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Chicago Cubs 7 Pittsburgh Pirates 3

August 26,1961

Visiting Team

Chicago Cubs (52-71)

Home Team

Pittsburgh Pirates (59-61)

Game Date

Year

Game Type

Regular Season

Innings Played

9

Ballpark

Forbes Field

Time of Day

Day

Start Time

Attendance

9,137

Time of Game

2:22

Umpires

[HP]: Ken Burkhart [1B]: Mel Steiner [2B]: Chris Pelekoudas [3B]: Jocko Conlan

Chicago Cubs 7 Pittsburgh Pirates 3

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team	record		1	2	3		4	5	6		7	8	9			R	H	E		div-rk	lg-rk	mlb-rk	links
Chicago Cubs	CHN	52-71		0	0	0		0	0	1		0	1	5			7	13	0		7	7	14	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page
Pittsburgh Pirates	PIT	59-61		0	1	0		0	0	2		0	0	0			3	9	0		6	6	11	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page

Chicago Cubs - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Al Heist	cf	33.325	R	4	1	1	1		1	0	.267		100	141
2	Don Zimmer	2b	30.221	R	4	1	1	0		1	0	.258		103	664
3	Ernie Banks	ss	30.207	R	5	1	2	1		0	0	.291		107	1067
4	George Altman	rf	28.159	L	5	1	2	2		0	1	.316		105	349
5	Billy Williams	lf	23.072	L	5	1	1	0		0	0	.281		113	142
6	Ron Santo	3b	21.182	R	4	0	1	1		1	1	.288		121	216
7	Andre Rodgers	1b	26.267	R	4	0	0	0		0	1	.248		52	248
8	Dick Bertell	c	25.278	R	4	1	4	1		0	0	.280		77	82
9	Dick Ellsworth	p	21.157	L	2	0	0	0		0	2	.048		25	55
	Mel Roach	ph	28.213	R	1	0	0	0		0	0	.152		31	146
	Richie Ashburn	ph	34.160	L	1	1	1	0		0	0	.240		79	1635
Totals

2B: George Altman 2 (21), Ron Santo (27), Dick Bertell (6)

3B: Al Heist (3)

HR: Dick Bertell (2)

RBI: Al Heist (37), Ernie Banks (64), George Altman 2 (73), Ron Santo (66), Dick Bertell (28)

GDP: Don Zimmer (14)

Pittsburgh Pirates - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Joe Christopher	lf	25.256	R	4	0	0	0		0	0	.299		59	121
2	Dick Groat	ss	30.295	R	4	0	1	0		0	0	.263		116	929
3	Roberto Clemente	rf	27.008	R	4	1	3	0		0	0	.366		118	801
4	Dick Stuart	1b	28.292	R	4	1	1	2		0	0	.276		104	397
5	Don Hoak	3b	33.202	R	2	1	1	0		2	0	.318		114	957
6	Don Leppert	c	29.311	R	4	0	0	0		0	0	.277		17	17
7	Bill Virdon	cf	30.078	L	3	0	2	1		0	0	.273		115	880
8	Bill Mazeroski	2b	24.355	R	4	0	1	0		0	0	.254		118	735
9	Harvey Haddix	p	35.342	L	2	0	0	0		0	0	.122		22	323
	Walt Moryn	ph	35.136	L	1	0	0	0		0	0	.188		46	730
Totals

2B: Roberto Clemente (26), Don Hoak (20), Bill Virdon (19)

3B: Roberto Clemente (10)

HR: Dick Stuart (21)

RBI: Dick Stuart 2 (78), Bill Virdon (52)

SH: Harvey Haddix (3)

SF: Bill Virdon (4)

GDP: Don Leppert (6)

Chicago Cubs - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Dick Ellsworth	L		6.0	7	3	3	1	0	1		4.18	1.55		28	60
2	Barney Schultz	R	W 6-3	2.0	2	0	0	1	0	0		2.56	1.18		31	61
3	Bob Anderson	R	SV 7	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0		4.14	1.41		46	143
Totals				0.0

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Dick Ellsworth (0-0-0), Barney Schultz (0-0-0), Bob Anderson (0-0-0)

Pittsburgh Pirates - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Harvey Haddix	L		7.2	8	2	2	3	4	0		4.12	1.32		21	264
2	Roy Face	R	L 5-6	0.2	4	4	4	0	1	1		3.56	1.06		53	389
3	Bobby Shantz	L		0.2	1	0	0	0	0	0		3.64	1.33		34	340
Totals				0.0

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Harvey Haddix (0-0-0), Roy Face (0-0-0), Bobby Shantz (0-0-0)