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1961 National League Batting Against

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Team & League Batting Against*

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Tm R/G G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
CHC 5.13 156 6019 5388 800 1492 202 43 165 61 35 465 755 .277 .336 .422 .758 .294 2275 145 35 87 44 47
CIN 4.24 154 5834 5195 653 1300 222 29 147 68 33 500 829 .250 .318 .389 .707 .271 2021 89 32 65 42 37
LAD 4.53 154 5950 5259 697 1346 204 42 167 53 33 544 1105 .256 .329 .406 .735 .293 2135 123 48 65 34 71
MLN 4.23 155 5894 5259 656 1357 203 52 153 43 36 493 652 .258 .323 .404 .726 .268 2123 129 23 87 32 35
PHI 5.14 155 5982 5308 796 1452 245 56 155 73 60 521 775 .274 .340 .428 .768 .293 2274 138 34 77 42 66
PIT 4.38 154 5791 5260 675 1442 218 53 121 41 24 400 759 .274 .326 .405 .731 .299 2129 152 25 67 39 68
SFG 4.23 155 5891 5255 655 1306 203 48 152 63 29 502 924 .249 .316 .392 .708 .274 2061 91 33 66 35 70
STL 4.31 155 5901 5204 668 1334 252 27 136 67 40 570 823 .256 .330 .394 .724 .279 2048 116 24 58 45 48
LgAvg 4.52 155 5908 5266 700 1379 219 44 150 59 36 499 828 .262 .327 .405 .732 .284 2133 123 32 72 39 55
4.52 1238 47262 42128 5600 11029 1749 350 1196 469 290 3995 6622 .262 .327 .405 .732 .284 17066 983 254 572 313 442

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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Rk Age Tm IP G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1 Bob Anderson 25 CHC 152.0 57 659 588 85 162 19 7 14 7 4 56 96 .276 .338 .403 .742 .307 237 22 2 9 4 11
2 Craig Anderson 22 STL 38.2 25 164 149 15 38 8 1 3 6 2 12 21 .255 .313 .383 .695 .278 57 0 1 1 1 0
3 *Johnny Antonelli 31 MLN 10.2 9 51 47 9 16 3 1 2 0 0 3 8 .340 .373 .574 .947 .368 27 0 0 0 1 0
4 Jack Baldschun 24 PHI 99.2 65 435 370 53 90 11 1 7 6 3 49 59 .243 .338 .335 .673 .271 124 8 5 9 2 11
5 Ed Bauta 26 STL 19.1 13 76 70 5 12 2 1 2 0 0 5 12 .171 .224 .314 .538 .175 22 0 0 0 1 1
6 Bobby Bolin 22 SFG 48.0 37 224 176 20 37 9 0 6 7 0 37 48 .210 .352 .364 .715 .248 64 2 3 5 3 8
7 *Jim Brewer 23 CHC 86.2 36 388 361 65 116 18 2 17 3 4 21 57 .321 .358 .524 .881 .341 189 11 1 2 3 2
8 *Marshall Bridges 30 CIN 20.2 13 98 82 19 26 4 0 4 0 1 11 17 .317 .400 .512 .912 .355 42 1 1 3 1 0
9 Ernie Broglio 25 STL 174.2 29 762 669 97 166 33 2 19 10 6 75 113 .248 .322 .389 .710 .270 260 8 1 10 7 5
10 Jim Brosnan 31 CIN 80.0 53 334 307 34 77 13 3 7 0 0 18 40 .251 .290 .381 .671 .266 117 4 0 6 3 3
11 Paul Brown 20 PHI 10.0 5 50 40 9 13 1 1 3 0 0 8 1 .325 .440 .625 1.065 .270 25 1 1 0 1 0
12 *George Brunet 26 MLN 5.0 5 23 17 3 7 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 .412 .450 .706 1.156 .353 12 0 0 3 1 0
13 Bob Buhl 32 MLN 188.1 32 820 703 99 180 29 7 23 9 8 98 77 .256 .350 .415 .765 .259 292 20 5 11 3 4
14 Lew Burdette 34 MLN 272.1 40 1125 1081 131 295 46 12 31 9 7 33 92 .273 .296 .424 .719 .275 458 22 3 5 3 3
15 Dick Burwell 21 CHC 4.0 2 21 16 4 6 1 0 0 1 0 4 0 .375 .476 .438 .914 .353 7 0 0 0 1 0
16 John Buzhardt 24 PHI 202.1 41 848 760 107 200 26 4 28 4 8 65 92 .263 .325 .418 .743 .267 318 24 6 13 4 6
17 Don Cardwell 25 CHC 259.1 39 1104 986 121 243 33 5 22 13 4 88 156 .246 .313 .357 .670 .271 352 19 10 13 7 0
18 Tom Cheney 26 PIT 0.0 1 6 2 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 4 0 .500 .833 2.000 2.833 .000 4 0 0 0 0 0
19 Al Cicotte 31 STL 75.0 29 333 293 47 83 13 2 16 5 4 34 51 .283 .362 .505 .867 .296 148 6 2 4 0 2
20 Tony Cloninger 20 MLN 84.0 19 362 324 49 84 16 2 16 3 2 33 51 .259 .328 .469 .797 .263 152 6 1 2 2 1
21 Roger Craig 31 LAD 112.2 40 513 451 87 130 21 2 22 3 4 52 63 .288 .365 .490 .855 .293 221 13 4 3 3 7
22 *Jack Curtis 24 CHC 180.1 31 802 725 117 220 31 4 23 5 2 51 57 .303 .346 .452 .799 .302 328 18 1 17 8 6
23 Moe Drabowsky 25 MLN 25.1 16 118 94 15 26 3 3 4 0 1 18 5 .277 .391 .500 .891 .253 47 2 1 3 2 3
24 Dick Drott 24 CHC 98.0 35 414 349 54 75 12 4 13 6 4 51 48 .215 .311 .384 .695 .210 134 4 1 6 7 0
25 Don Drysdale 24 LAD 244.0 40 1047 928 111 236 40 5 29 14 5 83 182 .254 .326 .402 .728 .286 373 24 20 8 8 15
Rk Age Tm IP G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
26 Jim Duffalo 25 SFG 61.2 24 271 230 31 59 10 1 9 1 3 32 37 .257 .348 .426 .774 .267 98 3 2 4 3 7
27 *Dick Ellsworth 21 CHC 186.2 37 799 729 90 213 30 5 23 3 5 48 91 .292 .337 .442 .778 .307 322 27 3 15 4 3
28 Don Elston 32 CHC 93.1 58 421 364 64 108 16 5 11 4 8 45 59 .297 .381 .459 .840 .328 167 11 6 4 2 12
29 Roy Face 33 PIT 92.0 62 373 352 44 94 7 4 12 0 2 10 55 .267 .287 .412 .699 .285 145 9 1 7 3 4
30 Turk Farrell 27 TOT 98.2 55 460 398 64 117 21 2 15 6 1 49 90 .294 .373 .470 .842 .346 187 4 2 9 2 15
31 Turk Farrell 27 PHI 9.2 5 46 37 8 10 1 0 3 2 0 6 10 .270 .386 .541 .927 .292 20 1 1 2 0 1
32 Turk Farrell 27 LAD 89.0 50 414 361 56 107 20 2 12 4 1 43 80 .296 .371 .463 .834 .351 167 3 1 7 2 14
33 *Don Ferrarese 32 PHI 138.2 42 587 512 64 120 19 10 14 4 9 68 89 .234 .325 .393 .717 .259 201 14 1 5 1 4
34 Eddie Fisher 24 SFG 33.2 15 146 135 23 36 8 1 7 0 0 9 16 .267 .313 .496 .809 .259 67 5 0 2 0 3
35 Larry Foss 25 PIT 15.1 3 70 55 11 15 1 1 3 0 1 11 9 .273 .406 .491 .897 .273 27 1 2 1 1 0
36 Earl Francis 25 PIT 102.2 23 458 402 60 110 18 4 4 6 2 47 53 .274 .348 .368 .716 .304 148 8 1 4 4 7
37 Bob Friend 30 PIT 236.0 41 1002 938 119 271 52 11 16 8 2 45 108 .289 .321 .419 .740 .311 393 27 3 9 7 10
38 *Joe Gibbon 26 PIT 195.1 30 816 736 85 185 22 6 16 6 3 57 145 .251 .306 .363 .669 .291 267 16 4 13 6 4
39 Bob Gibson 25 STL 211.1 35 916 778 91 186 43 3 13 9 6 119 166 .239 .342 .352 .694 .285 274 22 6 6 7 7
40 Jim Golden 25 LAD 42.0 28 199 170 30 52 7 4 7 1 1 20 18 .306 .377 .518 .895 .308 88 2 0 8 1 2
41 Dallas Green 26 PHI 128.0 42 566 508 77 160 24 4 8 9 8 47 51 .315 .372 .425 .797 .335 216 18 2 4 5 6
42 *Fred Green 27 PIT 20.2 13 95 84 16 27 3 1 2 1 0 9 4 .321 .387 .452 .839 .321 38 3 0 2 0 2
43 *Harvey Haddix 35 PIT 156.0 29 646 597 72 159 26 6 15 4 1 41 99 .266 .313 .405 .719 .295 242 24 2 1 5 6
44 *Bob Hendley 22 MLN 97.0 19 412 366 46 96 7 4 8 4 2 39 44 .262 .332 .369 .701 .278 135 14 0 5 2 2
45 *Bill Henry 33 CIN 53.1 47 225 206 18 50 11 0 8 5 0 15 53 .243 .293 .413 .705 .288 85 3 0 3 1 4
46 Glen Hobbie 25 CHC 198.2 36 848 772 113 207 24 5 26 8 1 54 103 .268 .318 .413 .731 .278 319 22 6 9 7 7
47 Jay Hook 24 CIN 62.2 22 291 258 55 83 15 3 14 3 3 22 36 .322 .382 .566 .948 .327 146 3 5 3 3 2
48 Ken Hunt 22 CIN 136.1 29 586 506 70 130 17 1 13 12 5 66 75 .257 .348 .372 .719 .278 188 14 6 5 3 1
49 *Al Jackson 25 PIT 23.2 3 91 86 10 20 4 1 2 0 0 4 15 .233 .267 .372 .639 .261 32 5 0 1 0 1
50 Larry Jackson 30 STL 211.0 33 880 807 99 203 35 5 20 8 2 56 113 .252 .301 .382 .683 .269 308 17 4 6 7 5
Rk Age Tm IP G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
51 Joey Jay 25 CIN 247.1 34 1036 922 102 217 34 2 25 16 5 92 157 .235 .306 .358 .664 .257 330 15 5 11 6 1
52 Ken Johnson 28 CIN 83.0 15 339 308 33 71 15 0 11 4 0 22 42 .231 .284 .386 .671 .233 119 5 2 5 2 1
53 Sam Jones 35 SFG 128.1 37 579 507 72 134 13 4 12 8 2 57 105 .264 .347 .377 .723 .311 191 9 8 5 2 7
54 Sherman Jones 26 CIN 55.0 24 239 199 32 51 11 1 6 0 3 27 32 .256 .340 .412 .752 .268 82 4 2 4 7 6
55 *Sandy Koufax 25 LAD 255.2 42 1068 954 117 212 31 6 27 6 7 96 269 .222 .295 .352 .647 .280 336 14 3 12 3 6
56 Clem Labine 34 PIT 92.2 56 399 359 43 102 17 4 4 1 3 31 49 .284 .342 .387 .729 .317 139 9 2 4 3 8
57 Vern Law 31 PIT 59.1 11 258 236 33 72 9 2 10 1 3 18 20 .305 .355 .487 .843 .300 115 8 1 2 1 3
58 *Ken Lehman 33 PHI 63.1 41 269 235 32 61 16 1 6 2 1 25 27 .260 .331 .413 .744 .270 97 7 1 6 2 8
59 *Dick LeMay 22 SFG 83.1 27 348 300 35 65 7 3 11 1 0 36 54 .217 .307 .370 .677 .228 111 5 4 6 2 7
60 Billy Loes 31 SFG 114.2 26 494 443 62 114 18 3 13 5 2 39 55 .257 .323 .400 .723 .268 177 4 5 5 2 4
61 *Ken Mackenzie 27 MLN 7.0 5 31 27 5 8 1 0 1 0 0 2 5 .296 .367 .444 .811 .333 12 1 1 1 0 0
62 Art Mahaffey 23 PHI 219.1 36 916 823 110 205 43 12 27 11 10 70 158 .249 .310 .429 .739 .275 353 13 7 7 9 6
63 Jim Maloney 21 CIN 94.2 27 424 355 54 86 8 1 16 10 0 59 57 .242 .349 .406 .755 .246 144 7 1 6 3 4
64 Juan Marichal 23 SFG 185.0 29 769 711 88 183 30 7 24 11 7 48 124 .257 .305 .421 .725 .280 299 10 2 4 4 5
65 Al McBean 23 PIT 74.1 27 330 274 35 72 10 2 4 2 0 42 49 .263 .365 .358 .723 .304 98 11 4 7 3 5
66 *Mike McCormick 22 SFG 250.0 40 1033 942 99 235 31 9 33 4 6 75 163 .249 .305 .407 .712 .269 383 16 2 10 4 3
67 Lindy McDaniel 25 STL 94.1 55 424 383 57 117 12 1 11 6 2 31 65 .305 .359 .428 .787 .343 164 10 2 6 2 11
68 *Mickey McDermott 32 STL 27.0 19 123 105 17 29 4 1 3 0 1 15 15 .276 .364 .419 .783 .295 44 4 0 2 1 2
69 Don McMahon 31 MLN 92.0 53 402 337 35 84 10 2 4 7 3 51 55 .249 .349 .326 .675 .285 110 6 2 9 3 6
70 Jack Meyer 29 PHI 2.0 1 9 7 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 .286 .444 .714 1.159 .250 5 0 0 0 0 0
71 Bob Miller 22 STL 74.1 34 333 283 41 82 18 1 6 5 5 46 39 .290 .388 .424 .812 .318 120 11 0 3 1 7
72 Stu Miller 33 SFG 122.0 63 487 441 41 95 23 3 4 11 5 37 89 .215 .277 .308 .585 .261 136 6 1 7 1 11
73 *Vinegar Bend Mizell 30 PIT 100.0 25 437 401 61 120 23 2 16 5 5 31 37 .299 .348 .486 .834 .297 195 9 0 3 2 8
74 *Seth Morehead 26 MLN 15.1 12 70 59 11 16 2 0 4 0 0 7 13 .271 .358 .508 .867 .286 30 1 1 3 0 0
75 Don Nottebart 25 MLN 126.1 38 532 467 61 117 17 2 11 4 2 48 66 .251 .321 .366 .687 .269 171 10 2 11 4 2
Rk Age Tm IP G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
76 Howie Nunn 25 CIN 37.2 24 170 139 17 35 6 2 0 4 1 24 26 .252 .357 .324 .681 .299 45 2 1 2 4 4
77 *Billy O'Dell 29 SFG 130.1 46 553 507 63 132 23 4 10 2 0 33 110 .260 .305 .381 .686 .313 193 10 1 9 3 6
78 *Jim O'Toole 24 CIN 252.2 39 1061 954 101 229 36 8 16 4 8 93 178 .240 .308 .345 .653 .279 329 19 3 7 4 7
79 Chi-Chi Olivo 33 MLN 2.0 3 13 7 4 3 1 0 1 0 0 5 1 .429 .667 1.000 1.667 .400 7 0 0 1 0 1
80 Phil Ortega 21 LAD 13.0 4 50 48 9 10 0 0 6 1 0 2 15 .208 .240 .583 .823 .148 28 2 0 0 0 0
81 *Claude Osteen 21 CIN 0.1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
82 Jim Owens 27 PHI 106.2 20 458 414 62 119 22 9 8 6 2 32 38 .287 .335 .442 .777 .298 183 14 0 7 5 2
83 Ed Palmquist 28 LAD 8.2 5 43 30 8 10 1 2 0 0 0 7 5 .333 .463 .500 .963 .370 15 1 2 2 2 0
84 *Ron Perranoski 25 LAD 91.2 53 393 336 31 82 11 5 5 0 1 41 56 .244 .330 .351 .681 .276 118 12 4 8 4 7
85 Ron Piche 26 MLN 23.1 12 104 84 12 20 4 2 1 1 0 16 16 .238 .353 .369 .722 .275 31 4 0 2 2 2
86 *Johnny Podres 28 LAD 182.2 32 772 708 81 192 23 6 27 4 5 51 124 .271 .322 .435 .757 .294 308 20 4 5 4 2
87 Bob Purkey 31 CIN 246.1 36 1030 958 118 245 52 8 27 10 7 51 116 .256 .296 .411 .707 .266 394 12 6 10 5 4
88 Claude Raymond 24 MLN 20.1 13 91 80 9 22 3 3 2 1 1 9 13 .275 .356 .463 .818 .308 37 0 1 1 0 1
89 Robin Roberts 34 PHI 117.0 26 510 470 85 154 27 7 19 6 8 23 54 .328 .355 .536 .891 .333 252 12 2 6 9 6
90 Ed Roebuck 29 LAD 9.0 5 39 37 5 12 2 0 1 0 1 2 9 .324 .359 .459 .818 .407 17 1 0 0 0 0
91 *Ray Sadecki 20 STL 222.2 31 949 824 100 196 44 5 28 6 5 102 114 .238 .321 .405 .726 .243 334 18 3 11 9 2
92 Jack Sanford 32 SFG 217.1 38 924 816 114 203 29 13 22 13 3 87 112 .249 .321 .397 .718 .262 324 19 5 6 10 7
93 Joe Schaffernoth 23 CHC 38.1 21 170 147 29 43 9 2 7 2 0 18 23 .293 .373 .524 .897 .308 77 4 1 4 0 2
94 Barney Schultz 34 CHC 66.2 41 286 250 32 57 5 1 6 7 2 25 59 .228 .307 .328 .635 .274 82 5 4 6 1 4
95 *Bobby Shantz 35 PIT 89.1 43 377 336 38 91 8 5 5 2 0 26 61 .271 .328 .369 .697 .315 124 13 4 8 3 6
96 Larry Sherry 25 LAD 94.2 53 404 357 48 90 17 5 10 4 4 39 79 .252 .332 .412 .743 .297 147 7 4 3 1 9
97 *Chris Short 23 PHI 127.1 39 601 517 94 157 28 4 12 11 5 71 80 .304 .390 .443 .833 .340 229 16 3 9 1 11
98 *Curt Simmons 32 STL 195.2 30 842 757 91 203 34 4 14 9 7 64 99 .268 .325 .379 .704 .289 287 16 4 8 9 6
99 *Warren Spahn 40 MLN 262.2 38 1064 971 96 236 36 8 24 2 4 64 115 .243 .291 .371 .662 .253 360 30 4 19 6 1
100 Tom Sturdivant 31 PIT 85.2 13 349 325 29 81 16 3 6 3 1 17 45 .249 .288 .372 .660 .273 121 7 1 5 1 3
Rk Age Tm IP G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
101 Frank Sullivan 31 PHI 159.1 49 687 615 93 161 27 3 19 12 6 55 114 .262 .326 .408 .734 .293 251 10 5 9 3 5
102 Bobby Tiefenauer 31 STL 4.1 3 24 20 4 9 3 0 0 1 0 4 3 .450 .542 .600 1.142 .529 12 0 0 0 0 0
103 Jim Umbricht 30 PIT 3.1 1 17 15 2 5 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 .333 .412 .400 .812 .357 6 0 0 0 0 1
104 Ray Washburn 23 STL 20.1 3 75 66 4 10 3 1 1 2 0 7 12 .152 .243 .273 .516 .170 18 4 1 1 0 0
105 Carl Willey 30 MLN 159.2 35 676 595 71 147 25 5 20 3 6 65 91 .247 .322 .407 .729 .261 242 13 2 11 3 9
106 Stan Williams 24 LAD 235.1 41 1008 879 114 213 31 5 21 16 4 108 205 .242 .327 .361 .688 .291 317 24 6 9 6 9
107 George Witt 27 PIT 15.2 9 67 62 12 17 1 1 5 2 1 5 9 .274 .328 .565 .893 .250 35 2 0 0 0 0
108 Mel Wright 33 CHC 21.0 11 107 101 26 42 4 3 3 2 1 4 6 .416 .438 .604 1.042 .424 61 2 0 2 0 0
109 Dom Zanni 29 SFG 13.2 8 63 47 7 13 2 0 1 0 1 12 11 .277 .417 .383 .800 .333 18 2 0 3 1 2
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