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 | 4 (3) | Apr 16 (1) | MIN | @ | BAL | W,10-5 | CG | 42 | 9.0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1B |
| 2 | 5 | Apr 16 (2) | MIN | @ | BAL | W,6-4 | CG | 42 | 11.0 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 1B |
| 3 | 6 | Apr 18 | MIN | @ | BOS | W,3-2 | CG | 37 | 9.0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 1B |
| 4 | 7 | Apr 21 | MIN | WSA | L,3-5 | CG | 37 | 9.0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 1B | |
| 5 | 8 | Apr 22 | MIN | WSA | W,5-4 | CG | 43 | 10.0 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 1B | |
| 6 | 9 | Apr 23 | MIN | WSA | W,1-0 | CG | 31 | 9.0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 1B | |
| 7 | 10 | Apr 24 | MIN | @ | KCA | W,10-6 | CG | 44 | 10.0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 1B |
| 8 | 11 | Apr 25 | MIN | @ | KCA | L,2-20 | CG | 50 | 8.0 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 1B |
| 9 | 12 | Apr 27 | MIN | @ | LAA | W,4-2 | CG | 39 | 9.0 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 1B |
| 10 | 13 | Apr 28 | MIN | @ | LAA | L,5-6 | CG | 50 | 11.2 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 1B |
| 11 | 14 | Apr 29 | MIN | @ | LAA | L,1-4 | CG | 37 | 8.0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1B |
| 12 | 15 | Apr 30 | MIN | CHW | L,3-5 | CG | 51 | 11.0 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 1B | |
| May | Tm | Opp | Rslt | Inngs | BF | Inn | PO | A | E | Ch | DP | Pos | |||
| 13 | 21 (5) | May 7 | MIN | BOS | L,9-11 | GF | 7 | 1.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | PH 1B | |
| 14 | 22 | May 9 | MIN | BAL | L,5-13 | CG | 46 | 9.0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1B | |
| 15 | 23 | May 10 | MIN | BAL | W,10-6 | CG | 41 | 9.0 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 1B | |
| 16 | 24 | May 11 | MIN | BAL | L,7-8 | CG | 46 | 9.0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1B | |
| 17 | 27 (2) | May 14 | MIN | LAA | W,4-3 | GF | 9 | 2.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | PH 1B | |
| 18 | 30 (2) | May 18 | MIN | KCA | L,3-4 | GF | 14 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | PH 1B | |
| 19 | 31 | May 19 | MIN | KCA | W,11-1 | CG | 35 | 9.0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 1B | |
| 20 | 32 | May 20 | MIN | KCA | W,2-0 | CG | 32 | 9.0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1B | |
| 21 | 33 | May 21 (1) | MIN | CLE | L,0-9 | CG | 46 | 9.0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 1B | |
| 22 | 34 | May 21 (2) | MIN | CLE | L,0-2 | CG | 39 | 9.0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 1B | |
| 23 | 35 | May 22 | MIN | CLE | L,5-7 | CG | 63 | 15.0 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 2 | 1B | |
| 24 | 36 | May 23 | MIN | DET | L,2-5 | CG | 38 | 9.0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1B | |
| 25 | 37 | May 24 | MIN | DET | L,4-5 | GF | 4 | 1.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | PH 1B | |
| 26 | 38 | May 25 | MIN | DET | W,7-6 | GS | 37 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 1B | |
| 27 | 39 | May 26 | MIN | @ | WSA | L,3-4 | GF | 13 | 3.0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 1 | PH 1B |
| 28 | 41 (1) | May 28 | MIN | @ | WSA | L,4-6 | CG | 38 | 8.0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 1B |
| 29 | 42 | May 30 (1) | MIN | @ | CLE | L,3-4 | CG | 36 | 8.1 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 1B |
| 29gm | 237.0 | 234 | 18 | 8 | 260 | 28 | |||||||||
1961 Fielding Game Log (as 1B)