.343	.430	.773
Bob Will	86	130	113	9	29	9	0	0	8	15	19	0	1	.257	.341	.336	.677
Don Cardwell	40	107	95	6	10	3	0	3	6	6	55	0	0	.105	.167	.232	.398
Glen Hobbie	36	74	66	5	11	3	0	2	6	5	30	0	0	.167	.225	.303	.528
Jack Curtis	31	72	60	8	10	2	0	2	4	10	23	0	0	.167	.286	.300	.586
Dick Ellsworth	37	65	56	1	2	1	0	0	0	3	29	0	0	.036	.100	.054	.154
Frank Thomas	15	52	50	7	13	2	0	2	6	2	8	0	0	.260	.288	.420	.708
Moe Thacker	25	47	35	3	6	0	0	0	2	11	11	0	0	.171	.383	.171	.554
Bob Anderson	57	45	42	5	6	0	0	2	5	1	22	0	0	.143	.163	.286	.449
Mel Roach	23	42	39	1	5	2	0	0	1	3	9	1	0	.128	.190	.179	.370
Cuno Barragan	10	31	28	3	6	0	0	1	2	2	7	0	0	.214	.267	.321	.588
Ken Hubbs	10	28	28	4	5	1	1	1	2	0	8	0	0	.179	.179	.393	.571
Jim Brewer	36	25	22	1	4	0	0	0	0	2	10	0	0	.182	.250	.182	.432
Dick Drott	35	23	22	1	6	0	1	0	1	1	7	0	0	.273	.304	.364	.668
Moe Morhardt	7	21	18	3	5	0	0	0	1	3	5	0	0	.278	.381	.278	.659
Don Elston	58	14	11	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	.182	.182	.182	.364
Danny Murphy	4	14	13	3	5	0	0	2	3	1	5	0	0	.385	.429	.846	1.275
Lou Brock	4	12	11	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	.091	.167	.091	.258
Barney Schultz	41	12	10	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	.100	.100	.100	.200
Jim McAnany	11	11	10	1	3	1	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	.300	.364	.400	.764
Nelson Mathews	3	9	9	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	.111	.111	.111	.222
George Freese	9	8	7	0	2	0	0	0	1	1	4	0	0	.286	.375	.286	.661
Sammy Drake	13	6	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	.000	.167	.000	.167
Joe Schaffernoth	21	5	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
Mel Wright	11	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
Dick Burwell	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000

Pitching (12)

Player	G	W–L	GS	CG	SV	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	IP	ERA	WHIP
Don Cardwell	39	15–14	38	13	0	243	121	110	88	156	22	259.1	3.82	1.28
Glen Hobbie	36	7–13	29	7	2	207	113	94	54	103	26	198.2	4.26	1.31
Dick Ellsworth	37	10–11	31	7	0	213	90	80	48	91	23	186.2	3.86	1.40
Jack Curtis	31	10–13	27	6	0	220	117	98	51	57	23	180.1	4.89	1.50
Bob Anderson	57	7–10	12	1	8	162	85	72	56	96	14	152.0	4.26	1.43
Dick Drott	35	1–4	8	0	0	75	54	46	51	48	13	98.0	4.22	1.29
Don Elston	58	6–7	0	0	8	108	64	58	45	59	11	93.1	5.59	1.64
Jim Brewer	36	1–7	11	0	0	116	65	56	21	57	17	86.2	5.82	1.58
Barney Schultz	41	7–6	0	0	7	57	32	20	25	59	6	66.2	2.70	1.23
Joe Schaffernoth	21	0–4	0	0	0	43	29	27	18	23	7	38.1	6.34	1.59
Mel Wright	11	0–1	0	0	0	42	26	25	4	6	3	21.0	10.71	2.19
Dick Burwell	2	0–0	0	0	0	6	4	4	4	0	0	4.0	9.00	2.50