most strikeouts as a cubs pitcher 1961

Don Cardwell struck out the most batters for the Cubs in 1961, with 156 strikeouts.

NAMESOSEASONTMGWLW%GSERACGSHOSVIPHERRHRBBHBPGFIBBTBFWPK/9BB/9K/BBHR/9K%BB%WHIPBABIPRAERA-FIPFIP-H/9PRAA
1Don Cardwell
D. Cardwell
156
1961
39
15
14
.517
38
3.82
13
3
0
259.1
243
110
121
22
88
10
1
0
1,106
6
5.41
3.05
1.77
0.76
14.1
8.0
1.28
.266
4.20
93
3.61
90
8.43
11.9
2Glen Hobbie
G. Hobbie
103
1961
36
7
13
.350
29
4.26
7
2
2
198.2
207
94
113
26
54
6
4
7
848
4
4.67
2.45
1.91
1.18
12.1
6.4
1.31
.275
5.12
104
4.14
103
9.38
-2.5
3Bob Anderson
B. Anderson
96
1961
57
7
10
.412
12
4.26
1
0
8
152.0
162
72
85
14
56
2
21
11
659
4
5.68
3.32
1.71
0.83
14.6
8.5
1.43
.301
5.03
104
3.65
91
9.59
6.2
4Dick Ellsworth
D. Ellsworth
91
1961
37
10
11
.476
31
3.86
7
1
0
186.2
213
80
90
23
48
3
2
3
799
9
4.39
2.31
1.90
1.11
11.4
6.0
1.40
.300
4.34
94
4.02
100
10.27
0.2
5Don Elston
D. Elston
59
1961
58
6
7
.462
0
5.59
0
0
8
93.1
108
58
64
11
45
6
32
12
421
3
5.69
4.34
1.31
1.06
14.0
10.7
1.64
.323
6.17
136
4.48
112
10.41
-4.6
6Barney Schultz
B. Schultz
59
1961
41
7
6
.538
0
2.70
0
0
7
66.2
57
20
32
6
25
4
25
4
286
6
7.97
3.38
2.36
0.81
20.6
8.7
1.23
.266
4.32
66
3.28
82
7.69
5.4
7Jim Brewer
J. Brewer
57
1961
36
1
7
.125
11
5.82
0
0
0
86.2
116
56
65
17
21
1
11
2
388
4
5.92
2.18
2.71
1.77
14.7
5.4
1.58
.339
6.75
141
4.57
114
12.05
-5.1
8Jack Curtis
J. Curtis
57
1961
31
10
13
.435
27
4.89
6
0
0
180.1
220
98
117
23
51
1
2
6
802
1
2.84
2.55
1.12
1.15
7.1
6.4
1.50
.294
5.84
119
4.46
111
10.98
-8.6
9Dick Drott
D. Drott
48
1961
35
1
4
.200
8
4.22
0
0
0
98.0
75
46
54
13
51
1
12
0
414
7
4.41
4.68
0.94
1.19
11.6
12.3
1.29
.206
4.96
103
4.91
122
6.89
-9.4
10Joe Schaffernoth
J. Schaffernoth
23
1961
21
0
4
.000
0
6.34
0
0
0
38.1
43
27
29
7
18
1
7
2
170
4
5.40
4.23
1.28
1.64
13.5
10.6
1.59
.298
6.81
154
5.23
130
10.10
-5
11Mel Wright
M. Wright
6
1961
11
0
1
.000
0
10.71
0
0
0
21.0
42
25
26
3
4
0
5
0
107
1
2.57
1.71
1.50
1.29
5.6
3.7
2.19
.415
11.14
261
4.43
110
18.00
-0.9

More MLB News

More Cubs Stats

Team Batting Leaders

HR

16

Happ

Ian Happ

RBI

42

Busch

Michael Busch

AVG

.277

Kelly

Carson Kelly
Team Pitching Leaders

W

5

Rolison

Ryan Rolison

K

81

Imanaga

Shota Imanaga

ERA

1.74

Brown

Ben Brown
Team Rankings

HR

83

14th

R

328

10th

SO

567

20th

ERA

4.21

18th

2026 Division Standings
TEAMWLPCTGB
42
26
.618
38
30
.559
4.0
Cubs Cubs
37
34
.521
6.5
36
35
.507
7.5
33
36
.478
9.5
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sun
6/14
@
3:10 PM
Mon
6/15
@
8:05 PM
Tue
6/16
@
8:05 PM
Wed
6/17
@
8:05 PM
Fri
6/19
@
2:20 PM
Last Game
CHC Cubs

37 - 34

6

Final

1

SFG Giants

28 - 43

Sat 13 Jun 2026

MLB 2026 Batting Leaders

MLB 2026 Pitching Leaders

MLB Fantasy 2026

MLB 2026 Betting

MLB 2026 Standings

NL EastWLPCTGB
46
24
.657
38
32
.543
8.0
36
35
.507
10.5
35
36
.493
11.5
31
39
.443
15.0
NL CentralWLPCTGB
42
26
.618
38
30
.559
4.0
37
34
.521
6.5
36
35
.507
7.5
33
36
.478
9.5
NL WestWLPCTGB
45
26
.634
36
33
.522
8.0
35
35
.500
9.5
28
43
.394
17.0
26
45
.366
19.0
AL EastWLPCTGB
42
27
.609
40
27
.597
1.0
34
37
.479
9.0
34
38
.472
9.5
29
39
.426
12.5
AL CentralWLPCTGB
39
33
.542
37
32
.536
0.5
32
40
.444
7.0
29
42
.408
9.5
28
43
.394
10.5
AL WestWLPCTGB
37
35
.514
35
35
.500
1.0
34
36
.486
2.0
33
39
.458
4.0
29
42
.408
7.5

MLB 2026 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Fri
5/29
@
5-6
Fri
5/29
@
5-8
Fri
5/29
@
6-8
Sat
5/30
@
1-7
Sat
5/30
@
6-7

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sun
6/14
@
12:15 PM
Sun
6/14
@
1:35 PM
Sun
6/14
@
1:35 PM
Sun
6/14
@
1:37 PM
Sun
6/14
@
1:40 PM