1961 Los Angeles Dodgers Starters
(89-65) 
Starters
Starter Date Vs. IP BF W/L ER R H K BB HR Pit Str Ball Str%
Don Drysdale Apr 11 @PHI 7.0 29 W 2 2 5 8 2 1 100 67 33 .67
Johnny Podres Apr 12 @PHI 8.0 30 W 1 2 8 11 1 0 108 77 31 .71
Roger Craig Apr 13 @PHI 6.0 25 4 4 6 4 1 2 90 56 34 .62
Sandy Koufax Apr 14 @PIT 5.0 23 L 3 4 5 3 1 0 79 50 29 .63
Don Drysdale Apr 15 @PIT 6.0 25 L 3 3 8 3 2 1 77 46 31 .60
Stan Williams Apr 16 @PIT 8.0 40 W 3 6 13 5 3 0 141 88 53 .62
Johnny Podres Apr 17 @STL 7.0 30 4 4 8 6 2 2 107 69 38 .64
Roger Craig Apr 18 @STL 6.2 32 W 3 4 7 3 5 2 109 63 46 .58
Don Drysdale Apr 19 @STL 9.0 39 W 1 2 9 7 4 1 148 86 62 .58
Stan Williams Apr 20 @STL 5.0 25 L 6 7 11 6 1 3 103 61 42 .59
Sandy Koufax Apr 21 @CIN 9.0 34 W 3 3 6 11 3 1 123 79 44 .64
Johnny Podres Apr 22 @CIN 8.1 36 W 0 0 6 5 5 0 117 69 48 .59
Roger Craig Apr 23 @CIN 9.0 34 W 1 1 6 6 1 1 106 67 39 .63
Don Drysdale Apr 25 @SFG 5.2 30 L 3 3 6 6 5 1 98 61 37 .62
Stan Williams Apr 26 @SFG 7.0 28 3 3 5 8 3 0 108 65 43 .60
Johnny Podres Apr 29 CHC 9.0 33 W 3 4 7 5 0 1 119 76 43 .64
Don Drysdale Apr 30 CHC 7.0 27 0 1 4 9 2 0 99 61 38 .62
Roger Craig Apr 30 (2) CHC 1.2 11 L 6 6 5 0 1 0 39 23 16 .59
Sandy Koufax May 2 MIL 3.1 19 2 5 6 6 2 0 86 51 35 .59
Stan Williams May 3 MIL 7.0 32 L 4 4 10 4 1 0 113 75 38 .66
Don Drysdale May 4 MIL 7.0 34 3 4 8 6 2 0 128 79 49 .62
Johnny Podres May 5 PIT 6.0 24 W 0 0 6 3 1 0 82 49 33 .60
Roger Craig May 6 PIT 0.1 6 L 4 5 4 0 1 0 24 13 11 .54
Sandy Koufax May 7 PIT 6.1 25 W 2 2 8 3 0 1 102 73 29 .72
Stan Williams May 8 PHI 6.0 28 3 3 3 6 4 0 116 71 45 .61
Don Drysdale May 9 PHI 5.0 20 W 2 2 4 2 1 0 71 45 26 .63
Johnny Podres May 10 PHI 9.0 33 W 0 0 5 6 3 0 116 75 41 .65
Sandy Koufax May 12 @CHC 8.2 36 W 2 2 4 11 5 0 152 97 55 .64
Stan Williams May 13 @CHC 1.0 6 0 1 2 0 2 0 35 18 17 .51
Don Drysdale May 14 @CHC 8.0 36 3 6 9 10 2 2 134 84 50 .63
Johnny Podres May 15 @MIL 3.2 18 L 3 3 4 6 4 1 80 42 38 .53
Sandy Koufax May 16 @MIL 4.0 22 L 5 5 7 3 3 1 81 49 32 .60
Stan Williams May 17 @MIL 11.0 49 W 1 1 4 11 12 0 207 108 99 .52
Don Drysdale May 19 SFG 5.0 23 2 2 6 2 3 0 88 51 37 .58
Roger Craig May 20 SFG 9.0 34 W 3 3 5 5 4 1 137 82 55 .60
Sandy Koufax May 21 SFG 9.0 33 W 2 2 4 6 2 1 129 87 42 .67
Stan Williams May 22 CIN 10.0 36 W 1 1 4 8 3 0 128 83 45 .65
Don Drysdale May 23 CIN 6.0 26 L 2 2 6 4 2 0 92 56 36 .61
Roger Craig May 24 STL 6.0 28 L 3 6 7 5 0 1 108 66 42 .61
Sandy Koufax May 25 STL 9.0 31 W 0 0 3 8 3 0 131 83 48 .63
Stan Williams May 26 MIL 2.2 17 L 5 5 3 2 4 0 72 36 36 .50
Don Drysdale May 27 MIL 3.0 17 4 4 4 0 3 1 57 33 24 .58
Roger Craig May 28 MIL 3.0 14 3 3 3 2 3 1 55 28 27 .51
Sandy Koufax May 29 @STL 9.0 35 W 1 1 3 13 5 0 145 90 55 .62
Stan Williams May 30 @STL 8.1 30 W 3 3 3 4 3 1 116 73 43 .63
Don Drysdale May 31 @CIN 6.0 28 5 5 8 7 2 2 100 63 37 .63
Roger Craig Jun 2 @SFG 4.1 22 2 2 8 2 2 2 71 46 25 .65
Sandy Koufax Jun 3 @SFG 9.0 35 W 3 3 7 7 5 1 144 88 56 .61
Stan Williams Jun 4 @SFG 7.0 29 L 4 4 7 4 2 1 99 66 33 .67
Don Drysdale Jun 5 @PIT 5.0 22 2 2 7 4 1 1 92 55 37 .60
Roger Craig Jun 6 @PIT 3.2 19 4 4 8 0 1 1 44 28 16 .64
Sandy Koufax Jun 7 @PIT 9.0 35 W 3 3 7 7 2 2 139 88 51 .63
Stan Williams Jun 8 @PIT 5.0 21 L 4 4 4 3 3 2 75 45 30 .60
Don Drysdale Jun 9 @PHI 9.0 34 W 1 1 4 7 3 0 131 81 50 .62
Johnny Podres Jun 10 @PHI 5.0 20 3 3 6 1 0 1 57 41 16 .72
Sandy Koufax Jun 11 @PHI 9.0 34 W 3 3 5 10 2 1 122 76 46 .62
Roger Craig Jun 12 SFG 1.0 8 L 4 4 3 0 3 0 30 13 17 .43
Stan Williams Jun 13 SFG 7.0 32 L 4 4 6 6 4 2 123 74 49 .60
Don Drysdale Jun 14 @CHC 9.0 30 W 0 0 5 7 2 0 106 66 40 .62
Johnny Podres Jun 15 @CHC 0.2 5 1 1 3 0 1 0 20 11 9 .55
Sandy Koufax Jun 16 @MIL 6.1 30 L 2 2 8 8 4 1 116 75 41 .65
Stan Williams Jun 17 @MIL 9.0 32 W 0 0 5 12 1 0 125 86 39 .69
Don Drysdale Jun 18 @MIL 2.1 15 L 5 5 6 2 2 3 53 27 26 .51
Sandy Koufax Jun 20 CHC 9.0 30 W 0 0 2 14 2 0 131 77 54 .59
Stan Williams Jun 21 CHC 8.1 33 W 1 1 7 6 3 0 119 81 38 .68
Johnny Podres Jun 21 (2) CHC 5.2 24 W 2 2 7 5 1 0 85 53 32 .62
Roger Craig Jun 22 CHC 5.1 26 4 5 8 4 1 3 99 59 40 .60
Don Drysdale Jun 23 CIN 5.1 22 4 4 6 5 2 1 73 44 29 .60
Sandy Koufax Jun 24 CIN 3.0 15 5 5 5 3 1 1 47 33 14 .70
Stan Williams Jun 25 CIN 4.0 18 L 3 3 5 3 2 0 66 42 24 .64
Johnny Podres Jun 27 PIT 2.2 15 3 3 6 3 0 1 60 42 18 .70
Don Drysdale Jun 28 PIT 2.0 14 L 6 6 4 3 3 0 54 28 26 .52
Sandy Koufax Jun 29 PIT 7.2 30 L 3 3 7 11 1 0 127 88 39 .69
Stan Williams Jun 30 PHI 5.0 22 W 5 5 5 6 2 0 85 51 34 .60
Johnny Podres Jul 1 PHI 7.2 31 W 2 2 6 6 1 0 108 71 37 .66
Don Drysdale Jul 2 PHI 7.1 29 W 1 1 4 4 4 1 104 60 44 .58
Sandy Koufax Jul 3 MIL 8.0 33 W 2 2 3 7 6 0 135 72 63 .53
Stan Williams Jul 4 MIL 5.1 26 W 4 4 6 5 3 0 90 53 37 .59
Johnny Podres Jul 5 @STL 2.2 15 L 3 3 5 1 2 2 47 29 18 .62
Don Drysdale Jul 6 @STL 9.0 38 W 1 1 5 7 4 0 123 79 44 .64
Sandy Koufax Jul 7 @CIN 3.2 22 L 4 8 7 4 3 2 87 50 37 .57
Stan Williams Jul 7 (2) @CIN 7.0 27 L 3 3 5 4 3 0 99 65 34 .66
Johnny Podres Jul 8 @CIN 9.0 36 W 1 1 7 7 3 1 105 70 35 .67
Roger Craig Jul 9 @CIN 2.1 13 L 4 4 4 0 2 1 33 17 16 .52
Stan Williams Jul 13 @PHI 9.0 35 W 2 2 7 7 3 0 137 88 49 .64
Johnny Podres Jul 14 @PHI 7.2 36 4 4 10 4 3 1 114 70 44 .61
Sandy Koufax Jul 15 @PHI 7.1 31 L 5 5 8 7 1 0 107 69 38 .64
Ron Perranoski Jul 16 @PIT 4.0 20 3 3 6 2 1 2 70 49 21 .70
Stan Williams Jul 17 @PIT 7.0 27 W 4 4 8 3 1 3 107 71 36 .66
Johnny Podres Jul 19 CIN 9.0 34 W 3 3 9 4 1 0 99 73 26 .74
Sandy Koufax Jul 20 CIN 9.0 36 W 1 1 7 7 1 0 125 84 41 .67
Don Drysdale Jul 21 STL 4.1 20 L 5 5 7 2 0 0 62 42 20 .68
Stan Williams Jul 22 STL 5.0 22 2 2 5 6 3 0 80 49 31 .61
Johnny Podres Jul 23 STL 6.2 26 W 1 1 5 5 1 0 99 67 32 .68
Sandy Koufax Jul 25 PHI 9.0 34 W 2 2 6 10 1 0 139 87 52 .63
Don Drysdale Jul 26 PHI 9.0 33 W 1 1 5 7 2 0 143 86 57 .60
Stan Williams Jul 27 PHI 2.2 16 5 5 5 2 4 1 63 34 29 .54
Johnny Podres Jul 28 PIT 8.2 31 W 4 4 6 2 1 1 101 71 30 .70
Sandy Koufax Jul 29 PIT 6.0 29 2 2 8 7 4 0 111 67 44 .60
Don Drysdale Jul 30 PIT 8.0 32 W 2 3 6 8 2 0 108 72 36 .67
Johnny Podres Aug 2 @SFG 6.0 27 L 3 4 7 5 2 1 105 70 35 .67
Stan Williams Aug 3 @SFG 7.0 26 1 3 4 4 1 0 73 52 21 .71
Sandy Koufax Aug 4 @CHC 7.0 28 L 4 4 4 7 3 2 113 66 47 .58
Don Drysdale Aug 5 @CHC 5.1 30 2 2 9 5 5 0 120 73 47 .61
Johnny Podres Aug 6 @CHC 9.0 38 W 4 4 10 2 2 2 142 94 48 .66
Sandy Koufax Aug 8 @MIL 5.1 25 3 3 8 4 1 1 97 61 36 .63
Don Drysdale Aug 9 @MIL 9.0 35 W 1 3 4 11 1 2 141 103 38 .73
Johnny Podres Aug 12 @STL 9.0 33 W 0 1 5 4 1 0 98 68 30 .69
Stan Williams Aug 13 @STL 9.0 37 W 0 0 8 8 3 0 129 83 46 .64
Don Drysdale Aug 14 @STL 5.0 25 L 4 4 8 5 2 0 73 48 25 .66
Sandy Koufax Aug 15 @CIN 6.0 31 L 4 5 8 6 3 1 130 82 48 .63
Larry Sherry Aug 16 @CIN 2.0 13 L 6 6 6 1 0 1 44 29 15 .66
Johnny Podres Aug 16 (2) @CIN 7.1 33 L 5 5 8 7 4 3 108 65 43 .60
Don Drysdale Aug 18 SFG 7.0 24 1 1 4 5 0 1 81 58 23 .72
Stan Williams Aug 19 SFG 5.0 19 L 2 2 5 2 2 0 71 44 27 .62
Sandy Koufax Aug 20 SFG 3.0 18 L 6 6 8 3 2 2 69 44 25 .64
Johnny Podres Aug 22 STL 3.1 17 4 4 5 0 2 1 61 37 24 .61
Don Drysdale Aug 23 STL 7.1 31 7 7 10 3 0 3 105 71 34 .68
Stan Williams Aug 24 STL 3.0 16 L 4 4 6 0 2 1 66 39 27 .59
Sandy Koufax Aug 25 CIN 9.0 37 W 2 2 5 6 5 1 132 80 52 .61
Johnny Podres Aug 26 CIN 6.0 30 W 5 5 10 0 1 2 78 51 27 .65
Stan Williams Aug 27 CIN 6.2 29 4 4 6 10 3 1 101 66 35 .65
Don Drysdale Aug 27 (2) CIN 5.2 27 L 6 6 8 4 4 1 97 55 42 .57
Sandy Koufax Aug 29 CHC 9.0 34 W 0 1 2 12 5 0 136 79 57 .58
Johnny Podres Aug 30 CHC 6.0 26 W 2 2 7 5 2 1 85 50 35 .59
Don Drysdale Aug 31 MIL 8.0 32 L 2 2 6 7 2 1 105 66 39 .63
Stan Williams Sep 1 MIL 7.0 29 3 3 5 7 3 0 98 62 36 .63
Sandy Koufax Sep 2 MIL 7.0 29 L 2 4 7 2 1 1 85 67 18 .79
Johnny Podres Sep 3 @SFG 5.1 23 W 2 2 4 6 3 1 89 56 33 .63
Don Drysdale Sep 4 @SFG 9.0 32 W 0 0 2 3 3 0 115 67 48 .58
Stan Williams Sep 5 @SFG 9.0 35 W 1 2 5 5 3 0 133 85 48 .64
Sandy Koufax Sep 6 @SFG 4.2 25 5 5 8 10 2 3 106 64 42 .60
Johnny Podres Sep 8 SFG 0.1 5 L 4 4 4 0 0 2 17 12 5 .71
Don Drysdale Sep 9 SFG 6.1 30 6 6 9 3 3 2 108 68 40 .63
Stan Williams Sep 10 SFG 4.0 18 L 3 3 4 5 3 1 75 46 29 .61
Johnny Podres Sep 11 @PHI 3.2 19 4 4 3 8 4 2 85 47 38 .55
Sandy Koufax Sep 12 @PHI 1.1 11 L 6 6 5 4 1 1 45 30 15 .67
Don Drysdale Sep 13 @PIT 5.2 27 2 2 11 1 0 1 90 58 32 .64
Stan Williams Sep 14 @PIT 6.1 27 2 4 6 10 2 0 114 74 40 .65
Sandy Koufax Sep 15 @MIL 9.0 34 W 1 2 5 10 3 1 133 84 49 .63
Roger Craig Sep 16 @MIL 5.2 25 5 6 8 2 1 1 78 48 30 .62
Don Drysdale Sep 17 @MIL 7.0 25 2 2 5 5 0 0 86 57 29 .66
Phil Ortega Sep 18 @CHC 5.1 22 L 5 5 5 6 2 3 80 49 31 .61
Stan Williams Sep 19 @CHC 4.1 23 L 5 5 6 2 4 3 98 56 42 .57
Sandy Koufax Sep 20 @CHC 13.0 50 W 2 2 7 15 3 1 205 128 77 .62
Don Drysdale Sep 22 STL 6.2 29 W 3 3 8 1 1 2 92 61 31 .66
Johnny Podres Sep 23 STL 4.0 19 2 2 9 5 0 0 57 41 16 .72
Sandy Koufax Sep 24 STL 3.0 16 L 2 4 4 3 3 0 60 32 28 .53
Stan Williams Sep 26 PIT 8.1 38 W 3 3 9 5 4 1 131 85 46 .65
Don Drysdale Sep 26 (2) PIT 2.2 15 L 5 5 5 0 1 0 44 29 15 .66
Sandy Koufax Sep 27 PHI 8.0 30 L 0 2 3 7 3 0 115 74 41 .64
Don Drysdale Sep 28 PHI 9.0 34 W 0 0 6 8 2 0 128 77 51 .60
Phil Ortega Sep 30 CHC 5.0 19 L 1 2 3 9 0 1 85 57 28 .67
Stan Williams Oct 1 CHC 7.0 30 W 1 1 9 9 1 0 114 75 39 .66