1961 St. Louis Cardinals season

Major League Baseball season the Major League Baseball team the National Football League team 1961 St. Louis Cardinals (NFL) season March 2026 November 2013 St. Louis Cardinals 1961 National League Busch Stadium I St. Louis, Missouri 80–74 (.519) 5th August "Gussie" Busch Bing Devine Solly Hemus, Johnny Keane KPLR(Buddy Blattner, Jerry Gross, Joe Garagiola) KMOX(Harry Caray, Jack Buck, Joe Garagiola) 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 October 11, 1960: Leon Wagner, Cal Browning, a player to be named later, and cash were traded by the Cardinals to the Toronto Maple Leafs for Al Cicotte. The Cardinals completed the deal by sending Ellis Burton to the Maple Leafs on January 26, 1961.Al Cicotte page at Baseball Reference December 29, 1960: Marv Grissom was released by the Cardinals.Marv Grissom page at Baseball Reference March 15, 1961: Red Schoendienst was signed as a free agent by the Cardinals.Red Schoendienst page at Baseball Reference Prior to 1961 season: Don Taussig was acquired by the Cardinals from the Portland Beavers as part of a minor league working agreement.Don Taussig page at Baseball Reference 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 Record vs. opponents STL Notable transactions May 10, 1961: Bob Nieman was traded by the Cardinals to the Cleveland Indians for Joe Morgan, a player to be named later, and cash. The Indians sent Mike Lee to the Cardinals on June 1 to complete the trade.Bob Nieman page at Baseball-Reference May 16, 1961: Duke Carmel was traded by the Cardinals to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Joe Koppe.Duke Carmel page at Baseball Reference May 30, 1961: Daryl Spencer was traded by the Cardinals to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Bob Lillis and Carl Warwick.Bob Lillis page at Baseball Reference Roster 1961 St. Louis Cardinals Roster Pitchers 47,18 Craig Anderson 38 Ed Bauta 32 Ernie Broglio 33 Al Cicotte 45 Bob Gibson 39 Larry Jackson 41 Lindy McDaniel 38,19 Mickey McDermott 36 Bob Miller 37 Ray Sadecki 31 Curt Simmons 43 Bobby Tiefenauer 44 Ray Washburn Catchers 34 Chris Cannizzaro 20 Tim McCarver 29 Gene Oliver  1 Carl Sawatski  4 Jimmie Schaffer  9 Hal Smith Infielders 14 Ken Boyer 17 Jerry Buchek 19 Julio Gotay 10 Alex Grammas 25 Julián Javier 35 Bob Lillis  2 Red Schoendienst 20 Daryl Spencer 12 Bill White Outfielders 40 Doug Clemens 15 Joe Cunningham 21 Curt Flood 23 Charlie James 24 Don Landrum 28 Walt Moryn  6 Stan Musial  4 Bob Nieman 24 Ed Olivares 27 Don Taussig 24,42 Carl Warwick Other batters 18 George Crowe Manager  7 Solly Hemus  5 Johnny Keane Coaches  8 Vern Benson  8 Darrell Johnson  5 Johnny Keane 26 Howie Pollet  3 Harry Walker 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 C Jimmie Schaffer 68 153 39 .255 1 16 1B Bill White 153 591 169 .286 20 90 2B Julián Javier 113 445 124 .279 2 41 SS Bob Lillis 86 230 50 .217 0 21 3B Ken Boyer 153 589 194 .329 24 95 LF Stan Musial 123 372 107 .288 15 70 CF Curt Flood 132 335 108 .322 2 21 RF Joe Cunningham 113 322 92 .286 7 40 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 Charlie James 108 349 89 .255 4 44 Don Taussig 98 188 54 .287 2 25 Carl Sawatski 86 174 52 .299 10 33 Alex Grammas 89 170 36 .212 0 21 Carl Warwick 55 152 38 .250 4 16 Daryl Spencer 37 130 33 .254 4 21 Hal Smith 45 125 31 .248 0 10 Red Schoendienst 72 120 36 .300 1 12 Jerry Buchek 31 90 12 .133 0 9 Tim McCarver 22 67 16 .239 1 6 Don Landrum 28 66 11 .167 1 3 Gene Oliver 22 52 14 .269 4 9 Julio Gotay 10 45 11 .244 0 5 Walt Moryn 17 32 4 .125 0 2 Ed Olivares 21 30 5 .167 0 1 Bob Nieman 6 17 8 .471 0 2 Doug Clemens 6 12 2 .167 0 0 George Crowe 7 7 1 .143 0 0 Chris Cannizzaro 6 2 1 .500 0 0 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 Ray Sadecki 31 222.2 14 10 3.72 114 Bob Gibson 35 211.1 13 12 3.24 166 Larry Jackson 33 211.0 14 11 3.75 113 Curt Simmons 30 195.2 9 10 3.13 99 Ernie Broglio 29 174.2 9 12 4.12 113 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 Al Cicotte 29 75.0 2 6 5.28 51 Bob Miller 34 74.1 1 3 4.24 39 Ray Washburn 3 20.1 1 1 1.77 12 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 Lindy McDaniel 55 10 6 9 4.87 65 Craig Anderson Craig Anderson (right-handed pitcher) 25 4 3 1 3.26 21 Mickey McDermott 19 1 0 4 3.67 15 Ed Bauta 13 2 0 5 1.40 12 Bobby Tiefenauer 3 0 0 0 6.23 3 Farm system Minor League Baseball 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 (WV), May 19, 1961Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007 References 2 External links 1961 St. Louis Cardinals at Baseball Reference 1961 St. Louis Cardinals team page at www.baseball-almanac.com Category:St. Louis Cardinals seasons Saint Louis Cardinals season St Louis