Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.
1961 Fielding Game Log (overall)
| Rk | Gtm | Date | Tm | Opp | Rslt | Inngs | BF | Inn | PO | A | E | Ch | DP | Pos | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 (4) | Apr 16 (2) | MIN | @ | BAL | W,6-4 | GS | 32 | 8.1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | P |
| 2 | 9 (3) | Apr 23 | MIN | WSA | W,1-0 | CG | 31 | 9.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | P | |
| 3 | 15 (5) | Apr 30 | MIN | CHW | L,3-5 | GS | 50 | 10.2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | P | |
| May | Tm | Opp | Rslt | Inngs | BF | Inn | PO | A | E | Ch | DP | Pos | |||
| 4 | 20 (4) | May 5 | MIN | BOS | W,5-1 | CG | 34 | 9.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | P | |
| 5 | 23 (2) | May 10 | MIN | BAL | W,10-6 | GS | 37 | 8.0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | P | |
| 6 | 27 (3) | May 14 | MIN | LAA | W,4-3 | GS | 31 | 7.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | P | |
| 7 | 31 (3) | May 19 | MIN | KCA | W,11-1 | CG | 35 | 9.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P | |
| 8 | 36 (4) | May 23 | MIN | DET | L,2-5 | GS | 31 | 8.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | P | |
| 9 | 41 (4) | May 28 | MIN | @ | WSA | L,4-6 | GS | 22 | 4.1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | P |
| Jun | Tm | Opp | Rslt | Inngs | BF | Inn | PO | A | E | Ch | DP | Pos | |||
| 10 | 44 (2) | Jun 2 | MIN | @ | DET | L,0-2 | GS | 26 | 7.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | P |
| 11 | 50 (5) | Jun 6 | MIN | @ | NYY | L,2-7 | GS | 26 | 5.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | P |
| 12 | 55 (4) | Jun 11 (2) | MIN | @ | BOS | W,10-5 | GS | 30 | 6.1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | P |
| 13 | 59 (3) | Jun 15 | MIN | KCA | W,4-3 | CG | 37 | 9.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | P | |
| 14 | 64 (4) | Jun 20 | MIN | BAL | W,5-4 | GS | 35 | 8.1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | P | |
| 15 | 69 (4) | Jun 25 | MIN | NYY | L,4-8 | GS | 32 | 6.2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | P | |
| 16 | 74 (4) | Jun 30 | MIN | @ | KCA | W,8-2 | CG | 33 | 9.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | P |
| Jul | Tm | Opp | Rslt | Inngs | BF | Inn | PO | A | E | Ch | DP | Pos | |||
| 17 | 79 (4) | Jul 4 (2) | MIN | CHW | W,4-2 | CG | 39 | 9.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | P | |
| 18 | 83 (3) | Jul 8 | MIN | @ | WSA | L,2-3 | GS | 28 | 7.1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | P |
| 19 | 86 (2) | Jul 14 | MIN | @ | DET | W,5-2 | CG | 38 | 9.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | P |
| 20 | 92 (5) | Jul 19 (2) | MIN | @ | LAA | L,1-2 | GS | 26 | 7.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | P |
| 21 | 96 (3) | Jul 25 | MIN | WSA | L,1-2 | GS | 31 | 8.0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | P | |
| 22 | 101 (4) | Jul 30 | MIN | @ | DET | W,4-0 | CG | 35 | 9.0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | P |
| Aug | Tm | Opp | Rslt | Inngs | BF | Inn | PO | A | E | Ch | DP | Pos | |||
| 23 | 106 (4) | Aug 5 | MIN | @ | NYY | L,1-2 | CG | 33 | 8.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | P |
| 24 | 112 (5) | Aug 9 | MIN | @ | BOS | L,4-5 | GS | 24 | 5.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | P |
| 25 | 118 (5) | Aug 15 | MIN | KCA | W,9-4 | CG | 39 | 9.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P | |
| 26 | 122 (3) | Aug 20 | MIN | @ | LAA | W,9-7 | GS | 20 | 3.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P |
| 27 | 126 (3) | Aug 25 | MIN | BAL | L,2-5 | GS | 26 | 5.1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | P | |
| 28 | 131 (4) | Aug 31 | MIN | NYY | W,5-4 | CG | 39 | 9.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | P | |
| September | Tm | Opp | Rslt | Inngs | BF | Inn | PO | A | E | Ch | DP | Pos | |||
| 29 | 137 (5) | Sep 5 | MIN | CHW | T,3-3 | GS | 33 | 8.0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1 | P | |
| 30 | 142 (4) | Sep 10 (1) | MIN | @ | KCA | L,1-13 | GS | 16 | 2.2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | P |
| 31 | 147 (4) | Sep 15 | MIN | @ | CLE | W,3-2 | GS | 24 | 6.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | P |
| 32 | 152 (4) | Sep 21 | MIN | @ | WSA | W,6-3 | GS | 22 | 5.1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | P |
| 33 | 156 (3) | Sep 26 | MIN | CLE | L,3-7 | GS | 28 | 6.0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | P | |
| 33gm | 242.0 | 12 | 47 | 1 | 60 | 4 | |||||||||
1961 Fielding Game Log (as P)