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Positional Players from the 1961 New York Yankees | |||||||||||||||||
| Player | Pos | Type | GP | PA/162 | H | HR | RBI | R | SB | SO | BB | BA | OBP | SLG | F/R/A | Salary | |
| Elston Howard | C | F | 129 | 482 | 155 | 21 | 77 | 64 | 0 | 65 | 28 | .348 | .387 | .549 | B+/A/A+ | $6.59M | |
| Johnny Blanchard | C | F | 93 | 275 | 74 | 21 | 54 | 38 | 1 | 28 | 27 | .305 | .382 | .613 | B/A-/C | $3.21M | |
| Bill Skowron | 1B | F | 150 | 607 | 150 | 28 | 89 | 76 | 0 | 108 | 35 | .267 | .318 | .472 | B/B- | $4.02M | |
| Bobby Richardson | 2B | F | 162 | 706 | 173 | 3 | 49 | 80 | 9 | 23 | 30 | .261 | .295 | .316 | B-/B- | $3.91M | |
| Billy Gardner | 2B | P | 41 | 109 | 21 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 18 | 6 | .212 | .278 | .293 | C+/D- | $319K | |
| Clete Boyer | 3B | F | 148 | 578 | 113 | 11 | 55 | 61 | 1 | 83 | 63 | .224 | .308 | .347 | A-/A+ | $4.35M | |
| Tony Kubek | SS | F | 153 | 658 | 170 | 8 | 46 | 84 | 1 | 60 | 27 | .276 | .306 | .395 | C+/A | $4.51M | |
| Mickey Mantle | OF | F | 153 | 646 | 163 | 54 | 128 | 132 | 12 | 112 | 126 | .317 | .448 | .687 | B/A | $10.37M | |
| Roger Maris | OF | F | 161 | 698 | 159 | 61 | 142 | 132 | 0 | 67 | 94 | .269 | .372 | .620 | C-/D+ | $6.10M | |
| Yogi Berra | OF | F | 119 | 437 | 107 | 22 | 61 | 62 | 2 | 28 | 35 | .271 | .330 | .466 | B+/C/B | $2.97M | |
| Hector Lopez | OF | F | 93 | 273 | 54 | 3 | 22 | 27 | 1 | 38 | 24 | .222 | .292 | .305 | C+/D+ | $1.11M | |
| Bob Cerv | OF | P | 57 | 131 | 32 | 6 | 20 | 17 | 1 | 17 | 12 | .271 | .344 | .483 | C/D | $772K | |
Pitchers from the 1961 New York Yankees | |||||||||||||
| Player | Role | Type | GP | IP/162 | GS | ERA | OAV | WHIP | K/BB | K/9 | BB/9 | HR/9 | Salary |
| Whitey Ford | S | F | 39 | 283.00 | 39 | 3.21 | 0.229 | 1.18 | 2.272 | 6.65 | 2.93 | 0.731 | $8.05M |
| Bill Stafford | S | F | 36 | 195.00 | 25 | 2.68 | 0.232 | 1.16 | 1.712 | 4.66 | 2.72 | 0.600 | $5.48M |
| Ralph Terry | S | F | 31 | 189.00 | 27 | 3.15 | 0.232 | 1.08 | 2.048 | 4.11 | 2.01 | 0.908 | $5.34M |
| Rollie Sheldon | S | F | 35 | 163.00 | 21 | 3.60 | 0.246 | 1.25 | 1.527 | 4.65 | 3.04 | 0.941 | $3.63M |
| Bob Turley | S | F | 15 | 72.00 | 12 | 5.75 | 0.269 | 1.74 | 0.941 | 6.00 | 6.38 | 1.375 | $941K |
| Luis Arroyo | R | F | 65 | 119.00 | 0 | 2.19 | 0.199 | 1.11 | 1.776 | 6.58 | 3.71 | 0.378 | $4.16M |
| Jim Coates | R | F | 43 | 142.00 | 11 | 3.44 | 0.243 | 1.28 | 1.509 | 5.09 | 3.38 | 0.955 | $3.03M |
| Bud Daley | R | P | 23 | 130.00 | 17 | 3.96 | 0.257 | 1.37 | 1.627 | 5.76 | 3.54 | 1.180 | $2.49M |
| Hal Reniff | R | F | 25 | 46.00 | 0 | 2.58 | 0.197 | 1.37 | 0.677 | 4.17 | 6.15 | 0.199 | $1.32M |
| Art Ditmar | R | P | 12 | 55.00 | 8 | 4.64 | 0.285 | 1.34 | 1.714 | 3.98 | 2.32 | 1.491 | $796K |
| Tex Clevenger | R | P | 21 | 32.00 | 0 | 4.83 | 0.287 | 1.77 | 0.667 | 3.98 | 5.97 | 0.853 | $331K |
The 1961 New York Yankees roster is above. All columns may be sorted by clicking the column name. Clicking on an individual player will display the player's career statistics including his time with the 1961 New York Yankees.
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