Roberto Clemente 1961 Timeline

From BR Bullpen

This is the 1961 installment in a chronology of memorable moments in the professional career of Roberto Clemente.

__ Mar 22 __ 450-Foot Bomb Punctuates Spring Training Rout
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Clemente pushes home just one run in this 10-1 rout, but it's by far the loudest:

"One of them was a tape measure clout by Bob Clemente in the second inning, a 450-foot sock over the trees in center field." [1]

__ May 07 __ Third Stab at 436 (*): Good for Three Bases
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* Also, see 6/21/60, 8/2/60, 5/31/61, 5/1/66, 6/5/66 and 6/9/66, as well as 7/8/69.

Robby wreaking havoc, in foul ground and fair (as the battered Charlie Neal and Willie Davis can attest); but it's all comes to nought, when the 'Doctor' proves too patient.

"Neal ran into the wall near the Buc bullpen in the eighth in uncertain pursuit of a Clemente foul ball. Then Clemente hit a 440-foot triple to center that Tom Davis [sic][2] tried to take off the wall with a leap that just missed.[3] Clemente’s 436-foot triple was wasted in the eighth when Stuart took a third strike."[4]


__ May 09a _ Close RC Encounters of the Oh So Hurtful Kind
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"Gino Cimoli can attest that Roberto Clemente hits the ball as hard as any batter in the league. Cimoli was pitching the final turn in batting practice before the night game with the Giants at Forbes Field, May 9, when Clemente hit the last pitch before the Giants stepped into the cage. It was a liner that caught Cimoli on the left side below the heart and he went down in a heap. The Pirates outfielder walked off under his own steam. X-rays failed to reveal a fracture although Cimoli had a badly bruised side from the terrific impact of the ball. He was out of the lineup for a few days." [5]


__ May 09b _ Mays vs. Momen: Robby's Ribbies / Willie Wasted
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Mays stranded after 1st-inning double and 3rd-inning triple; RC makes hay as do Bucs:

“The right-handed Puerto Rican drilled a two-run homer into the lower right-field stands in the seventh inning.” [6] “After Eddie Fisher had rid himself of the first two Pirates, Dick Stuart walked and Clemente homered deep into the right field stands.” [7] “He drove in his other two runs with a line-drive single in the second." [8]


__ May 13 __ RC Fakes Out GC, Gets a 'Gimme' OF Assist
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After pulling Pirates even with sac fly, he helps preserve deadlock with this diabolical maneuver:

"Roberto Clemente neatly tricked the Reds’ Gordon Coleman, May 13, and robbed Bob Schmidt of a hit. Clemente came in fast for Schmidt’s soft fly and threw up his right hand to signal he had it as Coleman slowed up, fearing a catch. Clemente picked up the ball and threw to second for the forceout." [9]

Subsequent to this unscrupulous ploy, Pirates put together three big innings to win going away, RC singling and scoring in each one.

__ May 19 __ Robby's Big Blast Gives Bucs Brief Boost
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“The Pirates’ only run came in the fourth on Clemente’s homer over the right field wall to break a scoreless tie.” [10] “Clemente performed the novel feat of drilling one over the [34-foot-high] right field wall in Philadelphia.” [11]


__ May 24 __ Two Clemente Clouts Push Pirates Past Cubs
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“Clemente homered over the right-field wall to provide a single Pirate run in the fourth inning [and tie the score at two].” [12] “Clemente planted a pitch from loser Dick Ellsworth in the left-center seats to [drive in three and] put the Bucs ahead, 6-2.” [13]


__ May 27 __ Robby's 'Wrong'-Field Rooftop Bomb Goes For Naught
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Tape-measure shot onto right-field pavilion roof at Busch Stadium in St. Louis gives Bucs short-lived 1-0 lead.

"On the first pitch of the second inning, Bob Clemente smashed his sixth home run. His drive also went to the pavilion roof." [14]

Coming some three months later, Russo's retrospective reference to this shot – much like McGowan's much appreciated belated recap of RC's prodigious 7/25/54 first-ever North American home run – will help us establish its tape-measure bona fides:

"The baseball Redbirds rank sixteenth [out of sixteen] in the majors in home runs with just 87. They have had to blush more times this season than ever because of the numerous tape-measure home runs at their park, including long blasts by Wally Post, Orlando Cepeda, Joe Adcock and Bob Clemente." [15]

__ May 31 __ Tape-Measure Two-Bagger Targets 436 Again (*)
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* Also, see 6/21/60, 8/2/60, 5/07/61, 5/1/66, 6/5/66 and 6/9/66, as well as 7/8/69.

Dick Groat's bunt single and tape measure two-baggers from Roberto Clemente and Dick Stuart provide all the support Pittsburgh starter Joe Gibbon will need in his complete game victory over the still formidable Braves lineup. All the support he will need, perhaps, but not all he will get, as the Bucs batter the Braves, 9 runs to 1, and 9 doubles to none – although future HOFer Hank Aaron will keep the Braves from being shut out, in terms of either runs scored or extra base hits, by virtue of his 9th home run, which carries, according to Pirate beat writer Les Biederman, "over the left-field fence on a low line as though shot out of a rifle." [16] We also learn from Les that Pittsburgh's opening-round moon shots targeted a couple of familiar Forbes Field landmarks:

"Clemente slashed a two-bagger to the warning track at the 436-foot sign in right center and Stuart followed with a two-run double to the light tower in right center." [17]


_ Jun 03 __ 'Alberto' Clemente, Fiery 'Cuban,' Sets Off 1st-Inning Bomb
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Exactly four years after being victimized by Willie Mays' egregious first-frame felony, RC takes matters into his own hands:

"Roberto Clemente boomed his seventh home run in the first with nobody aboard." [18]

So says AP and, so far, so good. It's with UPI's account that Clemente's name and nationality undergo unnerving transformations.

"Alberto, whose first inning homer was his seventh of the year, was banished in the eighth inning in a spectacular arm-waving argument with first base umpire Ed Sudol. The fiery Cuban insisted he beat out a grounder to short but was overruled. Before leaving the field, Clemente tossed a cap high above the Pirate dugout." [19]

Well, whatever his name, a bit more information re this particular 420-plus-foot blast comes from Jack Hernon of the Post-Gazette:

"When Clemente hit his homer over the fence in left centerfield in the first inning, the Pirates were on the way to winning a ball game" [20]


_ Jun 07 __ Robby's Revenge: Bona Fide 'Moon Shot' off Sandy
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RC's second LA Coliseum blast off Koufax, this one over the all-too-easily accessible left-field screen. However, unlike Wally Moon's stock in trade [the derisively dubbed 'Moon Shot'], this one goes wayyy over:

"Clemente parked No. 8 some 35 rows behind the screen with the bases empty in the first." [21]

This day's early, one-run lead would, alas, last only slightly longer than had May 27th's.


_ Jun 25 __ Prodigious Pokes Helps Pitt Prevail In Opener
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"Clemente had two homers, one in the fourth off starter Don Ferrarese and his seventh-inning blast off Ken Lehman, rattled off the wall in right field.” [22] “Clemente’s tenth homer was an inside-the-park job that went off the right-field wall and bounced toward center field with Tony Gonzalez frantically chasing it.” [23] "The inside-the-park belt ignited a four-run outburst and placed the game beyond reach." [24]

Unfortunately, one-run lead furnished by RC's 5th-inning sac fly in nightcap proves – as, it is becoming painfully apparent, will all too often be the case in this disappointing post-Championship season – short-lived.


_ Jun 29 __ Robby's Revenge: Clutch Double Kills Dodgers
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Koufax victimized once again, losing both his shutout and his lead on one pitch to his Pennsylvania nemesis:

“Koufax was sailing along with a 2-0 lead and had retired the first two in the eighth when the roof fell in. Virdon [and Logan] singled.” [25] “[Manager] Walt Alston conferred with the tiring southpaw, then decided to let him pitch to the dangerous Clemente. Sandy’s first serve was transformed into a game-tying double.” [26] “Clemente chased Koufax with [the] double to left-center.” [27]


_ Jun 30 __ May vs. Momen... Til Bucs' Two Bills Take Over
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Mays’ and Clemente’s head-to-head combat appears to result in SF win, right up until eleventh-hour intervention by Bucs’ two Bills - Virdon and Maz.:

"For eight and two-thirds innings it was a man-to-man war between the National League’s two most exciting players – Mays of the good guys and Roberto Clemente of the bad guys. Then two worse guys, Bill Virdon and Bill Mazeroski, took charge in the ninth for two runs, and what could have been a satisfying conquest turned into an ulcer-provoking defeat. The hitting and hair-raising base-running of Mays and the sheer power of Clemente kept the king and the pretender closer together than the next breath going into the ninth, which Mays launched with a double that eventuated in the 4-3 go-ahead run off an embarrassed Elroy Face… Until Mazeroski and Virdon collaborated, the game consisted of Harvey Haddix vs. Mike McCormick and Mays vs. Clemente.

"Clemente struck first, tripling on a 3-2 pitch after Virdon had singled through Orlando Cepeda, who was then at first in the opening frame. In the fourth, Joey Amalfitano, who collected three of the Giants’ seven hits, tripled and scored on Kuenn’s grounder to Johnny Logan, which Logan booted. Leading off the sixth, the irrepressible Clemente homered into the right-field seats, his 11th to make it 2-1, Pittsburgh.

"Then it was Willie’s turn, and with one down in the seventh, he doubled. Felipe Alou grounded to Don Hoak and Willie was hung up between second and third. But he wiggled clear of the trap and into second base when the Pirates left it unprotected. With Davenport up, Mays broke for third, and wondrous things happened. This pulled Don Hoak to the bag and forced Logan to cover the “hole,” which he did to grab Davenport’s grounder. On the long cross-diamond throw to first base, Mays kept going and scored for 2-2… Opening the Giants’ ninth, Face forkballed two strikes past Mays, and it must have given Elroy a sense of false security or inflated his ego, because Willie crushed a third forkball off the scoreboard for a double. Sacrifices by pinch-hitter Charlie Hiller and Davenport, the last a screaming line drive to left field that Christopher gloved, brought Willie home and put the Giants ahead, 3-2.

"But only for 10 more hectic minutes." [28]

_ July 02 __ RC and OC Trade Gate-Crashing 425-Footers
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In a doubleheader loss to Pittsburgh, the Giants' Orlando Cepeda flexes his muscles, as does his old friend, Pittsburgh's Roberto Clemente. To begin, the Baby Bull powers a two-run, tape measure blast over the centerfield bricks. Shortly thereafter, the rival stars, who by season's end will bring home to Puerto Rico a collective triple crown (Clemente for batting, Cepeda for HRs and RBI), trade gate-crashing 425-footers. Crashing against Forbes Field's right center exit gate, Cepeda's blast goes for two bases and gives the Giants a lead in the opener, as had his earlier home run. Both leads, alas, will prove equally fleeting. Clemente's clout comes in the nightcap, good for a bases-clearing triple which puts Pittsburgh's up, 8 - 0. [29]


_ July 11 __ Mays AND Momen... AND Hank, AND Frank
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Mantle, Maris, Kaline and Killebrew:
RC Starts and Finishes Scoring in NL All-Star Victory

Candlestick Park's notoriously vicious winds dominate the first of 1961's two All-Star Games. A capacity crowd witnesses a record seven errors, not to mention hometown hero Stu Miller's wind-induced balk, enabling the American League to forge a 3 - 3 tie before losing 5 - 4 in 10 innings. Although kept in the park by the aforementioned wind, all-star sophomore Roberto Clemente has a huge game, tripling and scoring the game's 1st run, driving in the 2nd with a sac fly, driving Mickey Mantle to the centerfield fence, and delivering the walk-off single, off knuckleballer Hoyt Wilhelm. His heroics notwithstanding, reporters flock instead to Mays after the game, though it's the wind-generated mayhem which garners more ink than either. The game-winning rally, BTW, is comprised solely of contributions by the National League's four premier outfielders, in order of appearance: Mays, Aaron, Robinson and Clemente.

_ July 14 __ Mays vs. Momen: Clutch Clout Over Willie Wins It
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Brings Bucs back from a 4-1 deficit with his 8th-inning, game-winning grand slam hit "high and far into the black night, over the 410-foot sign in center-field".[30] UPI's Scott Ballie eleborates, describing "a ball that took off low and gathered altitude like a jet as Willie Mays vainly scaled the left center field fence." [31] Chronicle writer Phil Berman obtains postgame Clemente comments:

"'I was looking for an inside pitch,' said Clemente, describing his game-winning grand slam. 'I don't know whether it was a fastball or not, but it came in a little inside and I was ready for it. I know it went out of here fast,' he grinned. Although Clemente's drive cleared the centerfield fence like a shot, the Pirate outfielder recalled it was not the hardest ball he has hit here. 'Last year I hit one harder to the left field bleachers. That was a high fly ball. But this was a line drive. And I liked this hit better because it won the game.'" [32]

The 'high fly' reference makes it pretty clear that Robby's recalling his legendary May 6, 1960 blast. Nonetheless, some within the SanFran camp might beg to differ re ranking; opting instead for September 1, 1960, when Clemente "drilled one over the left-center fence that Garry Schumacher, Giant publicist, declared was the hardest hit ball there all year." [33]

_ July 27 __ Mays vs. Momen: M & M Trade Circus Catches
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"Only twice did Dark, enforcing an almost sadistic philosophy, go to the mound – when Marichal scraped an arm falling hard to the ground fielding a Smoky Burgess bounder in the fifth, and in the seventh when Don Hoak singled immediately behind a miraculous catch by Willie Mays of a deep, soaring, twisting drive by Burgess. Mays reached high in the sky after a 25-yard race to haul down Burgess’ boomer... The first break-through [against the Pirates’ Mizell] came in the fifth immediately after Roberto Clemente had crashed against the right-field wall to pocket a roaring shot by Orlando Cepeda.” [34]


_ Aug 10 __ RC Uses Entire 'Toolbox,' But Birds Beat Bucs
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9th-inning leadoff shot brings Bucs to within one but that’s how it ends;

"Clemente led off the Pirates' ninth inning with his 19th homer of the year. Sadecki allowed a single in getting out the side. The young left-hander gave up eight hits, all singles with the exception of Clemente's homer, in going all the way." [35]

RC’s arm had helped keep this one close – doubling Boyer off first in 4th and cutting down Flood trying to stretch 5th-inning single. But he wasn't finished there:

"St. Louis threatened to break the game wide open in the sixth by loading the bases. But Clemente made a running over-the-head catch of Sadecki’s liner to deep right to quelch the uprising." [36]


_ Aug 11 __ Robby Rocks Robin As Pitt Pummels Philly
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“Clemente clubbed his 20th homer of the year off Roberts in leading off the third, a shot over the right-field screen.” [37]

Rare add-on dinger for RC brings in final tally in 6-0 drubbing of Roberts. Prior to that, however, Clemente’s first at-bat has produced first-inning RBI double good for Bucs’ third run.


_ Aug 16 __ Spoils Spahn's Bid to Extend NL Shutout Mark
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Taking a 2-0 lead into the eighth, Spahn then bends just a bit:

"A double off the centerfield fence by Roberto Clemente and a single by Dick Stuart accounted for the run...” [38]


_ Aug 25 __ "Clemente's Bloop Homer Ends String"
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Game-winning 8th-inning bases-empty bloop is that extremely rare phenomenon: Clemente availing himself of the one existing cheap HR opportunity at spacious Forbes Field – i.e. a pop fly just sneaking over the 40-foot-high screen just inside the foul pole 300 feet from home plate.

“While these tremendous pokes by the Cubs were gaining nothing, the Pirates finally broke through with two out in the sixth when Clemente sliced a high, lazy fly that fell for a homer barely fair behind the right field screen, where the white numbers proclaim ‘300 feet.’” [39] “He sailed one of Don Cardwell's pitches upstairs in right field for his 22nd homer.” [40]

_ Aug 26 __ 430-Foot Triple Wasted Once Again *
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* See May 7.

"Clemente hit a 430-foot triple off the glove of [center fielder] Heist, who fell attempting to make an over-the-shoulder catch.” [41] "He had it in his glove with his back to the plate as he skidded and fell on the warning track... When he fell, the ball eluded him." [42]

This particular tape measure triple is wasted through RC's own efforts, retired trying to tie this game at one by stretching his two-out, 3rd-inning triple with slugger Dick Stuart on deck.

_ Sep 03 __ 425-Plus-Foot Dinger to Dead Center
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[43]

2nd-inning, two-run shot ungraciously greets reliever Al Cicotte, breaking open this laugher at seven zip, Clemente having already scored Pittsburgh's second run following his 1st-inning double.

"Clemente's homer was one of the longest and hardest shots he ever delivered and dropped into the seats right above the 425-mark. It was his second homer [this year] to dead center. He has 15 to right field and six to left." [44]

With all due respect to Biederman (and, of course, not knowing the exact height or trajectory of this ball at point of impact), I'd have to say that, even at this stage of his career, Clemente has produced a rather long list of long balls (including HRs, both inside the park and out), triples, doubles and outs - to which today's Busch Stadium blast would have to take a back seat. This being said, the exceptionally prodigious nature of this blast, its precise specs notwithstanding, is duly noted by Hernon of the Post-Gazette:

"The ball sailed into the second row in the center field bleachers some 425 feet away. It is a rarity for a ball to be hit into that section of Busch Stadium." [45]

__Notes__
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  1. Jack Hernon: “Wynn No Problem, Pirates Win; Friend Goes Seven Innings To Top Sox; Clemente Blasts 450-Foot HR To Lead Batters,” The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (Thursday, March 23, 1961), p. 38
  2. Tommy Davis was indeed also in the lineup that day, but at third base
  3. Jack Hernon: "Dodger HRs Sink Bucs, 4-2; Bunts and Base Hits," The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (Monday, May 8, 1961), p. 26
  4. Frank Finch, "Homer Binge by Dodgers Beats Bucs,” LA Times (Monday, May 8, 1961), p. C3
  5. Biederman, “Clemente’s Batting Practice Screamer Kayoed Pal Cimoli,” TSN (May 17, 1961), p. 16
  6. (AP), “Clemente Star As Pirates Whip Giants,” The Syracuse Post-Standard (Wednesday, May 10, 1961), p. 18
  7. Bob Stevens, “Bucs Snap S.F. Win Streak, 9-6,” The San Francisco Chronicle (Wednesday, May 10, 1961), pp. 45, 49
  8. (AP), "Clemente Star..."
  9. Biederman, “Pirate Scoreboard,” TSN (May 24, 1961), p. 8
  10. (UPI), “Bucs Hand Phillies 14th Straight Loss,” The Los Angeles Times (Saturday, August 12, 1961), p. A4
  11. Les Biederman, “Clemente’s Clouting Keeps Corsairs Hot on Trail of Treasure,” TSN (May 31, 1961), p. 10
  12. (UPI), “Clemente, Pirates Rap Cubs,” The Zanesville Times Recorder (Thursday, May 25, 1961), p. 5
  13. (UPI), “Pirates Inching Way Toward Top; Clemente Hits Two, Stuart One As Mizell Tames Cubs,” The Monessen Valley Independent (Thursday, May 25, 1961), p. 8
  14. Neil Russo, “Cards Kayo Pirates’ Vern Law in Fifth; Musial Homers,” The St. Louis Post-Dispatch (Sunday, May 28, 1961), p. 1E
  15. Neil Russo, The St. Louis Post-Dispatch (Tuesday, September 5, 1961)
  16. Lester J. Biederman: "Gibbons Hurling Steadies Pirates; Hitters Snap Back To Rout Spahn, End Slump On 9-1 Win," The Pittsburgh Press (Thursday, June 1, 1961), p. 50
  17. Lester J. Biederman: "Gibbons Hurling Steadies Pirates; Hitters Snap Back To Rout Spahn, End Slump On 9-1 Win," The Pittsburgh Press (Thursday, June 1, 1961), p. 50
  18. (AP): “Shantz' Four Hitter Gives Bucs 5-1 Win,” The Charleston Gazette-Mail (Sunday, June 4, 1961), p. 3D
  19. (UPI): “Pirates Spoil Mahaffey's Birthday Party, 5 to 1,” The Lima News (Sunday, June 4, 1961), p. 36
  20. Jack Hernon (Continued from Page 1-Sports): “Shantz Pitches Bucs to 5-1 Win Over Phils: Clemente, Hoak Hits Circuit Blows; Art Mahaffey is Chased in 4th Inning,” The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (Sunday, June 4, 1961), Page 3, Section 4
  21. George Lederer, "Dodgers Regain NL Lead,” Long Beach Independent (Thurs, 6/8/61), p. 4
  22. (UPI),“Face Bats, Hurls Pirates to Victory,” The Chicago Daily Defender (Monday, June 26, 1961), p. 23
  23. Les Biederman, “Pirates Scoreboard,” The Sporting News (July 5, 1961), p. 12
  24. (UPI), "Just Another Season For World Champs?" Simpson's Leader-Times (Monday, June 26, 1961), p. 10
  25. (UPI), “Bring On The Giants,’ Pirate Battle Cry Now,” The New Castle (PA) News (Friday, June 30, 1961), p. 15
  26. (UPI), “BUCS RALLY TO CHASE DODGERS, 4-2; DODGERS,” The Los Angeles Times (Friday, June 30, 1961), p. C1
  27. (UPI), “Bring On The Giants,’ Pirate Battle Cry Now,” The New Castle (PA) News (Friday, June 30, 1961), p. 15
  28. Bob Stevens, “Pirates Nip Giants in Ninth, 4-3,” The San Francisco Chronicle (Saturday, July 1, 1961), pp. 27-28
  29. Lester J. Biederman: "Pirates Bid To Cut Down Reds: Sweep of Giants Boosts Champions for Cincy Series," The Pittsburgh Press (Monday, July 2, 1961), p. 16. Drag image up until 'Joseph Horne Co.' ad comes into view, then drag image to the left to get to Les Biederman's byline.
  30. Bob Stevens, “Clemente Grand Slam Sinks S. F. – Giants Lose, 6-4,” The San Francisco Chronicle (Saturday, July 15, 1961), p. 26
  31. Scott Baillie (UPI): "Clemente Hits Slam to Beat Giants, 6-4," The Tyrone Daily Herald (Saturday, July 15, 1961), p. 8
  32. Berman, "The Big Grand Slam: Clemente Was All Set,"The San Francisco Chronicle (Saturday, July 15, 1961), p. 26
  33. Les Biederman, “Groat Injury Deals Tough Blow to Pitt,” TSN (September 14, 1960), p. 7
  34. Bob Stevens, “Marichal Blanks Pittsburgh, 2-0,” The San Francisco Chronicle (Friday, July 28, 1961), pp. 35, 36
  35. The Titusville Herald (Friday, August 11, 1961), p. 6
  36. (UPI), “Cardinals Rip Pittsburgh, 3-2,” Anderson Herald (Fri, August 11, 1961), p. 10
  37. (UPI), “Bucs Hand Phillies 14th Straight Loss,” The Los Angeles Times (Saturday, August 12, 1961), p. A4
  38. (AP), "Spahn Beats Bucs for Number 301," The Stevens Point Daily Journal (Thursday, August 17, 1961), p. 12
  39. Dick Dozer: "PIRATES BREAK CARDWELL JINX, 1 TO 0; GET THEIR FIRST RUN OFF CUB STAR IN 26 INNINGS; Clemente's Bloop Homer Ends String,"The Chicago Daily Tribune (Saturday, August 26, 1961), p. B4
  40. Jack Hernon: "Pirates Nip Cubs, 1-0, on Clemente Homer; Sturdivant Serves Up Six-Hitter; Roberto's 22nd Blast In Sixth Inning Sinks Cardwell," The Pittsburgh Press (Saturday, August 26, 1961), p. 10. To access article, clear contents of page box, type "6' and press 'enter' on your keyboard.
  41. Richard Dozer, “Cubs Rally to Whip Pirates,” The Chicago Daily Tribune (Sunday, August 27, 1961), p. A2
  42. Jack Hernon: "Visitors Stage Five-Run Rally; Face Is Victim," The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (Sunday, August 27, 1961), Part 2, Page 2
  43. Neal Russo, “Haddix Thinks Sadecki is Cinch for 20-Game Season in Near Future,” The St. Louis Post-Dispatch (Tuesday, September 5, 1961)
  44. Lester J. Biederman: "Pirates Hit, Score, Win For Friend," The Pittsburgh Press (Monday, September 4, 1961), p. 28
  45. Jack Hernon: "Pirates Trump Cards Behind Friend, 8-1; Clemente, Virdon Smack Home Runs," The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (Monday, September 4, 1961), p. 36.


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