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1961 New York Yankees

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1960 / 1962

109-53, Finished 1st in American League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Ralph Houk (109-53)
Scored 827 runs, Allowed 612 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 103-59

Ballparks: Yankee Stadium I · Attendance: 1,747,725 (1st of 10)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year: Batting - 95, Pitching - 92 · one-year: Batting - 97, Pitching - 94

Postseason:  Won World Series (4-1) over Cincinnati Reds

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1960 / 1962 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Team Roster & Games By Position

Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR Salary
Luis Arroyo 34 L L 5' 8" 178 Feb 18, 1927 6 65 0 65 65 65 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.4 $ All-Star
Yogi Berra HOF 36 L R 5' 7" 185 May 12, 1925 16 119 98 119 101 0 15 0 0 0 0 81 0 8 87 20 0 2.0 $57,500 All-Star
Johnny Blanchard 28 L R 6' 1" 193 Feb 26, 1933 4 93 54 93 62 0 48 0 0 0 0 8 0 7 15 33 0 2.5 $
Clete Boyer 24 R R 6' 0" 165 Feb 9, 1937 6 148 146 148 148 0 0 0 0 141 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.6 $
Bob Cerv 35 R R 6' 0" 200 May 5, 1926 11 57 27 57 33 0 0 3 0 0 0 28 2 0 30 25 1 1.2 $
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 -0.3 $
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 0.3 $
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 -0.1 $
Joe DeMaestri 32 R R 6' 0" 170 Dec 9, 1928 11 30 9 30 27 0 0 0 5 4 18 0 0 0 0 0 3 -0.1 $
Art Ditmar 32 R R 6' 2" 185 Apr 3, 1929 8 12 8 12 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.8 $
Al Downing 20 R L 5' 11" 175 Jun 28, 1941 1st 5 1 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $
Ryne Duren 32 R R 6' 2" 190 Feb 22, 1929 6 4 0 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Whitey Ford HOF 32 L L 5' 10" 178 Oct 21, 1928 10 39 39 39 39 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.9 $ All-Star
Billy Gardner 33 R R 6' 0" 170 Jul 19, 1927 8 41 25 41 37 0 0 0 6 33 0 0 0 0 0 3 7 -0.1 $
Jesse Gonder 25 L R 5' 10" 180 Jan 20, 1936 2 15 0 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 0 0.1 $
Bob Hale 27 L L 5' 10" 195 Nov 7, 1933 7 11 1 11 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0.1 $
Elston Howard 32 R R 6' 2" 196 Feb 23, 1929 7 129 115 129 120 0 111 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 0 5.1 $ 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 0.1 $
Deron Johnson 22 R R 6' 2" 200 Jul 17, 1938 2 13 3 13 8 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 -0.3 $
Tony Kubek 25 L R 6' 3" 190 Oct 12, 1935 5 153 145 153 145 0 0 0 0 0 145 0 0 0 0 8 0 3.1 $ All-Star
Hector Lopez 31 R R 5' 11" 182 Jul 8, 1929 7 93 58 93 72 0 0 0 0 0 0 65 0 9 72 22 3 -0.4 $
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 -0.1 $
Mickey Mantle HOF 29 B R 5' 11" 195 Oct 20, 1931 11 153 149 153 150 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 150 0 150 3 0 10.2 $75,000 All-Star
Roger Maris 26 L R 6' 0" 197 Sep 10, 1934 5 161 160 161 160 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 150 160 1 0 6.7 $32,000 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 -0.6 $
Jack Reed 28 R R 6' 0" 185 Feb 2, 1933 1st 28 3 28 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 14 1 27 0 7 -0.1 $
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 0.5 $
Bobby Richardson 25 R R 5' 9" 170 Aug 19, 1935 7 162 160 162 161 0 0 0 161 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -0.9 $
Rollie Sheldon 24 R R 6' 4" 185 Dec 17, 1936 1st 36 21 36 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.5 $
Bill Skowron 30 R R 5' 11" 195 Dec 18, 1930 8 150 147 150 149 0 0 149 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2.2 $ All-Star
Bill Stafford 21 R R 6' 1" 188 Aug 13, 1939 2 36 25 36 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.6 $
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 2.2 $
Lee Thomas 25 L R 6' 2" 195 Feb 5, 1936 1st 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.0 $
Earl Torgeson 37 L L 6' 3" 180 Jan 1, 1924 15 22 3 22 8 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 3 -0.2 $
Tom Tresh 22 B R 6' 1" 180 Sep 20, 1938 1st 9 1 9 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 3 3 0.0 $
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 -1.0 $28,000
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR Salary

Uniform Numbers

Baseball Hall of Fame: Team Uniform Colors and Appearance
1

Bobby Richardson
6

Clete Boyer
Deron Johnson
7

Mickey Mantle
8

Yogi Berra
9

Roger Maris
10

Tony Kubek
11

Hector Lopez
12

Billy Gardner
14

Bill Skowron
15

Jack Reed
Tom Tresh
16

Whitey Ford
17

Bob Cerv
Lee Thomas
18

Hal Reniff
19

Bob Turley
20

Joe DeMaestri
22

Bill Stafford
23

Ralph Terry
24

Al Downing
Danny McDevitt
25

Jesse Gonder
26

Tex Clevenger
Ryne Duren
28

Bud Daley
Art Ditmar
29

Duke Maas
Earl Torgeson
32

Elston Howard
34

Clete Boyer
Bob Hale
38

Johnny Blanchard
39

Jim Coates
45

Rollie Sheldon
47

Luis Arroyo
53

Johnny James

1960 / 1962 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

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