1961 St. Louis Cardinals Statistics and Roster

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1961 St. Louis Cardinals (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1960/1962)
80-74, Finished 5th in National League
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Scored 703 runs, Allowed 668 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 81-73
Managed by Solly Hemus and Johnny Keane

Ballpark: Sportsman's Park IV (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 855,305 (6th of 8)
Park Factors
  (multi-year): Batting - 110, Pitching - 110
  (one-year): Batting - 114, Pitching - 113
  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.

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Team Batting Glossary

Pos Player              Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
C   Jimmie Schaffer     25   68  153   15   39   7  0   1   16   9   29  .255  .301  .320   0   0   5   1   4   0   1   59
1B *Bill White          27  153  591   89  169  28 11  20   90  64   84  .286  .354  .472   8  11  13   1   2   5   4  109
2B  Julian Javier       24  113  445   58  124  14  3   2   41  30   51  .279  .326  .337  11   4   5   2   5   2   1   70
3B  Ken Boyer           30  153  589  109  194  26 11  24   95  68   91  .329  .397  .533   6   3  11   1   0   5   9  135
SS  Bob Lillis          31   86  230   24   50   4  0   0   21   7   13  .217  .245  .235   3   3   6   2   4   2   2   24
LF *Stan Musial         40  123  372   46  107  22  4  15   70  52   35  .288  .371  .489   0   0   7   1   0   6  17  118
CF  Curt Flood          23  132  335   53  108  15  5   2   21  35   33  .322  .391  .415   6   2   6   3   7   0   2  107
RF *Joe Cunningham      29  113  322   60   92  11  2   7   40  53   32  .286  .403  .398   1   0   1  11   3   1   3  106
    Charlie James       23  108  349   43   89  19  2   4   44  15   59  .255  .288  .355   2   2   9   3   0   4   1   64
    Don Taussig         29   98  188   27   54  14  5   2   25  16   34  .287  .338  .447   2   2   5   0   3   3   0   99
   *Carl Sawatski       33   86  174   23   52   8  0  10   33  25   17  .299  .385  .517   0   0   4   0   0   1   7  128
    Alex Grammas        35   89  170   23   36  10  1   0   21  19   21  .212  .293  .282   0   1   4   1   6   1   3   48
    Carl Warwick        24   55  152   27   38   6  2   4   16  18   33  .250  .324  .395   3   0   2   0   4   3   0   83
    Daryl Spencer       32   37  130   19   33   4  0   4   21  23   17  .254  .366  .377   1   0   8   0   0   0   3   91
    Hal Smith           30   45  125    6   31   4  1   0   10  11   12  .248  .309  .296   0   0   3   1   3   2   4   56
   #Red Schoendienst    38   72  120    9   36   9  0   1   12  12    6  .300  .364  .400   1   0   1   0   1   0   2   95
    Jerry Buchek        19   31   90    6   12   2  0   0    9   0   28  .133  .151  .156   0   0   6   2   0   1   0  -21
   *Tim McCarver        19   22   67    5   16   2  1   1    6   0    5  .239  .239  .343   0   0   1   0   1   0   0   47
   *Don Landrum         25   28   66    5   11   2  0   1    3   5   14  .167  .225  .242   1   0   0   0   3   0   0   20
    Gene Oliver         26   22   52    8   14   2  0   4    9   6   10  .269  .367  .538   0   0   2   2   1   0   1  128
    Julio Gotay         22   10   45    5   11   4  0   0    5   3    5  .244  .292  .333   0   0   1   0   0   0   1   59
   *Walt Moryn          35   17   32    0    4   2  0   0    2   1    5  .125  .152  .188   0   0   1   0   0   0   0  -14
    Ed Olivares         22   21   30    2    5   0  0   0    1   0    4  .167  .161  .167   1   0   1   0   0   1   0  -16
    Bob Nieman          34    6   17    0    8   1  0   0    2   0    2  .471  .471  .529   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  155
   *Doug Clemens        22    6   12    1    2   1  0   0    0   3    1  .167  .333  .250   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   52
   *George Crowe        38    7    7    0    1   0  0   0    0   0    1  .143  .143  .143   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  -27
    Chris Cannizzaro    23    6    2    0    1   0  0   0    0   0    0  .500  .500  .500   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  157

   *Ray Sadecki         20   36   87    6   22   4  0   0   12   1    7  .253  .261  .299   0   0   0   0   2   0   0   43
    Larry Jackson       30   34   74    9   13   3  2   0    6   2   14  .176  .208  .270   0   0   3   1   6   0   0   21
    Bob Gibson          25   40   66    4   13   5  0   1   10   3   23  .197  .236  .318   0   0   1   1   3   2   0   40
   *Curt Simmons        32   32   66    9   20   3  0   0    6   8   22  .303  .378  .348   0   0   1   0   3   0   0   88
    Ernie Broglio       25   29   62    3    9   1  0   0    5   3   11  .145  .182  .161   0   0   1   0   4   1   0  -11
    Al Cicotte          31   29   21    2    6   1  0   0    2   0    6  .286  .286  .333   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   58
    Lindy McDaniel      25   55   17    1    4   0  0   0    0   0    5  .235  .235  .235   0   0   0   0   3   0   0   21
   *Mickey McDermott    32   22   14    1    1   1  0   0    3   0    4  .071  .071  .143   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  -47
    Bob Miller          22   35   14    2    5   0  1   0    0   2    5  .357  .438  .500   0   0   0   0   2   0   0  139
    Craig Anderson      22   25    9    2    3   1  0   0    0   0    1  .333  .333  .444   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   97
    Ray Washburn        23    3    8    1    1   0  0   0    0   0    4  .125  .125  .125   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  -36
    Ed Bauta            26   13    4    0    2   0  0   0    0   0    1  .500  .500  .500   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  157
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 28.3  155 5307  703 1436 236 51 103  657 494  745  .271  .333  .393  46  28 108  33  70  40  61   89
    Rank among 8 NL teams          3    5    2   3  2   7        5    7     2     2     7   6   7                    
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed
    OPS+ does not include pitcher's stats.

Team Pitching Glossary

    Player              Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
SP *Ray Sadecki         20  31   3.72  14  10  0  31   0  13   0  222.7  196  100   92  28  102  114  949   8   3  0   2 119
SP *Curt Simmons        32  30   3.13   9  10  0  29   0   6   2  195.7  203   91   68  14   64   99  840   2   4  0   6 142
SP  Larry Jackson       30  33   3.75  14  11  0  28   2  12   3  211.0  203   99   88  20   56  113  880   3   4  0   5 118
SP  Bob Gibson          25  35   3.24  13  12  1  27   3  10   2  211.3  186   91   76  13  119  166  916   8   6  1   7 137
SP  Ernie Broglio       25  29   4.12   9  12  0  26   2   7   2  174.7  166   97   80  19   75  113  762   1   1  0   5 108

CL  Lindy McDaniel      25  55   4.87  10   6  9   0  39   0   0   94.3  117   57   51  11   31   65  424   8   2  1  11  91
RP  Bob Miller          22  34   4.24   1   3  3   5  13   0   0   74.3   82   41   35   6   46   39  333   4   0  0   7 105
RP  Craig Anderson      22  25   3.26   4   3  1   0  13   0   0   38.7   38   15   14   3   12   21  164   3   1  0   0 136
RP  Al Cicotte          31  29   5.28   2   6  1   7   9   0   0   75.0   83   47   44  16   34   51  333   3   2  0   2  84
RP *Mickey McDermott    32  19   3.67   1   0  4   0  13   0   0   27.0   29   17   11   3   15   15  125   2   0  0   2 121

    Ray Washburn        23   3   1.77   1   1  0   2   1   1   0   20.3   10    4    4   1    7   12   75   1   1  1   0 250
    Ed Bauta            26  13   1.40   2   0  5   0   9   0   0   19.3   12    5    3   2    5   12   76   0   0  0   1 318
    Bobby Tiefenauer    31   3   6.23   0   0  0   0   2   0   0    4.3    9    4    3   0    4    3   24   1   0  0   0  71
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 26.3 155   3.74  80  74 24 155 106  49  10 1368.0 1334  668  568 136  570  823 5901  44  24  3  48 119
    Rank among 8 NL teams           1   5   4  6           2   2      7    3    4        2    8    4

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

Team Fielding Glossary League average values for Fielding Percentage and Range Factor are included on all header lines except catcher.

Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP FP PB WP SB CS -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- JSchaffer 410 45 68 244 23 1 6 .996 6 19 14 14 CSawatski 356 39 60 218 19 1 3 .996 6 9 28 8 HSmith 344 42 45 261 28 2 6 .993 1 9 12 11 TMcCarver 146 17 20 86 9 3 0 .969 2 5 7 6 GOliver 102 12 15 75 6 0 4 1.000 2 2 6 1 CCannizzaro 8 0 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 1368 155 155 889 85 7 19 .993 17 44 67 40 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .990 *9.82 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- BWhite 1306 149 151 1373 104 17 125 .989 10.17 JCunningham 62 6 10 69 1 0 8 1.000 10.16 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1368 155 155 1442 105 17 133 .989 10.18 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .976 *5.51 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- JJavier 935 109 113 239 332 20 82 .966 5.49 BLillis 167 23 24 43 62 2 13 .981 5.66 RSchoendien 164 14 32 43 42 4 10 .955 4.66 AGrammas 101 9 18 31 43 1 11 .987 6.57 DLandrum 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1368 155 155 356 479 27 116 .969 5.49 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .948 *2.92 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- KBoyer 1350 153 153 117 346 24 23 .951 3.09 AGrammas 18 2 3 0 3 0 0 1.000 1.50 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1368 155 155 117 349 24 23 .951 3.07 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP .959 *4.92 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- BLillis 383 43 56 73 134 16 19 .928 4.86 AGrammas 350 35 65 81 136 9 29 .960 5.57 DSpencer 316 37 37 66 109 8 26 .956 4.97 JBuchek 230 30 31 42 62 10 20 .912 4.07 JGotay 87 10 10 16 25 10 6 .804 4.21 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1368 155 155 278 466 53 100 .934 4.89 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .973 *1.88 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- SMusial 767 99 102 150 9 1 0 .994 1.86 CJames 296 32 41 64 1 3 0 .956 1.97 DTaussig 142 9 47 43 1 1 1 .978 2.78 CWarwick 57 4 16 12 0 0 0 1.000 1.89 BNieman 28 4 4 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.64 WMoryn 21 3 3 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.07 EOlivares 16 1 5 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 DClemens 12 1 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.50 GOliver 9 1 1 2 0 1 0 .667 2.00 DLandrum 9 0 6 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 JCunningham 8 1 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.07 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1368 155 155 285 11 6 1 .980 1.95 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

CenterField Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 *2.63 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- CFlood 795 84 119 240 13 4 4 .984 2.86 CWarwick 259 33 34 73 2 3 1 .962 2.60 DTaussig 168 20 22 43 2 0 1 1.000 2.40 DLandrum 127 16 20 36 2 0 1 1.000 2.69 CJames 18 2 4 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.50 CSawatski 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1368 155 155 397 19 7 7 .983 2.74 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .974 *1.93 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- JCunningham 640 76 85 132 2 5 1 .964 1.88 CJames 439 50 54 83 2 3 1 .966 1.74 DTaussig 173 18 29 32 3 0 0 1.000 1.82 EOlivares 33 4 5 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.87 CWarwick 33 2 12 9 0 0 0 1.000 2.40 WMoryn 25 3 4 3 0 1 0 .750 1.08 DClemens 12 2 2 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 DLandrum 11 0 5 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.82 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1368 155 155 267 7 10 2 .965 1.80 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Outfield Inn GS G PO A E DP .977 *2.16 LF CF RF -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- CFlood 795 84 119 241 13 4 4 .984 2.87 SMusial 767 99 103 149 9 1 0 .994 1.85 CJames 754 84 90 151 3 6 1 .962 1.84 JCunningham 649 77 86 131 2 5 1 .964 1.84 DTaussig 484 47 87 123 6 1 2 .992 2.40 CWarwick 350 39 48 94 2 3 1 .970 2.47 DLandrum 147 16 25 42 3 0 1 1.000 2.76 EOlivares 50 5 10 8 0 0 0 1.000 1.43 WMoryn 46 6 7 8 0 1 0 .889 1.54 BNieman 28 4 4 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.64 DClemens 24 3 3 2 0 1 0 .667 0.75 GOliver 9 1 1 2 0 1 0 .667 2.00 CSawatski 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 1368 155 155 953 38 23 10 .977 2.17 155 155 155 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .959 *2.18 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- RSadecki 222 31 31 3 24 7 1 .794 1.09 BGibson 211 27 35 14 35 2 4 .961 2.09 LJackson 211 28 33 17 42 1 5 .983 2.52 CSimmons 195 29 30 6 36 1 4 .977 1.93 EBroglio 174 26 29 13 27 1 0 .976 2.06 LMcDaniel 94 0 55 5 22 0 1 1.000 2.58 ACicotte 75 7 29 7 12 0 1 1.000 2.28 BMiller 74 5 34 2 18 3 3 .870 2.42 CAnderson 38 0 25 3 7 0 0 1.000 2.33 MMcDermott 27 0 19 1 3 0 0 1.000 1.33 RWashburn 20 2 3 0 5 0 0 1.000 2.22 EBauta 19 0 13 0 3 0 0 1.000 1.40 BTiefenauer 4 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1368 155 155 71 234 15 19 .953 2.01 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Innings Pitched (usually) or Team Games is used in the calculation of the cumulative team Range Factor for a position. This means players (pre-1956) have range factor per game and the team has range factor per nine innings listed.
* indicates Innings Played rather than Games Played was used in Range Factor (RnF) calculations. Team Totals for Innings Played are Innings Pitched by the team's pitchers.

Team Leaders
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Batting Average Boyer .329

On-base % Boyer .397

Slugging % Boyer .533

OPS Boyer .930

Games Boyer and White 153

At Bats White 591

Plate Appearances (approx.) Boyer and White 663

Runs Boyer 109

Hits Boyer 194

Total Bases Boyer 314

Doubles White 28

Triples Boyer and White 11

Home Runs Boyer 24

RBI Boyer 95

Bases on Balls Boyer 68

Strikeouts Boyer 91

Stolen Bases Javier 11

Singles Boyer 133

Adjusted OPS+ Boyer 135

Runs Created Boyer 126

Adjusted Batting Runs Boyer 31

Batting Wins Boyer 3.0

Extra-Base Hits Boyer 61

Times on Base Boyer 263

Offensive Win% Boyer .735

Hit By Pitch Cunningham 11

Sac. Hits Flood 7

Sac. Flies Musial 6

Intentional Walks Musial 17

Grounded into Double Plays White 13

Caught Stealing White 11

Power/Speed Number White 11.4

At Bats per Strikeout Javier 8.7

At Bats per Home Run Boyer 24.5

Outs White 453

Pitching Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders

ERA Simmons 3.13

Wins Jackson and Sadecki 14

Won-Loss % McDaniel .625

BB + H per IP (WHIP) Jackson 1.227

Hits Allowed/9IP Gibson and Sadecki 7.92

Bases on Balls/9IP Jackson 2.39

Strikeouts/9IP Gibson 7.07

Games McDaniel 55

Saves McDaniel 9

Innings Sadecki 222.7

Strikeouts Gibson 166

Games Started Sadecki 31

Comp. Games Sadecki 13

Shutouts Jackson 3

Home Runs Allow. Sadecki 28

Bases On Balls Allow. Gibson 119

Hits Allowed Jackson and Simmons 203

SO to Walk Jackson 2.02

Losses Broglio and Gibson 12

Earned Runs Allow. Sadecki 92

Wild Pitches Gibson, McDaniel, and Sadecki 8

Hit Batsmen Gibson 6

Batters Faced Sadecki 949

Games Finished McDaniel 39

Adjusted ERA+ Simmons 142

Requirements to qualify for rate stats.

All-Stars Box Score and Play-By-Play

Ken Boyer
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Stan Musial
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Bill White (Starting 1B)
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