Team fielding report -- 1961 New York Yankees
Regular season -- as of 10/1/1961
| Primary |
| Pos | Name | G | GS | INN | PO | A | E | DP | TC | PCT | PB | SB | CS | SB% |
| p | Whitey Ford | 39 | 39 | 290.0 | 17 | 29 | 3 | 1 | 49 | .939 | | 9 | 3 | .750 |
| | Rollie Sheldon | 34 | 21 | 165.7 | 13 | 24 | 0 | 3 | 37 | 1.000 | | 4 | 1 | .800 |
| | Ralph Terry | 35 | 27 | 202.3 | 16 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 36 | 1.000 | | 6 | 5 | .545 |
| | Bill Stafford | 37 | 25 | 206.7 | 14 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 33 | 1.000 | | 7 | 2 | .778 |
| | Bud Daley | 23 | 17 | 122.7 | 10 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 29 | .931 | | 1 | 0 | 1.000 |
| | Jim Coates | 46 | 10 | 133.3 | 12 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 1.000 | | 7 | 4 | .636 |
| | Luis Arroyo | 70 | 0 | 101.0 | 8 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 1.000 | | 2 | 0 | 1.000 |
| | Bob Turley | 22 | 12 | 69.0 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 1.000 | | 3 | 0 | 1.000 |
| | Tex Clevenger | 31 | 0 | 40.3 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 10 | .900 | | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| | Hal Reniff | 40 | 0 | 46.7 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1.000 | | 2 | 0 | 1.000 |
| | Art Ditmar | 10 | 8 | 49.3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | .750 | | 1 | 1 | .500 |
| | Danny McDevitt | 9 | 2 | 12.3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| | Al Downing | 7 | 1 | 8.7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | | 1 | 0 | 1.000 |
| | Ryne Duren | 4 | 0 | 4.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| | Johnny James | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| | Duke Maas | 1 | 0 | 0.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| | Total | 409 | 162 | 1454.3 | 103 | 156 | 7 | 12 | 266 | .974 | | 43 | 16 | .729 |
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| c | Elston Howard | 114 | 105 | 949.3 | 603 | 31 | 3 | 2 | 637 | .995 | 10 | 18 | 10 | .643 |
| | Johnny Blanchard | 48 | 42 | 375.7 | 275 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 289 | .990 | 3 | 18 | 6 | .750 |
| | Yogi Berra | 15 | 15 | 129.3 | 86 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 87 | .989 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 1.000 |
| | Total | 177 | 162 | 1454.3 | 964 | 42 | 7 | 3 | 1013 | .993 | 14 | 43 | 16 | .729 |
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| 1b | Bill Skowron | 151 | 147 | 1318.3 | 1376 | 93 | 15 | 150 | 1484 | .990 | | | | |
| | Elston Howard | 9 | 9 | 75.3 | 73 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 79 | 1.000 | | | | |
| | Bob Cerv | 6 | 3 | 32.7 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 44 | 1.000 | | | | |
| | Earl Torgeson | 5 | 3 | 27.0 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 28 | 1.000 | | | | |
| | Bob Hale | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | | | | |
| | Total | 172 | 162 | 1454.3 | 1521 | 100 | 15 | 167 | 1636 | .991 | | | | |
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| 2b | Bobby Richardson | 161 | 159 | 1415.3 | 349 | 553 | 17 | 137 | 919 | .982 | | | | |
| | Billy Gardner | 6 | 3 | 30.0 | 9 | 14 | 0 | 5 | 23 | 1.000 | | | | |
| | Joe DeMaestri | 4 | 0 | 9.0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 1.000 | | | | |
| | Total | 171 | 162 | 1454.3 | 362 | 570 | 17 | 145 | 949 | .982 | | | | |
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| 3b | Clete Boyer | 141 | 138 | 1205.3 | 85 | 286 | 14 | 37 | 385 | .964 | | | | |
| | Billy Gardner | 33 | 21 | 210.0 | 11 | 47 | 3 | 10 | 61 | .951 | | | | |
| | Deron Johnson | 9 | 3 | 37.7 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1.000 | | | | |
| | Joe DeMaestri | 1 | 0 | 1.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | | | | |
| | Total | 184 | 162 | 1454.3 | 97 | 341 | 17 | 47 | 455 | .963 | | | | |
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| ss | Tony Kubek | 150 | 145 | 1294.0 | 194 | 555 | 22 | 100 | 771 | .971 | | | | |
| | Joe DeMaestri | 18 | 9 | 90.3 | 12 | 38 | 3 | 5 | 53 | .943 | | | | |
| | Clete Boyer | 8 | 8 | 65.0 | 4 | 20 | 2 | 5 | 26 | .923 | | | | |
| | Tom Tresh | 2 | 0 | 5.0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | | | | |
| | Total | 178 | 162 | 1454.3 | 212 | 614 | 27 | 110 | 853 | .968 | | | | |
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| lf | Yogi Berra | 92 | 79 | 710.0 | 180 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 184 | .995 | | | | |
| | Hector Lopez | 62 | 52 | 438.7 | 117 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 118 | 1.000 | | | | |
| | Bob Cerv | 35 | 24 | 235.0 | 52 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 54 | .963 | | | | |
| | Johnny Blanchard | 9 | 7 | 65.7 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 1.000 | | | | |
| | Jack Reed | 5 | 0 | 5.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | | | | |
| | Total | 203 | 162 | 1454.3 | 363 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 372 | .992 | | | | |
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| cf | Mickey Mantle | 150 | 148 | 1302.0 | 384 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 403 | .983 | | | | |
| | Roger Maris | 13 | 12 | 98.3 | 27 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 29 | .966 | | | | |
| | Jack Reed | 17 | 2 | 50.0 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 24 | .958 | | | | |
| | Bob Cerv | 2 | 0 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | | | | |
| | Total | 182 | 162 | 1454.3 | 434 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 456 | .980 | | | | |
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| rf | Roger Maris | 150 | 147 | 1288.7 | 271 | 7 | 17 | 0 | 295 | .942 | | | | |
| | Yogi Berra | 8 | 5 | 52.0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 1.000 | | | | |
| | Hector Lopez | 15 | 5 | 61.0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 1.000 | | | | |
| | Johnny Blanchard | 9 | 5 | 52.7 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1.000 | | | | |
| | Total | 182 | 162 | 1454.3 | 307 | 7 | 17 | 0 | 331 | .949 | | | | |
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| | Total | 162 | 162 | 1454.3 | 4363 | 1849 | 119 | 176 | 6331 | .981 | 14 | | | |