• Source: 1961 Pittsburgh Pirates season

The 1961 Pittsburgh Pirates fell from World Champions the previous season to sixth place in the National League, as they won 75 games and lost 79, 18 games behind NL Champion Cincinnati.




Regular season






= Season standings

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= Record vs. opponents

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= Game log

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= Opening Day lineup

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= Notable transactions

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May 1961: Don Williams was purchased from the Pirates by the Chicago White Sox.
June 20, 1961: Gene Baker was released by the Pirates.
June 24, 1961: Ron Woods was signed by the Pirates as an amateur free agent.




= Roster

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Statistics


Batting
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pitching
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts




Farm system



LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Asheville, Hobbs




Notes






References


1961 Pittsburgh Pirates team page at Baseball Reference
1961 Pittsburgh Pirates Page at Baseball Almanac
Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (1997). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (2nd ed.). Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America. ISBN 978-0-9637189-8-3.

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