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Chicago Cubs 6 Pittsburgh Pirates 5

August 27,1961

Visiting Team

Chicago Cubs (53-72)

Home Team

Pittsburgh Pirates (60-62)

Game Date

Year

Game Type

Regular Season

Innings Played

9

Ballpark

Forbes Field

Time of Day

Day

Start Time

Attendance

15,471

Time of Game

2:44

Umpires

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

Chicago Cubs 6 Pittsburgh Pirates 5

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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	53-72		0	2	2		0	0	0		2	0	0			6	15	3		7	7	14	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page
Pittsburgh Pirates	PIT	60-62		0	1	1		0	0	0		1	0	2			5	7	4		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	Richie Ashburn	cf	34.161	L	5	0	3	0		1	0	.247		81	1637
2	Don Zimmer	2b	30.222	R	6	1	2	0		0	0	.259		105	666
3	Ernie Banks	ss	30.208	R	2	0	1	0		0	0	.289		109	1069
	Jerry Kindall	pr-ss	26.092	R	2	0	0	0		0	1	.246		85	269
4	George Altman	rf	28.160	L	5	1	2	1		0	1	.316		107	351
5	Billy Williams	lf	23.073	L	4	2	2	0		1	0	.283		115	144
6	Ron Santo	3b	21.183	R	4	2	2	1		1	0	.291		123	218
7	Andre Rodgers	1b	26.268	R	4	0	1	2		0	2	.248		54	250
8	Dick Bertell	c	25.279	R	4	0	1	1		0	0	.284		79	84
9	Jim Brewer	p	23.286	L	4	0	1	0		0	3	.150		28	33
	Bob Anderson	p	25.332	R	1	0	0	0		0	0	.129		45	139
Totals

Errors: Don Zimmer, Jerry Kindall, Jim Brewer

2B: Don Zimmer (21), Ernie Banks (19), Ron Santo (28), Andre Rodgers (11)

3B: Billy Williams (3)

RBI: George Altman (74), Ron Santo (70), Andre Rodgers 2 (18), Dick Bertell (29)

SF: Dick Bertell (4)

HBP: Ernie Banks (2), Andre Rodgers (1)

GDP: Don Zimmer (15)

SB: Andre Rodgers (1)

Pittsburgh Pirates - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Joe Christopher	lf	25.257	R	4	0	0	0		0	1	.285		61	123
	Rocky Nelson	ph	36.282	L	1	0	0	0		0	0	.212		65	475
2	Dick Groat	ss	30.296	R	3	1	0	0		2	0	.263		118	931
3	Roberto Clemente	rf	27.009	R	4	0	2	0		0	1	.365		120	803
4	Dick Stuart	1b	28.293	R	4	0	1	1		0	1	.280		106	399
5	Johnny Logan	3b	34.157	R	4	1	1	0		0	0	.203		41	1209
6	Don Leppert	c	29.312	R	3	1	1	1		0	0	.280		18	18
	Bob Skinner	ph	29.328	L	1	1	0	0		0	0	.269		89	804
7	Bill Virdon	cf	30.079	L	3	0	0	1		0	1	.272		117	882
8	Bill Mazeroski	2b	24.356	R	3	1	1	0		1	0	.259		120	737
	Al McBean	p	23.104	R	2	0	0	0		0	1	.333		20	20
	Don Hoak	ph	33.203	R	1	0	1	1		0	0	.318		116	959
	Smoky Burgess	ph	34.202	L	1	0	0	1		0	0	.300		80	1051
Totals

Errors: Dick Groat, Roberto Clemente 2, Dick Stuart

2B: Bill Mazeroski (18), Don Hoak (21)

HR: Don Leppert (2)

RBI: Dick Stuart (82), Don Leppert (3), Bill Virdon (53), Don Hoak (50), Smoky Burgess (45)

SF: Bill Virdon (5)

GDP: Dick Stuart (16), Bill Mazeroski (6)

Chicago Cubs - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Jim Brewer	L	W 1-6	6.2	5	3	3	2	3	1		5.97	1.58		29	34
2	Bob Anderson	R	SV 8	2.1	2	0	0	1	2	0		4.06	1.41		47	144
Totals				0.0

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Jim Brewer (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	Vinegar Bend Mizell	L	L 6-10	2.2	6	4	4	1	2	0		5.19	1.50		23	222
2	Al McBean	R		4.1	6	1	1	2	5	0		3.35	1.49		20	20
3	Bobby Shantz	L		2.0	3	0	0	0	0	0		3.55	1.33		35	341
Totals				0.0

HB: Al McBean 2 (2)

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Vinegar Bend Mizell (0-0-0), Al McBean (0-0-0), Bobby Shantz (0-0-0)