🏆 World Series Champions

1961 New York Yankees

109-53 0.673 Win% 1st in AL

📊 Season Record

109 Wins
53 Losses
1st Rank
827 R 612 RA
Diff +215

📁 Franchise Info

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⚡ Quick Stats

827 Runs Scored
612 Runs Allowed
+215 Run Diff
1,747K Attendance

📈 vs. 1961 AL Average

Batting Avg .262 3% above the 1961 league average (.255)
OBP .328 equal to the 1961 league average (.327)
SLG .392 16% above the 1961 league average (.339)
Team ERA 3.46 14% better than the 1961 league average (4.03)
Runs Scored 827 13% above the 1961 league average (734 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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Home Games 81
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Total Attendance 1,747,726
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Avg per Game 21,576

⚾ Batting Leaders

Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Bobby Richardson 162 662 80 173 0 0 3 49 30 23 9 0.261
Tony Kubek 153 617 84 170 0 0 8 46 27 60 1 0.276
Roger Maris 161 590 132 159 0 0 61 142 94 67 0 0.269
Bill Skowron 150 561 76 150 0 0 28 89 35 108 0 0.267
Mickey Mantle 153 514 132 163 0 0 54 128 126 112 12 0.317
Clete Boyer 148 504 61 113 0 0 11 55 63 83 1 0.224
Elston Howard 129 446 64 155 0 0 21 77 28 65 0 0.348
Yogi Berra 119 395 62 107 0 0 22 61 35 28 2 0.271
Johnny Blanchard 93 243 38 74 0 0 21 54 27 28 1 0.305
Hector Lopez 93 243 27 54 0 0 3 22 24 38 1 0.222
Bob Cerv 57 118 17 32 0 0 6 20 12 17 1 0.271
Billy Gardner 41 99 11 21 0 0 1 2 6 18 0 0.212
Whitey Ford 39 96 11 17 0 0 0 10 12 17 0 0.177
Bill Stafford 36 67 5 12 0 0 0 3 4 11 0 0.179
Ralph Terry 31 66 3 15 0 0 0 5 1 16 0 0.227
Rollie Sheldon 36 56 1 7 0 0 0 4 2 24 0 0.125
Bud Daley 23 45 3 6 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0.133
Joe DeMaestri 30 41 1 6 0 0 0 2 0 13 0 0.146
Jim Coates 43 35 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 21 0 0.029
Luis Arroyo 65 25 2 7 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0.280
Bob Turley 15 21 1 2 0 0 0 3 0 11 0 0.095
Art Ditmar 12 19 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0.053
Deron Johnson 13 19 1 2 0 0 0 2 2 5 0 0.105
Earl Torgeson 22 18 3 2 0 0 0 0 8 3 0 0.111
Bob Hale 11 13 2 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0.154
Jack Reed 28 13 4 2 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0.154
Jesse Gonder 15 12 2 4 0 0 0 3 3 1 0 0.333
Tom Tresh 9 8 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.250
Hal Reniff 25 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.000
Tex Clevenger 21 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0.250
Lee Thomas 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.500
Al Downing 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Danny McDevitt 8 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0.000
Ryne Duren 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Johnny James 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Duke Maas 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Whitey Ford 25 4 3.21 39 39 0 283.0 92 209
Bill Stafford 14 9 2.68 36 25 2 195.0 59 101
Ralph Terry 16 3 3.15 31 27 0 188.1 42 86
Rollie Sheldon 11 5 3.60 35 21 0 162.2 55 84
Jim Coates 11 5 3.44 43 11 5 141.1 53 80
Bud Daley 8 9 3.96 23 17 0 129.2 51 83
Luis Arroyo 15 5 2.19 65 0 29 119.0 49 87
Bob Turley 3 5 5.75 15 12 0 72.0 51 48
Art Ditmar 2 3 4.64 12 8 0 54.1 14 24
Hal Reniff 2 0 2.58 25 0 2 45.1 31 21
Tex Clevenger 1 1 4.83 21 0 0 31.2 21 14
Danny McDevitt 1 2 7.62 8 2 1 13.0 8 8
Al Downing 0 1 8.00 5 1 0 9.0 12 12
Ryne Duren 0 1 5.40 4 0 0 5.0 4 7
Johnny James 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 1.1 0 2
Duke Maas 0 0 54.00 1 0 0 0.1 0 0

🏆 Postseason Results

World Series
NYA def. CIN 4-1