1961 New York Yankees Statistics

American League (AL)
Team Record: 109-53
Finished 1st in the AL
Attendance: 1,747,726, Avg. 26,481
Ballpark: Yankee Stadium I
Won World Series
World Series - Defeated Cincinnati Reds 4-1
Manager: Ralph Houk (109-53)
Location: New York, New York
1961 New York Yankees Roster
1961 New York Yankees Results

The New York Yankees of the American League ended the 1961 season with a record of 109 wins and 53 losses, finishing first in the AL.

The Yankees plated 827 runs and allowed 612 runs. Roger Maris crushed 61 homers for New York, while Yogi Berra, Bill Skowron, Johnny Blanchard, Elston Howard and Mickey Mantle each walloped 20 or more also. Roger Maris drove in 142 runs. Elston Howard led all regular hitters by hitting .348. Whitey Ford earned 25 wins on the mound for the team, and Luis Arroyo and Ralph Terry added 15 or more victories also Bill Stafford recorded a 2.68 ERA, leading regularly-used pitchers.

Ralph Houk coached the team. The 1961 New York Yankees won the World Series.

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Pitching:

Player W L W% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF
Whitey Ford254.8623.21393901130283.0242108101239232091081159
Ralph Terry163.8423.1531272920188.316274661942086100751
Luis Arroyo155.7502.19650540029119.0833429549887304484
Bill Stafford149.6092.6836256832195.0168655813594101501796
Jim Coates115.6883.44431115415141.312860541553080702595
Rollie Sheldon115.6883.6035215620162.714970651755284206670
Bud Daley89.4713.9623170700129.712763571751683411558
Bob Turley35.3755.751512110072.07447461151048402334
Hal Reniff201.0002.582501600245.3311413131321004190
Art Ditmar23.4004.64128110054.3593328914024201231
Tex Clevenger11.5004.83210900031.7352017321114102146
Danny McDevitt12.3337.6282200113.0181111280811161
Johnny James000.001000001.310000020004
Duke Maas0054.001000000.322200000003
Ryne Duren01.0005.404020005.0233240700021
Al Downing01.0008.005130009.078801201211147
Totals10953.6733.463641631164711391451.0128861255813754227866323336050

Batting:

Player GP PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB DP HBP SH SF IBB
Bobby Richardson16270666280173175349973023.261.295.316.6102091521021
Tony Kubek15365861784170386846132760.276.306.395.701244711031
Mickey Mantle15364651413216316654128121126112.317.448.6871.13535320159
Roger Maris16169859013215916461142009467.269.372.620.993366167070
Elston Howard129482446641551752177032865.348.387.549.93624553146
Bill Skowron1506075617615023428890035108.267.318.472.790265218039
Clete Boyer148578504611131951155136383.224.308.347.656175132184
Yogi Berra119437395621071102261203528.271.330.466.79518472054
Johnny Blanchard9327524338741012154102728.305.382.613.99514964019
Hector Lopez93273243275472322102438.222.292.305.5967481231
Bob Cerv57131118173251620101217.271.344.483.8275761000
Billy Gardner41109991121501200618.212.278.293.5712943100
Whitey Ford3911496111710010001217.177.266.188.4541810510
Ralph Terry317366315200500116.227.235.258.4931710510
Bill Stafford367467512210300411.179.225.239.4641600300
Luis Arroyo6528252720000004.280.280.360.640900300
Rollie Sheldon36605617000400224.125.155.125.280700200
Joe DeMaestri30414116000200013.146.146.146.293610000
Bud Daley2348453610020011.133.152.156.308700200
Jesse Gonder1515122410030031.333.467.417.883510001
Tom Tresh9881200000001.250.250.250.500210000
Bob Hale1113132200110000.154.154.385.538510000
Jack Reed2814134200010011.154.214.154.368200000
Earl Torgeson2226183200000183.111.385.111.496210000
Deron Johnson1322191200020025.105.182.105.287220010
Bob Turley15252112000300011.095.091.095.186210310
Lee Thomas2220100000000.500.500.5001.000100000
Tex Clevenger21441110010001.250.250.500.750200000
Art Ditmar1219190100000005.053.053.053.105100000
Jim Coates43453511000000121.029.081.029.110101800
Al Downing5110000000000.000.000.000.000000000
Hal Reniff25550000000002.000.000.000.000000000
Danny McDevitt8211000000011.000.500.000.500000000
Ryne Duren4000000000000000000
Johnny James1000000000000000000
Duke Maas1000000000000000000
Totals1954623955598271461194402407822818543785.263.330.442.771245512035574545


Fielding:

Player Pos GP GS Inn. PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G PB WP SB CS CS%
Bill Skowron1B1491471291.0122810210146.9939.2728.9260000
Elston Howard1B9986.0904112.9899.8371.4440000
Earl Torgeson1B8336.029217.9697.7503.8750000
Bob Cerv1B3323.0243021.0001.5659.0000000
Bob Hale1B5115.0151011.0009.6003.2000000
Bobby Richardson2B1611601405.341337618136.9785.0534.9010000
Billy Gardner2B6332.797021.0004.4082.6670000
Joe DeMaestri2B5013.096021.0001.3853.0000000
Clete Boyer3B1411381200.01513531736.9673.7803.5740000
Billy Gardner3B3322206.3265446.9523.4892.4240000
Deron Johnson3B8337.7215001.0004.0622.1250000
Joe DeMaestri3B407.00000.000.0000000
Elston HowardC111106923.36354354.9936.6096.108822202050.0
Johnny BlanchardC4842406.72681832.9906.3305.95821118521.7
Yogi BerraC1515121.0768001.0006.2485.600306650.0
Roger MarisOF1601601402.0266991.9681.7651.7190000
Mickey MantleOF1501491294.0351660.9832.4832.3800000
Yogi BerraOF8783717.7161722.9882.1071.9310000
Hector LopezOF7258552.0123730.9772.1201.8060000
Bob CervOF3024213.055210.9832.4081.9000000
Johnny BlanchardOF1512113.0240001.0001.9121.6000000
Jack ReedOF27361.314010.9332.054.5190000
Clete BoyerOF100.00000.0000000
Whitey FordP3939283.0124555.9191.8131.4620000
Bill StaffordP3625195.072915.9731.6621.0000000
Ralph TerryP3127188.32030011.0002.3891.6130000
Rollie SheldonP3521162.71130031.0002.2681.1710000
Jim CoatesP4311141.3121922.9391.974.7210000
Bud DaleyP2317129.7101622.9291.8051.1300000
Luis ArroyoP650119.021510.9441.286.2620000
Bob TurleyP151272.048001.0001.500.8000000
Art DitmarP12854.3412001.0002.6501.3330000
Hal ReniffP25045.33510.8891.588.3200000
Tex ClevengerP21031.756011.0003.126.5240000
Danny McDevittP8213.012001.0002.077.3750000
Al DowningP519.002001.0002.000.4000000
Ryne DurenP405.00000.000.0000000
Johnny JamesP101.30000.000.0000000
Duke MaasP100.30000.000.0000000
Tony KubekSS1451451259.726144930107.9595.0734.8970000
Joe DeMaestriSS189103.3153819.9814.6162.9440000
Clete BoyerSS12875.31920051.0004.6593.2500000
Tom TreshSS3112.737011.0007.1053.3330000
Totals1790146713059.043581756124500.9804.2143.4161333443141.3

Postseason - Pitching:

Player Rnd W L W% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF
Whitey FordWS201.0000.0022011014.0600010710049
Bud DaleyWS101.0000.002010007.0520100310027
Luis ArroyoWS101.0002.252020004.0421021300018
Jim CoatesWS000.001010014.0100010210015
Bill StaffordWS002.701100006.7722021500029
Ralph TerryWS01.0004.822200009.31275221700043
Totals41.8001.60105411145.03513838327300181

Postseason - Batting:

Player Rnd GP PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB DP HBP SH SF IBB
Bobby RichardsonWS523232910001100.391.391.435.8261000000
Bill SkowronWS520173600150034.353.450.529.979910000
Elston HowardWS522205530110023.250.318.550.8681120001
Tony KubekWS523223500010014.227.261.227.488500000
Johnny BlanchardWS412104410230020.400.5001.1001.6001100000
Clete BoyerWS519150420030040.267.421.400.821610001
Hector LopezWS41293301170023.333.455.8891.343800100
Yogi BerraWS416112300130051.273.500.5451.045600002
Roger MarisWS523194210120046.105.261.316.577600001
Mickey MantleWS2660100000002.167.167.167.333100000
Bill StaffordWS1220000000000.000.000.000.000000000
Whitey FordWS2651000000010.000.167.000.167000000
Ralph TerryWS2430000000001.000.000.000.000000100
Jim CoatesWS1110000000001.000.000.000.000000000
Billy GardnerWS1110000000000.000.000.000.000000000
Bud DaleyWS2310000010000.000.000.000.000000110
Luis ArroyoWS2000000000000000000
Jack ReedWS3000000000000000000
Totals58193165274281726112425.255.347.442.7907340315

Postseason - Fielding:

Player Rnd Pos GP GS Inn. PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G PB SB CS CS%
Bill SkowronWS1B5545.0465011.0001.2001.200000
Bobby RichardsonWS2B5545.01016011.0005.2005.200000
Clete BoyerWS3B5545.061210.9473.6003.600000
Elston HowardWSC5545.0310001.0006.2006.200100
Roger MarisWSCF4331.061001.0002.0321.750000
Mickey MantleWSCF2211.020001.0001.6361.000000
Jack ReedWSCF303.00000.000.000000
Yogi BerraWSLF4436.011010.9172.7502.750000
Hector LopezWSLF119.050001.0005.0005.000000
Whitey FordWSP2214.001001.000.643.500000
Ralph TerryWSP229.312001.0002.8931.500000
Bud DaleyWSP207.00010.000.000.000000
Bill StaffordWSP116.71010.5001.3501.000000
Jim CoatesWSP104.00000.000.000000
Luis ArroyoWSP204.01110.6674.5001.000000
Johnny BlanchardWSRF2217.021001.0001.5881.500000
Roger MarisWSRF4214.050001.0003.2141.250000
Hector LopezWSRF2114.030001.0001.9291.500000
Tony KubekWSSS5545.0511011.0003.2003.200000
Totals5745405.01355053.9744.1113.246100




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