The 1961 roster for the Yankees included Whitey Ford at pitcher, Elston Howard at catcher, Bill Skowron at first baseman, Bobby Richardson at second baseman and Clete Boyer at third baseman.

	NAME	POS	HEIGHT	WEIGHT	DOB	AGE	BIRTHPLACE
1	Luis Arroyo L. Arroyo	P	5'8"	190	2/18/1927	34	Penuelas, Puerto Rico
2	Yogi Berra Y. Berra	OF	5'8"	194	5/12/1925	36	St. Louis, MO
3	Johnny Blanchard J. Blanchard	C	6'1"	198	2/26/1933	28	Minneapolis, MN
4	Clete Boyer C. Boyer	3B	6'0"	182	2/9/1937	24	Cassville, MO
5	Bob Cerv B. Cerv	OF	6'0"	202	5/5/1926	35	Weston, NE
6	Tex Clevenger T. Clevenger	P	6'1"	180	7/9/1932	28	Visalia, CA
7	Jim Coates J. Coates	P	6'4"	192	8/4/1932	28	Farnham, VA
8	Bud Daley B. Daley	P	6'1"	185	10/7/1932	28	Orange, CA
9	Joe Demaestri J. Demaestri	SS	6'0"	170	12/9/1928	32	San Francisco, CA
10	Art Ditmar A. Ditmar	P	6'2"	195	4/3/1929	32	Winthrop, MA
11	Al Downing A. Downing	P	5'11"	175	6/28/1941	20	Trenton, NJ
12	Ryne Duren R. Duren	P	6'1"	195	2/22/1929	32	Cazenovia, WI
13	Whitey Ford W. Ford	P	5'10"	180	10/21/1928	32	New York, NY
14	Billy Gardner B. Gardner	3B	6'0"	180	7/19/1927	33	Waterford, CT
15	Jesse Gonder J. Gonder	PH	5'10"	190	1/20/1936	25	Monticello, AR
16	Bob Hale B. Hale	1B	5'10"	195	11/7/1933	27	Sarasota, FL
17	Elston Howard E. Howard	C	6'2"	200	2/23/1929	32	St. Louis, MO
18	Johnny James J. James	P	5'10"	160	7/23/1933	27	Bonners Ferry, ID
19	Deron Johnson D. Johnson	3B	6'2"	205	7/17/1938	22	San Diego, CA
20	Tony Kubek T. Kubek	SS	6'3"	190	10/12/1936	24	Milwaukee, WI
21	Hector Lopez H. Lopez	OF	5'11"	182	7/8/1929	31	Colon, Panama
22	Duke Maas D. Maas	P	5'10"	170	1/31/1929	32	Utica, MI
23	Mickey Mantle M. Mantle	OF	5'11"	198	10/20/1931	29	Spavinaw, OK
24	Roger Maris R. Maris	OF	6'0"	200	9/10/1934	26	Hibbing, MN
25	Danny McDevitt D. McDevitt	P	5'10"	175	11/18/1932	28	New York, NY