1961 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS

| Level: MLB

Location: St. Louis,MO
Team Record: 80-74 .519
Result: 5th in National League
Manager(s): Solly Hemus, Johnny Keane
General Manager: Bing Devine
Stadium: Sportsman's Park
Attendance: 855,305
Playoffs: Did not qualify

St. Louis Cardinals affiliate history

Oldest Player: Stan Musial (40)
Youngest Player: Jerry Buchek (19)
Longest Tenure: Stan Musial (20)
Top Hitter: Ken Boyer (5)
Top Pitcher: Bob Gibson (12)
Top Draft Pick:

Roster Continuity: 83.81%

National League Standings

Teams	W	L	Pct	GB
Cincinnati	93	61	.604	--
LA Dodgers	89	65	.578	4.0
SF Giants	85	69	.552	8.0
Milwaukee	83	71	.539	10.0
St. Louis	80	74	.519	13.0
Pittsburgh	75	79	.487	18.0
Chi Cubs	64	90	.416	29.0
Philadelphia	47	107	.305	46.0

BATTING STATISTICS

Basic Stats

Advanced Stats

Extra

Batting Orders

Defensive Lineups

Feats

Splits Analysis

#	Player	Pos	Rk	Age	Drafted	HiLvl	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	PA	OUT	RC	RC/G	babip
12	Bill White	1b	10	27	-	MLB	153	591	89	169	28	11	20	90	8	11	64	84	1	4	2	5	13	.286	.354	.472	826	279	663	453	105	6.3	.303
14	Ken Boyer	3b-1b	5	30	-	MLB	153	589	109	194	26	11	24	95	6	3	68	91	1	9	0	5	11	.329	.397	.533	930	314	663	414	131	8.6	.355
25	Julian Javier	3b-2b	53	24	-	MLB	113	445	58	124	14	3	2	41	11	4	30	51	2	1	5	2	5	.279	.326	.337	663	150	484	337	54	4.3	.310
6	Stan Musial	of-1b	37	40	-	MLB	123	372	46	107	22	4	15	70	0	0	52	35	1	17	0	6	7	.288	.371	.489	860	182	431	278	77	7.5	.280
23	Charlie James	of	-	23	-	MLB	108	349	43	89	19	2	4	44	2	2	15	59	3	1	0	4	9	.255	.288	.355	644	124	371	275	36	3.5	.293
21	Curt Flood	of	61	23	-	MLB	132	335	53	108	15	5	2	21	6	2	35	33	3	2	7	0	6	.322	.391	.415	806	139	380	242	61	6.8	.353
28	Joe Cunningham	1b	43	29	-	MLB	113	322	60	92	11	2	7	40	1	0	53	32	11	3	3	1	1	.286	.403	.398	801	128	390	235	63	7.2	.299
35	Bob Lillis	ss-2b	-	31	-	MLB	86	230	24	50	4	0	0	21	3	3	7	13	2	2	4	2	6	.217	.245	.235	480	54	245	195	11	1.5	.228
27	Don Taussig	of	-	29	-	MLB	98	188	27	54	14	5	2	25	2	2	16	34	0	0	3	3	5	.287	.338	.447	785	84	210	147	31	5.6	.335
1	Carl Sawatski	c	-	33	-	MLB	86	174	23	52	8	0	10	33	0	0	25	17	0	7	0	1	4	.299	.385	.517	902	90	200	127	38	8.0	.284
10	Alex Grammas	ss-3b	-	35	-	MLB	89	170	23	36	10	1	0	21	0	1	19	21	1	3	6	1	4	.212	.293	.282	576	48	197	146	15	2.8	.240
4	Jimmie Schaffer	c	-	25	-	MLB	68	153	15	39	7	0	1	16	0	0	9	29	1	1	4	0	5	.255	.301	.320	621	49	167	123	13	3.0	.309
24,42	Carl Warwick	of	-	24	-	MLB	55	152	27	38	6	2	4	16	3	0	18	33	0	0	4	3	2	.250	.324	.395	718	60	177	123	22	4.7	.288
20	Daryl Spencer	ss-2b	62	31	-	MLB	37	130	19	33	4	0	4	21	1	0	23	17	0	3	0	0	8	.254	.366	.377	743	49	153	105	18	4.7	.266
2	Hal Smith	c	-	30	-	MLB	45	125	6	31	4	1	0	10	0	0	11	12	1	4	3	2	3	.248	.309	.296	605	37	142	102	12	3.3	.270
2	Red Schoendienst	2b	-	38	-	MLB	72	120	9	36	9	0	1	12	1	0	12	6	0	2	1	0	1	.300	.364	.400	764	48	133	86	21	6.6	.310
17	Jerry Buchek	2b-3b	-	19	-	MLB	31	90	6	12	2	0	0	9	0	0	0	28	2	0	0	1	6	.133	.151	.156	306	14	93	85	-5	-1.5	.190
37	Ray Sadecki	p	-	20	UDFA: 1958	MLB	36	87	6	22	4	0	0	12	0	0	1	7	0	0	2	0	0	.253	.261	.299	560	26	90	67	8	3.0	.275
39	Larry Jackson	p	-	30	-	MLB	34	74	9	13	3	2	0	6	0	0	2	14	1	0	6	0	3	.176	.208	.270	478	20	83	70	3	1.1	.217
20	Tim McCarver	c	-	19	UDFA: 1959	MLB	22	67	5	16	2	1	1	6	0	0	0	5	0	0	1	0	1	.239	.239	.343	582	23	68	53	6	3.0	.246
45	Bob Gibson	p	-	25	UDFA: 1957	MLB	40	66	4	13	5	0	1	10	0	0	3	23	1	0	3	2	1	.197	.236	.318	554	21	75	59	4	1.8	.273
24	Don Landrum	of	-	25	-	MLB	28	66	5	11	2	0	1	3	1	0	5	14	0	0	3	0	0	.167	.225	.242	468	16	74	58	3	1.4	.196
31	Curt Simmons	p	-	32	-	MLB	32	66	9	20	3	0	0	6	0	0	8	22	0	0	3	0	1	.303	.378	.348	727	23	77	50	8	4.4	.455
32	Ernie Broglio	p	-	25	-	MLB	29	62	3	9	1	0	0	5	0	0	3	11	0	0	4	1	1	.145	.182	.161	343	10	70	59	0	-0.1	.173
29	Gene Oliver	c-1b	-	26	-	MLB	22	52	8	14	2	0	4	9	0	0	6	10	2	1	1	0	2	.269	.367	.538	905	28	61	41	10	6.9	.263
19	Julio Gotay	2b	-	22	-	MLB	10	45	5	11	4	0	0	5	0	0	3	5	0	1	0	0	1	.244	.292	.333	625	15	48	35	5	3.7	.275
28	Walt Moryn	of	-	35	-	MLB	17	32	0	4	2	0	0	2	0	0	1	5	0	0	0	0	1	.125	.152	.187	339	6	33	29	0	-0.2	.148
24	Ed Olivares	of-3b	-	22	-	MLB	21	30	2	5	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	1	1	.167	.161	.167	328	5	31	27	0	-0.4	.185
33	Al Cicotte	p	-	31	-	MLB	29	21	2	6	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.286	.333	619	7	21	15	2	3.1	.400
41	Lindy McDaniel	p	-	25	UDFA: 1958	MLB	55	17	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	3	0	0	.235	.235	.235	471	4	20	16	0	0.8	.333
4	Bob Nieman	of	-	34	-	MLB	6	17	0	8	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.471	.471	.529	1000	9	17	9	4	12.4	.533
36	Bob Miller	p	-	22	UDFA: 1958	MLB	35	14	2	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	5	0	0	2	0	0	.357	.437	.500	937	7	18	11	3	7.6	.556
38	Mickey McDermott	p	-	32	-	MLB	22	14	1	1	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	.071	.071	.143	214	2	14	13	-1	-1.5	.100
40	Doug Clemens	of	-	22	-	MLB	6	12	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.333	.250	583	3	15	10	2	4.1	.182
47	Craig Anderson	p	-	22	-	MLB	25	9	2	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.444	778	4	9	6	2	6.8	.375
44	Ray Washburn	p	-	23	UDFA: 1960	MLB	3	8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	.125	.125	.125	250	1	8	7	-1	-2.3	.250
18	George Crowe	1b	-	38	-	MLB	7	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.143	.143	286	1	7	6	0	-0.7	.167
38	Ed Bauta	p	-	26	-	MLB	13	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1000	2	4	2	1	11.6	.667
34	Chris Cannizzaro	c	-	23	UDFA: 1956	MLB	6	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1000	1	2	1	0	13.4	.500
Totals: (39 players)							154	5307	703	1436	236	51	103	657	46	28	494	745	33	61	70	40	108	.271	.334	.393	727	2083	5944	4117	757	5	.296

PITCHING STATISTICS

Basic Stats

Advanced Stats

Extra

Starting Pitcher Log

Feats

Splits Analysis

#	Player	Rk	Age	Drafted	HiLvl	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	Bk	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	BB/SO	BABIP	GB/FB
37	Ray Sadecki	18	20	UDFA: 1958	MLB	14	10	3.72	31	31	13	0	0	0	222.2	196	100	92	28	102	114	8	0	1.34	7.92	1.13	4.12	4.61	0.89	.246	0.85
45	Bob Gibson	12	25	UDFA: 1957	MLB	13	12	3.24	35	27	10	2	3	1	211.1	186	91	76	13	119	166	8	1	1.44	7.92	0.55	5.07	7.07	0.72	.289	1.16
39	Larry Jackson	15	30	-	MLB	14	11	3.75	33	28	12	3	2	0	211.0	203	99	88	20	56	113	3	0	1.23	8.66	0.85	2.39	4.82	0.50	.272	1.31
31	Curt Simmons	26	32	-	MLB	9	10	3.13	30	29	6	2	0	0	195.2	203	91	68	14	64	99	2	0	1.36	9.34	0.64	2.94	4.55	0.65	.293	0.99
32	Ernie Broglio	31	25	-	MLB	9	12	4.12	29	26	7	2	2	0	174.2	166	97	80	19	75	113	1	0	1.38	8.55	0.98	3.86	5.82	0.66	.274	0.95
41	Lindy McDaniel	27	25	UDFA: 1958	MLB	10	6	4.87	55	0	0	0	39	9	94.1	117	57	51	11	31	65	8	1	1.57	11.16	1.05	2.96	6.20	0.48	.345	1.45
33	Al Cicotte	-	31	-	MLB	2	6	5.28	29	7	0	0	9	1	75.0	83	47	44	16	34	51	3	0	1.56	9.96	1.92	4.08	6.12	0.67	.296	1.18
36	Bob Miller	-	22	UDFA: 1958	MLB	1	3	4.24	34	5	0	0	13	3	74.1	82	41	35	6	46	39	4	0	1.72	9.93	0.73	5.57	4.72	1.18	.319	1.59
47	Craig Anderson	-	22	-	MLB	4	3	3.26	25	0	0	0	13	1	38.2	38	15	14	3	12	21	3	0	1.29	8.84	0.70	2.79	4.89	0.57	.280	1.12
38	Mickey McDermott	52	32	-	MLB	1	0	3.67	19	0	0	0	13	4	27.0	29	17	11	3	15	15	2	0	1.63	9.67	1.00	5.00	5.00	1.00	--	1.73
44	Ray Washburn	-	23	UDFA: 1960	MLB	1	1	1.77	3	2	1	0	1	0	20.1	10	4	4	1	7	12	1	1	0.84	4.43	0.44	3.10	5.31	0.58	.170	1.37
38	Ed Bauta	50	26	-	MLB	2	0	1.40	13	0	0	0	9	5	19.1	12	5	3	2	5	12	0	0	0.88	5.59	0.93	2.33	5.59	0.42	.179	1.32
43	Bobby Tiefenauer	-	31	-	MLB	0	0	6.23	3	0	0	0	2	0	4.1	9	4	3	0	4	3	1	0	3.00	18.69	0.00	8.31	6.23	1.33	.529	0.27
Totals: (39 players)						80	74	3.74	154	154	49	9	105	24	1,369	1334	668	569	103	570	823	44	3	1.41	8.77	0.89	3.75	5.41	0.69	.295

FIELDING STATISTICS

Stats by Position

Games by Position

Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Jimmie Schaffer	C	68		244	23	1	6	.996	0.00
Carl Sawatski	C	60		218	19	1	3	.996	0.00
Hal Smith	C	45		261	28	2	6	.993	0.00
Tim McCarver	C	20		86	9	3	0	.969	0.00
Gene Oliver	C	15		75	6	0	4	1.000	0.00
Chris Cannizzaro	C	5		5	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Bill White	1B	151		1373	104	17	125	.989	0.00
Joe Cunningham	1B	10		69	1	0	8	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Julian Javier	2B	113		239	332	20	82	.966	0.00
Red Schoendienst	2B	32		43	42	4	10	.955	0.00
Bob Lillis	2B	24		43	62	2	13	.981	0.00
Alex Grammas	2B	18		31	43	1	11	.987	0.00
Don Landrum	2B	1		0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Ken Boyer	3B	153		117	346	24	23	.951	0.00
Alex Grammas	3B	3		0	3	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Alex Grammas	SS	65		81	136	9	29	.960	0.00
Bob Lillis	SS	56		73	134	16	19	.928	0.00
Daryl Spencer	SS	37		66	109	8	26	.956	0.00
Jerry Buchek	SS	31		42	62	10	20	.912	0.00
Julio Gotay	SS	10		16	25	10	6	.804	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Curt Flood	OF	119		241	13	4	4	.984	0.00
Stan Musial	OF	103		149	9	1	0	.994	0.00
Charlie James	OF	90		151	3	6	1	.962	0.00
Don Taussig	OF	87		123	6	1	2	.992	0.00
Joe Cunningham	OF	86		131	2	5	1	.964	0.00
Carl Warwick	OF	48		94	2	3	1	.970	0.00
Don Landrum	OF	25		42	3	0	1	1.000	0.00
Ed Olivares	OF	10		8	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Walt Moryn	OF	7		8	0	1	0	.889	0.00
Bob Nieman	OF	4		2	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Doug Clemens	OF	3		2	0	1	0	.667	0.00
Gene Oliver	OF	1		2	0	1	0	.667	0.00
Carl Sawatski	OF	1		0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Lindy McDaniel	P	55	94	5	22	0	1	1.000	2.58
Bob Gibson	P	35	211	14	35	2	4	.961	2.09
Bob Miller	P	34	74	2	18	3	3	.870	2.43
Larry Jackson	P	33	211	17	42	1	5	.983	2.52
Ray Sadecki	P	31	222	3	24	7	1	.794	1.09
Curt Simmons	P	30	195	6	36	1	4	.977	1.94
Ernie Broglio	P	29	174	13	27	1	0	.976	2.07
Al Cicotte	P	29	75	7	12	0	1	1.000	2.28
Craig Anderson	P	25	38	3	7	0	0	1.000	2.36
Mickey McDermott	P	19	27	1	3	0	0	1.000	1.33
Ed Bauta	P	13	19	0	3	0	0	1.000	1.41
Bobby Tiefenauer	P	3	4	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Ray Washburn	P	3	20	0	5	0	0	1.000	2.24

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