1961 Chicago Cubs

64-90 • 0.416 Win% • 7th in NL

📊 Season Record

64 Wins
90 Losses
0.416 Win %
7th Rank
689 R 800 RA
Diff -111

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689 Runs Scored
800 Runs Allowed
-111 Run Diff
673K Attendance

📈 vs. 1961 NL Average

Batting Avg .255 3% below the 1961 league average (.261)
OBP .323 1% below the 1961 league average (.325)
SLG .354 2% above the 1961 league average (.346)
Team ERA 4.48 11% worse than the 1961 league average (4.03)
Runs Scored 689 2% below the 1961 league average (700 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumWrigley Field
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Home Games 78
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Total Attendance 673,006
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Avg per Game 8,628

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 George Altman 0.303 2 Ron Santo 0.284 3 Ernie Banks 0.278 4 Billy Williams 0.278 5 Dick Bertell 0.273

Home Runs

1 Ernie Banks 29 2 George Altman 27 3 Billy Williams 25 4 Ron Santo 23 5 Don Zimmer 13

RBI

1 George Altman 96 2 Billy Williams 86 3 Ron Santo 83 4 Ernie Banks 80 5 Jerry Kindall 44
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Ron Santo 154 578 84 164 0 0 23 83 73 77 2 0.284
Billy Williams 146 529 75 147 0 0 25 86 45 70 6 0.278
George Altman 138 518 77 157 0 0 27 96 40 92 6 0.303
Ernie Banks 138 511 75 142 0 0 29 80 54 75 1 0.278
Don Zimmer 128 477 57 120 0 0 13 40 25 70 5 0.252
Al Heist 109 321 48 82 0 0 7 37 39 51 3 0.255
Ed Bouchee 112 319 49 79 0 0 12 38 58 77 1 0.248
Jerry Kindall 96 310 37 75 0 0 9 44 18 89 2 0.242
Richie Ashburn 109 307 49 79 0 0 0 19 55 27 7 0.257
Dick Bertell 92 267 20 73 0 0 2 33 15 33 0 0.273
Sammy Taylor 89 235 26 56 0 0 8 23 23 39 0 0.238
Andre Rodgers 73 214 27 57 0 0 6 23 25 54 1 0.266
Bob Will 86 113 9 29 0 0 0 8 15 19 0 0.257
Don Cardwell 40 95 6 10 0 0 3 6 6 55 0 0.105
Glen Hobbie 36 66 5 11 0 0 2 6 5 30 0 0.167
Jack Curtis 31 60 8 10 0 0 2 4 10 23 0 0.167
Dick Ellsworth 37 56 1 2 0 0 0 0 3 29 0 0.036
Frank Thomas 15 50 7 13 0 0 2 6 2 8 0 0.260
Bob Anderson 57 42 5 6 0 0 2 5 1 22 0 0.143
Mel Roach 23 39 1 5 0 0 0 1 3 9 1 0.128
Moe Thacker 25 35 3 6 0 0 0 2 11 11 0 0.171
Cuno Barragan 10 28 3 6 0 0 1 2 2 7 0 0.214
Ken Hubbs 10 28 4 5 0 0 1 2 0 8 0 0.179
Jim Brewer 36 22 1 4 0 0 0 0 2 10 0 0.182
Dick Drott 35 22 1 6 0 0 0 1 1 7 0 0.273
Moe Morhardt 7 18 3 5 0 0 0 1 3 5 0 0.278
Danny Murphy 4 13 3 5 0 0 2 3 1 5 0 0.385
Lou Brock 4 11 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0.091
Don Elston 58 11 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0.182
Jim McAnany 11 10 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0.300
Barney Schultz 41 10 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0.100
Nelson Mathews 3 9 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.111
George Freese 9 7 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 4 0 0.286
Sammy Drake 13 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0.000
Joe Schaffernoth 21 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Mel Wright 11 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Dick Burwell 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Barney Schultz 2.70 2 Don Cardwell 3.82 3 Dick Ellsworth 3.86 4 Dick Drott 4.22 5 Bob Anderson 4.26

Wins

1 Don Cardwell 15 2 Jack Curtis 10 3 Dick Ellsworth 10 4 Bob Anderson 7 5 Glen Hobbie 7

Strikeouts

1 Don Cardwell 156 2 Glen Hobbie 103 3 Bob Anderson 96 4 Dick Ellsworth 91 5 Don Elston 59
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Don Cardwell 15 14 3.82 39 38 0 259.1 88 156
Glen Hobbie 7 13 4.26 36 29 2 198.2 54 103
Dick Ellsworth 10 11 3.86 37 31 0 186.2 48 91
Jack Curtis 10 13 4.89 31 27 0 180.1 51 57
Bob Anderson 7 10 4.26 57 12 8 152.0 56 96
Dick Drott 1 4 4.22 35 8 0 98.0 51 48
Don Elston 6 7 5.59 58 0 8 93.1 45 59
Jim Brewer 1 7 5.82 36 11 0 86.2 21 57
Barney Schultz 7 6 2.70 41 0 7 66.2 25 59
Joe Schaffernoth 0 4 6.34 21 0 0 38.1 18 23
Mel Wright 0 1 10.71 11 0 0 21.0 4 6
Dick Burwell 0 0 9.00 2 0 0 4.0 4 0

👥 Roster (37)

George Altman Bob Anderson Richie Ashburn Ernie Banks Cuno Barragan Dick Bertell Ed Bouchee Jim Brewer Lou Brock Dick Burwell Don Cardwell Jack Curtis +25 more

37 players

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