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1961 Chicago Cubs  (1960)  (1962)
70-84, 6th in National League
Scored 667 runs, Allowed 667 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 77-77
Defensive Efficiency Rating: .708
Park Factor: Batting - 109 / Pitching - 109 (over 100 favors batters)
Pyth2 W-L: 74-80   (What is this?)

Actual W-L record in MLB: 64-90
Manager(s): Alan Boodman

Team Batting (ordered by runs created)    Glossary        Team Schedule and Splits            Photos
 Pos Player               Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   RC  RC/27  Defense  Diff
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
 OF *Vada Pinson          22  154  612   88  217  29  10  20   87  12   6   56   68  .355  .404  .533  131   8.4  1(-2)e11   54  
 3B  Ron Santo            21  147  582   92  164  47   5  20   76   0   2   53   71  .282  .342  .483   91   5.6  3e33      -17  
 UT  Ernie Banks          30  139  512   70  130  16   5  29   94   0   1   36   87  .254  .303  .475   73   5.0            -75  
 OF *Billy Williams       23  149  541   68  131  18   3  32   93   2   0   42   78  .242  .297  .464   71   4.5  4(+1)e15  -61  
 UT *Tito Francona        27  137  490   72  129  24   7   8   34   1   0   49   64  .263  .330  .390   65   4.7           -103  
 SS  Eddie Kasko          30  139  471   38  135  19   3   3   39   3   1   38   38  .287  .347  .359   59   4.6  2e29       51  
 2B *Wayne Causey         24  103  288   33   85   8   0  11   39   0   0   29   25  .295  .356  .438   43   5.3  4e32       41  
 OF  Lee Walls            28   94  224   38   66   9   5  11   31   0   1   11   34  .295  .328  .527   37   6.0  3(-1)e12  101  
 2B  Charlie Neal         30  100  320   38   68   4   0   9   31   0   0   17   45  .212  .250  .309   24   2.5  3e21      -83  
 OF *Gus Bell             32   98  249   29   63   6   1   2   19   0   1   13   22  .253  .286  .309   22   3.1  1(-2)e3   -47  
 C   Dick Bertell         25   78  238   20   59   5   0   1   14   0   0    8   32  .248  .271  .282   17   2.5  4(0)e8    -85  
 C   Darrell Johnson      32   39  101    7   32   5   0   1   13   0   0   11   15  .317  .385  .396   15   5.4  3(+2)e3   161  
 OF *Bob Will             29   86   90   16   22   8   1   0    8   0   0   12   15  .244  .333  .356   11   4.6  4(+1)e3    12  
 OF  Bobby Gene Smith     27   82  139   18   30   6   0   0   11   0   0    5   27  .216  .257  .259    9   2.2  2(-2)e10 -124  
 C  *Hobie Landrith       31   37   70   10   13   3   0   4   11   0   0    8   11  .186  .266  .400    6   3.1  4(0)e5    -52  
 C  *Johnny Edwards       23   48  113    9   19   4   0   0    4   1   0   12   28  .168  .264  .204    6   1.7  2(+1)e6   -74  
 C   Cuno Barragan        29    4    7    2    3   0   0   1    2   0   0    1    1  .429  .500  .857    3  21.1  3(+1)e6   769  
 C   Moe Thacker          27    3    4    0    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .500  .600  .500    1  18.3  3(+1)e13  546  
 C   Valmy Thomas         35    3    7    1    1   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .143  .143  .286    0  -1.0  4(+2)e7  -146  
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
             Average age: 26                                                                           691                  -20

     * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, otherwise bats right-handed

Team Pitching   Glossary

     Player               Ag  W   L   Pct   G   GS  CG  GF  SV  BS SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   ERA   RC  RC/27  OPS
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
  P  Chuck Estrada        23  16  12  .571  38  30   4   6   0   1   1  211.0  171  101   74  12  127  142  3.16   91   3.8  -35  
  P *Dick Ellsworth       21  14   8  .636  32  28   2   1   0   0   0  184.1  202   84   78  24   52  109  3.81  106   5.2  -30  
  P  Camilo Pascual       27  14  14  .500  34  31  10   3   0   0   6  233.2  181   81   69  24   73  191  2.66   82   3.1  -58  
  P  Stan Williams        24   7  12  .368  36  30   1   4   1   0   0  211.2  187  115  106  25  100  161  4.51   96   4.0  -20  
  P  Eli Grba             26   6  17  .261  33  29   3   2   0   2   0  185.0  202  123  106  26   85   92  5.16  117   5.6   25  
  P  Barney Schultz       34   3   0 1.000  36   0   0  26  16   1   0   60.0   31   17   16   8   21   52  2.40   14   2.2 -122  
  P  Hal Reniff           23   3   3  .500  37   0   0  27  10   3   0   41.1   35   24   17   3   36   24  3.70   21   4.5   87  
  P  Don Elston           32   2   1  .667  19   0   0   7   0   0   0   31.0   34   13   13   3   10   22  3.77   15   4.3 -143  
  P  Don McMahon          31   2   7  .222  56   0   0  30   2   4   0   86.0   73   46   32   5   54   51  3.35   40   4.1  -19  
  P  Bobby Locke          27   1   0 1.000   4   2   1   1   0   0   1   18.1   22    5    3   2    4   10  1.47    8   4.3  -86  
  P  Sherman Jones        26   1   3  .250  32   0   0  14   1   0   0   53.2   32    9    8   2   18   40  1.34   10   1.7 -279  
  P *Chris Short          23   1   6  .143  38   4   0   8   1   4   0   57.0   73   36   29   3   33   36  4.58   43   6.8  -12  
  P  Mel Wright           33   0   0  .000   2   0   0   1   0   0   0    1.0    2    1    1   0    0    0  9.00    0   7.2 -238  
  P  Joe Schaffernoth     23   0   1  .000  12   0   0   3   1   1   0   16.0   17   12   12   1   16   16  6.75   12   6.9  -68  
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
             Average age: 25                                                                                      662        -37

     * - throws left-handed, otherwise throws right-handed


Team Fielding   (completed seasons only)
 An asterisk after a player's name means his fielding stats are for multiple teams.

 Catchers              Inn  GS  G   PO    A   E   DP   FP  OSB OCS
+--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---
 Dick Bertell          573  65  74  435   19   5   5  .989  25  10
 Johnny Edwards        318  32  47  236   16   2   1  .992  12   9
 Darrell Johnson       286  33  38  195   15   1   1  .995  23   8
 Hobie Landrith        160  17  24  124    4   0   0 1.000   7   3
 Valmy Thomas           22   3   3   16    1   1   0  .944   1   0
 Cuno Barragan          20   2   4   23    0   0   0 1.000   1   0
 Moe Thacker            11   2   2    8    1   0   0 1.000   0   0
+--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---

First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Ernie Banks 729 79 87 715 70 13 77 .984 9.69 Tito Francona 614 74 74 565 49 17 78 .973 9.00 Lee Walls 42 1 13 41 4 1 4 .978 9.57 Bob Will 5 0 3 6 0 0 2 1.000 10.80 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Charlie Neal 717 77 90 250 207 17 69 .964 5.74 Wayne Causey 459 53 59 132 121 12 38 .955 4.96 Eddie Kasko 214 24 27 62 59 4 20 .968 5.10 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Ron Santo 1269 141 142 75 269 30 33 .920 2.44 Wayne Causey 100 11 13 9 18 3 1 .900 2.42 Eddie Kasko 11 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Lee Walls 10 1 3 2 3 0 1 1.000 4.50 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Eddie Kasko 925 101 112 153 367 17 71 .968 5.06 Ernie Banks 391 45 47 58 139 9 34 .956 4.54 Wayne Causey 45 5 10 10 20 0 4 1.000 6.00 Charlie Neal 30 3 5 4 9 1 1 .929 3.94 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

 Left Field            Inn  GS  G   PO    A   E   DP   FP    RF
+--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
 Gus Bell              503  48  77  108    2   1   0  .991  1.97
 Tito Francona         381  46  49   81    4   0   0 1.000  2.01
 Billy Williams        201  25  27   46    1   3   0  .940  2.10
 Bobby Gene Smith      193  22  26   47    3   0   0 1.000  2.34
 Lee Walls              51   7   9    4    0   0   0 1.000  0.71
 Bob Will               34   3  11    4    0   0   0 1.000  1.05
 Ernie Banks            28   3   5    6    0   0   0 1.000  1.95
+--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Center Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Vada Pinson 1382 153 153 428 16 9 6 .980 2.89 Lee Walls 8 1 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.38 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Billy Williams 978 121 122 166 4 4 2 .977 1.56 Lee Walls 279 31 39 55 3 4 1 .935 1.87 Bobby Gene Smith 98 0 40 20 1 0 0 1.000 1.93 Gus Bell 20 0 9 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.80 Bob Will 15 2 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.60 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

1961 Draft


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