Team game log -- 1961 Milwaukee Braves
Regular season
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| Date | Gm# | # | | Opp | | Score | Inn | Starter | Win | Save | Loss | Rec | Pct | Strk |
| 4/11/1961 | 1 | | | StL | W | 3-2 | 10 | Spahn | Spahn | | Gibson | 1-0 | 1.000 | W1 |
| 4/13/1961 | 2 | | | StL | W | 4-1 | | Burdette | Burdette | | Miller,B | 2-0 | 1.000 | W2 |
| 4/14/1961 | 3 | | @ | ChN | W | 15-1 | | Buhl | Buhl | | Anderson,B | 3-0 | 1.000 | W3 |
| 4/15/1961 | 4 | | @ | ChN | W | 6-2 | | Willey | Willey | Piche | Hobbie | 4-0 | 1.000 | W4 |
| 4/20/1961 | 5 | | @ | Phi | W | 6-3 | 10 | Burdette | McMahon | | Farrell,T | 5-0 | 1.000 | W5 |
| 4/23/1961 | 6 | | @ | Pit | W | 6-3 | | Spahn | Spahn | | Law | 6-0 | 1.000 | W6 |
| 4/24/1961 | 7 | | @ | Pit | L | 0-3 | | Buhl | Friend | | Buhl | 6-1 | .857 | L1 |
| 4/25/1961 | 8 | | @ | StL | L | 0-7 | | Burdette | Simmons | | Burdette | 6-2 | .750 | L2 |
| 4/26/1961 | 9 | | @ | StL | W | 1-0 | | Nottebart | Nottebart | Piche | Jackson,L | 7-2 | .778 | W1 |
| 4/28/1961 | 10 | | | SF | W | 5-3 | | Spahn | Spahn | | Jones,Sa | 8-2 | .800 | W2 |
| 4/29/1961 | 11 | | | SF | L | 2-8 | | Buhl | Marichal | | Buhl | 8-3 | .727 | L1 |
| 4/30/1961 | 12 | | | SF | W | 6-1 | | Burdette | Burdette | | Loes | 9-3 | .750 | W1 |
| 5/2/1961 | 13 | | | LAN | W | 7-6 | | Nottebart | Morehead | | Golden | 10-3 | .769 | W2 |
| 5/3/1961 | 14 | | | LAN | W | 4-1 | | Spahn | Spahn | | Williams,S | 11-3 | .786 | W3 |
| 5/4/1961 | 15 | | | LAN | L | 2-5 | | Buhl | Drysdale | Sherry,L | Buhl | 11-4 | .733 | L1 |
| 5/5/1961 | 16 | | | Cin | L | 1-3 | | Burdette | Purkey | | Burdette | 11-5 | .688 | L2 |
| 5/7/1961 | 17 | 1 | | Cin | L | 2-4 | | Spahn | Hunt,K | Brosnan | Spahn | 11-6 | .647 | L3 |
| 5/7/1961 | 18 | 2 | | Cin | W | 4-2 | | Nottebart | Nottebart | Piche | O'Toole | 12-6 | .667 | W1 |
| 5/9/1961 | 19 | | | ChN | L | 7-10 | | Buhl | Drott | Elston | Buhl | 12-7 | .632 | L1 |
| 5/10/1961 | 20 | | | ChN | W | 2-0 | | Burdette | Burdette | | Ellsworth | 13-7 | .650 | W1 |
| 5/12/1961 | 21 | | @ | SF | L | 0-1 | | Spahn | Jones,Sa | Bolin | Spahn | 13-8 | .619 | L1 |
| 5/13/1961 | 22 | | @ | SF | W | 1-0 | | Buhl | Buhl | | Marichal | 14-8 | .636 | W1 |
| 5/14/1961 | 23 | | @ | SF | L | 4-5 | 11 | Willey | Fisher,E | | Piche | 14-9 | .609 | L1 |
| 5/15/1961 | 24 | | @ | LAN | L | 3-4 | | Burdette | Podres | Sherry,L | Burdette | 14-10 | .583 | L2 |
| 5/16/1961 | 25 | | @ | LAN | W | 6-3 | | Nottebart | Nottebart | Raymond | Koufax | 15-10 | .600 | W1 |
| 5/17/1961 | 26 | | @ | LAN | L | 7-12 | | Spahn | Golden | | Spahn | 15-11 | .577 | L1 |
| 5/19/1961 | 27 | | @ | Cin | L | 1-4 | | Burdette | O'Toole | | Burdette | 15-12 | .556 | L2 |
| 5/20/1961 | 28 | | @ | Cin | W | 5-1 | | Nottebart | Nottebart | | Hunt,K | 16-12 | .571 | W1 |
| 5/21/1961 | 29 | 1 | @ | Cin | W | 3-1 | | Spahn | Spahn | | Jay | 17-12 | .586 | W2 |
| 5/21/1961 | 30 | 2 | @ | Cin | L | 2-7 | | Willey | Maloney | | Willey | 17-13 | .567 | L1 |
| 5/22/1961 | 31 | | | Pit | W | 4-2 | | Buhl | Buhl | | Haddix | 18-13 | .581 | W1 |
| 5/23/1961 | 32 | | | Pit | W | 8-3 | | Burdette | Burdette | | Shantz | 19-13 | .594 | W2 |
| 5/24/1961 | 33 | | | Phi | W | 7-6 | 11 | Nottebart | McMahon | | Green,D | 20-13 | .606 | W3 |
| 5/26/1961 | 34 | | | LAN | W | 7-0 | | Spahn | Spahn | | Williams,S | 21-13 | .618 | W4 |
| 5/27/1961 | 35 | | | LAN | L | 1-5 | | Buhl | Drysdale | | Buhl | 21-14 | .600 | L1 |
| 5/28/1961 | 36 | | | LAN | W | 8-2 | | Burdette | Burdette | | Craig | 22-14 | .611 | W1 |
| 5/30/1961 | 37 | 1 | @ | Phi | L | 1-2 | | Buhl | Ferrarese | Baldschun | Buhl | 22-15 | .595 | L1 |
| 5/30/1961 | 38 | 2 | @ | Phi | W | 13-1 | | Willey | Willey | | Mahaffey | 23-15 | .605 | W1 |
| 5/31/1961 | 39 | | @ | Pit | W | 6-2 | | Spahn | Spahn | Nottebart | Gibbon | 24-15 | .615 | W2 |
| 6/1/1961 | 40 | | @ | Pit | W | 7-5 | | Burdette | Nottebart | McMahon | Haddix | 25-15 | .625 | W3 |
| 6/2/1961 | 41 | | | StL | W | 6-4 | | Willey | Willey | Raymond | Sadecki | 26-15 | .634 | W4 |
| 6/3/1961 | 42 | | | StL | W | 12-2 | | Buhl | Buhl | | Jackson,L | 27-15 | .643 | W5 |
| 6/4/1961 | 43 | | | StL | L | 1-4 | | Spahn | Gibson | | Spahn | 27-16 | .628 | L1 |
| 6/5/1961 | 44 | | @ | Cin | W | 10-7 | | Burdette | McMahon | | Jay | 28-16 | .636 | W1 |
| 6/6/1961 | 45 | | @ | Cin | W | 5-3 | | Willey | Willey | | Purkey | 29-16 | .644 | W2 |
| 6/7/1961 | 46 | | @ | Cin | L | 1-2 | | Nottebart | Hunt,K | Brosnan | Nottebart | 29-17 | .630 | L1 |
| 6/8/1961 | 47 | | @ | Cin | W | 10-5 | | Spahn | Spahn | | Maloney | 30-17 | .638 | W1 |
| 6/9/1961 | 48 | | @ | ChN | W | 5-4 | | Buhl | McMahon | Raymond | Cardwell | 31-17 | .646 | W2 |
| 6/10/1961 | 49 | | @ | ChN | L | 2-3 | | Burdette | Hobbie | Schultz | Burdette | 31-18 | .633 | L1 |
| 6/11/1961 | 50 | 1 | @ | ChN | W | 10-8 | | Willey | Raymond | McMahon | Elston | 32-18 | .640 | W1 |
| 6/11/1961 | 51 | 2 | @ | ChN | L | 4-10 | | Nottebart | Curtis | Schultz | Brunet | 32-19 | .627 | L1 |
| 6/14/1961 | 52 | | @ | SF | W | 6-3 | 10 | Spahn | Spahn | | Miller,S | 33-19 | .635 | W1 |
| 6/15/1961 | 53 | | @ | SF | W | 6-4 | | Cloninger | Nottebart | Raymond | Bolin | 34-19 | .642 | W2 |
| 6/16/1961 | 54 | | @ | LAN | L | 3-5 | | Burdette | Koufax | Sherry,L | Burdette | 34-20 | .630 | L1 |
| 6/17/1961 | 55 | | @ | LAN | L | 2-7 | | Buhl | Williams,S | | Buhl | 34-21 | .618 | L2 |
| 6/18/1961 | 56 | | @ | LAN | W | 3-1 | | Willey | Willey | McMahon | Drysdale | 35-21 | .625 | W1 |
| 6/20/1961 | 57 | | | SF | W | 3-0 | | Spahn | Spahn | | McCormick | 36-21 | .632 | W2 |
| 6/21/1961 | 58 | | | SF | W | 6-5 | 10 | Burdette | McMahon | | Bolin | 37-21 | .638 | W3 |
| 6/22/1961 | 59 | | | SF | L | 0-17 | | Buhl | Marichal | | Buhl | 37-22 | .627 | L1 |
| 6/23/1961 | 60 | | | ChN | W | 3-0 | | Hendley | Hendley | | Curtis | 38-22 | .633 | W1 |
| 6/24/1961 | 61 | | | ChN | L | 0-4 | | Cloninger | Hobbie | Schultz | Cloninger | 38-23 | .623 | L1 |
| 6/25/1961 | 62 | | | ChN | W | 4-0 | | Spahn | Spahn | | Cardwell | 39-23 | .629 | W1 |
| 6/26/1961 | 63 | | @ | StL | L | 5-6 | | Burdette | Jackson,L | McDermott,M | Burdette | 39-24 | .619 | L1 |
| 6/27/1961 | 64 | | @ | StL | L | 9-10 | | Buhl | Cicotte | | Nottebart | 39-25 | .609 | L2 |
| 6/28/1961 | 65 | | @ | StL | L | 2-4 | | Hendley | Gibson | McDermott,M | Hendley | 39-26 | .600 | L3 |
| 6/30/1961 | 66 | | | Cin | W | 5-4 | | Spahn | Spahn | | Jay | 40-26 | .606 | W1 |
| 7/1/1961 | 67 | | | Cin | L | 3-7 | | Burdette | Hunt,K | | Burdette | 40-27 | .597 | L1 |
| 7/2/1961 | 68 | 1 | | Cin | W | 3-2 | | Nottebart | McMahon | | Brosnan | 41-27 | .603 | W1 |
| 7/2/1961 | 69 | 2 | | Cin | W | 2-0 | | Cloninger | Cloninger | | Purkey | 42-27 | .609 | W2 |
| 7/3/1961 | 70 | | | LAN | W | 7-4 | | Buhl | Buhl | McMahon | Koufax | 43-27 | .614 | W3 |
| 7/4/1961 | 71 | | | LAN | W | 15-4 | | Hendley | Hendley | | Williams,S | 44-27 | .620 | W4 |
| 7/5/1961 | 72 | 1 | | Phi | W | 9-0 | | Spahn | Spahn | | Mahaffey | 45-27 | .625 | W5 |
| 7/5/1961 | 73 | 2 | | Phi | L | 2-4 | | Burdette | Lehman | Sullivan,F | Burdette | 45-28 | .616 | L1 |
| 7/6/1961 | 74 | | | Phi | L | 1-7 | | Hendley | Buzhardt | | Hendley | 45-29 | .608 | L2 |
| 7/7/1961 | 75 | | | Pit | L | 1-5 | | Cloninger | Haddix | | Cloninger | 45-30 | .600 | L3 |
| 7/8/1961 | 76 | | | Pit | W | 6-3 | | Buhl | Buhl | Nottebart | Gibbon | 46-30 | .605 | W1 |
| 7/9/1961 | 77 | | | Pit | W | 6-3 | | Burdette | Burdette | McMahon | Labine | 47-30 | .610 | W2 |
| 7/13/1961 | 78 | | @ | StL | L | 3-6 | | Cloninger | Gibson | | Cloninger | 47-31 | .603 | L1 |
| 7/14/1961 | 79 | | @ | StL | W | 6-5 | 10 | Buhl | Nottebart | | McDaniel | 48-31 | .608 | W1 |
| 7/15/1961 | 80 | | @ | StL | W | 7-3 | | Burdette | Burdette | | Sadecki | 49-31 | .613 | W2 |
| 7/16/1961 | 81 | | @ | StL | W | 5-2 | | Hendley | Hendley | McMahon | Cicotte | 50-31 | .617 | W3 |
| 7/17/1961 | 82 | | @ | Cin | L | 2-3 | | Spahn | Jones,Sh | Hunt,K | Spahn | 50-32 | .610 | L1 |
| 7/18/1961 | 83 | | @ | Cin | W | 6-0 | | Cloninger | Cloninger | | O'Toole | 51-32 | .614 | W1 |
| 7/19/1961 | 84 | 1 | @ | Phi | L | 4-5 | | Buhl | Baldschun | | Buhl | 51-33 | .607 | L1 |
| 7/19/1961 | 85 | 2 | @ | Phi | W | 11-5 | | Willey | Willey | | Ferrarese | 52-33 | .612 | W1 |
| 7/20/1961 | 86 | | @ | Phi | W | 5-2 | | Hendley | Hendley | Nottebart | Short | 53-33 | .616 | W2 |
| 7/21/1961 | 87 | | @ | Pit | L | 4-12 | | Burdette | Friend | | Burdette | 53-34 | .609 | L1 |
| 7/22/1961 | 88 | | @ | Pit | W | 10-7 | | Spahn | Spahn | | Shantz | 54-34 | .614 | W1 |
| 7/23/1961 | 89 | 1 | @ | Pit | L | 2-5 | | Buhl | Haddix | | Buhl | 54-35 | .607 | L1 |
| 7/23/1961 | 90 | 2 | @ | Pit | L | 5-6 | | Willey | Francis | Face | Cloninger | 54-36 | .600 | L2 |
| 7/24/1961 | 91 | | | Cin | L | 2-5 | | Spahn | Jay | Brosnan | Spahn | 54-37 | .593 | L3 |
| 7/25/1961 | 92 | | | Cin | W | 2-0 | | Burdette | Burdette | | Hunt,K | 55-37 | .598 | W1 |
| 7/26/1961 | 93 | | | Cin | W | 5-3 | | Nottebart | Nottebart | | Johnson,K | 56-37 | .602 | W2 |
| 7/27/1961 | 94 | | | Cin | L | 0-4 | | Willey | Purkey | | Willey | 56-38 | .596 | L1 |
| 7/28/1961 | 95 | | | StL | L | 2-4 | | Hendley | Jackson,L | | Hendley | 56-39 | .589 | L2 |
| 7/29/1961 | 96 | | | StL | W | 8-5 | | Buhl | Cloninger | | McDaniel | 57-39 | .594 | W1 |
| 7/30/1961 | 97 | 1 | | StL | W | 3-0 | | Burdette | Burdette | | Anderson,C | 58-39 | .598 | W2 |
| 7/30/1961 | 98 | 2 | | StL | W | 7-3 | | Spahn | Spahn | | Gibson | 59-39 | .602 | W3 |
| 8/2/1961 | 99 | 1 | @ | ChN | L | 2-3 | | Willey | Hobbie | | Willey | 59-40 | .596 | L1 |
| 8/3/1961 | 100 | | @ | ChN | W | 10-8 | | Burdette | Nottebart | McMahon | Elston | 60-40 | .600 | W1 |
| 8/4/1961 | 101 | | @ | SF | W | 9-4 | | Spahn | Spahn | | McCormick | 61-40 | .604 | W2 |
| 8/5/1961 | 102 | | @ | SF | L | 2-10 | | Buhl | Jones,Sa | | Buhl | 61-41 | .598 | L1 |
| 8/6/1961 | 103 | | @ | SF | W | 3-1 | | Willey | Willey | | Marichal | 62-41 | .602 | W1 |
| 8/8/1961 | 104 | | @ | LAN | L | 4-5 | 11 | Burdette | Williams,S | | McMahon | 62-42 | .596 | L1 |
| 8/9/1961 | 105 | | @ | LAN | L | 5-6 | | Nottebart | Sherry,L | Perranoski | Cloninger | 62-43 | .590 | L2 |
| 8/11/1961 | 106 | | | ChN | L | 2-4 | | Spahn | Curtis | | Spahn | 62-44 | .585 | L3 |
| 8/12/1961 | 107 | | | ChN | L | 3-4 | | Hendley | Cardwell | Schultz | Hendley | 62-45 | .579 | L4 |
| 8/13/1961 | 108 | | | ChN | W | 9-8 | | Burdette | McMahon | | Elston | 63-45 | .583 | W1 |
| 8/14/1961 | 109 | | | Pit | L | 1-2 | | Buhl | Haddix | Shantz | Nottebart | 63-46 | .578 | L1 |
| 8/15/1961 | 110 | | | Pit | W | 3-1 | | Willey | Willey | | Gibbon | 64-46 | .582 | W1 |
| 8/16/1961 | 111 | | | Pit | W | 12-1 | | Spahn | Spahn | | Friend | 65-46 | .586 | W2 |
| 8/17/1961 | 112 | | | Phi | W | 8-4 | 11 | Buhl | Nottebart | | Ferrarese | 66-46 | .589 | W3 |
| 8/18/1961 | 113 | | | Phi | W | 3-2 | | Burdette | Burdette | McMahon | Owens | 67-46 | .593 | W4 |
| 8/19/1961 | 114 | | | Phi | W | 4-1 | | Cloninger | Cloninger | | Sullivan,F | 68-46 | .596 | W5 |
| 8/20/1961 | 115 | 1 | | Phi | W | 6-2 | | Spahn | Spahn | | Short | 69-46 | .600 | W6 |
| 8/20/1961 | 116 | 2 | | Phi | L | 6-10 | | Willey | Buzhardt | | Willey | 69-47 | .595 | L1 |
| 8/22/1961 | 117 | | @ | Pit | L | 4-5 | | Buhl | Face | | McMahon | 69-48 | .590 | L2 |
| 8/23/1961 | 118 | | @ | Pit | L | 5-8 | | Burdette | Francis | | Burdette | 69-49 | .585 | L3 |
| 8/24/1961 | 119 | | @ | Pit | W | 4-2 | | Spahn | Spahn | | Friend | 70-49 | .588 | W1 |
| 8/25/1961 | 120 | 1 | @ | Phi | W | 12-10 | | Willey | Willey | McMahon | Buzhardt | 71-49 | .592 | W2 |
| 8/25/1961 | 121 | 2 | @ | Phi | W | 8-2 | | Cloninger | Cloninger | | Sullivan,F | 72-49 | .595 | W3 |
| 8/27/1961 | 122 | 1 | @ | Phi | W | 5-0 | | Burdette | Burdette | Nottebart | Short | 73-49 | .598 | W4 |
| 8/27/1961 | 123 | 2 | @ | Phi | L | 5-6 | | Buhl | Lehman | Green,D | McMahon | 73-50 | .593 | L1 |
| 8/28/1961 | 124 | | @ | Phi | W | 3-1 | | Spahn | Spahn | | Roberts | 74-50 | .597 | W1 |
| 8/29/1961 | 125 | | | SF | L | 1-3 | | Burdette | Sanford | | Burdette | 74-51 | .592 | L1 |
| 8/30/1961 | 126 | | | SF | L | 1-6 | | Willey | McCormick | | Willey | 74-52 | .587 | L2 |
| 8/31/1961 | 127 | | | LAN | W | 5-1 | | Hendley | Hendley | | Drysdale | 75-52 | .591 | W1 |
| 9/1/1961 | 128 | | | LAN | W | 8-5 | | Buhl | McMahon | Nottebart | Williams,S | 76-52 | .594 | W2 |
| 9/2/1961 | 129 | | | LAN | W | 18-2 | | Spahn | Spahn | | Koufax | 77-52 | .597 | W3 |
| 9/3/1961 | 130 | 1 | @ | ChN | L | 4-6 | | Burdette | Brewer,J | Anderson,B | Burdette | 77-53 | .592 | L1 |
| 9/3/1961 | 131 | 2 | @ | ChN | W | 3-1 | | Cloninger | Cloninger | McMahon | Ellsworth | 78-53 | .595 | W1 |
| 9/4/1961 | 132 | | @ | ChN | W | 6-0 | | Willey | Willey | | Curtis | 79-53 | .598 | W2 |
| 9/5/1961 | 133 | | | Phi | W | 4-2 | | Buhl | Nottebart | | Ferrarese | 80-53 | .602 | W3 |
| 9/6/1961 | 134 | | | Phi | W | 3-0 | | Spahn | Spahn | | Buzhardt | 81-53 | .604 | W4 |
| 9/8/1961 | 135 | | | Pit | L | 6-7 | | Hendley | Friend | Labine | Hendley | 81-54 | .600 | L1 |
| 9/9/1961 | 136 | | | Pit | L | 8-9 | | Willey | Face | | Buhl | 81-55 | .596 | L2 |
| 9/10/1961 | 137 | | | Pit | W | 6-1 | | Spahn | Spahn | | Sturdivant,T | 82-55 | .599 | W1 |
| 9/11/1961 | 138 | | @ | StL | W | 6-0 | | Burdette | Burdette | | Jackson,L | 83-55 | .601 | W2 |
| 9/12/1961 | 139 | | @ | StL | W | 4-1 | 10 | Hendley | Hendley | McMahon | Anderson,C | 84-55 | .604 | W3 |
| 9/13/1961 | 140 | | @ | Cin | W | 8-4 | | Willey | Willey | McMahon | Jay | 85-55 | .607 | W4 |
| 9/15/1961 | 141 | | @ | LAN | L | 2-5 | | Spahn | Koufax | | Spahn | 85-56 | .603 | L1 |
| 9/16/1961 | 142 | | @ | LAN | W | 10-4 | | Burdette | Burdette | | Craig | 86-56 | .606 | W1 |
| 9/17/1961 | 143 | | @ | LAN | W | 4-0 | | Willey | Willey | | Drysdale | 87-56 | .608 | W2 |
| 9/18/1961 | 144 | | @ | SF | L | 1-4 | | Hendley | Duffalo | Miller,S | Hendley | 87-57 | .604 | L1 |
| 9/19/1961 | 145 | | @ | SF | W | 11-0 | | Spahn | Spahn | | Sanford | 88-57 | .607 | W1 |
| 9/20/1961 | 146 | | @ | SF | W | 6-1 | | Burdette | Burdette | | McCormick | 89-57 | .610 | W2 |
| 9/23/1961 | 147 | | | ChN | L | 1-2 | | Cloninger | Schultz | Brewer,J | McMahon | 89-58 | .605 | L1 |
| 9/24/1961 | 148 | 1 | | ChN | W | 3-2 | | Spahn | Spahn | | Cardwell | 90-58 | .608 | W1 |
| 9/24/1961 | 149 | 2 | | ChN | W | 7-3 | | Hendley | Hendley | McMahon | Ellsworth | 91-58 | .611 | W2 |
| 9/25/1961 | 150 | | | StL | W | 8-0 | | Willey | Willey | | Washburn | 92-58 | .613 | W3 |
| 9/26/1961 | 151 | | | StL | W | 4-3 | | Burdette | Burdette | | McDaniel | 93-58 | .616 | W4 |
| 9/29/1961 | 152 | | | SF | W | 9-0 | | Spahn | Spahn | | Sanford | 94-58 | .618 | W5 |
| 10/1/1961 | 153 | 1 | | SF | W | 7-6 | | Burdette | Morehead | Nottebart | Jones,Sa | 95-58 | .621 | W6 |
| 10/1/1961 | 154 | 2 | | SF | W | 12-2 | | Piche | Piche | | McCormick | 96-58 | .623 | W7 |