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The 1961 Chicago Cubs season was the 90th season of the Chicago Cubs franchise, the 86th in the National League and the 46th at Wrigley Field.In the first season under their College of Coaches, the Cubs finished seventh in the National League with a record of 64–90, 29 games behind the Cincinnati Reds.
The 1961 schedule was the first time that the American and National Leagues did not follow the same scheduling format. ... Chicago Cubs: Chicago, Illinois: Wrigley ...
Schedule changes for 2013, precipitated by realignment that created two equal-sized leagues of 15 teams each, gave every team 20 interleague games. [8] Sixteen of which were determined by a match of divisions, one from each league; all teams in a given division play all teams in a given division from the other league.
Chicago Cubs outfielder Billy Williams, who hit .278 with 25 home runs and 86 RBI, is selected as the National League Rookie of the Year. Catcher Joe Torre of the Milwaukee Braves (.278, 10, 42) and Cubs pitcher Jack Curtis (10 wins, 4.89 ERA) also receive consideration for the honor.
The College of Coaches was an unorthodox baseball organizational practice employed by the National League's Chicago Cubs in 1961 and 1962.After the Cubs finished 60–94 in 1960, their 14th straight NL second-division finish, Cubs owner P. K. Wrigley announced in December 1960 that the Cubs would no longer have a sole field manager, but would be led by an eight-man committee.
NBC purchased the rights to 11 Milwaukee Braves games, 11 Pittsburgh Pirates games, two Washington Senators games, and two Chicago Cubs games. Leo Durocher was succeeded as color commentator by Fred Haney in 1960, and Joe Garagiola in 1961, while Bob Wolff [10] replaced Nelson on play-by-play in 1962.
The parent club, Chicago Cubs, was the first major league team to play at Wrigley, when it played the Angels in a spring training game in 1926. [4] On March 20, 1949, the major league Cubs played the defending world champion Cleveland Indians in a spring training game before 24,517 people. [4] The PCL Angels at Wrigley Field, 1952.
1961 Chicago Cubs season; 1961 Chicago White Sox season; 1961 Cincinnati Reds season; 1961 Cleveland Indians season; D. 1961 Detroit Tigers season; E.