1961 New York Yankees Opening Day Roster

     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