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NL · 64–90 (.416) · Rank 7 · Attendance 673057

Batting

Player	G	AB	H	HR	RBI	SB	BA	OPS
Ron Santo	154	578	164	23	83	2	.284	.841
Billy Williams	146	529	147	25	86	6	.278	.822
George Altman	138	518	157	27	96	6	.303	.913
Ernie Banks	138	511	142	29	80	1	.278	.853
Don Zimmer	128	477	120	13	40	5	.252	.694
Al Heist	109	321	82	7	37	3	.255	.720
Ed Bouchee	112	319	79	12	38	1	.248	.788
Jerry Kindall	96	310	75	9	44	2	.242	.707
Richie Ashburn	109	307	79	0	19	7	.257	.679
Dick Bertell	92	267	73	2	33	0	.273	.638
Sammy Taylor	89	235	56	8	23	0	.238	.707
Andre Rodgers	73	214	57	6	23	1	.266	.773
Bob Will	86	113	29	0	8	0	.257	.677
Don Cardwell	40	95	10	3	6	0	.105	.399
Glen Hobbie	36	66	11	2	6	0	.167	.528
Jack Curtis	31	60	10	2	4	0	.167	.586
Dick Ellsworth	37	56	2	0	0	0	.036	.154
Frank Thomas	15	50	13	2	6	0	.260	.708
Bob Anderson	57	42	6	2	5	0	.143	.449
Mel Roach	23	39	5	0	1	1	.128	.369
Moe Thacker	25	35	6	0	2	0	.171	.554
Cuno Barragan	10	28	6	1	2	0	.214	.588
Ken Hubbs	10	28	5	1	2	0	.179	.572
Jim Brewer	36	22	4	0	0	0	.182	.432
Dick Drott	35	22	6	0	1	0	.273	.668
Moe Morhardt	7	18	5	0	1	0	.278	.659
Danny Murphy	4	13	5	2	3	0	.385	1.275
Lou Brock	4	11	1	0	0	0	.091	.258
Don Elston	58	11	2	0	0	0	.182	.364
Jim McAnany	11	10	3	0	0	0	.300	.764
Barney Schultz	41	10	1	0	0	0	.100	.200
Nelson Mathews	3	9	1	0	0	0	.111	.222
George Freese	9	7	2	0	1	0	.286	.661
Sammy Drake	13	5	0	0	0	0	.000	.167
Joe Schaffernoth	21	5	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
Mel Wright	11	2	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
Dick Burwell	2	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000

Pitching

Player	W	L	ERA	G	SV	SO	WHIP
Don Cardwell	15	14	3.82	39	0	156	1.276
Glen Hobbie	7	13	4.26	36	2	103	1.314
Dick Ellsworth	10	11	3.86	37	0	91	1.398
Jack Curtis	10	13	4.89	31	0	57	1.503
Bob Anderson	7	10	4.26	57	8	96	1.434
Dick Drott	1	4	4.22	35	0	48	1.286
Don Elston	6	7	5.59	58	8	59	1.639
Jim Brewer	1	7	5.82	36	0	57	1.581
Barney Schultz	7	6	2.70	41	7	59	1.230
Joe Schaffernoth	0	4	6.34	21	0	23	1.591
Mel Wright	0	1	10.71	11	0	6	2.190
Dick Burwell	0	0	9.00	2	0	0	2.500

Schedule (156 games)

Date	Opponent	Result
1961-04-11	@ CIN	L 1–7
1961-04-13	@ CIN	L 2–5
1961-04-14	vs ML1	W 3–2
1961-04-15	vs ML1	W 9–5
1961-04-18	@ PIT	L 3–5
1961-04-19	@ PIT	L 1–4
1961-04-20	@ PIT	W 3–0
1961-04-21	@ PHI	W 3–2
1961-04-22	@ PHI	W 6–4
1961-04-23	@ PHI	L 0–1
1961-04-23	@ PHI	L 0–6
1961-04-26	vs CIN	W 3–2
1961-04-27	vs CIN	W 5–2
1961-04-29	vs LAN	L 4–9
1961-04-30	vs LAN	L 1–2
1961-04-30	vs LAN	W 10–5
1961-05-02	vs SFN	W 9–4
1961-05-03	vs SFN	L 4–8
1961-05-04	vs SFN	L 3–9
1961-05-06	@ SLN	L 1–6
1961-05-07	@ SLN	L 2–4
1961-05-09	@ ML1	L 5–8
1961-05-10	@ ML1	L 2–3
1961-05-12	@ LAN	L 2–4
1961-05-13	@ LAN	L 3–7
1961-05-14	@ LAN	W 10–8
1961-05-15	@ SFN	L 1–14
1961-05-16	@ SFN	L 1–2
1961-05-17	@ SFN	L 3–4
1961-05-19	vs SLN	W 1–0
1961-05-20	vs SLN	W 1–0
1961-05-21	vs SLN	L 3–6
1961-05-21	vs SLN	L 0–3
1961-05-23	vs PHI	L 1–2
1961-05-24	vs PIT	L 3–7
1961-05-26	vs SFN	L 2–3
1961-05-27	vs SFN	L 2–8
1961-05-28	vs SFN	L 5–6
1961-05-30	@ PIT	W 5–3
1961-05-30	@ PIT	W 10–0
1961-05-31	@ PHI	W 5–4
1961-06-01	@ PHI	W 10–3
1961-06-02	@ CIN	W 7–6
1961-06-03	@ CIN	W 10–7
1961-06-04	@ CIN	L 1–3
1961-06-04	@ CIN	W 8–2
1961-06-05	@ SLN	L 8–10
1961-06-06	@ SLN	L 2–6
1961-06-06	@ SLN	T 3–3
1961-06-07	@ SLN	L 6–8
1961-06-09	vs ML1	W 11–10
1961-06-10	vs ML1	L 5–9
1961-06-11	vs ML1	L 4–8
1961-06-11	vs ML1	W 5–3
1961-06-14	@ LAN	L 0–7
1961-06-15	@ LAN	L 3–6
1961-06-16	@ SFN	W 12–6
1961-06-17	@ SFN	L 3–9
1961-06-18	@ SFN	L 2–7
1961-06-20	vs LAN	L 0–3
1961-06-21	vs LAN	L 1–4
1961-06-21	vs LAN	L 2–4
1961-06-22	vs LAN	W 7–5
1961-06-23	@ ML1	W 5–3
1961-06-24	@ ML1	L 4–13
1961-06-25	@ ML1	W 5–3
1961-06-27	vs CIN	L 8–10
1961-06-28	vs CIN	W 16–5
1961-06-28	vs CIN	W 7–2
1961-06-29	vs CIN	W 15–8
1961-06-30	vs SLN	L 4–11
1961-07-01	vs SLN	W 13–1
1961-07-02	vs SLN	W 10–9
1961-07-04	vs SFN	L 3–19
1961-07-04	vs SFN	W 3–2
1961-07-06	vs PIT	L 3–15
1961-07-06	vs PIT	W 5–1
1961-07-07	vs PHI	W 9–3
1961-07-08	vs PHI	W 6–4
1961-07-09	vs PHI	W 9–8
1961-07-09	vs PHI	W 8–5
1961-07-13	@ CIN	L 3–4
1961-07-14	@ CIN	W 8–7
1961-07-15	@ CIN	L 1–2
1961-07-16	@ CIN	W 4–2
1961-07-17	@ SLN	L 6–10
1961-07-17	@ SLN	L 5–8
1961-07-18	@ SLN	L 3–8
1961-07-18	@ SLN	L 5–7
1961-07-20	@ PIT	L 0–4
1961-07-21	@ PHI	L 3–4
1961-07-22	@ PHI	L 5–6
1961-07-23	@ PHI	W 11–5
1961-07-25	vs SLN	L 5–6
1961-07-26	vs SLN	W 7–6
1961-07-27	vs SLN	W 3–2
1961-07-28	vs CIN	L 3–4
1961-07-29	vs CIN	W 7–6
1961-07-30	vs CIN	W 3–2
1961-07-30	vs CIN	L 4–5
1961-08-02	vs ML1	L 2–4
1961-08-02	vs ML1	T 7–7
1961-08-03	vs ML1	L 2–5
1961-08-04	@ LAN	W 4–2
1961-08-05	@ LAN	L 6–7
1961-08-06	@ LAN	L 4–11
1961-08-08	@ SFN	L 1–8
1961-08-09	@ SFN	L 5–6
1961-08-11	@ ML1	L 1–2
1961-08-12	@ ML1	L 6–8
1961-08-13	@ ML1	L 3–8
1961-08-14	vs PHI	W 9–2
1961-08-15	vs PHI	W 6–5
1961-08-16	vs PHI	W 9–5
1961-08-17	vs PIT	W 11–4
1961-08-17	vs PIT	L 3–4
1961-08-18	vs PIT	W 2–1
1961-08-19	vs PIT	L 3–4
1961-08-20	vs PIT	W 1–0
1961-08-22	@ PHI	L 0–6
1961-08-24	@ PHI	L 4–7
1961-08-25	@ PIT	L 0–1
1961-08-26	@ PIT	W 7–3
1961-08-27	@ PIT	L 3–7
1961-08-27	@ PIT	W 6–5
1961-08-28	@ PIT	W 5–4
1961-08-29	vs LAN	L 1–2
1961-08-30	vs LAN	L 2–5
1961-08-31	vs SFN	W 6–1
1961-09-01	vs SFN	L 3–4
1961-09-02	vs SFN	W 7–0
1961-09-03	vs ML1	W 6–5
1961-09-03	vs ML1	L 2–4
1961-09-04	vs ML1	W 6–2
1961-09-05	vs PIT	L 3–8
1961-09-06	vs PIT	W 6–2
1961-09-07	vs PIT	L 5–7
1961-09-08	vs PHI	W 4–1
1961-09-09	vs PHI	L 2–6
1961-09-10	vs PHI	L 6–14
1961-09-12	@ CIN	L 2–7
1961-09-14	@ SLN	L 7–8
1961-09-14	@ SLN	L 5–6
1961-09-15	@ SFN	L 1–5
1961-09-16	@ SFN	L 3–4
1961-09-17	@ SFN	L 2–8
1961-09-18	@ LAN	W 5–3
1961-09-19	@ LAN	W 7–3
1961-09-20	@ LAN	L 2–3
1961-09-23	@ ML1	L 3–6
1961-09-24	@ ML1	L 0–8
1961-09-24	@ ML1	W 4–2
1961-09-26	vs CIN	L 3–6
1961-09-27	vs SLN	W 5–2
1961-09-30	vs LAN	W 2–1
1961-10-01	vs LAN	L 2–8