1961 St. Louis Cardinals

80-74 • 0.519 Win% • 5th in NL

📊 Season Record

80 Wins
74 Losses
0.519 Win %
5th Rank
703 R 668 RA
Diff +35

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⚡ Quick Stats

703 Runs Scored
668 Runs Allowed
+35 Run Diff
856K Attendance

📈 vs. 1961 NL Average

Batting Avg .270 3% above the 1961 league average (.261)
OBP .332 2% above the 1961 league average (.325)
SLG .328 5% below the 1961 league average (.346)
Team ERA 3.74 7% better than the 1961 league average (4.03)
Runs Scored 703 equal to the 1961 league average (700 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumSportsman's Park IV
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Home Games 78
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Total Attendance 856,025
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Avg per Game 10,974

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Ken Boyer 0.329 2 Curt Flood 0.322 3 Curt Simmons 0.303 4 Red Schoendienst 0.300 5 Carl Sawatski 0.299

Home Runs

1 Ken Boyer 24 2 Bill White 20 3 Stan Musial 15 4 Carl Sawatski 10 5 Joe Cunningham 7

RBI

1 Ken Boyer 95 2 Bill White 90 3 Stan Musial 70 4 Charlie James 44 5 Julian Javier 41
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Bill White 153 591 89 169 0 0 20 90 64 84 8 0.286
Ken Boyer 153 589 109 194 0 0 24 95 68 91 6 0.329
Julian Javier 113 445 58 124 0 0 2 41 30 51 11 0.279
Stan Musial 123 372 46 107 0 0 15 70 52 35 0 0.288
Charlie James 108 349 43 89 0 0 4 44 15 59 2 0.255
Curt Flood 132 335 53 108 0 0 2 21 35 33 6 0.322
Joe Cunningham 113 322 60 92 0 0 7 40 53 32 1 0.286
Bob Lillis 86 230 24 50 0 0 0 21 7 13 3 0.217
Don Taussig 98 188 27 54 0 0 2 25 16 34 2 0.287
Carl Sawatski 86 174 23 52 0 0 10 33 25 17 0 0.299
Alex Grammas 89 170 23 36 0 0 0 21 19 21 0 0.212
Jimmie Schaffer 68 153 15 39 0 0 1 16 9 29 0 0.255
Carl Warwick 55 152 27 38 0 0 4 16 18 33 3 0.250
Daryl Spencer 37 130 19 33 0 0 4 21 23 17 1 0.254
Hal Smith 45 125 6 31 0 0 0 10 11 12 0 0.248
Red Schoendienst 72 120 9 36 0 0 1 12 12 6 1 0.300
Jerry Buchek 31 90 6 12 0 0 0 9 0 28 0 0.133
Ray Sadecki 36 87 6 22 0 0 0 12 1 7 0 0.253
Larry Jackson 34 74 9 13 0 0 0 6 2 14 0 0.176
Tim McCarver 22 67 5 16 0 0 1 6 0 5 0 0.239
Bob Gibson 40 66 4 13 0 0 1 10 3 23 0 0.197
Don Landrum 28 66 5 11 0 0 1 3 5 14 1 0.167
Curt Simmons 32 66 9 20 0 0 0 6 8 22 0 0.303
Ernie Broglio 29 62 3 9 0 0 0 5 3 11 0 0.145
Gene Oliver 22 52 8 14 0 0 4 9 6 10 0 0.269
Julio Gotay 10 45 5 11 0 0 0 5 3 5 0 0.244
Walt Moryn 17 32 0 4 0 0 0 2 1 5 0 0.125
Ed Olivares 21 30 2 5 0 0 0 1 0 4 1 0.167
Al Cicotte 29 21 2 6 0 0 0 2 0 6 0 0.286
Lindy McDaniel 55 17 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0.235
Bob Nieman 6 17 0 8 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0.471
Mickey McDermott 22 14 1 1 0 0 0 3 0 4 0 0.071
Bob Miller 35 14 2 5 0 0 0 0 2 5 0 0.357
Doug Clemens 6 12 1 2 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0.167
Craig Anderson 25 9 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.333
Ray Washburn 3 8 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0.125
George Crowe 7 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.143
Ed Bauta 13 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.500
Chris Cannizzaro 6 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.500
Bobby Tiefenauer 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Curt Simmons 3.13 2 Bob Gibson 3.24 3 Craig Anderson 3.26 4 Ray Sadecki 3.72 5 Larry Jackson 3.75

Wins

1 Larry Jackson 14 2 Ray Sadecki 14 3 Bob Gibson 13 4 Lindy McDaniel 10 5 Ernie Broglio 9

Strikeouts

1 Bob Gibson 166 2 Ray Sadecki 114 3 Ernie Broglio 113 4 Larry Jackson 113 5 Curt Simmons 99
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Ray Sadecki 14 10 3.72 31 31 0 222.2 102 114
Bob Gibson 13 12 3.24 35 27 1 211.1 119 166
Larry Jackson 14 11 3.75 33 28 0 211.0 56 113
Curt Simmons 9 10 3.13 30 29 0 195.2 64 99
Ernie Broglio 9 12 4.12 29 26 0 174.2 75 113
Lindy McDaniel 10 6 4.87 55 0 9 94.1 31 65
Al Cicotte 2 6 5.28 29 7 1 75.0 34 51
Bob Miller 1 3 4.24 34 5 3 74.1 46 39
Craig Anderson 4 3 3.26 25 0 1 38.2 12 21
Mickey McDermott 1 0 3.67 19 0 4 27.0 15 15
Ray Washburn 1 1 1.77 3 2 0 20.1 7 12
Ed Bauta 2 0 1.40 13 0 5 19.1 5 12
Bobby Tiefenauer 0 0 6.23 3 0 0 4.1 4 3

👥 Roster (40)

Craig Anderson Ed Bauta Ken Boyer Ernie Broglio Jerry Buchek Chris Cannizzaro Al Cicotte Doug Clemens George Crowe Joe Cunningham Curt Flood Bob Gibson +28 more

40 players

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