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1961 Chicago Cubs Pitching Statistics
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1960 / 1962)
64-90, Finished 7th in National League
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Scored 689 runs, Allowed 800 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 67-87
Manager: Vedie Himsl (10-21), Harry Craft (7-9), El Tappe (42-54) and Lou Klein (5-6)
Ballpark: Wrigley Field (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 673,057 (7th of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year: Batting - 101, Pitching - 104;   one-year: Batting - 100, Pitching - 102
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1960 / 1962 Pitching Statistics

Team Pitching

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Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1 SP Don Cardwell 25 15 14 .517 3.82 39 38 1 13 3 0 259.1 243 121 110 22 88 0 156 10 2 6 1106 110 1.276 8.4 0.8 3.1 5.4 1.77
2 SP Glen Hobbie 25 7 13 .350 4.26 36 29 4 7 2 2 198.2 207 113 94 26 54 7 103 6 0 4 848 98 1.314 9.4 1.2 2.4 4.7 1.91
3 SP Dick Ellsworth* 21 10 11 .476 3.86 37 31 2 7 1 0 186.2 213 90 80 23 48 3 91 3 0 9 799 109 1.398 10.3 1.1 2.3 4.4 1.90
4 SP Jack Curtis* 24 10 13 .435 4.89 31 27 2 6 0 0 180.1 220 117 98 23 51 6 57 1 0 1 802 86 1.503 11.0 1.1 2.5 2.8 1.12
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
5 CL Bob Anderson 25 7 10 .412 4.26 57 12 21 1 0 8 152.0 162 85 72 14 56 11 96 2 0 4 659 98 1.434 9.6 0.8 3.3 5.7 1.71
6 RP Dick Drott 24 1 4 .200 4.22 35 8 12 0 0 0 98.0 75 54 46 13 51 0 48 1 1 7 414 99 1.286 6.9 1.2 4.7 4.4 0.94
7 RP Don Elston 32 6 7 .462 5.59 58 0 32 0 0 8 93.1 108 64 58 11 45 12 59 6 0 3 421 75 1.639 10.4 1.1 4.3 5.7 1.31
8 RP Jim Brewer* 23 1 7 .125 5.82 36 11 11 0 0 0 86.2 116 65 56 17 21 2 57 1 0 4 388 72 1.581 12.0 1.8 2.2 5.9 2.71
9 RP Barney Schultz 34 7 6 .538 2.70 41 0 25 0 0 7 66.2 57 32 20 6 25 4 59 4 0 6 286 155 1.230 7.7 0.8 3.4 8.0 2.36
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
10 Joe Schaffernoth 23 0 4 .000 6.34 21 0 7 0 0 0 38.1 43 29 27 7 18 2 23 1 0 4 170 66 1.591 10.1 1.6 4.2 5.4 1.28
11 Mel Wright 33 0 1 .000 10.71 11 0 5 0 0 0 21.0 42 26 25 3 4 0 6 0 0 1 107 39 2.190 18.0 1.3 1.7 2.6 1.50
12 Dick Burwell 21 0 0 9.00 2 0 0 0 0 0 4.0 6 4 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 1 21 47 2.500 13.5 0.0 9.0 0.0 0.00
Team Totals 25.1 64 90 .416 4.48 156 156 122 34 6 25 1385.0 1492 800 690 165 465 47 755 35 3 50 6021 94 1.413 9.7 1.1 3.0 4.9 1.62
Rank in 8 NL teams 7 2 7 6 8 5 3 8 8 7 7 2 6623
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
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* - throws left-handed, # - throws both, else - throws right, ? - unknown

Team Pitching Ratios*

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Age IP Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB Opp DP %
Bob Anderson 25 152.0 41% 2.1% 14.6% 8.5% 6.1% 25% 1.70 73% 137 22 16%
*Jim Brewer 23 86.2 75% 4.4% 14.7% 5.4% 9.5% 32% 1.23 75% 86 11 13%
Dick Burwell 21 4.0 24% 0.0% 0.0% 19.1% 4.8% 17% 0.71 81% 5 0 0%
Don Cardwell 25 259.1 48% 2.0% 14.1% 8.0% 5.4% 25% 1.10 74% 209 19 9%
*Jack Curtis 24 180.1 80% 2.9% 7.1% 6.4% 7.2% 26% 1.06 81% 171 18 11%
Dick Drott 24 98.0 36% 3.1% 11.6% 12.3% 7.0% 39% 0.58 71% 71 4 6%
*Dick Ellsworth 21 186.2 79% 2.9% 11.4% 6.0% 7.3% 27% 2.39 77% 169 27 16%
Don Elston 32 93.1 39% 2.6% 14.0% 10.7% 7.6% 30% 0.88 70% 108 11 10%
Glen Hobbie 25 198.2 41% 3.1% 12.2% 6.4% 6.5% 27% 1.48 77% 147 22 15%
Joe Schaffernoth 23 38.1 37% 4.1% 13.5% 10.6% 10.6% 42% 0.63 69% 41 4 10%
Barney Schultz 34 66.2 42% 2.1% 20.6% 8.7% 4.2% 21% 1.04 65% 58 5 9%
Mel Wright 33 21.0 36% 2.8% 5.6% 3.7% 9.4% 24% 1.43 86% 23 2 9%
League Average 53% 2.5% 14.1% 8.5% 7.0% 30% 1.10 73% 11%
Team Total 54% 2.7% 12.5% 7.7% 6.8% 28% 1.23 75% 1225 145 12%
Age IP Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB Opp DP %

Team Batting Against*

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Age 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
Bob Anderson 25 152.0 57 659 588 85 162 19 7 14 7 4 56 96 .276 .338 .403 .742 .307 237 22 2 9 4 11
*Jim Brewer 23 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
Dick Burwell 21 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
Don Cardwell 25 259.1 39 1104 986 121 243 33 5 22 13 4 88 156 .246 .313 .357 .670 .271 352 19 10 13 7 0
*Jack Curtis 24 180.1 31 802 725 117 220 31 4 23 5 2 51 57 .303 .346 .452 .799 .302 328 18 1 17 8 6
Dick Drott 24 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
*Dick Ellsworth 21 186.2 37 799 729 90 213 30 5 23 3 5 48 91 .292 .337 .442 .778 .307 322 27 3 15 4 3
Don Elston 32 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
Glen Hobbie 25 198.2 36 848 772 113 207 24 5 26 8 1 54 103 .268 .318 .413 .731 .278 319 22 6 9 7 7
Joe Schaffernoth 23 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
Barney Schultz 34 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
Mel Wright 33 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
League Average .262 .328 .406 .733 .285
Team Total 404 6019 5388 800 1492 202 43 165 61 35 465 755 .277 .336 .422 .758 .294 2275 145 35 87 44 47
Age 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

Team Starting Pitching*

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Age IP G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
Bob Anderson 25 152.0 57 12 3 7 2 1 2 4 8 .333 1 1 1 0 6 50% 44 64 21 21 13 7 3 3.9 3.7 5.7
*Jim Brewer 23 86.2 36 11 1 6 4 0 1 4 7 .364 2 2 0 0 2 18% 39 53 23 23 11 4 6 5.3 5.3 4.7
Don Cardwell 25 259.1 39 38 15 13 10 3 3 17 21 .447 6 1 13 3 20 53% 53 89 23 28 10 23 4 4.6 5.3 6.8
*Jack Curtis 24 180.1 31 27 10 13 4 4 5 11 14 .440 2 1 6 0 12 44% 44 71 11 32 17 12 8 4.2 4.5 6.4
Dick Drott 24 98.0 35 8 0 3 5 0 1 3 5 .375 0 1 0 0 2 25% 49 74 31 12 6 4 3 3.3 2.1 5.0
*Dick Ellsworth 21 186.2 37 31 9 11 11 2 2 12 19 .387 0 8 7 1 15 48% 48 78 20 24 5 14 9 4.1 3.4 5.7
Glen Hobbie 25 198.2 36 29 6 13 10 1 4 13 16 .448 2 4 7 2 13 45% 49 81 12 21 14 17 4 4.9 4.5 6.5
League Average .500 50% 51 97 10 4.6 4.5 6.4
Team Total 404 156 44 66 46 11 18 64 90 .416 13 18 34 6 70 45% 48 89 11 202 91 81 37 4.4 4.4 6.1
Age IP G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max

Team Relief Pitching*

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Age IP G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
Bob Anderson 25 152.0 57 45 21 4 3 17 8 9 47% 18 1 47 15 32% 7 1.174 21 7 16 19 6 20 24 21 25 10 26 13 5.6
*Jim Brewer 23 86.2 36 25 11 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 14 9 64% 7 0.820 3 5 15 1 2 22 9 16 13 6 13 5 4.2
Dick Burwell 21 4.0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.333 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 1 1 1 0 6.0
Don Cardwell 25 259.1 39 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0.996 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2.0
*Jack Curtis 24 180.1 31 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 8 0.982 0 0 4 0 0 4 1 3 2 2 2 0 5.3
Dick Drott 24 98.0 35 27 12 1 1 1 0 1 0% 1 0 16 3 19% 6 0.676 4 2 21 1 2 24 10 17 19 3 19 5 6.4
*Dick Ellsworth 21 186.2 37 6 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0% 5 1.076 2 1 2 1 0 5 2 4 4 1 4 1 5.2
Don Elston 32 93.1 58 58 32 6 7 12 8 4 67% 14 2 55 31 56% 8 1.454 25 14 19 15 13 30 28 30 29 15 29 14 4.8
Glen Hobbie 25 198.2 36 7 4 1 0 2 2 0 100% 2 0 12 6 50% 7 1.101 3 3 1 2 1 4 7 0 3 3 3 2 4.1
Joe Schaffernoth 23 38.1 21 21 7 0 4 2 0 2 0% 2 0 16 9 56% 8 0.917 4 7 8 2 3 16 9 12 14 4 14 3 5.5
Barney Schultz 34 66.2 41 41 25 7 6 14 7 7 50% 17 3 31 14 45% 8 1.769 23 9 8 17 8 16 19 22 24 7 26 13 4.9
Mel Wright 33 21.0 11 11 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 6 86% 5 0.292 1 1 9 0 2 9 4 7 8 1 9 0 5.7
League Average 65% 36% 1.036 5.2
Team Total 404 248 122 20 24 48 25 23 52% 55 6 203 93 46% 1.057 87 50 104 58 38 152 113 135 142 54 146 56 5.2
Age IP G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR

Team Baserunning/Situational*

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Age IP PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
Bob Anderson 25 152.0 659 162 14 1 24 8 6 9 5 46 24 6 52% 15 4 2 249 7 4 64% 6 4 0 0 1 0 3 0 13 0
*Jim Brewer 23 86.2 388 116 17 1 6 12 5 7 10 23 15 2 65% 9 4 1 148 3 4 43% 2 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 10 0
Dick Burwell 21 4.0 21 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 50% 0 1 0 8 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Don Cardwell 25 259.1 1104 243 22 1 9 14 8 12 10 40 27 3 68% 16 6 7 403 13 4 76% 12 2 1 1 0 1 2 0 27 0
*Jack Curtis 24 180.1 802 220 23 1 9 20 3 11 12 34 31 1 91% 22 1 1 335 5 2 71% 5 2 0 0 0 0 4 0 13 0
Dick Drott 24 98.0 414 75 13 0 8 11 2 5 8 26 13 1 50% 8 7 2 148 6 4 60% 5 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 21 0
*Dick Ellsworth 21 186.2 799 213 23 2 12 20 3 11 12 32 20 3 63% 19 9 3 315 3 5 38% 3 5 0 0 0 0 4 0 17 0
Don Elston 32 93.1 421 108 11 2 29 6 5 5 6 43 25 6 58% 5 3 1 179 4 8 33% 3 6 1 2 0 0 3 1 7 0
Glen Hobbie 25 198.2 848 207 26 0 13 17 9 15 11 48 20 7 42% 18 4 4 297 8 1 89% 7 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 17 0
Joe Schaffernoth 23 38.1 170 43 7 0 5 3 4 2 5 14 7 3 50% 3 4 0 76 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 5 0
Barney Schultz 34 66.2 286 57 6 0 8 2 4 2 4 24 13 3 54% 5 6 14 115 7 2 78% 7 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 31 0
Mel Wright 33 21.0 107 42 3 0 1 3 0 2 1 10 7 0 70% 1 1 0 50 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
League Average 52% 62%
Team Total 6019 1492 165 8 124 116 49 81 84 342 203 35 59% 121 50 35 2323 61 35 64% 55 29 5 5 1 1 22 1 164 0
Age IP PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu

Team Neutralized Pitching

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Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact Gact
Bob Anderson 25 8 9 .471 4.12 155.0 165 79 71 14 57 98 2 1.432 9.6 3.3 5.7 1.72 0.8 57 57
*Jim Brewer 23 3 6 .333 5.56 89.0 118 61 55 17 21 59 1 1.562 11.9 2.1 6.0 2.81 1.7 36 36
Dick Burwell 21 0 0 9.00 4.0 6 4 4 0 4 0 0 2.500 13.5 9.0 0.0 0.00 0.0 2 2
Don Cardwell 25 16 13 .552 3.61 269.0 249 120 108 23 90 162 10 1.260 8.3 3.0 5.4 1.80 0.8 39 39
*Jack Curtis 24 8 12 .400 4.62 187.0 225 107 96 24 52 59 1 1.481 10.8 2.5 2.8 1.13 1.2 31 31
Dick Drott 24 5 6 .455 4.01 101.0 77 50 45 13 52 49 1 1.277 6.9 4.6 4.4 0.94 1.2 35 35
*Dick Ellsworth 21 11 9 .550 3.76 189.0 217 88 79 23 49 92 3 1.407 10.3 2.3 4.4 1.88 1.1 37 37
Don Elston 32 3 7 .300 5.52 93.0 109 63 57 11 45 59 6 1.656 10.5 4.4 5.7 1.31 1.1 58 58
Glen Hobbie 25 11 11 .500 4.06 204.0 212 102 92 27 55 106 6 1.309 9.4 2.4 4.7 1.93 1.2 36 36
Joe Schaffernoth 23 2 4 .333 5.89 55.0 60 40 36 9 33 32 2 1.691 9.8 5.4 5.2 0.97 1.5 36 36
Barney Schultz 34 5 2 .714 2.57 70.0 59 22 20 6 26 62 4 1.214 7.6 3.3 8.0 2.38 0.8 41 41
Mel Wright 33 0 2 .000 10.23 22.0 43 28 25 3 4 6 0 2.136 17.6 1.6 2.5 1.50 1.2 11 11
Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact Gact

Team Cumulative Pitching

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Age Yrs W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
Bob Anderson 25 5 31 38 .449 4.23 157 86 31 15 1 9 673.0 689 352 316 66 238 24 382 16 4 18 2882 93 1.377 9.2 0.9 3.2 5.1 1.61 93
*Jim Brewer 23 2 1 10 .091 5.82 41 15 11 0 0 0 108.1 141 79 70 19 27 4 64 2 0 4 487 71 1.551 11.7 1.6 2.2 5.3 2.37 71
Dick Burwell 21 2 0 0 6.59 5 1 0 0 0 0 13.2 17 10 10 2 11 0 1 1 0 2 65 59 2.049 11.2 1.3 7.2 0.7 0.09 59
Don Cardwell 25 5 40 54 .426 4.25 146 123 12 32 6 1 853.2 793 439 403 100 311 21 581 26 4 21 3620 94 1.293 8.4 1.1 3.3 6.1 1.87 94
*Jack Curtis 24 1 10 13 .435 4.89 31 27 2 6 0 0 180.1 220 117 98 23 51 6 57 1 0 1 802 86 1.503 11.0 1.1 2.5 2.8 1.12 86
Dick Drott 24 5 24 34 .414 4.68 143 86 25 12 4 0 577.0 519 347 300 70 347 9 392 17 3 29 2582 84 1.501 8.1 1.1 5.4 6.1 1.13 84
*Dick Ellsworth 21 3 17 25 .405 3.86 69 59 2 13 1 0 365.2 387 177 157 35 123 11 185 6 0 12 1558 103 1.395 9.5 0.9 3.0 4.6 1.50 103
Don Elston 32 6 39 40 .494 3.79 294 15 165 2 0 50 565.0 520 265 238 64 240 41 415 19 1 8 2417 104 1.345 8.3 1.0 3.8 6.6 1.73 104
Glen Hobbie 25 5 49 52 .485 3.95 185 114 34 35 10 5 864.0 833 433 379 81 359 23 469 28 0 29 3736 100 1.380 8.7 0.8 3.7 4.9 1.31 100
Joe Schaffernoth 23 3 3 8 .273 4.58 74 1 34 0 0 3 118.0 116 68 60 12 53 5 68 3 0 6 509 86 1.432 8.8 0.9 4.0 5.2 1.28 86
Barney Schultz 34 3 9 10 .474 4.32 73 0 41 0 0 11 114.2 102 71 55 12 54 8 95 9 0 6 504 96 1.360 8.0 0.9 4.2 7.5 1.76 96
Mel Wright 33 4 2 4 .333 7.61 58 0 28 0 0 3 84.0 119 76 71 10 27 3 36 3 0 1 393 53 1.738 12.8 1.1 2.9 3.9 1.33 53
Age Yrs W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+

* 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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