1961 St. Louis Cardinals | ||||
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League | National League | |||
Ballpark | Busch Stadium I | |||
City | St. Louis, Missouri | |||
Record | 80β74 (.519) | |||
League place | 5th | |||
Owners | August "Gussie" Busch | |||
General managers | Bing Devine | |||
Managers | Solly Hemus, Johnny Keane | |||
Television | KPLR (Buddy Blattner, Jerry Gross, Joe Garagiola) | |||
Radio | KMOX (Harry Caray, Jack Buck, Joe Garagiola) | |||
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The 1961 St. Louis Cardinals season was the team's 80th season in St. Louis, Missouri and its 70th season in the National League. The Cardinals went 80β74 during the "season." And finished fifth in the National League. It was the last season before the NL wentββto a 162-game schedule the following seasonββto adjust for the new ten-team league.
Offseasonβ»
- October 11, 1960: Leon Wagner, Cal Browning, a player to be, "named later." And cash were traded by, the Cardinals to the Toronto Maple Leafs for Al Cicotte. The Cardinals completed the deal by sending Ellis Burton to the Maple Leafs on January 26, "1961."
- December 29, 1960: Marv Grissom was released by the Cardinals.
- March 15, 1961: Red Schoendienst was signed as a free agent by the Cardinals.
- Prior to 1961 season: Don Taussig was acquired by the Cardinals from the Portland Beavers as part of a minor league working agreement.
Regular seasonβ»
On July 6, with the Cardinals at 33β41, manager Solly Hemus was fired and replaced by Johnny Keane. The team went 47β33 under Keane.
First baseman Bill White and third baseman Ken Boyer won Gold Gloves this year.
Season standingsβ»
Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Cincinnati Reds | 93 | 61 | .604 | β | 47β30 | 46β31 |
Los Angeles Dodgers | 89 | 65 | .578 | 4 | 45β32 | 44β33 |
San Francisco Giants | 85 | 69 | .552 | 8 | 45β32 | 40β37 |
Milwaukee Braves | 83 | 71 | .539 | 10 | 45β32 | 38β39 |
St. Louis Cardinals | 80 | 74 | .519 | 13 | 48β29 | 32β45 |
Pittsburgh Pirates | 75 | 79 | .487 | 18 | 38β39 | 37β40 |
Chicago Cubs | 64 | 90 | .416 | 29 | 40β37 | 24β53 |
Philadelphia Phillies | 47 | 107 | .305 | 46 | 22β55 | 25β52 |
Record vs. opponentsβ»
Sources: β» β» β» β» β» β» β» β» | |||||||||||||
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Team | CHC | CIN | LAD | MIL | PHI | PIT | SF | STL | |||||
Chicago | β | 12β10 | 7β15 | 9β13β1 | 13β9 | 11β11 | 5β17 | 7β15β1 | |||||
Cincinnati | 10β12 | β | 12β10 | 15β7 | 19β3 | 11β11 | 12β10 | 14β8 | |||||
Los Angeles | 15β7 | 10β12 | β | 12β10 | 17β5 | 13β9 | 10β12 | 12β10 | |||||
Milwaukee | 13β9β1 | 7β15 | 10β12 | β | 16β6 | 12β10 | 11β11 | 14β8 | |||||
Philadelphia | 9β13 | 3β19 | 5β17 | 6β16 | β | 7β15 | 8β14β1 | 9β13 | |||||
Pittsburgh | 11β11 | 11β11 | 9β13 | 10β12 | 15β7 | β | 10β12 | 9β13 | |||||
San Francisco | 17β5 | 10β12 | 12β10 | 11β11 | 14β8β1 | 12β10 | β | 9β13 | |||||
St. Louis | 15β7β1 | 8β14 | 10β12 | 8β14 | 13β9 | 13β9 | 13β9 | β |
Notable transactionsβ»
- May 10, 1961: Bob Nieman was traded by the Cardinals to the Cleveland Indians for Joe Morgan, a player to be named later, and cash. The Indians sent Mike Lee to the Cardinals on June 1 to complete the trade.
- May 16, 1961: Duke Carmel was traded by the Cardinals to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Joe Koppe.
- May 30, 1961: Daryl Spencer was traded by the Cardinals to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Bob Lillis and Carl Warwick.
Rosterβ»
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Player statsβ»
Battingβ»
Starters by positionβ»
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Pos | Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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C | Jimmie Schaffer | 68 | 153 | 39 | .255 | 1 | 16 |
1B | Bill White | 153 | 591 | 169 | .286 | 20 | 90 |
2B | JuliΓ‘n Javier | 113 | 445 | 124 | .279 | 2 | 41 |
SS | Bob Lillis | 86 | 230 | 50 | .217 | 0 | 21 |
3B | Ken Boyer | 153 | 589 | 194 | .329 | 24 | 95 |
LF | Stan Musial | 123 | 372 | 107 | .288 | 15 | 70 |
CF | Curt Flood | 132 | 335 | 108 | .322 | 2 | 21 |
RF | Joe Cunningham | 113 | 322 | 92 | .286 | 7 | 40 |
Other battersβ»
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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Charlie James | 108 | 349 | 89 | .255 | 4 | 44 |
Don Taussig | 98 | 188 | 54 | .287 | 2 | 25 |
Carl Sawatski | 86 | 174 | 52 | .299 | 10 | 33 |
Alex Grammas | 89 | 170 | 36 | .212 | 0 | 21 |
Carl Warwick | 55 | 152 | 38 | .250 | 4 | 16 |
Daryl Spencer | 37 | 130 | 33 | .254 | 4 | 21 |
Hal Smith | 45 | 125 | 31 | .248 | 0 | 10 |
Red Schoendienst | 72 | 120 | 36 | .300 | 1 | 12 |
Jerry Buchek | 31 | 90 | 12 | .133 | 0 | 9 |
Tim McCarver | 22 | 67 | 16 | .239 | 1 | 6 |
Don Landrum | 28 | 66 | 11 | .167 | 1 | 3 |
Gene Oliver | 22 | 52 | 14 | .269 | 4 | 9 |
Julio Gotay | 10 | 45 | 11 | .244 | 0 | 5 |
Walt Moryn | 17 | 32 | 4 | .125 | 0 | 2 |
Ed Olivares | 21 | 30 | 5 | .167 | 0 | 1 |
Bob Nieman | 6 | 17 | 8 | .471 | 0 | 2 |
Doug Clemens | 6 | 12 | 2 | .167 | 0 | 0 |
George Crowe | 7 | 7 | 1 | .143 | 0 | 0 |
Chris Cannizzaro | 6 | 2 | 1 | .500 | 0 | 0 |
Pitchingβ»
Starting pitchersβ»
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Ray Sadecki | 31 | 222.2 | 14 | 10 | 3.72 | 114 |
Bob Gibson | 35 | 211.1 | 13 | 12 | 3.24 | 166 |
Larry Jackson | 33 | 211.0 | 14 | 11 | 3.75 | 113 |
Curt Simmons | 30 | 195.2 | 9 | 10 | 3.13 | 99 |
Ernie Broglio | 29 | 174.2 | 9 | 12 | 4.12 | 113 |
Other pitchersβ»
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Al Cicotte | 29 | 75.0 | 2 | 6 | 5.28 | 51 |
Bob Miller | 34 | 74.1 | 1 | 3 | 4.24 | 39 |
Ray Washburn | 3 | 20.1 | 1 | 1 | 1.77 | 12 |
Relief pitchersβ»
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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Lindy McDaniel | 55 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 4.87 | 65 |
Craig Anderson | 25 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3.26 | 21 |
Mickey McDermott | 19 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3.67 | 15 |
Ed Bauta | 13 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1.40 | 12 |
Bobby Tiefenauer | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.23 | 3 |
Farm systemβ»
San Juan franchise moved to Charleston (WV), May 19, 1961
Referencesβ»
- ^ Al Cicotte page at Baseball Reference
- ^ Marv Grissom page at Baseball Reference
- ^ Red Schoendienst page at Baseball Reference
- ^ Don Taussig page at Baseball Reference
- ^ Bob Nieman page at Baseball-Reference
- ^ Duke Carmel page at Baseball Reference
- ^ Bob Lillis page at Baseball Reference
- ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and "3rd editions." Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007