Team fielding report -- 1961 St. Louis Cardinals
Regular season -- as of 10/1/1961
| Primary |
| Pos | Name | G | GS | INN | PO | A | E | DP | TC | PCT | PB | SB | CS | SB% |
| p | Curt Simmons | 31 | 29 | 215.7 | 15 | 33 | 3 | 1 | 51 | .941 | | 8 | 2 | .800 |
| | Ray Sadecki | 30 | 30 | 197.3 | 16 | 22 | 10 | 0 | 48 | .792 | | 14 | 5 | .737 |
| | Ernie Broglio | 33 | 26 | 181.7 | 19 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 43 | .977 | | 10 | 6 | .625 |
| | Larry Jackson | 31 | 28 | 211.7 | 14 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 35 | 1.000 | | 16 | 7 | .696 |
| | Bob Gibson | 31 | 27 | 194.7 | 12 | 17 | 1 | 5 | 30 | .967 | | 14 | 3 | .824 |
| | Lindy McDaniel | 69 | 0 | 99.0 | 9 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 26 | .962 | | 8 | 0 | 1.000 |
| | Craig Anderson | 31 | 0 | 49.3 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1.000 | | 3 | 4 | .429 |
| | Bob Miller | 48 | 5 | 82.3 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 11 | .909 | | 5 | 1 | .833 |
| | Al Cicotte | 34 | 7 | 63.3 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1.000 | | 1 | 0 | 1.000 |
| | Mickey McDermott | 32 | 0 | 31.3 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1.000 | | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| | Ray Washburn | 3 | 2 | 14.0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | .750 | | 1 | 0 | 1.000 |
| | Ed Bauta | 20 | 0 | 25.0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | .667 | | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| | Red Schoendienst | 1 | 0 | 0.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| | Bobby Tiefenauer | 5 | 0 | 6.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | | 0 | 1 | .000 |
| | Total | 399 | 154 | 1372.3 | 96 | 163 | 19 | 11 | 278 | .932 | | 80 | 29 | .734 |
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| c | Jimmie Schaffer | 62 | 44 | 410.3 | 288 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 304 | .990 | 7 | 27 | 8 | .771 |
| | Carl Sawatski | 58 | 39 | 354.7 | 222 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 237 | .996 | 3 | 27 | 9 | .750 |
| | Hal Smith | 43 | 42 | 344.0 | 223 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 236 | .996 | 2 | 12 | 6 | .667 |
| | Tim McCarver | 21 | 17 | 149.7 | 96 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 106 | .962 | 3 | 11 | 3 | .786 |
| | Gene Oliver | 18 | 12 | 112.3 | 80 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 87 | 1.000 | 2 | 3 | 3 | .500 |
| | Chris Cannizzaro | 2 | 0 | 1.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| | Total | 204 | 154 | 1372.3 | 909 | 52 | 9 | 5 | 970 | .991 | 17 | 80 | 29 | .734 |
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| 1b | Bill White | 150 | 148 | 1320.7 | 1385 | 104 | 25 | 134 | 1514 | .983 | | | | |
| | Joe Cunningham | 6 | 6 | 51.7 | 58 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 66 | .955 | | | | |
| | Total | 156 | 154 | 1372.3 | 1443 | 109 | 28 | 139 | 1580 | .982 | | | | |
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| 2b | Julian Javier | 114 | 108 | 933.7 | 209 | 385 | 14 | 75 | 608 | .977 | | | | |
| | Bob Lillis | 27 | 23 | 200.3 | 53 | 79 | 2 | 17 | 134 | .985 | | | | |
| | Red Schoendienst | 33 | 14 | 152.3 | 41 | 54 | 3 | 13 | 98 | .969 | | | | |
| | Alex Grammas | 14 | 9 | 86.0 | 17 | 40 | 1 | 6 | 58 | .983 | | | | |
| | Total | 188 | 154 | 1372.3 | 320 | 558 | 20 | 111 | 898 | .978 | | | | |
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| 3b | Ken Boyer | 152 | 152 | 1354.3 | 90 | 340 | 22 | 36 | 452 | .951 | | | | |
| | Alex Grammas | 3 | 2 | 18.0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | | | | |
| | Total | 155 | 154 | 1372.3 | 90 | 344 | 22 | 36 | 456 | .952 | | | | |
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| ss | Alex Grammas | 80 | 35 | 384.3 | 64 | 167 | 9 | 32 | 240 | .962 | | | | |
| | Bob Lillis | 60 | 42 | 366.0 | 56 | 120 | 11 | 20 | 187 | .941 | | | | |
| | Daryl Spencer | 37 | 37 | 318.0 | 55 | 122 | 7 | 20 | 184 | .962 | | | | |
| | Jerry Buchek | 30 | 30 | 219.0 | 26 | 72 | 9 | 11 | 107 | .916 | | | | |
| | Julio Gotay | 10 | 10 | 85.0 | 18 | 31 | 7 | 7 | 56 | .875 | | | | |
| | Total | 217 | 154 | 1372.3 | 219 | 512 | 43 | 90 | 774 | .944 | | | | |
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| lf | Stan Musial | 109 | 99 | 870.3 | 216 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 219 | 1.000 | | | | |
| | Charlie James | 35 | 32 | 262.3 | 61 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 65 | .954 | | | | |
| | Don Taussig | 33 | 9 | 112.7 | 28 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 30 | .967 | | | | |
| | Carl Warwick | 9 | 3 | 33.7 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 1.000 | | | | |
| | Bob Nieman | 4 | 4 | 33.0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1.000 | | | | |
| | Walt Moryn | 3 | 3 | 25.0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | .800 | | | | |
| | Doug Clemens | 1 | 1 | 8.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | | | | |
| | Ed Olivares | 1 | 1 | 7.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | | | | |
| | Joe Cunningham | 1 | 1 | 6.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .000 | | | | |
| | Don Landrum | 4 | 0 | 7.3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | | | | |
| | Gene Oliver | 1 | 1 | 7.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | | | | |
| | Total | 201 | 154 | 1372.3 | 333 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 344 | .983 | | | | |
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| cf | Curt Flood | 123 | 83 | 791.3 | 254 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 259 | .985 | | | | |
| | Carl Warwick | 35 | 33 | 270.7 | 57 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 63 | .968 | | | | |
| | Don Taussig | 28 | 20 | 172.3 | 59 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 62 | .984 | | | | |
| | Don Landrum | 16 | 16 | 123.0 | 35 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 1.000 | | | | |
| | Charlie James | 2 | 2 | 15.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | | | | |
| | Total | 204 | 154 | 1372.3 | 409 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 424 | .983 | | | | |
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| rf | Joe Cunningham | 91 | 76 | 657.7 | 143 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 152 | .947 | | | | |
| | Charlie James | 54 | 49 | 423.0 | 85 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 92 | .946 | | | | |
| | Don Taussig | 39 | 18 | 180.0 | 44 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 1.000 | | | | |
| | Walt Moryn | 4 | 3 | 27.0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 | .778 | | | | |
| | Ed Olivares | 6 | 4 | 39.0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1.000 | | | | |
| | Carl Warwick | 9 | 2 | 27.3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1.000 | | | | |
| | Doug Clemens | 2 | 2 | 17.0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | .800 | | | | |
| | Don Landrum | 2 | 0 | 1.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | | | | |
| | Total | 207 | 154 | 1372.3 | 298 | 4 | 16 | 1 | 318 | .950 | | | | |
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| | Total | 154 | 154 | 1372.3 | 4117 | 1755 | 170 | 143 | 6042 | .972 | 17 | | | |