1961 World Series - New York Yankees over Cincinnati Reds (4-1)

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1961 World Series (4-1): New York Yankees (109-53) over Cincinnati Reds (93-61)

1960 WS / 1962 WS

Series Games

Game 1 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Wednesday, October 4, 1961 at Yankee Stadium I (New York Yankees)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Cincinnati Reds              0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0     0  2  0
    New York Yankees             0  0  0    1  0  1    0  0  x     2  6  0

    PITCHERS: CIN - O'Toole, Brosnan (8)
              NYY - Ford

               WP - Whitey Ford
	       LP - Jim O'Toole
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: CIN - none
              NYY - Howard, Skowron

  ATTENDANCE: 62,397

Game 2 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Thursday, October 5, 1961 at Yankee Stadium I (New York Yankees)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Cincinnati Reds              0  0  0    2  1  1    0  2  0     6  9  0
    New York Yankees             0  0  0    2  0  0    0  0  0     2  4  3

    PITCHERS: CIN - Jay
              NYY - Terry, Arroyo (8)

               WP - Joey Jay
	       LP - Ralph Terry
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: CIN - Coleman
              NYY - Berra

  ATTENDANCE: 63,083

Game 3 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Saturday, October 7, 1961 at Crosley Field (Cincinnati Reds)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    New York Yankees             0  0  0    0  0  0    1  1  1     3  6  1
    Cincinnati Reds              0  0  1    0  0  0    1  0  0     2  8  0

    PITCHERS: NYY - Stafford, Daley (7), Arroyo (8)
              CIN - Purkey

               WP - Luis Arroyo
	       LP - Bob Purkey
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: NYY - Blanchard, Maris
              CIN - none

  ATTENDANCE: 32,589

Game 4 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Sunday, October 8, 1961 at Crosley Field (Cincinnati Reds)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    New York Yankees             0  0  0    1  1  2    3  0  0     7 11  0
    Cincinnati Reds              0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0     0  5  1

    PITCHERS: NYY - Ford, Coates (6)
              CIN - O'Toole, Brosnan (6), Henry (9)

               WP - Whitey Ford
	       LP - Jim O'Toole
             SAVE - Jim Coates

   HOME RUNS: NYY - none
              CIN - none

  ATTENDANCE: 32,589

Game 5 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Monday, October 9, 1961 at Crosley Field (Cincinnati Reds)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    New York Yankees             5  1  0    5  0  2    0  0  0    13 15  1
    Cincinnati Reds              0  0  3    0  2  0    0  0  0     5 11  3

    PITCHERS: NYY - Terry, Daley (3)
              CIN - Jay, Maloney (1), Johnson (2), Henry (3), Jones (4), Purkey (5), Brosnan (7), Hunt (9)

               WP - Bud Daley
	       LP - Joey Jay
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: NYY - Blanchard, Lopez
              CIN - Post, Robinson

  ATTENDANCE: 32,589

Series MVP - Whitey Ford

Series Batting Stats

New York Yankees Batting

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	Playoff Series Stats																Regular Season Stats
	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	SB	CS	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	SB	BA	OPS
Luis Arroyo	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	65	25	2	7	0	0	0	.280	.640
Yogi Berra	4	11	2	3	0	0	1	3	5	1	.273	.500	.545	1.045	0	0	119	395	62	107	22	61	2	.271	.795
Johnny Blanchard	4	10	4	4	1	0	2	3	2	0	.400	.500	1.100	1.600	0	0	93	243	38	74	21	54	1	.305	.995
Clete Boyer	5	15	0	4	2	0	0	3	4	0	.267	.421	.400	.821	0	0	148	504	61	113	11	55	1	.224	.656
Jim Coates	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	43	35	1	1	0	0	0	.029	.110
Bud Daley	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	*39	63	4	8	0	3	0	.127	.310
Whitey Ford	2	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.167	.000	.167	0	0	39	96	11	17	0	10	0	.177	.454
Billy Gardner	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	*86	253	24	57	2	13	0	.225	.584
Elston Howard	5	20	5	5	3	0	1	1	2	3	.250	.318	.550	.868	0	0	129	446	64	155	21	77	0	.348	.936
Tony Kubek	5	22	3	5	0	0	0	1	1	4	.227	.261	.227	.488	0	0	153	617	84	170	8	46	1	.276	.701
Hector Lopez	4	9	3	3	0	1	1	7	2	3	.333	.455	.889	1.343	0	0	93	243	27	54	3	22	1	.222	.596
Mickey Mantle	2	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	.167	.167	.167	.333	0	0	153	514	131	163	54	128	12	.317	1.135
Roger Maris	5	19	4	2	1	0	1	2	4	6	.105	.261	.316	.577	0	0	161	590	132	159	61	141	0	.269	.993
Jack Reed	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	28	13	4	2	0	1	0	.154	.368
Bobby Richardson	5	23	2	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	.391	.391	.435	.826	1	1	162	662	80	173	3	49	9	.261	.610
Bill Skowron	5	17	3	6	0	0	1	5	3	4	.353	.450	.529	.979	0	0	150	561	77	150	28	89	0	.267	.790
Bill Stafford	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	36	67	5	12	0	3	0	.179	.464
Ralph Terry	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	31	66	3	15	0	5	0	.227	.493
Totals	58	165	27	42	8	1	7	26	24	25	.255	.347	.442	.790	1	1	163	5559	827	1461	240		28	.263	.771

Cincinnati Reds Batting

* indicates player was with multiple teams

	Playoff Series Stats																Regular Season Stats
	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	SB	CS	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	SB	BA	OPS
Gus Bell	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	103	235	27	60	3	33	1	.255	.642
Don Blasingame	3	7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	.143	.143	.143	.286	0	0	*126	451	60	100	1	21	4	.222	.574
Jim Brosnan	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	53	13	1	2	0	1	0	.154	.368
Leo Cardenas	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.667	1.000	0	0	74	198	23	61	5	24	1	.308	.838
Elio Chacon	4	12	2	3	0	0	0	0	1	2	.250	.308	.250	.558	0	0	61	132	26	35	2	5	1	.265	.745
Gordy Coleman	5	20	2	5	0	0	1	2	0	1	.250	.250	.400	.650	0	0	150	520	63	149	26	87	1	.287	.845
Johnny Edwards	3	11	1	4	2	0	0	2	0	0	.364	.364	.545	.909	0	0	52	145	14	27	2	14	1	.186	.541
Gene Freese	5	16	0	1	1	0	0	0	3	4	.063	.211	.125	.336	0	0	152	575	78	159	26	87	8	.277	.774
Dick Gernert	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	*46	68	5	20	1	8	0	.294	.712
Bill Henry	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	48	5	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
Ken Hunt	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	29	39	0	7	0	3	0	.179	.450
Joey Jay	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	34	89	3	8	0	5	0	.090	.233
Darrell Johnson	2	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	0	0	*41	115	7	31	1	9	0	.270	.619
Ken Johnson	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	*21	26	1	6	0	5	0	.231	.500
Sherman Jones	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	24	11	0	2	0	0	0	.182	.432
Eddie Kasko	5	22	1	7	0	0	0	1	0	2	.318	.318	.318	.636	0	0	126	469	64	127	2	27	4	.271	.655
Jerry Lynch	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.250	.000	.250	0	0	96	181	33	57	13	50	2	.315	1.031
Jim Maloney	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	30	29	6	11	1	4	0	.379	.920
Jim O'Toole	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	39	93	7	16	0	6	0	.172	.389
Vada Pinson	5	22	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	.091	.091	.136	.227	0	0	154	607	101	208	16	87	23	.343	.883
Wally Post	5	18	3	6	1	0	1	2	0	1	.333	.368	.556	.924	0	0	99	282	44	83	20	57	0	.294	.932
Bob Purkey	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	36	80	6	8	1	4	0	.100	.295
Frank Robinson	5	15	3	3	2	0	1	4	3	4	.200	.400	.533	.933	0	0	153	545	117	176	37	124	22	.323	1.015
Jerry Zimmerman	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	76	204	8	42	0	10	1	.206	.483
Totals	73	170	13	35	8	0	3	11	8	27	.206	.254	.306	.560	0	0	154	5243	710	1414	158		70	.270	.745

New York Yankees Pitching

* indicates player was with multiple teams

			Playoff Series Stats											Regular Season Stats
	G	GS	ERA	W	L	SV	CG	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	WHIP	G	GS	ERA	W	L	SV	IP	H	BB	SO	WHIP
Luis Arroyo	2	0	2.25	1	0	0	0	4.0	4	1	2	3	1.500	65	0	2.19	15	5	29	119.0	83	49	87	1.109
Jim Coates	1	0	0.00	0	0	1	0	4.0	1	0	1	2	0.500	43	11	3.44	11	5	5	141.1	128	53	80	1.281
Bud Daley	2	0	0.00	1	0	0	0	7.0	5	0	0	3	0.714	*39	27	4.28	12	17	1	193.1	211	73	119	1.469
Whitey Ford	2	2	0.00	2	0	0	1	14.0	6	0	1	7	0.500	39	39	3.21	25	4	0	283.0	242	92	209	1.180
Bill Stafford	1	1	2.70	0	0	0	0	6.2	7	2	2	5	1.350	36	25	2.68	14	9	2	195.0	168	59	101	1.164
Ralph Terry	2	2	4.82	0	1	0	0	9.1	12	5	2	7	1.500	31	27	3.15	16	3	0	188.1	162	42	86	1.083
Totals	10	5	1.60	4	1	1	1	45.0	35	8	8	27	0.956	163	163	3.461	109	53		1451.0	1288	542	866	1.261

Cincinnati Reds Pitching

* indicates player was with multiple teams

			Playoff Series Stats											Regular Season Stats
	G	GS	ERA	W	L	SV	CG	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	WHIP	G	GS	ERA	W	L	SV	IP	H	BB	SO	WHIP
Jim Brosnan	3	0	7.50	0	0	0	0	6.0	9	5	4	5	2.167	53	0	3.04	10	4	16	80.0	77	18	40	1.188
Bill Henry	2	0	19.29	0	0	0	0	2.1	4	5	2	3	2.571	47	0	2.19	2	1	16	53.1	50	15	53	1.219
Ken Hunt	1	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	1	1	1.000	29	22	3.96	9	10	0	136.1	130	66	75	1.438
Joey Jay	2	2	5.59	1	1	0	1	9.2	8	6	6	6	1.448	34	34	3.53	21	10	0	247.1	217	92	157	1.249
Ken Johnson	1	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	0.2	0	0	0	0	0.000	*21	12	4.00	6	6	1	92.1	82	29	46	1.202
Sherman Jones	1	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	0.2	0	0	0	0	0.000	24	2	4.42	1	1	2	55.0	51	27	32	1.418
Jim Maloney	1	0	27.00	0	0	0	0	0.2	4	2	1	1	7.500	27	11	4.37	6	7	2	94.2	86	59	57	1.532
Jim O'Toole	2	2	3.00	0	2	0	0	12.0	11	4	7	4	1.500	39	35	3.10	19	9	2	252.2	229	93	178	1.274
Bob Purkey	2	1	1.64	0	1	0	1	11.0	6	2	3	5	0.818	36	34	3.73	16	12	1	246.1	245	51	116	1.202
Totals	15	5	4.91	1	4	0	2	44.0	42	24	24	25	1.500	154	154	3.784	93	61		1370.0	1300	500	829	1.314

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