1961 Pittsburgh Pirates season
The 1961 Pittsburgh Pirates fell from World Champions the previous season to sixth place in the National League, as they won 75 games and lost 79, 18 games behind NL Champion Cincinnati.Regular season
Record vs. opponents
Notable transactions
Statistics
;Batting
| Player | | | | | | |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | 2 | 1 | 0.500 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | 16 | 7 | 0.438 | 0 | 3 |
| 146 | 572 | 201 | 0.351 | 23 | 89 |
| 9 | 35 | 11 | 0.314 | 0 | 2 |
| 100 | 323 | 98 | 0.303 | 12 | 52 |
| 138 | 532 | 160 | 0.301 | 35 | 117 |
| 21 | 67 | 20 | 0.299 | 0 | 6 |
| 145 | 503 | 150 | 0.298 | 12 | 61 |
| 148 | 596 | 164 | 0.275 | 6 | 55 |
| 62 | 11 | 3 | 0.273 | 0 | 1 |
| 119 | 381 | 102 | 0.268 | 3 | 42 |
| 22 | 60 | 16 | 0.267 | 3 | 5 |
| 28 | 15 | 4 | 0.267 | 1 | 3 |
| 152 | 558 | 148 | 0.265 | 13 | 59 |
| 76 | 186 | 49 | 0.263 | 0 | 14 |
| 11 | 19 | 5 | 0.263 | 0 | 5 |
| 146 | 599 | 156 | 0.260 | 9 | 58 |
| 13 | 32 | 8 | 0.250 | 0 | 1 |
| 27 | 52 | 12 | 0.231 | 0 | 5 |
| 67 | 193 | 43 | 0.223 | 3 | 26 |
| 40 | 65 | 13 | 0.200 | 3 | 9 |
| 75 | 127 | 25 | 0.197 | 5 | 13 |
| 60 | 78 | 15 | 0.192 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | 6 | 1 | 0.167 | 0 | 1 |
| 31 | 56 | 8 | 0.143 | 0 | 3 |
| 41 | 79 | 11 | 0.139 | 0 | 7 |
| 31 | 59 | 8 | 0.136 | 0 | 6 |
| 25 | 23 | 3 | 0.130 | 0 | 1 |
| 23 | 28 | 3 | 0.107 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | 10 | 1 | 0.100 | 0 | 0 |
| 56 | 10 | 1 | 0.100 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | 3 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | 8 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 5 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 |
;Pitching
| Player | | | | | | |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 |
| 1 | | 0 | 0 | 2.70 | 1 |
| 13 | | 5 | 2 | 2.84 | 45 |
| 30 | | 13 | 10 | 3.32 | 145 |
| 43 | | 6 | 3 | 3.32 | 61 |
| 3 | | 1 | 0 | 3.42 | 15 |
| 56 | | 4 | 1 | 3.69 | 49 |
| 27 | | 3 | 2 | 3.75 | 49 |
| 62 | 92 | 6 | 12 | 3.82 | 55 |
| 41 | 236 | 14 | 19 | 3.85 | 108 |
| 29 | 156 | 10 | 6 | 4.10 | 99 |
| 23 | | 2 | 8 | 4.21 | 53 |
| 11 | | 3 | 4 | 4.70 | 20 |
| 13 | | 0 | 0 | 4.79 | 4 |
| 25 | 100 | 7 | 10 | 5.04 | 37 |
| 3 | | 1 | 1 | 5.87 | 9 |
| 9 | | 0 | 1 | 6.32 | 9 |
Farm system
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Asheville, Hobbs
