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

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Series Games

Game 1 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 4, 1961 at Yankee Stad (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

  October 5, 1961 at Yankee Stad (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

  October 7, 1961 at Crosley Fld (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

  October 8, 1961 at Crosley Fld (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

  October 9, 1961 at Crosley Fld (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

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New York Yankees

                                          SERIES STATS                   |      REGULAR SEASON       
 Player              G  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO  BA    OBP   SLG  SB |  AB  H  HR  BA     OPS  SB
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
*Luis Arroyo         2   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |  25   7  0  .280  .640   0
*Yogi Berra          4  11  2  3  0  0  1   3  5  1  .273  .500  .545  0 | 395 107 22  .271  .796   2
*Johnny Blanchard    4  10  4  4  1  0  2   3  2  0  .400  .500 1.100  0 | 243  74 21  .305  .995   1
 Clete Boyer         5  15  0  4  2  0  0   3  4  0  .267  .421  .400  0 | 504 113 11  .224  .655   1
 Jim Coates          1   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  0 |  35   1  0  .029  .110   0
*Bud Daley           2   1  0  0  0  0  0   1  0  0  .000  .000  .000  0 |+ 63   8  0  .127  .310   0
*Whitey Ford         2   5  1  0  0  0  0   0  1  0  .000  .167  .000  0 |  96  17  0  .177  .454   0
 Billy Gardner       1   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  .000  .000  .000  0 |+253  57  2  .225  .583   0
 Elston Howard       5  20  5  5  3  0  1   1  2  3  .250  .318  .550  0 | 446 155 21  .348  .936   0
*Tony Kubek          5  22  3  5  0  0  0   1  1  4  .227  .261  .227  0 | 617 170  8  .276  .701   1
 Hector Lopez        4   9  3  3  0  1  1   7  2  3  .333  .455  .889  0 | 243  54  3  .222  .597   1
#Mickey Mantle       2   6  0  1  0  0  0   0  0  2  .167  .167  .167  0 | 514 163 54  .317 1.135  12
*Roger Maris         5  19  4  2  1  0  1   2  4  6  .105  .261  .316  0 | 590 159 61  .269  .992   0
 Jack Reed           3   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |  13   2  0  .154  .368   0
 Bobby Richardson    5  23  2  9  1  0  0   0  0  0  .391  .391  .435  1 | 662 173  3  .261  .611   9
 Bill Skowron        5  17  3  6  0  0  1   5  3  4  .353  .450  .529  0 | 561 150 28  .267  .790   0
 Bill Stafford       1   2  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  .000  .000  .000  0 |  67  12  0  .179  .464   0
 Ralph Terry         2   3  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  0 |  66  15  0  .227  .493   0
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
 Total               5 165 27 42  8  1  7  26 24 25  .255  .347  .442  1 |        240  .263  .770  28

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed

A + before season totals indicates the player was with multiple teams this year.

Cincinnati Reds

                                          SERIES STATS                   |      REGULAR SEASON       
 Player              G  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO  BA    OBP   SLG  SB |  AB  H  HR  BA     OPS  SB
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
*Gus Bell            3   3  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  .000  .000  .000  0 | 235  60  3  .255  .643   1
*Don Blasingame      3   7  1  1  0  0  0   0  0  3  .143  .143  .143  0 |+451 100  1  .222  .574   4
 Jim Brosnan         3   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |  13   2  0  .154  .368   0
 Leo Cardenas        3   3  0  1  1  0  0   0  0  1  .333  .333  .667  0 | 198  61  5  .308  .838   1
 Elio Chacon         4  12  2  3  0  0  0   0  1  2  .250  .308  .250  0 | 132  35  2  .265  .745   1
*Gordy Coleman       5  20  2  5  0  0  1   2  0  1  .250  .250  .400  0 | 520 149 26  .287  .845   1
*Johnny Edwards      3  11  1  4  2  0  0   2  0  0  .364  .364  .545  0 | 145  27  2  .186  .541   1
 Gene Freese         5  16  0  1  1  0  0   0  3  4  .063  .211  .125  0 | 575 159 26  .277  .773   8
 Dick Gernert        4   4  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  0 |+ 68  20  1  .294  .712   0
*Bill Henry          2   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   5   0  0  .000  .000   0
 Ken Hunt            1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |  39   7  0  .179  .451   0
#Joey Jay            2   4  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  2  .000  .000  .000  0 |  89   8  0  .090  .234   0
 Darrell Johnson     2   4  0  2  0  0  0   0  0  0  .500  .500  .500  0 |+115  31  1  .270  .620   0
 Ken Johnson         1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |+ 26   6  0  .231  .500   0
*Sherman Jones       1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |  11   2  0  .182  .432   0
 Eddie Kasko         5  22  1  7  0  0  0   1  0  2  .318  .318  .318  0 | 469 127  2  .271  .655   4
*Jerry Lynch         4   3  0  0  0  0  0   0  1  1  .000  .250  .000  0 | 181  57 13  .315 1.031   2
*Jim Maloney         1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |  29  11  1  .379  .921   0
#Jim O'Toole         2   3  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  0 |  93  16  0  .172  .389   0
*Vada Pinson         5  22  0  2  1  0  0   0  0  1  .091  .091  .136  0 | 607 208 16  .343  .883  23
 Wally Post          5  18  3  6  1  0  1   2  0  1  .333  .368  .556  0 | 282  83 20  .294  .931   0
 Bob Purkey          2   3  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  3  .000  .000  .000  0 |  80   8  1  .100  .296   0
 Frank Robinson      5  15  3  3  2  0  1   4  3  4  .200  .400  .533  0 | 545 176 37  .323 1.015  22
 Jerry Zimmerman     2   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 | 204  42  0  .206  .482   1
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
 Total               5 170 13 35  8  0  3  11  8 27  .206  .254  .306  0 |        158  .270  .745  70

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed

A + before season totals indicates the player was with multiple teams this year.

Series Pitching Stats

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New York Yankees

                        SERIES STATS                     |     REGULAR SEASON           
 Player              G  ERA   W-L SV CG  IP   H ER BB SO |  W-L   IP  ERA   WHIP  SO SV 
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
*Whitey Ford         2   0.00 2-0  0  1 14.0  6  0  1  7 | 25-4  283  3.21  1.18 209   
 Ralph Terry         2   4.82 0-1  0  0  9.3 12  5  2  7 | 16-3  188  3.15  1.08  86   
*Bud Daley           2   0.00 1-0  0  0  7.0  5  0  0  3 |+12-17 193  4.28  1.47 119  1
 Bill Stafford       1   2.70 0-0  0  0  6.7  7  2  2  5 | 14-9  195  2.68  1.16 101  2
 Jim Coates          1   0.00 0-0  1  0  4.0  1  0  1  2 | 11-5  141  3.44  1.28  80  5
*Luis Arroyo         2   2.25 1-0  0  0  4.0  4  1  2  3 | 15-5  119  2.19  1.11  87 29
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
 Total                   1.60 4-1  1  1 45.0 35  8  8 27 |            3.46 1.260   

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

A + before season totals indicates the player was with multiple teams this year.

Cincinnati Reds

                        SERIES STATS                     |     REGULAR SEASON           
 Player              G  ERA   W-L SV CG  IP   H ER BB SO |  W-L   IP  ERA   WHIP  SO SV 
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
*Jim O'Toole         2   3.00 0-2  0  0 12.0 11  4  7  4 | 19-9  253  3.10  1.27 178  2
 Bob Purkey          2   1.64 0-1  0  1 11.0  6  2  3  5 | 16-12 246  3.73  1.20 116  1
 Joey Jay            2   5.59 1-1  0  1  9.7  8  6  6  6 | 21-10 247  3.53  1.25 157   
 Jim Brosnan         3   7.50 0-0  0  0  6.0  9  5  4  5 | 10-4   80  3.04  1.19  40 16
*Bill Henry          2  19.29 0-0  0  0  2.3  4  5  2  3 |  2-1   53  2.19  1.22  53 16
 Ken Hunt            1   0.00 0-0  0  0  1.0  0  0  1  1 |  9-10 136  3.96  1.44  75   
 Ken Johnson         1   0.00 0-0  0  0  0.7  0  0  0  0 |+ 6-6   92  4.00  1.20  46  1
 Sherman Jones       1   0.00 0-0  0  0  0.7  0  0  0  0 |  1-1   55  4.42  1.42  32  2
 Jim Maloney         1  27.00 0-0  0  0  0.7  4  2  1  1 |  6-7   95  4.37  1.53  57  2
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
 Total                   4.91 1-4  0  2 44.0 42 24 24 25 |            3.78 1.310   

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

A + before season totals indicates the player was with multiple teams this year.

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