1961 St. Louis Cardinals season

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1961 St. Louis Cardinals
Major league affiliations
Location
1961 Information
Owner(s) August "Gussie" Busch
Manager(s) Solly Hemus and Johnny Keane
Local television KPLR
(Buddy Blattner, Jerry Gross, Joe Garagiola)
Local radio KMOX
(Harry Caray, Jack Buck, Joe Garagiola)
Stats ESPN.com

BB-reference

The St. Louis Cardinals 1961 season was the team's 80th season in St. Louis, Missouri and the 70th season in the National League. The Cardinals went 80-74 during the season and finished 5th in the National League. It was the last season before the NL went to a 162-game schedule the following season, via expansion.

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

With the Cardinals at 33-41, they fired manager Solly Hemus on Thursday, July 6, and replaced him with Johnny Keane, who went 47-33 from that point forward.

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[edit] Standings

National League W L GB Pct.
Cincinnati Reds 93 61 -- .604
Los Angeles Dodgers 89 65 4 .578
San Francisco Giants 85 69 8 .552
Milwaukee Braves 83 71 10 .539
St. Louis Cardinals 80 74 13 .519
Pittsburgh Pirates 75 79 18 .487
Chicago Cubs 64 90 29 .416
Philadelphia Phillies 47 107 46 .305

[edit] Roster

1961 St. Louis Cardinals roster
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Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

[edit] Player stats

[edit] Batting

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

[edit] Other batters

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI

[edit] Starting pitchers

Player G IP W L ERA SO

[edit] Other pitchers

Player G IP W L ERA

[edit] Relief pitchers
Player G W L SV ERA SO

[edit] External links

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1961 MLB season by team
American League
National League
1961 All-Star Game • 1961 World Series
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St. Louis Cardinals
Based in St. Louis, Missouri
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1 • 2 • 6 • 9 • 14 • 20 • 42 • 42 • 45 • 85
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Owner: Bill DeWitt, Jr. • General Manager: John Mozeliak • Manager: Tony La Russa
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