1961 St. Louis Cardinals season

This article is about the Major League Baseball team. For the National Football League team, see 1961 St. Louis Cardinals (NFL) season.
1961 St. Louis Cardinals
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record 80–74 (.519)
League place 5th
Other information
Owner(s) August "Gussie" Busch
General manager(s) Bing Devine
Manager(s) Solly Hemus, Johnny Keane
Local television KPLR
(Buddy Blattner, Jerry Gross, Joe Garagiola)
Local radio KMOX
(Harry Caray, Jack Buck, Joe Garagiola)
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The 1961 St. Louis Cardinals season was the team's 80th season in St. Louis, Missouri and its 70th season in the National League. The Cardinals went 80–74 during the season and finished fifth in the National League. It was the last season before the NL went to a 162-game schedule the following season to adjust for the new ten-team league.

Offseason

Regular season

On July 6, with the Cardinals at 33–41, manager Solly Hemus was fired and replaced by Johnny Keane. The team went 47–33 under Keane.

First baseman Bill White and third baseman Ken Boyer won Gold Gloves this year.

Season standings

National League W L Pct. GB Home Road
Cincinnati Reds 93 61 0.604 47–30 46–31
Los Angeles Dodgers 89 65 0.578 4 45–32 44–33
San Francisco Giants 85 69 0.552 8 45–32 40–37
Milwaukee Braves 83 71 0.539 10 45–32 38–39
St. Louis Cardinals 80 74 0.519 13 48–29 32–45
Pittsburgh Pirates 75 79 0.487 18 38–39 37–40
Chicago Cubs 64 90 0.416 29 40–37 24–53
Philadelphia Phillies 47 107 0.305 46 22–55 25–52

Record vs. opponents

1961 National League Records

Sources:
Team CHC CIN LAD MIL PHI PIT SF STL
Chicago 12–10 7–15 9–13–1 13–9 11–11 5–17 7–15–1
Cincinnati 10–12 12–10 15–7 19–3 11–11 12–10 14–8
Los Angeles 15–7 10–12 12–10 17–5 13–9 10–12 12–10
Milwaukee 13–9–1 7–15 10–12 16–6 12–10 11–11 14–8
Philadelphia 9–13 3–19 5–17 6–16 7–15 8–14–1 9–13
Pittsburgh 11–11 11–11 9–13 10–12 15–7 10–12 9–13
San Francisco 17–5 10–12 12–10 11–11 14–8–1 12–10 9–13
St. Louis 15–7–1 8–14 10–12 8–14 13–9 13–9 13–9

Notable transactions

Roster

1961 St. Louis Cardinals
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

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

Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI

Other batters

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

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Taussig, DonDon Taussig 98 188 54 .287 2 25

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO

Other pitchers

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Cicotte, AlAl Cicotte 29 75 2 6 5.28 51

Relief pitchers

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

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Anderson, CraigCraig Anderson 25 4 3 1 3.26 21

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
AAA San Juan/Charleston Marlins International League Joe Schultz
AAA Portland Beavers Pacific Coast League Vern Benson and Ray Katt
AA Tulsa Oilers Texas League Whitey Kurowski
A Lancaster Red Roses Eastern League Chase Riddle
C Winnipeg Goldeyes Northern League Grover Resinger and Owen Friend
C Billings Mustangs Pioneer League Owen Friend and Grover Resinger
D Johnson City Cardinals Appalachian League Ed Lyons, George Kissell, Charlie Frey,
Mo Mozzali and Johnny Grodzicki
D Keokuk Cardinals Midwest League Al Unser

San Juan franchise moved to Charleston, May 19, 1961[8]

References

External links

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