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Chicago Cubs 3 Pittsburgh Pirates 7

August 27,1961

Visiting Team

Chicago Cubs (53-72)

Home Team

Pittsburgh Pirates (60-62)

Game Date

Year

Game Type

Regular Season

Innings Played

9

Ballpark

Forbes Field

Time of Day

Day

Start Time

Attendance

0

Time of Game

2:23

Umpires

[HP]: Mel Steiner [1B]: Chris Pelekoudas [2B]: Jocko Conlan [3B]: Ken Burkhart

Chicago Cubs 3 Pittsburgh Pirates 7

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team	record		1	2	3		4	5	6		7	8	9			R	H	E		div-rk	lg-rk	mlb-rk	links
Chicago Cubs	CHN	53-72		0	0	0		1	0	0		0	2	0			3	8	1		7	7	14	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page
Pittsburgh Pirates	PIT	60-62		0	0	2		0	0	4		0	1	x			7	11	2		6	6	11	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page

Chicago Cubs - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Al Heist	cf	33.326	R	4	0	0	0		1	1	.264		101	142
2	Don Zimmer	2b	30.222	R	5	0	1	0		0	0	.258		104	665
3	Ernie Banks	ss	30.208	R	5	0	0	0		0	1	.288		108	1068
4	George Altman	rf	28.160	L	4	0	1	0		0	0	.315		106	350
5	Billy Williams	lf	23.073	L	4	1	1	0		0	2	.281		114	143
6	Ron Santo	3b	21.183	R	4	2	2	3		0	0	.289		122	217
7	Andre Rodgers	1b	26.268	R	4	0	1	0		0	1	.248		53	249
8	Dick Bertell	c	25.279	R	3	0	2	0		1	0	.285		78	83
9	Jack Curtis	p	24.228	L	2	0	0	0		0	1	.152		24	24
	Richie Ashburn	ph	34.161	L	1	0	0	0		0	0	.239		80	1636
	Bob Will	ph	30.043	L	1	0	0	0		0	1	.267		73	280
Totals

Errors: Don Zimmer

3B: Billy Williams (2)

HR: Ron Santo 2 (18)

RBI: Ron Santo 3 (69)

Pittsburgh Pirates - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Joe Christopher	lf	25.257	R	3	2	0	0		2	0	.293		60	122
2	Dick Groat	ss	30.296	R	5	2	2	2		0	0	.264		117	930
3	Roberto Clemente	rf	27.009	R	2	1	0	0		3	0	.364		119	802
4	Dick Stuart	1b	28.293	R	5	0	3	3		0	0	.280		105	398
5	Don Hoak	3b	33.203	R	5	0	1	1		0	0	.317		115	958
6	Hal Smith	c	30.263	R	4	0	1	1		0	0	.229		53	679
7	Bill Virdon	cf	30.079	L	3	1	1	0		1	0	.274		116	881
8	Bill Mazeroski	2b	24.356	R	4	1	3	0		0	0	.258		119	736
9	Joe Gibbon	p	26.139	R	2	0	0	0		0	0	.133		25	51
	Clem Labine	p	35.021	R	1	0	0	0		0	0	.111		47	495
Totals

Errors: Dick Groat, Bill Mazeroski

RBI: Dick Groat 2 (46), Dick Stuart 3 (81), Don Hoak (49), Hal Smith (20)

SH: Joe Gibbon (9)

GDP: Don Hoak (13)

Chicago Cubs - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Jack Curtis	L	L 8-10	5.2	8	4	4	4	0	0		4.86	1.48		24	24
2	Glen Hobbie	R		0.1	1	0	0	1	0	0		4.18	1.28		30	175
3	Barney Schultz	R		1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2.52	1.16		32	62
4	Don Elston	R		1.0	2	1	1	1	0	0		6.06	1.67		42	265
Totals				0.0

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Jack Curtis (0-0-0), Glen Hobbie (0-0-0), Barney Schultz (0-0-0), Don Elston (0-0-0)

Pittsburgh Pirates - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Joe Gibbon	L	W 10-8	7.2	7	3	3	2	5	2		3.78	1.32		24	51
2	Clem Labine	R	SV 8	1.1	1	0	0	0	2	0		3.68	1.44		47	498
Totals				0.0

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Joe Gibbon (0-0-0), Clem Labine (0-0-0)