1961 New York Yankees | Baseball Statistics

Major League Baseball (MLB)

Record: 109-53 .67.... 1st in AL - Division
Manager(s): Ralph Houk
Stadium: Yankee Stadium
Playoffs: Won World Series (Reds)
Attendance: 1,747,725

Major League Debuts

Batters: Jack Reed (Apr 23) Lee Thomas (Apr 22) Tom Tresh (Sep 3)
Pitchers: Al Downing (Jul 19) Hal Reniff (Jun 8) Rollie Sheldon (Apr 23)

Batting Statistics

Pos	Player Name	Age	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	GB%
C	Elston Howard	32	129	446	64	155	17	5	21	77	0	3	28	65	3	6	1	4	5	.348	.387	.549	936	55%
1B	Bill Skowron	30	150	561	76	150	23	4	28	89	0	0	35	108	8	9	0	3	21	.267	.318	.472	790	49%
2B	Bobby Richardson	25	162	662	80	173	17	5	3	49	9	7	30	23	2	1	10	2	15	.261	.295	.316	611	55%
3B	Clete Boyer	24	148	504	61	113	19	5	11	55	1	3	63	83	2	4	1	8	13	.224	.308	.347	655	48%
SS	Tony Kubek	24	153	617	84	170	38	6	8	46	1	3	27	60	1	1	10	3	7	.276	.306	.395	701	51%
OF	Roger Maris	26	161	590	132	159	16	4	61	142	0	0	94	67	7	0	0	7	16	.269	.372	.620	992	47%
OF	Mickey Mantle	29	153	514	132	163	16	6	54	128	12	1	126	112	0	9	1	5	2	.317	.448	.687	1135	48%
OF	Yogi Berra	36	119	395	62	107	11	0	22	61	2	0	35	28	2	4	0	5	7	.271	.330	.466	796	43%

C	Johnny Blanchard	28	93	243	38	74	10	1	21	54	1	0	27	28	4	9	0	1	6	.305	.382	.613	995	45%
P	Whitey Ford	32	39	96	11	17	1	0	0	10	0	0	12	17	0	0	5	1	1	.177	.266	.188	454	61%
OF	Hector Lopez	31	93	243	27	54	7	2	3	22	1	0	24	38	1	1	2	3	8	.222	.292	.305	597	53%
P	Bill Stafford	21	36	67	5	12	2	1	0	3	0	0	4	11	0	0	3	0	0	.179	.225	.239	464	46%
OF	Bob Cerv	35	57	118	17	32	5	1	6	20	1	0	12	17	1	0	0	0	6	.271	.344	.483	827	49%
P	Ralph Terry	25	31	66	3	15	2	0	0	5	0	0	1	16	0	0	5	1	1	.227	.235	.258	493	57%
3B	Billy Gardner	33	41	99	11	21	5	0	1	2	0	0	6	18	3	0	1	0	4	.212	.278	.293	571	51%
P	Jim Coates	28	43	35	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	21	1	0	8	0	0	.029	.081	.029	110	53%
P	Rollie Sheldon	24	36	56	1	7	0	0	0	4	0	0	2	24	0	0	2	0	0	.125	.155	.125	280	52%
P	Luis Arroyo	34	65	25	2	7	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	3	0	0	.280	.280	.360	640	71%
P	Bud Daley	28	23	45	3	6	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	.133	.152	.156	308	75%
P	Bob Turley	30	15	21	1	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	11	0	0	3	1	1	.095	.091	.095	186	47%
SS	Joe DeMaestri	32	30	41	1	6	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	13	0	0	0	0	1	.146	.146	.146	292	60%
P	Art Ditmar	32	12	19	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	.053	.053	.053	106	87%
3B	Deron Johnson	22	13	19	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	5	0	0	0	1	2	.105	.182	.105	287	52%
1B	Earl Torgeson	37	22	18	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	8	3	0	0	0	0	1	.111	.385	.111	496	40%
1B	Bob Hale	27	11	13	2	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.154	.154	.385	539	91%
OF	Jack Reed	28	28	13	4	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.154	.214	.154	368	83%
	Jesse Gonder	25	15	12	2	4	1	0	0	3	0	0	3	1	0	1	0	0	1	.333	.467	.417	884	56%
SS	Tom Tresh	23	9	8	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.250	500	80%
P	Hal Reniff	22	25	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	0%
P	Tex Clevenger	28	21	4	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.500	750	60%
	Lee Thomas	25	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1000	37%
P	Al Downing	20	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	--
P	Danny McDevitt	28	8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.500	.000	500	100%

Pitching Statistics

	Player Name		Age	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	BK	H9	HR9	BB9	K9	WHIP	GB%
ST	Whitey Ford	log	32	25	4	3.21	39	39	11	3	0	0	283.0	242	108	101	23	92	209	8	0	7.70	0.73	2.93	6.65	1.18	58%
ST	Ralph Terry	log	25	16	3	3.15	31	27	9	2	2	0	188.1	162	74	66	19	42	86	0	0	7.74	0.91	2.01	4.11	1.08	45%
ST	Bill Stafford	log	21	14	9	2.68	36	25	8	3	6	2	195.0	168	65	58	13	59	101	1	0	7.75	0.60	2.72	4.66	1.16	57%
ST	Rollie Sheldon	log	24	11	5	3.60	35	21	6	2	5	0	162.2	149	70	65	17	55	84	6	0	8.24	0.94	3.04	4.65	1.25	48%
ST	Bud Daley	log	28	8	9	3.96	23	17	7	0	0	0	129.2	127	63	57	17	51	83	1	1	8.82	1.18	3.54	5.76	1.37	47%

CL	Luis Arroyo	log	34	15	5	2.19	65	0	0	0	54	29	119.0	83	34	29	5	49	87	4	0	6.28	0.38	3.71	6.58	1.11	55%
RP	Jim Coates	log	28	11	5	3.44	43	11	4	1	15	5	141.1	128	60	54	15	53	80	2	0	8.15	0.96	3.38	5.09	1.28	49%

	Hal Reniff	log	22	2	0	2.58	25	0	0	0	16	2	45.1	31	14	13	1	31	21	4	0	6.15	0.20	6.15	4.17	1.37	59%
	Tex Clevenger	log	28	1	1	4.83	21	0	0	0	9	0	31.2	35	20	17	3	21	14	2	0	9.95	0.85	5.97	3.98	1.77	63%
	Bob Turley	log	30	3	5	5.75	15	12	1	0	1	0	72.0	74	47	46	11	51	48	2	0	9.25	1.38	6.38	6.00	1.74	37%
	Art Ditmar	log	32	2	3	4.64	12	8	1	0	1	0	54.1	59	33	28	9	14	24	1	0	9.77	1.49	2.32	3.98	1.34	55%
	Danny McDevitt	log	28	1	2	7.62	8	2	0	0	2	1	13.0	18	11	11	2	8	8	1	1	12.46	1.38	5.54	5.54	2.00	30%
	Al Downing	log	20	0	1	8.00	5	1	0	0	3	0	9.0	7	8	8	0	12	12	1	1	7.00	0.00	12.00	12.00	2.11	21%
	Ryne Duren	log	32	0	1	5.40	4	0	0	0	2	0	5.0	2	3	3	2	4	7	0	0	3.60	3.60	7.20	12.60	1.20	--
	Duke Maas	log	32	0	0	54.55	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.1	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	54.55	0.00	0.00	0.00	6.06	--
	Johnny James	log	27	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.1	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	6.77	0.00	0.00	13.53	0.75	47%

Fielding Statistics

Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	TC	DP	PB	SB	CS	FPCT	RF
Luis Arroyo	34	P	65		119	2	15	1	18	0	-	-	-	.944	1.29
Jim Coates	28	P	43		141.1	12	19	2	33	2	-	-	-	.939	1.97
Whitey Ford	32	P	39		283	12	45	5	62	5	-	-	-	.919	1.81
Bill Stafford	21	P	36		195	7	29	1	37	5	-	-	-	.973	1.66
Rollie Sheldon	24	P	35		162.2	11	30	0	41	3	-	-	-	1.000	2.27
Ralph Terry	25	P	31		188.1	20	30	0	50	1	-	-	-	1.000	2.39
Hal Reniff	22	P	25		45.1	3	5	1	9	0	-	-	-	.889	1.59
Bud Daley	28	P	23		129.2	10	16	2	28	2	-	-	-	.929	1.80
Tex Clevenger	28	P	21		31.2	5	6	0	11	1	-	-	-	1.000	3.13
Bob Turley	30	P	15		72	4	8	0	12	0	-	-	-	1.000	1.50
Art Ditmar	32	P	12		54.1	4	12	0	16	0	-	-	-	1.000	2.65
Danny McDevitt	28	P	8		13	1	2	0	3	0	-	-	-	1.000	2.08
Al Downing	20	P	5		9	0	2	0	2	0	-	-	-	1.000	2.00
Ryne Duren	32	P	4		5	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	---	.00
Johnny James	27	P	1		1.1	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	---	.00
Duke Maas	32	P	1		0.1	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	---	.00

Elston Howard	32	C	111			635	43	5	683	4	8	0	0	.993	--
Johnny Blanchard	28	C	48			268	18	3	289	2	2	0	0	.990	--
Yogi Berra	36	C	15			76	8	0	84	0	3	0	0	1.000	--

Bill Skowron	30	1B	149			1228	102	10	1340	146	-	-	-	.993	--
Elston Howard	32	1B	9			90	4	1	95	12	-	-	-	.989	--
Earl Torgeson	37	1B	8			29	2	1	32	7	-	-	-	.969	--
Bob Hale	27	1B	5			15	1	0	16	1	-	-	-	1.000	--
Bob Cerv	35	1B	3			24	3	0	27	2	-	-	-	1.000	--

Bobby Richardson	25	2B	161			413	376	18	807	136	-	-	-	.978	--
Billy Gardner	33	2B	6			9	7	0	16	2	-	-	-	1.000	--
Joe DeMaestri	32	2B	5			9	6	0	15	2	-	-	-	1.000	--

Clete Boyer	24	3B	141			151	353	17	521	36	-	-	-	.967	--
Billy Gardner	33	3B	33			26	54	4	84	6	-	-	-	.952	--
Deron Johnson	22	3B	8			2	15	0	17	0	-	-	-	1.000	--
Joe DeMaestri	32	3B	4			0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	---	--

Tony Kubek	24	SS	145			261	449	30	740	107	-	-	-	.959	--
Joe DeMaestri	32	SS	18			15	38	1	54	9	-	-	-	.981	--
Clete Boyer	24	SS	12			19	20	0	39	5	-	-	-	1.000	--
Tom Tresh	23	SS	3			3	7	0	10	1	-	-	-	1.000	--

Roger Maris	26	OF	160			266	9	9	284	1	-	-	-	.968	--
Mickey Mantle	29	OF	150			351	6	6	363	0	-	-	-	.983	--
Yogi Berra	36	OF	87			161	7	2	170	2	-	-	-	.988	--
Hector Lopez	31	OF	72			123	7	3	133	0	-	-	-	.977	--
Bob Cerv	35	OF	30			55	2	1	58	0	-	-	-	.983	--
Jack Reed	28	OF	27			14	0	1	15	0	-	-	-	.933	--
Johnny Blanchard	28	OF	15			24	0	0	24	0	-	-	-	1.000	--
Clete Boyer	24	OF	1			0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	---	--

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