1961 New York Yankees Stats, Awards, and Rosters

Record: 109–53 (.673), 1st place in American League
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Regular Season Stats

Hitting Stats

Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS Avg OBP Slg OPS
Al Downing 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Art Ditmar 12 19 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 .053 .053 .053 .105
Bill Stafford 36 70 5 12 2 1 0 3 4 11 0 0 .171 .216 .229 .445
Bill Skowron 150 561 76 150 23 4 28 89 35 108 0 0 .267 .318 .472 .790
Billy Gardner 41 100 11 21 5 0 1 2 6 18 0 0 .210 .275 .290 .565
Bob Cerv 57 118 17 32 5 1 6 20 12 17 1 0 .271 .344 .483 .827
Bob Turley 15 24 1 2 0 0 0 3 0 11 0 0 .083 .080 .083 .163
Bob Hale 11 13 2 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 .154 .154 .385 .538
Bobby Richardson 162 672 80 173 17 5 3 49 30 23 9 7 .257 .290 .311 .601
Bud Daley 23 47 3 6 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 .128 .146 .149 .295
Clete Boyer 148 505 61 113 19 5 11 55 63 83 1 3 .224 .308 .347 .654
Danny McDevitt 8 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 .000 .500 .000 .500
Deron Johnson 13 19 1 2 0 0 0 2 2 5 0 0 .105 .182 .105 .287
Earl Torgeson 22 18 3 2 0 0 0 0 8 3 0 1 .111 .385 .111 .496
Elston Howard 129 447 64 155 17 5 21 77 28 65 0 3 .347 .386 .548 .934
Hal Reniff 25 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Hector Lopez 93 245 27 54 7 2 3 22 24 38 1 0 .220 .289 .302 .591
Jack Reed 28 13 4 2 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 .154 .214 .154 .368
Jesse Gonder 15 12 2 4 1 0 0 3 3 1 0 0 .333 .467 .417 .883
Jim Coates 43 43 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 21 0 0 .023 .067 .023 .090
Joe DeMaestri 30 41 1 6 0 0 0 2 0 13 0 0 .146 .146 .146 .293
Johnny Blanchard 93 243 38 74 10 1 21 54 27 28 1 0 .305 .382 .613 .995
Lee Thomas 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000
Luis Arroyo 65 28 2 7 2 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 .250 .250 .321 .571
Mickey Mantle 153 515 132 163 16 6 54 128 126 112 12 1 .317 .447 .685 1.133
Ralph Terry 31 71 3 15 2 0 0 5 1 16 0 0 .211 .219 .239 .459
Roger Maris 161 590 132 159 16 4 61 142 94 67 0 0 .269 .372 .620 .993
Rollie Sheldon 36 58 1 7 0 0 0 4 2 24 0 0 .121 .150 .121 .271
Tex Clevenger 21 4 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 .250 .250 .500 .750
Tom Tresh 9 8 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500
Tony Kubek 153 627 84 170 38 6 8 46 27 60 1 3 .271 .301 .389 .690
Whitey Ford 39 101 11 17 1 0 0 10 12 17 0 0 .168 .254 .178 .433
Yogi Berra 119 395 62 107 11 0 22 61 35 28 2 0 .271 .330 .466 .795
– 162 5,616 827 1,461 194 40 240 782 543 785 28 18 .260 .327 .437 .764

Pitching Stats

Player G IP W L Sv BS Hld H R ER BB HBP SO GS QS CG ShO ERA WHIP
Al Downing 5 9.0 0 1 0 0 0 7 8 8 12 1 12 1 0 0 0 8.00 2.11
Art Ditmar 12 54.1 2 3 0 0 0 59 33 28 14 2 24 8 0 1 0 4.64 1.34
Bill Stafford 36 195.0 14 9 2 0 0 168 65 58 59 5 101 25 0 8 3 2.68 1.16
Bob Turley 15 72.0 3 5 0 0 0 74 47 46 51 4 48 12 0 1 0 5.75 1.74
Bud Daley 23 129.2 8 9 0 0 0 127 63 57 51 4 83 17 0 7 0 3.96 1.37
Danny McDevitt 8 13.0 1 2 1 0 0 18 11 11 8 1 8 2 0 0 0 7.62 2.00
Duke Maas 1 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 53.99 6.00
Hal Reniff 25 45.1 2 0 2 0 0 31 14 13 31 0 21 0 0 0 0 2.58 1.37
Jim Coates 43 141.1 11 5 5 0 0 128 60 54 53 7 80 11 0 4 1 3.44 1.28
Johnny James 1 1.1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.75
Luis Arroyo 65 119.0 15 5 29 0 0 83 34 29 49 3 87 0 0 0 0 2.19 1.11
Ralph Terry 31 188.1 16 3 0 0 0 162 74 66 42 1 86 27 0 9 2 3.15 1.08
Rollie Sheldon 35 162.2 11 5 0 0 0 149 70 65 55 2 84 21 0 6 2 3.60 1.25
Ryne Duren 4 5.0 0 1 0 0 0 2 3 3 4 0 7 0 0 0 0 5.40 1.20
Tex Clevenger 21 31.2 1 1 0 0 0 35 20 17 21 1 14 0 0 0 0 4.83 1.77
Whitey Ford 39 283.0 25 4 0 0 0 242 108 101 92 1 209 39 0 11 3 3.21 1.18
– 162 1451.0 109 53 39 0 0 1,288 612 558 542 32 866 163 0 47 11 3.46 1.26

Fielding Stats

Player Pos G PO A E TC DP SB CS CSPct FPct RF
Al Downing P 5 0 2 0 2 0 - - - 1.000 0.40
Art Ditmar P 12 4 12 0 16 0 - - - 1.000 1.33
Bill Stafford P 36 7 29 1 37 5 - - - .973 1.00
Bob Turley P 15 4 8 0 12 0 - - - 1.000 0.80
Bud Daley P 23 10 16 2 28 2 - - - .929 1.13
Danny McDevitt P 8 1 2 0 3 0 - - - 1.000 0.37
Duke Maas P 1 0 0 0 0 0 - - - .000 0.00
Hal Reniff P 25 3 5 1 9 0 - - - .889 0.32
Jim Coates P 43 12 19 2 33 2 - - - .939 0.72
Johnny James P 1 0 0 0 0 0 - - - .000 0.00
Luis Arroyo P 65 2 15 1 18 0 - - - .944 0.26
Ralph Terry P 31 20 30 0 50 1 - - - 1.000 1.61
Rollie Sheldon P 35 11 30 0 41 3 - - - 1.000 1.17
Ryne Duren P 4 0 0 0 0 0 - - - .000 0.00
Tex Clevenger P 21 5 6 0 11 1 - - - 1.000 0.52
Whitey Ford P 39 12 45 5 62 5 - - - .919 1.46
Elston Howard C 111 635 43 5 683 4 20 20 .5 .993 6.11
Johnny Blanchard C 48 268 18 3 289 2 18 5 .2 .990 5.96
Yogi Berra C 15 76 8 0 84 0 6 6 .5 1.000 5.60
Bill Skowron 1B 149 1,228 102 10 1,340 146 - - - .993 8.93
Bob Cerv 1B 3 24 3 0 27 2 - - - 1.000 9.00
Bob Hale 1B 5 15 1 0 16 1 - - - 1.000 3.20
Earl Torgeson 1B 8 29 2 1 32 7 - - - .969 3.87
Elston Howard 1B 9 90 4 1 95 12 - - - .989 10.44
Billy Gardner 2B 6 9 7 0 16 2 - - - 1.000 2.67
Bobby Richardson 2B 161 413 376 18 807 136 - - - .978 4.90
Joe DeMaestri 2B 5 9 6 0 15 2 - - - 1.000 3.00
Billy Gardner 3B 33 26 54 4 84 6 - - - .952 2.42
Clete Boyer 3B 141 151 353 17 521 36 - - - .967 3.57
Deron Johnson 3B 8 2 15 0 17 0 - - - 1.000 2.12
Joe DeMaestri 3B 4 0 0 0 0 0 - - - .000 0.00
Clete Boyer SS 12 19 20 0 39 5 - - - 1.000 3.25
Joe DeMaestri SS 18 15 38 1 54 9 - - - .981 2.94
Tom Tresh SS 3 3 7 0 10 1 - - - 1.000 3.33
Tony Kubek SS 145 261 449 30 740 107 - - - .959 4.90
Bob Cerv CF 30 55 2 1 58 0 - - - .983 1.90
Clete Boyer CF 1 0 0 0 0 0 - - - .000 0.00
Hector Lopez CF 72 123 7 3 133 0 - - - .977 1.81
Jack Reed CF 27 14 0 1 15 0 - - - .933 0.52
Johnny Blanchard CF 15 24 0 0 24 0 - - - 1.000 1.60
Mickey Mantle CF 150 351 6 6 363 0 - - - .983 2.38
Roger Maris CF 160 266 9 9 284 1 - - - .968 1.72
Yogi Berra CF 87 161 7 2 170 2 - - - .988 1.93
– 162 4,358 1,756 124 6,238 500 44 31 .4 .980 3.42

Post-Season Stats

Hitting Stats

Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS Avg OBP Slg OPS
Bill Stafford 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Bill Skowron 5 17 3 6 0 0 1 5 3 4 0 0 .353 .450 .529 .979
Billy Gardner 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Bobby Richardson 5 23 2 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .391 .391 .435 .826
Bud Daley 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Clete Boyer 5 15 0 4 2 0 0 3 4 0 0 0 .267 .421 .400 .821
Elston Howard 5 20 5 5 3 0 1 1 2 3 0 0 .250 .318 .550 .868
Hector Lopez 4 10 3 3 0 1 1 7 2 3 0 0 .300 .417 .800 1.217
Jack Reed 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Jim Coates 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Johnny Blanchard 4 10 4 4 1 0 2 3 2 0 0 0 .400 .500 1.100 1.600
Luis Arroyo 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Mickey Mantle 2 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 .167 .167 .167 .333
Ralph Terry 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Roger Maris 5 19 4 2 1 0 1 2 4 6 0 0 .105 .261 .316 .577
Tony Kubek 5 22 3 5 0 0 0 1 1 4 0 0 .227 .261 .227 .488
Whitey Ford 2 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .167 .000 .167
Yogi Berra 4 11 2 3 0 0 1 3 5 1 0 0 .273 .500 .545 1.045
– 5 168 27 42 8 1 7 26 24 25 1 1 .250 .342 .435 .776

Pitching Stats

Player G IP W L Sv BS Hld H R ER BB HBP SO GS QS CG ShO ERA WHIP
Bill Stafford 1 6.2 0 0 0 0 0 7 2 2 2 0 5 1 0 0 0 2.70 1.35
Bud Daley 2 7.0 1 0 0 0 0 5 2 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.71
Jim Coates 1 4.0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.50
Luis Arroyo 2 4.0 1 0 0 0 0 4 2 1 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 2.25 1.50
Ralph Terry 2 9.1 0 1 0 0 0 12 7 5 2 0 7 2 0 0 0 4.82 1.50
Whitey Ford 2 14.0 2 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 1 1 7 2 0 1 1 0.00 0.50
– 162 45.0 4 1 1 0 0 35 13 8 8 3 27 5 0 1 1 1.60 0.96

Fielding Stats

Player Pos G PO A E TC DP SB CS CSPct FPct RF
Bill Stafford P 1 1 0 1 2 0 - - - .500 1.00
Bud Daley P 2 0 0 1 1 0 - - - .000 0.00
Jim Coates P 1 0 0 0 0 0 - - - .000 0.00
Luis Arroyo P 2 1 1 1 3 0 - - - .667 1.00
Ralph Terry P 2 1 2 0 3 0 - - - 1.000 1.50
Whitey Ford P 2 0 1 0 1 0 - - - 1.000 0.50
Elston Howard C 5 31 0 0 31 0 0 0 .0 1.000 6.20
Bill Skowron 1B 5 46 5 0 51 1 - - - 1.000 10.20
Bobby Richardson 2B 5 10 16 0 26 1 - - - 1.000 5.20
Clete Boyer 3B 5 6 12 1 19 0 - - - .947 3.60
Tony Kubek SS 5 5 11 0 16 1 - - - 1.000 3.20
Hector Lopez LF 1 5 0 0 5 0 - - - 1.000 5.00
Yogi Berra LF 4 11 0 1 12 0 - - - .917 2.75
Jack Reed CF 3 0 0 0 0 0 - - - .000 0.00
Mickey Mantle CF 2 2 0 0 2 0 - - - 1.000 1.00
Roger Maris CF 4 6 1 0 7 0 - - - 1.000 1.75
Hector Lopez RF 2 3 0 0 3 0 - - - 1.000 1.50
Johnny Blanchard RF 2 2 1 0 3 0 - - - 1.000 1.50
Roger Maris RF 4 5 0 0 5 0 - - - 1.000 1.25
– 5 135 50 5 190 3 0 0 .0 .974 1.95

Awards

Player Award Stats
Roger Maris Most Valuable Player (CF) .269–61–142
Whitey Ford Cy Young Award (P) 25–4, 209 SO, 3.21 ERA
Whitey Ford All-Star (P) 25–4, 209 SO, 3.21 ERA
Whitey Ford All-Star (P) 25–4, 209 SO, 3.21 ERA
Luis Arroyo All-Star (P) 15–5, 29 Sv, 87 SO, 2.19 ERA
Yogi Berra All-Star (C) .271–22–61, 2 SB
Yogi Berra All-Star (C) .271–22–61, 2 SB
Elston Howard All-Star (C) .347–21–77
Elston Howard All-Star (C) .347–21–77
Bill Skowron All-Star (1B) .267–28–89
Tony Kubek All-Star (SS) .271–8–46, 1 SB
Tony Kubek All-Star (SS) .271–8–46, 1 SB
Mickey Mantle All-Star (CF) .317–54–128, 12 SB
Mickey Mantle All-Star (CF) .317–54–128, 12 SB
Roger Maris All-Star (CF) .269–61–142
Roger Maris All-Star (RF) .269–61–142
Bobby Richardson Gold Glove (2B) .978 FPct, RF