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1961 New York Yankees
Vs. Minnesota 15 3 0.833 Vs. Minnesota 14 4 0.778
Vs. Kansas City 14 4 0.778 Vs. Kansas City 14 4 0.778
Vs. Los Angeles 8 10 0.444 Vs. Los Angeles 12 6 0.667
Vs. Baltimore 8 10 0.444 Vs. Baltimore 9 9 0.500
Vs. Detroit 12 6 0.667 Vs. Detroit 10 8 0.556
Vs. Cleveland 9 9 0.500 Vs. Cleveland 14 4 0.778
Vs. Washington 11 7 0.611 Vs. Washington 11 7 0.611
The New York Yankees powered to a respectable 98 wins in the replay. The Yanks fell short versus the Los Angeles
Angels and Cleveland Indians.
Forty-eight (48) games were decided by 1-run in the replay versus fifty (50) in actual play.
And Yes, Roger Maris hit 61 home runs in the replay!
Roger Maris #61 Replay Game 158, 1st Inning Plate Appearance #699 Vs. Bill Monbouquette B(Y), Boston
Roger Maris #61 Actual Game 163, 4th Inning Plate Appearance #696 Vs. Tracy Stallard D(C*)(X)(W), Boston
APBA Replay Won Lost Pct Actual Won Lost Pct
Record 98 64 0.605 Record 109 53 0.673
Home Record 49 32 0.605 Home Record 65 16 0.802
Away Record 49 32 0.605 Away Record 44 37 0.543
Last 10 3 7 0.300 Last 10 7 3 0.700
One Run Games 24 24 0.500 One Run Games 29 21 0.580
Shutouts 29 7 0.806 Shutouts 14 6 0.700
Extra Innings 10 11 0.476 Extra Innings 11 2 0.846
Longest Streak 11 6 Longest Streak 13 4
Season at a Glance
After forty-one games into the replay, the Yankees matched their identical record at 23-18. For the balance of the
season, the Yanks were steaky; sometimes playing like they would never lose again and at other times struggling to
find a win. The replay produced 11 additional losses vs. the actual season.
Yankee replay pitching was stellar. Yankee replay ERA was 3.03 vs. 3.46 actual. Yankee replay WHIP was 1.155 vs.
1.261 actual.
The replay shortfall was revealed in the lack of batting average. The Yankees replay batting average was .245 vs. .263
actual. And consequently, their slugging percentage was also lower.
Yankee replay at-bats were 3% higher than actual due to a greater number of extra inning games.
Yankee replay home runs were 7% less, doubles 9% less, and triples 28% less. This all factored into not reaching their
1961 win total of 109.
0.300
0.400
0.500
0.600
0.700
0.800
0.900
1 9 17 25 33 41 49 57 65 73 81 89 97 105 113 121 129 137 145 153 161
Winning Percentage by Game
Replay Actual
Replay and Actual Record identical after 41 games (23-18)
Final Replay Percentage .605
(26-8) (14-17) (8-11)
Final Actual Percentage .673
(17-1)
Games APBA 1961
Richardson 159 162
Maris 159 161
Mantle 151 153
Kubek 149 153
Skowron 147 150
Runs APBA 1961
Mantle 129 131
Maris 128 132
Kubek 102 84
Skowron 68 77
Richardson 67 80
Doubles APBA 1961
Kubek 34 38
Skowron 18 23
Maris 18 16
Richardson 16 17
Mantle 16 16
Home Runs APBA 1961
Maris 61 61
Mantle 40 54
Skowron 31 28
Howard 25 21
Berra 21 22
At Bats APBA 1961
Richardson 673 662
Kubek 631 617
Maris 599 590
Skowron 564 561
Boyer 546 504
Hits APBA 1961
Kubek 178 170
Howard 162 155
Richardson 152 173
Mantle 151 163
Maris 151 159
Triples APBA 1961
Kubek 12 6
Howard 7 5
(4) tied with 2
Runs Batted In APBA 1961
Maris 142 141
Mantle 116 128
Howard 105 77
Skowron 92 89
Berra 73 61
Caught Stealing APBA 1961
Richardson 10 7
Kubek 2 3
Skowron 2 0
(9) tied with 1 0
Stolen Bases APBA 1961
Mantle 16 12
Richardson 14 9
Berra 4 2
Kubek 2 1
Maris 1 0
Game 1: Minnesota (Ramos) at New York (Ford)
Whitey Ford surrendered a home run to Twins clean up hitter Jim Lemon in the second inning. There was no
further scoring until a leadoff home run by Yankee Hector Lopez to tie the game and force extra innings in
the bottom of the ninth.
Lopez again led the charge in the 11th with a leadoff single and the Yanks went on to rally a run and an
Opening Day home win, 2-1.
Walks APBA 1961
Mantle 125 126
Maris 85 94
Boyer 55 63
Skowron 42 35
Richardson 39 30
Ground into DP’s APBA 1961
Skowron 20 21
Maris 13 16
(5) tied with 9
Sacrifice Hits APBA 1961
Kubek 8 13
Maris 8 7
Ford 8 6
Terry 8 6
Richardson 7 12
Batting Average APBA 1961
Howard .345 .348
Blanchard .296 .305
Mantle .287 .317
Kubek .282 .276
Berra .260 .271
Strikeouts APBA 1961
Mantle 115 112
Skowron 103 108
Boyer 93 83
Howard 88 65
Maris 76 67
Hit by Pitch APBA 1961
Maris 11 7
Blanchard 5 4
Skowron 4 8
Berra 3 2
Reached on Error APBA 1961
Skowron 28 12
Kubek 21 7
Howard 19 9
Blanchard 15 2
Richardson 12 17
On Base Percentage APBA 1961
Mantle .424 .448
Blanchard .379 .382
Howard .369 .387
Maris .351 .372
Kubek .316 .306
Slugging Percentage APBA 1961
Maris .591 .620
Howard .555 .549
Mantle .553 .687
Blanchard .545 .613
Skowron .450 .472
Plate Appearances APBA 1961
Richardson 721 704
Maris 703 698
Kubek 674 657
Mantle 654 646
Skowron 615 608
Game 14: New York (Ford) at Washington (Donovan)
R H E
New York 3 5 3 Washington 0 0 0
Yankee ace Whitey Ford hurled a no-hitter versus the Washington Senators. Ford struck out eight and walked none as only three hitters reached base on errors.
Appearances APBA 1961
Arroyo 59 65
Coates 47 43
Ford 38 39
Stafford 34 25
Sheldon 30 35
Innings Pitched APBA 1961
Ford 284 283
Stafford 197 195
Terry 192 188
Sheldon 169 162
Coates 149 141
Losses APBA 1961
Sheldon 9 5
Stafford 8 9
Ford 8 4
Coates 7 5
Arroyo 7 5
Earned Run Average APBA 1961
Terry 1.87 3.15
Ford 2.12 3.21
Arroyo 2.18 2.19
Sheldon 2.82 3.60
Coates 2.84 3.44
Games Started APBA 1961
Ford 38 39
Terry 27 27
Stafford 25 25
Sheldon 21 21
Daley 17 17
Wins APBA 1961
Ford 21 25
Terry 16 16
Stafford 12 14
Sheldon 11 11
Coates 11 11
Saves APBA 1961
Arroyo 25 29
Coates 2 5
Stafford 2 2
Daley 2 0
(3) tied with 1
Walks APBA 1961
Ford 110 92
Sheldon 59 55
Daley 57 51
Terry 57 42
Coates 55 53
Game 75: Washington (Burnside) at New York (Daley)
Yankees had a comfortable 9-5 lead after eight innings led by homers from Moose Skowron and back-
up thirdbaseman Bill Gardner. The Senators load the bases to begin the ninth against Yankee reliever
Tex Clevenger. Senator firstbaseman Dale Long grounds into a Triple Play to end the game and bestow
the Yankee win.
Washington 100 004 000 - 5
New York 102 040 02X - 9
Strikeouts APBA 1961
Ford 226 209
Stafford 114 101
Sheldon 105 84
Coates 99 80
Arroyo 89 87
Daley 89 83
G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS
APBA Team Batting 162 5,717 790 1,401 177 29 224 767 37 23
1961 163 5,559 827 1,461 194 40 240 781 28 18
BB SO GDP HBP SAC ROE PA BA OBP SLG OPS ISO
APBA Team Batting 535 867 119 30 91 154 6,373 .245 .308 .404 .712 .159
1961 543 785 120 35 102 109 6,239 .263 .330 .442 .771 .179
TB HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI
APBA Team Batting 2,308 3.5% 13.6% 8.4% 6.7% 30.7% 1.6 6.6 25.5 7.5
1961 2,455 3.9% 12.6% 8.7% 7.6% 32.0% 1.5 7.1 23.2 7.1
Home Runs Allowed APBA 1961
Ford 23 23
Stafford 20 13
Sheldon 17 17
Terry 15 19
Coates 15 15
Game 20: New York (Ditmar) at Los Angeles (Grba)
New York 400 100 010 000 000 - 6 Los Angeles 001 032 000 000 001 – 7
Angel leftfielder Leon Wagner blasted his second double of the game in the bottom of the 15th to lock down the Angels win. Thirty-eight (38) players participated in the titanic struggle.
Game 29: Washington (Burnside) at New York (Ditmar)
Yankee catcher Elston Howard gunned down three Senators trying to steal, but an early 6-0 lead by the Senators proved formidable as the Senators held on for a 7-5 win at Yankee Stadium.
Washington 420 010 000 - 7 New York 000 120 002 - 5
G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS TB
APBA Pitcher Batting 162 391 23 59 11 0 0 20 0 4 70
1961 163 441 29 69 9 1 0 28 0 0 80
BB SO GDP HBP SAC ROE PA BA OBP SLG OPS ISO
APBA Pitcher Batting 20 103 9 1 36 22 411 .151 .192 .179 .371 .028
1961 22 114 3 1 34 8 499 .156 .197 .181 .378 .025
APP GS GF CG SHO W L SV PCT ERA
APBA Team Pitching 352 162 116 46 21 98 64 34 .605 3.03
1961 364 163 116 47 11 109 53 39 .673 3.46
IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP BK WP
APBA Team Pitching 1,495 1,144 579 504 138 583 942 30 3 11
1961 1,451 1,288 612 558 137 542 866 32 3 33
Most Games Started: Ford, Stafford, Terry, Sheldon: Combined for 60-30 record versus 66-21 in actual play.
G GS IP W L SV ERA BB SO HR G GS IP W L SV ERA BB SO HR39 39 284 25 4 0 3.20 92 209 23 36 25 196 14 9 2 2.65 59 101 13
Grade A Pitcher (1) (X) Grade B Pitcher (2) (Y)(Z)
Edward Charles "Whitey" William Charles "Bill"
FORD STAFFORD'. '.
G GS IP W L SV ERA BB SO HR G GS IP W L SV ERA BB SO HR31 27 188 16 3 0 3.15 42 86 19 35 21 163 11 5 0 3.59 55 84 17
TERRY SHELDONGrade B Pitcher (2) (Z) Grade B Pitcher (2) (Y)
Ralph Willard "Ralphie" Roland Frank "Rollie"'. '.'.'. '.
Game 32: Baltimore (Estrada) at New York (Ford)
The Yankees drew a combined eleven walks from Oriole pitching and Roger Maris blasted
his 12th home run in the eighth inning for the Yankees win.
Baltimore 040 001 000 - 5
New York 004 300 01X - 8
BF WHIP H9 HR9 BB9 SO9 SO/W HR% SO% BB% SO-BB%
APBA Team Pitching 6,128 1.155 6.9 0.8 3.5 5.7 1.62 2.3% 15.4% 9.5% 5.9%
1961 6,050 1.261 8.0 0.8 3.4 5.4 1.60 2.3% 14.3% 9.0% 5.3%
(F) Mickey Mantle Outfielder (3)
Game 37: Chicago (Wynn) at New York (Turley)
All Star White Sox shortstop Luis Aparicio was ejected in the 4th for disputing a called strike.
Yankee centerfielder Mickey Mantle gunned down White Sox Wes Covington at home in the
5th. During the next at-bat, Yankee leftfielder Yogi Berra mirrored the feat by throwing out
White Sox Roy Sievers at the plate. Chicago’s aggressive baserunning went unrewarded as
the Yanks coasted to a 5-2 win.
Chicago 000 200 000 - 2 New York 200 210 00X - 5
Game 99: Baltimore (Brown) at New York (Daley)
Powered by a Mickey Mantle triple, the Yankees scored three runs in the bottom of the 8th to tie the game
3-3. In the bottom of the 10th, Tony Kubek walked and Roger Maris doubled him home for the win. The
Yankees were not struck out once during the game!
Baltimore 002 001 000 0 - 3 New York 000 000 030 1 - 4
Key Opponent Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BA OBP SLG
Kluszewski LAA 13 45 10 16 1 7 18 .356 .370 .844
Aparicio CHI 18 73 9 25 3 1 1 4 9 .342 .392 .452
Colavito DET 17 63 15 19 6 5 11 .302 .430 .635
Woodling WAS 14 34 4 10 2 1 4 .294 .390 .441
Cash DET 16 67 13 19 3 1 5 14 1 .284 .351 .582
Gentile BAL 15 46 8 13 2 6 12 .283 .459 .717
Piersall CLE 18 53 7 14 4 1 .264 .328 .340
Wagner LAA 16 66 8 16 3 2 14 3 .242 .282 .379
Siebern KCA 18 69 11 12 3 2 7 .174 .256 .304
Killebrew MIN 18 59 9 10 2 6 12 .169 .372 .508
Yastrzemski BOS 17 59 3 10 2 2 1 .169 .210 .203
Kaline DET 16 62 7 10 2 1 1 2 .161 .268 .226
Ted Kluszewski battered Yankee pitching and led the Los Angeles Angels to a 10-8 record versus the Yankees
compared to a 6-12 record in actual play.
G AB R H HR G AB R H HR G AB R H HR159 535 119 193 41 148 486 96 147 46 150 541 94 156 46
RBI SB BA SLG OBP RBI SB BA SLG OBP RBI SB BA SLG OBP132 11 .361 .662 .487 141 1 .302 .646 .423 122 1 .288 .606 .405
11- 1-1 31- 8-4 51- 8-2 11- 1-1 31- 9-4 51- 9-5 11- 1 31- 9 51- 9
12- 25-7 32- 26-7 52- 13-7 12- 25-7 32- 26-7 52- 27-7 12- 25 32- 26 52- 27
13- 14-6 33- 0-2 53- 19-6 13- 14-6 33- 0-1 53- 20-6 13- 14 33- 4 53- 19
14- 30-6 34- 31-6 54- 32-6 14- 30-7 34- 31-7 54- 32-7 14- 30 34- 31 54- 32
15- 10-2 35- 9-5 55- 7-2 15- 8-1 35- 42-6 55- 8-1 15- 8 35- 14 55- 8
16- 13-6 36- 14-6 56- 14-6 16- 13-7 36- 14-6 56- 34-6 16- 28 36- 33 56- 13
21- 22-6 41- 24-8 61- 24-6 21- 13-6 41- 24-7 61- 14-6 21- 13 41- 24 61- 14
22- 0-2 42- 9-6 62- 14-6 22- 0-1 42- 14-6 62- 41-6 22- 5 42- 14 62- 37
23- 41-6 43- 29-6 63- 13-6 23- 37-6 43- 29-7 63- 13-6 23- 41 43- 29 63- 13
24- 13-6 44- 7-2 64- 14-6 24- 13-6 44- 0-1 64- 14-6 24- 13 44- 8 64- 14
25- 8-2 45- 14-6 65- 35-8 25- 8-2 45- 14-6 65- 35-7 25- 8 45- 14 65- 35
26- 37-6 46- 12-6 66- 1-1 26- 13-6 46- 12-6 66- 1-1 26- 13 46- 12 66- 1J-0 J-1 J-1
CASHFirstbaseman (4)
James Edward "Diamond Jim" Harman Clayton "Harm"
GENTILE KILLEBREW(S) Firstbaseman (2) (S) Firstbaseman (2)(3B-2)(OF-1)
Norman Dalton "Norm"'. '. '.
Game 17: New York (Turley) at Minnesota (Ramos)
The Twins rallied for four runs in the bottom of the eighth inning to take
a 6-4 lead. Yankee Yogi Berra, pinch-hitting for Hector Lopez, drilled a
three-run home run in the ninth inning to garner the Yankee comeback
win. Harmon Killebrew had a solo HR in the third, drew three walks and
scored two runs.
New York 010 000 303 - 7 Minnesota 101 000 040 - 6
Overall, the Yankees were productive at the plate, outscoring (+36%), outhitting (+22%) and out-homering (+62%) their
opponents. The Yanks struck out 8% less and walked 8% less than their opponents. But their on/off streaky power
didn’t always translate to wins. The Pythagorean statistic calculated their replay winning percentage should have been
.651, closer to their actual .673 win pct. based on the difference in runs scored versus their opponents throughout the
season.
R H HR BB SO HBP PA SO/W W% PYTH
NEW YORK 790 1,401 224 535 867 30 6,373 1.62 .605 .651
OPPONENTS 579 1,144 138 583 942 30 6,128 1.62 .395 .349
DIFFERENCE 211 257 86 (48) (75) - 245 0.00
Games 39, 40, 41, 42: New York at Boston
Boston rallied from behind in final three consecutive games to sweep a 4-game series versus
the Yankees.
Game 39 Game 41 New York 000 000 000 - 0 New York 100 100 010 - 3 Boston 200 020 50X - 9 Boston 000 003 001 - 4
Game 40 Game 42 New York 010 000 010 00 - 2 New York 010 300 000 - 4 Boston 000 000 200 01 - 3 Boston 002 015 00X - 8
Game 52: Kansas City (Herbert) at New York (Coates)
Yankee starter Jim Coates hurled a no-hitter until two outs in the ninth. With A’s Jim Stephens on base with a
walk, catcher Jim Pignatano doubled him in to break the no-hitter and shutout, then Leo Posada singled
Pignatano home. Yankee closer Luis Arroyo (A,X) retired the last batter to post the save.
Kansas City 000 000 002 - 2 New York 102 000 00X - 3
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1 8 15 22 29 36 43 50 57 64 71 78 85 92 99 106 113 120 127 134 141 148 155 162
Scoring Margin
Home Run Watch
TOT HR After 40 After 80 After 120 2-HR GM
Maris 61 18 35 46 7
Maris Actual 61 11 32 48 7
Maris Home Runs APBA 1961
Vs. Minnesota 10 4
Vs. Kansas City 4 5
Vs. Los Angeles 4 4
Vs. Baltimore 11 3
Vs. Detroit 5 8
Vs. Cleveland 8 8
Vs. Washington 5 9
Vs. Boston 7 7
Vs. Chicago 7 13
Totals 61 61
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1 8 15 22 29 36 43 50 57 64 71 78 85 92 99 106 113 120 127 134 141 148 155 162
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Maris Mantle Maris Actual
Game 76: Detroit (Mossi) at New York (Ford)
Detroit took a 2-1 lead in the 7th inning on back-to-back-to-back singles. Roger Maris led off the ninth inning
with a home run to tie the game. Mickey Mantle led off the 11th with a walk-off dinger to frustrate the Tigers.
Detroit 000 000 200 00 - 2 New York 010 000 001 01 - 3
Bill Skowron bested his home run and RBI total, but fell short in runs, hits, doubles and triples. Moose posted three
(3) 2-home run games.
Elston Howard matched his stellar production figures very well. Ellie posted a 9-game hitting streak, batting .400
(16-40) with four home runs and 11 RBI’s during the streak.
Johnny Blanchard turned it on late in the season to approach his offensive power numbers. Blanchard went 5-5 with
four singles and a double in Game 145 vs. the Indians.
Final Batting G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO GDP HBP SAC ROE BA OBP SLG
Skowron 147 564 68 139 18 2 31 92 0 2 42 103 20 4 5 28 .246 .301 .450
1961 150 561 77 150 23 4 28 89 0 0 35 108 21 8 3 12 .267 .318 .472
Final Batting G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO GDP HBP SAC ROE BA OBP SLG
Howard 133 470 52 162 10 7 25 105 0 0 18 88 4 2 3 19 .345 .369 .555
1961 129 446 64 155 17 5 21 77 0 3 28 65 5 3 5 9 .348 .387 .549
Final Batting G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO GDP HBP SAC ROE BA OBP SLG
Blanchard 102 257 43 76 9 2 17 52 0 1 30 28 9 5 1 15 .296 .379 .545
1961 93 243 38 74 10 1 21 54 1 0 27 28 6 4 1 2 .305 .382 .613
G AB R H HR G AB R H HR G AB R H HR150 561 76 150 28 129 446 64 155 21 93 243 38 74 21
RBI SB BA SLG OBP RBI SB BA SLG OBP RBI SB BA SLG OBP89 0 .267 .472 .318 77 0 .348 .549 .387 54 1 .305 .613 .382
11- 5 31- 9 51- 9 11- 4 31- 8 51- 8 11- 1 31- 9 51- 8
12- 25 32- 26 52- 27 12- 25 32- 26 52- 27 12- 25 32- 26 52- 27
13- 22 33- 5 53- 19 13- 14 33- 5 53- 20 13- 14 33- 5 53- 18
14- 30 34- 31 54- 32 14- 30 34- 31 54- 32 14- 30 34- 31 54- 32
15- 8 35- 37 55- 8 15- 7 35- 8 55- 7 15- 8 35- 9 55- 8
16- 28 36- 14 56- 34 16- 28 36- 33 56- 13 16- 28 36- 33 56- 22
21- 13 41- 24 61- 24 21- 13 41- 28 61- 22 21- 13 41- 24 61- 38
22- 7 42- 13 62- 13 22- 7 42- 9 62- 36 22- 5 42- 14 62- 22
23- 13 43- 29 63- 30 23- 38 43- 29 63- 31 23- 26 43- 29 63- 32
24- 13 44- 7 64- 41 24- 13 44- 7 64- 9 24- 13 44- 7 64- 36
25- 8 45- 14 65- 35 25- 8 45- 14 65- 35 25- 8 45- 14 65- 35
26- 24 46- 12 66- 1 26- 13 46- 12 66- 1 26- 13 46- 12 66- 1J-1 J-2 J-3
William Joseph, Jr. "Moose"
SKOWRON(S) Firstbaseman (4)
John Edwin "Johnny"
BLANCHARD(S) Catcher (6) (OF-1)
Elston Gene "Ellie"
HOWARD(S) Catcher (8) (1B-2)
'. '. '.'.'. '.
Roger Maris played close to form. Rog hit 8 home runs from Game 31 thru Game 38 (1,1,1,1,2,1,0,1)
Final Batting G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO GDP HBP SAC ROE BA OBP SLG
Maris 159 599 128 151 18 1 61 142 1 0 85 76 13 11 8 11 .252 .351 .591
1961 161 590 132 159 16 4 61 141 0 0 94 67 16 7 7 9 .269 .372 .620
G AB R H HR161 590 132 159 61
RBI SB BA SLG OBP142 0 .269 .620 .372
11- 1 31- 14 51- 9
12- 25 32- 26 52- 27
13- 14 33- 1 53- 16
14- 30 34- 31 54- 32
15- 8 35- 40 55- 8
16- 28 36- 14 56- 34
21- 32 41- 24 61- 32
22- 6 42- 14 62- 13
23- 26 43- 29 63- 32
24- 13 44- 8 64- 22
25- 9 45- 14 65- 35
26- 29 46- 12 66- 1J-0
Roger Eugene "Rog"
MARIS(F) Outfielder (2)
'.'.
Game 68: New York (Sheldon) at Minnesota (Cueto)
Yankee outfielders gunned down four runners at home, Harman Killebrew (twice),
Earl Battey (twice) and gunned down Bert Cueto at third sporting some spectacular
defense. Killebrew contributed for the Twins going 2-3 with a double, home run and
two RBI’s.
New York 211 000 220 - 8 Minnesota 210 100 200 - 6
Mickey Mantle was a bit disappointing in the power department, under-shooting his home run total by 14. This
weighed on his batting average and slugging percentage. In Games 30 thru 34, Mick drew 11 walks in 21 plate
appearances (.524).
Final Batting G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO GDP HBP SAC ROE BA OBP SLG
Mantle 151 526 129 151 16 2 40 116 16 0 125 115 9 1 2 1 .287 .424 .553
1961 153 514 131 163 16 6 54 128 12 1 126 112 2 0 6 10 .317 .448 .687
Game 88: New York (Ford) at Baltimore (Pappas)
Baltimore led New York after seven innings, 3-1. With two out and one on in the
eighth, Roger Maris took Milt Pappas deep to tie the game. Mickey Mantle
followed with a back-to-back home run.
New York 100 000 030 - 4
Baltimore 200 001 000 - 3
G AB R H HR153 514 132 163 54
RBI SB BA SLG OBP128 12 .317 .687 .448
11- 1 31- 9 51- 9
12- 25 32- 26 52- 27
13- 14 33- 5 53- 17
14- 30 34- 31 54- 32
15- 10 35- 14 55- 8
16- 28 36- 33 56- 14
21- 13 41- 26 61- 40
22- 5 42- 14 62- 14
23- 13 43- 29 63- 13
24- 13 44- 8 64- 14
25- 10 45- 14 65- 35
26- 13 46- 12 66- 1J-1
Mickey Charles "Mick"
MANTLE(F) Outfielder (3)
'.'.
New York Yankees – Non-pitchers – Final Batting Statistics
Final Batting G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO GDP HBP SAC ROE BA OBP SLG
Richardson 159 673 67 152 16 2 2 34 14 10 39 41 8 2 7 12 .226 .268 .264
1961 162 662 80 173 17 5 3 49 9 7 30 23 15 2 12 17 .261 .295 .316
Kubek 149 631 102 178 34 12 5 53 2 2 35 66 9 0 8 21 .282 .316 .398
1961 153 617 84 170 38 6 8 46 1 3 27 60 7 1 13 7 .276 .306 .395
Boyer 146 546 60 106 14 1 11 32 0 0 55 93 9 0 1 11 .194 .267 .284
1961 148 504 61 113 19 5 11 55 1 3 63 83 13 2 9 16 .224 .308 .347
Berra 106 404 50 105 10 0 21 73 4 0 30 46 9 3 5 4 .260 .312 .441
1961 119 395 62 107 11 0 22 61 2 0 35 28 7 2 5 5 .271 .330 .466
Lopez 83 249 36 53 9 0 5 28 0 1 26 38 6 0 7 1 .213 .280 .309
1961 93 243 27 54 7 2 3 22 1 0 24 38 8 1 5 5 .222 .292 .305
Cerv 67 141 13 27 5 0 4 11 0 0 7 17 8 1 1 2 .191 .233 .312
1961 57 118 17 32 5 1 6 20 1 0 12 17 6 1 0 2 .271 .344 .483
Gardner 37 114 13 22 5 0 2 6 0 1 9 17 2 0 2 1 .193 .248 .289
1961 41 99 11 21 5 0 1 2 0 0 6 18 4 3 1 1 .212 .278 .293
DeMaestri 17 50 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 1 0 2 2 .100 .096 .100
1961 30 41 1 6 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 13 1 0 0 2 .146 .146 .146
Torgeson 17 18 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 3 0 0 0 2 .167 .423 .167
1961 22 18 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 3 1 0 0 0 .111 .385 .111
Johnson 14 21 2 6 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 .286 .273 .333
1961 13 19 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 5 2 0 1 1 .105 .182 .105
Gonder 15 12 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 2 0 0 1 0 .167 .267 .250
1961 15 12 2 4 1 0 0 3 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 .333 .467 .417
Reed 13 16 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 .063 .158 .063
1961 28 13 4 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 .154 .214 .154
Hale 14 19 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 2 .105 .105 .105
1961 11 13 2 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 .154 .154 .385
Tresh 13 14 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 5 0 0 0 0 .000 .125 .000
1961 9 8 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250
Thomas 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500
1961 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500
New York Yankees – Pitchers – Final Batting Statistics
Final Batting G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO GDP HBP SAC ROE BA OBP SLG
Ford 38 86 7 13 1 0 0 3 0 1 7 19 2 0 8 7 .151 .198 .163
1961 39 96 11 17 1 0 0 10 0 0 12 17 1 0 6 2 .177 .266 .188
Stafford 34 65 5 9 3 0 0 6 0 1 2 10 0 0 2 2 .138 .159 .185
1961 36 67 5 12 2 1 0 3 0 0 4 11 0 0 3 0 .179 .225 .239
Terry 28 61 3 17 4 0 0 6 0 0 4 11 1 0 8 3 .279 .288 .344
1961 31 66 3 15 2 0 0 5 0 0 1 16 1 0 6 0 .227 .235 .258
Sheldon 30 48 1 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 22 1 0 6 1 .083 .091 .083
1961 36 56 1 7 0 0 0 4 0 0 2 24 0 0 2 1 .125 .155 .125
Daley 26 39 4 5 1 0 0 2 0 1 4 6 2 0 3 5 .128 .196 .154
1961 23 45 3 6 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 .133 .152 .156
Coates 47 27 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 14 0 1 6 1 .074 .088 .074
1961 43 35 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 21 0 1 8 1 .029 .081 .029
Arroyo 59 17 0 6 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 0 0 0 1 .353 .353 .471
1961 65 25 2 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 3 0 .280 .280 .360
Turley 17 23 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 1 0 3 1 .087 .077 .087
1961 15 21 1 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 11 1 0 4 1 .095 .091 .095
Ditmar 16 14 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 1 0 0 0 .071 .071 .071
1961 12 19 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 .053 .053 .053
Reniff 24 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
1961 25 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
Clevenger 21 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000
1961 21 4 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .500
McDevitt 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .333 .000
1961 8 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .500 .000
Downing 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .333 .000
1961 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
James 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1961 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Duren 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1961 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Maas 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1961 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
New York Yankees – Final Pitching Statistics
Final Pitching G GS IP W L SV ERA BB SO HR Grade
Ford 38 38 284.0 21 8 0 2.12 110 226 23 A (X)
1961 39 39 283.0 25 4 0 3.21 92 209 23
Stafford 34 25 197.2 12 8 2 3.14 49 114 20 B (Y)(Z)
1961 36 25 195.0 14 9 2 2.68 59 101 13
Terry 28 27 192.2 16 5 0 1.87 57 85 15 B (Z)
1961 31 27 188.1 16 3 0 3.15 42 86 19
Sheldon 30 21 169.1 11 9 0 2.82 59 105 17 B (Y)
1961 35 21 162.2 11 5 0 3.60 55 84 17
Daley 26 17 133.1 9 4 2 3.17 57 89 7 C (Y)
1961 23 17 129.2 8 9 0 3.96 51 83 17
Coates 47 11 149.0 11 7 2 2.84 55 99 15 C(B*) (Y)
1961 43 11 141.1 11 5 5 3.44 53 80 15
Arroyo 59 0 124.0 8 7 25 2.18 48 89 12 A* (X)
1961 65 0 119.0 15 5 29 2.19 49 87 5
Turley 17 12 75.1 3 6 0 5.97 47 51 9 D (Y)(W)
1961 15 12 72.0 3 5 0 5.75 51 48 11
Ditmar 16 8 54.1 2 4 1 6.13 27 27 7 D
1961 12 8 54.1 2 3 0 4.64 14 24 9
Reniff 24 0 49.2 3 3 1 3.62 31 17 4 B* (W)
1961 25 0 45.1 2 0 2 2.58 31 21 1
Clevenger 21 0 36.2 2 1 1 7.61 28 16 4 C* (W)
1961 21 0 31.2 1 1 0 4.83 21 14 3
McDevitt 4 2 13.0 0 1 0 4.15 7 8 4 D(C*) (Y)(W)
1961 8 2 13.0 1 2 1 7.62 8 8 2
Downing 3 1 9.0 0 1 0 4.00 4 9 1 D (XY)(W)
1961 5 1 9.0 0 1 0 8.00 12 12 0
James 2 0 1.2 0 0 0 5.40 2 3 0 D (Y)(W)
1961 1 0 1.1 0 0 0 0.00 0 2 0
Duren 2 0 5.0 0 0 0 3.60 2 4 0 D (XY)(W)
1961 4 0 5.0 0 1 0 5.40 4 7 2
Maas 1 0 0.1 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 D*
1961 1 0 0.1 0 0 0 54.00 0 0 0
World Series – New York Yankees versus Cincinnati Reds
The Yankees battled the Cincinnati Reds and won the World Series in six games, 4-2. The Yankees clinched game six in
10 innings. In actual play, the Yankees defeated the Reds in the series 4-1.
Yankee power proved formidable, launching twelve (12) home runs in the series, four from Series MVP, Elston
Howard who batted .391 with a .931 slugging percentage.
Yankee starter Bill Terry (16-5, 1.87 ERA in replay season) posted two complete game wins, allowing just one run over
18 innings for a 0.50 ERA and 0.44 WHIP.
For the Yankees, Roger Maris, Mickey Mantle and Johnny Blanchard each had two home runs and combined for a .317
batting average and .780 slugging percentage.
For the Reds, Vada Pinson batted .458 (11-24) with three doubles. Frank Robinson and Gordy Coleman each had two
home runs. And pitcher Bob Purkey hit two home runs and a double in his five at-bats!
Roger Maris plays longball
Replay G1 R H E
Cincinnati 3 6 0
New York 0 4 0 Cincinnati leads Series 1-0
Replay G2 R H E
Cincinnati 1 3 1
New York 5 9 0 Series tied 1-1
Replay G3 R H E
New York 4 6 2
Cincinnati 5 10 0 Cincinnati leads Series 2-1
Replay G4 R H E
New York 6 9 0
Cincinnati 4 5 2 Series tied 2-2
Replay G5 R H E
New York 11 14 1
Cincinnati 0 3 1 New York leads Series 3-2
Replay G6 R H E
Cincinnati 3 5 1 10 innings
New York 4 6 1 New York Wins Series 4-2
World Series Statistics- New York Yankees
New York G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR BI TB SB CS BB SO DP HP SH RE ER BA OBP SLG
Kubek 6 26 26 4 9 2 1 11 2 1 .346 .346 .423
Richardson 6 26 25 2 2 2 4 1 1 2 .080 .077 .080
Maris 6 26 25 4 7 2 4 13 1 1 1 .280 .308 .520
Howard 6 25 23 6 9 4 7 21 2 3 1 .391 .440 .913
Skowron 6 24 22 1 8 1 1 1 4 14 2 2 3 .364 .417 .636
Boyer 6 23 23 1 1 6 3 1 .043 .043 .043
Berra 5 19 16 2 3 1 4 6 1 3 1 2 .188 .211 .375
Mantle 3 13 7 5 2 2 2 8 6 1 1 .286 .615 1.143
Blanchard 5 12 9 4 4 1 2 7 11 2 1 .444 .500 1.222
Lopez 2 8 8 1 1 5 .125 .125 .125
Terry 2 8 6 1 1 1 1 .000 .125 .000
Ford 2 6 5 1 1 1 1 1 .200 .333 .200
Stafford 2 4 3 1 1 1 1 1 .000 .250 .000
Cerv 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 .500 .500 .500
Arroyo 2
Coates 1
Totals 6 222 200 30 48 4 1 12 30 90 0 0 17 31 9 0 5 5 4 .240 .293 .450
New York G IP H R ER HR BB SO HP WP BK BF W L SV GS GF CG ERA WHIP H9
Ford 2 17 12 7 7 3 4 14 66 1 1 2 1 3.71 0.94 6.4
Terry 2 18 6 1 1 1 2 10 62 2 2 2 0.50 0.44 3.0
Stafford 2 14 15 8 5 2 4 8 1 1 62 1 2 3.21 1.36 9.6
Arroyo 2 2 2 9 1 2 0.00 0.00 0.0
Coates 1 2 2 1 1 8 1 0.00 1.00 0.0
Totals 6 53.0 33 16 13 6 12 35 2 1 0 207 4 2 0 6 3 3 2.21 0.85 5.6
World Series Statistics- Cincinnati Reds
Cincinnati G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR BI TB SB CS BB SO DP HP SH RE ER BA OBP SLG
Pinson 6 25 24 5 11 3 1 14 1 1 2 1 4 .458 .480 .583
Kasko 5 24 20 2 2 1 3 2 4 1 1 1 .100 .208 .150
Robinson 6 24 22 2 7 3 2 8 16 2 1 1 .318 .375 .727
Coleman 6 22 21 2 2 2 2 8 3 1 1 1 .095 .136 .381
Post 6 22 22 2 1 2 7 1 .091 .091 .091
Freese 6 22 22 1 1 1 2 2 .045 .045 .045
Chacon 4 17 16 2 2 1 3 1 .125 .176 .125
Edwards 4 11 7 1 1 1 2 1 4 1 .143 .455 .286
D.Johnson 3 10 10 1 2 2 2 .200 .200 .200
Blasingame 2 8 6 2 1 .000 .250 .000
Purkey 2 5 5 2 3 1 2 4 10 2 .600 .600 2.000
O'Toole 2 4 4 1 .000 .000 .000
Cardenas 4 4 4 3 .000 .000 .000
Bell 3 3 3 1 .000 .000 .000
Jay 2 2 1 1 1 .000 .000 .000
Lynch 2 2 2 1 .000 .000 .000
Gernert 2 2 2 .000 .000 .000
Maloney 2
Henry 2
Hook 2
Jones 1
Brosnan 1
K.Johnson 1
Nunn 1
Totals 6 207 191 16 33 9 0 6 16 60 1 1 12 35 4 2 2 4 5 .173 .227 .314
Cincinnati G IP H R ER HR BB SO HP WP BK BF W L SV GS GF CG ERA WHIP H9
Purkey 2 15 5 6 5 3 6 4 55 1 1 3 3.00 0.73 3.0
O'Toole 2 12 11 5 3 2 2 9 48 1 1 2 1 2.25 1.08 8.3
Jay 2 10 16 11 11 4 1 5 47 1 1 9.90 1.70 14.4
Maloney 2 4 2 1 2 5 17 1 0.00 1.00 4.5
Henry 2 2.2 4 2 2 1 1 5 13 1 1 8.18 2.27 16.4
Brosnan 1 1 2 11 0.00 2.00 18.0
Hook 1 1 3 2 2 1 1 1 10 2 18.00 4.00 27.0
Jones 1 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 9 9.00 1.50 9.0
K.Johnson 1 2 1 1 1 1 8 1 1 4.50 1.00 4.5
Nunn 1 1 1 2 1 4 0.00 3.00 9.0
Totals 6 50 2/3 47 30 26 12 17 31 0 0 0 222 2 4 1 6 5 1 4.62 1.26 8.3
Replay Notes
The Yankees played 163 actual games in 1961. Actual game 8 against Baltimore was called after a 32-minute rain delay
in the 7th inning and the 5-5 tie game was replayed in its entirety.
The Yankees started 163 games in the replay. Replay game 133 was called due to rain with two runners on-base in the
top of the Yankees seventh inning with the Yankees leading 3-0 against the Minnesota Twins. The Yankees were
awarded the win.
Replay game 153 against Baltimore was called due to rain with two-on and no-outs in the top of the Yankee fifth inning.
The score was 0-0 and the game and statistics are not included in the statistics.
All games were played with cards and dice. Score was kept on paper and statistics were compiled via Excel.
First Roll: January 29, 2020
Zorro Versalles, Minnesota, 24-13,
Strikeout versus Whitey Ford (A,X), New York
Last Roll: March 27, 2020
Bill Gardner, New York, 32-26,
Ground Out versus Chet Nichols C(A*), Boston
Total Replay Plate Appearances: 12,501 versus 12,289 actual
Days to Complete Replay: 58
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Game 155: New York (Terry) at Baltimore (Pappas)
In the longest game of the season, the Baltimore Orioles fought to the end to prevail in a 6-5 win
after nineteen (19) innings. The Yankees used 21 players and the Orioles used 19 players.
Roger Maris hit two home runs in the game, his second in the 8th inning to tie the game. Baltimore
matched a Yankee run in the 11th. Oriole Brooks Robinson finally put the stake in by doubling home
Dave Philley in the 19th.
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Baltimore 001 002 100 010 000 000 1 - 6