League Pitching Leaders

League Pitching Leaders -- National League
Regular season -- as of 5/31/1961

Earned Run Average			Wins			Strikeouts

Sadecki	StL	2.03	Drysdale	LAD	9-1	Koufax	LAD	78
Drysdale	LAD	2.23	Sadecki	StL	7-0	Drysdale	LAD	64
Jay	Cin	2.26	Purkey	Cin	7-1	O'Toole	Cin	63
Podres	LAD	2.33	Koufax	LAD	6-3	Williams,S	LAD	60
Koufax	LAD	2.47	Spahn	Mil	6-3	Broglio	StL	59
Spahn	Mil	2.58	Mizell	Pit	5-0	McCormick	SF	46
Craig	LAD	2.77	Jackson,L	StL	5-1	Spahn	Mil	40
Hunt,K	Cin	2.77	Miller,S	SF	5-1	Gibbon	Pit	38
Jackson,L	StL	2.79	Sanford	SF	5-1	Jones,Sa	SF	38
Nottebart	Mil	2.98	Marichal	SF	5-2	Simmons,C	StL	38
Green,D	Phi	3.10	Perranoski	LAD	5-2	Mahaffey	Phi	37
Purkey	Cin	3.28	Hobbie	ChC	5-6	2 tied with		36


Games			Innings			Winning percentage

Baldschun	Phi	21	Drysdale	LAD	93.0	Sadecki	StL	1.000
Labine	Pit	20	Spahn	Mil	87.1	Mizell	Pit	1.000
McDaniel	StL	18	O'Toole	Cin	79.0	Labine	Pit	1.000
Perranoski	LAD	18	Broglio	StL	77.1	Drysdale	LAD	.900
Anderson,B	ChC	16	Friend	Pit	74.2	Purkey	Cin	.875
Face	Pit	16	Koufax	LAD	73.0	Jackson,L	StL	.833
Bolin	SF	15	Hobbie	ChC	72.1	Miller,S	SF	.833
Farrell,T	LAD	15	Jay	Cin	71.2	Sanford	SF	.833
McDermott,M	StL	15	Purkey	Cin	71.1	Maloney	Cin	.750
4 tied with		14	McCormick	SF	68.2	Marichal	SF	.714
			Burdette	Mil	67.0	Perranoski	LAD	.714
			Ellsworth	ChC	62.2	4 tied with		.667


Starts			Complete games			Shutouts

Drysdale	LAD	12	Spahn	Mil	8	Nottebart	Mil	2
Broglio	StL	11	Koufax	LAD	7	Spahn	Mil	2
Friend	Pit	11	O'Toole	Cin	6	Gibbon	Pit	1
Hobbie	ChC	11	Drysdale	LAD	6	Marichal	SF	1
Burdette	Mil	10	Sadecki	StL	4	Sadecki	StL	1
O'Toole	Cin	10	McCormick	SF	4	Loes	SF	1
Williams,S	LAD	10	Purkey	Cin	4	Jay	Cin	1
Spahn	Mil	10	Hobbie	ChC	4	Koufax	LAD	1
10 tied with		9	5 tied with		3	Purkey	Cin	1
						Simmons,C	StL	1
						Williams,S	LAD	1
						Friend	Pit	1


Saves			Save percentage			Holds

Face	Pit	9	Sherry,L	LAD	.800	Perranoski	LAD	3
Sherry,L	LAD	8	Brosnan	Cin	.800	Ferrarese	Phi	2
Brosnan	Cin	4	Henry,B	Cin	.800	Labine	Pit	2
Henry,B	Cin	4	Miller,S	SF	.750	Willey	Mil	1
McDaniel	StL	4	Farrell,T	LAD	.667	Shantz	Pit	1
Miller,S	SF	3	McMahon	Mil	.667	McMahon	Mil	1
7 tied with		2	O'Dell	SF	.667	Henry,B	Cin	1
			Shantz	Pit	.667	Lehman	Phi	1
			Face	Pit	.643	McDermott,M	StL	1
			McDaniel	StL	.500
			Baldschun	Phi	.400
			Elston	ChC	.333


Batting average			Hits per 9 innings			Runners per 9 innings

Sadecki	StL	.195	Sadecki	StL	6.4	Spahn	Mil	9.0
Drysdale	LAD	.199	Drysdale	LAD	6.5	Purkey	Cin	10.0
Koufax	LAD	.205	Jay	Cin	6.7	Sadecki	StL	10.0
Jay	Cin	.206	Koufax	LAD	6.8	McCormick	SF	10.1
Jackson,L	StL	.216	Spahn	Mil	7.3	Podres	LAD	10.2
Broglio	StL	.221	Jackson,L	StL	7.5	Jay	Cin	10.2
Spahn	Mil	.223	Broglio	StL	7.6	Koufax	LAD	10.4
Purkey	Cin	.226	Purkey	Cin	7.6	Drysdale	LAD	10.5
McCormick	SF	.229	Hunt,K	Cin	7.6	Broglio	StL	10.6
Sanford	SF	.230	Sanford	SF	7.7	Jackson,L	StL	10.7
Hunt,K	Cin	.230	Podres	LAD	7.8	Friend	Pit	10.7
Podres	LAD	.230	McCormick	SF	7.9	Marichal	SF	11.0


Walks			Walks per 9 innings			Strikeouts per 9 innings

Drysdale	LAD	36	Marichal	SF	1.3	Koufax	LAD	9.6
O'Toole	Cin	34	Burdette	Mil	1.3	Williams,S	LAD	9.3
Williams,S	LAD	33	Friend	Pit	1.4	O'Toole	Cin	7.2
Jones,Sa	SF	32	Gibbon	Pit	1.5	Gibbon	Pit	7.1
Koufax	LAD	29	Spahn	Mil	1.6	Broglio	StL	6.9
Jay	Cin	27	McCormick	SF	2.0	Jones,Sa	SF	6.8
Loes	SF	26	Purkey	Cin	2.1	Marichal	SF	6.3
Cardwell	ChC	26	Roberts	Phi	2.2	Jackson,L	StL	6.2
Buhl	Mil	26	Ellsworth	ChC	2.3	Drysdale	LAD	6.2
Broglio	StL	26	Podres	LAD	2.3	McCormick	SF	6.0
Hobbie	ChC	24	Mahaffey	Phi	2.7	Gibson	StL	5.8
2 tied with		23	Jackson,L	StL	2.8	Podres	LAD	5.7


WHIP			Homeruns			Average run support

Spahn	Mil	1.00	Broglio	StL	11	Purkey	Cin	7.3
Purkey	Cin	1.08	Duffalo	SF	9	Marichal	SF	7.0
McCormick	SF	1.09	Farrell,T	LAD	9	Sadecki	StL	7.0
Drysdale	LAD	1.11	Law	Pit	9	Sanford	SF	6.9
Sadecki	StL	1.11	Sullivan,F	Phi	9	Jackson,L	StL	6.2
Jay	Cin	1.12	Jones,Sa	SF	9	Simmons,C	StL	6.1
Podres	LAD	1.13	Burdette	Mil	9	Drysdale	LAD	6.1
Jackson,L	StL	1.14	7 tied with		8	Law	Pit	6.0
Koufax	LAD	1.15				Podres	LAD	5.6
Friend	Pit	1.15				Mizell	Pit	5.3
Broglio	StL	1.18				Hobbie	ChC	5.3
Gibbon	Pit	1.21				Williams,S	LAD	4.8


Batters faced			Batters faced per game			Decisions

Drysdale	LAD	385	Sadecki	StL	33.71	Hobbie	ChC	11
Spahn	Mil	339	O'Toole	Cin	33.70	O'Toole	Cin	10
O'Toole	Cin	337	Koufax	LAD	33.33	Drysdale	LAD	10
Broglio	StL	323	Purkey	Cin	32.33	Buhl	Mil	9
Hobbie	ChC	314	Jay	Cin	32.22	Koufax	LAD	9
Friend	Pit	310	Drysdale	LAD	32.08	Spahn	Mil	9
Koufax	LAD	300	McCormick	SF	31.56	Mahaffey	Phi	8
Purkey	Cin	291	Podres	LAD	31.29	Purkey	Cin	8
Burdette	Mil	290	Spahn	Mil	30.82	Williams,S	LAD	8
Jay	Cin	290	Simmons,C	StL	29.89	Friend	Pit	8
McCormick	SF	284	Craig	LAD	29.75	6 tied with		7
Williams,S	LAD	270	Broglio	StL	29.36


Losses			Games finished			Runs

Jones,Sa	SF	1-6	Face	Pit	14	Jones,Sa	SF	44
Buhl	Mil	3-6	McDaniel	StL	14	Hobbie	ChC	44
O'Toole	Cin	4-6	Sherry,L	LAD	12	Friend	Pit	39
Hobbie	ChC	5-6	Miller,S	SF	12	Broglio	StL	39
Green,D	Phi	0-5	Labine	Pit	12	Mahaffey	Phi	38
Ellsworth	ChC	1-5	Baldschun	Phi	11	Williams,S	LAD	38
Sullivan,F	Phi	1-5	Anderson,B	ChC	9	Burdette	Mil	38
Burdette	Mil	2-5	Brewer,J	ChC	9	Sullivan,F	Phi	37
Mahaffey	Phi	3-5	Ferrarese	Phi	9	Buhl	Mil	34
7 tied with		4	Perranoski	LAD	9	Drysdale	LAD	34
			McMahon	Mil	8	Simmons,C	StL	33
			Brosnan	Cin	8	O'Toole	Cin	31


Earned runs			Hits			Doubles

Jones,Sa	SF	43	Burdette	Mil	80	Mahaffey	Phi	20
Hobbie	ChC	36	Hobbie	ChC	77	Roberts	Phi	16
Friend	Pit	35	Friend	Pit	74	Friend	Pit	14
Broglio	StL	34	Spahn	Mil	71	Spahn	Mil	14
Sullivan,F	Phi	33	O'Toole	Cin	70	Drysdale	LAD	14
Burdette	Mil	33	Drysdale	LAD	67	Buhl	Mil	13
Buhl	Mil	31	Williams,S	LAD	66	Simmons,C	StL	13
Simmons,C	StL	30	Simmons,C	StL	65	Broglio	StL	12
O'Toole	Cin	29	Broglio	StL	65	Purkey	Cin	11
Williams,S	LAD	28	Roberts	Phi	63	Hobbie	ChC	11
Roberts	Phi	27	Ellsworth	ChC	61	Gibson	StL	10
Mahaffey	Phi	27	Mahaffey	Phi	61	Podres	LAD	10


Triples			Stolen bases			Steal percentage

Mahaffey	Phi	7	Sullivan,F	Phi	9	Hobbie	ChC	.400
McCormick	SF	5	Hunt,K	Cin	8	Mahaffey	Phi	.500
Friend	Pit	5	Jay	Cin	6	Drott	ChC	.571
Haddix	Pit	4	Law	Pit	5	Green,D	Phi	.625
Jones,Sa	SF	4	Roberts	Phi	5	Jay	Cin	.750
Green,D	Phi	3	Witt	Pit	5	Anderson,B	ChC	.800
Ellsworth	ChC	3	Green,D	Phi	5	Nottebart	Mil	.800
Koufax	LAD	3	Bolin	SF	4	Sullivan,F	Phi	.818
Spahn	Mil	3	Sanford	SF	4	Witt	Pit	.833
17 tied with		2	Anderson,B	ChC	4	Hunt,K	Cin	1.000
			Nottebart	Mil	4	Law	Pit	1.000
			Drott	ChC	4	Roberts	Phi	1.000


Hit by pitch			Wild pitches			Balks

Drysdale	LAD	6	Koufax	LAD	6	Cardwell	ChC	2
Perranoski	LAD	4	Drysdale	LAD	6	Brosnan	Cin	1
Hunt,K	Cin	4	Jay	Cin	5	Perranoski	LAD	1
Bolin	SF	3	Ellsworth	ChC	4	Drott	ChC	1
Loes	SF	3	Schaffernoth,J	ChC	3	Sanford	SF	1
Craig	LAD	3	Bolin	SF	3	Williams,S	LAD	1
Buhl	Mil	3	Baldschun	Phi	3	Koufax	LAD	1
Friend	Pit	3	Hunt,K	Cin	3
12 tied with		2	Craig	LAD	3
			Buhl	Mil	3
			18 tied with		2



Runners left scored percentage			Inherited runners scored pct			Ground ball DP

Law	Pit	.000	McDermott,M	StL	.053	Ellsworth	ChC	13
Burdette	Mil	.000	Lehman	Phi	.111	Friend	Pit	11
Gibbon	Pit	.000	Anderson,B	ChC	.143	Spahn	Mil	11
Jay	Cin	.000	Brewer,J	ChC	.143	Green,D	Phi	10
Koufax	LAD	.000	Ferrarese	Phi	.154	Law	Pit	10
Mizell	Pit	.000	Witt	Pit	.167	Williams,S	LAD	10
Purkey	Cin	.000	Perranoski	LAD	.182	Drysdale	LAD	9
Sanford	SF	.000	Sherry,L	LAD	.214	Podres	LAD	8
Marichal	SF	.000	Face	Pit	.222	Hunt,K	Cin	8
O'Toole	Cin	.000	Miller,B	StL	.222	Sanford	SF	8
Drysdale	LAD	.167	Bolin	SF	.250	Craig	LAD	8
Mahaffey	Phi	.250	McMahon	Mil	.250	Buhl	Mil	8


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

O'Toole	Cin	266	Spahn	Mil	247	Jackson,L	StL	.336
Spahn	Mil	265	O'Toole	Cin	235	Hunt,K	Cin	.531
Koufax	LAD	237	Koufax	LAD	211	Drysdale	LAD	.551
McCormick	SF	213	McCormick	SF	196	Nottebart	Mil	.559
Drysdale	LAD	207	Drysdale	LAD	179	O'Toole	Cin	.583
Simmons,C	StL	202	Ellsworth	ChC	179	Jay	Cin	.593
Ellsworth	ChC	198	Simmons,C	StL	179	Drott	ChC	.604
Broglio	StL	182	Broglio	StL	168	Podres	LAD	.612
Sadecki	StL	180	Sadecki	StL	166	Anderson,B	ChC	.614
Hobbie	ChC	177	Podres	LAD	163	Sanford	SF	.615
Podres	LAD	175	Hobbie	ChC	159	Friend	Pit	.622
Friend	Pit	166	2 tied with		153	Loes	SF	.624


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

Jackson,L	StL	.118	Jackson,L	StL	.152	Jackson,L	StL	.184
Drysdale	LAD	.179	Nottebart	Mil	.238	Hunt,K	Cin	.245
Nottebart	Mil	.192	Jay	Cin	.250	Drysdale	LAD	.285
Drott	ChC	.200	Friend	Pit	.262	Drott	ChC	.293
Jay	Cin	.201	Drysdale	LAD	.266	O'Toole	Cin	.294
Koufax	LAD	.213	Spahn	Mil	.267	Perranoski	LAD	.299
Sanford	SF	.221	Craig	LAD	.268	Sanford	SF	.308
O'Toole	Cin	.221	McCormick	SF	.274	Loes	SF	.315
Friend	Pit	.222	Podres	LAD	.274	Nottebart	Mil	.321
Loes	SF	.222	Purkey	Cin	.276	Anderson,B	ChC	.333
Craig	LAD	.224	Broglio	StL	.278	Podres	LAD	.337
Podres	LAD	.227	Anderson,B	ChC	.281	Jay	Cin	.343


Doubles vs RHB			Triples vs RHB			Homeruns vs RHB

Mahaffey	Phi	12	McCormick	SF	4	Farrell,T	LAD	9
Spahn	Mil	12	Haddix	Pit	3	Burdette	Mil	8
Roberts	Phi	10	Jones,Sa	SF	3	Mizell	Pit	7
Buhl	Mil	9	Ellsworth	ChC	3	Broglio	StL	7
Ellsworth	ChC	9	Koufax	LAD	3	Craig	LAD	6
Simmons,C	StL	9	Spahn	Mil	3	Gibbon	Pit	6
Purkey	Cin	8	Witt	Pit	2	Koufax	LAD	6
Sadecki	StL	8	Schaffernoth,J	ChC	2	6 tied with		5
Broglio	StL	8	Labine	Pit	2
Koufax	LAD	8	Roberts	Phi	2
3 tied with		7	Hobbie	ChC	2
			O'Toole	Cin	2


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

Spahn	Mil	57	Spahn	Mil	20	Spahn	Mil	90
O'Toole	Cin	52	Koufax	LAD	17	Koufax	LAD	77
Ellsworth	ChC	50	Broglio	StL	16	Ellsworth	ChC	74
Simmons,C	StL	49	Roberts	Phi	15	McCormick	SF	71
McCormick	SF	45	Mahaffey	Phi	15	Gibbon	Pit	70
Koufax	LAD	45	Ellsworth	ChC	15	Broglio	StL	70
Gibbon	Pit	44	Buhl	Mil	14	Burdette	Mil	69
Burdette	Mil	43	Mizell	Pit	13	Simmons,C	StL	69
Hobbie	ChC	40	Gibbon	Pit	13	O'Toole	Cin	69
Sadecki	StL	39	Simmons,C	StL	13	Farrell,T	LAD	61
Broglio	StL	39	5 tied with		12	Mizell	Pit	61
2 tied with		37				Hobbie	ChC	59


Walks vs RHB			Hit by pitch vs RHB			Strikeouts vs RHB

O'Toole	Cin	24	Perranoski	LAD	4	Koufax	LAD	60
Koufax	LAD	23	Bolin	SF	3	O'Toole	Cin	52
Drysdale	LAD	21	Craig	LAD	3	Broglio	StL	44
Simmons,C	StL	19	Palmquist,E		2	Williams,S	LAD	40
Buhl	Mil	16	McDaniel	StL	2	Drysdale	LAD	37
Williams,S	LAD	16	Labine	Pit	2	Spahn	Mil	29
Sadecki	StL	14	Loes	SF	2	Gibbon	Pit	28
Drott	ChC	13	Buhl	Mil	2	McCormick	SF	26
Sanford	SF	13	Hobbie	ChC	2	Jay	Cin	25
Spahn	Mil	13	18 tied with		1	Jones,Sa	SF	24
5 tied with		12				Sadecki	StL	23
						4 tied with		22


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

Marichal	SF	20.0	Buzhardt	Phi	5	Purkey	Cin	5
Haddix	Pit	16.0	Anderson,B	ChC	4	O'Toole	Cin	4
Jackson,L	StL	10.0	Roberts	Phi	4	Gibson	StL	3
Gibbon	Pit	7.0	Ellsworth	ChC	4	Haddix	Pit	3
Labine	Pit	6.0	Drysdale	LAD	4	Ellsworth	ChC	3
Broglio	StL	4.0	10 tied with		3	McCormick	SF	3
Craig	LAD	4.0				8 tied with		2
Burdette	Mil	3.7
Nottebart	Mil	3.6
Mahaffey	Phi	3.1
Jay	Cin	3.1
Purkey	Cin	2.9

League Pitching Leaders -- National LeagueRegular season -- as of 5/31/1961

League Pitching Leaders -- National League
Regular season -- as of 5/31/1961