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1961 St. Louis Cardinals
Record: 69-93
Finish: 5th in NL National Division
Runs Scored: 697
Runs Allowed: 788
Exp W-L: 72-90
 
Ballpark: Sportsmans Park
Attendance: 959,831
Manager: Joel Roltgen

Statistics / Schedule

 Minor League Records:
AAA: 76-61, 2nd in the NL
AA: 81-56, 1st in the NL
A: 93-44, 1st in the NL
 
 
 
 
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Starters: Positional    Registers: Batters     Leaders: Batters   
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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 *Tito Francona 27 152 570 77 159 29 1 10 54 4 0 72 73 .279 .360 .386 .746 80.4 15.6 2.2
1B *Willie McCovey 23 154 556 94 123 23 3 33 86 0 0 72 128 .221 .309 .451 .760 81.8 13.2 1.9
LF *Leon Wagner 27 150 555 75 161 21 0 23 83 5 1 45 115 .290 .347 .452 .799 81.4 15.8 2.0
3B  Jose Pagan 26 149 507 70 142 22 5 17 67 3 3 37 88 .280 .331 .444 .775 69.4 12.9 1.9
LF  Billy Moran 27 155 511 46 132 24 6 12 58 0 0 17 63 .258 .281 .399 .680 52.3 6.9 3.3
3B *Tony Gonzalez 24 125 436 56 123 15 6 14 52 8 5 42 82 .282 .350 .440 .790 65.7 13.1 2.6
LF  Frank Howard 24 147 430 61 112 21 1 27 70 0 1 42 125 .260 .325 .502 .827 68.9 13.6 2.0
C *Sammy Taylor 28 122 391 53 106 11 4 13 47 0 0 28 90 .271 .325 .419 .744 49.3 8.2 5.1
RF *Lee Maye 26 113 324 55 90 13 3 9 43 3 0 28 49 .278 .335 .420 .755 40.9 6.8 1.9
C  Hal Smith 30 81 248 20 58 14 5 2 24 0 0 8 33 .234 .256 .355 .611 20.4 1.3 3.6
2B  Frank Bolling 29 105 226 24 65 14 2 2 28 0 0 17 26 .288 .336 .394 .730 28.2 4.9 1.3
2B  Bob Johnson 25 74 165 18 54 12 1 3 23 2 0 7 21 .327 .356 .467 .823 24.5 5.4 0.7
1B  George Thomas 23 69 117 14 26 7 0 1 12 0 0 9 21 .222 .276 .308 .583 9.4 0.4 0.5
1B *Kent Hadley 26 80 110 12 26 5 0 3 12 0 0 10 27 .236 .298 .364 .661 10.6 1.1 0.2
P *Sam McDowell 18 33 81 2 7 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 31 .086 .086 .086 .173 -3.3 0.0 0.0
P  Jim Archer 29 33 80 4 5 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 28 .063 .062 .075 .137 -3.6 0.0 0.0
P  Larry Sherry 25 32 71 3 9 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 20 .127 .127 .127 .254 -0.8 0.0 0.0
P  Glen Hobbie 25 41 68 8 8 2 0 0 1 0 0 3 30 .118 .155 .147 .302 0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Don Lee 27 32 61 4 7 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 24 .115 .129 .148 .277 -0.5 0.0 0.0
P  John Buzhardt 24 17 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 .000 .077 .000 .077 -0.7 0.0 0.0
P  Jim Bunning 29 43 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4 0.0 0.0
P  Bob Trowbridge 31 53 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .250 .000 .250 0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Ernie Broglio 25 9 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .500 1.000 0.4 0.0 0.0
P  Ted Bowsfield 26 17 2 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.500 2.500 1.2 0.6 0.0
  Team Totals 26.0 1986 5530 697 1416 237 37 169 671 25 10 440 1085 .256 .312 .404 .716 675.5 119.6 29.3
  Rank among 8 NL teams 5 5 5 4 1 4 5 3 3 4 6 5 5 4 5 5  
* - 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
*Jim Archer 29 12 16 .429 33 33 0 248.3 252 103 19 58 191 3.73 13.5
*Sam McDowell 18 16 11 .593 33 33 0 241.0 220 131 25 131 224 4.89 7.8
 Glen Hobbie 25 8 14 .364 41 27 2 225.7 197 104 30 88 154 4.15 11.1
 Larry Sherry 25 10 15 .400 32 32 0 217.0 185 114 37 97 207 4.73 6.3
 Don Lee 27 4 20 .167 32 32 0 204.7 229 124 32 58 126 5.45 0.3
 Bill Dailey 26 9 4 .692 87 0 11 93.3 91 47 11 31 58 4.53 8.9
 Bob Trowbridge 31 4 7 .364 53 0 9 63.3 68 41 13 37 57 5.83 1.0
 Jim Bunning 29 1 2 .333 43 0 2 55.3 48 22 8 16 38 3.58 4.7
 John Buzhardt 24 3 3 .500 17 5 1 53.7 58 20 5 20 19 3.35 4.3
*Ted Bowsfield 26 2 0 1.000 17 0 2 16.3 29 15 4 6 10 8.27 0.0
 Ernie Broglio 25 0 1 .000 9 0 0 8.0 13 7 2 5 5 7.88 0.0
Team Totals 25.9 69 93 .426 397 162 27 1426.6 1390 728 186 547 1089 4.59 58.0
Rank among 8 NL teams 5 5 5 5 8 4 6 7 8 3 7  
* - 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
S.Taylor 846.7 93 110 665 32 4 0 .994 40.0
H.Smith 580.0 69 74 449 24 0 0 1.000 36.4
Team Total 1426.7 162 184 1114 56 4 0 .997 38.3
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .993 11.17
L.Wagner 1214.7 138 140 1375 94 10 96 .993 10.88
G.Thomas 116.7 14 14 140 10 0 15 1.000 11.57
B.Johnson 47.0 6 6 49 2 2 4 .962 9.77
K.Hadley 38.3 4 7 42 1 0 2 1.000 10.10
F.Bolling 9.0 0 5 9 2 0 1 1.000 11.00
L.Maye 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1426.7 162 173 1616 109 12 118 .993 10.88
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 5.55
J.Pagan 1157.0 136 139 233 438 11 88 .984 5.22
B.Johnson 192.3 20 31 35 74 6 11 .948 5.10
G.Thomas 58.0 6 13 14 16 1 0 .968 4.66
L.Maye 11.0 0 5 2 3 0 0 1.000 4.09
F.Bolling 7.3 0 4 1 1 0 0 1.000 2.46
B.Moran 1.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1426.7 162 193 285 533 18 99 .978 5.16
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .963 2.79
L.Maye 563.3 65 70 36 138 4 4 .978 2.78
T.Gonzalez 393.3 43 51 28 105 6 8 .957 3.04
F.Bolling 227.0 27 34 13 57 1 4 .986 2.78
B.Moran 165.3 19 23 2 41 4 4 .915 2.34
B.Johnson 61.7 7 15 6 18 1 1 .960 3.50
G.Thomas 12.0 1 4 2 3 0 1 1.000 3.75
J.Pagan 4.0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.25
Team Total 1426.7 162 199 87 363 16 22 .966 2.84
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .968 4.78
B.Moran 1085.7 134 134 138 408 14 67 .975 4.53
F.Bolling 211.3 21 40 31 77 4 13 .964 4.60
B.Johnson 55.0 6 10 10 18 1 5 .966 4.58
T.Gonzalez 28.0 0 12 2 9 0 0 1.000 3.54
G.Thomas 22.3 1 9 4 6 0 1 1.000 4.03
L.Maye 15.0 0 5 3 8 0 1 1.000 6.60
J.Pagan 7.3 0 4 1 5 0 0 1.000 7.37
K.Hadley 2.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1426.7 162 216 189 531 19 87 .974 4.54
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .982 1.78
W.McCovey 1296.3 149 150 245 4 11 1 .958 1.73
F.Howard 70.0 8 9 18 0 1 0 .947 2.31
K.Hadley 28.3 2 5 7 0 0 0 1.000 2.22
G.Thomas 26.0 3 3 9 0 0 0 1.000 3.12
S.Taylor 5.0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.60
L.Maye 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1426.7 162 169 282 4 12 1 .960 1.80
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 2.28
F.Howard 748.3 78 108 187 5 2 3 .990 2.31
T.Gonzalez 560.3 70 70 136 3 1 0 .993 2.23
L.Maye 111.0 14 16 20 0 1 0 .952 1.62
G.Thomas 4.0 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
T.Francona 3.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
Team Total 1426.7 162 199 345 8 4 3 .989 2.23
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 1.78
T.Francona 1256.0 145 148 250 3 1 0 .996 1.81
F.Howard 93.3 9 18 15 0 0 0 1.000 1.45
K.Hadley 55.0 7 7 6 0 0 0 1.000 0.98
L.Wagner 12.3 0 8 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.73
G.Thomas 10.0 1 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.70
Team Total 1426.7 162 183 275 3 1 0 .996 1.75
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .976 2.07
J.Archer 248.3 33 33 11 38 1 3 .980 1.78
S.McDowell 241.0 33 33 7 37 1 4 .978 1.64
G.Hobbie 225.7 27 41 13 55 1 0 .986 2.71
L.Sherry 217.0 32 32 12 27 2 1 .951 1.62
D.Lee 204.7 32 32 12 41 0 2 1.000 2.33
B.Dailey 93.3 0 87 7 19 0 0 1.000 2.51
B.Trowbridge 63.3 0 53 6 6 0 0 1.000 1.71
J.Bunning 55.3 0 43 0 9 1 1 .900 1.46
J.Buzhardt 53.7 5 17 4 10 1 1 .933 2.35
T.Bowsfield 16.3 0 17 0 6 0 0 1.000 3.31
E.Broglio 8.0 0 9 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.13
Team Total 1426.6 162 397 73 248 7 12 .979 2.03
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Wagner .290
On-Base Pct Francona .360
Slugging Pct Howard .475
OPS Wagner .799
XR McCovey 81.8
Games Moran 155
At-Bats Francona 570
Runs McCovey 94
Hits Wagner 161
Total Bases Wagner, McCovey 251
Singles Francona 119
Doubles Francona 29
Triples Gonzalez, Moran 6
Homeruns McCovey 33
RBIs McCovey 86
Stolen Bases Gonzalez 8
Caught Stealing Gonzalez 5
Walks McCovey, Francona 72
Strikeouts McCovey 128
ERA Archer 3.73
Wins McDowell 16
Losses Lee 20
Winning Pct McDowell .593
Saves Dailey 11
Games Pitched Dailey 87
Games Started Archer, McDowell 33
Complete Games Archer 9
Shutouts Hobbie 2
Innings Pitched Archer 248.3
Hits Allowed Archer 252
Homeruns Allowed Sherry 37
Strikeouts McDowell 224
Walks Allowed McDowell 131
Walks per 9IP Archer 2.1
Hits per 9IP Sherry 7.7
Strikeouts per 9IP Sherry 8.6
WHiP Archer 1.25
OAVG Sherry .226
OOBP Archer .303
OSLG Hobbie .382
OOPS Archer .686
Team All-Stars
Jose Pagan
Player Salaries
Tito Francona $ 2,435,714
Bob Trowbridge $ 2,135,714
Bob Blaylock $ 1,411,429
Jim Bunning $ 1,253,571
Lew Burdette $ 1,230,000
Frank Malzone $ 600,000
Frank Bolling $ 445,000
John Powers $ 350,000
Larry Jackson $ 350,000
Glen Hobbie $ 350,000
Gair Allie $ 350,000
Ted Bowsfield $ 300,000
Ernie Broglio $ 300,000
Bill Dailey $ 300,000
Jim Archer $ 300,000
Tony Gonzalez $ 300,000
Kent Hadley $ 300,000
John Buzhardt $ 300,000
Bob Johnson $ 300,000
Leon Wagner $ 300,000
Don Lee $ 300,000
Lee Maye $ 300,000
Willie McCovey $ 300,000
Sam McDowell $ 300,000
Billy Moran $ 300,000
Jose Pagan $ 300,000
Larry Sherry $ 300,000
Hal Smith $ 300,000
Sammy Taylor $ 300,000
George Thomas $ 300,000
Frank Howard $ 300,000
  
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
3/3 Traded Bob Allison
Tom Upton		 Brooklyn Bob Purkey
4/2 Released Skeeter Kell    
4/2 Released John Romonosky    
4/2 Released Jim Baxes    
4/2 Released Jackie Mayo    
7/31 Traded Floyd Wooldridge
$9,000,000		 Tampa Bay Choo Choo Coleman
 
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