1961 Pittsburgh Pirates Statistics

National League (NL)
Team Record: 75-79
Finished 6th in the NL
Attendance: 1,199,198, Avg. 17,131
Ballpark: Forbes Field
Manager: Danny Murtaugh (75-79)
Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
1961 Pittsburgh Pirates Roster
1961 Pittsburgh Pirates Results

The Pittsburgh Pirates of the National League ended the 1961 season with a record of 75 wins and 79 losses, finishing sixth in the NL.

The Pirates scored 694 runs and yielded 675 runs. Dick Stuart walloped 35 home runs for Pittsburgh, and Roberto Clemente added 20 or more also. Dick Stuart drove in 117 runs. Roberto Clemente paced hitters with significant playing time by connecting at a .351 clip. Bob Friend topped the team with 14 wins, while Joe Gibbon recorded a 3.32 ERA, tops among regularly-used pitchers.

Danny Murtaugh coached the team.

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Pitching:

Player W L W% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF
Bob Friend1419.4243.85413531011236.02711191011645101083041001
Joe Gibbon1310.5653.3230291730195.3185857216574145403816
Harvey Haddix106.6254.1029224520156.015972711541699204646
Vinegar Bend Mizell710.4125.0425171210100.012061561631837010437
Bobby Shantz63.6673.324361621289.3913833526661400377
Roy Face612.3333.8262047001792.09444391210455105373
Tom Sturdivant52.7142.841311261185.7812927617345101349
Clem Labine41.8003.695612800892.71024338431849202399
Al McBean32.6003.75272700074.37235314425494010330
Vern Law34.4294.701110110059.37233311018320100258
Earl Francis28.2004.2123154000102.71106048447753105458
Al Jackson101.0003.4232010023.7201092411500091
Larry Foss11.5005.8733000015.31511103110920070
Tom Cheney001000000.015414000016
Jim Umbricht002.701000003.3521021100117
Fred Green004.79130300020.7271611292400395
Red Witt01.0006.3291300015.7171211550900067
Totals7579.4873.92390154120349291362.0144267559312140068759251395790

Batting:

Player GP PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB DP HBP SH SF IBB
Roberto Clemente14661457210020130102389413559.351.390.559.9493201831310
Dick Groat14864859671164256655044044.275.320.367.687219221740
Dick Stuart13857653283160288351170334121.301.344.581.925309224151
Bill Virdon14666059981156228958584945.260.313.369.68222140571
Don Hoak145586503721502771261427353.298.388.451.839227143348
Bill Mazeroski152595558711482121359212655.265.298.380.678212932610
Bob Skinner11944238161102203342355149.268.358.360.71813764429
Smoky Burgess10035632337981731252103016.303.365.486.85115772018
Joe Christopher76206186254973014641824.263.327.333.6606270110
Hal Smith672081931243100326001138.223.267.321.5886261211
Rocky Nelson75146127152551513001711.197.301.370.6714732002
Gino Cimoli216967420310600213.299.319.373.6922540000
Don Leppert226260616213500111.267.279.483.7622960100
Dick Schofield60907816152102011019.192.284.244.5281910200
Walt Moryn406865613103900210.200.235.354.5892351000
Johnny Logan27565251240050048.231.286.308.5931620000
Donn Clendenon94035711110200510.314.400.400.8001400000
Bob Friend418979611010700136.139.150.165.3151300900
Tom Sturdivant1333322800010108.250.250.250.500810100
Harvey Haddix31675628300300614.143.226.196.4221100500
Joe Gibbon31715918110600122.136.148.186.33411101010
Bobby Shantz4420163710030021.438.526.5001.026801100
Vern Law1124190510050014.263.318.316.634601210
Al McBean2816152400130003.267.267.467.733700100
Roy Face6211110300010002.273.273.273.545300000
Vinegar Bend Mizell2531231300010029.130.192.130.323300510
Earl Francis23312803000010217.107.194.107.301301000
Jim Umbricht11101000000001.0001.0001.0002.000100000
Red Witt9320110000000.500.5001.0001.500200100
Larry Foss3662100010002.167.167.167.333100000
Clem Labine5611100100000017.100.182.100.282110000
Gene Baker913101100000032.100.308.100.408100001
Bob Oldis4550000000000.000.000.000.000010000
Roman Mejias4111000000001.000.000.000.000000000
Al Jackson5981000000014.000.111.000.111000000
Fred Green13330000000003.000.000.000.000000000
Tom Cheney1000000000000000000
Totals1905586753116941448232571286462630428721.273.328.410.738217814027643751


Fielding:

Player Pos GP GS Inn. PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G PB WP SB CS CS%
Dick Stuart1B1321311139.711529921141.9839.8799.4770000
Rocky Nelson1B3523222.323115126.9969.9587.0290000
Bill Mazeroski2B1521511333.041050523144.9756.1786.0200000
Dick Schofield2B5329.081012.9475.5863.6000000
Don Hoak3B1431431232.31372672029.9532.9512.8250000
Dick Schofield3B11558.742021.9233.6822.1820000
Johnny Logan3B7343.0311021.0002.9302.0000000
Gene Baker3B3219.006001.0002.8422.0000000
Dick Groat3B119.021001.0003.0003.0000000
Smoky BurgessC9283729.34262744.9915.5904.924715201237.5
Hal SmithC6555481.32901831.9905.7594.73881914630.0
Don LeppertC2115137.3801131.9685.9644.333444342.9
Bob OldisC4114.0113031.0009.0003.500023350.0
Bill VirdonOF1451441269.0384664.9852.7662.6900000
Roberto ClementeOF1441421241.02562795.9692.0521.9650000
Bob SkinnerOF9796843.0175551.9731.9221.8560000
Joe ChristopherOF5544410.786221.9781.9291.6000000
Gino CimoliOF1917147.033110.9712.0821.7890000
Donn ClendenonOF8878.3151001.0001.8382.0000000
Walt MorynOF111078.017211.9502.1921.7270000
Dick SchofieldOF3112.030001.0002.2501.0000000
Dick StuartOF105.00000.000.0000000
Roman MejiasOF202.010001.0004.500.5000000
Bob FriendP4135236.0193733.9492.1361.3660000
Joe GibbonP3029195.3335021.0001.7511.2670000
Harvey HaddixP2922156.052924.9441.9621.1720000
Earl FrancisP2315102.782011.9662.4551.2170000
Vinegar Bend MizellP2517100.06721.8671.170.5200000
Clem LabineP56192.7121210.9602.331.4290000
Roy FaceP62092.0132232.9213.424.5650000
Bobby ShantzP43689.31318021.0003.123.7210000
Tom SturdivantP131185.7911001.0002.1011.5380000
Al McBeanP27274.342311.9643.2691.0000000
Vern LawP111059.3713011.0003.0341.8180000
Al JacksonP3223.727011.0003.4233.0000000
Fred GreenP13020.717011.0003.484.6150000
Red WittP9115.701001.000.574.1110000
Larry FossP3315.31210.7501.7611.0000000
Jim UmbrichtP103.30000.000.0000000
Tom CheneyP100.00000.0000000
Dick GroatSS1441431255.723547332117.9575.0754.9170000
Dick SchofieldSS9661.3152417.9755.7234.3330000
Johnny LoganSS6545.091513.9604.8004.0000000
Totals1705138612258.040861793150512.9754.3163.4481940412436.9




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