1961 New York Yankees Playoff Odds

1960 Season 1962 Season

Record: 109-53-1, Finished 1st in American League (Schedule and Results)

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

Manager: Ralph Houk (109-53-1)

General Manager: Roy Hamey

Farm Director: John Johnson

Ballpark: 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

Pythagorean W-L: 103-59, 827 Runs, 612 Runs Allowed

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Table
		Current		Remaining		Average		90% Confidence
Date	SRS	W	L	W	L	W	L	Best	Worst	Pennant	Win WS
1961-10-01	1.4	109	53	0.0	0.0	109.0	53.0	109-53	109-53	>99.9%	66.4%
		Current		Remaining		Average		90% Confidence
Date	SRS	W	L	W	L	W	L	Best	Worst	Pennant	Win WS
1961-09-30	1.3	108	53	0.6	0.4	108.6	53.4	109-53	108-54	>99.9%	64.7%
1961-09-29	1.3	107	53	1.2	0.8	108.2	53.8	109-53	107-55	>99.9%	63.7%
1961-09-28	1.3	106	53	1.8	1.2	107.8	54.2	109-53	106-56	>99.9%	64.6%
1961-09-27	1.3	106	53	1.8	1.2	107.8	54.2	109-53	106-56	>99.9%	63.4%
1961-09-26	1.3	106	52	2.3	1.7	108.3	53.7	110-52	107-55	>99.9%	64.0%
1961-09-25	1.3	105	52	2.8	2.2	107.8	54.2	110-52	106-56	>99.9%	64.9%
1961-09-24	1.3	105	52	2.8	2.2	107.8	54.2	110-52	106-56	>99.9%	64.7%
1961-09-23	1.3	105	51	3.5	2.5	108.5	53.5	110-52	107-55	>99.9%	64.4%
1961-09-22	1.3	104	51	4.1	2.9	108.1	53.9	110-52	106-56	>99.9%	64.3%
1961-09-21	1.3	104	51	4.1	2.9	108.1	53.9	110-52	106-56	>99.9%	63.2%
1961-09-20	1.3	104	50	4.6	3.4	108.6	53.4	111-51	106-56	>99.9%	63.6%
1961-09-19	1.3	103	50	5.1	3.9	108.1	53.9	110-52	106-56	>99.9%	62.6%
1961-09-18	1.3	102	49	6.2	4.8	108.2	53.8	111-51	105-57	>99.9%	65.0%
1961-09-17	1.3	102	49	6.2	4.8	108.2	53.8	111-51	106-56	>99.9%	65.2%
1961-09-16	1.4	101	49	6.8	5.2	107.8	54.2	111-51	105-57	>99.9%	64.6%
1961-09-15	1.4	101	48	7.4	5.6	108.4	53.6	111-51	105-57	>99.9%	65.7%
1961-09-14	1.4	100	47	8.5	5.5	108.5	52.5	112-49	105-56	>99.9%	66.0%
1961-09-13	1.5	100	45	9.6	7.4	109.6	52.4	113-49	106-56	>99.9%	66.6%
1961-09-12	1.5	100	45	9.6	7.4	109.6	52.4	113-49	106-56	>99.9%	65.7%
1961-09-11	1.5	99	45	10.2	7.8	109.2	52.8	113-49	106-56	>99.9%	66.4%
1961-09-10	1.5	99	45	9.2	7.8	108.2	52.8	112-49	105-56	>99.9%	67.0%
1961-09-09	1.5	97	45	11.5	8.5	108.5	53.5	112-50	105-57	99.9%	67.1%
1961-09-08	1.5	96	45	12.2	8.8	108.2	53.8	112-50	104-58	99.9%	67.8%
1961-09-07	1.4	95	45	12.6	9.4	107.6	54.4	111-51	104-58	99.6%	65.5%
1961-09-06	1.4	94	45	13.2	9.8	107.2	54.8	111-51	103-59	99.2%	65.4%
1961-09-05	1.4	93	45	13.9	10.1	106.9	55.1	111-51	103-59	98.7%	65.1%
1961-09-04	1.4	92	45	13.5	10.5	105.5	55.5	109-52	101-60	95.7%	63.5%
1961-09-03	1.4	90	45	15.7	11.3	105.7	56.3	110-52	101-61	92.1%	59.6%
1961-09-02	1.3	89	45	16.1	11.9	105.1	56.9	109-53	101-61	86.1%	55.8%
1961-09-01	1.3	88	45	16.5	12.5	104.5	57.5	109-53	100-62	77.6%	49.6%
		Current		Remaining		Average		90% Confidence
Date	SRS	W	L	W	L	W	L	Best	Worst	Pennant	Win WS
1961-08-31	1.3	87	45	17.0	13.0	104.0	58.0	108-54	100-62	69.5%	44.3%
1961-08-30	1.3	87	44	17.7	13.3	104.7	57.3	109-53	100-62	78.7%	50.5%
1961-08-29	1.3	86	44	18.3	13.7	104.3	57.7	109-53	100-62	71.4%	44.9%
1961-08-28	1.3	86	43	18.8	14.2	104.8	57.2	109-53	100-62	69.8%	44.1%
1961-08-27	1.3	86	43	18.9	14.1	104.9	57.1	109-53	100-62	76.3%	48.6%
1961-08-26	1.3	85	43	19.6	14.4	104.6	57.4	109-53	100-62	77.9%	50.1%
1961-08-25	1.3	84	43	20.3	14.7	104.3	57.7	109-53	99-63	74.6%	47.3%
1961-08-24	1.3	83	43	20.9	15.1	103.9	58.1	109-53	99-63	76.1%	48.3%
1961-08-23	1.2	83	42	21.4	15.6	104.4	57.6	109-53	99-63	81.1%	50.1%
1961-08-22	1.2	82	42	22.0	16.0	104.0	58.0	109-53	99-63	74.0%	45.7%
1961-08-21	1.3	82	41	21.6	16.4	103.6	57.4	109-52	99-62	81.2%	49.7%
1961-08-20	1.3	82	41	21.6	16.4	103.6	57.4	109-52	99-62	81.2%	49.7%
1961-08-19	1.2	80	41	23.6	17.4	103.6	58.4	109-53	98-64	80.1%	47.0%
1961-08-18	1.2	79	41	24.1	17.9	103.1	58.9	108-54	98-64	79.0%	46.5%
1961-08-17	1.2	79	40	24.7	18.3	103.7	58.3	109-53	98-64	85.1%	50.8%
1961-08-16	1.2	78	40	25.1	18.9	103.1	58.9	108-54	98-64	78.0%	46.4%
1961-08-15	1.1	77	40	25.7	19.3	102.7	59.3	108-54	97-65	73.9%	43.4%
1961-08-14	1.2	77	39	26.3	19.7	103.3	58.7	109-53	98-64	79.6%	46.9%
1961-08-13	1.2	77	39	26.4	19.6	103.4	58.6	109-53	98-64	79.9%	47.0%
1961-08-12	1.2	76	38	27.7	20.3	103.7	58.3	109-53	98-64	76.8%	46.7%
1961-08-11	1.3	76	37	28.6	20.4	104.6	57.4	110-52	99-63	85.1%	52.1%
1961-08-10	1.3	75	37	29.1	20.9	104.1	57.9	110-52	98-64	80.3%	49.3%
1961-08-09	1.3	74	37	29.6	21.4	103.6	58.4	109-53	98-64	78.9%	48.8%
1961-08-08	1.3	73	37	30.2	21.8	103.2	58.8	109-53	97-65	79.3%	50.0%
1961-08-07	1.3	72	37	30.8	22.2	102.8	59.2	109-53	97-65	81.6%	50.9%
1961-08-06	1.2	71	37	30.3	22.7	101.3	59.7	107-54	95-66	75.1%	46.4%
1961-08-05	1.2	69	37	32.3	23.7	101.3	60.7	107-55	95-67	70.8%	43.6%
1961-08-04	1.2	68	37	32.9	24.1	100.9	61.1	107-55	95-67	70.6%	43.4%
1961-08-03	1.2	67	37	33.5	24.5	100.5	61.5	107-55	94-68	71.8%	44.1%
1961-08-02	1.3	67	36	33.4	24.6	100.4	60.6	107-54	94-67	74.8%	46.6%
1961-08-01	1.2	65	36	35.7	24.3	100.7	60.3	107-54	94-67	72.6%	45.7%
		Current		Remaining		Average		90% Confidence
Date	SRS	W	L	W	L	W	L	Best	Worst	Pennant	Win WS
1961-07-31	1.2	65	36	35.7	24.3	100.7	60.3	107-54	94-67	72.6%	45.7%
1961-07-30	1.2	65	36	35.7	24.3	100.7	60.3	107-54	94-67	72.6%	45.7%
1961-07-29	1.2	65	34	36.7	26.3	101.7	60.3	108-54	95-67	70.1%	44.2%
1961-07-28	1.2	64	34	37.2	26.8	101.2	60.8	108-54	95-67	61.7%	38.6%
1961-07-27	1.3	64	33	38.0	27.0	102.0	60.0	108-54	95-67	63.5%	40.3%
1961-07-26	1.3	63	33	38.6	27.4	101.6	60.4	108-54	95-67	60.7%	38.8%
1961-07-25	1.3	62	33	38.3	27.7	100.3	60.7	107-54	94-67	58.0%	37.0%
1961-07-24	1.2	60	33	39.9	29.1	99.9	62.1	107-55	93-69	47.4%	29.7%
1961-07-23	1.2	60	33	39.9	29.1	99.9	62.1	106-56	93-69	54.3%	33.8%
1961-07-22	1.2	60	32	40.5	29.5	100.5	61.5	107-55	94-68	59.4%	37.0%
1961-07-21	1.2	59	32	41.1	29.9	100.1	61.9	107-55	93-69	57.6%	36.2%
1961-07-20	1.2	58	32	41.8	30.2	99.8	62.2	107-55	93-69	52.3%	32.3%
1961-07-19	1.2	58	32	41.7	29.3	99.7	61.3	107-54	93-68	59.7%	37.4%
1961-07-18	1.4	58	30	44.2	29.8	102.2	59.8	109-53	95-67	68.5%	45.0%
1961-07-17	1.4	57	30	44.8	30.2	101.8	60.2	109-53	95-67	60.4%	39.7%
1961-07-16	1.4	56	30	45.4	30.6	101.4	60.6	108-54	94-68	63.1%	40.6%
1961-07-15	1.4	55	30	45.9	31.1	100.9	61.1	108-54	94-68	66.4%	42.6%
1961-07-14	1.4	54	30	46.6	31.4	100.6	61.4	108-54	93-69	67.3%	43.4%
1961-07-13	1.3	54	29	46.8	32.2	100.8	61.2	108-54	94-68	65.2%	41.1%
1961-07-12	1.3	53	29	47.1	32.9	100.1	61.9	107-55	93-69	62.1%	39.2%
1961-07-11	1.3	53	29	47.1	32.9	100.1	61.9	107-55	93-69	62.1%	39.2%
1961-07-10	1.3	53	29	47.1	32.9	100.1	61.9	107-55	93-69	62.1%	39.2%
1961-07-09	1.3	53	29	47.1	32.9	100.1	61.9	107-55	93-69	62.1%	39.2%
1961-07-08	1.3	52	28	48.9	33.1	100.9	61.1	108-54	94-68	68.1%	43.7%
1961-07-07	1.3	51	28	49.8	33.2	100.8	61.2	108-54	93-69	70.8%	44.9%
1961-07-06	1.3	50	28	50.2	33.8	100.2	61.8	107-55	93-69	65.1%	40.6%
1961-07-05	1.2	49	28	50.4	34.6	99.4	62.6	107-55	92-70	62.8%	39.9%
1961-07-04	1.2	48	28	50.7	35.3	98.7	63.3	106-56	91-71	58.1%	36.6%
1961-07-03	1.1	47	27	51.2	36.8	98.2	63.8	106-56	91-71	55.1%	34.2%
1961-07-02	1.1	47	27	51.2	36.8	98.2	63.8	106-56	91-71	54.8%	34.1%
1961-07-01	1.0	46	27	50.9	38.1	96.9	65.1	105-57	89-73	43.5%	26.2%
		Current		Remaining		Average		90% Confidence
Date	SRS	W	L	W	L	W	L	Best	Worst	Pennant	Win WS
1961-06-30	1.0	45	27	51.5	38.5	96.5	65.5	104-58	89-73	43.6%	26.0%
1961-06-29	0.8	44	27	51.1	39.9	95.1	66.9	103-59	87-75	38.3%	21.8%
1961-06-28	0.8	44	27	51.1	39.9	95.1	66.9	103-59	87-75	42.1%	23.9%
1961-06-27	0.8	44	26	52.0	40.0	96.0	66.0	104-58	88-74	47.9%	26.8%
1961-06-26	0.9	44	25	52.8	40.2	96.8	65.2	105-57	89-73	47.7%	27.2%
1961-06-25	0.9	43	25	53.4	40.6	96.4	65.6	104-58	88-74	45.3%	25.7%
1961-06-24	0.9	42	25	54.0	41.0	96.0	66.0	104-58	88-74	45.5%	26.2%
1961-06-23	0.8	41	25	54.2	41.8	95.2	66.8	103-59	87-75	41.6%	24.0%
1961-06-22	0.9	41	24	55.2	41.8	96.2	65.8	104-58	88-74	50.1%	28.7%
1961-06-21	0.9	40	24	55.8	42.2	95.8	66.2	104-58	88-74	49.4%	28.3%
1961-06-20	0.8	39	24	56.3	42.7	95.3	66.7	103-59	87-75	44.6%	25.3%
1961-06-19	0.8	38	24	56.5	43.5	94.5	67.5	103-59	86-76	40.4%	22.6%
1961-06-18	0.8	38	23	57.3	43.7	95.3	66.7	104-58	87-75	44.3%	25.0%
1961-06-17	0.7	37	23	57.1	44.9	94.1	67.9	102-60	86-76	33.9%	19.0%
1961-06-16	0.7	37	22	57.9	45.1	94.9	67.1	103-59	87-75	38.2%	22.1%
1961-06-15	0.8	37	21	58.5	45.5	95.5	66.5	104-58	87-75	44.7%	25.0%
1961-06-14	0.7	36	21	58.9	46.1	94.9	67.1	103-59	86-76	35.4%	20.2%
1961-06-13	0.7	35	21	59.2	46.8	94.2	67.8	103-59	86-76	30.7%	17.6%
1961-06-12	0.7	35	20	59.9	47.1	94.9	67.1	103-59	87-75	38.8%	22.6%
1961-06-11	0.8	34	20	59.6	47.4	93.6	67.4	102-59	85-76	34.0%	19.8%
1961-06-10	0.6	32	20	60.7	49.3	92.7	69.3	101-61	84-78	26.9%	15.3%
1961-06-09	0.6	31	20	61.3	49.7	92.3	69.7	101-61	84-78	25.4%	14.3%
1961-06-08	0.6	30	20	61.9	50.1	91.9	70.1	100-62	83-79	24.0%	13.6%
1961-06-07	0.6	29	19	63.2	50.8	92.2	69.8	101-61	83-79	25.8%	14.4%
1961-06-06	0.6	28	19	63.4	51.6	91.4	70.6	100-62	83-79	24.4%	13.7%
1961-06-05	0.5	27	19	61.7	53.3	88.7	72.3	97-64	80-81	14.7%	7.7%
1961-06-04	0.5	25	19	64.2	53.8	89.2	72.8	98-64	80-82	14.2%	7.6%
1961-06-03	0.4	24	19	64.0	55.0	88.0	74.0	97-65	79-83	12.6%	6.5%
1961-06-02	0.5	24	18	64.5	55.5	88.5	73.5	97-65	80-82	15.7%	8.3%
1961-06-01	0.4	23	18	64.8	56.2	87.8	74.2	97-65	79-83	13.3%	6.9%
		Current		Remaining		Average		90% Confidence
Date	SRS	W	L	W	L	W	L	Best	Worst	Pennant	Win WS
1961-05-31	0.4	23	17	64.7	57.3	87.7	74.3	97-65	79-83	11.8%	5.8%
1961-05-30	0.4	22	17	65.4	57.6	87.4	74.6	96-66	78-84	9.9%	5.1%
1961-05-29	0.3	21	17	65.5	58.5	86.5	75.5	96-66	77-85	8.0%	3.9%
1961-05-28	0.3	21	16	66.3	58.7	87.3	74.7	96-66	78-84	10.1%	5.1%
1961-05-27	0.3	20	15	67.4	59.6	87.4	74.6	97-65	78-84	10.8%	5.2%
1961-05-26	0.3	20	15	67.5	59.5	87.5	74.5	97-65	78-84	9.0%	4.4%
1961-05-25	0.3	20	15	67.6	59.4	87.6	74.4	97-65	78-84	8.1%	3.8%
1961-05-24	0.3	19	15	67.9	60.1	86.9	75.1	96-66	78-84	6.9%	3.1%
1961-05-23	0.4	18	15	69.6	59.4	87.6	74.4	97-65	78-84	9.3%	4.7%
1961-05-22	0.4	18	15	69.4	59.6	87.4	74.6	97-65	78-84	10.0%	4.8%
1961-05-21	0.4	17	15	69.4	60.6	86.4	75.6	96-66	77-85	8.4%	4.0%
1961-05-20	0.3	16	14	70.1	61.9	86.1	75.9	95-67	77-85	8.1%	3.8%
1961-05-19	0.3	16	13	70.8	62.2	86.8	75.2	96-66	77-85	9.5%	4.5%
1961-05-18	0.4	16	12	71.6	62.4	87.6	74.4	97-65	78-84	11.3%	5.4%
1961-05-17	0.4	16	12	71.6	62.4	87.6	74.4	97-65	78-84	10.3%	5.0%
1961-05-16	0.4	16	11	72.4	62.6	88.4	73.6	98-64	79-83	13.9%	6.7%
1961-05-15	0.4	16	10	72.8	63.2	88.8	73.2	98-64	79-83	15.6%	7.3%
1961-05-14	0.4	16	10	71.8	63.2	87.8	73.2	97-64	78-83	12.8%	6.3%
1961-05-13	0.4	14	10	73.6	64.4	87.6	74.4	97-65	78-84	9.9%	4.8%
1961-05-12	0.4	14	9	74.5	64.5	88.5	73.5	98-64	79-83	15.7%	7.8%
1961-05-11	0.3	14	8	73.4	66.6	87.4	74.6	97-65	78-84	12.9%	6.0%
1961-05-10	0.3	14	8	73.8	66.2	87.8	74.2	98-64	78-84	13.0%	6.3%
1961-05-09	0.3	13	8	74.8	66.2	87.8	74.2	97-65	78-84	13.9%	7.0%
1961-05-08	0.3	13	7	75.2	66.8	88.2	73.8	98-64	78-84	15.4%	7.5%
1961-05-07	0.3	13	7	75.1	66.9	88.1	73.9	98-64	78-84	15.9%	7.6%
1961-05-06	0.3	13	6	75.8	67.2	88.8	73.2	99-63	79-83	17.8%	8.7%
1961-05-05	0.4	13	5	76.6	67.4	89.6	72.4	99-63	80-82	21.6%	10.4%
1961-05-04	0.3	12	5	77.2	67.8	89.2	72.8	99-63	79-83	19.5%	9.3%
1961-05-03	0.3	11	5	77.3	68.7	88.3	73.7	98-64	78-84	18.7%	8.9%
1961-05-02	0.3	10	5	77.5	69.5	87.5	74.5	97-65	78-84	13.3%	6.1%
1961-05-01	0.3	9	5	78.6	69.4	87.6	74.4	97-65	78-84	13.1%	6.2%
		Current		Remaining		Average		90% Confidence
Date	SRS	W	L	W	L	W	L	Best	Worst	Pennant	Win WS
1961-04-30	0.3	9	5	78.7	69.3	87.7	74.3	97-65	78-84	12.6%	5.9%
1961-04-29	0.4	8	4	81.0	69.0	89.0	73.0	99-63	79-83	18.0%	8.9%
1961-04-28	0.4	7	4	81.2	69.8	88.2	73.8	98-64	78-84	13.3%	6.6%
1961-04-27	0.4	7	4	81.2	69.8	88.2	73.8	98-64	78-84	13.1%	6.5%
1961-04-26	0.4	6	4	81.5	70.5	87.5	74.5	97-65	77-85	13.0%	6.5%
1961-04-25	0.4	5	4	81.8	71.2	86.8	75.2	97-65	77-85	10.6%	5.3%
1961-04-24	0.4	5	4	81.4	71.6	86.4	75.6	96-66	76-86	10.2%	5.0%
1961-04-23	0.4	5	3	82.0	72.0	87.0	75.0	97-65	77-85	10.9%	5.3%
1961-04-22	0.4	5	2	82.6	72.4	87.6	74.4	98-64	77-85	14.1%	6.8%
1961-04-21	0.4	5	1	83.6	73.4	88.6	74.4	99-64	78-85	14.6%	7.4%
1961-04-20	0.4	4	1	82.5	74.5	86.5	75.5	97-65	76-86	11.3%	5.7%
1961-04-19	0.4	2	1	84.6	75.4	86.6	76.4	97-66	76-87	12.1%	6.2%
1961-04-18	0.5	2	1	85.6	74.4	87.6	75.4	98-65	77-86	13.9%	7.3%
1961-04-17	0.5	2	1	85.5	74.5	87.5	75.5	98-65	77-86	13.6%	6.8%
1961-04-16	0.4	1	1	85.8	75.2	86.8	76.2	97-66	76-87	11.2%	5.6%
1961-04-15	0.4	1	1	85.7	75.3	86.7	76.3	97-66	76-87	9.8%	5.0%
1961-04-14	0.5	0	1	87.4	74.6	87.4	75.6	98-65	77-86	11.4%	5.9%
1961-04-13	0.6	0	1	87.8	74.2	87.8	75.2	98-65	77-86	11.4%	5.9%
1961-04-12	0.6	0	1	87.9	74.1	87.9	75.1	98-65	77-86	12.0%	6.1%
1961-04-11	0.6	0	1	87.9	74.1	87.9	75.1	98-65	77-86	11.8%	5.9%
1961-04-10	0.5			88.2	74.8	88.2	74.8	99-64	78-85	12.3%	6.0%
1961-04-09	0.5			88.2	74.8	88.2	74.8	99-64	78-85	12.0%	6.4%
		Current		Remaining		Average		90% Confidence
Date	SRS	W	L	W	L	W	L	Best	Worst	Pennant	Win WS