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.
| NO. | NAME | POS | HEIGHT | WEIGHT | DOB | AGE | BIRTHPLACE | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | L. Arroyo | P | 5'8" | 190 | 2/18/1927 | 34 | Penuelas, Puerto Rico | |
| 2 | | Y. Berra | OF | 5'8" | 194 | 5/12/1925 | 36 | St. Louis, MO | |
| 3 | | J. Blanchard | C | 6'1" | 198 | 2/26/1933 | 28 | Minneapolis, MN | |
| 4 | | C. Boyer | 3B | 6'0" | 182 | 2/9/1937 | 24 | Cassville, MO | |
| 5 | | B. Cerv | OF | 6'0" | 202 | 5/5/1926 | 35 | Weston, NE | |
| 6 | | T. Clevenger | P | 6'1" | 180 | 7/9/1932 | 28 | Visalia, CA | |
| 7 | | J. Coates | P | 6'4" | 192 | 8/4/1932 | 28 | Farnham, VA | |
| 8 | | B. Daley | P | 6'1" | 185 | 10/7/1932 | 28 | Orange, CA | |
| 9 | | J. Demaestri | SS | 6'0" | 170 | 12/9/1928 | 32 | San Francisco, CA | |
| 10 | | A. Ditmar | P | 6'2" | 195 | 4/3/1929 | 32 | Winthrop, MA | |
| 11 | | A. Downing | P | 5'11" | 175 | 6/28/1941 | 20 | Trenton, NJ | |
| 12 | | R. Duren | P | 6'1" | 195 | 2/22/1929 | 32 | Cazenovia, WI | |
| 13 | | W. Ford | P | 5'10" | 180 | 10/21/1928 | 32 | New York, NY | |
| 14 | | B. Gardner | 3B | 6'0" | 180 | 7/19/1927 | 33 | Waterford, CT | |
| 15 | | J. Gonder | PH | 5'10" | 190 | 1/20/1936 | 25 | Monticello, AR | |
| 16 | | B. Hale | 1B | 5'10" | 195 | 11/7/1933 | 27 | Sarasota, FL | |
| 17 | | E. Howard | C | 6'2" | 200 | 2/23/1929 | 32 | St. Louis, MO | |
| 18 | | J. James | P | 5'10" | 160 | 7/23/1933 | 27 | Bonners Ferry, ID | |
| 19 | | D. Johnson | 3B | 6'2" | 205 | 7/17/1938 | 22 | San Diego, CA | |
| 20 | | T. Kubek | SS | 6'3" | 190 | 10/12/1936 | 24 | Milwaukee, WI | |
| 21 | | H. Lopez | OF | 5'11" | 182 | 7/8/1929 | 31 | Colon, Panama | |
| 22 | | D. Maas | P | 5'10" | 170 | 1/31/1929 | 32 | Utica, MI | |
| 23 |  | M. Mantle | OF | 5'11" | 198 | 10/20/1931 | 29 | Spavinaw, OK | |
| 24 |  | R. Maris | OF | 6'0" | 200 | 9/10/1934 | 26 | Hibbing, MN | |
| 25 | | D. McDevitt | P | 5'10" | 175 | 11/18/1932 | 28 | New York, NY | |
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