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 | 9 (8) | Apr 23 | NYY | @ | BAL | L,1-4 | GS | 18 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P |
| May | Tm | Opp | Rslt | Inngs | BF | Inn | PO | A | E | Ch | DP | Pos | |||
| 2 | 19 (9) | May 5 | NYY | @ | LAA | W,5-4 | 6 | 1.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | P | |
| 3 | 25 (5) | May 13 | NYY | DET | L,3-8 | GF | 8 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | P | |
| 4 | 29 (3) | May 17 | NYY | WSA | L,7-8 | 4 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P | ||
| 5 | 37 (7) | May 28 (1) | NYY | CHW | L,9-14 | 1 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P | ||
| 6 | 41 (3) | May 31 | NYY | @ | BOS | W,7-6 | GF | 1 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P |
| Jun | Tm | Opp | Rslt | Inngs | BF | Inn | PO | A | E | Ch | DP | Pos | |||
| 7 | 42 | Jun 1 | NYY | @ | BOS | L,5-7 | 10 | 2.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | P | |
| 8 | 51 (8) | Jun 8 (2) | NYY | KCA | L,6-9 | GS | 13 | 2.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P | |
| Player went from New York Yankees to Minnesota Twins | |||||||||||||||
| 9 | 60 | Jun 16 | MIN | @ | CHW | W,6-1 | GS | 8 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | P |
| 10 | 63 (2) | Jun 18 (2) | MIN | @ | CHW | L,7-10 | 5 | 1.1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | P | |
| 11 | 66 (2) | Jun 22 | MIN | BAL | L,2-8 | GF | 9 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P | |
| 12 | 68 (1) | Jun 24 | MIN | NYY | L,7-10 | 8 | 2.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | P | ||
| 13 | 69 | Jun 25 | MIN | NYY | L,4-8 | 2 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P | ||
| 14 | 70 | Jun 27 (1) | MIN | BOS | W,6-5 | GF | 11 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P | |
| Jul | Tm | Opp | Rslt | Inngs | BF | Inn | PO | A | E | Ch | DP | Pos | |||
| 15 | 76 (5) | Jul 2 | MIN | @ | KCA | L,7-8 | 9 | 1.2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | P | |
| 16 | 77 | Jul 3 | MIN | CHW | W,7-6 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P | ||
| 17 | 80 (2) | Jul 5 | MIN | LAA | L,2-6 | 2 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P | ||
| 18 | 88 (7) | Jul 16 (1) | MIN | @ | CLE | L,5-7 | GF | 15 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P |
| 19 | 97 (8) | Jul 26 | MIN | WSA | W,10-9 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P | ||
| Aug | Tm | Opp | Rslt | Inngs | BF | Inn | PO | A | E | Ch | DP | Pos | |||
| 20 | 112 (14) | Aug 9 | MIN | @ | BOS | L,4-5 | GF | 5 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P |
| 21 | 115 (2) | Aug 12 | MIN | DET | L,3-17 | 15 | 3.1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | P | ||
| 22 | 127 (11) | Aug 26 | MIN | BAL | L,4-7 | 19 | 5.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | P | ||
| September | Tm | Opp | Rslt | Inngs | BF | Inn | PO | A | E | Ch | DP | Pos | |||
| 23 | 134 (6) | Sep 3 | MIN | BOS | L,6-8 | GF | 8 | 2.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | P | |
| 24 | 158 (23) | Sep 28 | MIN | CLE | L,5-12 | 3 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P | ||
| 24gm | 39.2 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 12 | 0 | |||||||||
1961 Fielding Game Log (as P)