# 1961 Philadelphia Phillies season

The 1961 Philadelphia Phillies season was the 79th in franchise history. The Phillies finished the season in last place in the National League at 47–107, 46 games behind the NL Champion Cincinnati Reds. The team also lost 23 games in a row, the most in the majors since 1900.

## Offseason

* November 28, 1960: Choo-Choo Coleman was drafted by the Phillies from the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 1960 rule 5 draft.

## Regular season
### Season standings

vteNational League :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Cincinnati Reds | 93 | 61 | .604 | — | 47‍–‍30 | 46‍–‍31 |
| Los Angeles Dodgers | 89 | 65 | .578 | 4 | 45‍–‍32 | 44‍–‍33 |
| San Francisco Giants | 85 | 69 | .552 | 8 | 45‍–‍32 | 40‍–‍37 |
| Milwaukee Braves | 83 | 71 | .539 | 10 | 45‍–‍32 | 38‍–‍39 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 80 | 74 | .519 | 13 | 48‍–‍29 | 32‍–‍45 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 75 | 79 | .487 | 18 | 38‍–‍39 | 37‍–‍40 |
| Chicago Cubs | 64 | 90 | .416 | 29 | 40‍–‍37 | 24‍–‍53 |
| Philadelphia Phillies | 47 | 107 | .305 | 46 | 22‍–‍55 | 25‍–‍52 |

### Record vs. opponents

1961 National League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | CHC | CIN | LAD | MIL | PHI | PIT | SF | STL |
| Chicago | — | 12–10 | 7–15 | 9–13–1 | 13–9 | 11–11 | 5–17 | 7–15–1 |
| Cincinnati | 10–12 | — | 12–10 | 15–7 | 19–3 | 11–11 | 12–10 | 14–8 |
| Los Angeles | 15–7 | 10–12 | — | 12–10 | 17–5 | 13–9 | 10–12 | 12–10 |
| Milwaukee | 13–9–1 | 7–15 | 10–12 | — | 16–6 | 12–10 | 11–11 | 14–8 |
| Philadelphia | 9–13 | 3–19 | 5–17 | 6–16 | — | 7–15 | 8–14–1 | 9–13 |
| Pittsburgh | 11–11 | 11–11 | 9–13 | 10–12 | 15–7 | — | 10–12 | 9–13 |
| San Francisco | 17–5 | 10–12 | 12–10 | 11–11 | 14–8–1 | 12–10 | — | 9–13 |
| St. Louis | 15–7–1 | 8–14 | 10–12 | 8–14 | 13–9 | 13–9 | 13–9 | — |

### Notable transactions

* May 4, 1961: Turk Farrell and Joe Koppe were traded by the Phillies to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Charley Smith and Don Demeter.
* June 1, 1961: Warren Hacker was purchased from the Phillies by the Chicago White Sox.
* July 2, 1961: Bobby Del Greco was traded by the Phillies to the Kansas City Athletics for Wes Covington.

### 1961 Game log

Legend :
| | Phillies win |
| | Phillies loss |
| | Phillies tie |
| | Postponement |
| Bold | Phillies team member |
1961 Game Log Overall Record: 47–107 :
April (6–9)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1April 11@ Dodgers2–6Don Drysdale (1–0)Robin Roberts (0–1)Larry Sherry (1)50,9270–1
2April 12@ Dodgers2–3Johnny Podres (1–0)Frank Sullivan (0–1)Larry Sherry (2)10,6940–2
3April 13@ Dodgers8–7Turk Farrell (1–0)Ed Palmquist (0–1)None10,3121–2
4April 14@ Giants0–2Mike McCormick (1–1)Art Mahaffey (0–1)None19,9891–3
5April 15@ Giants2–0Dallas Green (1–0)Juan Marichal (0–1)None18,7552–3
6April 16@ Giants2–5Sam Jones (1–0)Robin Roberts (0–2)Billy O'Dell (1)23,5942–4
–April 18BravesPostponed (rain); Makeup: July 19 as a traditional double-header
–April 19BravesPostponed (rain and cold weather); Makeup: August 25 as a traditional double-header
7April 20Braves6–7 (11)Ron Piché (1–0)John Buzhardt (0–1)None9,5312–5
8April 21Cubs2–3Don Cardwell (1–0)Robin Roberts (0–3)Don Elston (1)5,7382–6
9April 22Cubs4–6 (11)Don Elston (3–0)Turk Farrell (1–1)None3,9962–7
10April 23 (1)Cubs1–0Frank Sullivan (1–1)Dick Ellsworth (0–1)Nonesee 2nd game3–7
11April 23 (2)Cubs6–0Art Mahaffey (1–1)Bob Anderson (0–2)None16,0274–7
–April 25@ PiratesPostponed (rain and wet grounds); Makeup: June 25 as a traditional double-header
12April 26@ Pirates2–3Vinegar Bend Mizell (2–0)Dallas Green (1–1)None9,4204–8
13April 28@ Cardinals9–10 (11)Al Cicotte (1–2)Dallas Green (1–2)None5,6204–9
14April 29@ Cardinals3–2Art Mahaffey (2–1)Ray Sadecki (1–1)None6,1755–9
15April 30@ Cardinals11–7 (10)Turk Farrell (2–1)Larry Jackson (0–2)None8,1946–9 :
May (6–18)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
16May 1@ Reds2–3Jim O'Toole (2–2)Robin Roberts (0–4)None2,0896–10
17May 2@ Reds2–3Ken Hunt (2–1)Dallas Green (1–3)Jim Brosnan (3)3,0266–11
18May 3@ Reds3–9Jim Maloney (1–1)John Buzhardt (0–2)Bill Henry (1)4,0186–12
19May 4@ Reds0–4Joey Jay (1–3)Art Mahaffey (2–2)None3,0876–13
20May 5Giants2–4Juan Marichal (2–1)Frank Sullivan (1–2)None15,6746–14
–May 6GiantsPostponed (rain); Makeup: July 28 as a traditional double-header
21May 7Giants0–7Billy Loes (3–1)Robin Roberts (0–5)None9,9856–15
22May 8Dodgers3–4 (10)Turk Farrell (3–1)Chris Short (0–1)None8,5296–16
23May 9Dodgers2–5 (6)Don Drysdale (3–2)Art Mahaffey (2–3)None11,4836–17
24May 10Dodgers0–6Johnny Podres (5–0)Frank Sullivan (1–3)None8,1706–18
25May 12Cardinals1–5Ernie Broglio (3–3)John Buzhardt (0–3)None5,4636–19
26May 13Cardinals3–1Art Mahaffey (3–3)Ray Sadecki (2–2)None5,8277–19
27May 14Cardinals6–4Chris Short (1–1)Lindy McDaniel (2–2)None4,2768–19
28May 16Reds2–4Joey Jay (3–3)Frank Sullivan (1–4)None5,4288–20
29May 17Reds1–2Bob Purkey (4–1)John Buzhardt (0–4)None4,6418–21
30May 19Pirates4–1Art Mahaffey (4–3)Bob Friend (4–4)None16,0359–21
31May 20Pirates3–4Joe Gibbon (3–2)Robin Roberts (0–6)Roy Face (6)12,5479–22
32May 21Pirates11–13Bob Friend (5–4)Don Ferrarese (0–1)None9,2919–23
33May 23@ Cubs2–1 (10)Frank Sullivan (2–4)Glen Hobbie (2–5)Chris Short (1)2,17910–23
34May 24@ Braves7–1Art Mahaffey (5–3)Don Nottebart (2–3)None9,12011–23
–May 25@ BravesPostponed (rain); Makeup: July 5 as a traditional double-header
–May 26@ RedsPostponed (cold); Makeup: August 2 as a traditional double-header
35May 27@ Reds4–5Joey Jay (5–3)John Buzhardt (0–5)Jim Brosnan (5)7,69011–24
36May 28@ Reds2–4Bob Purkey (5–2)Frank Sullivan (2–5)None6,63211–25
37May 30 (1)Braves1–3Bob Buhl (2–4)Don Ferrarese (0–2)Nonesee 2nd game11–26
38May 30 (2)Braves11–4Art Mahaffey (6–3)Carl Willey (2–1)None28,78312–26
39May 31Cubs4–5Bob Anderson (2–3)Robin Roberts (0–7)Don Elston (5)4,21312–27 :
June (10–18–1)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
40June 1Cubs3–10Glen Hobbie (3–5)Frank Sullivan (2–6)None3,78512–28
41June 2@ Pirates6–0John Buzhardt (1–5)Bob Friend (5–7)None14,34413–28
42June 3@ Pirates1–5Bobby Shantz (2–1)Art Mahaffey (6–4)Roy Face (7)11,15313–29
43June 4@ Pirates5–0Don Ferrarese (1–2)Vinegar Bend Mizell (4–3)None27,35214–29
44June 5@ Giants3–2Robin Roberts (1–7)Mike McCormick (5–5)None4,88115–29
45June 6@ Giants13–9Dallas Green (2–3)Billy O'Dell (1–3)Ken Lehman (1)10,53316–29
46June 7@ Giants3–4 (11)Stu Miller (5–0)Chris Short (1–2)None6,04816–30
47June 8@ Giants5–2John Buzhardt (2–5)Sam Jones (5–5)None5,70317–30
48June 9@ Dodgers1–3Don Drysdale (4–3)Frank Sullivan (2–7)None19,11017–31
49June 10@ Dodgers4–5Larry Sherry (2–2)John Buzhardt (2–6)None18,90817–32
50June 11@ Dodgers3–6Sandy Koufax (9–2)Art Mahaffey (6–5)None18,83317–33
51June 13Cardinals3–2Frank Sullivan (3–7)Larry Jackson (2–6)None7,32718–33
–June 14CardinalsPostponed (rain); Makeup: August 29 as a traditional double-header
52June 15Cardinals3–6Ray Sadecki (5–4)Art Mahaffey (6–6)Bob Miller (2)6,78918–34
53June 16Reds1–4Ken Hunt (7–3)John Buzhardt (2–7)Jim Brosnan (10)10,50818–35
54June 17Reds5–10Bob Purkey (8–3)Robin Roberts (1–8)None5,20518–36
55June 18 (1)Reds2–7Howie Nunn (2–0)Don Ferrarese (1–3)Nonesee 2nd game18–37
56June 18 (2)Reds0–10Jim O'Toole (6–6)Chris Short (1–3)None16,36918–38
57June 20Pirates2–6Harvey Haddix (5–2)Art Mahaffey (6–7)Roy Face (10)10,64918–39
–June 21PiratesPostponed (rain); Makeup: August 8 as a traditional double-header
58June 22Pirates1–5Bob Friend (8–7)John Buzhardt (2–8)None9,12618–40
59June 23@ Pirates12–11Ken Lehman (1–0)Earl Francis (0–2)Frank Sullivan (1)16,17019–40
60June 24@ Pirates6–2Chris Short (2–3)Vinegar Bend Mizell (4–6)Frank Sullivan (2)9,54620–40
61June 25 (1)@ Pirates5–10Roy Face (3–3)Jack Baldschun (0–1)Nonesee 2nd game20–41
62June 25 (2)@ Pirates4–3Art Mahaffey (7–7)Harvey Haddix (5–3)Frank Sullivan (3)10,95121–41
63June 26Giants1–0Jim Owens (1–0)Jack Sanford (3–5)Dallas Green (1)7,87222–41
64June 27Giants5–12Juan Marichal (5–4)John Buzhardt (2–9)Stu Miller (7)10,72822–42
65June 28Giants7–7 (15)NoneNoneNone11,59722–42–1
66June 29 (1)Giants7–8 (10)Juan Marichal (6–4)Frank Sullivan (3–8)Nonesee 2nd game22–43–1
67June 29 (2)Giants1–4Billy Loes (5–5)Art Mahaffey (7–8)None14,99722–44–1
68June 30Dodgers6–10Stan Williams (7–7)Jim Owens (1–1)Turk Farrell (3)17,51822–45–1 :
July (8–21)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
69July 1Dodgers2–5Johnny Podres (8–1)John Buzhardt (2–10)Larry Sherry (11)19,06422–46–1
70July 2Dodgers1–2Don Drysdale (6–5)Art Mahaffey (7–9)Turk Farrell (4)15,03922–47–1
71July 4 (1)@ Cardinals7–10Curt Simmons (3–7)Don Ferrarese (1–4)Mickey McDermott (4)see 2nd game22–48–1
72July 4 (2)@ Cardinals10–6Jack Baldschun (1–1)Craig Anderson (1–1)Frank Sullivan (4)14,65323–48–1
73July 5 (1)@ Braves4–5 (12)Don McMahon (4–0)Frank Sullivan (3–9)Nonesee 2nd game23–49–1
74July 5 (2)@ Braves0–4Lew Burdette (9–5)Ken Lehman (1–1)None14,28023–50–1
75July 6@ Braves6–7Johnny Antonelli (1–4)Don Ferrarese (1–5)Don McMahon (5)10,43923–51–1
76July 7@ Cubs3–9Don Cardwell (8–6)Chris Short (2–4)None5,35623–52–1
77July 8@ Cubs4–6Jack Curtis (6–2)Jim Owens (1–2)Barney Schultz (5)11,64523–53–1
78July 9 (1)@ Cubs8–9Glen Hobbie (7–9)Art Mahaffey (7–10)Bob Anderson (3)see 2nd game23–54–1
79July 9 (2)@ Cubs5–8 (8)Dick Ellsworth (4–6)Chris Short (2–5)None20,55623–55–1
–July 111961 Major League Baseball All-Star Game at Candlestick Park in San Francisco
80July 13@ Dodgers2–7Stan Williams (9–8)Art Mahaffey (7–11)None14,23823–56–1
81July 14@ Dodgers7–5 (10)Jack Baldschun (2–1)Roger Craig (3–6)None13,87124–56–1
82July 15@ Dodgers7–2Chris Short (3–5)Sandy Koufax (11–6)None8,06225–56–1
83July 16@ Giants3–7Sam Jones (7–5)Jim Owens (1–3)Stu Miller (8)17,60825–57–1
84July 17@ Giants10–7Jack Baldschun (3–1)Bobby Bolin (2–1)None10,40126–57–1
85July 19 (1)Braves5–8Bob Buhl (6–8)Art Mahaffey (7–12)Don McMahon (6)see 2nd game26–58–1
86July 19 (2)Braves2–1Don Ferrarese (2–5)Carl Willey (3–4)None19,81827–58–1
87July 20Braves1–5Bob Hendley (3–2)Chris Short (3–6)None6,61427–59–1
88July 21Cubs4–3 (10)Jack Baldschun (4–1)Barney Schultz (3–2)None5,41328–59–1
89July 22Cubs6–5Chris Short (4–6)Glen Hobbie (7–11)Jack Baldschun (1)2,95629–59–1
90July 23Cubs5–11Don Elston (6–5)Art Mahaffey (7–13)None3,47629–60–1
91July 25Dodgers2–7Sandy Koufax (13–6)Don Ferrarese (2–6)None10,39129–61–1
92July 26Dodgers1–6Don Drysdale (8–6)Jim Owens (1–4)None10,05829–62–1
93July 27Dodgers6–11Roger Craig (4–6)Jack Baldschun (4–2)Larry Sherry (14)8,41529–63–1
94July 28 (1)Giants5–8Dom Zanni (1–0)Art Mahaffey (7–14)Stu Miller (9)see 2nd game29–64–1
95July 28 (2)Giants4–3John Buzhardt (3–10)Dick LeMay (2–4)None19,55830–64–1
96July 29Giants3–4Mike McCormick (9–9)Don Ferrarese (2–7)None8,66730–65–1
97July 30Giants2–5Jack Sanford (6–5)Jim Owens (1–5)None8,34730–66–1
–July 311961 Major League Baseball All-Star Game at Fenway Park in Boston :
August (7–26)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
98August 2 (1)@ Reds2–4Jim O'Toole (11–8)Art Mahaffey (7–15)Bill Henry (13)see 2nd game30–67–1
99August 2 (2)@ Reds2–3Joey Jay (15–6)Chris Short (4–7)Sherman Jones (2)19,28630–68–1
100August 3@ Reds1–7Ken Johnson (2–4)John Buzhardt (3–11)None9,62530–69–1
101August 4@ Cardinals8–9Ernie Broglio (8–10)Don Ferrarese (2–8)Ed Bauta (2)8,74930–70–1
102August 5@ Cardinals0–7Curt Simmons (6–7)Paul Brown (0–1)None7,14030–71–1
103August 6 (1)@ Cardinals1–3Ray Sadecki (9–5)Frank Sullivan (3–10)Nonesee 2nd game30–72–1
104August 6 (2)@ Cardinals2–3Bob Gibson (8–8)Jim Owens (1–6)None18,78430–73–1
105August 7Pirates1–3Bob Friend (11–13)John Buzhardt (3–12)None5,58630–74–1
106August 8 (1)Pirates2–10Harvey Haddix (8–5)Art Mahaffey (7–16)Nonesee 2nd game30–75–1
107August 8 (2)Pirates2–3Tom Sturdivant (3–6)Chris Short (4–8)None11,08130–76–1
108August 9Reds0–5Joey Jay (16–7)Don Ferrarese (2–9)None9,31730–77–1
109August 11@ Pirates0–6 (7)Bob Friend (12–13)Robin Roberts (1–9)None12,96530–78–1
110August 12@ Pirates0–4Vinegar Bend Mizell (6–8)Jim Owens (1–7)None8,78530–79–1
111August 13@ Pirates4–13Tom Sturdivant (4–6)John Buzhardt (3–13)None12,92330–80–1
112August 14@ Cubs2–9Dick Ellsworth (6–7)Frank Sullivan (3–11)None5,60830–81–1
113August 15@ Cubs5–6Jack Curtis (8–7)Art Mahaffey (7–17)Bob Anderson (5)5,87830–82–1
114August 16@ Cubs5–9Don Cardwell (10–10)Chris Short (4–9)None6,39030–83–1
115August 17@ Braves6–7 (11)Don Nottebart (4–6)Jack Baldschun (4–3)None12,45130–84–1
116August 18@ Braves1–4Lew Burdette (15–8)Jim Owens (1–8)None15,79130–85–1
117August 19@ Braves3–4Tony Cloninger (4–2)Frank Sullivan (3–12)Don McMahon (7)10,57430–86–1
118August 20 (1)@ Braves2–5Warren Spahn (14–12)Chris Short (4–10)Nonesee 2nd game30–87–1
119August 20 (2)@ Braves7–4John Buzhardt (4–13)Carl Willey (5–7)None24,63731–87–1
120August 22Cubs6–0Art Mahaffey (8–17)Dick Ellsworth (7–8)None4,95732–87–1
–August 23CubsPostponed (wet grounds); Makeup: August 24
121August 24Cubs7–4Jim Owens (2–8)Jack Curtis (8–9)Don Ferrarese (1)2,77333–87–1
122August 25 (1)Braves9–4John Buzhardt (5–13)Carl Willey (5–8)Nonesee 2nd game34–87–1
123August 25 (2)Braves4–9Tony Cloninger (5–2)Frank Sullivan (3–13)None13,03734–88–1
–August 26BravesPostponed (rain); Makeup: August 27 as a traditional double-header
124August 27 (1)Braves10–11 (12)Bob Hendley (4–3)Jim Owens (2–9)Nonesee 2nd game34–89–1
125August 27 (2)Braves3–0Art Mahaffey (9–17)Bob Buhl (9–10)None9,26335–89–1
126August 28Braves1–7Warren Spahn (16–12)Robin Roberts (1–10)None6,34635–90–1
127August 29 (1)Cardinals4–5Curt Simmons (8–9)John Buzhardt (5–14)Ed Bauta (5)see 2nd game35–91–1
128August 29 (2)Cardinals4–3Chris Short (5–10)Al Cicotte (2–5)None8,59236–91–1
129August 30Cardinals4–3Don Ferrarese (3–9)Ray Sadecki (12–7)None4,95237–91–1
130August 31Cardinals1–2Bob Gibson (10–10)Art Mahaffey (9–18)None4,80337–92–1 :
September (10–14)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
131September 2Reds4–7Joey Jay (19–8)John Buzhardt (5–15)Bill Henry (16)4,14737–93–1
132September 3Reds3–2Jim Owens (3–9)Jim Maloney (6–6)None4,75238–93–1
133September 4 (1)Reds0–5Ken Johnson (6–6)Frank Sullivan (3–14)Nonesee 2nd game38–94–1
134September 4 (2)Reds5–3Art Mahaffey (10–18)Ken Hunt (9–10)None16,17539–94–1
135September 5@ Braves4–5 (14)Lew Burdette (16–9)Frank Sullivan (3–15)None8,01839–95–1
136September 6@ Braves0–1Warren Spahn (18–12)John Buzhardt (5–16)None10,09039–96–1
137September 8@ Cubs1–4Dick Ellsworth (8–10)Art Mahaffey (10–19)None1,53339–97–1
138September 9@ Cubs6–2Jim Owens (4–9)Jack Curtis (10–11)None7,11040–97–1
139September 10@ Cubs14–6Don Ferrarese (4–9)Barney Schultz (7–4)Frank Sullivan (5)7,62841–97–1
140September 11@ Dodgers5–6 (11)Ron Perranoski (7–5)Don Ferrarese (4–10)None9,06441–98–1
141September 12@ Dodgers19–10Chris Short (6–10)Sandy Koufax (15–11)Jack Baldschun (2)8,62942–98–1
142September 13@ Giants2–8Jim Duffalo (4–0)Dallas Green (2–4)None5,58542–99–1
143September 14@ Giants4–3 (10)John Buzhardt (6–16)Dick LeMay (3–6)None4,32843–99–1
144September 16@ Reds2–3Jim O'Toole (16–9)Jim Owens (4–10)Jim Brosnan (15)8,37643–100–1
145September 17@ Reds4–0Art Mahaffey (11–19)Bob Purkey (16–11)Frank Sullivan (6)14,67144–100–1
146September 19@ Cardinals0–3Curt Simmons (9–10)John Buzhardt (6–17)None4,93544–101–1
147September 20@ Cardinals6–1Don Ferrarese (5–10)Ernie Broglio (9–12)None5,11345–101–1
148September 22Pirates2–3Clem Labine (4–1)Frank Sullivan (3–16)None4,68745–102–1
149September 23Pirates5–4 (16)Jack Baldschun (5–3)Roy Face (6–12)None4,00546–102–1
150September 24Pirates3–4Vinegar Bend Mizell (7–10)Chris Short (6–11)Tom Sturdivant (1)3,28246–103–1
151September 25Giants2–10Mike McCormick (13–16)Don Ferrarese (5–11)None3,41646–104–1
152September 27Dodgers2–1Jim Owens (5–10)Sandy Koufax (18–13)Jack Baldschun (3)4,16647–104–1
153September 28Dodgers0–10Don Drysdale (13–10)Chris Short (6–12)None3,65147–105–1
154September 30Cardinals2–12Ray Washburn (1–1)John Buzhardt (6–18)None2,58747–106–1 :
October (0–1)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
155October 1Cardinals0–2Bob Gibson (13–12)Don Ferrarese (5–12)None2,49647–107–1 :

### Roster
## Player stats
### Batting
#### Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
| Pos | Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
| C | Clay Dalrymple | 129 | 378 | 83 | .220 | 5 | 42 |
| 1B | Pancho Herrera | 126 | 400 | 103 | .258 | 13 | 51 |
| 2B | Tony Taylor | 106 | 400 | 100 | .250 | 2 | 26 |
| 3B | Charley Smith | 112 | 411 | 102 | .248 | 9 | 47 |
| SS | Rubén Amaro | 135 | 381 | 98 | .257 | 1 | 32 |
| LF | Johnny Callison | 138 | 455 | 121 | .266 | 9 | 47 |
| CF | Tony González | 126 | 426 | 118 | .277 | 12 | 58 |
| RF | Ken Walters | 86 | 180 | 41 | .228 | 2 | 14 |

#### Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
| Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
| Don Demeter | 106 | 382 | 98 | .257 | 20 | 68 |
| Bobby Malkmus | 121 | 342 | 79 | .231 | 7 | 31 |
| Lee Walls | 91 | 261 | 73 | .280 | 8 | 30 |
| Bobby Smith | 79 | 174 | 44 | .253 | 2 | 18 |
| Wes Covington | 57 | 165 | 50 | .303 | 7 | 26 |
| Bobby Del Greco | 41 | 112 | 29 | .259 | 2 | 11 |
| Darrell Johnson | 21 | 61 | 14 | .230 | 0 | 3 |
| Bob Sadowski | 16 | 54 | 7 | .130 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Woods | 23 | 48 | 11 | .229 | 2 | 9 |
| Choo Choo Coleman | 34 | 47 | 6 | .128 | 0 | 4 |
| Elmer Valo | 50 | 43 | 8 | .186 | 1 | 8 |
| George Williams | 17 | 36 | 9 | .250 | 0 | 1 |
| Tony Curry | 15 | 36 | 7 | .194 | 0 | 3 |
| Cal Neeman | 19 | 31 | 7 | .226 | 0 | 2 |
| Jimmie Coker | 11 | 25 | 10 | .400 | 1 | 4 |
| Al Kenders | 10 | 23 | 4 | .174 | 0 | 1 |
| Joe Koppe | 6 | 3 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |

### Pitching
#### Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
| Art Mahaffey | 36 | 219.1 | 11 | 19 | 4.10 | 158 |
| John Buzhardt | 41 | 202.1 | 6 | 18 | 4.49 | 92 |
| Robin Roberts | 26 | 117.0 | 1 | 10 | 5.85 | 54 |
| Jim Owens | 20 | 106.2 | 5 | 10 | 4.47 | 38 |

#### Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
| Frank Sullivan | 49 | 159.1 | 3 | 16 | 4.29 | 114 |
| Don Ferrarese | 42 | 138.2 | 5 | 12 | 3.76 | 89 |
| Dallas Green | 42 | 128.0 | 2 | 4 | 4.85 | 51 |
| Chris Short | 39 | 127.1 | 6 | 12 | 5.94 | 80 |
| Paul Brown | 5 | 10.0 | 0 | 1 | 8.10 | 1 |

#### Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
| Jack Baldschun | 65 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3.88 | 59 |
| Ken Lehman | 41 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4.26 | 27 |
| Turk Farrell | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6.52 | 10 |
| Jack Meyer | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 2 |

## Minor league system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AAA | Buffalo Bisons | International League | Kerby Farrell |
| AA | Chattanooga Lookouts | Southern Association | Frank Lucchesi |
| A | Williamsport Grays | Eastern League | Andy Seminick |
| B | Des Moines Demons | Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League | Chuck Kress |
| C | Bakersfield Bears | California League | Lou Kahn |
| C | Magic Valley Cowboys | Pioneer League | Jack Phillips |
| D | Dothan Phillies | Alabama–Florida League | Bob Wellman |
| D | Elmira Pioneers | New York–Penn League | Moose Johnson |
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Buffalo, Chattanooga