Yankee Stadium, The Bronx, New York (April 11)
Manager - Ralph Houk 35
No. Coaches
2 Frankie Crosetti
44 Jim Hegan
36 Wally Moses
31 Johnny Sain
No. Pitchers
47 Luis Arroyo (L-L)
39 Jim Coates (R-R)
28 Art Ditmar (R-R)
26 Ryne Duren (R-R)
16 Whitey Ford (L-L)
53 Johnny James (R-R)
29 Duke Maas (R-R)
24 Danny McDevitt (L-L)
45 Rollie Sheldon (R-R)
22 Bill Stafford (R-R)
23 Ralph Terry (R-R)
19 Bob Turley (R-R)
21 Ted Wieand (R-R)
No. Catchers
8 Yogi Berra (L-R)
38 Johnny Blanchard (L-R)
25 Jesse Gonder (L-R)
32 Elston Howard (R-R)
No. Infielders
34 Clete Boyer (R-R)
20 Joe DeMaestri (R-R)
6 Deron Johnson (R-R)
10 Tony Kubek (L-R)
1 Bobby Richardson (R-R)
14 Bill Skowron (R-R)
No. Outfielders
11 Hector Lopez (R-R)
7 Mickey Mantle (S-R)
9 Roger Maris (L-R)
15 Jack Reed (R-R)
17 Lee Thomas (L-R)
Batting Practice Pitcher - Spud Murray 55
Trainers - Gus Mauch, Joe Soares
numerical roster
1 Richardson, if
2 Crosetti, ch
6 Johnson, if-of
7 Mantle, of
8 Berra, c-of
9 Maris, of
10 Kubek, if
11 Lopez, of
14 Skowron, if
15 Reed, of
16 Ford, p
17 Thomas, of-if
19 Turley, p
20 DeMaestri, if
21 Wieand, p
22 Stafford, p
23 Terry, p
24 McDevitt, p
25 Gonder, c
26 Duren, p
28 Ditmar, p
29 Maas, p
31 Sain, ch
32 Howard, c
34 Boyer, if
35 Houk, mgr
36 Moses, ch
38 Blanchard, c-of
39 Coates, p
44 Hegan, ch
45 Sheldon, p
47 Arroyo, p
53 James, p
55 Murray, bpp
retired numbers
3 Ruth
4 Gehrig
5 DiMaggio
April 11, Yankee Stadium
Richardson 2B
Lopez LF
Berra C
Mantle CF
Maris RF
Skowron 1B
Kubek SS
Boyer 3B
Ford P
1961 Yankees Depth Chart
C Yogi Berra
1B Bill Skowron
2B Bobby Richardson
3B Clete Boyer
SS Tony Kubek
LF Hector Lopez
CF Mickey Mantle
RF Roger Maris
UTILITY:
C Elston Howard (1B)
C Johnny Blanchard (OF)
3B Deron Johnson (1B)
SS Joe DeMaestri (2B)
CF Leroy Thomas (RF-1B)
CF Jack Reed
PH Jesse Gonder (C)
PITCHERS:
Whitey Ford
Art Ditmar
Bob Turley
Duke Maas
Bill Stafford
RELIEF PITCHERS:
Luis Arroyo
Ralph Terry
Jim Coates
Ryne Duren
Danny McDevitt
Johnny James
Ted Wieand
Rollie Sheldon
Optioned Players
No. Pitchers
Bill Bethel (L-L)
Jim Bronstad (R-R)
Art Ceccarelli (R-L)
Edward Dick (L-L)
George Haney (S-R)
Gerald Heintz (R-R)
Fred Kipp (L-L)
Bob Meyer (L-L)
Billy Short (L-L)
Hal Stowe (L-L)
No. Catchers
Alan Hall (R-R)
Billy Shantz (R-R)
No. Infielders
Frank Leja (L-L)
No. Outfielders
