1961 Chicago Cubs

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Season Record: 64-90
Attendance: 673,057
1961 NL Final Standings

Team Batting Statistics
PlayerGABRH2B3BHRRBISBCSBBSOAvgOBPSLGOPS
Santo, Ron 154 578 84 164 32 6 23 83 2 3 73 77 .284 .362 .479 .842
Williams, Billy 146 529 75 147 20 7 25 86 6 0 45 70 .278 .338 .484 .822
Altman, George 138 518 77 157 28 12 27 96 6 2 40 92 .303 .353 .560 .913
Banks, Ernie 138 511 75 142 22 4 29 80 1 2 54 75 .278 .346 .507 .852
Zimmer, Don 128 477 57 120 25 4 13 40 5 1 25 70 .252 .291 .403 .694
Heist, Al 109 321 48 82 14 3 7 37 3 3 39 51 .255 .337 .383 .720
Bouchee, Ed 112 319 49 79 12 3 12 38 1 4 58 77 .248 .371 .417 .788
Kindall, Jerry 96 310 37 75 22 3 9 44 2 2 18 89 .242 .288 .419 .707
Ashburn, Richie 109 307 49 79 7 4 0 19 7 6 55 27 .257 .373 .306 .679
Bertell, Dick 92 267 20 73 7 1 2 33 0 0 15 33 .273 .308 .330 .637
Taylor, Sammy 89 235 26 56 8 2 8 23 0 0 23 39 .238 .316 .391 .707
Rodgers, Andre 73 214 27 57 17 0 6 23 1 1 25 54 .266 .343 .430 .773
Will, Bob 86 113 9 29 9 0 0 8 0 1 15 19 .257 .341 .336 .677
Cardwell, Don 40 95 6 10 3 0 3 6 0 0 6 55 .105 .167 .232 .398
Hobbie, Glen 36 66 5 11 3 0 2 6 0 0 5 30 .167 .225 .303 .528
Curtis, Jack 31 60 8 10 2 0 2 4 0 0 10 23 .167 .286 .300 .586
Ellsworth, Dick 37 56 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 29 .036 .100 .054 .154
Thomas, Frank 15 50 7 13 2 0 2 6 0 0 2 8 .260 .288 .420 .708
Anderson, Bob 57 42 5 6 0 0 2 5 0 0 1 22 .143 .163 .286 .449
Roach, Mel 23 39 1 5 2 0 0 1 1 0 3 9 .128 .190 .179 .370
Thacker, Moe 25 35 3 6 0 0 0 2 0 0 11 11 .171 .383 .171 .554
Barragan, Cuno 10 28 3 6 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 7 .214 .267 .321 .588
Hubbs, Ken 10 28 4 5 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 8 .179 .179 .393 .571
Brewer, Jim 36 22 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 10 .182 .250 .182 .432
Drott, Dick 35 22 1 6 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 7 .273 .304 .364 .668
Morhardt, Moe 7 18 3 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 5 .278 .381 .278 .659
Murphy, Danny 4 13 3 5 0 0 2 3 0 0 1 5 .385 .429 .846 1.275
Brock, Lou 4 11 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .091 .167 .091 .258
Elston, Don 58 11 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .182 .182 .182 .364
Schultz, Barney 41 10 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .100 .100 .100 .200
McAnany, Jim 11 10 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .300 .364 .400 .764
Mathews, Nelson 3 9 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .111 .111 .111 .222
Freese, George 9 7 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 .286 .375 .286 .661
Schaffernoth, Joe 21 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
Drake, Sammy 13 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .167 .000 .167
Wright, Mel 11 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
Burwell, Dick 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000

1961 Team Pitching Statistics
PlayerWLGGSCGSHOSVIPHRERERAWHIPHRBBSO
Cardwell, Don 15 14 39 38 13 3 0 259.1 243 121 110 3.82 1.28 22 88 156
Hobbie, Glen 7 13 36 29 7 2 2 198.2 207 113 94 4.26 1.31 26 54 103
Ellsworth, Dick 10 11 37 31 7 1 0 186.2 213 90 80 3.86 1.40 23 48 91
Curtis, Jack 10 13 31 27 6 0 0 180.1 220 117 98 4.89 1.50 23 51 57
Anderson, Bob 7 10 57 12 1 0 8 152.0 162 85 72 4.26 1.43 14 56 96
Drott, Dick 1 4 35 8 0 0 0 98.0 75 54 46 4.22 1.29 13 51 48
Elston, Don 6 7 58 0 0 0 8 93.1 108 64 58 5.59 1.64 11 45 59
Brewer, Jim 1 7 36 11 0 0 0 86.2 116 65 56 5.82 1.58 17 21 57
Schultz, Barney 7 6 41 0 0 0 7 66.2 57 32 20 2.70 1.23 6 25 59
Schaffernoth, Joe 0 4 21 0 0 0 0 38.1 43 29 27 6.34 1.59 7 18 23
Wright, Mel 0 1 11 0 0 0 0 21.0 42 26 25 10.71 2.19 3 4 6
Burwell, Dick 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 4.0 6 4 4 9.00 2.50 0 4 0