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1961 Chicago Cubs Batting, Pitching, & Fielding 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 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

Team Batting

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Rk	Pos		Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	C	Dick Bertell	25	92	287	267	20	73	7	1	2	33	0	0	15	33	.273	.308	.330	.637	69	88	7	0	1	4	3
2	1B	Ed Bouchee*	28	112	387	319	49	79	12	3	12	38	1	4	58	77	.248	.371	.417	.788	108	133	2	5	4	1	7
3	2B	Don Zimmer	30	128	512	477	57	120	25	4	13	40	5	1	25	70	.252	.291	.403	.694	81	192	16	2	7	1	1
4	SS	Ernie Banks	30	138	573	511	75	142	22	4	29	80	1	2	54	75	.278	.346	.507	.852	122	259	11	2	0	6	21
5	3B	Ron Santo	21	154	655	578	84	164	32	6	23	83	2	3	73	77	.284	.362	.479	.842	121	277	25	0	1	3	7
6	LF	Billy Williams*	23	146	584	529	75	147	20	7	25	86	6	0	45	70	.278	.338	.484	.822	115	256	11	5	1	4	11
7	CF	Al Heist	33	109	366	321	48	82	14	3	7	37	3	3	39	51	.255	.337	.383	.720	90	123	7	1	4	1	0
8	RF	George Altman*	28	138	573	518	77	157	28	12	27	96	6	2	40	92	.303	.353	.560	.913	137	290	4	4	4	7	3
Rk	Pos		Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
9	CF	Richie Ashburn*	34	109	368	307	49	79	7	4	0	19	7	6	55	27	.257	.373	.306	.679	83	94	4	3	1	2	2
10	MI	Jerry Kindall	26	96	333	310	37	75	22	3	9	44	2	2	18	89	.242	.288	.419	.707	84	130	5	2	3	0	0
11	C	Sammy Taylor*	28	89	264	235	26	56	8	2	8	23	0	0	23	39	.238	.316	.391	.707	86	92	6	4	1	1	7
12	IF	Andre Rodgers	26	73	243	214	27	57	17	0	6	23	1	1	25	54	.266	.343	.430	.773	103	92	6	1	1	2	1
13	RF	Bob Will*	29	86	130	113	9	29	9	0	0	8	0	1	15	19	.257	.341	.336	.677	81	38	1	0	1	1	0
14	UT	Frank Thomas	32	15	52	50	7	13	2	0	2	6	0	0	2	8	.260	.288	.420	.708	85	21	3	0	0	0	0
15	C	Moe Thacker	27	25	47	35	3	6	0	0	0	2	0	0	11	11	.171	.383	.171	.554	54	6	1	1	0	0	1
16	IF	Mel Roach	28	23	42	39	1	5	2	0	0	1	1	0	3	9	.128	.190	.179	.370	-1	7	3	0	0	0	0
17	C	Cuno Barragan	29	10	31	28	3	6	0	0	1	2	0	0	2	7	.214	.267	.321	.588	55	9	1	0	1	0	0
18	2B	Ken Hubbs	19	10	28	28	4	5	1	1	1	2	0	0	0	8	.179	.179	.393	.571	46	11	0	0	0	0	0
19	1B	Moe Morhardt*	24	7	21	18	3	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	5	.278	.381	.278	.659	79	5	0	0	0	0	0
20	RF	Danny Murphy*	18	4	14	13	3	5	0	0	2	3	0	0	1	5	.385	.429	.846	1.275	227	11	0	0	0	0	0
21	CF	Lou Brock*	22	4	12	11	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.091	.167	.091	.258	-29	1	0	0	0	0	0
22	RF	Jim McAnany	24	11	11	10	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.300	.364	.400	.764	102	4	0	0	0	0	0
23	CF	Nelson Mathews	19	3	9	9	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.111	.111	.111	.222	-41	1	0	0	0	0	0
24		George Freese	34	9	8	7	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	4	.286	.375	.286	.661	79	2	0	0	0	0	0
25	RF	Sammy Drake#	26	13	6	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.167	.000	.167	-51	0	0	0	0	0	0
Rk	Pos		Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
26	P	Don Cardwell	25	40	106	95	6	10	3	0	3	6	0	0	6	55	.105	.167	.232	.398	4	22	0	1	4	0	0
27	P	Glen Hobbie	25	36	74	66	5	11	3	0	2	6	0	0	5	30	.167	.225	.303	.528	38	20	1	0	3	0	0
28	P	Jack Curtis*	24	31	72	60	8	10	2	0	2	4	0	0	10	23	.167	.286	.300	.586	56	18	0	0	2	0	0
29	P	Dick Ellsworth*	21	37	65	56	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	29	.036	.100	.054	.154	-58	3	0	1	5	0	0
30	P	Bob Anderson	25	57	45	42	5	6	0	0	2	5	0	0	1	22	.143	.163	.286	.449	16	12	0	0	2	0	0
31	P	Jim Brewer*	23	36	25	22	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	10	.182	.250	.182	.432	17	4	0	0	1	0	0
32	P	Dick Drott	24	35	23	22	1	6	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	7	.273	.304	.364	.668	76	8	1	0	0	0	0
33	P	Don Elston	32	58	14	11	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.182	.182	.182	.364	-3	2	0	0	3	0	0
34	P	Barney Schultz	34	41	12	10	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.100	.100	.100	.200	-47	1	0	0	2	0	0
35	P	Joe Schaffernoth	23	21	5	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
36	P	Mel Wright	33	11	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
37	P	Dick Burwell	21	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
		Team Totals	27.1	156	6000	5344	689	1364	238	51	176	650	35	25	539	1027	.255	.325	.418	.743	95	2232	115	32	52	33	64
		Rank in 8 NL teams				1	7	6	2	2	3		7	8	2	1	7	7	3	4		1
Rk	Pos		Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB

* - bats left-handed, # - bats both, else - bats right, ? - unknown; OPS_lg for OPS+ does not include pitchers.

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

* - throws left-handed, # - throws both, else - throws right, ? - unknown

Team Fielding--Totals

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	Age	G	GS	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	Rtz	Rtzrd	Rtzhm	Rof	Rdp	Rctch	RF/9	RF/G	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%	Pos. Summary
George Altman	28	144	131	1164.1	294	276	12	6	5	.980	-3.8	-3.9	0.2	-1.6	1.8	-4	0		2.23	2.00						RF-CF-1B-LF
Bob Anderson	25	57	12	152.0	52	14	38	0	7	1.000									3.08	0.91						P
Richie Ashburn	34	77	69	604.1	137	130	4	3	0	.978	-12.4	-24.6	-9.4	-6.8	-2.5	-3			2.00	1.74						CF-LF
Ernie Banks	30	134	132	1144.0	661	274	366	21	76	.968	7.5	7.9	8.5	3.5	4.9	-1	0		5.03	4.78						SS-LF-1B
Cuno Barragan	29	10	9	71.0	39	35	4	0	1	1.000	1.0	16.9						1	4.94	3.90	1	2	0	2	100%	C
Dick Bertell	25	90	75	655.0	453	396	49	8	10	.982	0.0	0.0						0	6.11	4.94	23	19	26	20	43%	C
Ed Bouchee	28	107	90	829.0	944	852	76	16	97	.983	-3.8	-5.5	-3.8	-3.9	0.0		0		10.07	8.67						1B
Jim Brewer	23	36	11	86.2	13	4	8	1	0	.923									1.25	0.33						P
Lou Brock	22	3	3	21.0	8	6	0	2	0	.750	-0.7	-40.0	0.3	0.7	-0.4	-1			2.57	2.00						CF
Dick Burwell	21	2	0	4.0	2	0	2	0	0	1.000									4.50	1.00						P
Don Cardwell	25	39	38	259.1	74	18	54	2	3	.973									2.50	1.85						P
Jack Curtis	24	31	27	180.1	50	5	42	3	1	.940									2.35	1.52						P
Sammy Drake	26	1	1	6.0	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	-0.2	-40.0	-0.2	-0.2	0.0	0			1.50	1.00						RF
Dick Drott	24	35	8	98.0	13	1	11	1	0	.923									1.10	0.34						P
Dick Ellsworth	21	37	31	186.2	59	8	49	2	7	.966									2.75	1.54						P
Don Elston	32	58	0	93.1	22	4	18	0	1	1.000									2.12	0.38						P
Al Heist	33	99	82	717.1	226	213	8	5	0	.978	2.2	3.7	3.2	3.1	0.2	-1			2.77	2.23						CF
Glen Hobbie	25	36	29	198.2	73	16	53	4	1	.945									3.13	1.92						P
Ken Hubbs	19	8	6	53.1	28	13	15	0	2	1.000	-0.2	-4.5	-0.2	0.3	-0.5		0		4.72	3.50						2B
Jerry Kindall	26	97	76	696.1	465	206	233	26	61	.944	-19.3	-33.3	-18.3	-14.9	-3.5		-1		5.67	4.53						2B-SS
Nelson Mathews	19	2	2	18.0	5	5	0	0	0	1.000	0.7	46.7	-0.3	0.3	-0.5	1			2.50	2.50						CF
Jim McAnany	24	1	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0				0.00	0.00						RF
Moe Morhardt	24	7	7	55.1	78	72	3	3	9	.962	-2.0	-43.4	-2.0	-0.2	-1.9		0		12.20	10.71						1B
Danny Murphy	18	4	4	27.1	6	5	1	0	0	1.000	-0.6	-26.3	-0.6	-0.4	-0.2	0			1.98	1.50						RF
Mel Roach	28	14	9	73.1	63	53	8	2	8	.968	-0.5	-8.2	-0.5	-0.2	-0.3		0		7.49	4.36						1B-2B
Andre Rodgers	26	69	57	514.0	500	408	83	9	44	.982	-2.9	-6.8	-2.9	-0.3	-2.4	0	0		8.60	7.12						1B-SS-RF-2B
Ron Santo	21	153	152	1352.0	495	157	307	31	41	.937	-15.0	-13.3	-16.0	-15.6	-0.4		1		3.09	3.03						3B
Joe Schaffernoth	23	21	0	38.1	8	0	8	0	0	1.000									1.88	0.38						P
Barney Schultz	34	41	0	66.2	13	4	9	0	0	1.000									1.76	0.32						P
Sammy Taylor	28	75	61	541.2	348	319	25	4	5	.989	-4.0	-8.9						-4	5.72	4.59	8	25	32	11	26%	C
Moe Thacker	27	25	11	117.1	74	67	5	2	0	.973	-1.0	-10.2						-1	5.52	2.88	3	4	3	2	40%	C
Frank Thomas	32	16	12	111.0	54	50	4	0	2	1.000	0.6	6.5	-0.4	-0.3	-0.1	1	0		4.38	3.38						LF-1B
Bob Will	29	32	14	148.2	36	35	0	1	1	.972	-3.6	-29.1	-0.6	-2.3	1.7	-3			2.12	1.09						RF-LF-1B
Billy Williams	23	137	133	1179.1	238	220	7	11	3	.954	-10.3	-10.5	-6.3	-4.5	-1.7	-4			1.73	1.66						LF-RF
Mel Wright	33	11	0	21.0	10	3	7	0	1	1.000									4.29	0.91						P
Don Zimmer	30	122	112	979.1	636	284	332	20	100	.969	-4.3	-5.3	-6.3	-7.4	1.2	0	2		5.66	5.05						2B-3B-RF
Team Totals	27.1	156	1404	12465.0	6186	4155	1848	183	486	.970	-72.6	-7.0	-55.6	-50.7	-4.6	-15	2	-4	4.33	3.31	35	50	61	35	36%
Rank in 8 NL teams								1	3	8
	Age	G	GS	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	Rtz	Rtzrd	Rtzhm	Rof	Rdp	Rctch	RF/9	RF/G	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%	Pos. Summary

1960 / 1962 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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