League pitching leaders

League pitching leaders -- National League
Regular season -- as of 10/9/1961

Earned Run Average			Wins			Strikeouts

Spahn	Mil	1.92	Spahn	Mil	26-8	Koufax	LAN	281
Koufax	LAN	2.97	O'Toole	Cin	18-11	Williams,S	LAN	214
O'Toole	Cin	3.11	McCormick	SF	17-10	Drysdale	LAN	203
Purkey	Cin	3.13	Koufax	LAN	16-9	O'Toole	Cin	182
Willey	Mil	3.18	Sanford	SF	15-9	McCormick	SF	175
McCormick	SF	3.26	Burdette	Mil	15-13	Mahaffey	Phi	165
Marichal	SF	3.46	Drysdale	LAN	15-14	Cardwell	ChN	158
Simmons	StL	3.51	Gibson	StL	14-11	Podres	LAN	150
Hobbie	ChN	3.56	Williams,S	LAN	14-12	Jay	Cin	148
Jay	Cin	3.63	Purkey	Cin	14-13	Gibson	StL	144
Burdette	Mil	3.66	3 tied with		13	Gibbon	Pit	137
Podres	LAN	3.80				Marichal	SF	135


Games			Innings			Winning percentage

Baldschun	Phi	72	Spahn	Mil	280.2	Nottebart	Mil	.786
Miller,S	SF	72	Drysdale	LAN	264.1	Spahn	Mil	.765
Perranoski	LAN	70	Burdette	Mil	260.2	Willey	Mil	.722
McDaniel	StL	69	Purkey	Cin	259.0	Miller,S	SF	.688
Face	Pit	68	Koufax	LAN	257.1	O'Dell	SF	.647
Farrell,T	LAN	68	Cardwell	ChN	257.0	Koufax	LAN	.640
Labine	Pit	65	O'Toole	Cin	252.0	McCormick	SF	.630
Brosnan	Cin	61	McCormick	SF	251.0	Sanford	SF	.625
McMahon	Mil	60	Friend	Pit	238.2	O'Toole	Cin	.621
Sherry,L	LAN	59	Jay	Cin	238.1	Marichal	SF	.611
Elston	ChN	57	Sanford	SF	233.0	Podres	LAN	.600
Lehman	Phi	57	Williams,S	LAN	231.1	2 tied with		.571


Starts			Complete games			Shutouts

Cardwell	ChN	38	Spahn	Mil	22	Spahn	Mil	6
Drysdale	LAN	37	Burdette	Mil	15	Burdette	Mil	4
Burdette	Mil	36	Purkey	Cin	12	Gibbon	Pit	3
O'Toole	Cin	35	O'Toole	Cin	12	Jay	Cin	3
Friend	Pit	35	Jackson,L	StL	9	Purkey	Cin	3
Koufax	LAN	35	Jay	Cin	8	Koufax	LAN	3
McCormick	SF	35	Koufax	LAN	8	9 tied with		2
Williams,S	LAN	35	McCormick	SF	8
Jay	Cin	34	Gibson	StL	7
Purkey	Cin	34	Friend	Pit	7
Spahn	Mil	34	Drysdale	LAN	7
Sanford	SF	33	7 tied with		6


Saves			Save percentage			Holds

Miller,S	SF	20	Brosnan	Cin	.826	Perranoski	LAN	10
Brosnan	Cin	19	Sherry,L	LAN	.778	Sherry,L	LAN	8
Face	Pit	16	Anderson,B	ChN	.727	O'Dell	SF	7
Sherry,L	LAN	14	Miller,S	SF	.714	Bolin	SF	6
McDaniel	StL	13	Schultz	ChN	.706	Henry,B	Cin	6
McMahon	Mil	13	McDaniel	StL	.684	Brosnan	Cin	6
Schultz	ChN	12	McMahon	Mil	.684	McDaniel	StL	6
Perranoski	LAN	11	Henry,B	Cin	.667	Shantz	Pit	5
Henry,B	Cin	10	Elston	ChN	.667	Farrell,T	LAN	5
Farrell,T	LAN	10	Sullivan,F	Phi	.667	Anderson,C	StL	4
4 tied with		8	Farrell,T	LAN	.625	McDermott,M	StL	4
			Perranoski	LAN	.611	Baldschun	Phi	4


Batting average			Hits per 9 innings			Runners per 9 innings

Koufax	LAN	.219	Koufax	LAN	7.4	Spahn	Mil	9.5
Willey	Mil	.222	Willey	Mil	7.4	Purkey	Cin	9.8
Purkey	Cin	.224	Spahn	Mil	7.5	Willey	Mil	10.1
Spahn	Mil	.225	Purkey	Cin	7.6	Koufax	LAN	10.4
Jay	Cin	.227	Jay	Cin	7.6	Simmons	StL	11.2
Sadecki	StL	.231	Sadecki	StL	8.0	O'Toole	Cin	11.2
Gibson	StL	.240	Sanford	SF	8.2	Jay	Cin	11.2
Sanford	SF	.240	Gibson	StL	8.2	Podres	LAN	11.3
Marichal	SF	.246	O'Toole	Cin	8.5	McCormick	SF	11.4
Simmons	StL	.246	Drysdale	LAN	8.6	Hobbie	ChN	11.4
O'Toole	Cin	.247	Jackson,L	StL	8.7	Marichal	SF	11.5
Drysdale	LAN	.249	Simmons	StL	8.7	Burdette	Mil	11.7


Walks			Walks per 9 innings			Strikeouts per 9 innings

Gibson	StL	110	Podres	LAN	1.6	Koufax	LAN	9.8
Williams,S	LAN	105	Friend	Pit	1.6	Williams,S	LAN	8.3
Sadecki	StL	97	Burdette	Mil	1.6	Mahaffey	Phi	7.4
Buhl	Mil	96	Curtis	ChN	1.8	Podres	LAN	6.9
Cardwell	ChN	95	Purkey	Cin	1.9	Drysdale	LAN	6.9
Broglio	StL	94	Spahn	Mil	2.0	Gibbon	Pit	6.8
Jay	Cin	89	Ellsworth	ChN	2.2	Gibson	StL	6.7
Sanford	SF	87	Simmons	StL	2.3	Marichal	SF	6.6
Koufax	LAN	85	Haddix	Pit	2.3	O'Toole	Cin	6.5
Mahaffey	Phi	79	McCormick	SF	2.4	McCormick	SF	6.3
3 tied with		76	Hobbie	ChN	2.4	Sadecki	StL	5.8
			Marichal	SF	2.6	Sullivan,F	Phi	5.8


WHIP			Homeruns			Average run support

Spahn	Mil	1.05	Drysdale	LAN	38	Willey	Mil	5.7
Purkey	Cin	1.05	Mahaffey	Phi	31	Spahn	Mil	5.6
Willey	Mil	1.12	Hobbie	ChN	30	Williams,S	LAN	5.5
Koufax	LAN	1.15	Jay	Cin	30	Marichal	SF	5.5
Jay	Cin	1.22	Koufax	LAN	30	Curtis	ChN	5.5
Simmons	StL	1.22	Cardwell	ChN	30	Drysdale	LAN	5.4
Podres	LAN	1.24	McCormick	SF	27	Podres	LAN	5.4
Drysdale	LAN	1.24	Burdette	Mil	27	Broglio	StL	5.1
O'Toole	Cin	1.25	Sanford	SF	26	Hobbie	ChN	5.0
McCormick	SF	1.25	Purkey	Cin	25	Sadecki	StL	4.9
Hobbie	ChN	1.25	Sadecki	StL	24	Sanford	SF	4.8
Burdette	Mil	1.26	3 tied with		22	Burdette	Mil	4.8


Batters faced			Batters faced per game			Decisions

Cardwell	ChN	1127	Spahn	Mil	32.74	Spahn	Mil	34
Drysdale	LAN	1122	Purkey	Cin	31.09	O'Toole	Cin	29
Spahn	Mil	1113	Burdette	Mil	30.64	Drysdale	LAN	29
Burdette	Mil	1103	Drysdale	LAN	30.32	Burdette	Mil	28
Koufax	LAN	1067	O'Toole	Cin	30.11	Cardwell	ChN	28
Purkey	Cin	1057	Simmons	StL	29.81	Purkey	Cin	27
O'Toole	Cin	1054	Cardwell	ChN	29.66	McCormick	SF	27
McCormick	SF	1046	Koufax	LAN	29.64	Jay	Cin	26
Williams,S	LAN	1046	Jay	Cin	29.32	Williams,S	LAN	26
Friend	Pit	1035	McCormick	SF	29.06	Gibson	StL	25
Jay	Cin	997	Sadecki	StL	29.00	Koufax	LAN	25
Sanford	SF	991	Jackson,L	StL	28.94	6 tied with		24


Losses			Games finished			Runs

Cardwell	ChN	11-17	Face	Pit	49	Drysdale	LAN	146
Sullivan,F	Phi	5-16	Miller,S	SF	48	Cardwell	ChN	141
Jay	Cin	10-16	Farrell,T	LAN	40	Williams,S	LAN	133
Buzhardt	Phi	9-15	Brosnan	Cin	38	Friend	Pit	131
Mahaffey	Phi	4-14	McDaniel	StL	38	Mahaffey	Phi	130
Drysdale	LAN	15-14	McMahon	Mil	35	Sanford	SF	122
Gibbon	Pit	9-13	Perranoski	LAN	34	Sadecki	StL	120
Friend	Pit	11-13	Elston	ChN	32	Burdette	Mil	118
Simmons	StL	11-13	Schultz	ChN	31	Broglio	StL	113
Purkey	Cin	14-13	Sherry,L	LAN	31	Ellsworth	ChN	112
Burdette	Mil	15-13	Baldschun	Phi	30	Jay	Cin	112
4 tied with		12	Labine	Pit	29	Buzhardt	Phi	111


Earned runs			Hits			Doubles

Drysdale	LAN	124	Friend	Pit	298	Mahaffey	Phi	53
Cardwell	ChN	121	Burdette	Mil	283	Drysdale	LAN	53
Mahaffey	Phi	119	Drysdale	LAN	253	Williams,S	LAN	50
Friend	Pit	108	Cardwell	ChN	253	Friend	Pit	46
Burdette	Mil	106	McCormick	SF	247	O'Toole	Cin	43
Broglio	StL	104	Williams,S	LAN	240	Sadecki	StL	41
Sanford	SF	104	O'Toole	Cin	238	McCormick	SF	41
Williams,S	LAN	98	Spahn	Mil	233	Burdette	Mil	41
Buzhardt	Phi	96	Ellsworth	ChN	232	Podres	LAN	40
Jay	Cin	96	Purkey	Cin	219	Simmons	StL	40
Ellsworth	ChN	94	Mahaffey	Phi	214	Curtis	ChN	39
Jackson,L	StL	92	Sanford	SF	213	4 tied with		38


Triples			Stolen bases			Steal percentage

Sanford	SF	18	Jay	Cin	17	O'Toole	Cin	.519
Ferrarese	Phi	12	Jackson,L	StL	16	Broglio	StL	.625
Ellsworth	ChN	12	Sullivan,F	Phi	15	Williams,S	LAN	.688
Owens	Phi	11	Gibson	StL	14	Jackson,L	StL	.696
Mahaffey	Phi	11	Sadecki	StL	14	Hunt,K	Cin	.700
Haddix	Pit	10	Short	Phi	14	Sadecki	StL	.737
Purkey	Cin	10	Hunt,K	Cin	14	Short	Phi	.737
Marichal	SF	9	O'Toole	Cin	14	Schultz	ChN	.813
Sadecki	StL	8	Brewer,J	ChN	13	Gibson	StL	.824
Burdette	Mil	8	Purkey	Cin	13	Sullivan,F	Phi	.833
4 tied with		7	Schultz	ChN	13	Jay	Cin	.850
			3 tied with		11


Hit by pitch			Wild pitches			Balks

Drysdale	LAN	16	Baldschun	Phi	16	Koufax	LAN	4
Williams,S	LAN	11	Short	Phi	16	Jones,Sh	Cin	3
Burdette	Mil	10	McDaniel	StL	13	Bolin	SF	3
Cardwell	ChN	10	Jones,Sa	SF	11	McDermott,M	StL	2
Jones,Sa	SF	9	Mahaffey	Phi	11	LeMay	SF	2
Gibbon	Pit	8	Williams,S	LAN	11	Drott	ChN	2
Mahaffey	Phi	8	Farrell,T	LAN	10	Mizell	Pit	2
Purkey	Cin	8	Face	Pit	10	O'Toole	Cin	2
Buzhardt	Phi	7	5 tied with		9	8 tied with		1
4 tied with		6




Runners left scored percentage			Inherited runners scored pct			Ground ball DP

Hobbie	ChN	.111	Golden	LAN	.167	Ellsworth	ChN	37
Spahn	Mil	.143	Drott	ChN	.208	Spahn	Mil	37
Marichal	SF	.150	LeMay	SF	.208	Friend	Pit	35
O'Toole	Cin	.167	Shantz	Pit	.250	Burdette	Mil	30
Purkey	Cin	.167	Henry,B	Cin	.296	Drysdale	LAN	28
Podres	LAN	.176	Lehman	Phi	.316	Buzhardt	Phi	26
Curtis	ChN	.188	McDaniel	StL	.338	Hobbie	ChN	24
Koufax	LAN	.211	Baldschun	Phi	.343	Jackson,L	StL	24
Sullivan,F	Phi	.222	Brosnan	Cin	.344	Haddix	Pit	23
Willey	Mil	.300	Face	Pit	.345	Gibson	StL	23
3 tied with		.333	Ferrarese	Phi	.345	McCormick	SF	23
			Farrell,T	LAN	.357	Williams,S	LAN	22


Plate appearances vs RHB			Atbats vs RHB			On-base plus slugging vs RHB

O'Toole	Cin	857	Spahn	Mil	796	Spahn	Mil	.565
Koufax	LAN	851	O'Toole	Cin	790	Drysdale	LAN	.587
Spahn	Mil	850	Koufax	LAN	780	Koufax	LAN	.615
McCormick	SF	826	McCormick	SF	771	Jones,Sa	SF	.618
Simmons	StL	712	Simmons	StL	657	Sanford	SF	.620
Sadecki	StL	693	Ellsworth	ChN	634	Purkey	Cin	.627
Ellsworth	ChN	689	Sadecki	StL	616	Nottebart	Mil	.630
Podres	LAN	655	Podres	LAN	614	Drott	ChN	.633
Drysdale	LAN	654	Drysdale	LAN	589	Hendley	Mil	.636
Gibbon	Pit	643	Gibbon	Pit	578	Jay	Cin	.636
Williams,S	LAN	643	Williams,S	LAN	568	Williams,S	LAN	.643
Cardwell	ChN	603	Cardwell	ChN	557	Gibson	StL	.645


Batting average vs RHB			On-base percentage vs RHB			Slugging percentage vs RHB

Drott	ChN	.183	Purkey	Cin	.250	Jones,Sa	SF	.307
Drysdale	LAN	.197	Spahn	Mil	.257	Spahn	Mil	.308
Koufax	LAN	.209	Koufax	LAN	.263	Drysdale	LAN	.323
Purkey	Cin	.211	Drysdale	LAN	.264	Gibson	StL	.327
Spahn	Mil	.217	Jay	Cin	.268	Sanford	SF	.328
Jay	Cin	.220	Mahaffey	Phi	.278	Nottebart	Mil	.336
Gibson	StL	.223	McCormick	SF	.287	Drott	ChN	.336
Sanford	SF	.225	Willey	Mil	.292	Williams,S	LAN	.342
Williams,S	LAN	.227	Sanford	SF	.292	Hendley	Mil	.342
Nottebart	Mil	.229	Nottebart	Mil	.294	Koufax	LAN	.353
Hunt,K	Cin	.230	Simmons	StL	.294	Jay	Cin	.369
Willey	Mil	.231	Hendley	Mil	.294	Buhl	Mil	.370


Doubles vs RHB			Triples vs RHB			Homeruns vs RHB

O'Toole	Cin	39	Ferrarese	Phi	9	Koufax	LAN	27
Sadecki	StL	37	Haddix	Pit	9	Hobbie	ChN	25
Curtis	ChN	36	Ellsworth	ChN	9	Purkey	Cin	22
Haddix	Pit	33	Perranoski	LAN	7	Gibbon	Pit	21
McCormick	SF	33	Marichal	SF	7	McCormick	SF	21
Simmons	StL	31	Sadecki	StL	7	Cardwell	ChN	20
Spahn	Mil	30	Curtis	ChN	6	Mizell	Pit	19
Craig	LAN	27	6 tied with		5	Ellsworth	ChN	19
Williams,S	LAN	27				Burdette	Mil	18
Gibbon	Pit	27				Sadecki	StL	18
Podres	LAN	27				Mahaffey	Phi	17
3 tied with		25				3 tied with		16


Hits vs RHB			Extra base hits vs RHB			Total bases vs RHB

O'Toole	Cin	211	Sadecki	StL	62	O'Toole	Cin	304
McCormick	SF	190	McCormick	SF	58	McCormick	SF	294
Ellsworth	ChN	181	O'Toole	Cin	58	Ellsworth	ChN	281
Spahn	Mil	173	Curtis	ChN	57	Koufax	LAN	275
Curtis	ChN	171	Koufax	LAN	55	Gibbon	Pit	271
Gibbon	Pit	171	Haddix	Pit	54	Curtis	ChN	264
Podres	LAN	168	Gibbon	Pit	53	Simmons	StL	254
Simmons	StL	165	Ellsworth	ChN	53	Sadecki	StL	251
Koufax	LAN	163	Simmons	StL	52	Podres	LAN	247
Friend	Pit	158	Podres	LAN	45	Spahn	Mil	245
Haddix	Pit	152	Spahn	Mil	44	Haddix	Pit	239
Sadecki	StL	146	2 tied with		43	Hobbie	ChN	232


Walks vs RHB			Hit by pitch vs RHB			Strikeouts vs RHB

Sadecki	StL	70	Burdette	Mil	8	Koufax	LAN	223
Koufax	LAN	59	Drysdale	LAN	8	Williams,S	LAN	154
Williams,S	LAN	56	Williams,S	LAN	7	O'Toole	Cin	144
O'Toole	Cin	55	Duffalo	SF	6	Drysdale	LAN	134
Gibbon	Pit	51	Perranoski	LAN	6	Mahaffey	Phi	123
Gibson	StL	49	Loes	SF	6	McCormick	SF	123
Ferrarese	Phi	49	Cardwell	ChN	6	Jay	Cin	115
Drysdale	LAN	48	Purkey	Cin	5	Podres	LAN	112
McCormick	SF	44	6 tied with		4	Cardwell	ChN	110
Spahn	Mil	44				Gibbon	Pit	106
Sanford	SF	43				Gibson	StL	96
Simmons	StL	43				Sadecki	StL	92


Strikeout/walk ratio vs RHB			Sacrifice bunts vs RHB			Sacrifice flies vs RHB

Roberts	Phi	5.7	Purkey	Cin	9	Ellsworth	ChN	9
Marichal	SF	5.6	Ferrarese	Phi	8	Podres	LAN	8
Friend	Pit	5.4	Farrell,T	LAN	7	Simmons	StL	8
Mahaffey	Phi	5.1	Buzhardt	Phi	7	Jackson,L	StL	6
Jones,Sa	SF	4.7	Hobbie	ChN	7	Sanford	SF	6
Podres	LAN	4.1	Ellsworth	ChN	7	Purkey	Cin	6
Koufax	LAN	3.8	McCormick	SF	7	Williams,S	LAN	6
Jay	Cin	3.6	Spahn	Mil	7	Drysdale	LAN	6
Anderson,B	ChN	3.5	O'Toole	Cin	7	Koufax	LAN	6
Cardwell	ChN	3.4	6 tied with		6	5 tied with		5
O'Dell	SF	2.9
McCormick	SF	2.8

League pitching leaders -- National LeagueRegular season -- as of 10/9/1961

League pitching leaders -- National League
Regular season -- as of 10/9/1961