1961 Pittsburgh Pirates season

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1961  Pittsburgh Pirates
League National League
Ballpark Forbes Field
City Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania [1]
Owners John W. Galbreath (majority shareholder); Bing Crosby, Thomas P. Johnson (minority shareholders)
General managers Joe L. Brown
Managers Danny Murtaugh
Television KDKA-TV
Bob Prince, Jim Woods
Radio KDKA
Bob Prince, Paul Long, Jim Woods
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The 1961 Pittsburgh Pirates fell from World Champions the previous season to sixth place in the National League, as they won 75 games and lost 79, 18 games behind NL Champion Cincinnati.

Contents

Regular season

Season standings

National League 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
Cincinnati Reds 93610.604—47–3046–31
Los Angeles Dodgers 89650.578445–3244–33
San Francisco Giants 85690.552845–3240–37
Milwaukee Braves 83710.5391045–3238–39
St. Louis Cardinals 80740.5191348–2932–45
Pittsburgh Pirates 75790.4871838–3937–40
Chicago Cubs 64900.4162940–3724–53
Philadelphia Phillies 471070.3054622–5525–52

Record vs. opponents

1961 National League record

Sources:
TeamCHCCINLADMILPHIPITSFSTL
Chicago —12–107–159–13–113–911–115–177–15–1
Cincinnati 10–12—12–1015–719–311–1112–1014–8
Los Angeles 15–710–12—12–1017–513–910–1212–10
Milwaukee 13–9–17–1510–12—16–612–1011–1114–8
Philadelphia 9–133–195–176–16—7–158–14–19–13
Pittsburgh 11–1111–119–1310–1215–7—10–129–13
San Francisco 17–510–1212–1011–1114–8–112–10—9–13
St. Louis 15–7–18–1410–128–1413–913–913–9—

Game log

1961 Game Log: 75–79 (Home: 38–39; Away: 37–40)
April: 9–6 (Home: 4–2; Away: 5–4)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1April 11@ Giants 8–7Face (1–0)McCormickLabine (1)41,4231–0
2April 12@ Giants 1–2LoesLaw (0–1)Duffalo7,5831–1
3April 13@ Giants 5–6 (12)DuffaloFace (1–1)—10,9101–2
4April 14@ Dodgers 6–3Gibbon (1–0)KoufaxLabine (2)28,3712–2
5April 15@ Dodgers 4–1Friend (1–0)Drysdale—36,7833–2
6April 16@ Dodgers 6–13WilliamsLaw (0–2)Palmquist27,7163–3
7April 18 Cubs 5–3Mizell (1–0)WrightFace (1)30,7814–3
8April 19 Cubs 4–1Friend (2–0)Anderson—12,7425–3
9April 20 Cubs 0–3HobbieGibbon (1–1)—10,4285–4
10April 23 Braves 1–3SpahnLaw (0–3)—21,2495–5
11April 24 Braves 7–6Friend (3–0)DrabowskyLabine (3)14,8266–5
12April 26 Phillies 3–2Mizell (2–0)Green—9,4207–5
13April 29@ Reds 6–3Law (1–3)JayFace (2)9,1738–5
14April 30@ Reds 6–3Friend (4–0)HookFace (3)9–5
15April 30@ Reds 2–4PurkeyGibbon (1–2)—11,7439–6
May: 12–12 (Home: 7–6; Away: 5–6)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
16May 2@ Cardinals 6–0Haddix (1–0)Broglio—6,54910–6
17May 3@ Cardinals 1–3GibsonMizell (2–1)McDaniel5,61110–7
18May 5 Dodgers 0–10PodresFriend (4–1)Farrell25,02310–8
19May 6 Dodgers 9–5Gibbon (2–2)CraigFace (4)9,73611–8
20May 7 Dodgers 2–4KoufaxWitt (0–1)Sherry17,36311–9
21May 9 Giants 9–6Haddix (2–0)SanfordLabine (4)17,25012–9
22May 10 Giants 0–3McCormickFriend (4–2)—21,59912–10
23May 12 Reds 8–5Shantz (1–0)Bridges—20,66213–10
24May 13 Reds 13–5Labine (1–0)O'Toole—13,34314–10
25May 14 Reds 1–4HuntFriend (4–3)Brosnan17,45914–11
26May 16 Cardinals 2–1Face (2–1)Simmons—13,57815–11
27May 17 Cardinals 4–3Mizell (3–1)BroglioFace (5)17,69116–11
28May 19@ Phillies 1–4MahaffeyFriend (4–4)—16,03516–12
29May 20@ Phillies 4–3Gibbon (3–2)RobertsFace (6)12,54717–12
30May 21@ Phillies 13–11Friend (5–4)Ferrarese—9,29118–12
31May 22@ Braves 2–1Haddix (3–0)Buhl—10,33219–12
32May 23@ Braves 0–1BurdetteShantz (1–1)—9,36719–13
33May 24@ Cubs 7–3Mizell (4–1)EllsworthLabine (5)5,57320–13
34May 26@ Cardinals 2–12SimmonsFriend (5–5)—8,86820–14
35May 27@ Cardinals 5–7BroglioLaw (1–4)McDaniel14,94120–15
36May 28@ Cardinals 4–8CicotteHaddix (3–1)—16,63220–16
37May 30 Cubs 3–5EllsworthMizell (4–2)Elston20–17
38May 30 Cubs 0–10CardwellFriend (5–6)—30,85220–18
39May 31 Braves 9–1Gibbon (4–2)Spahn—16,90221–18
June: 15–13 (Home: 10–9; Away: 5–4)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
40June 1 Braves 8–2 (7)Haddix (4–1)Burdette—19,12822–18
41June 2 Phillies 0–6BuzhardtFriend (5–7)—14,34422–19
42June 3 Phillies 5–1Shantz (2–1)MahaffeyFace (7)11,15323–19
43June 4 Phillies 0–5FerrareseMizell (4–3)—27,35223–20
44June 5@ Dodgers 5–2Law (2–4)PerranoskiFace (8)14,71524–20
45June 6@ Dodgers 7–8PodresFace (2–2)Sherry15,78424–21
46June 7@ Dodgers 3–7KoufaxFrancis (0–1)—19,96724–22
47June 8@ Dodgers 4–2Friend (6–7)WilliamsShantz (1)17,59925–22
48June 9@ Giants 6–9BolinFace (2–3)Miller27,81525–23
49June 10@ Giants 0–5McCormickMizell (4–4)—26,63025–24
50June 11@ Giants 8–4Law (3–4)LoesFriend (1)34,18526–24
51June 13 Reds 2–1Gibbon (5–2)Maloney—19,42327–24
52June 14 Reds 5–4Shantz (3–1)Brosnan—14,27028–24
53June 15 Reds 1–8JayMizell (4–5)—19,20928–25
54June 16 Cardinals 2–5GibsonHaddix (4–2)—26,22928–26
55June 17 Cardinals 9–3Shantz (4–1)Broglio—15,43629–26
56June 18 Cardinals 5–3Friend (7–7)SimmonsFace (9)30–26
57June 18 Cardinals 3–7JacksonGibbon (5–3)Miller29,17630–27
58June 20@ Phillies 6–2Haddix (5–2)MahaffeyFace (10)10,64931–27
59June 22@ Phillies 5–1Friend (8–7)Buzhardt—9,12632–27
60June 23 Phillies 11–12LehmanFrancis (0–2)Sullivan16,17032–28
61June 24 Phillies 2–6ShortMizell (4–6)Sullivan9,54632–29
62June 25 Phillies 10–5Face (3–3)Baldschun—33–29
63June 25 Phillies 3–4MahaffeyHaddix (5–3)Sullivan10,95133–30
64June 27 Dodgers 5–9FarrellFriend (8–8)Sherry25,93633–31
65June 28 Dodgers 9–3Gibbon (6–3)Drysdale—21,58134–31
66June 29 Dodgers 4–2Francis (1–2)KoufaxFace (11)21,52035–31
67June 30 Giants 4–3Face (4–3)McCormick—31,90036–31
July: 9–17 (Home: 4–10; Away: 5–7)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
68July 1 Giants 3–4JonesFriend (8–9)—19,73736–32
69July 2 Giants 7–6Haddix (6–3)McCormickLabine (6)37–32
70July 2 Giants 9–0 (7)Shantz (5–1)Marichal—36,09338–32
71July 3@ Reds 3–4MaloneyGibbon (6–4)Brosnan31,83938–33
72July 4@ Reds 0–2JayFrancis (1–3)—11,80238–34
73July 6@ Cubs 15–3Friend (9–9)Ellsworth—39–34
74July 6@ Cubs 1–5HobbieMizell (4–7)—15,81339–35
75July 7@ Braves 6–5McBean (1–0)SpahnFace (12)17,62240–35
76July 8@ Braves 4–3Gibbon (7–4)BuhlShantz (2)16,10941–35
77July 9@ Braves 5–4McBean (2–0)BurdetteFace (13)20,84542–35
78July 13@ Giants 1–2MillerFriend (9–10)—11,32842–36
79July 14@ Giants 6–4Labine (2–0)LeMayFace (14)23,17743–36
80July 15@ Giants 3–8McCormickHaddix (6–4)—22,59643–37
81July 16@ Dodgers 11–12 (10)PodresFace (4–4)—15,93043–38
82July 17@ Dodgers 4–6WilliamsFriend (9–11)Koufax26,23243–39
83July 20 Cubs 4–0Gibbon (8–4)Curtis—13,85944–39
84July 21 Braves 3–5BurdetteFriend (9–12)Nottebart28,29044–40
85July 22 Braves 4–5CloningerShantz (5–2)Nottebart16,41744–41
86July 23 Braves 4–11BuhlHaddix (6–5)—44–42
87July 23 Braves 4–5McMahonFriend (9–13)—26,53144–43
88July 25 Giants 7–16MillerGibbon (8–5)—18,69844–44
89July 26 Giants 8–3Friend (10–13)LeMay—17,30645–44
90July 27 Giants 0–2MarichalMizell (4–8)—17,88545–45
91July 28 Dodgers 4–6PodresFrancis (1–4)Farrell25,59345–46
92July 29 Dodgers 4–5PerranoskiMcBean (2–1)Farrell11,82245–47
93July 30 Dodgers 3–7DrysdaleGibbon (8–6)Perranoski18,27345–48
August: 16–16 (Home: 8–7; Away: 8–9)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
94August 2@ Cardinals 2–4JacksonShantz (5–3)—12,04845–49
95August 3@ Cardinals 19–0Haddix (7–5)Cicotte—11,51446–49
96August 4@ Reds 4–5BrosnanLabine (2–1)—27,38346–50
97August 5@ Reds 11–7McBean (3–1)Hunt—12,12547–50
98August 6@ Reds 9–4Mizell (5–8)JayLabine (7)48–50
99August 6@ Reds 2–3 (10)BrosnanFace (4–5)—31,16748–51
100August 7@ Phillies 3–1Friend (11–13)Buzhardt—5,58649–51
101August 8@ Phillies 10–2Haddix (8–5)Mahaffey—50–51
102August 8@ Phillies 3–2Sturdivant (1–0)Short—11,08151–51
103August 9 Cardinals 0–4SimmonsGibbon (8–7)Bauta17,03851–52
104August 10 Cardinals 2–3SadeckiFrancis (1–5)—13,81251–53
105August 11 Phillies 6–0 (7)Friend (12–13)Roberts—12,96552–53
106August 12 Phillies 4–0Mizell (6–8)Owens—8,78553–53
107August 13 Phillies 13–4Sturdivant (2–0)Buzhardt—12,92354–53
108August 14@ Braves 3–8CloningerHaddix (8–6)—14,64854–54
109August 15@ Braves 1–4WilleyGibbon (8–8)—16,84354–55
110August 16@ Braves 1–2SpahnFriend (12–14)—18,33054–56
111August 17@ Cubs 4–11DrottMizell (6–9)Anderson54–57
112August 17@ Cubs 4–3Francis (2–5)BrewerFace (15)16,96155–57
113August 18@ Cubs 1–2 (11)EllsworthSturdivant (2–1)—7,46955–58
114August 19@ Cubs 4–3 (11)Labine (3–1)Curtis—11,77756–58
115August 20@ Cubs 0–1 (11)CardwellFriend (12–15)—19,03856–59
116August 22 Braves 4–1Gibbon (9–8)BuhlFace (16)15,87457–59
117August 23 Braves 7–6Face (5–5)Nottebart—15,11758–59
118August 24 Braves 1–6SpahnFriend (12–16)—16,65358–60
119August 25 Cubs 1–0Sturdivant (3–1)Cardwell—12,65159–60
120August 26 Cubs 3–7SchultzFace (5–6)Anderson9,13759–61
121August 27 Cubs 7–3Gibbon (10–8)CurtisLabine (8)60–61
122August 27 Cubs 5–6BrewerMizell (6–10)Anderson15,47160–62
123August 28 Cubs 4–5AndersonFace (5–7)—13,75360–63
124August 29 Reds 0–3O'TooleFriend (12–17)Maloney17,99960–64
125August 30 Reds 3–1Sturdivant (4–1)Purkey—20,00061–64
September: 13–15 (Home: 4–5; Away: 9–10)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
126September 1@ Cardinals 4–8JacksonGibbon (10–9)—13,48061–65
127September 2@ Cardinals 5–4Face (6–7)McDaniel—9,14062–65
128September 3@ Cardinals 8–1Friend (13–17)Simmons—13,81763–65
129September 4@ Cardinals 4–9SadeckiFrancis (2–6)McDaniel10,02163–66
130September 5@ Cubs 8–3Sturdivant (5–1)Hobbie—3,41764–66
131September 6@ Cubs 2–6CardwellGibbon (10–10)—3,08064–67
132September 7@ Cubs 7–5Shantz (6–3)Brewer—2,75265–67
133September 8@ Braves 2–1Friend (14–17)Hendley—15,60666–67
134September 9@ Braves 3–4NottebartFace (6–8)—12,32066–68
135September 10@ Braves 3–4SpahnSturdivant (5–2)—24,19866–69
136September 11@ Giants 3–4 (10)SanfordFace (6–9)—5,51266–70
137September 12@ Giants 3–0Gibbon (11–10)McCormick—9,53967–70
138September 13@ Dodgers 8–2Haddix (9–6)Farrell—10,49468–70
139September 14@ Dodgers 6–7RoebuckFace (6–10)—9,80568–71
140September 16 Cardinals 3–6SadeckiFrancis (2–7)—6,83068–72
141September 17 Cardinals 0–3JacksonMcBean (3–2)—10,03068–73
142September 18 Cardinals 8–6Foss (1–0)GibsonFace (17)8,93469–73
143September 19@ Reds 1–10O'TooleFriend (14–18)—14,22569–74
144September 20@ Reds 2–3JayFace (6–11)—14,82269–75
145September 22@ Phillies 6–3Labine (4–1)Sullivan—4,68770–75
146September 23@ Phillies 4–5 (16)BaldschunFace (6–12)—4,00570–76
147September 24@ Phillies 4–3Mizell (7–10)ShortSturdivant (1)3,28271–76
148September 26 Dodgers 3–5WilliamsFriend (14–19)Farrell71–77
149September 26 Dodgers 8–0Gibbon (12–10)Drysdale—9,60272–77
150September 27 Giants 5–3Haddix (10–6)Miller—7,47173–77
151September 28 Giants 4–7DuffaloFrancis (2–8)Miller5,38473–78
152September 29 Reds 1–8O'TooleFoss (1–1)Jones10,11973–79
153September 30 Reds 11–6Jackson (1–0)Jay—7,15874–79
October: 1–0 (Home: 1–0; Away: 0–0)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
154October 1 Reds 3–1Gibbon (13–10)Brosnan—26,76075–79
Legend:       = Win       = Loss
Bold = Pirates team member

Opening Day lineup

Opening Day Lineup
#NamePosition
18 Bill Virdon CF
24 Dick Groat SS
4 Bob Skinner LF
14 Rocky Nelson 1B
21 Roberto Clemente RF
12 Don Hoak 3B
9 Bill Mazeroski 2B
6 Smoky Burgess C
19 Bob Friend SP

[2]

Notable transactions

Roster

1961 Pittsburgh Pirates
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Infielders

OutfieldersManager

Coaches

Statistics

Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pitching

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
AAA Columbus Jets International League Larry Shepard
A Asheville Tourists Sally League Ray Hathaway
B Burlington Bees Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League Harding "Pete" Peterson
C Grand Forks Chiefs Northern League Bob Clear
D Kingsport Pirates Appalachian League Jim Gibbons
D Batavia Pirates New York–Penn League James Adlam and Gene Baker
D Hobbs Pirates Sophomore League Al Kubski
D Shelby Colonels Western Carolinas League Aaron Robinson and James Adlam

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Asheville, Hobbs

Notes

  1. ↑ From 1882–1906, the team played in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, which became annexed by Pittsburgh as the North Side in 1907.
  2. ↑ 1961 Opening Day Lineup at Baseball-Reference
  3. ↑ Don Williams page at Baseball Reference
  4. ↑ Gene Baker page at Baseball Reference
  5. ↑ Ron Woods page at Baseball Reference
  6. ↑ "Major League Baseball Regular Season Hitting Stats | pirates.com: Stats". Pittsburgh Pirates. Archived from the original on October 12, 2014. Retrieved May 5, 2016.
  7. ↑ "Major League Baseball Regular Season Pitching Stats | pirates.com: Stats". Pittsburgh Pirates. Archived from the original on October 12, 2014. Retrieved May 5, 2016.

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