The 1961 Philadelphia Phillies season was the 69th in franchise history. The Phillies finished the season in last place in the National League at 47–107, 46 games behind the NL Champion Cincinnati Reds. The team also lost 23 games in a row, the most in the majors since 1900.
Offseason
November 28, 1960: Choo-Choo Coleman was drafted by the Phillies from the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 1960 rule 5 draft.
Regular season
Season standings
Record vs. opponents
Notable transactions
May 4, 1961: Turk Farrell and Joe Koppe were traded by the Phillies to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Charley Smith and Don Demeter. June 1, 1961: Warren Hacker was purchased from the Phillies by the Chicago White Sox. July 2, 1961: Bobby Del Greco was traded by the Phillies to the Kansas City Athletics for Wes Covington.
1961 Game log
|- style="background:#fbb" | 1 || April 11 || @ Dodgers || 2–6 || Don Drysdale (1–0) || Robin Roberts (0–1) || Larry Sherry (1) || 50,927 || 0–1 |- style="background:#fbb" | 2 || April 12 || @ Dodgers || 2–3 || Johnny Podres (1–0) || Frank Sullivan (0–1) || Larry Sherry (2) || 10,694 || 0–2 |- style="background:#bfb" | 3 || April 13 || @ Dodgers || 8–7 || Turk Farrell (1–0) || Ed Palmquist (0–1) || None || 10,312 || 1–2 |- style="background:#fbb" | 4 || April 14 || @ Giants || 0–2 || Mike McCormick (1–1) || Art Mahaffey (0–1) || None || 19,989 || 1–3 |- style="background:#bfb" | 5 || April 15 || @ Giants || 2–0 || Dallas Green (1–0) || Juan Marichal (0–1) || None || 18,755 || 2–3 |- style="background:#fbb" | 6 || April 16 || @ Giants || 2–5 || Sam Jones (1–0) || Robin Roberts (0–2) || Billy O'Dell (1) || 23,594 || 2–4 |- style="background:#bbb" | – || April 18 || Braves || colspan=6 | Postponed (rain); Makeup: July 19 as a traditional double-header |- style="background:#bbb" | – || April 19 || Braves || colspan=6 | Postponed (rain and cold weather); Makeup: August 25 as a traditional double-header |- style="background:#fbb" | 7 || April 20 || Braves || 6–7 (11) || Ron Piché (1–0) || John Buzhardt (0–1) || None || 9,531 || 2–5 |- style="background:#fbb" | 8 || April 21 || Cubs || 2–3 || Don Cardwell (1–0) || Robin Roberts (0–3) || Don Elston (1) || 5,738 || 2–6 |- style="background:#fbb" | 9 || April 22 || Cubs || 4–6 (11) || Don Elston (3–0) || Turk Farrell (1–1) || None || 3,996 || 2–7 |- style="background:#bfb" | 10 || April 23 (1) || Cubs || 1–0 || Frank Sullivan (1–1) || Dick Ellsworth (0–1) || None || see 2nd game || 3–7 |- style="background:#bfb" | 11 || April 23 (2) || Cubs || 6–0 || Art Mahaffey (1–1) || Bob Anderson (0–2) || None || 16,027 || 4–7 |- style="background:#bbb" | – || April 25 || @ Pirates || colspan=6 | Postponed (rain and wet grounds); Makeup: June 25 as a traditional double-header |- style="background:#fbb" | 12 || April 26 || @ Pirates || 2–3 || Vinegar Bend Mizell (2–0) || Dallas Green (1–1) || None || 9,420 || 4–8 |- style="background:#fbb" | 13 || April 28 || @ Cardinals || 9–10 (11) || Al Cicotte (1–2) || Dallas Green (1–2) || None || 5,620 || 4–9 |- style="background:#bfb" | 14 || April 29 || @ Cardinals || 3–2 || Art Mahaffey (2–1) || Ray Sadecki (1–1) || None || 6,175 || 5–9 |- style="background:#bfb" | 15 || April 30 || @ Cardinals || 11–7 (10) || Turk Farrell (2–1) || Larry Jackson (0–2) || None || 8,194 || 6–9 |-