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1961 Chicago Cubs Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played
(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 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played

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Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR
George Altman 28 L R 6' 4" 200 Mar 20, 1933 3 138 131 138 138 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 25 115 130 7 0 All-Star
Bob Anderson 25 R R 210 Sep 29, 1935 5 57 12 57 57 57 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Richie Ashburn HOF 34 L R 5' 10" 170 Mar 19, 1927 14 109 69 109 109 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 62 0 76 40 0
Ernie Banks HOF 30 R R 6' 1" 180 Jan 31, 1931 9 138 132 138 138 0 0 7 0 0 104 23 0 0 23 6 0 All-Star
Cuno Barragan 29 R R 5' 11" 180 Jun 20, 1932 1st 10 9 10 10 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dick Bertell 25 R R 6' 0" 200 Nov 21, 1935 2 92 75 92 92 0 90 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
Ed Bouchee 28 L L 6' 1" 205 Mar 7, 1933 6 112 90 112 112 0 0 107 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0
Jim Brewer 23 L L 6' 2" 195 Nov 17, 1937 2 36 11 36 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lou Brock HOF 22 L L 170 Jun 18, 1939 1st 4 3 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 1
Dick Burwell 21 R R 6' 1" 190 Jan 23, 1940 2 2 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Don Cardwell 25 R R 6' 4" 210 Dec 7, 1935 5 40 38 40 40 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Jack Curtis 24 L L 5' 10" 175 Jan 11, 1937 1st 31 27 31 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sammy Drake 26 B R 5' 11" 175 Oct 7, 1934 2 13 1 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 10
Dick Drott 24 R R 6' 0" 185 Jul 1, 1936 5 35 8 35 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Dick Ellsworth 21 L L 6' 4" 195 Mar 22, 1940 3 37 31 37 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Don Elston 32 R R 6' 0" 170 Apr 6, 1929 6 58 0 58 58 58 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
George Freese 34 R R 6' 0" 190 Sep 12, 1926 3 9 0 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
Al Heist 33 R R 6' 2" 185 Oct 5, 1927 2 109 82 109 109 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 99 0 99 8 2
Glen Hobbie 25 R R 6' 2" 195 Apr 24, 1936 5 36 29 36 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ken Hubbs 19 R R 6' 2" 175 Dec 23, 1941 1st 10 6 10 10 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1
Jerry Kindall 26 R R 175 May 27, 1935 5 96 76 96 96 0 0 0 50 0 47 0 0 0 0 7 5
Nelson Mathews 19 R R 6' 4" 195 Jul 21, 1941 2 3 2 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 1 0
Jim McAnany 24 R R 5' 10" 196 Sep 4, 1936 4 11 0 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 11 0
Moe Morhardt 24 L L 6' 1" 185 Jan 16, 1937 1st 7 7 7 7 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Danny Murphy 18 L R 5' 11" 185 Aug 23, 1942 2 4 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 0 0
Mel Roach 28 R R 6' 1" 190 Jan 25, 1933 7 23 9 23 23 0 0 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0
Andre Rodgers 26 R R 6' 3" 200 Dec 2, 1934 5 73 57 73 73 0 0 42 1 0 24 0 0 2 2 8 1
Ron Santo 21 R R 6' 0" 190 Feb 25, 1940 2 154 152 154 154 0 0 0 0 153 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Joe Schaffernoth 23 R R 195 Aug 6, 1937 3 21 0 21 21 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Barney Schultz 34 R R 6' 2" 200 Aug 15, 1926 3 41 0 41 41 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sammy Taylor 28 L R 6' 2" 185 Feb 27, 1933 4 89 61 89 89 0 75 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 0
Moe Thacker 27 R R 6' 3" 210 May 21, 1934 3 25 11 25 25 0 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Frank Thomas 32 R R 6' 3" 205 Jun 11, 1929 11 15 12 15 15 0 0 6 0 0 0 10 0 0 10 2 0
Bob Will 29 L L 175 Jul 15, 1931 4 86 14 86 86 0 0 1 0 0 0 9 0 22 30 61 2
Billy Williams HOF 23 L R 6' 1" 175 Jun 15, 1938 3 146 133 146 146 0 0 0 0 0 0 111 0 26 135 13 0
Mel Wright 33 R R 6' 3" 210 May 11, 1928 4 11 0 11 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Don Zimmer 30 R R 5' 9" 177 Jan 17, 1931 8 128 112 128 128 0 0 0 116 5 0 0 0 1 1 10 1 All-Star
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR

1960 / 1962 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played