1961 Pittsburgh Pirates

75-79 • 0.487 Win% • 6th in NL

📊 Season Record

75 Wins
79 Losses
0.487 Win %
6th Rank
694 R 675 RA
Diff +19

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⚡ Quick Stats

694 Runs Scored
675 Runs Allowed
+19 Run Diff
1,199K Attendance

📈 vs. 1961 NL Average

Batting Avg .272 4% above the 1961 league average (.261)
OBP .326 equal to the 1961 league average (.325)
SLG .344 1% below the 1961 league average (.346)
Team ERA 3.92 3% better than the 1961 league average (4.03)
Runs Scored 694 1% below the 1961 league average (700 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumForbes Field
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Home Games 77
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Total Attendance 1,199,198
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Avg per Game 15,574

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Roberto Clemente 0.351 2 Smoky Burgess 0.303 3 Dick Stuart 0.301 4 Gino Cimoli 0.299 5 Don Hoak 0.298

Home Runs

1 Dick Stuart 35 2 Roberto Clemente 23 3 Bill Mazeroski 13 4 Smoky Burgess 12 5 Don Hoak 12

RBI

1 Dick Stuart 117 2 Roberto Clemente 89 3 Don Hoak 61 4 Bill Mazeroski 59 5 Bill Virdon 58
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Bill Virdon 146 599 81 156 0 0 9 58 49 45 5 0.260
Dick Groat 148 596 71 164 0 0 6 55 40 44 0 0.275
Roberto Clemente 146 572 100 201 0 0 23 89 35 59 4 0.351
Bill Mazeroski 152 558 71 148 0 0 13 59 26 55 2 0.265
Dick Stuart 138 532 83 160 0 0 35 117 34 121 0 0.301
Don Hoak 145 503 72 150 0 0 12 61 73 53 4 0.298
Bob Skinner 119 381 61 102 0 0 3 42 51 49 3 0.268
Smoky Burgess 100 323 37 98 0 0 12 52 30 16 1 0.303
Hal Smith 67 193 12 43 0 0 3 26 11 38 0 0.223
Joe Christopher 76 186 25 49 0 0 0 14 18 24 6 0.263
Rocky Nelson 75 127 15 25 0 0 5 13 17 11 0 0.197
Bob Friend 41 79 6 11 0 0 0 7 1 36 0 0.139
Dick Schofield 60 78 16 15 0 0 0 2 10 19 0 0.192
Gino Cimoli 21 67 4 20 0 0 0 6 2 13 0 0.299
Walt Moryn 40 65 6 13 0 0 3 9 2 10 0 0.200
Don Leppert 22 60 6 16 0 0 3 5 1 11 0 0.267
Joe Gibbon 31 59 1 8 0 0 0 6 1 22 0 0.136
Harvey Haddix 31 56 2 8 0 0 0 3 6 14 0 0.143
Johnny Logan 27 52 5 12 0 0 0 5 4 8 0 0.231
Donn Clendenon 9 35 7 11 0 0 0 2 5 10 0 0.314
Tom Sturdivant 13 32 2 8 0 0 0 1 0 8 0 0.250
Earl Francis 23 28 0 3 0 0 0 0 2 17 1 0.107
Vinegar Bend Mizell 25 23 1 3 0 0 0 1 2 9 0 0.130
Vern Law 11 19 0 5 0 0 0 5 1 4 0 0.263
Bobby Shantz 44 16 3 7 0 0 0 3 2 1 0 0.438
Al McBean 28 15 2 4 0 0 1 3 0 3 0 0.267
Roy Face 62 11 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0.273
Gene Baker 9 10 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 0.100
Clem Labine 56 10 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 7 0 0.100
Al Jackson 5 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 0.000
Larry Foss 3 6 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0.167
Bob Oldis 4 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Fred Green 13 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.000
Red Witt 9 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.500
Roman Mejias 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Jim Umbricht 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
Tom Cheney 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Tom Sturdivant 2.84 2 Joe Gibbon 3.32 3 Bobby Shantz 3.32 4 Clem Labine 3.69 5 Al McBean 3.75

Wins

1 Bob Friend 14 2 Joe Gibbon 13 3 Harvey Haddix 10 4 Vinegar Bend Mizell 7 5 Roy Face 6

Strikeouts

1 Joe Gibbon 145 2 Bob Friend 108 3 Harvey Haddix 99 4 Bobby Shantz 61 5 Roy Face 55
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Bob Friend 14 19 3.85 41 35 1 236.0 45 108
Joe Gibbon 13 10 3.32 30 29 0 195.1 57 145
Harvey Haddix 10 6 4.10 29 22 0 156.0 41 99
Earl Francis 2 8 4.21 23 15 0 102.2 47 53
Vinegar Bend Mizell 7 10 5.04 25 17 0 100.0 31 37
Clem Labine 4 1 3.69 56 1 8 92.2 31 49
Roy Face 6 12 3.82 62 0 17 92.0 10 55
Bobby Shantz 6 3 3.32 43 6 2 89.1 26 61
Tom Sturdivant 5 2 2.84 13 11 1 85.2 17 45
Al McBean 3 2 3.75 27 2 0 74.1 42 49
Vern Law 3 4 4.70 11 10 0 59.1 18 20
Al Jackson 1 0 3.42 3 2 0 23.2 4 15
Fred Green 0 0 4.79 13 0 0 20.2 9 4
Red Witt 0 1 6.32 9 1 0 15.2 5 9
Larry Foss 1 1 5.87 3 3 0 15.1 11 9
Jim Umbricht 0 0 2.70 1 0 0 3.1 2 1
Tom Cheney 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0.0 4 0

👥 Roster (37)

Gene Baker Smoky Burgess Tom Cheney Joe Christopher Gino Cimoli Roberto Clemente Donn Clendenon Roy Face Larry Foss Earl Francis Bob Friend Joe Gibbon +25 more

37 players

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