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1961 New York Yankees Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1960 / 1962)
109-53, Finished 1st in American League
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Scored 827 runs, Allowed 612 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 103-59
Manager: Ralph Houk (109-53)
Ballpark: Yankee Stadium I (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 1,747,725 (1st of 10)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year: Batting - 95, Pitching - 93;   one-year: Batting - 97, Pitching - 94
World Series Champs
Postseason:  Won World Series (4-1) over Cincinnati Reds
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1960 / 1962 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played

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Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR
Luis Arroyo 34 L L 5' 8" 190 Feb 18, 1927 6 65 0 65 65 65 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 All-Star
Yogi Berra HOF 36 L R 5' 8" 194 May 12, 1925 16 119 98 119 119 0 15 0 0 0 0 81 0 8 87 20 0 All-Star
Johnny Blanchard 28 L R 6' 1" 198 Feb 26, 1933 4 93 54 93 93 0 48 0 0 0 0 8 0 7 15 33 0
Clete Boyer 24 R R 6' 0" 182 Feb 9, 1937 6 148 146 148 148 0 0 0 0 141 12 0 0 0 1 0 0
Bob Cerv 35 R R May 5, 1926 11 57 27 57 57 0 0 3 0 0 0 28 2 0 30 25 1
Tex Clevenger 28 R R 6' 1" 180 Jul 9, 1932 7 21 0 21 21 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jim Coates 28 R R 6' 4" 192 Aug 4, 1932 4 43 11 43 43 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bud Daley 28 L L 6' 1" 185 Oct 7, 1932 7 23 17 23 23 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Joe DeMaestri 32 R R 6' 0" 174 Dec 9, 1928 11 30 9 30 30 0 0 0 5 4 18 0 0 0 0 0 3
Art Ditmar 32 R R 6' 2" 196 Apr 3, 1929 8 12 8 12 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Al Downing 20 R L 5' 11" 177 Jun 28, 1941 1st 5 1 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ryne Duren 32 R R 6' 1" 195 Feb 22, 1929 6 4 0 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Whitey Ford HOF 32 L L 5' 10" 181 Oct 21, 1928 10 39 39 39 39 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 All-Star
Billy Gardner 33 R R 6' 0" 180 Jul 19, 1927 8 41 25 41 41 0 0 0 6 33 0 0 0 0 0 3 7
Jesse Gonder 25 L R 5' 10" 190 Jan 20, 1936 2 15 0 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 0
Bob Hale 27 L L 5' 10" 195 Nov 7, 1933 7 11 1 11 11 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
Elston Howard 32 R R 6' 2" 200 Feb 23, 1929 7 129 115 129 129 0 111 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 0 All-Star
Johnny James 27 L R 5' 10" 160 Jul 23, 1933 3 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Deron Johnson 22 R R 6' 2" 209 Jul 17, 1938 2 13 3 13 13 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
Tony Kubek 25 L R 6' 3" 191 Oct 12, 1935 5 153 145 153 153 0 0 0 0 0 145 0 0 0 0 8 0 All-Star
Hector Lopez 31 R R 5' 11" 182 Jul 9, 1929 7 93 58 93 93 0 0 0 0 0 0 65 0 9 72 22 3
Duke Maas 32 R R 5' 10" 170 Jan 31, 1929 7 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mickey Mantle HOF 29 B R 5' 11" 198 Oct 20, 1931 11 153 149 153 153 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 150 0 150 3 0 All-Star
Roger Maris 26 L R 6' 0" 204 Sep 10, 1934 5 161 160 161 161 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 150 160 1 0 All-Star
Danny McDevitt 28 L L 5' 10" 175 Nov 18, 1932 5 8 2 8 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jack Reed 28 R R 6' 0" 185 Feb 2, 1933 1st 28 3 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 14 1 27 0 7
Hal Reniff 22 R R 6' 0" 215 Jul 2, 1938 1st 25 0 25 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bobby Richardson 25 R R 5' 9" 170 Aug 19, 1935 7 162 160 162 162 0 0 0 161 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Rollie Sheldon 24 R R 6' 4" 190 Dec 17, 1936 1st 36 21 36 36 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Bill Skowron 30 R R 5' 11" 195 Dec 18, 1930 8 150 147 150 150 0 0 149 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 All-Star
Bill Stafford 21 R R 6' 2" 193 Aug 13, 1939 2 36 25 36 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ralph Terry 25 R R 6' 3" 195 Jan 9, 1936 6 31 27 31 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lee Thomas 25 L R 6' 2" 198 Feb 5, 1936 1st 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Earl Torgeson 37 L L 6' 3" 180 Jan 1, 1924 15 22 3 22 22 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 3
Tom Tresh 23 B R 6' 0" 191 Sep 20, 1937 1st 9 1 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 3 3
Bob Turley 30 R R 6' 2" 215 Sep 19, 1930 10 15 12 15 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR

1960 / 1962 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played

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