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St. Louis Cardinals 6 Pittsburgh Pirates 3

September 16,1961

Visiting Team

St. Louis Cardinals (76-67)

Home Team

Pittsburgh Pirates (68-72)

Game Date

September 16,1961

Year

Game Type

Regular Season

Innings Played

9

Ballpark

Forbes Field

Time of Day

Day

Start Time

Attendance

6,830

Time of Game

2:05

Umpires

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

St. Louis Cardinals 6 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
St. Louis Cardinals	SLN	76-67		0	3	1		0	0	0		0	2	0			6	9	2		4	4	8	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page
Pittsburgh Pirates	PIT	68-72		0	0	0		1	0	2		0	0	0			3	9	3		6	6	11	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page

St. Louis Cardinals - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Curt Flood	cf	23.241	R	4	0	0	0		1	1	.306		120	503
2	Julian Javier	2b	25.038	R	4	0	1	0		0	0	.290		101	220
3	Bill White	1b	27.231	L	4	0	1	0		0	0	.291		141	559
4	Ken Boyer	3b	30.119	R	3	2	1	0		1	1	.333		141	989
5	Stan Musial	lf	40.299	L	4	1	2	0		0	0	.288		112	1425
6	Gene Oliver	c	26.178	R	4	2	2	2		0	0	.278		11	73
7	Joe Cunningham	rf	30.020	L	3	0	0	0		1	0	.291		106	701
8	Jerry Buchek	ss	19.130	R	3	1	0	1		0	0	.111		21	21
	Don Taussig	lf	29.209	R	1	0	0	0		0	0	.283		93	132
9	Ray Sadecki	p	20.264	L	4	0	2	1		0	0	.259		34	62
Totals

Errors: Julian Javier

HR: Gene Oliver (1)

RBI: Gene Oliver 2 (3), Jerry Buchek (7), Ray Sadecki (12)

GDP: Julian Javier (5)

CS: Bill White (9)

Pittsburgh Pirates - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Bill Virdon	cf	30.099	L	3	0	2	0		1	0	.264		134	899
2	Dick Groat	ss	30.316	R	5	0	0	0		0	0	.267		135	948
3	Roberto Clemente	rf	27.029	R	4	0	1	0		0	0	.358		138	821
4	Dick Stuart	1b	28.313	R	3	2	3	0		1	0	.297		124	417
5	Don Hoak	3b	33.223	R	4	1	3	2		0	0	.302		132	975
6	Bob Skinner	lf	29.348	L	4	0	0	0		0	0	.261		105	820
7	Don Leppert	c	29.332	R	4	0	0	0		0	2	.259		19	19
8	Bill Mazeroski	2b	25.011	R	4	0	0	0		0	0	.268		138	755
9	Earl Francis	p	26.064	R	2	0	0	0		0	1	.115		20	27
	Joe Christopher	ph	25.277	R	0	0	0	0		1	0	.276		70	132
	Johnny Logan	ph	34.177	R	1	0	0	0		0	0	.200		44	1212
Totals

Errors: Bill Virdon, Don Leppert, Earl Francis

2B: Dick Stuart (26), Don Hoak (25)

HR: Don Hoak (12)

RBI: Don Hoak 2 (58)

SH: Bill Virdon (5)

SB: Bill Virdon (5)

St. Louis Cardinals - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Ray Sadecki	L	W 14-8	9.0	9	3	3	3	3	1		3.52	1.30		29	55
Totals				0.0

WP: Ray Sadecki (8)

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Ray Sadecki (0-0-0)

Pittsburgh Pirates - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Earl Francis	R	L 2-7	7.0	8	2	2	2	1	0		3.75	1.45		21	28
2	Harvey Haddix	L		2.0	1	2	2	1	1	1		4.15	1.30		25	268
Totals				0.0

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Earl Francis (0-0-0), Harvey Haddix (0-0-0)