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1961 New York Yankees  (1960)  (1962)
83-71, 2nd in American League
Scored 746 runs, Allowed 665 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 86-68
Defensive Efficiency Rating: .723
Park Factor: Batting - 106 / Pitching - 105 (over 100 favors batters)
Pyth2 W-L: 87-67   (What is this?)

Actual W-L record in MLB: 109-53
Manager(s): Billy Vanson

Team Batting (ordered by runs created)    Glossary        Team Schedule and Splits            Photos
 Pos Player               Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   RC  RC/27  Defense  Diff
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
 OF #Mickey Mantle        29  151  524  126  147  20   5  48  106   6   2  131  116  .281  .421  .613  146  10.2  1(-3)e7  -101  
 C   Elston Howard        32  141  457   66  162  24   4  21   73   0   0   35   68  .354  .400  .562   97   8.5  1(-4)e3    26  
 1B  Bill Skowron         30  138  512   76  162  22   6  32   94   0   0   16   97  .316  .348  .570   94   6.8  3e11      127  
 SS *Tony Kubek           25  154  578   70  156  30   6  15   83   0   1   33   64  .270  .305  .420   74   4.4  2e33       25  
 3B  Clete Boyer          24  152  510   68  110  26   6  15   64   0   1   69   76  .216  .311  .378   61   4.0  1e19       34  
 2B  Bobby Richardson     25  154  635   60  167  19   3   0   43   5   1   23   31  .263  .290  .302   57   3.0  1e18      -18  
 OF *Gene Woodling        38  110  351   56   98  16   6   4   32   1   0   55   36  .279  .379  .393   54   5.7  4(+1)e4  -101  
 OF *Johnny Blanchard     28   80  250   48   73  12   1  24   58   0   0   22   32  .292  .358  .636   52   7.4  4(+2)e16   -1  
 UT *Yogi Berra           36  102  335   45   84   6   0  18   51   0   0   26   28  .251  .307  .430   44   4.6            -59  
 1B *Ed Bouchee           28   76  132   29   33   3   0   9   24   0   2   29   29  .250  .411  .477   27   7.3  2e25      100  
 OF  Al Heist             33   81  188   26   43   3   1   2   18   2   1   27   26  .229  .324  .287   19   3.4  2(-2)e9  -109  
 OF  Hector Lopez         32   78  192   20   37   9   0   0   15   1   0   32   25  .193  .310  .240   16   2.8  3(+2)e8   -47  
 OF  Bob Cerv             36   40  113   20   28   5   1   6   15   0   0    9   18  .248  .306  .469   14   4.3  3(+1)e9    57  
 OF  Bob Nieman           34   51   53    9   17   6   0   2    3   0   0   10    3  .321  .429  .547   12   9.4  4(+1)e13   12  
 3B  Bob Lillis           31   30   38    3    8   2   0   0    2   0   0    2    1  .211  .250  .263    2   2.0  4e12       40  
 2B  George Williams      21    3    8    1    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    1  .250  .250  .250    0   2.2  3e24      -75  
 3B  Joe DeMaestri        32    1    1    1    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000  .000  .000    0    .0  4e37     -293  
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
             Average age: 29                                                                           778                   -6

     * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, otherwise bats right-handed

Team Pitching   Glossary

     Player               Ag  W   L   Pct   G   GS  CG  GF  SV  BS SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   ERA   RC  RC/27  OPS
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
  P *Whitey Ford          32  21   8  .724  35  35  12   0   0   0   4  266.1  255  113  101  27   78  194  3.41  120   4.0   18  
  P  Dick Donovan         33  13   5  .722  29  29   2   0   0   0   2  175.1  134   62   53  13   32   69  2.72   55   2.8  -30  
  P  Ralph Terry          25  12  15  .444  31  31   0   0   0   0   0  183.0  180   92   88  28   35   89  4.33   88   4.3   54  
  P *Ted Bowsfield        26   8   9  .471  26  26   1   0   0   0   1  147.2  137   74   57  19   48   87  3.47   66   4.0  -51  
  P  Jerry Walker         22   7   8  .467  20  20   0   0   0   0   0  117.1   94   60   50  14   60   42  3.84   55   4.2 -111  
  P *Bobby Shantz         35   5   3  .625  27   6   2  15   1   0   1   72.1   69   31   29   6   21   61  3.61   32   4.0  -12  
  P *Dick Stigman         25   4   3  .571  22   2   1  13   5   0   0   58.1   54   34   33  10   28   39  5.09   33   5.0  -29  
  P  Art Ditmar           32   3   1  .750  23   0   0  10   2   0   0   53.0   52   33   30   5   16   27  5.09   26   4.3 -117  
  P *Luis Arroyo          34   3   5  .375  38   0   0  35  16   7   0   56.2   59   28   23   3   23   28  3.65   28   4.6  117  
  P  Jim Coates           28   3  10  .231  56   0   0  44  16   4   0  117.1  113   51   50  18   42   71  3.84   57   4.4    1  
  P  Tex Clevenger        28   2   0 1.000  24   0   0   9   3   0   0   51.1   50   39   34   5   37   36  5.96   26   4.6  -78  
  P  Bob Turley           30   1   1  .500   3   3   0   0   0   0   0   13.1   16   12   12   3    9   12  8.10   13   9.0   90  
  P *Joe Nuxhall          32   1   2  .333   6   1   0   3   0   1   0   21.0   25   15   15   4    4   11  6.43   14   6.3   53  
  P  Ryne Duren           32   0   1  .000  26   1   0   7   0   0   0   44.1   36   21   19   5   34   51  3.86   22   4.6  -66  
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
             Average age: 29                                                                                      642        -12

     * - throws left-handed, otherwise throws right-handed


Team Fielding   (completed seasons only)
 An asterisk after a player's name means his fielding stats are for multiple teams.

 Catchers              Inn  GS  G   PO    A   E   DP   FP  OSB OCS
+--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---
 Elston Howard        1019 109 133  654   29   4   8  .994   4   2
 Yogi Berra            292  37  39  191   23   2   4  .991  18  12
 Johnny Blanchard       66   8   8   51    2   1   0  .981   3   1
+--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---

First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Bill Skowron 1096 123 128 1085 75 10 96 .991 9.53 Ed Bouchee 277 31 39 248 24 4 27 .986 8.84 Elston Howard 5 0 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 5.79 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Bobby Richardson 1368 152 154 406 402 13 108 .984 5.31 George Williams 9 2 2 2 3 0 2 1.000 5.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Clete Boyer 1309 147 152 150 288 16 33 .965 3.01 Bob Lillis 66 7 14 13 13 0 1 1.000 3.56 Joe DeMaestri 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Tony Kubek 1377 154 154 236 529 41 89 .949 5.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

 Left Field            Inn  GS  G   PO    A   E   DP   FP    RF
+--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
 Johnny Blanchard      452  56  59  104    4   2   1  .982  2.15
 Hector Lopez          418  45  65   73    1   7   0  .914  1.59
 Yogi Berra            239  26  33   46    1   1   0  .979  1.77
 Bob Cerv              205  23  28   47    2   2   0  .961  2.15
 Gene Woodling          46   2  15    9    0   0   0 1.000  1.76
 Bob Nieman             17   2   7    0    0   0   0  .000  0.00
 Al Heist                1   0   1    0    0   0   0  .000  0.00
+--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Center Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Mickey Mantle 1329 148 150 433 9 7 3 .984 2.99 Gene Woodling 31 4 4 7 0 0 0 1.000 2.03 Al Heist 17 2 2 7 0 1 0 .875 3.71 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Gene Woodling 645 77 80 136 5 1 0 .993 1.97 Al Heist 457 46 75 102 4 2 1 .981 2.09 Yogi Berra 188 22 26 40 1 1 0 .976 1.96 Hector Lopez 31 3 6 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.88 Bob Cerv 30 4 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.20 Johnny Blanchard 15 1 5 6 0 0 0 1.000 3.60 Bob Nieman 11 1 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.59 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

1961 Draft


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