Pittsburgh Pirates 1961
75–79record
.487win pct
694runs
675allowed
+19run diff
128home runs
37players
The three rarest things in 1961
| Rarity | What | Who | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 66 | Six Runs, No Outs | 1961-05-28 | 1 in 1,164 games | box score ↗ | |
| 57 | Three Ejections | Pittsburgh Pirates | 1961-06-06 | 1 in 469 games | box score ↗ |
| 48 | Six Times On Base | 1961-07-06 | 1 in 214 games | box score ↗ |
Batting (37)
| Player | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BVBill Virdon | 146 | 660 | 599 | 81 | 156 | 22 | 8 | 9 | 57 | 49 | 45 | 5 | 8 | .260 | .313 | .369 | .682 |
| 148 | 648 | 596 | 70 | 164 | 26 | 6 | 6 | 56 | 40 | 44 | 0 | 4 | .275 | .320 | .369 | .689 | |
| 146 | 614 | 572 | 101 | 201 | 30 | 10 | 23 | 89 | 35 | 59 | 4 | 1 | .351 | .390 | .559 | .949 | |
| 152 | 595 | 558 | 71 | 148 | 21 | 2 | 13 | 59 | 26 | 55 | 2 | 1 | .265 | .298 | .380 | .678 | |
| 145 | 586 | 503 | 72 | 150 | 27 | 7 | 12 | 62 | 73 | 53 | 4 | 2 | .298 | .388 | .451 | .839 | |
| DSDick Stuart | 138 | 576 | 532 | 83 | 160 | 28 | 8 | 35 | 117 | 34 | 121 | 0 | 3 | .301 | .344 | .581 | .925 |
| BSBob Skinner | 119 | 442 | 381 | 61 | 102 | 20 | 3 | 3 | 42 | 51 | 49 | 3 | 5 | .268 | .358 | .360 | .718 |
| SBSmoky Burgess | 100 | 356 | 323 | 37 | 98 | 17 | 3 | 12 | 52 | 30 | 16 | 1 | 0 | .303 | .365 | .486 | .851 |
| HSHal Smith | 67 | 208 | 193 | 12 | 43 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 26 | 11 | 38 | 0 | 0 | .223 | .267 | .321 | .588 |
| JCJoe Christopher | 76 | 206 | 186 | 25 | 49 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 18 | 24 | 6 | 4 | .263 | .327 | .333 | .660 |
| RNRocky Nelson | 75 | 146 | 127 | 15 | 25 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 17 | 11 | 0 | 0 | .197 | .301 | .370 | .671 |
| DSDick Schofield | 60 | 90 | 78 | 16 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 19 | 0 | 1 | .192 | .284 | .244 | .528 |
| 41 | 89 | 79 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 36 | 0 | 0 | .139 | .150 | .165 | .315 | |
| JGJoe Gibbon | 31 | 71 | 59 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 22 | 0 | 0 | .136 | .148 | .186 | .334 |
| GCGino Cimoli | 21 | 69 | 67 | 4 | 20 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 0 | .299 | .319 | .373 | .692 |
| WMWalt Moryn | 40 | 68 | 65 | 6 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .235 | .354 | .589 |
| 31 | 67 | 56 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 0 | 0 | .143 | .226 | .196 | .422 | |
| DLDon Leppert | 22 | 62 | 60 | 6 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | .267 | .279 | .483 | .762 |
| JLJohnny Logan | 27 | 56 | 52 | 5 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | .231 | .286 | .308 | .593 |
| DCDonn Clendenon | 9 | 40 | 35 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 0 | .314 | .400 | .400 | .800 |
| TSTom Sturdivant | 13 | 33 | 32 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 |
| EFEarl Francis | 23 | 31 | 28 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 1 | 0 | .107 | .194 | .107 | .301 |
| VMVinegar Bend Mizell | 25 | 31 | 23 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | .130 | .192 | .130 | .323 |
| VLVern Law | 11 | 24 | 19 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .263 | .318 | .316 | .634 |
| 44 | 20 | 16 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .438 | .526 | .500 | 1.026 | |
| AMAl McBean | 28 | 16 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .267 | .267 | .467 | .733 |
| GBGene Baker | 9 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .100 | .308 | .100 | .408 |
| 62 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .273 | .273 | .273 | .545 | |
| 56 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | .100 | .182 | .100 | .282 | |
| AJAl Jackson | 5 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .111 | .000 | .111 |
| LFLarry Foss | 3 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 |
| BOBob Oldis | 4 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| FGFred Green | 13 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| RWRed Witt | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 1.500 |
| RMRoman Mejias | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| JUJim Umbricht | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 |
| TCTom Cheney | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – |
Pitching (17)
| Player | G | W–L | GS | CG | SV | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | IP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 41 | 14–19 | 35 | 10 | 1 | 271 | 119 | 101 | 45 | 108 | 16 | 236.0 | 3.85 | 1.34 | |
| JGJoe Gibbon | 30 | 13–10 | 29 | 7 | 0 | 185 | 85 | 72 | 57 | 145 | 16 | 195.1 | 3.32 | 1.24 |
| 29 | 10–6 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 159 | 72 | 71 | 41 | 99 | 15 | 156.0 | 4.10 | 1.28 | |
| EFEarl Francis | 23 | 2–8 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 110 | 60 | 48 | 47 | 53 | 4 | 102.2 | 4.21 | 1.53 |
| VMVinegar Bend Mizell | 25 | 7–10 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 120 | 61 | 56 | 31 | 37 | 16 | 100.0 | 5.04 | 1.51 |
| 56 | 4–1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 102 | 43 | 38 | 31 | 49 | 4 | 92.2 | 3.69 | 1.44 | |
| 62 | 6–12 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 94 | 44 | 39 | 10 | 55 | 12 | 92.0 | 3.82 | 1.13 | |
| 43 | 6–3 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 91 | 38 | 33 | 26 | 61 | 5 | 89.1 | 3.32 | 1.31 | |
| TSTom Sturdivant | 13 | 5–2 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 81 | 29 | 27 | 17 | 45 | 6 | 85.2 | 2.84 | 1.14 |
| AMAl McBean | 27 | 3–2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 72 | 35 | 31 | 42 | 49 | 4 | 74.1 | 3.75 | 1.53 |
| VLVern Law | 11 | 3–4 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 72 | 33 | 31 | 18 | 20 | 10 | 59.1 | 4.70 | 1.52 |
| AJAl Jackson | 3 | 1–0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 15 | 2 | 23.2 | 3.42 | 1.01 |
| FGFred Green | 13 | 0–0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 16 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 20.2 | 4.79 | 1.74 |
| RWRed Witt | 9 | 0–1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 15.2 | 6.32 | 1.40 |
| LFLarry Foss | 3 | 1–1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 15.1 | 5.87 | 1.70 |
| JUJim Umbricht | 1 | 0–0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3.1 | 2.70 | 2.10 |
| TCTom Cheney | 1 | 0–0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | – | – |