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1961 Pittsburgh Pirates
Record: 98-64
Finish: 2nd in NL National Division
Runs Scored: 789
Runs Allowed: 636
Exp W-L: 97-65
 
Ballpark: Forbes Field
Attendance: 2,286,059
Manager: Jay Zorn

Statistics / Schedule

 Minor League Records:
AAA: 64-73, 6th in the NL
AA: 71-66, 4th in the NL
A: 61-76, 6th in the NL
 
 
Postseason Results:
Lost NL League Series 2-4 to Montreal Expos
 
Team Index    Draft History Park History
Starters: Positional    Registers: Batters     Leaders: Batters   
  Pitchers   Pitchers   Pitchers
 
Team Batting Stats     Help
Pos Name Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS DWS
CF  Willie Mays 30 153 586 95 151 33 2 38 112 11 2 66 106 .258 .331 .515 .846 96.8 17.5 3.8
SS  Ernie Banks 30 156 591 96 150 24 6 35 95 0 0 51 144 .254 .317 .492 .810 91.1 16.2 7.9
RF  Rocky Colavito 27 155 555 83 147 32 2 29 84 0 0 50 69 .265 .325 .486 .812 83.0 14.7 2.5
2B  Don Demeter 26 155 537 86 155 37 2 41 114 0 0 63 113 .289 .360 .594 .954 108.7 23.3 4.8
CF *Bill White 27 155 565 84 148 26 3 30 101 0 0 38 89 .262 .307 .478 .785 80.8 14.1 3.0
CF *Lenny Green 28 127 452 67 124 17 5 11 51 7 1 36 30 .274 .328 .407 .735 59.0 9.6 3.1
2B *Joe Caffie 30 122 434 65 144 7 4 11 38 10 12 19 53 .332 .368 .442 .810 66.4 13.2 2.0
LF  Bob Bowman 30 119 373 50 120 22 3 14 53 0 0 31 66 .322 .379 .509 .888 66.2 14.5 2.2
C  Elston Howard 32 101 318 37 91 19 1 10 33 0 0 13 69 .286 .311 .447 .758 40.9 6.7 4.2
C *Clint Courtney 34 92 298 30 80 15 2 7 37 0 0 17 25 .268 .316 .403 .719 37.2 5.4 4.6
SS #Maury Wills 28 103 282 47 92 6 1 2 20 48 21 16 19 .326 .361 .376 .737 39.2 6.7 2.1
P *Chuck Stobbs 31 44 130 9 19 1 0 0 5 0 0 2 44 .146 .165 .154 .319 -0.3 0.0 0.0
P  Bob Gibson 25 42 113 5 17 2 0 0 3 0 1 3 47 .150 .172 .168 .341 0.9 0.0 0.0
P  Ken Johnson 28 38 95 4 5 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 38 .053 .063 .063 .126 -4.7 0.0 0.0
P  Frank Sullivan 31 33 93 8 10 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 34 .108 .106 .118 .225 -1.5 0.0 0.0
3B  Milt Bolling 30 46 74 8 26 3 1 2 11 0 0 5 13 .351 .392 .500 .892 11.1 2.3 1.1
1B *Ed Stevens 36 45 53 2 9 1 0 0 4 0 1 3 8 .170 .211 .189 .399 1.4 0.0 0.1
LF *Harry Anderson 29 31 39 1 11 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 14 .282 .317 .308 .625 3.5 0.5 0.1
C *Faye Throneberry 30 22 15 4 3 0 0 1 4 1 0 0 6 .200 .200 .400 .600 1.5 0.0 0.3
2B  Marv Breeding 27 6 10 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 .100 .100 .300 .400 0.2 0.0 0.1
P  Jim Owens 27 39 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.6 0.0 0.0
P #Ted Gray 36 27 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
LF *George Altman 28 26 3 7 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 .667 .667 .667 1.333 1.3 0.3 0.0
P  Bob Duliba 26 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Joe Landrum 32 18 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Bobby Tiefenauer 31 45 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 29.6 1901 5628 789 1505 248 33 231 771 79 39 415 995 .267 .319 .446 .765 781.7 145.0 41.8
  Rank among 8 NL teams 3 2 2 3 6 2 3 2 7 7 3 2 4 2 3 2  
* - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, blank - bats right-handed
Team Pitching Stats     Help
Name Age W L Pct G GS SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA PWS
*Chuck Stobbs 31 30 10 .750 44 44 0 375.3 327 91 10 35 292 2.18 45.0
 Bob Gibson 25 19 15 .559 42 42 0 321.7 282 132 31 102 273 3.69 21.3
 Ken Johnson 28 15 15 .500 38 38 0 294.7 307 144 25 85 202 4.40 9.7
 Frank Sullivan 31 17 9 .654 33 33 0 271.3 285 129 34 79 141 4.28 12.5
 Jim Owens 27 6 3 .667 39 3 4 65.7 48 23 9 32 44 3.15 7.5
 Bobby Tiefenauer 31 5 7 .417 45 0 24 45.0 54 20 7 4 29 4.00 6.5
*Ted Gray 36 3 3 .500 27 2 0 42.3 38 21 5 36 44 4.46 1.8
 Howie Nunn 25 3 2 .600 29 0 1 27.0 43 26 2 13 28 8.67 0.0
 Joe Landrum 32 0 0 .000 18 0 0 24.3 24 5 0 4 16 1.85 3.0
 Bob Duliba 26 0 0 .000 1 0 0 1.0 2 1 1 0 0 9.00 0.0
Team Totals 29.2 98 64 .605 316 162 29 1468.3 1410 592 124 390 1069 3.63 107.2
Rank among 8 NL teams 2 2 3 2 3 5 2 3 1 4 3  
* - throws left-handed, blank - throws right-handed
Team Fielding Stats     Help
Last 2 columns are Fielding Percentage and Range Factor (expect Catcher where last column is Runners Thrown Out Percentage)
Numbers in headings are league average values.
Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .996 31.6
C.Courtney 755.7 85 87 565 25 2 0 .997 50.0
E.Howard 675.0 74 87 500 27 4 0 .992 26.9
F.Throneberry 37.7 3 12 33 1 0 0 1.000 0.0
Team Total 1468.3 162 186 1098 53 6 0 .995 34.9
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .993 11.17
B.White 1352.7 151 154 1479 137 8 134 .995 10.75
E.Stevens 46.0 5 6 48 2 0 4 1.000 9.78
H.Anderson 45.0 6 7 57 5 0 4 1.000 12.40
J.Caffie 11.7 0 5 12 2 0 1 1.000 10.81
E.Banks 8.0 0 5 11 0 0 1 1.000 12.38
D.Demeter 5.0 0 2 6 1 0 0 1.000 12.60
Team Total 1468.3 162 179 1613 147 8 144 .995 10.79
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 5.55
D.Demeter 1266.7 144 147 244 477 12 101 .984 5.12
M.Bolling 146.7 14 26 31 47 1 12 .987 4.79
J.Caffie 38.0 3 8 7 18 0 0 1.000 5.92
M.Breeding 12.0 1 2 4 6 0 3 1.000 7.50
M.Wills 5.0 0 1 3 2 0 1 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1468.3 162 184 289 550 13 117 .985 5.14
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .963 2.79
L.Green 879.7 95 106 42 193 11 16 .955 2.40
M.Wills 573.3 67 73 31 122 4 12 .975 2.40
M.Bolling 15.3 0 11 0 7 0 0 1.000 4.11
Team Total 1468.3 162 190 73 322 15 28 .963 2.42
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .968 4.78
E.Banks 1348.3 149 151 197 507 26 100 .964 4.70
B.Bowman 52.0 6 7 8 25 1 5 .971 5.71
M.Bolling 45.0 6 9 5 24 1 1 .967 5.80
M.Wills 16.0 1 4 1 3 0 0 1.000 2.25
F.Throneberry 7.0 0 4 1 3 0 1 1.000 5.14
Team Total 1468.3 162 175 212 562 28 107 .965 4.74
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .982 1.78
R.Colavito 747.0 83 86 126 1 3 0 .977 1.53
B.Bowman 638.7 72 76 136 1 0 0 1.000 1.93
E.Howard 49.0 6 8 11 0 0 0 1.000 2.02
G.Altman 13.7 0 7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
L.Green 9.0 1 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00
E.Stevens 4.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
D.Demeter 4.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
H.Anderson 3.0 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
Team Total 1468.3 162 185 277 2 3 0 .989 1.71
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 2.28
W.Mays 1334.3 147 147 365 2 12 1 .968 2.48
B.Bowman 99.0 11 13 26 1 0 0 1.000 2.45
L.Green 35.0 4 4 9 0 0 0 1.000 2.31
Team Total 1468.3 162 164 400 3 12 1 .971 2.47
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 1.78
J.Caffie 833.3 95 96 174 2 2 0 .989 1.90
R.Colavito 558.7 62 68 126 4 2 0 .985 2.09
L.Green 32.0 4 5 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.97
B.Bowman 17.3 0 12 4 0 1 0 .800 2.08
D.Demeter 17.0 1 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.12
W.Mays 5.0 0 4 3 0 0 0 1.000 5.40
G.Altman 3.0 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
F.Throneberry 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
E.Stevens 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1468.3 162 194 318 6 5 0 .985 1.99
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .976 2.07
C.Stobbs 375.3 44 44 29 49 5 5 .940 1.87
B.Gibson 321.7 42 42 29 46 2 3 .974 2.10
K.Johnson 294.7 38 38 27 54 2 3 .976 2.47
F.Sullivan 271.3 33 33 25 56 2 2 .976 2.69
J.Owens 65.7 3 39 2 11 0 1 1.000 1.78
B.Tiefenauer 45.0 0 45 1 6 0 0 1.000 1.40
T.Gray 42.3 2 27 3 3 0 0 1.000 1.28
H.Nunn 27.0 0 29 1 2 0 0 1.000 1.00
J.Landrum 24.3 0 18 0 6 0 1 1.000 2.22
B.Duliba 1.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1468.3 162 316 117 234 11 15 .970 2.15
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Caffie .304
On-Base Pct Demeter .360
Slugging Pct Demeter .594
OPS Demeter .954
XR Demeter 108.7
Games Banks 156
At-Bats Banks 591
Runs Banks 96
Hits Demeter 155
Total Bases Demeter 319
Singles Caffie 122
Doubles Demeter 37
Triples Banks 6
Homeruns Demeter 41
RBIs Demeter 114
Stolen Bases Wills 48
Caught Stealing Wills 21
Walks Mays 66
Strikeouts Banks 144
ERA Stobbs 2.18
Wins Stobbs 30
Losses Gibson, Johnson 15
Winning Pct Stobbs .750
Saves Tiefenauer 24
Games Pitched Tiefenauer 45
Games Started Stobbs 44
Complete Games Stobbs 29
Shutouts Stobbs 5
Innings Pitched Stobbs 375.3
Hits Allowed Stobbs 327
Homeruns Allowed Sullivan 34
Strikeouts Stobbs 292
Walks Allowed Gibson 102
Walks per 9IP Stobbs 0.8
Hits per 9IP Stobbs 7.8
Strikeouts per 9IP Gibson 7.6
WHiP Stobbs 0.96
OAVG Gibson .230
OOBP Stobbs .251
OSLG Stobbs .306
OOPS Stobbs .556
Team All-Stars
Ernie Banks
Bob Bowman
Don Demeter
Chuck Stobbs
Player Salaries
Willie Mays $ 11,080,000
Chuck Stobbs $ 9,250,000
Rocky Colavito $ 7,500,000
Ernie Banks $ 6,000,000
Clint Courtney $ 4,500,000
Jim Owens $ 3,821,429
Bill White $ 3,300,000
Bobby Tiefenauer $ 3,000,000
Ray Herbert $ 2,500,000
Joe Landrum $ 2,250,000
Elston Howard $ 1,685,714
Ed Stevens $ 1,040,000
Ted Gray $ 1,000,025
Frank Sullivan $ 1,000,002
Faye Throneberry $ 600,000
Bob Wiesler $ 500,000
Harry Anderson $ 350,000
Milt Bolling $ 350,000
Bob Boyd $ 350,000
Johnny Temple $ 310,000
Bob Duliba $ 300,000
Ken Johnson $ 300,000
Arnold Earley $ 300,000
Lenny Green $ 300,000
Joe Caffie $ 300,000
Marv Breeding $ 300,000
Bob Gibson $ 300,000
Bob Bowman $ 300,000
George Altman $ 300,000
Maury Wills $ 300,000
Howie Nunn $ 300,000
Don Demeter $ 300,000
  
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/2 Signed     Bob Wiesler
2/11 Signed     Ted Gray
3/3 Traded Bob Aspromonte Boston (N) Lenny Green
4/2 Released John Demerit    
4/2 Signed     Ed Stevens
 
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