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1961 American League
Team Record GB
New York Yankees 109 - 53
Detroit Tigers 101 - 61 8.0
Baltimore Orioles 95 - 67 14.0
Chicago White Sox 86 - 76 23.0
Cleveland Indians 78 - 83 30.5
Boston Red Sox 76 - 86 33.0
Minnesota Twins 70 - 90 38.0
Los Angeles Angels 70 - 91 38.5
Kansas City Athletics 61 - 100 47.5
Washington Senators 61 - 100 47.5

World Champion
Runs Scored: 827
Runs Allowed: 612
Attendance: 1,747,725

1961 New York Yankees Batting (Starters)
Player Pos Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB K SB CS SH HBP GDP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Elston Howard C 32 129 446 64 155 17 5 21 77 28 6 65 0 3 1 3 5 .348 .387 .549 .936
Bill Skowron 1B 30 150 561 76 150 23 4 28 89 35 9 108 0 0 0 8 21 .267 .318 .472 .790
Bobby Richardson 2B 25 162 662 80 173 17 5 3 49 30 1 23 9 7 10 2 15 .261 .295 .316 .611
Clete Boyer 3B 24 148 504 61 113 19 5 11 55 63 4 83 1 3 1 2 13 .224 .308 .347 .655
Tony Kubek SS 25 153 617 84 170 38 6 8 46 27 1 60 1 3 10 1 7 .276 .306 .395 .701
Yogi Berra LF 36 119 395 62 107 11 0 22 61 35 4 28 2 0 0 2 7 .271 .330 .466 .796
Mickey Mantle CF 29 153 514 132 163 16 6 54 128 126 9 112 12 1 1 0 2 .317 .448 .687 1.135
Roger Maris RF 26 161 590 132 159 16 4 61 142 94 0 67 0 0 0 7 16 .269 .372 .620 .992

1961 New York Yankees Batting (Bench)
Player Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB K SB CS SH HBP GDP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Johnny Blanchard 28 93 243 38 74 10 1 21 54 27 9 28 1 0 0 4 6 .305 .382 .613 .995
Hector Lopez 31 93 243 27 54 7 2 3 22 24 1 38 1 0 2 1 8 .222 .292 .305 .597
Bob Cerv 35 57 118 17 32 5 1 6 20 12 0 17 1 0 0 1 6 .271 .344 .483 .827
Billy Gardner 33 41 99 11 21 5 0 1 2 6 0 18 0 0 1 3 4 .212 .278 .293 .571
Joe DeMaestri 32 30 41 1 6 0 0 0 2 0 0 13 0 0 0 0 1 .146 .146 .146 .292
Jack Reed 28 28 13 4 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .154 .214 .154 .368
Earl Torgeson 37 22 18 3 2 0 0 0 0 8 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 .111 .385 .111 .496
Jesse Gonder 25 15 12 2 4 1 0 0 3 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .467 .417 .884
Deron Johnson 22 13 19 1 2 0 0 0 2 2 0 5 0 0 0 0 2 .105 .182 .105 .287
Bob Hale 27 11 13 2 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .154 .154 .385 .539
Tom Tresh 23 9 8 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 .250 .500
Lee Thomas 25 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000

1961 New York Yankees Batting (Pitchers)
Player Pos Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB K SB CS SH HBP GDP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Whitey Ford P 32 39 96 11 17 1 0 0 10 12 0 17 0 0 5 0 1 .177 .266 .188 .454
Bill Stafford P 21 36 67 5 12 2 1 0 3 4 0 11 0 0 3 0 0 .179 .225 .239 .464
Ralph Terry P 25 31 66 3 15 2 0 0 5 1 0 16 0 0 5 0 1 .227 .235 .258 .493
Rollie Sheldon P 24 36 56 1 7 0 0 0 4 2 0 24 0 0 2 0 0 .125 .155 .125 .280
Bud Daley P 28 23 45 3 6 1 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 .133 .152 .156 .308
Jim Coates P 28 43 35 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 21 0 0 8 1 0 .029 .081 .029 .110
Luis Arroyo P 34 65 25 2 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 3 0 0 .280 .280 .360 .640
Bob Turley P 30 15 21 1 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 11 0 0 3 0 1 .095 .091 .095 .186
Art Ditmar P 32 12 19 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 .053 .053 .053 .106
Hal Reniff P 22 25 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Tex Clevenger P 28 21 4 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .500 .750
Danny McDevitt P 28 8 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .500 .000 .500
Al Downing P 20 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000

1961 New York Yankees Pitching (Starters)
Player Age G GS W L Pct. ERA IP R ER H HR BB K BAA HB WP CG SO SV BS DICE
Whitey Ford 32 39 39 25 4 .862 3.21 283.0 108 101 242 23 92 209 .227 1 8 11 3 0 3.57
Ralph Terry 25 31 27 16 3 .842 3.15 188.1 74 66 162 19 42 86 .229 1 0 9 2 0 4.08
Bill Stafford 21 36 25 14 9 .609 2.68 195.0 65 58 168 13 59 101 .230 5 1 8 3 2 3.82
Rollie Sheldon 24 35 21 11 5 .688 3.60 162.2 70 65 149 17 55 84 .243 2 6 6 2 0 4.38
Bud Daley 28 23 17 8 9 .471 3.96 129.2 63 57 127 17 51 83 .252 4 1 7 0 0 4.70
Bob Turley 30 15 12 3 5 .375 5.75 72.0 47 46 74 11 51 48 .265 4 2 1 0 0 5.94
Art Ditmar 32 12 8 2 3 .400 4.64 54.1 33 28 59 9 14 24 .274 2 1 1 0 0 5.15

1961 New York Yankees Pitching (Bullpen)
Player Age G GS W L Pct. ERA IP R ER H HR BB K BAA HB WP CG SO SV BS DICE
Luis Arroyo 34 65 0 15 5 .750 2.19 119.0 34 29 83 5 49 87 .192 3 4 0 0 29 3.39
Jim Coates 28 43 11 11 5 .688 3.44 141.1 60 54 128 15 53 80 .239 7 2 4 1 5 4.52
Hal Reniff 22 25 0 2 0 1.000 2.58 45.1 14 13 31 1 31 21 .199 3 4 0 0 2 4.61
Tex Clevenger 28 21 0 1 1 .500 4.83 31.2 20 17 35 3 21 14 .282 1 2 0 0 0 5.43
Danny McDevitt 28 8 2 1 2 .333 7.62 13.0 11 11 18 2 8 8 .346 1 1 0 0 1 5.85
Al Downing 20 5 1 0 1 .000 8.00 9.0 8 8 7 0 12 12 .206 1 1 0 0 0 4.67
Ryne Duren 32 4 0 0 1 .000 5.40 5.0 3 3 2 2 4 7 .118 0 0 0 0 0 7.80
Johnny James 27 1 0 0 0 .000 0.00 1.1 0 0 1 0 0 2 .250 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
Duke Maas 32 1 0 0 0 .000 54.00 0.1 2 2 2 0 0 0 .667 0 0 0 0 0 3.00