1961 NEW YORK YANKEES

| Level: MLB

Location: Bronx,NY
Team Record: 109-53 .673
Result: 1st in American League
Manager(s): Ralph Houk
General Manager: Roy Hamey
Stadium: Yankee Stadium
Attendance: 1,747,725
Playoffs: Won World Series (Reds)

New York Yankees affiliate history

Oldest Player: Earl Torgeson (37)
Youngest Player: Al Downing (20)
Longest Tenure: Yogi Berra (16)
Top Hitter: Mickey Mantle (2)
Top Pitcher: Whitey Ford (1)
Top Draft Pick:

Roster Continuity: 81.94%

American League Standings

Teams	W	L	Pct	GB
NY Yankees	109	53	.673	--
Detroit	101	61	.623	8.0
Baltimore	95	67	.586	14.0
Chi White Sox	86	76	.531	23.0
Cleveland	78	83	.484	30.5
Boston	76	86	.469	33.0
Minnesota	70	90	.437	38.0
LA Angels	70	91	.435	38.5
KC Athletics	61	100	.379	47.5
Washington	61	100	.379	47.5

BATTING STATISTICS

Basic Stats

Advanced Stats

Extra

Batting Orders

Defensive Lineups

Feats

Splits Analysis

#	Player	Pos	Rk	Age	Drafted	HiLvl	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	PA	OUT	RC	RC/G	babip
1	Bobby Richardson	2b	23	25	-	MLB	162	662	80	173	17	5	3	49	9	7	30	23	2	1	10	2	15	.261	.295	.316	610	209	706	523	67	3.5	.266
10	Tony Kubek	ss	21	24	-	MLB	153	617	84	170	38	6	8	46	1	3	27	60	1	1	10	3	7	.276	.306	.395	701	244	658	470	85	4.9	.293
9	Roger Maris	of	5	26	-	MLB	161	590	132	159	16	4	61	142	0	0	94	67	7	0	0	7	16	.269	.372	.620	993	366	698	454	149	8.9	.209
14	Bill Skowron	1b	19	30	-	MLB	150	561	76	150	23	4	28	89	0	0	35	108	8	9	0	3	21	.267	.318	.472	790	265	607	435	84	5.2	.285
7	Mickey Mantle	of	2	29	-	MLB	153	514	132	163	16	6	54	128	12	1	126	112	0	9	1	5	2	.317	.448	.687	1135	353	646	360	166	12.4	.309
6,34	Clete Boyer	3b	51	24	-	MLB	148	504	61	113	19	5	11	55	1	3	63	83	2	4	1	8	13	.224	.308	.347	656	175	578	416	57	3.7	.244
32	Elston Howard	c-of	56	32	-	MLB	129	446	64	155	17	5	21	77	0	3	28	65	3	6	1	4	5	.348	.387	.549	936	245	482	304	97	8.6	.368
8	Yogi Berra	c	71	36	-	MLB	119	395	62	107	11	0	22	61	2	0	35	28	2	4	0	5	7	.271	.330	.466	795	184	437	300	69	6.2	.243
11	Hector Lopez	of-3b	-	31	-	MLB	93	243	27	54	7	2	3	22	1	0	24	38	1	1	2	3	8	.222	.292	.305	596	74	273	202	21	2.9	.249
38	Johnny Blanchard	of-c	52	28	-	MLB	93	243	38	74	10	1	21	54	1	0	27	28	4	9	0	1	6	.305	.382	.613	995	149	275	176	60	9.2	.272
17	Bob Cerv	of	-	35	-	MLB	57	118	17	32	5	1	6	20	1	0	12	17	1	0	0	0	6	.271	.344	.483	827	57	131	92	20	5.9	.274
12	Billy Gardner	2b	-	33	-	MLB	41	99	11	21	5	0	1	2	0	0	6	18	3	0	1	0	4	.212	.278	.293	571	29	109	83	7	2.3	.250
16	Whitey Ford	p	-	32	-	MLB	39	96	11	17	1	0	0	10	0	0	12	17	0	0	5	1	1	.177	.266	.187	454	18	114	86	4	1.2	.212
22	Bill Stafford	p	-	21	-	MLB	36	67	5	12	2	1	0	3	0	0	4	11	0	0	3	0	0	.179	.225	.239	464	16	74	58	3	1.5	.214
23	Ralph Terry	p	-	25	-	MLB	31	66	3	15	2	0	0	5	0	0	1	16	0	0	5	1	1	.227	.235	.258	493	17	73	58	3	1.2	.294
45	Rollie Sheldon	p	-	24	-	MLB	36	56	1	7	0	0	0	4	0	0	2	24	0	0	2	0	0	.125	.155	.125	280	7	60	51	-3	-1.6	.219
28	Bud Daley	p	-	28	-	MLB	23	45	3	6	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	.133	.152	.156	308	7	48	41	0	0.1	.136
20	Joe DeMaestri	ss	-	32	-	MLB	30	41	1	6	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	13	0	0	0	0	1	.146	.146	.146	293	6	41	36	-2	-1.5	.214
39	Jim Coates	p	-	28	-	MLB	43	35	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	21	1	0	8	0	0	.029	.081	.029	110	1	45	42	-4	-2.7	.071
47	Luis Arroyo	p	-	34	-	MLB	65	25	2	7	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	3	0	0	.280	.280	.360	640	9	28	21	3	3.6	.333
19	Bob Turley	p	-	30	-	MLB	15	21	1	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	11	0	0	3	1	1	.095	.091	.095	186	2	25	24	-2	-2.5	.182
28	Art Ditmar	p	-	32	-	MLB	12	19	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	.053	.053	.053	105	1	19	18	-2	-2.7	.071
6	Deron Johnson	1b-3b	-	22	UDFA: 1956	MLB	13	19	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	5	0	0	0	1	2	.105	.182	.105	287	2	22	20	-1	-1.6	.133
29	Earl Torgeson	1b	-	37	-	MLB	22	18	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	8	3	0	0	0	0	1	.111	.385	.111	496	2	26	18	1	1.6	.133
34	Bob Hale	1b	-	27	-	MLB	11	13	2	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.154	.154	.385	538	5	13	12	1	1.5	.083
15	Jack Reed	of	-	28	-	MLB	28	13	4	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.154	.214	.154	368	2	14	11	0	0.5	.167
25	Jesse Gonder	c	-	25	-	MLB	15	12	2	4	1	0	0	3	0	0	3	1	0	1	0	0	1	.333	.467	.417	883	5	15	9	2	7.4	.364
15	Tom Tresh	of-ss	-	23	-	MLB	9	8	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.250	500	2	8	7	0	0.2	.286
18	Hal Reniff	p	-	22	-	MLB	25	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	5	5	-	-	.000
26	Tex Clevenger	p	-	28	-	MLB	21	4	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.500	750	2	4	3	1	5.8	.333
17	Lee Thomas	of-1b	42	25	-	MLB	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1000	1	2	1	0	13.4	.500
24	Danny McDevitt	p	-	28	-	MLB	8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.500	.000	500	0	2	1	0	2.6	.000
24	Al Downing	p	-	20	UDFA: 1961	MLB	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	1	1	-	-	.000
Totals: (33 players)							162	5559	827	1461	194	40	240	782	28	18	543	785	35	45	57	45	120	.263	.330	.442	772	2455	6239	4338	879	5.5	.267

PITCHING STATISTICS

Basic Stats

Advanced Stats

Extra

Starting Pitcher Log

Feats

Splits Analysis

#	Player	Rk	Age	Drafted	HiLvl	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	Bk	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	BB/SO	BABIP	GB/FB
16	Whitey Ford	1	32	-	MLB	25	4	3.21	39	39	11	3	0	0	283.0	242	108	101	23	92	209	8	0	1.18	7.70	0.73	2.93	6.65	0.44	.266	1.27
22	Bill Stafford	14	21	-	MLB	14	9	2.68	36	25	8	3	6	2	195.0	168	65	58	13	59	101	1	0	1.16	7.75	0.60	2.72	4.66	0.58	.254	1.11
23	Ralph Terry	10	25	-	MLB	16	3	3.15	31	27	9	2	2	0	188.1	162	74	66	19	42	86	0	0	1.08	7.74	0.91	2.01	4.11	0.49	.242	0.82
45	Rollie Sheldon	39	24	-	MLB	11	5	3.60	35	21	6	2	5	0	162.2	149	70	65	17	55	84	6	0	1.25	8.24	0.94	3.04	4.65	0.65	.261	0.87
39	Jim Coates	65	28	-	MLB	11	5	3.44	43	11	4	1	15	5	141.1	128	60	54	15	53	80	2	0	1.28	8.15	0.96	3.38	5.09	0.66	.262	0.78
28	Bud Daley	34	28	-	MLB	8	9	3.96	23	17	7	0	0	0	129.2	127	63	57	17	51	83	1	1	1.37	8.81	1.18	3.54	5.76	0.61	.278	0.85
47	Luis Arroyo	22	34	-	MLB	15	5	2.19	65	0	0	0	54	29	119.0	83	34	29	5	49	87	4	0	1.11	6.28	0.38	3.71	6.58	0.56	.240	1.10
19	Bob Turley	-	30	-	MLB	3	5	5.75	15	12	1	0	1	0	72.0	74	47	46	11	51	48	2	0	1.74	9.25	1.38	6.38	6.00	1.06	.292	0.65
28	Art Ditmar	-	32	-	MLB	2	3	4.64	12	8	1	0	1	0	54.1	59	33	28	9	14	24	1	0	1.34	9.77	1.49	2.32	3.98	0.58	--	1.28
18	Hal Reniff	-	22	-	MLB	2	0	2.58	25	0	0	0	16	2	45.1	31	14	13	1	31	21	4	0	1.37	6.15	0.20	6.15	4.17	1.48	.222	1.45
26	Tex Clevenger	-	28	-	MLB	1	1	4.83	21	0	0	0	9	0	31.2	35	20	17	3	21	14	2	0	1.77	9.95	0.85	5.97	3.98	1.50	--	1.66
24	Danny McDevitt	-	28	-	MLB	1	2	7.62	8	2	0	0	2	1	13.0	18	11	11	2	8	8	1	1	2.00	12.46	1.38	5.54	5.54	1.00	.390	1.70
24	Al Downing	-	20	UDFA: 1961	MLB	0	1	8.00	5	1	0	0	3	0	9.0	7	8	8	0	12	12	1	1	2.11	7.00	0.00	12.00	12.00	1.00	.333	0.60
26	Ryne Duren	59	32	-	MLB	0	1	5.40	4	0	0	0	2	0	5.0	2	3	3	2	4	7	0	0	1.20	3.60	3.60	7.20	12.60	0.57	.000	1.00
53	Johnny James	-	27	-	MLB	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.1	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.75	6.75	0.00	0.00	13.50	0.00	--	0.00
29	Duke Maas	-	32	-	MLB	0	0	54.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.1	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	6.00	54.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	--	1.000	--
Totals: (33 players)						109	53	3.46	162	162	47	11	115	39	1,451	1288	612	558	240	542	866	33	3	1.38	7.99	0.85	3.36	5.37	0.63	.265

FIELDING STATISTICS

Stats by Position

Games by Position

Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Elston Howard	C	111		635	43	5	4	.993	0.00
Johnny Blanchard	C	48		268	18	3	2	.990	0.00
Yogi Berra	C	15		76	8	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Bill Skowron	1B	149		1228	102	10	146	.993	0.00
Elston Howard	1B	9		90	4	1	12	.989	0.00
Earl Torgeson	1B	8		29	2	1	7	.969	0.00
Bob Hale	1B	5		15	1	0	1	1.000	0.00
Bob Cerv	1B	3		24	3	0	2	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Bobby Richardson	2B	161		413	376	18	136	.978	0.00
Billy Gardner	2B	6		9	7	0	2	1.000	0.00
Joe DeMaestri	2B	5		9	6	0	2	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Clete Boyer	3B	141		151	353	17	36	.967	0.00
Billy Gardner	3B	33		26	54	4	6	.952	0.00
Deron Johnson	3B	8		2	15	0	0	1.000	0.00
Joe DeMaestri	3B	4		0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Tony Kubek	SS	145		261	449	30	107	.959	0.00
Joe DeMaestri	SS	18		15	38	1	9	.981	0.00
Clete Boyer	SS	12		19	20	0	5	1.000	0.00
Tom Tresh	SS	3		3	7	0	1	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Roger Maris	OF	160		266	9	9	1	.968	0.00
Mickey Mantle	OF	150		351	6	6	0	.983	0.00
Yogi Berra	OF	87		161	7	2	2	.988	0.00
Hector Lopez	OF	72		123	7	3	0	.977	0.00
Bob Cerv	OF	30		55	2	1	0	.983	0.00
Jack Reed	OF	27		14	0	1	0	.933	0.00
Johnny Blanchard	OF	15		24	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Clete Boyer	OF	1		0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Luis Arroyo	P	65	119	2	15	1	0	.944	1.29
Jim Coates	P	43	141	12	19	2	2	.939	1.98
Whitey Ford	P	39	283	12	45	5	5	.919	1.81
Bill Stafford	P	36	195	7	29	1	5	.973	1.66
Rollie Sheldon	P	35	162	11	30	0	3	1.000	2.27
Ralph Terry	P	31	188	20	30	0	1	1.000	2.39
Hal Reniff	P	25	45	3	5	1	0	.889	1.60
Bud Daley	P	23	129	10	16	2	2	.929	1.81
Tex Clevenger	P	21	31	5	6	0	1	1.000	3.17
Bob Turley	P	15	72	4	8	0	0	1.000	1.50
Art Ditmar	P	12	54	4	12	0	0	1.000	2.66
Danny McDevitt	P	8	13	1	2	0	0	1.000	2.08
Al Downing	P	5	9	0	2	0	0	1.000	2.00
Ryne Duren	P	4	5	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Johnny James	P	1	1	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Duke Maas	P	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00

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