1961 Yankees Home Schedule

Game No. 47 - Roger Maris 4 HRs
Game No. 77 - Roger Maris HR Ties Ruth (60)
Game No. 81 - Maris HR Passes Ruth (61)
(Full list of Noted Games below Chart)

NOTES:

Up until 1979 the date was not included on New York Yankees Grandstand & Bleacher tickets. Once you have figured out the year of your ticket using the Grandstand Ticket Stub Dating Guide, you will need to figure out the game that the ticket is attributed to. Correctly attributing the game number on a ticket to the game played will effect the value. A ticket stub will increase in value due to a significant event, or player milestone. A hitting or pitching milestone by a noted player such as a Home Run by Mickey Mantle or a shutout thrown by Mel Stottlemyre will have added value.

This New York Yankees Home Schedule is a list of home games to help attribute the number on a ticket to the game(s) played. In 1961 the Yankees were scheduled to play 162 games. 81 Road games, and 81 Home games. Tickets for games that were rained out were voided. If the "Make Up Game" for the rain out was added to another scheduled game to create a double header, the ticket number of that scheduled game was used for admission to both games. If the rain out game was made up on an off day, the ticket issued for admission to that game featured a Letter for the Game No. For a scheduled double header, the first game number of the two was used on the ticket for admission to both games.

NOTE: Ticket Stub Game No. X is believed to be attributed to the July 4, double Header Game No. 39. The reported attendance was 74,246, and the Yankee Stadium capacity was 67,337. Grandstand & Bleacher Game No. X tickets would have been used for the overflow attendance. More research needs to be done to confirm this.

1961 HOME GAME SCHEDULE

Home Game No. = Number of the home game scheduled. Date of Game = Day the game was played or Scheduled.
Opponent = Visiting team. Ticket No. = Ticket number for game(s) played. Status = Rain Out - Make Up Game - Scheduled

*Yellow Highlight = Scheduled Double Header	Gray Highlight = Double Header due to a Make up game
Pink Highlight = Game Not played, Postponed, Rain Out	(Game No.) = Number of rained out game being made up

Home Game No.	DATE OF GAME	OPPONENT	TICKET NO.	STATUS
1	04-11-1961	Minnesota Twins	1	Scheduled Game
2	04-13-1961	Minnesota Twins	Void	Rainout
3	04-15-1961	Kansas City Athletics	3	Scheduled Game
*4-I	04-16-1961	Kansas City Athletics	Void	Rainout
*5-II	04-16-1961	Kansas City Athletics		Rainout
(4)	04-17-1961	Kansas City Athletics	(Letter)	Make Up Game
6	04-18-1961	Los Angeles Angels	Void	Rainout
7	04-19-1961	Los Angeles Angels	Void	Rainout
8-I	04-20-1961	Los Angeles Angels	8	Scheduled Game
(6)-II	04-20-1961	Los Angeles Angels		Make Up Game
9	04-27-1961	Cleveland Indians	9	Scheduled Game
10	04-28-1961	Cleveland Indians	Void	Rainout
11	04-29-1961	Cleveland Indians	11	Scheduled Game
12	05-12-1961	Detroit Tigers	12	Scheduled Game
13	05-13-1961	Detroit Tigers	13	Scheduled Game
*14-I	05-14-1961	Detroit Tigers	14	Scheduled
*15-II	05-14-1961	Detroit Tigers		Double Header
16	05-16-1961	Washington Senators	16	Scheduled Game
17	05-17-1961	Washington Senators	17	Scheduled Game
*18-I	05-21-1961	Baltimore Orioles	18	Scheduled
*19-II	05-21-1961	Baltimore Orioles		Double Header
20	05-22-1961	Baltimore Orioles	20	Scheduled Game
21	05-24-1961	Boston Red Sox	21	Scheduled Game
22	05-25-1961	Boston Red Sox	22	Scheduled Game
23	05-26-1961	Chicago White Sox	Void	Rainout
24	05-27-1961	Chicago White Sox	Void	Rainout
*25-I	05-28-1961	Chicago White Sox	25	Scheduled
*26-II	05-28-1961	Chicago White Sox		Double Header
(2)-I	06-05-1961	Minnesota Twins	27	Make Up Game
27-II	06-05-1961	Minnesota Twins		Scheduled Game
28	06-06-1961	Minnesota Twins	28	Scheduled Game
29	06-07-1961	Minnesota Twins	29	Scheduled Game
30-I	06-08-1961	Kansas City Athletics	30	Scheduled Game
(5)-II	06-08-1961	Kansas City Athletics		Make Up Game
31	06-09-1961	Kansas City Athletics	31	Scheduled Game
32	06-10-1961	Kansas City Athletics	32	Scheduled Game
*33-I	06-11-1961	Los Angeles Angels	33	Scheduled
*34-II	06-11-1961	Los Angeles Angels		Double Header
35	06-12-1961	Los Angeles Angels	35	Scheduled Game
36	06-30-1961	Washington Senators	36	Scheduled Game
37	07-01-1961	Washington Senators	37	Scheduled Game
38	07-02-1961	Washington Senators	38	Scheduled Game
*39-I	07-04-1961	Detroit Tigers	39	Scheduled
*40-II	07-04-1961	Detroit Tigers		Double Header
41	07-05-1961	Cleveland Indians	41	Scheduled Game
42	07-06-1961	Cleveland Indians	42	Scheduled Game
43	07-07-1961	Boston Red Sox	43	Scheduled Game
44	07-08-1961	Boston Red Sox	44	Scheduled Game
*45-I	07-09-1961	Boston Red Sox	45	Scheduled
*46-II	07-09-1961	Boston Red Sox		Double Header
(23)-I	07-25-1961	Chicago White Sox	47	Make Up Game
47-II	07-25-1961	Chicago White Sox		Scheduled Game
48	07-26-1961	Chicago White Sox	48	Scheduled Game
(24)	07-27-1961	Chicago White Sox	(Letter)	Make Up Game
49	07-28-1961	Baltimore Orioles	49	Scheduled Game
50	07-29-1961	Baltimore Orioles	50	Scheduled Game
*51-I	07-30-1961	Baltimore Orioles	51	Scheduled
*52-II	07-30-1961	Baltimore Orioles		Double Header
*53-I	08-02-1961	Kansas City Athletics	53	Scheduled
*54-II	08-02-1961	Kansas City Athletics		Double Header
55	08-03-1961	Kansas City Athletics	55	Scheduled Game
56	08-04-1961	Minnesota Twins	56	Scheduled Game
57	08-05-1961	Minnesota Twins	57	Scheduled Game
*58-I	08-06-1961	Minnesota Twins	58	Scheduled
*59-II	08-06-1961	Minnesota Twins		Double Header
(7)	08-07-1961	Los Angeles Angels	(Letter)	Make Up Game
60	08-08-1961	Los Angeles Angels	60	Scheduled Game
61	08-09-1961	Los Angeles Angels	61	Scheduled Game
62	08-10-1961	Los Angeles Angels	62	Scheduled Game
63	08-15-1961	Chicago White Sox	63	Scheduled Game
64	08-16-1961	Chicago White Sox	64	Scheduled Game
65	08-17-1961	Chicago White Sox	65	Scheduled Game
66	09-01-1961	Detroit Tigers	66	Scheduled Game
67	09-02-1961	Detroit Tigers	67	Scheduled Game
68	09-03-1961	Detroit Tigers	68	Scheduled Game
*69-I	09-04-1961	Washington Senators	69	Scheduled
*70-II	09-04-1961	Washington Senators		Double Header
71	09-05-1961	Washington Senators	71	Scheduled Game
72	09-06-1961	Washington Senators	72	Scheduled Game
(10)	09-07-1961	Cleveland Indians	(Letter)	Make Up Game
73	09-08-1961	Cleveland Indians	73	Scheduled Game
74	09-09-1961	Cleveland Indians	74	Scheduled Game
*75-I	09-10-1961	Cleveland Indians	75	Scheduled
*76-II	09-10-1961	Cleveland Indians		Double Header
77	09-26-1961	Baltimore Orioles	77	Scheduled Game
78	09-27-1961	Baltimore Orioles	78	Scheduled Game
79	09-29-1961	Boston Red Sox	79	Scheduled Game
80	09-30-1961	Boston Red Sox	80	Scheduled Game
81	10-01-1961	Boston Red Sox	81	Scheduled Game

Games of Note
(Check box scores for milestone games not listed here)

Ticket Number	Player Milestone or event
GAME NO. - (letter)	Whitey Ford Complete Game Shutout, 1,000 career Strikeout (4/17/61)
GAME NO. - 38	Roger Maris 2 Home Runs (season 29,30 career 126, 127)
GAME NO. - 47	Roger Maris 4 Home Runs (season 37/38 Game-I 39/40 game-II)
GAME NO. - 56	Harmon Killebrew Home Run (career 117)
GAME NO. - 58	Mickey Mantle 3 Home Runs (career 361, 362, game-I, 363 game-II)
GAME NO. - 68	Mickey Mantle 2 Hone Runs (career 369, 370) Norm Cash (DET) HR #55
GAME NO. - 72	Whitey Ford Complete Game Shutout, Ed Brinkman (WSA) ML Debut
GAME NO. - 77	Roger Maris season HR 60 Ties Babe Ruth, Tom Tresh First Career Hit
GAME NO. - 81	Roger Maris Season Home Run 61 Breaks Babe Ruth's Record (60)

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