1961 St. Louis Cardinals roster

34 players appeared for the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1961 MLB season.

1961 Cardinals roster: batting

1961 St. Louis Cardinals batting
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted.R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher.H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error.HR: Home runs hit.RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance.SB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately.AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one.OBP: Share of plate appearances that ended with the batter on base — hits, walks and hit-by-pitches.OPS: On-base percentage plus slugging. Around .800 is All-Star level, .900 is MVP territory.
Bill White1535918916920908.286.354.826
Ken Boyer15358910919424956.329.397.930
Julian Javier1134455812424111.279.326.663
Stan Musial1233724610715700.288.371.860
Charlie James10834943894442.255.288.644
Curt Flood132335531082216.322.391.806
Joe Cunningham11332260927401.286.403.801
Don Taussig9818827542252.287.338.785
Carl Sawatski86174235210330.299.385.902
Alex Grammas8917023360210.212.293.576
Jimmie Schaffer6815315391160.255.301.621
Hal Smith451256310100.248.309.605
Red Schoendienst721209361121.300.364.764
Jerry Buchek3190612090.133.151.306
Tim McCarver2267516160.239.239.582
Don Landrum2866511131.167.225.468
Gene Oliver2252814490.269.367.905
Julio Gotay1045511050.244.292.625
Ed Olivares213025011.167.161.328
Doug Clemens61212000.167.333.583
George Crowe7701000.143.143.286
Chris Cannizzaro6201000.500.5001.000

What the columns mean: AB · R · H · HR · RBI · SB · AVG · OBP · OPS

1961 Cardinals roster: pitching

1961 St. Louis Cardinals pitching
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.GS: Games started — for a pitcher, games he opened on the mound.W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win.L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss.ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent.IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs.K: Batters this pitcher struck out.WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite.SV: Games finished by protecting a narrow lead to the last out.
Ray SadeckiP313114103.72222.21141.340
Bob GibsonP352713123.24211.11661.441
Larry JacksonP332814113.75211.01131.230
Curt SimmonsP30299103.13195.2991.360
Ernie BroglioP29269124.12174.21131.380
Lindy McDanielP5501064.8794.1651.579
Al CicotteP297265.2875.0511.561
Bob MillerP345134.2474.1391.723
Craig AndersonP250433.2638.2211.291
Ray WashburnP32111.7720.1120.840
Ed BautaP130201.4019.1120.885
Bobby TiefenauerP30006.234.133.000

What the columns mean: W · L · ERA · IP · K · WHIP · SV

Regular season. Player lines are the season lines ESPN files under this club; a player traded during the season may appear under his last club only. Age is the player’s age on June 30 of the season. Standings start in 1995, so this season shows no league or division placing.