1961 World Series
New York Yankees over Cincinnati Reds (4-1)

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Dates: October 4 - 9, 1961

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Series Scores

Game 1, October 4
Cincinnati Reds	0	Final
New York Yankees	2

W	Whitey Ford (1-0)
L	Jim O'Toole (0-1)

Game 2, October 5
Cincinnati Reds	6	Final
New York Yankees	2

W	Joey Jay (1-0)
L	Ralph Terry (0-1)

Game 3, October 7
New York Yankees	3	Final
Cincinnati Reds	2

W	Luis Arroyo (1-0)
L	Bob Purkey (0-1)

Game 4, October 8
New York Yankees	7	Final
Cincinnati Reds	0

W	Whitey Ford (2-0)
L	Jim O'Toole (0-2)
S	Jim Coates (1)

Game 5, October 9
New York Yankees	13	Final
Cincinnati Reds	5

W	Bud Daley (1-0)
L	Joey Jay (1-1)

Series Batting Stats

New York Yankees Batting

New York Yankees Batting Table
	Playoff Series Stats																			Regular Season Stats
Name	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	SB	CS	E	WPA	cWPA	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	SB	BA	OPS
Luis Arroyo*	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	1	0.00	0.00%	65	25	2	7	0	0	0	.280	.640
Yogi Berra*	4	11	2	3	0	0	1	3	5	1	.273	.500	.545	1.045	0	0	1	0.32	11.26%	119	395	62	107	22	61	2	.271	.795
Johnny Blanchard*	4	10	4	4	1	0	2	3	2	0	.400	.500	1.100	1.600	0	0	0	0.37	10.29%	93	243	38	74	21	54	1	.305	.995
Clete Boyer	5	15	0	4	2	0	0	3	4	0	.267	.421	.400	.821	0	0	1	-0.07	-2.99%	148	504	61	113	11	55	1	.224	.656
Jim Coates	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0.00	-0.01%	43	35	1	1	0	0	0	.029	.110
Bud Daley*	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	1	0.00	0.02%	*39	63	4	8	0	3	0	.127	.310
Whitey Ford*	2	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.167	.000	.167	0	0	0	-0.12	-3.96%	39	96	11	17	0	10	0	.177	.454
Billy Gardner	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0		-0.01	-0.17%	*86	253	24	57	2	13	0	.225	.584
Elston Howard	5	20	5	5	3	0	1	1	2	3	.250	.318	.550	.868	0	0	0	-0.07	-3.30%	129	446	64	155	21	77	0	.348	.936
Tony Kubek*	5	22	3	5	0	0	0	1	1	4	.227	.261	.227	.488	0	0	0	-0.09	-2.08%	153	617	84	170	8	46	1	.276	.701
Héctor López	4	9	3	3	0	1	1	7	2	3	.333	.455	.889	1.343	0	0	0	0.12	2.74%	93	243	27	54	3	22	1	.222	.596
Mickey Mantle#	2	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	.167	.167	.167	.333	0	0	0	-0.04	-0.93%	153	514	131	163	54	128	12	.317	1.135
Roger Maris*	5	19	4	2	1	0	1	2	4	6	.105	.261	.316	.577	0	0	0	0.05	4.49%	161	590	132	159	61	141	0	.269	.993
Jack Reed	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0.00	0.00%	28	13	4	2	0	1	0	.154	.368
Bobby Richardson	5	23	2	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	.391	.391	.435	.826	1	1	0	0.17	5.38%	162	662	80	173	3	49	9	.261	.610
Bill Skowron	5	17	3	6	0	0	1	5	3	4	.353	.450	.529	.979	0	0	0	0.10	2.16%	150	561	77	150	28	89	0	.267	.790
Bill Stafford	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	1	-0.04	-1.53%	36	67	5	12	0	3	0	.179	.464
Ralph Terry	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	-0.09	-2.85%	31	66	3	15	0	5	0	.227	.493
Joe DeMaestri	Did not play in series																			30	41	1	6	0	2	0	.146	.293
Bob Hale*	Did not play in series																			11	13	2	2	1	1	0	.154	.538
Totals	58	165	27	42	8	1	7	26	24	25	.255	.347	.442	.790	1	1		0.59	18.52%	163	5559	827	1461	240		28	.263	.771

* - bats left-handed, # - bats both, else - bats right, ? - unknown, for minors bold indicates they appeared in majors or are a HOFer

Cincinnati Reds Batting

Cincinnati Reds Batting Table
	Playoff Series Stats																			Regular Season Stats
Name	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	SB	CS	E	WPA	cWPA	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	SB	BA	OPS
Gus Bell*	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0		-0.17	-6.45%	103	235	27	60	3	33	1	.255	.642
Don Blasingame*	3	7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	.143	.143	.143	.286	0	0	0	-0.06	-1.69%	*126	451	60	100	1	21	4	.222	.574
Jim Brosnan	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0.00	0.00%	53	13	1	2	0	1	0	.154	.368
Leo Cárdenas	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.667	1.000	0	0		0.15	6.19%	74	198	23	61	5	24	1	.308	.838
Elio Chacón	4	12	2	3	0	0	0	0	1	2	.250	.308	.250	.558	0	0	0	0.13	4.52%	61	132	26	35	2	5	1	.265	.745
Gordy Coleman*	5	20	2	5	0	0	1	2	0	1	.250	.250	.400	.650	0	0	1	0.10	3.44%	150	520	63	149	26	87	1	.287	.845
Johnny Edwards*	3	11	1	4	2	0	0	2	0	0	.364	.364	.545	.909	0	0	0	0.08	3.67%	52	145	14	27	2	14	1	.186	.541
Gene Freese	5	16	0	1	1	0	0	0	3	4	.063	.211	.125	.336	0	0	0	-0.26	-9.09%	152	575	78	159	26	87	8	.277	.774
Dick Gernert	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0		-0.19	-7.37%	*46	68	5	20	1	8	0	.294	.712
Bill Henry*	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0.00	0.00%	48	5	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
Ken Hunt	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0.00	0.00%	29	39	0	7	0	3	0	.179	.450
Joey Jay#	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	-0.09	-2.77%	34	89	3	8	0	5	0	.090	.233
Darrell Johnson	2	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	0	0	0	-0.03	-0.43%	*41	115	7	31	1	9	0	.270	.619
Ken Johnson	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0.00	0.00%	*21	26	1	6	0	5	0	.231	.500
Sherman Jones*	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0.00	0.00%	24	11	0	2	0	0	0	.182	.432
Eddie Kasko	5	22	1	7	0	0	0	1	0	2	.318	.318	.318	.636	0	0	1	0.18	5.75%	126	469	64	127	2	27	4	.271	.655
Jerry Lynch*	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.250	.000	.250	0	0		-0.03	-0.79%	96	181	33	57	13	50	2	.315	1.031
Jim Maloney*	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0.00	0.00%	30	29	6	11	1	4	0	.379	.920
Jim O'Toole#	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	-0.09	-2.64%	39	93	7	16	0	6	0	.172	.389
Vada Pinson*	5	22	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	.091	.091	.136	.227	0	0	1	-0.43	-13.63%	154	607	101	208	16	87	23	.343	.883
Wally Post	5	18	3	6	1	0	1	2	0	1	.333	.368	.556	.924	0	0	0	-0.23	-8.82%	99	282	44	83	20	57	0	.294	.932
Bob Purkey	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	1	-0.14	-4.96%	36	80	6	8	1	4	0	.100	.295
Frank Robinson	5	15	3	3	2	0	1	4	3	4	.200	.400	.533	.933	0	0	0	0.16	4.82%	153	545	117	176	37	124	22	.323	1.015
Jerry Zimmerman	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0.00	0.00%	76	204	8	42	0	10	1	.206	.483
Totals	73	170	13	35	8	0	3	11	8	27	.206	.254	.306	.560	0	0		-0.92	-30.25%	154	5243	710	1414	158		70	.270	.745

* - bats left-handed, # - bats both, else - bats right, ? - unknown, for minors bold indicates they appeared in majors or are a HOFer

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