1961_Pittsburgh_Pirates_season

1961 Pittsburgh Pirates
1961 Pittsburgh Pirates
League	National League
Ballpark	Forbes Field
City	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Owners	John W. Galbreath (majority shareholder); Bing Crosby, Thomas P. Johnson (minority shareholders)
General managers	Joe L. Brown
Managers	Danny Murtaugh
Television	KDKA-TV ; Bob Prince, Jim Woods
Radio	KDKA; Bob Prince, Paul Long, Jim Woods

1961 Pittsburgh Pirates season

Major League Baseball team season

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.

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1961 Game Log: 75–79 (Home: 38–39; Away: 37–40)

April: 9–6 (Home: 4–2; Away: 5–4)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
1	April 11	@ Giants	8–7	Face (1–0)	McCormick	Labine (1)	41,423	1–0
2	April 12	@ Giants	1–2	Loes	Law (0–1)	Duffalo	7,583	1–1
3	April 13	@ Giants	5–6 (12)	Duffalo	Face (1–1)	—	10,910	1–2
4	April 14	@ Dodgers	6–3	Gibbon (1–0)	Koufax	Labine (2)	28,371	2–2
5	April 15	@ Dodgers	4–1	Friend (1–0)	Drysdale	—	36,783	3–2
6	April 16	@ Dodgers	6–13	Williams	Law (0–2)	Palmquist	27,716	3–3
7	April 18	Cubs	5–3	Mizell (1–0)	Wright	Face (1)	30,781	4–3
8	April 19	Cubs	4–1	Friend (2–0)	Anderson	—	12,742	5–3
9	April 20	Cubs	0–3	Hobbie	Gibbon (1–1)	—	10,428	5–4
10	April 23	Braves	1–3	Spahn	Law (0–3)	—	21,249	5–5
11	April 24	Braves	7–6	Friend (3–0)	Drabowsky	Labine (3)	14,826	6–5
12	April 26	Phillies	3–2	Mizell (2–0)	Green	—	9,420	7–5
13	April 29	@ Reds	6–3	Law (1–3)	Jay	Face (2)	9,173	8–5
14	April 30	@ Reds	6–3	Friend (4–0)	Hook	Face (3)		9–5
15	April 30	@ Reds	2–4	Purkey	Gibbon (1–2)	—	11,743	9–6

May: 12–12 (Home: 7–6; Away: 5–6)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
16	May 2	@ Cardinals	6–0	Haddix (1–0)	Broglio	—	6,549	10–6
17	May 3	@ Cardinals	1–3	Gibson	Mizell (2–1)	McDaniel	5,611	10–7
18	May 5	Dodgers	0–10	Podres	Friend (4–1)	Farrell	25,023	10–8
19	May 6	Dodgers	9–5	Gibbon (2–2)	Craig	Face (4)	9,736	11–8
20	May 7	Dodgers	2–4	Koufax	Witt (0–1)	Sherry	17,363	11–9
21	May 9	Giants	9–6	Haddix (2–0)	Sanford	Labine (4)	17,250	12–9
22	May 10	Giants	0–3	McCormick	Friend (4–2)	—	21,599	12–10
23	May 12	Reds	8–5	Shantz (1–0)	Bridges	—	20,662	13–10
24	May 13	Reds	13–5	Labine (1–0)	O'Toole	—	13,343	14–10
25	May 14	Reds	1–4	Hunt	Friend (4–3)	Brosnan	17,459	14–11
26	May 16	Cardinals	2–1	Face (2–1)	Simmons	—	13,578	15–11
27	May 17	Cardinals	4–3	Mizell (3–1)	Broglio	Face (5)	17,691	16–11
28	May 19	@ Phillies	1–4	Mahaffey	Friend (4–4)	—	16,035	16–12
29	May 20	@ Phillies	4–3	Gibbon (3–2)	Roberts	Face (6)	12,547	17–12
30	May 21	@ Phillies	13–11	Friend (5–4)	Ferrarese	—	9,291	18–12
31	May 22	@ Braves	2–1	Haddix (3–0)	Buhl	—	10,332	19–12
32	May 23	@ Braves	0–1	Burdette	Shantz (1–1)	—	9,367	19–13
33	May 24	@ Cubs	7–3	Mizell (4–1)	Ellsworth	Labine (5)	5,573	20–13
34	May 26	@ Cardinals	2–12	Simmons	Friend (5–5)	—	8,868	20–14
35	May 27	@ Cardinals	5–7	Broglio	Law (1–4)	McDaniel	14,941	20–15
36	May 28	@ Cardinals	4–8	Cicotte	Haddix (3–1)	—	16,632	20–16
37	May 30	Cubs	3–5	Ellsworth	Mizell (4–2)	Elston		20–17
38	May 30	Cubs	0–10	Cardwell	Friend (5–6)	—	30,852	20–18
39	May 31	Braves	9–1	Gibbon (4–2)	Spahn	—	16,902	21–18

June: 15–13 (Home: 10–9; Away: 5–4)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
40	June 1	Braves	8–2 (7)	Haddix (4–1)	Burdette	—	19,128	22–18
41	June 2	Phillies	0–6	Buzhardt	Friend (5–7)	—	14,344	22–19
42	June 3	Phillies	5–1	Shantz (2–1)	Mahaffey	Face (7)	11,153	23–19
43	June 4	Phillies	0–5	Ferrarese	Mizell (4–3)	—	27,352	23–20
44	June 5	@ Dodgers	5–2	Law (2–4)	Perranoski	Face (8)	14,715	24–20
45	June 6	@ Dodgers	7–8	Podres	Face (2–2)	Sherry	15,784	24–21
46	June 7	@ Dodgers	3–7	Koufax	Francis (0–1)	—	19,967	24–22
47	June 8	@ Dodgers	4–2	Friend (6–7)	Williams	Shantz (1)	17,599	25–22
48	June 9	@ Giants	6–9	Bolin	Face (2–3)	Miller	27,815	25–23
49	June 10	@ Giants	0–5	McCormick	Mizell (4–4)	—	26,630	25–24
50	June 11	@ Giants	8–4	Law (3–4)	Loes	Friend (1)	34,185	26–24
51	June 13	Reds	2–1	Gibbon (5–2)	Maloney	—	19,423	27–24
52	June 14	Reds	5–4	Shantz (3–1)	Brosnan	—	14,270	28–24
53	June 15	Reds	1–8	Jay	Mizell (4–5)	—	19,209	28–25
54	June 16	Cardinals	2–5	Gibson	Haddix (4–2)	—	26,229	28–26
55	June 17	Cardinals	9–3	Shantz (4–1)	Broglio	—	15,436	29–26
56	June 18	Cardinals	5–3	Friend (7–7)	Simmons	Face (9)		30–26
57	June 18	Cardinals	3–7	Jackson	Gibbon (5–3)	Miller	29,176	30–27
58	June 20	@ Phillies	6–2	Haddix (5–2)	Mahaffey	Face (10)	10,649	31–27
59	June 22	@ Phillies	5–1	Friend (8–7)	Buzhardt	—	9,126	32–27
60	June 23	Phillies	11–12	Lehman	Francis (0–2)	Sullivan	16,170	32–28
61	June 24	Phillies	2–6	Short	Mizell (4–6)	Sullivan	9,546	32–29
62	June 25	Phillies	10–5	Face (3–3)	Baldschun	—		33–29
63	June 25	Phillies	3–4	Mahaffey	Haddix (5–3)	Sullivan	10,951	33–30
64	June 27	Dodgers	5–9	Farrell	Friend (8–8)	Sherry	25,936	33–31
65	June 28	Dodgers	9–3	Gibbon (6–3)	Drysdale	—	21,581	34–31
66	June 29	Dodgers	4–2	Francis (1–2)	Koufax	Face (11)	21,520	35–31
67	June 30	Giants	4–3	Face (4–3)	McCormick	—	31,900	36–31

July: 9–17 (Home: 4–10; Away: 5–7)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
68	July 1	Giants	3–4	Jones	Friend (8–9)	—	19,737	36–32
69	July 2	Giants	7–6	Haddix (6–3)	McCormick	Labine (6)		37–32
70	July 2	Giants	9–0 (7)	Shantz (5–1)	Marichal	—	36,093	38–32
71	July 3	@ Reds	3–4	Maloney	Gibbon (6–4)	Brosnan	31,839	38–33
72	July 4	@ Reds	0–2	Jay	Francis (1–3)	—	11,802	38–34
73	July 6	@ Cubs	15–3	Friend (9–9)	Ellsworth	—		39–34
74	July 6	@ Cubs	1–5	Hobbie	Mizell (4–7)	—	15,813	39–35
75	July 7	@ Braves	6–5	McBean (1–0)	Spahn	Face (12)	17,622	40–35
76	July 8	@ Braves	4–3	Gibbon (7–4)	Buhl	Shantz (2)	16,109	41–35
77	July 9	@ Braves	5–4	McBean (2–0)	Burdette	Face (13)	20,845	42–35
78	July 13	@ Giants	1–2	Miller	Friend (9–10)	—	11,328	42–36
79	July 14	@ Giants	6–4	Labine (2–0)	LeMay	Face (14)	23,177	43–36
80	July 15	@ Giants	3–8	McCormick	Haddix (6–4)	—	22,596	43–37
81	July 16	@ Dodgers	11–12 (10)	Podres	Face (4–4)	—	15,930	43–38
82	July 17	@ Dodgers	4–6	Williams	Friend (9–11)	Koufax	26,232	43–39
83	July 20	Cubs	4–0	Gibbon (8–4)	Curtis	—	13,859	44–39
84	July 21	Braves	3–5	Burdette	Friend (9–12)	Nottebart	28,290	44–40
85	July 22	Braves	4–5	Cloninger	Shantz (5–2)	Nottebart	16,417	44–41
86	July 23	Braves	4–11	Buhl	Haddix (6–5)	—		44–42
87	July 23	Braves	4–5	McMahon	Friend (9–13)	—	26,531	44–43
88	July 25	Giants	7–16	Miller	Gibbon (8–5)	—	18,698	44–44
89	July 26	Giants	8–3	Friend (10–13)	LeMay	—	17,306	45–44
90	July 27	Giants	0–2	Marichal	Mizell (4–8)	—	17,885	45–45
91	July 28	Dodgers	4–6	Podres	Francis (1–4)	Farrell	25,593	45–46
92	July 29	Dodgers	4–5	Perranoski	McBean (2–1)	Farrell	11,822	45–47
93	July 30	Dodgers	3–7	Drysdale	Gibbon (8–6)	Perranoski	18,273	45–48

August: 16–16 (Home: 8–7; Away: 8–9)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
94	August 2	@ Cardinals	2–4	Jackson	Shantz (5–3)	—	12,048	45–49
95	August 3	@ Cardinals	19–0	Haddix (7–5)	Cicotte	—	11,514	46–49
96	August 4	@ Reds	4–5	Brosnan	Labine (2–1)	—	27,383	46–50
97	August 5	@ Reds	11–7	McBean (3–1)	Hunt	—	12,125	47–50
98	August 6	@ Reds	9–4	Mizell (5–8)	Jay	Labine (7)		48–50
99	August 6	@ Reds	2–3 (10)	Brosnan	Face (4–5)	—	31,167	48–51
100	August 7	@ Phillies	3–1	Friend (11–13)	Buzhardt	—	5,586	49–51
101	August 8	@ Phillies	10–2	Haddix (8–5)	Mahaffey	—		50–51
102	August 8	@ Phillies	3–2	Sturdivant (1–0)	Short	—	11,081	51–51
103	August 9	Cardinals	0–4	Simmons	Gibbon (8–7)	Bauta	17,038	51–52
104	August 10	Cardinals	2–3	Sadecki	Francis (1–5)	—	13,812	51–53
105	August 11	Phillies	6–0 (7)	Friend (12–13)	Roberts	—	12,965	52–53
106	August 12	Phillies	4–0	Mizell (6–8)	Owens	—	8,785	53–53
107	August 13	Phillies	13–4	Sturdivant (2–0)	Buzhardt	—	12,923	54–53
108	August 14	@ Braves	3–8	Cloninger	Haddix (8–6)	—	14,648	54–54
109	August 15	@ Braves	1–4	Willey	Gibbon (8–8)	—	16,843	54–55
110	August 16	@ Braves	1–2	Spahn	Friend (12–14)	—	18,330	54–56
111	August 17	@ Cubs	4–11	Drott	Mizell (6–9)	Anderson		54–57
112	August 17	@ Cubs	4–3	Francis (2–5)	Brewer	Face (15)	16,961	55–57
113	August 18	@ Cubs	1–2 (11)	Ellsworth	Sturdivant (2–1)	—	7,469	55–58
114	August 19	@ Cubs	4–3 (11)	Labine (3–1)	Curtis	—	11,777	56–58
115	August 20	@ Cubs	0–1 (11)	Cardwell	Friend (12–15)	—	19,038	56–59
116	August 22	Braves	4–1	Gibbon (9–8)	Buhl	Face (16)	15,874	57–59
117	August 23	Braves	7–6	Face (5–5)	Nottebart	—	15,117	58–59
118	August 24	Braves	1–6	Spahn	Friend (12–16)	—	16,653	58–60
119	August 25	Cubs	1–0	Sturdivant (3–1)	Cardwell	—	12,651	59–60
120	August 26	Cubs	3–7	Schultz	Face (5–6)	Anderson	9,137	59–61
121	August 27	Cubs	7–3	Gibbon (10–8)	Curtis	Labine (8)		60–61
122	August 27	Cubs	5–6	Brewer	Mizell (6–10)	Anderson	15,471	60–62
123	August 28	Cubs	4–5	Anderson	Face (5–7)	—	13,753	60–63
124	August 29	Reds	0–3	O'Toole	Friend (12–17)	Maloney	17,999	60–64
125	August 30	Reds	3–1	Sturdivant (4–1)	Purkey	—	20,000	61–64

September: 13–15 (Home: 4–5; Away: 9–10)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
126	September 1	@ Cardinals	4–8	Jackson	Gibbon (10–9)	—	13,480	61–65
127	September 2	@ Cardinals	5–4	Face (6–7)	McDaniel	—	9,140	62–65
128	September 3	@ Cardinals	8–1	Friend (13–17)	Simmons	—	13,817	63–65
129	September 4	@ Cardinals	4–9	Sadecki	Francis (2–6)	McDaniel	10,021	63–66
130	September 5	@ Cubs	8–3	Sturdivant (5–1)	Hobbie	—	3,417	64–66
131	September 6	@ Cubs	2–6	Cardwell	Gibbon (10–10)	—	3,080	64–67
132	September 7	@ Cubs	7–5	Shantz (6–3)	Brewer	—	2,752	65–67
133	September 8	@ Braves	2–1	Friend (14–17)	Hendley	—	15,606	66–67
134	September 9	@ Braves	3–4	Nottebart	Face (6–8)	—	12,320	66–68
135	September 10	@ Braves	3–4	Spahn	Sturdivant (5–2)	—	24,198	66–69
136	September 11	@ Giants	3–4 (10)	Sanford	Face (6–9)	—	5,512	66–70
137	September 12	@ Giants	3–0	Gibbon (11–10)	McCormick	—	9,539	67–70
138	September 13	@ Dodgers	8–2	Haddix (9–6)	Farrell	—	10,494	68–70
139	September 14	@ Dodgers	6–7	Roebuck	Face (6–10)	—	9,805	68–71
140	September 16	Cardinals	3–6	Sadecki	Francis (2–7)	—	6,830	68–72
141	September 17	Cardinals	0–3	Jackson	McBean (3–2)	—	10,030	68–73
142	September 18	Cardinals	8–6	Foss (1–0)	Gibson	Face (17)	8,934	69–73
143	September 19	@ Reds	1–10	O'Toole	Friend (14–18)	—	14,225	69–74
144	September 20	@ Reds	2–3	Jay	Face (6–11)	—	14,822	69–75
145	September 22	@ Phillies	6–3	Labine (4–1)	Sullivan	—	4,687	70–75
146	September 23	@ Phillies	4–5 (16)	Baldschun	Face (6–12)	—	4,005	70–76
147	September 24	@ Phillies	4–3	Mizell (7–10)	Short	Sturdivant (1)	3,282	71–76
148	September 26	Dodgers	3–5	Williams	Friend (14–19)	Farrell		71–77
149	September 26	Dodgers	8–0	Gibbon (12–10)	Drysdale	—	9,602	72–77
150	September 27	Giants	5–3	Haddix (10–6)	Miller	—	7,471	73–77
151	September 28	Giants	4–7	Duffalo	Francis (2–8)	Miller	5,384	73–78
152	September 29	Reds	1–8	O'Toole	Foss (1–1)	Jones	10,119	73–79
153	September 30	Reds	11–6	Jackson (1–0)	Jay	—	7,158	74–79

October: 1–0 (Home: 1–0; Away: 0–0)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
154	October 1	Reds	3–1	Gibbon (13–10)	Brosnan	—	26,760	75–79

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v t e 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

1961 National League record v t e 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	—

Opening Day Lineup
#	Name	Position
18	Bill Virdon	CF
24	Dick Groat	SS
4	Bob Skinner	LF
14	Rocky Nelson	1B
21	Roberto Clemente	RF
12	Don Hoak	3B
9	Bill Mazeroski	2B
6	Smoky Burgess	C
19	Bob Friend	SP

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

1961_Pittsburgh_Pirates_season

1961 Pittsburgh Pirates season

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Game log

Opening Day lineup

Notable transactions

Roster

Statistics

Farm system

Notes

References

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