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1961 New York Yankees Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics
(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 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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Rk	Pos		Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	C	Elston Howard	32	129	482	446	64	155	17	5	21	77	0	3	28	65	.348	.387	.549	.936	153	245	5	3	1	4	6
2	1B	Bill Skowron	30	150	607	561	76	150	23	4	28	89	0	0	35	108	.267	.318	.472	.790	113	265	21	8	0	3	9
3	2B	Bobby Richardson	25	162	706	662	80	173	17	5	3	49	9	7	30	23	.261	.295	.316	.610	67	209	15	2	10	2	1
4	SS	Tony Kubek*	25	153	658	617	84	170	38	6	8	46	1	3	27	60	.276	.306	.395	.701	90	244	7	1	10	3	1
5	3B	Clete Boyer	24	148	578	504	61	113	19	5	11	55	1	3	63	83	.224	.308	.347	.656	79	175	13	2	1	8	4
6	LF	Yogi Berra*	36	119	437	395	62	107	11	0	22	61	2	0	35	28	.271	.330	.466	.795	115	184	7	2	0	5	4
7	CF	Mickey Mantle#	29	153	646	514	132	163	16	6	54	128	12	1	126	112	.317	.448	.687	1.135	206	353	2	0	1	5	9
8	RF	Roger Maris*	26	161	698	590	132	159	16	4	61	142	0	0	94	67	.269	.372	.620	.993	167	366	16	7	0	7	0
Rk	Pos		Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
9	C	Johnny Blanchard*	28	93	275	243	38	74	10	1	21	54	1	0	27	28	.305	.382	.613	.995	168	149	6	4	0	1	9
10	LF	Hector Lopez	31	93	273	243	27	54	7	2	3	22	1	0	24	38	.222	.292	.305	.596	64	74	8	1	2	3	1
11	LF	Bob Cerv	35	57	131	118	17	32	5	1	6	20	1	0	12	17	.271	.344	.483	.827	124	57	6	1	0	0	0
12	3B	Billy Gardner	33	41	109	99	11	21	5	0	1	2	0	0	6	18	.212	.278	.293	.571	57	29	4	3	1	0	0
13	SS	Joe DeMaestri	32	30	41	41	1	6	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	13	.146	.146	.146	.293	-19	6	1	0	0	0	0
14	1B	Earl Torgeson*	37	22	26	18	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	8	3	.111	.385	.111	.496	43	2	1	0	0	0	0
15	3B	Deron Johnson	22	13	22	19	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	5	.105	.182	.105	.287	-19	2	2	0	0	1	0
16		Jesse Gonder*	25	15	15	12	2	4	1	0	0	3	0	0	3	1	.333	.467	.417	.883	144	5	1	0	0	0	1
17	OF	Jack Reed	28	28	14	13	4	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	.154	.214	.154	.368	3	2	0	0	0	0	0
18	1B	Bob Hale*	27	11	13	13	2	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	.154	.154	.385	.538	42	5	1	0	0	0	0
19	SS	Tom Tresh#	23	9	8	8	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500	38	2	1	0	0	0	0
20		Lee Thomas*	25	2	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	175	1	0	0	0	0	0
Rk	Pos		Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
21	P	Whitey Ford*	32	39	114	96	11	17	1	0	0	10	0	0	12	17	.177	.266	.188	.454	27	18	1	0	5	1	0
22	P	Bill Stafford	21	36	74	67	5	12	2	1	0	3	0	0	4	11	.179	.225	.239	.464	27	16	0	0	3	0	0
23	P	Ralph Terry	25	31	73	66	3	15	2	0	0	5	0	0	1	16	.227	.235	.258	.493	35	17	1	0	5	1	0
24	P	Rollie Sheldon	24	36	60	56	1	7	0	0	0	4	0	0	2	24	.125	.155	.125	.280	-22	7	0	0	2	0	0
25	P	Bud Daley*	28	23	48	45	3	6	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	1	.133	.152	.156	.308	-15	7	0	0	2	0	0
26	P	Jim Coates	28	43	45	35	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	21	.029	.081	.029	.110	-68	1	0	1	8	0	0
27	P	Luis Arroyo*	34	65	28	25	2	7	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.280	.280	.360	.640	74	9	0	0	3	0	0
28	P	Bob Turley	30	15	25	21	1	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	11	.095	.091	.095	.186	-49	2	1	0	3	1	0
29	P	Art Ditmar	32	12	19	19	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.053	.053	.053	.105	-71	1	0	0	0	0	0
30	P	Hal Reniff	22	25	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
31	P	Tex Clevenger	28	21	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.500	.750	100	2	0	0	0	0	0
32	P	Danny McDevitt*	28	8	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.500	.000	.500	51	0	0	0	0	0	0
33	P	Al Downing	20	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
34	P	Johnny James*	27	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
35	P	Ryne Duren	32	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
36	P	Duke Maas	32	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
		Team Totals	28.3	163	6239	5559	827	1461	194	40	240	782	28	18	543	785	.263	.330	.442	.771	109	2455	120	35	57	45	45
		Rank in 10 AL teams				3	2	4	10	5	1		10	9	9	7	4	5	1	1		1
Rk	Pos		Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB

* - bats left-handed, # - bats both, else - bats right, ? - unknown; OPS_lg for OPS+ does not include pitchers.

Team Pitching

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Rk	Pos		Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
1	SP	Whitey Ford*	32	25	4	.862	3.21	39	39	0	11	3	0	283.0	242	108	101	23	92	3	209	1	0	8	1159	117	1.180	7.7	0.7	2.9	6.6	2.27
2	SP	Bill Stafford	21	14	9	.609	2.68	36	25	6	8	3	2	195.0	168	65	58	13	59	4	101	5	0	1	796	140	1.164	7.8	0.6	2.7	4.7	1.71
3	SP	Ralph Terry	25	16	3	.842	3.15	31	27	2	9	2	0	188.1	162	74	66	19	42	0	86	1	0	0	751	119	1.083	7.7	0.9	2.0	4.1	2.05
4	SP	Rollie Sheldon	24	11	5	.688	3.60	35	21	5	6	2	0	162.2	149	70	65	17	55	2	84	2	0	6	670	104	1.254	8.2	0.9	3.0	4.6	1.53
5	SP	Bud Daley*	28	8	9	.471	3.96	23	17	0	7	0	0	129.2	127	63	57	17	51	6	83	4	1	1	558	95	1.373	8.8	1.2	3.5	5.8	1.63
6	SP	Bob Turley	30	3	5	.375	5.75	15	12	1	1	0	0	72.0	74	47	46	11	51	0	48	4	0	2	334	65	1.736	9.3	1.4	6.4	6.0	0.94
Rk	Pos		Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
7	CL	Luis Arroyo*	34	15	5	.750	2.19	65	0	54	0	0	29	119.0	83	34	29	5	49	8	87	3	0	4	484	171	1.109	6.3	0.4	3.7	6.6	1.78
8	RP	Jim Coates	28	11	5	.688	3.44	43	11	15	4	1	5	141.1	128	60	54	15	53	0	80	7	0	2	595	109	1.281	8.2	1.0	3.4	5.1	1.51
9	RP	Hal Reniff	22	2	0	1.000	2.58	25	0	16	0	0	2	45.1	31	14	13	1	31	3	21	0	0	4	190	145	1.368	6.2	0.2	6.2	4.2	0.68
10	RP	Tex Clevenger	28	1	1	.500	4.83	21	0	9	0	0	0	31.2	35	20	17	3	21	1	14	1	0	2	146	77	1.768	9.9	0.9	6.0	4.0	0.67
11	RP	Danny McDevitt*	28	1	2	.333	7.62	8	2	2	0	0	1	13.0	18	11	11	2	8	0	8	1	1	1	61	49	2.000	12.5	1.4	5.5	5.5	1.00
Rk	Pos		Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
12		Art Ditmar	32	2	3	.400	4.64	12	8	1	1	0	0	54.1	59	33	28	9	14	0	24	2	0	1	231	81	1.344	9.8	1.5	2.3	4.0	1.71
13		Al Downing*	20	0	1	.000	8.00	5	1	3	0	0	0	9.0	7	8	8	0	12	0	12	1	1	1	47	47	2.111	7.0	0.0	12.0	12.0	1.00
14		Ryne Duren	32	0	1	.000	5.40	4	0	2	0	0	0	5.0	2	3	3	2	4	0	7	0	0	0	21	69	1.200	3.6	3.6	7.2	12.6	1.75
15		Johnny James	27	0	0		0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	4		0.750	6.8	0.0	0.0	13.5
16		Duke Maas	32	0	0		54.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.1	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	7	6.000	54.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
		Team Totals	27.5	109	53	.673	3.46	163	163	116	47	11	39	1451.0	1288	612	558	137	542	27	866	32	3	33	6050	108	1.261	8.0	0.8	3.4	5.4	1.60
		Rank in 10 AL teams		1	10		2				4	2	1	3	2	2	2	3	3		8331
Rk	Pos		Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB

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

Team Fielding--Totals

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	Age	G	GS	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	Rtz	Rtzrd	Rtzhm	Rof	Rdp	Rctch	RF/9	RF/G	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%	Pos. Summary
Luis Arroyo	34	65	0	119.0	18	2	15	1	0	.944									1.29	0.26						P
Yogi Berra	36	104	98	838.2	250	233	15	2	2	.992	4.2	6.0	4.2	1.5	2.7	-2		2	2.66	2.38	3	0	6	6	50%	LF-C-RF
Johnny Blanchard	28	63	54	519.2	314	293	18	3	2	.990	0.0	0.0	2.0	1.2	0.8	0		-2	5.39	4.94	2	11	18	5	22%	C-LF-RF
Clete Boyer	24	153	146	1275.1	560	170	373	17	41	.970	29.8	28.0	28.8	7.6	21.2		1		3.83	3.55						3B-SS
Bob Cerv	35	33	27	236.0	82	77	4	1	2	.988	5.9	30.0	4.9	2.0	2.8	1	0		3.09	2.45						LF-1B-CF
Tex Clevenger	28	21	0	31.2	11	5	6	0	1	1.000									3.13	0.52						P
Jim Coates	28	43	11	141.1	33	12	19	2	2	.939									1.97	0.72						P
Bud Daley	28	23	17	129.2	28	10	16	2	2	.929									1.80	1.13						P
Joe DeMaestri	32	27	9	123.1	69	24	44	1	11	.986	3.0	29.2	3.0	0.7	2.3		0		4.96	2.52						SS-2B-3B
Art Ditmar	32	12	8	54.1	16	4	12	0	0	1.000									2.65	1.33						P
Al Downing	20	5	1	9.0	2	0	2	0	0	1.000									2.00	0.40						P
Ryne Duren	32	4	0	5.0	0	0	0	0	0										0.00	0.00						P
Whitey Ford	32	39	39	283.0	62	12	45	5	5	.919									1.81	1.46						P
Billy Gardner	33	39	25	239.0	100	35	61	4	8	.960	2.9	14.6	2.9	2.4	0.5		0		3.62	2.46						3B-2B
Bob Hale	27	5	1	15.0	16	15	1	0	1	1.000	0.1	8.0	0.1	-0.1	0.1		0		9.60	3.20						1B
Elston Howard	32	120	115	1009.1	778	725	47	6	16	.992	3.4	4.0	-0.6	-0.4	-0.2		0	4	6.88	6.43	8	22	20	20	50%	C-1B
Johnny James	27	1	0	1.1	0	0	0	0	0										0.00	0.00						P
Deron Johnson	22	8	3	37.2	17	2	15	0	0	1.000	0.3	9.6	0.3	0.0	0.3		0		4.06	2.13						3B
Tony Kubek	25	145	145	1259.2	740	261	449	30	107	.959	14.4	13.7	10.4	-2.0	12.3		4		5.07	4.90						SS
Hector Lopez	31	74	58	552.0	132	123	6	3	0	.977	3.6	7.8	2.6	2.7	-0.1	1			2.10	1.74						LF-RF
Duke Maas	32	1	0	0.1	0	0	0	0	0										0.00	0.00						P
Mickey Mantle	29	150	149	1294.0	360	348	6	6	0	.983	1.1	1.0	1.1	-3.6	4.6	0			2.46	2.36						CF
Roger Maris	26	167	160	1402.0	290	272	9	9	1	.969	1.2	1.0	-1.8	-4.3	2.5	3			1.80	1.68						RF-CF
Danny McDevitt	28	8	2	13.0	3	1	2	0	0	1.000									2.08	0.38						P
Jack Reed	28	27	3	61.1	16	15	0	1	0	.938	1.0	19.6	-0.0	-0.7	0.7	1			2.20	0.56						CF-LF-RF
Hal Reniff	22	25	0	45.1	9	3	5	1	0	.889									1.59	0.32						P
Bobby Richardson	25	161	160	1405.1	807	413	376	18	136	.978	-6.6	-5.6	-9.6	-9.2	-0.5		3		5.05	4.90						2B
Rollie Sheldon	24	35	21	162.2	41	11	30	0	3	1.000									2.27	1.17						P
Bill Skowron	30	149	147	1291.0	1340	1228	102	10	146	.993	7.9	7.3	6.9	5.1	1.8		1		9.27	8.93						1B
Bill Stafford	21	36	25	195.0	37	7	29	1	5	.973									1.66	1.00						P
Ralph Terry	25	31	27	188.1	50	20	30	0	1	1.000									2.39	1.61						P
Earl Torgeson	37	8	3	36.0	32	29	2	1	7	.969	-0.3	-10.0	-0.3	0.0	-0.3		0		7.75	3.88						1B
Tom Tresh	23	3	1	12.2	10	3	7	0	1	1.000	1.0	94.7	1.0	0.3	0.7		0		7.11	3.33						SS
Bob Turley	30	15	12	72.0	12	4	8	0	0	1.000									1.50	0.80						P
Team Totals	28.3	163	1467	13059.0	6238	4358	1756	124	500	.980	72.9	6.7	55.9	3.2	52.2	4	9	4	4.21	3.42	13	33	44	31	41%
Rank in 10 AL teams								10	1	1
	Age	G	GS	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	Rtz	Rtzrd	Rtzhm	Rof	Rdp	Rctch	RF/9	RF/G	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%	Pos. Summary

1960 / 1962 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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