Team fielding -- 1961 New York Mets
Regular season -- as of 10/14/1961
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| Pos | S | Name | G | GS | INN | PO | A | E | DP | TC | PCT | PB | SB | CS | SB% | PK |
| p | | Don Cardwell | 31 | 31 | 227.7 | 14 | 25 | 3 | 1 | 42 | .929 | | 5 | 1 | .833 | 0 |
| | | Lew Burdette | 28 | 28 | 178.3 | 11 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 1.000 | | 2 | 3 | .400 | 0 |
| | | Dick Donovan | 25 | 25 | 180.3 | 12 | 19 | 1 | 3 | 32 | .969 | | 3 | 1 | .750 | 0 |
| | | Joey Jay | 22 | 22 | 154.3 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 1.000 | | 2 | 2 | .500 | 0 |
| | | Whitey Ford | 26 | 26 | 143.3 | 4 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 21 | .952 | | 1 | 1 | .500 | 1 |
| | | Ken Johnson | 14 | 10 | 75.3 | 9 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 1.000 | | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
| | | Billy Hoeft | 63 | 0 | 93.3 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 1.000 | | 1 | 3 | .250 | 0 |
| | | Ron Kline | 23 | 9 | 87.3 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 15 | .867 | | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0 |
| | | Turk Farrell | 54 | 0 | 64.7 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 13 | .923 | | 1 | 1 | .500 | 1 |
| | | Dick LeMay | 27 | 0 | 33.7 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 11 | .909 | | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
| | | Johnny Podres | 38 | 5 | 99.3 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1.000 | | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0 |
| | | Barney Schultz | 57 | 0 | 64.0 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 11 | .818 | | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 0 |
| | | Jim Brewer | 24 | 5 | 47.7 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | .900 | | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 |
| | | Russ Heman | 13 | 0 | 15.3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 0 |
| | | Phil Ortega | 5 | 1 | 12.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 |
| | | Steve Hamilton | 4 | 0 | 4.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
| | | Total | 454 | 162 | 1481.0 | 93 | 166 | 12 | 6 | 271 | .956 | | 21 | 14 | .600 | 2 |
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| c | | John Romano | 141 | 135 | 1216.3 | 758 | 35 | 1 | 1 | 794 | .999 | 4 | 16 | 12 | .571 | 1 |
| | | Earl Averill | 26 | 17 | 162.0 | 80 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 86 | 1.000 | 3 | 3 | 1 | .750 | 0 |
| | | Tim McCarver | 12 | 9 | 82.0 | 44 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 47 | .979 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .500 | 0 |
| | | Jimmie Coker | 4 | 1 | 20.7 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 1.000 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0 |
| | | Total | 183 | 162 | 1481.0 | 895 | 43 | 2 | 1 | 940 | .998 | 8 | 21 | 14 | .600 | 1 |
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| 1b | | Jim Gentile | 139 | 134 | 1210.3 | 1339 | 90 | 15 | 113 | 1444 | .990 | | | | | |
| | | J.C. Martin | 31 | 28 | 254.0 | 266 | 17 | 4 | 25 | 287 | .986 | | | | | |
| | | Ron Fairly | 8 | 0 | 16.7 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 23 | 1.000 | | | | | |
| | | Total | 178 | 162 | 1481.0 | 1626 | 109 | 19 | 140 | 1754 | .989 | | | | | |
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| 2b | | Jerry Lumpe | 153 | 149 | 1349.0 | 304 | 517 | 16 | 108 | 837 | .981 | | | | | |
| | | Marv Breeding | 18 | 13 | 125.7 | 33 | 55 | 5 | 15 | 93 | .946 | | | | | |
| | | Jose Valdivielso | 3 | 0 | 6.3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1.000 | | | | | |
| | | Total | 174 | 162 | 1481.0 | 340 | 574 | 21 | 123 | 935 | .978 | | | | | |
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| 3b | | Ken Boyer | 158 | 154 | 1386.0 | 101 | 346 | 35 | 29 | 482 | .927 | | | | | |
| | | J.C. Martin | 13 | 8 | 77.0 | 9 | 22 | 1 | 5 | 32 | .969 | | | | | |
| | | Jose Valdivielso | 11 | 0 | 18.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | | | | | |
| | | Total | 182 | 162 | 1481.0 | 110 | 370 | 36 | 34 | 516 | .930 | | | | | |
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| ss | | Roy McMillan | 162 | 162 | 1407.3 | 188 | 579 | 18 | 100 | 785 | .977 | | | | | |
| | | Jose Valdivielso | 32 | 0 | 73.7 | 6 | 29 | 0 | 2 | 35 | 1.000 | | | | | |
| | | Total | 194 | 162 | 1481.0 | 194 | 608 | 18 | 102 | 820 | .978 | | | | | |
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| lf | | Wally Moon | 83 | 71 | 645.0 | 138 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 145 | .972 | | | | | |
| | | Earl Averill | 55 | 44 | 405.0 | 110 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 112 | .991 | | | | | |
| | | Bob Skinner | 49 | 47 | 413.7 | 96 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 100 | .990 | | | | | |
| | | Ron Fairly | 7 | 0 | 17.3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | | | | | |
| | | Total | 194 | 162 | 1481.0 | 345 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 358 | .983 | | | | | |
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| cf | | Ken Hunt | 75 | 73 | 595.3 | 205 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 213 | .972 | | | | | |
| | | Willie Davis | 112 | 47 | 540.3 | 184 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 186 | 1.000 | | | | | |
| | | Ron Fairly | 47 | 42 | 345.3 | 106 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 110 | .991 | | | | | |
| | | Total | 234 | 162 | 1481.0 | 495 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 509 | .986 | | | | | |
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| rf | | Frank Robinson | 143 | 143 | 1274.0 | 301 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 306 | .993 | | | | | |
| | | Wally Moon | 21 | 17 | 162.0 | 31 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 1.000 | | | | | |
| | | Ron Fairly | 5 | 2 | 32.0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1.000 | | | | | |
| | | Ken Hunt | 6 | 0 | 10.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | | | | | |
| | | Bob Skinner | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | | | | | |
| | | Ken Walters | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | | | | | |
| | | Total | 177 | 162 | 1481.0 | 345 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 351 | .994 | | | | | |
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| | | Total | 162 | 162 | 1481.0 | 4443 | 1888 | 123 | 147 | 6454 | .981 | 8 | | | | |