1961 Pittsburgh Pirates
LeagueNational League
BallparkForbes Field
CityPittsburgh, Pennsylvania[1]
OwnersJohn W. Galbreath (majority shareholder); Bing Crosby, Thomas P. Johnson (minority shareholders)
General managersJoe L. Brown
ManagersDanny Murtaugh
TelevisionKDKA-TV
Bob Prince, Jim Woods
RadioKDKA
Bob Prince, Paul Long, Jim Woods
Seasons

The 1961 Pittsburgh Pirates fell from World Champions the previous season to sixth place in the National League, as they won 75 games and lost 79, 18 games behind NL Champion Cincinnati.

Regular season

Season standings

National League W L Pct. GB Home Road
Cincinnati Reds 9361 0.604 47–30 46–31
Los Angeles Dodgers 8965 0.578 4 45–32 44–33
San Francisco Giants 8569 0.552 8 45–32 40–37
Milwaukee Braves 8371 0.539 10 45–32 38–39
St. Louis Cardinals 8074 0.519 13 48–29 32–45
Pittsburgh Pirates 7579 0.487 18 38–39 37–40
Chicago Cubs 6490 0.416 29 40–37 24–53
Philadelphia Phillies 47107 0.305 46 22–55 25–52

Record vs. opponents


Sources:
Team CHC CIN LAD MIL PHI PIT SF STL
Chicago 12–107–159–13–113–911–115–177–15–1
Cincinnati 10–1212–1015–719–311–1112–1014–8
Los Angeles 15–710–1212–1017–513–910–1212–10
Milwaukee 13–9–17–1510–1216–612–1011–1114–8
Philadelphia 9–133–195–176–167–158–14–19–13
Pittsburgh 11–1111–119–1310–1215–710–129–13
San Francisco 17–510–1212–1011–1114–8–112–109–13
St. Louis 15–7–18–1410–128–1413–913–913–9

Game log

1961 Game Log: 75–79 (Home: 38–39; Away: 37–40)
April: 9–6 (Home: 4–2; Away: 5–4)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1April 11@ Giants8–7Face (1–0)McCormickLabine (1)41,4231–0
2April 12@ Giants1–2LoesLaw (0–1)Duffalo7,5831–1
3April 13@ Giants5–6 (12)DuffaloFace (1–1)10,9101–2
4April 14@ Dodgers6–3Gibbon (1–0)KoufaxLabine (2)28,3712–2
5April 15@ Dodgers4–1Friend (1–0)Drysdale36,7833–2
6April 16@ Dodgers6–13WilliamsLaw (0–2)Palmquist27,7163–3
7April 18Cubs5–3Mizell (1–0)WrightFace (1)30,7814–3
8April 19Cubs4–1Friend (2–0)Anderson12,7425–3
9April 20Cubs0–3HobbieGibbon (1–1)10,4285–4
10April 23Braves1–3SpahnLaw (0–3)21,2495–5
11April 24Braves7–6Friend (3–0)DrabowskyLabine (3)14,8266–5
12April 26Phillies3–2Mizell (2–0)Green9,4207–5
13April 29@ Reds6–3Law (1–3)JayFace (2)9,1738–5
14April 30@ Reds6–3Friend (4–0)HookFace (3)9–5
15April 30@ Reds2–4PurkeyGibbon (1–2)11,7439–6
May: 12–12 (Home: 7–6; Away: 5–6)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
16May 2@ Cardinals6–0Haddix (1–0)Broglio6,54910–6
17May 3@ Cardinals1–3GibsonMizell (2–1)McDaniel5,61110–7
18May 5Dodgers0–10PodresFriend (4–1)Farrell25,02310–8
19May 6Dodgers9–5Gibbon (2–2)CraigFace (4)9,73611–8
20May 7Dodgers2–4KoufaxWitt (0–1)Sherry17,36311–9
21May 9Giants9–6Haddix (2–0)SanfordLabine (4)17,25012–9
22May 10Giants0–3McCormickFriend (4–2)21,59912–10
23May 12Reds8–5Shantz (1–0)Bridges20,66213–10
24May 13Reds13–5Labine (1–0)O'Toole13,34314–10
25May 14Reds1–4HuntFriend (4–3)Brosnan17,45914–11
26May 16Cardinals2–1Face (2–1)Simmons13,57815–11
27May 17Cardinals4–3Mizell (3–1)BroglioFace (5)17,69116–11
28May 19@ Phillies1–4MahaffeyFriend (4–4)16,03516–12
29May 20@ Phillies4–3Gibbon (3–2)RobertsFace (6)12,54717–12
30May 21@ Phillies13–11Friend (5–4)Ferrarese9,29118–12
31May 22@ Braves2–1Haddix (3–0)Buhl10,33219–12
32May 23@ Braves0–1BurdetteShantz (1–1)9,36719–13
33May 24@ Cubs7–3Mizell (4–1)EllsworthLabine (5)5,57320–13
34May 26@ Cardinals2–12SimmonsFriend (5–5)8,86820–14
35May 27@ Cardinals5–7BroglioLaw (1–4)McDaniel14,94120–15
36May 28@ Cardinals4–8CicotteHaddix (3–1)16,63220–16
37May 30Cubs3–5EllsworthMizell (4–2)Elston20–17
38May 30Cubs0–10CardwellFriend (5–6)30,85220–18
39May 31Braves9–1Gibbon (4–2)Spahn16,90221–18
June: 15–13 (Home: 10–9; Away: 5–4)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
40June 1Braves8–2 (7)Haddix (4–1)Burdette19,12822–18
41June 2Phillies0–6BuzhardtFriend (5–7)14,34422–19
42June 3Phillies5–1Shantz (2–1)MahaffeyFace (7)11,15323–19
43June 4Phillies0–5FerrareseMizell (4–3)27,35223–20
44June 5@ Dodgers5–2Law (2–4)PerranoskiFace (8)14,71524–20
45June 6@ Dodgers7–8PodresFace (2–2)Sherry15,78424–21
46June 7@ Dodgers3–7KoufaxFrancis (0–1)19,96724–22
47June 8@ Dodgers4–2Friend (6–7)WilliamsShantz (1)17,59925–22
48June 9@ Giants6–9BolinFace (2–3)Miller27,81525–23
49June 10@ Giants0–5McCormickMizell (4–4)26,63025–24
50June 11@ Giants8–4Law (3–4)LoesFriend (1)34,18526–24
51June 13Reds2–1Gibbon (5–2)Maloney19,42327–24
52June 14Reds5–4Shantz (3–1)Brosnan14,27028–24
53June 15Reds1–8JayMizell (4–5)19,20928–25
54June 16Cardinals2–5GibsonHaddix (4–2)26,22928–26
55June 17Cardinals9–3Shantz (4–1)Broglio15,43629–26
56June 18Cardinals5–3Friend (7–7)SimmonsFace (9)30–26
57June 18Cardinals3–7JacksonGibbon (5–3)Miller29,17630–27
58June 20@ Phillies6–2Haddix (5–2)MahaffeyFace (10)10,64931–27
59June 22@ Phillies5–1Friend (8–7)Buzhardt9,12632–27
60June 23Phillies11–12LehmanFrancis (0–2)Sullivan16,17032–28
61June 24Phillies2–6ShortMizell (4–6)Sullivan9,54632–29
62June 25Phillies10–5Face (3–3)Baldschun33–29
63June 25Phillies3–4MahaffeyHaddix (5–3)Sullivan10,95133–30
64June 27Dodgers5–9FarrellFriend (8–8)Sherry25,93633–31
65June 28Dodgers9–3Gibbon (6–3)Drysdale21,58134–31
66June 29Dodgers4–2Francis (1–2)KoufaxFace (11)21,52035–31
67June 30Giants4–3Face (4–3)McCormick31,90036–31
July: 9–17 (Home: 4–10; Away: 5–7)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
68July 1Giants3–4JonesFriend (8–9)19,73736–32
69July 2Giants7–6Haddix (6–3)McCormickLabine (6)37–32
70July 2Giants9–0 (7)Shantz (5–1)Marichal36,09338–32
71July 3@ Reds3–4MaloneyGibbon (6–4)Brosnan31,83938–33
72July 4@ Reds0–2JayFrancis (1–3)11,80238–34
73July 6@ Cubs15–3Friend (9–9)Ellsworth39–34
74July 6@ Cubs1–5HobbieMizell (4–7)15,81339–35
75July 7@ Braves6–5McBean (1–0)SpahnFace (12)17,62240–35
76July 8@ Braves4–3Gibbon (7–4)BuhlShantz (2)16,10941–35
77July 9@ Braves5–4McBean (2–0)BurdetteFace (13)20,84542–35
78July 13@ Giants1–2MillerFriend (9–10)11,32842–36
79July 14@ Giants6–4Labine (2–0)LeMayFace (14)23,17743–36
80July 15@ Giants3–8McCormickHaddix (6–4)22,59643–37
81July 16@ Dodgers11–12 (10)PodresFace (4–4)15,93043–38
82July 17@ Dodgers4–6WilliamsFriend (9–11)Koufax26,23243–39
83July 20Cubs4–0Gibbon (8–4)Curtis13,85944–39
84July 21Braves3–5BurdetteFriend (9–12)Nottebart28,29044–40
85July 22Braves4–5CloningerShantz (5–2)Nottebart16,41744–41
86July 23Braves4–11BuhlHaddix (6–5)44–42
87July 23Braves4–5McMahonFriend (9–13)26,53144–43
88July 25Giants7–16MillerGibbon (8–5)18,69844–44
89July 26Giants8–3Friend (10–13)LeMay17,30645–44
90July 27Giants0–2MarichalMizell (4–8)17,88545–45
91July 28Dodgers4–6PodresFrancis (1–4)Farrell25,59345–46
92July 29Dodgers4–5PerranoskiMcBean (2–1)Farrell11,82245–47
93July 30Dodgers3–7DrysdaleGibbon (8–6)Perranoski18,27345–48
August: 16–16 (Home: 8–7; Away: 8–9)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
94August 2@ Cardinals2–4JacksonShantz (5–3)12,04845–49
95August 3@ Cardinals19–0Haddix (7–5)Cicotte11,51446–49
96August 4@ Reds4–5BrosnanLabine (2–1)27,38346–50
97August 5@ Reds11–7McBean (3–1)Hunt12,12547–50
98August 6@ Reds9–4Mizell (5–8)JayLabine (7)48–50
99August 6@ Reds2–3 (10)BrosnanFace (4–5)31,16748–51
100August 7@ Phillies3–1Friend (11–13)Buzhardt5,58649–51
101August 8@ Phillies10–2Haddix (8–5)Mahaffey50–51
102August 8@ Phillies3–2Sturdivant (1–0)Short11,08151–51
103August 9Cardinals0–4SimmonsGibbon (8–7)Bauta17,03851–52
104August 10Cardinals2–3SadeckiFrancis (1–5)13,81251–53
105August 11Phillies6–0 (7)Friend (12–13)Roberts12,96552–53
106August 12Phillies4–0Mizell (6–8)Owens8,78553–53
107August 13Phillies13–4Sturdivant (2–0)Buzhardt12,92354–53
108August 14@ Braves3–8CloningerHaddix (8–6)14,64854–54
109August 15@ Braves1–4WilleyGibbon (8–8)16,84354–55
110August 16@ Braves1–2SpahnFriend (12–14)18,33054–56
111August 17@ Cubs4–11DrottMizell (6–9)Anderson54–57
112August 17@ Cubs4–3Francis (2–5)BrewerFace (15)16,96155–57
113August 18@ Cubs1–2 (11)EllsworthSturdivant (2–1)7,46955–58
114August 19@ Cubs4–3 (11)Labine (3–1)Curtis11,77756–58
115August 20@ Cubs0–1 (11)CardwellFriend (12–15)19,03856–59
116August 22Braves4–1Gibbon (9–8)BuhlFace (16)15,87457–59
117August 23Braves7–6Face (5–5)Nottebart15,11758–59
118August 24Braves1–6SpahnFriend (12–16)16,65358–60
119August 25Cubs1–0Sturdivant (3–1)Cardwell12,65159–60
120August 26Cubs3–7SchultzFace (5–6)Anderson9,13759–61
121August 27Cubs7–3Gibbon (10–8)CurtisLabine (8)60–61
122August 27Cubs5–6BrewerMizell (6–10)Anderson15,47160–62
123August 28Cubs4–5AndersonFace (5–7)13,75360–63
124August 29Reds0–3O'TooleFriend (12–17)Maloney17,99960–64
125August 30Reds3–1Sturdivant (4–1)Purkey20,00061–64
September: 13–15 (Home: 4–5; Away: 9–10)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
126September 1@ Cardinals4–8JacksonGibbon (10–9)13,48061–65
127September 2@ Cardinals5–4Face (6–7)McDaniel9,14062–65
128September 3@ Cardinals8–1Friend (13–17)Simmons13,81763–65
129September 4@ Cardinals4–9SadeckiFrancis (2–6)McDaniel10,02163–66
130September 5@ Cubs8–3Sturdivant (5–1)Hobbie3,41764–66
131September 6@ Cubs2–6CardwellGibbon (10–10)3,08064–67
132September 7@ Cubs7–5Shantz (6–3)Brewer2,75265–67
133September 8@ Braves2–1Friend (14–17)Hendley15,60666–67
134September 9@ Braves3–4NottebartFace (6–8)12,32066–68
135September 10@ Braves3–4SpahnSturdivant (5–2)24,19866–69
136September 11@ Giants3–4 (10)SanfordFace (6–9)5,51266–70
137September 12@ Giants3–0Gibbon (11–10)McCormick9,53967–70
138September 13@ Dodgers8–2Haddix (9–6)Farrell10,49468–70
139September 14@ Dodgers6–7RoebuckFace (6–10)9,80568–71
140September 16Cardinals3–6SadeckiFrancis (2–7)6,83068–72
141September 17Cardinals0–3JacksonMcBean (3–2)10,03068–73
142September 18Cardinals8–6Foss (1–0)GibsonFace (17)8,93469–73
143September 19@ Reds1–10O'TooleFriend (14–18)14,22569–74
144September 20@ Reds2–3JayFace (6–11)14,82269–75
145September 22@ Phillies6–3Labine (4–1)Sullivan4,68770–75
146September 23@ Phillies4–5 (16)BaldschunFace (6–12)4,00570–76
147September 24@ Phillies4–3Mizell (7–10)ShortSturdivant (1)3,28271–76
148September 26Dodgers3–5WilliamsFriend (14–19)Farrell71–77
149September 26Dodgers8–0Gibbon (12–10)Drysdale9,60272–77
150September 27Giants5–3Haddix (10–6)Miller7,47173–77
151September 28Giants4–7DuffaloFrancis (2–8)Miller5,38473–78
152September 29Reds1–8O'TooleFoss (1–1)Jones10,11973–79
153September 30Reds11–6Jackson (1–0)Jay7,15874–79
October: 1–0 (Home: 1–0; Away: 0–0)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
154October 1Reds3–1Gibbon (13–10)Brosnan26,76075–79
Legend:        = Win        = Loss
Bold = Pirates team member

Opening Day lineup

Opening Day Lineup
#NamePosition
18Bill VirdonCF
24Dick GroatSS
4Bob SkinnerLF
14Rocky Nelson1B
21Roberto ClementeRF
12Don Hoak3B
9Bill Mazeroski2B
6Smoky BurgessC
19Bob FriendSP

[2]

Notable transactions

Roster

1961 Pittsburgh Pirates
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Statistics

Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pitching

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
AAA Columbus Jets International League Larry Shepard
A Asheville Tourists Sally League Ray Hathaway
B Burlington Bees Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League Harding "Pete" Peterson
C Grand Forks Chiefs Northern League Bob Clear
D Kingsport Pirates Appalachian League Jim Gibbons
D Batavia Pirates New York–Penn League James Adlam and Gene Baker
D Hobbs Pirates Sophomore League Al Kubski
D Shelby Colonels Western Carolinas League Aaron Robinson and James Adlam

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Asheville, Hobbs

Notes

  1. From 1882–1906, the team played in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, which became annexed by Pittsburgh as the North Side in 1907.
  2. 1961 Opening Day Lineup at Baseball-Reference
  3. Don Williams page at Baseball Reference
  4. Gene Baker page at Baseball Reference
  5. Ron Woods page at Baseball Reference
  6. "Major League Baseball Regular Season Hitting Stats | pirates.com: Stats". Pittsburgh Pirates. Archived from the original on October 12, 2014. Retrieved May 5, 2016.
  7. "Major League Baseball Regular Season Pitching Stats | pirates.com: Stats". Pittsburgh Pirates. Archived from the original on October 12, 2014. Retrieved May 5, 2016.

References

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