St. Louis Cardinals 1961
80–74record
.519win pct
703runs
668allowed
+35run diff
103home runs
40players
The three rarest things in 1961
| Rarity | What | Who | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 80 | Walk-Off Passed Ball | St. Louis Cardinals | 1961-09-14 | 1 in 4,340 games | box score ↗ |
| 61 | The Cycle | 1961-09-14 | 1 in 694 games | box score ↗ | |
| 51 | Three Wild Pitches | LMLindy McDaniel | 1961-09-14 | 1 in 273 games | box score ↗ |
Batting (40)
| Player | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 153 | 664 | 589 | 109 | 194 | 26 | 11 | 24 | 95 | 68 | 91 | 6 | 3 | .329 | .397 | .533 | .930 | |
| 153 | 663 | 591 | 89 | 169 | 28 | 11 | 20 | 90 | 64 | 84 | 8 | 11 | .286 | .354 | .472 | .826 | |
| 113 | 484 | 445 | 58 | 124 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 41 | 30 | 51 | 11 | 4 | .279 | .326 | .337 | .663 | |
| 123 | 431 | 372 | 46 | 107 | 22 | 4 | 15 | 70 | 52 | 35 | 0 | 0 | .288 | .371 | .489 | .860 | |
| JCJoe Cunningham | 113 | 390 | 322 | 60 | 92 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 40 | 53 | 32 | 1 | 0 | .286 | .403 | .398 | .801 |
| 132 | 380 | 335 | 53 | 108 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 21 | 35 | 33 | 6 | 2 | .322 | .391 | .415 | .806 | |
| CJCharlie James | 108 | 371 | 349 | 43 | 89 | 19 | 2 | 4 | 44 | 15 | 59 | 2 | 2 | .255 | .288 | .355 | .644 |
| BLBob Lillis | 86 | 245 | 230 | 24 | 50 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 7 | 13 | 3 | 3 | .217 | .245 | .235 | .480 |
| DTDon Taussig | 98 | 210 | 188 | 27 | 54 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 25 | 16 | 34 | 2 | 2 | .287 | .338 | .447 | .785 |
| CSCarl Sawatski | 86 | 200 | 174 | 23 | 52 | 8 | 0 | 10 | 33 | 25 | 17 | 0 | 0 | .299 | .385 | .517 | .902 |
| AGAlex Grammas | 89 | 197 | 170 | 23 | 36 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 19 | 21 | 0 | 1 | .212 | .293 | .282 | .576 |
| CWCarl Warwick | 55 | 177 | 152 | 27 | 38 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 18 | 33 | 3 | 0 | .250 | .324 | .395 | .718 |
| JSJimmie Schaffer | 68 | 167 | 153 | 15 | 39 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 29 | 0 | 0 | .255 | .301 | .320 | .621 |
| DSDaryl Spencer | 37 | 153 | 130 | 19 | 33 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 21 | 23 | 17 | 1 | 0 | .254 | .366 | .377 | .743 |
| HSHal Smith | 45 | 142 | 125 | 6 | 31 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 0 | 0 | .248 | .309 | .296 | .605 |
| 72 | 133 | 120 | 9 | 36 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .300 | .364 | .400 | .764 | |
| JBJerry Buchek | 31 | 93 | 90 | 6 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 0 | .133 | .151 | .156 | .306 |
| RSRay Sadecki | 36 | 90 | 87 | 6 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | .253 | .261 | .299 | .560 |
| LJLarry Jackson | 34 | 83 | 74 | 9 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 0 | .176 | .208 | .270 | .478 |
| CSCurt Simmons | 32 | 77 | 66 | 9 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 22 | 0 | 0 | .303 | .378 | .348 | .727 |
| 40 | 75 | 66 | 4 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 23 | 0 | 0 | .197 | .236 | .318 | .554 | |
| DLDon Landrum | 28 | 74 | 66 | 5 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 1 | 0 | .167 | .225 | .242 | .468 |
| EBErnie Broglio | 29 | 70 | 62 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 0 | .145 | .182 | .161 | .343 |
| 22 | 68 | 67 | 5 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | .239 | .239 | .343 | .582 | |
| GOGene Oliver | 22 | 61 | 52 | 8 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 0 | .269 | .367 | .538 | .905 |
| JGJulio Gotay | 10 | 48 | 45 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | .244 | .292 | .333 | .625 |
| WMWalt Moryn | 17 | 33 | 32 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | .125 | .152 | .188 | .339 |
| EOEd Olivares | 21 | 31 | 30 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .167 | .161 | .167 | .328 |
| ACAl Cicotte | 29 | 21 | 21 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | .286 | .286 | .333 | .619 |
| LMLindy McDaniel | 55 | 20 | 17 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | .235 | .235 | .235 | .471 |
| BMBob Miller | 35 | 18 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | .357 | .438 | .500 | .938 |
| BNBob Nieman | 6 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .471 | .471 | .529 | 1.000 |
| DCDoug Clemens | 6 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .167 | .333 | .250 | .583 |
| MMMickey McDermott | 22 | 14 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .071 | .071 | .143 | .214 |
| CACraig Anderson | 25 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .444 | .778 |
| RWRay Washburn | 3 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .125 | .125 | .125 | .250 |
| GCGeorge Crowe | 7 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .143 | .143 | .143 | .286 |
| EBEd Bauta | 13 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 |
| CCChris Cannizzaro | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 |
| BTBobby Tiefenauer | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – |
Pitching (13)
| Player | G | W–L | GS | CG | SV | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | IP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RSRay Sadecki | 31 | 14–10 | 31 | 13 | 0 | 196 | 100 | 92 | 102 | 114 | 28 | 222.2 | 3.72 | 1.34 |
| 35 | 13–12 | 27 | 10 | 1 | 186 | 91 | 76 | 119 | 166 | 13 | 211.1 | 3.24 | 1.44 | |
| LJLarry Jackson | 33 | 14–11 | 28 | 12 | 0 | 203 | 99 | 88 | 56 | 113 | 20 | 211.0 | 3.75 | 1.23 |
| CSCurt Simmons | 30 | 9–10 | 29 | 6 | 0 | 203 | 91 | 68 | 64 | 99 | 14 | 195.2 | 3.13 | 1.36 |
| EBErnie Broglio | 29 | 9–12 | 26 | 7 | 0 | 166 | 97 | 80 | 75 | 113 | 19 | 174.2 | 4.12 | 1.38 |
| LMLindy McDaniel | 55 | 10–6 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 117 | 57 | 51 | 31 | 65 | 11 | 94.1 | 4.87 | 1.57 |
| ACAl Cicotte | 29 | 2–6 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 83 | 47 | 44 | 34 | 51 | 16 | 75.0 | 5.28 | 1.56 |
| BMBob Miller | 34 | 1–3 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 82 | 41 | 35 | 46 | 39 | 6 | 74.1 | 4.24 | 1.72 |
| CACraig Anderson | 25 | 4–3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 38 | 15 | 14 | 12 | 21 | 3 | 38.2 | 3.26 | 1.29 |
| MMMickey McDermott | 19 | 1–0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 29 | 17 | 11 | 15 | 15 | 3 | 27.0 | 3.67 | 1.63 |
| RWRay Washburn | 3 | 1–1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 1 | 20.1 | 1.77 | 0.84 |
| EBEd Bauta | 13 | 2–0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 2 | 19.1 | 1.40 | 0.88 |
| BTBobby Tiefenauer | 3 | 0–0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 4.1 | 6.23 | 3.00 |