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1961 St. Louis Cardinals

1961 > Class Major League > 1961 National League
Overall: 80-74
Scored 703 runs, Allowed 668 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 81-73

Affiliation: none or n/a
Manager: Solly Hemus and Johnny Keane
Represented: St. Louis, MO
Ballpark: n/a
Attendance: n/a
Other Years: 1960 / 1962

Team Batting

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer
Rk Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1 Craig Anderson 22 25 9 9 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .444 .778 4 0 0 0 0 0
2 Ed Bauta 26 13 4 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .500 1.000 2 0 0 0 0 0
3 Ken Boyer 30 153 663 589 109 194 26 11 24 95 6 3 68 91 .329 .397 .533 .930 314 11 1 0 5 9
4 Ernie Broglio 25 29 70 62 3 9 1 0 0 5 0 0 3 11 .145 .182 .161 .343 10 1 0 4 1 0
5 Jerry Buchek 19 31 93 90 6 12 2 0 0 9 0 0 0 28 .133 .151 .156 .306 14 6 2 0 1 0
6 Chris Cannizzaro 23 6 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 1 0 0 0 0 0
7 Al Cicotte 31 29 21 21 2 6 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 6 .286 .286 .333 .619 7 0 0 0 0 0
8 Doug Clemens* 22 6 15 12 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 .167 .333 .250 .583 3 0 0 0 0 0
9 George Crowe* 40 7 7 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .143 .143 .143 .286 1 0 0 0 0 0
10 Joe Cunningham* 29 113 390 322 60 92 11 2 7 40 1 0 53 32 .286 .403 .398 .801 128 1 11 3 1 3
11 Curt Flood 23 132 380 335 53 108 15 5 2 21 6 2 35 33 .322 .391 .415 .806 139 6 3 7 0 2
12 Bob Gibson 25 40 75 66 4 13 5 0 1 10 0 0 3 23 .197 .236 .318 .554 21 1 1 3 2 0
13 Julio Gotay 22 10 48 45 5 11 4 0 0 5 0 0 3 5 .244 .292 .333 .625 15 1 0 0 0 1
14 Alex Grammas 35 89 197 170 23 36 10 1 0 21 0 1 19 21 .212 .293 .282 .576 48 4 1 6 1 3
15 Larry Jackson 30 34 83 74 9 13 3 2 0 6 0 0 2 14 .176 .208 .270 .478 20 3 1 6 0 0
16 Charlie James 23 108 371 349 43 89 19 2 4 44 2 2 15 59 .255 .288 .355 .644 124 9 3 0 4 1
17 Julian Javier 24 113 484 445 58 124 14 3 2 41 11 4 30 51 .279 .326 .337 .663 150 5 2 5 2 1
18 Don Landrum* 25 28 74 66 5 11 2 0 1 3 1 0 5 14 .167 .225 .242 .468 16 0 0 3 0 0
19 Tim McCarver* 19 22 68 67 5 16 2 1 1 6 0 0 0 5 .239 .239 .343 .582 23 1 0 1 0 0
20 Lindy McDaniel 25 55 20 17 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .235 .235 .235 .471 4 0 0 3 0 0
21 Mickey McDermott* 32 22 14 14 1 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 4 .071 .071 .143 .214 2 0 0 0 0 0
22 Bob Miller 22 35 18 14 2 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 5 .357 .438 .500 .938 7 0 0 2 0 0
23 Stan Musial* 40 123 431 372 46 107 22 4 15 70 0 0 52 35 .288 .371 .489 .860 182 7 1 0 6 17
24 Bob Nieman 34 6 17 17 0 8 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 .471 .471 .529 1.000 9 0 0 0 0 0
25 Ed Olivares 22 21 31 30 2 5 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 .167 .161 .167 .328 5 1 0 0 1 0
26 Gene Oliver 26 22 61 52 8 14 2 0 4 9 0 0 6 10 .269 .367 .538 .905 28 2 2 1 0 1
27 Ray Sadecki* 20 36 90 87 6 22 4 0 0 12 0 0 1 7 .253 .261 .299 .560 26 0 0 2 0 0
28 Carl Sawatski* 33 86 200 174 23 52 8 0 10 33 0 0 25 17 .299 .385 .517 .902 90 4 0 0 1 7
29 Jimmie Schaffer 25 68 167 153 15 39 7 0 1 16 0 0 9 29 .255 .301 .320 .621 49 5 1 4 0 1
30 Red Schoendienst# 38 72 133 120 9 36 9 0 1 12 1 0 12 6 .300 .364 .400 .764 48 1 0 1 0 2
31 Curt Simmons* 32 32 77 66 9 20 3 0 0 6 0 0 8 22 .303 .378 .348 .727 23 1 0 3 0 0
32 Hal Smith 30 45 142 125 6 31 4 1 0 10 0 0 11 12 .248 .309 .296 .605 37 3 1 3 2 4
33 Don Taussig 29 98 210 188 27 54 14 5 2 25 2 2 16 34 .287 .338 .447 .785 84 5 0 3 3 0
34 Ray Washburn 23 3 8 8 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .125 .125 .125 .250 1 0 0 0 0 0
35 Bill White* 27 153 663 591 89 169 28 11 20 90 8 11 64 84 .286 .354 .472 .826 279 13 1 2 5 4
35 Players 28.1 155 5944 5307 703 1436 236 51 103 657 46 28 494 745 .271 .334 .393 .727 2083 108 33 70 40 61
Only players for whom we have stats are shown. See roster for more complete team list.

Team Pitching

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer
Rk Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1 Craig Anderson 22 4 3 .571 3.26 25 0 13 0 0 1 38.2 38 15 14 3 12 0 21 1 0 3 164 1.293 8.8 0.7 2.8 4.9 1.75
2 Ed Bauta 26 2 0 1.000 1.40 13 0 9 0 0 5 19.1 12 5 3 2 5 1 12 0 0 0 76 0.879 5.6 0.9 2.3 5.6 2.40
3 Ernie Broglio 25 9 12 .429 4.12 29 26 2 7 2 0 174.2 166 97 80 19 75 5 113 1 0 1 762 1.380 8.6 1.0 3.9 5.8 1.51
4 Al Cicotte 31 2 6 .250 5.28 29 7 9 0 0 1 75.0 83 47 44 16 34 2 51 2 0 3 333 1.560 10.0 1.9 4.1 6.1 1.50
5 Bob Gibson 25 13 12 .520 3.24 35 27 3 10 2 1 211.1 186 91 76 13 119 7 166 6 1 8 916 1.443 7.9 0.6 5.1 7.1 1.40
6 Larry Jackson 30 14 11 .560 3.75 33 28 2 12 3 0 211.0 203 99 88 20 56 5 113 4 0 3 880 1.227 8.7 0.9 2.4 4.8 2.02
7 Lindy McDaniel 25 10 6 .625 4.87 55 0 39 0 0 9 94.1 117 57 51 11 31 11 65 2 1 8 424 1.569 11.2 1.0 3.0 6.2 2.10
8 Mickey McDermott* 32 1 0 1.000 3.67 19 0 13 0 0 4 27.0 29 17 11 3 15 2 15 0 0 2 125 1.630 9.7 1.0 5.0 5.0 1.00
9 Bob Miller 22 1 3 .250 4.24 34 5 13 0 0 3 74.1 82 41 35 6 46 7 39 0 0 4 333 1.722 9.9 0.7 5.6 4.7 0.85
10 Ray Sadecki* 20 14 10 .583 3.72 31 31 0 13 0 0 222.2 196 100 92 28 102 2 114 3 0 8 949 1.338 7.9 1.1 4.1 4.6 1.12
11 Curt Simmons* 32 9 10 .474 3.13 30 29 0 6 2 0 195.2 203 91 68 14 64 6 99 4 0 2 840 1.365 9.3 0.6 2.9 4.6 1.55
12 Bobby Tiefenauer 31 0 0 6.23 3 0 2 0 0 0 4.1 9 4 3 0 4 0 3 0 0 1 24 3.000 18.7 0.0 8.3 6.2 0.75
13 Ray Washburn 23 1 1 .500 1.77 3 2 1 1 0 0 20.1 10 4 4 1 7 0 12 1 1 1 75 0.836 4.4 0.4 3.1 5.3 1.71
13 Players 26.2 80 74 .519 3.74 155 155 106 49 10 24 1368.2 1334 668 569 136 570 48 823 24 3 44 5901 1.391 8.8 0.9 3.7 5.4 1.44

Team Fielding--By Pos

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer

C

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB SB CS CS% lgCS% PO
Jimmie Schaffer 68 244 23 1 6 .996 3.93 6 14 14 50%
Carl Sawatski 60 218 19 1 3 .996 3.95 6 28 8 22%
Hal Smith 45 261 28 2 6 .993 6.42 1 12 11 48%
Tim McCarver 20 86 9 3 0 .969 4.75 2 7 6 46%
Gene Oliver 15 75 6 0 4 1.000 5.40 2 6 1 14%
Chris Cannizzaro 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 0 0 0

1B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Bill White 151 1373 104 17 125 .989 9.78
Joe Cunningham 10 69 1 0 8 1.000 7.00

2B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Julian Javier 113 239 332 20 82 .966 5.05
Red Schoendienst 32 43 42 4 10 .955 2.66
Alex Grammas 18 31 43 1 11 .987 4.11
Don Landrum 1 0 0 0 0 0.00

3B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Ken Boyer 153 117 346 24 23 .951 3.03
Alex Grammas 3 0 3 0 0 1.000 1.00

SS

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Alex Grammas 65 81 136 9 29 .960 3.34
Jerry Buchek 31 42 62 10 20 .912 3.35
Julio Gotay 10 16 25 10 6 .804 4.10

LF

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Stan Musial 103 0.00
Don Taussig 48 0.00
Charlie James 39 0.00
Don Landrum 6 0.00
Ed Olivares 5 0.00
Bob Nieman 4 0.00
Doug Clemens 2 0.00
Joe Cunningham 1 0.00
Gene Oliver 1 0.00

CF

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Curt Flood 119 0.00
Don Landrum 20 0.00
Don Taussig 20 0.00
Charlie James 4 0.00
Joe Cunningham 1 0.00
Carl Sawatski 1 0.00

RF

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Joe Cunningham 85 0.00
Charlie James 56 0.00
Don Taussig 30 0.00
Ed Olivares 5 0.00
Don Landrum 4 0.00
Doug Clemens 2 0.00

OF

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Curt Flood 119 241 13 4 4 .984 2.13
Stan Musial 103 149 9 1 0 .994 1.53
Charlie James 90 151 3 6 1 .963 1.71
Don Taussig 87 123 6 1 2 .992 1.48
Joe Cunningham 86 131 2 5 1 .964 1.55
Don Landrum 25 42 3 0 1 1.000 1.80
Ed Olivares 10 8 0 0 0 1.000 0.80
Bob Nieman 4 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.50
Doug Clemens 3 2 0 1 0 .667 0.67
Gene Oliver 1 2 0 1 0 .667 2.00
Carl Sawatski 1 0 0 0 0 0.00

P

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Lindy McDaniel 55 5 22 0 1 1.000 0.49
Bob Gibson 35 14 35 2 4 .961 1.40
Bob Miller 34 2 18 3 3 .870 0.59
Larry Jackson 33 17 42 1 5 .983 1.79
Ray Sadecki 31 3 24 7 1 .794 0.87
Curt Simmons 30 6 36 1 4 .977 1.40
Ernie Broglio 29 13 27 1 0 .976 1.38
Al Cicotte 29 7 12 0 1 1.000 0.66
Craig Anderson 25 3 7 0 0 1.000 0.40
Mickey McDermott 19 1 3 0 0 1.000 0.21
Ed Bauta 13 0 3 0 0 1.000 0.23
Bobby Tiefenauer 3 0 0 0 0 0.00
Ray Washburn 3 0 5 0 0 1.000 1.67

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Birthplace
Craig Anderson 22 R R 6' 2.0" 205 Jul 1, 1938 Washington, DC, US 1961-06-23 1961-09-26
Ed Bauta 26 R R 6' 3.0" 200 Jan 6, 1935 Florida, CU 1961-07-20 1961-09-25
Ken Boyer 30 R R 6' 1.0" 190 May 20, 1931 Liberty, MO, US 1961-04-11 1961-10-01
Ernie Broglio 25 R R 6' 2.0" 200 Aug 27, 1935 Berkeley, CA, US 1961-04-11 1961-09-20
Jerry Buchek 19 R R 5' 11.0" 185 May 9, 1942 St. Louis, MO, US 1961-06-30 1961-10-01
Chris Cannizzaro 23 R R 6' 0.0" 190 May 3, 1938 Oakland, CA, US 1961-08-03 1961-09-08
Al Cicotte 31 R R 6' 3.0" 185 Dec 23, 1929 Melvindale, MI, US 1961-04-13 1961-09-26
Doug Clemens 22 L R 6' 0.0" 180 Jun 9, 1939 Leesport, PA, US 1961-09-18 1961-09-30
George Crowe 40 L L 6' 2.0" 210 Mar 22, 1921 Whiteland, IN, US 1961-04-18 1961-04-30
Joe Cunningham 29 L L 6' 0.0" 180 Aug 27, 1931 Paterson, NJ, US 1961-04-11 1961-09-30
Curt Flood 23 R R 5' 9.0" 165 Jan 18, 1938 Houston, TX, US 1961-04-11 1961-10-01
Bob Gibson 25 R R 6' 1.0" 189 Nov 9, 1935 Omaha, NE, US 1961-04-13 1961-10-01
Julio Gotay 22 R R 6' 0.0" 180 Jun 9, 1939 Fajardo, PR 1961-06-18 1961-06-25
Alex Grammas 35 R R 6' 0.0" 175 Apr 3, 1926 Birmingham, AL, US 1961-04-14 1961-09-27
Larry Jackson 30 R R 6' 1.0" 175 Jun 2, 1931 Nampa, ID, US 1961-04-26 1961-09-27
Charlie James 23 R R 6' 1.0" 195 Dec 22, 1937 St. Louis, MO, US 1961-04-11 1961-10-01
Julian Javier 24 R R 6' 1.0" 175 Aug 9, 1936 San Francisco de Macoris, Duarte, DO 1961-04-11 1961-10-01
Don Landrum 25 L R 6' 0.0" 180 Feb 16, 1936 Santa Rosa, CA, US 1961-04-11 1961-05-29
Bob Lillis 31 R R 5' 11.0" 160 Jun 2, 1930 Altadena, CA, US 1961-05-30 1961-10-01
Tim McCarver 19 L R 6' 0.0" 183 Oct 16, 1941 Memphis, TN, US 1961-06-11 1961-07-23
Lindy McDaniel 25 R R 6' 3.0" 195 Dec 13, 1935 Hollis, OK, US 1961-04-11 1961-09-27
Mickey McDermott 32 L L 6' 2.0" 170 Apr 29, 1929 Poughkeepsie, NY, US 1961-04-14 1961-07-06
Bob Miller 22 R R 6' 1.0" 180 Feb 18, 1939 St. Louis, MO, US 1961-04-13 1961-09-26
Walt Moryn 35 L R 6' 2.0" 205 Apr 12, 1926 St. Paul, MN, US 1961-04-15 1961-06-03
Stan Musial 40 L L 6' 0.0" 175 Nov 21, 1920 Donora, PA, US 1961-04-11 1961-10-01
Bob Nieman 34 R R 5' 11.0" 195 Jan 26, 1927 Cincinnati, OH, US 1961-04-11 1961-05-02
Ed Olivares 22 R R 5' 11.0" 180 Nov 5, 1938 Mayaguez, PR 1961-07-28 1961-09-26
Gene Oliver 26 R R 6' 2.0" 225 Mar 22, 1935 Moline, IL, US 1961-04-18 1961-10-01
Ray Sadecki 20 L L 5' 11.0" 180 Dec 26, 1940 Kansas City, KS, US 1961-04-16 1961-09-26
Carl Sawatski 33 L R 5' 10.0" 210 Nov 4, 1927 Shickshinny, PA, US 1961-04-11 1961-09-27
Jimmie Schaffer 25 R R 5' 9.0" 170 Apr 5, 1936 Limeport, PA, US 1961-05-20 1961-10-01
Red Schoendienst 38 S R 6' 0.0" 170 Feb 2, 1923 Germantown, IL, US 1961-04-13 1961-09-26
Curt Simmons 32 L L 5' 11.0" 175 May 19, 1929 Egypt, PA, US 1961-04-14 1961-09-27
Hal Smith 30 R R 5' 10.0" 186 Jun 1, 1931 Barling, AR, US 1961-04-11 1961-06-07
Daryl Spencer 32 R R 6' 2.0" 185 Jul 13, 1928 Wichita, KS, US 1961-04-11 1961-05-29
Don Taussig 29 R R 6' 0.0" 180 Feb 19, 1932 New York, NY, US 1961-04-11 1961-09-24
Bobby Tiefenauer 31 R R 6' 2.0" 185 Oct 10, 1929 Desloge, MO, US 1961-04-14 1961-05-02
Carl Warwick 24 R L 5' 10.0" 170 Feb 27, 1937 Dallas, TX, US 1961-05-30 1961-09-25
Ray Washburn 23 R R 6' 1.0" 205 May 31, 1938 Pasco, WA, US 1961-09-20 1961-09-30
Bill White 27 L L 6' 0.0" 185 Jan 28, 1934 Lakewood, FL, US 1961-04-11 1961-10-01

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