1961 New York Yankees August 1 Roster

     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)

     26 Tex Clevenger (R-R)

     39 Jim Coates (R-R)

     28 Bud Daley (L-L)

     24 Al Downing (R-L)

     16 Whitey Ford (L-L)

     18 Hal Reniff (R-R)

     45 Rollie Sheldon (R-R)

     22 Bill Stafford (R-R)

     23 Ralph Terry (R-R)

     19 Bob Turley (R-R)*

     No. Catchers

     38 Johnny Blanchard (L-R)

     32 Elston Howard (R-R)

     No. Infielders

       6 Clete Boyer (R-R)

     20 Joe DeMaestri (R-R)

     12 Billy Gardner (R-R)

     34 Bob Hale (L-L)

     10 Tony Kubek (L-R)

       1 Bobby Richardson (R-R)

     14 Bill Skowron (R-R)

     29 Earl Torgeson (L-L)

     No. Outfielders

       8 Yogi Berra (L-R)

     17 Bob Cerv (R-R)

     11 Hector Lopez (R-R)

       7 Mickey Mantle (S-R)

       9 Roger Maris (L-R)

     *not on active roster

 

         Batting Practice Pitcher - Spud Murray 55

      Trainers - Gus Mauch, Joe Soares

   

numerical roster

   1 Richardson, if   

   2 Crosetti, ch

   6 Boyer, if

   7 Mantle, of

   8 Berra, c-of

   9 Maris, of

10 Kubek, if

11 Lopez, of

12 Gardner, if

14 Skowron, if

16 Ford, p

17 Cerv, of

18 Reniff, p

19 Turley, p*

20 DeMaestri, if

22 Stafford, p

23 Terry, p

24 Downing, p

26 Clevenger, p

28 Daley, p

29 Torgeson, if

31 Sain, ch

32 Howard, c

34 Hale, if

35 Houk, mgr

36 Moses, ch

38 Blanchard, c-of

39 Coates, p

44 Hegan, ch

45 Sheldon, p

47 Arroyo, p 

55 Murray, bpp

*not on active roster

retired numbers

3 Ruth

4 Gehrig

5 DiMaggio  

     August 2 starting lineup, Yankee Stadium, Game 1

     Richardson 2B     

     Kubek SS 

     Maris RF

     Mantle CF

     Howard C 

     Skowron 1B 

     Cerv LF

     Gardner 3B

     Ford P     

     August 2 starting lineup, Yankee Stadium, Game 2

     Richardson 2B     

     Kubek SS 

     Maris RF

     Mantle CF

     Berra LF

     Blanchard C 

     Skowron 1B 

     Gardner 3B

     Terry P

1961 Yankees Depth Chart

C   Elston Howard 

1B Bill Skowron

2B Bobby Richardson

3B Clete Boyer

SS Tony Kubek

LF Bob Cerv (1B)

CF Mickey Mantle

RF Roger Maris

UTILITY:

C   Johnny Blanchard (PH)

SS Joe DeMaestri (3B-2B)

LF Yogi Berra (C) 

LF Hector Lopez (RF)

PH Bob Hale (1B)

PH Billy Gardner (2B-3B)

PH Earl Torgeson (1B)

PITCHERS:

Whitey Ford

Bill Stafford 

Rollie Sheldon

Ralph Terry

Bud Daley

Al Downing

Bob Turley*

RELIEF PITCHERS:

Luis Arroyo

Jim Coates

Hal Reniff

Tex Clevenger

*not on active roster

Optioned Players

Pitchers

Jim Bronstad (R-R)

Gerald Heintz (R-R)

Duke Maas (R-R)

Bob Meyer (L-L)

Billy Short (L-L)

Hal Stowe (L-L)

Ted Wieand (R-R)

Catchers

Jesse Gonder (L-R)

Alan Hall (R-R)

Outfielders

Jack Reed (R-R)