Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.
1961 Fielding Game Log (overall)
| Rk | Gtm | Date | Tm | Opp | Rslt | Inngs | BF | Inn | PO | A | E | Ch | DP | Pos | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 (4) | Apr 16 (2) | MIN | @ | BAL | W,6-4 | GS | 29 | 8.0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | C |
| 2 | 15 (9) | Apr 30 | MIN | CHW | L,3-5 | GS | 40 | 9.0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | C | |
| May | Tm | Opp | Rslt | Inngs | BF | Inn | PO | A | E | Ch | DP | Pos | |||
| 3 | 22 (6) | May 9 | MIN | BAL | L,5-13 | GF | 31 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | PH C | |
| 4 | 34 (11) | May 21 (2) | MIN | CLE | L,0-2 | GS | 30 | 7.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | C | |
| 5 | 43 (8) | May 30 (2) | MIN | @ | CLE | L,5-7 | CG | 36 | 8.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | C |
| Jun | Tm | Opp | Rslt | Inngs | BF | Inn | PO | A | E | Ch | DP | Pos | |||
| 6 | 44 | Jun 2 | MIN | @ | DET | L,0-2 | CG | 31 | 8.0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | C |
| 7 | 46 (1) | Jun 4 (1) | MIN | @ | DET | L,4-10 | CG | 40 | 8.0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | C |
| 8 | 51 (4) | Jun 7 | MIN | @ | NYY | L,1-5 | CG | 35 | 8.0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | C |
| 9 | 55 (3) | Jun 11 (2) | MIN | @ | BOS | W,10-5 | GS | 36 | 8.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | C |
| 10 | 63 (7) | Jun 18 (2) | MIN | @ | CHW | L,7-10 | CG | 40 | 8.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | C |
| 11 | 71 (7) | Jun 27 (2) | MIN | BOS | W,6-3 | CG | 37 | 9.0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | C | |
| Jul | Tm | Opp | Rslt | Inngs | BF | Inn | PO | A | E | Ch | DP | Pos | |||
| 12 | 89 (17) | Jul 16 (2) | MIN | @ | CLE | W,12-5 | CG | 38 | 9.0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | C |
| 13 | 92 (2) | Jul 19 (2) | MIN | @ | LAA | L,1-2 | CG | 34 | 8.2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | C |
| 14 | 94 (1) | Jul 22 | MIN | CLE | L,0-4 | CG | 35 | 9.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | C | |
| 15 | 95 | Jul 23 | MIN | CLE | W,10-0 | GF | 6 | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | C | |
| 16 | 96 | Jul 25 | MIN | WSA | L,1-2 | CG | 36 | 9.0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | C | |
| 17 | 97 | Jul 26 | MIN | WSA | W,10-9 | CG | 44 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | C | |
| 18 | 98 | Jul 27 | MIN | WSA | W,5-2 | CG | 32 | 9.0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | C | |
| 19 | 99 | Jul 28 | MIN | @ | DET | W,4-3 | CG | 37 | 9.0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | C |
| 20 | 100 | Jul 29 | MIN | @ | DET | W,5-4 | CG | 38 | 9.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | C |
| 21 | 101 | Jul 30 | MIN | @ | DET | W,4-0 | CG | 35 | 9.0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | C |
| Aug | Tm | Opp | Rslt | Inngs | BF | Inn | PO | A | E | Ch | DP | Pos | |||
| 22 | 102 | Aug 2 (1) | MIN | @ | BAL | W,4-3 | CG | 35 | 9.0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | C |
| 23 | 103 | Aug 2 (2) | MIN | @ | BAL | L,3-4 | CG | 36 | 8.0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | C |
| 24 | 104 | Aug 3 | MIN | @ | BAL | L,0-3 | CG | 29 | 8.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | C |
| 25 | 108 (3) | Aug 6 (2) | MIN | @ | NYY | L,2-3 | CG | 34 | 8.2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | C |
| 26 | 110 (1) | Aug 7 (2) | MIN | @ | BOS | L,4-5 | CG | 37 | 8.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | C |
| September | Tm | Opp | Rslt | Inngs | BF | Inn | PO | A | E | Ch | DP | Pos | |||
| 27 | 133 (22) | Sep 2 | MIN | BOS | L,1-2 | GF | 14 | 4.0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | C | |
| 28 | 139 (5) | Sep 6 (2) | MIN | CHW | L,2-4 | CG | 47 | 10.0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | C | |
| 29 | 150 (10) | Sep 17 (2) | MIN | @ | CLE | W,5-3 | CG | 37 | 9.0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | C |
| 30 | 152 (1) | Sep 21 | MIN | @ | WSA | W,6-3 | GF | 17 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | C |
| 31 | 154 (1) | Sep 23 (2) | MIN | WSA | W,10-0 | GF | 8 | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | C | |
| 32 | 155 | Sep 24 | MIN | WSA | L,1-4 | CG | 40 | 9.0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | C | |
| 33 | 158 (2) | Sep 28 | MIN | CLE | L,5-12 | GF | 16 | 4.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | PH C | |
| 34 | 159 | Sep 29 | MIN | DET | L,4-6 | CG | 45 | 10.0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | C | |
| 35 | 160 | Sep 30 | MIN | DET | L,4-6 | CG | 27 | 5.1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | C | |
| 36 | 161 | Oct 1 | MIN | DET | L,3-8 | CG | 42 | 9.0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | C | |
| 36gm | 278.2 | 168 | 12 | 1 | 181 | 4 | |||||||||
1961 Fielding Game Log (as C)