1961 New York (A) Yankees
Record: 75-87
Finish: 6th in AL American Division
Runs Scored: 667
Runs Allowed: 697
Exp W-L: 78-84
 
Ballpark: Yankee Stadium
Attendance: 1,543,302
Manager: Jason Spiegel

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 57-80, 7th in the AL
AA: 69-68, 3rd in the AL
A: 52-85, 8th in the AL
 
 
 
 
Team Index    Draft History Park History
Starters: Positional    Registers: Batters     Leaders: Batters   
  Pitchers   Pitchers   Pitchers
 
Team Batting Stats     Help
Pos Name Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS DWS
C  Bobby Hofman 35 156 570 72 155 20 2 19 73 0 0 46 115 .272 .327 .414 .741 72.8 12.1 2.5
1B  Randy Jackson 35 149 541 74 160 23 7 19 81 6 1 54 109 .296 .358 .470 .827 83.6 16.9 4.1
LF *Dusty Rhodes 34 149 538 78 157 18 1 22 74 0 0 50 114 .292 .351 .452 .803 81.3 16.2 2.0
2B *Don Blasingame 29 151 517 61 134 24 5 3 44 4 6 41 62 .259 .313 .342 .655 53.1 7.1 4.5
CF *Al Pilarcik 30 136 453 67 148 22 1 13 55 4 1 37 41 .327 .377 .466 .843 70.1 15.1 1.9
SS *Preston Ward 33 140 418 47 112 24 1 10 51 0 1 38 62 .268 .326 .402 .728 49.8 7.7 3.5
RF  Joe Christopher 25 136 417 48 101 26 2 10 42 3 0 35 90 .242 .308 .386 .694 50.7 8.1 2.0
CF  Curt Flood 23 130 409 39 108 19 3 0 33 4 2 27 68 .264 .317 .325 .643 40.7 5.6 2.4
1B  Hector Lopez 31 126 347 42 89 21 2 5 40 0 0 26 63 .256 .308 .372 .679 38.3 5.3 1.5
C *J.C. Martin 24 112 349 40 87 17 1 8 35 0 0 20 41 .249 .297 .372 .669 34.4 4.0 4.6
C  Dutch Dotterer 29 92 230 22 66 20 1 3 30 0 1 24 48 .287 .353 .422 .775 30.5 5.9 2.9
C *Johnny Blanchard 28 103 180 24 47 4 1 14 41 0 0 21 40 .261 .335 .528 .863 31.9 6.4 1.3
1B  Norm Zauchin 31 99 122 15 21 1 0 6 18 0 0 17 32 .172 .271 .328 .599 11.8 0.4 0.2
P  Don Drysdale 24 39 103 6 15 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 43 .146 .146 .146 .291 -0.7 0.0 0.0
P  Tom Qualters 26 44 94 1 10 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 47 .106 .116 .128 .243 -1.6 0.0 0.0
P  Ryne Duren 32 44 89 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 40 .000 .042 .000 .042 -6.3 0.0 0.0
1B  Brooks Robinson 24 47 84 6 16 6 1 0 9 0 0 8 16 .190 .261 .286 .547 6.0 0.2 0.8
P  Dick Hall 30 39 76 4 13 0 0 1 7 0 0 2 12 .171 .192 .211 .403 2.5 0.0 0.0
SS  Eddie Kasko 29 33 27 4 5 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 .185 .214 .259 .474 0.9 0.0 0.3
SS *Ty Cline 22 47 21 13 1 0 1 0 4 0 1 2 6 .048 .160 .143 .303 -0.1 0.0 0.1
3B  Lou Skizas 29 19 11 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 .091 .167 .091 .258 -0.4 0.0 0.1
P  Jack Meyer 29 40 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 .250 .500 0.2 0.0 0.0
P  Camilo Pascual 27 90 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0 0.0
P  Don Kaiser 26 83 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0 0.0
P  Hersh Freeman 32 57 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 28.7 2261 5608 667 1447 249 29 133 645 21 14 454 1059 .258 .314 .384 .698 648.6 111.0 34.7
  Rank among 8 AL teams 2 5 3 4 6 6 5 6 4 5 3 3 4 5 5 5  
* - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, blank - bats right-handed
Team Pitching Stats     Help
Name Age W L Pct G GS SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA PWS
 Don Drysdale 24 14 21 .400 39 39 0 298.7 330 147 41 57 204 4.43 8.8
 Tom Qualters 26 13 13 .500 44 44 0 294.3 184 67 4 109 289 2.05 31.0
 Ryne Duren 32 16 14 .533 44 44 0 282.7 193 117 26 151 340 3.73 14.8
 Dick Hall 30 14 8 .636 35 35 0 246.0 268 108 30 25 166 3.95 13.1
 Camilo Pascual 27 5 9 .357 90 0 14 115.0 106 59 19 46 94 4.62 6.5
 Don Kaiser 26 8 6 .571 83 0 5 98.0 118 57 11 24 54 5.23 3.1
 Hersh Freeman 32 1 5 .167 57 0 3 63.3 74 32 5 20 27 4.55 1.9
 Jack Meyer 29 4 11 .267 40 0 8 45.3 51 43 12 38 59 8.54 0.0
*Chris Van Cuyk 34 0 0 .000 9 0 2 12.0 14 6 1 9 9 4.50 0.2
Team Totals 28.9 75 87 .463 441 162 32 1455.3 1338 636 149 479 1242 3.93 79.3
Rank among 8 AL teams 6 6 4 6 6 4 6 6 5 3 6  
* - throws left-handed, blank - throws right-handed
Team Fielding Stats     Help
Last 2 columns are Fielding Percentage and Range Factor (expect Catcher where last column is Runners Thrown Out Percentage)
Numbers in headings are league average values.
Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .995 30.7
J.Martin 758.3 88 94 685 23 3 0 .996 26.1
D.Dotterer 476.0 53 59 412 10 2 0 .995 29.4
J.Blanchard 221.0 21 43 161 8 1 0 .994 25.0
Team Total 1455.3 162 196 1258 41 6 0 .995 27.1
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 10.84
B.Hofman 758.0 86 88 801 57 8 69 .991 10.19
H.Lopez 503.0 59 61 525 41 8 40 .986 10.13
J.Blanchard 103.3 12 19 115 5 0 8 1.000 10.45
N.Zauchin 56.0 5 12 54 6 0 4 1.000 9.64
R.Jackson 7.0 0 4 4 1 0 0 1.000 6.43
T.Cline 6.0 0 5 11 0 0 0 1.000 16.50
L.Skizas 6.0 0 1 6 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
E.Kasko 5.0 0 4 9 0 0 0 1.000 16.20
P.Ward 5.0 0 1 4 1 0 2 1.000 9.00
J.Martin 4.0 0 3 5 0 0 1 1.000 11.25
D.Dotterer 2.0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1455.3 162 200 1536 111 16 124 .990 10.19
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 5.36
D.Blasingame 754.3 88 93 146 305 14 52 .970 5.38
B.Hofman 523.0 59 65 98 179 9 34 .969 4.77
H.Lopez 92.7 8 21 23 34 0 7 1.000 5.54
C.Flood 36.0 4 6 10 13 0 1 1.000 5.75
B.Robinson 33.0 3 9 7 16 0 4 1.000 6.27
P.Ward 10.0 0 4 3 5 0 1 1.000 7.20
E.Kasko 5.3 0 5 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.69
L.Skizas 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1455.3 162 204 288 552 23 99 .973 5.19
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .954 2.65
R.Jackson 1203.0 137 138 78 270 21 23 .943 2.60
H.Lopez 75.0 8 11 1 22 0 3 1.000 2.76
D.Dotterer 73.3 8 12 3 13 1 1 .941 1.96
N.Zauchin 71.0 7 14 7 10 3 0 .850 2.15
B.Robinson 15.0 2 3 0 5 0 0 1.000 3.00
E.Kasko 11.0 0 2 0 3 0 0 1.000 2.45
P.Ward 3.0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1.000 3.00
D.Blasingame 2.0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50
B.Hofman 2.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1455.3 162 184 90 325 25 28 .943 2.57
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .968 4.71
P.Ward 839.0 94 101 99 290 17 46 .958 4.17
D.Blasingame 401.0 46 53 54 152 4 27 .981 4.62
B.Robinson 150.7 17 22 25 45 4 5 .946 4.18
E.Kasko 64.7 5 22 8 20 2 7 .933 3.90
Team Total 1455.3 162 198 186 507 27 85 .963 4.29
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .982 1.73
A.Pilarcik 893.7 104 106 183 3 2 0 .989 1.87
D.Rhodes 403.0 45 53 70 2 5 0 .935 1.61
J.Christopher 65.0 6 10 9 0 0 0 1.000 1.25
N.Zauchin 29.0 2 9 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.86
J.Blanchard 21.0 2 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.14
C.Flood 17.3 2 4 6 0 0 0 1.000 3.12
B.Robinson 13.0 1 5 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.08
H.Lopez 9.0 0 5 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00
T.Cline 4.3 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.08
Team Total 1455.3 162 200 283 6 7 0 .976 1.79
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .984 2.24
C.Flood 877.3 105 111 213 2 4 1 .982 2.21
J.Christopher 417.0 44 65 104 0 0 0 1.000 2.24
T.Cline 64.0 6 16 12 0 0 0 1.000 1.69
P.Ward 43.7 5 8 13 0 1 0 .929 2.68
L.Skizas 32.7 2 10 8 0 0 0 1.000 2.20
A.Pilarcik 20.7 0 8 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.74
Team Total 1455.3 162 218 354 2 5 1 .986 2.20
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .985 1.79
D.Rhodes 809.7 90 94 143 4 0 0 1.000 1.63
J.Christopher 463.0 56 59 90 2 0 1 1.000 1.79
H.Lopez 55.0 6 8 8 1 0 0 1.000 1.47
P.Ward 36.7 3 8 14 0 1 0 .933 3.44
C.Flood 33.7 4 6 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.34
A.Pilarcik 31.0 1 15 10 0 0 0 1.000 2.90
J.Blanchard 23.0 2 9 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.39
L.Skizas 3.3 0 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 5.41
Team Total 1455.3 162 202 273 7 1 1 .996 1.73
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .973 2.01
D.Drysdale 298.7 39 39 15 45 3 3 .952 1.81
T.Qualters 294.3 44 44 21 40 0 2 1.000 1.87
R.Duren 282.7 44 44 13 33 1 0 .979 1.46
D.Hall 246.0 35 35 12 52 2 9 .970 2.34
C.Pascual 115.0 0 90 8 12 0 1 1.000 1.57
D.Kaiser 98.0 0 83 7 26 0 2 1.000 3.03
H.Freeman 63.3 0 57 5 12 0 1 1.000 2.42
J.Meyer 45.3 0 40 4 5 0 0 1.000 1.79
C.Van Cuyk 12.0 0 9 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1455.3 162 441 85 225 6 18 .981 1.92
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Pilarcik .320
On-Base Pct Pilarcik .370
Slugging Pct Jackson .470
OPS Jackson .827
XR Jackson 83.6
Games Hofman 156
At-Bats Hofman 570
Runs Rhodes 78
Hits Jackson 160
Total Bases Jackson 254
Singles Rhodes 116
Doubles Christopher 26
Triples Jackson 7
Homeruns Rhodes 22
RBIs Jackson 81
Stolen Bases Jackson 6
Caught Stealing Blasingame 6
Walks Jackson 54
Strikeouts Hofman 115
ERA Qualters 2.05
Wins Duren 16
Losses Drysdale 21
Winning Pct Hall .636
Saves Pascual 14
Games Pitched Pascual 90
Games Started Duren, Qualters 44
Complete Games Drysdale 18
Shutouts Drysdale 3
Innings Pitched Drysdale 298.7
Hits Allowed Drysdale 330
Homeruns Allowed Drysdale 41
Strikeouts Duren 340
Walks Allowed Duren 151
Walks per 9IP Hall 0.9
Hits per 9IP Qualters 5.6
Strikeouts per 9IP Duren 10.8
WHiP Qualters 1.00
OAVG Qualters .177
OOBP Qualters .256
OSLG Qualters .240
OOPS Qualters .496
Team All-Stars
Randy Jackson
Player Salaries
Bobby Hofman $ 8,170,000
Ryne Duren $ 7,000,000
Randy Jackson $ 6,500,000
Hersh Freeman $ 6,500,000
Preston Ward $ 4,200,000
Dusty Rhodes $ 4,200,000
Dick Hall $ 4,142,857
Camilo Pascual $ 4,000,000
Tom Qualters $ 3,514,286
Don Drysdale $ 2,442,857
Jack Meyer $ 2,085,714
Hector Lopez $ 1,807,143
Don Blasingame $ 1,607,143
Don Kaiser $ 1,100,000
Smoky Burgess $ 1,000,000
Chris Van Cuyk $ 550,000
Norm Zauchin $ 437,143
Johnny Blanchard $ 350,000
Lindy McDaniel $ 350,000
J.C. Martin $ 300,000
Al Pilarcik $ 300,000
Curt Flood $ 300,000
Brooks Robinson $ 300,000
Lou Skizas $ 300,000
Dutch Dotterer $ 300,000
Ty Cline $ 300,000
Joe Christopher $ 300,000
Eddie Kasko $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
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