League injury log -- American League
Regular season -- as of 10/8/1961
| Injuries |
| Date | # | Team | Player | Cause | Dur |
| 4/14/1961 |   | Det | Kasko | General | 0 |
| 4/14/1961 |   | ChA | Davis,T | General | 14 |
| 4/16/1961 |   | Was | Sturdivant | General | 0 |
| 4/20/1961 | 1 | LAA | Thronebery | General | 17 |
| 4/21/1961 |   | Was | Anderson | General | 15 |
| 4/24/1961 |   | Min | Yost | General | 8 |
| 4/29/1961 |   | NYA | Mantle | General | 7 |
| 4/29/1961 |   | Bal | Schilling | General | 0 |
| 4/29/1961 |   | Min | Killebrew | General | 10 |
| 4/30/1961 | 2 | Was | Drott | General | 10 |
| 4/30/1961 | 1 | LAA | Warwick | General | 3 |
| 5/5/1961 |   | LAA | Perranoski | Hit by pitch | 0 |
| 5/5/1961 |   | Cle | Perry | Rain delay | 0 |
| 5/6/1961 |   | Det | Kaline | General | 0 |
| 5/6/1961 |   | KC | Kline | General | 0 |
| 5/9/1961 | 1 | Was | Posada | General | 1 |
| 5/10/1961 |   | NYA | Hadley | General | 6 |
| 5/10/1961 |   | Cle | Elston | General | 1 |
| 5/13/1961 |   | ChA | Thomas | General | 1 |
| 5/13/1961 |   | ChA | Lepcio | General | 6 |
| 5/13/1961 |   | LAA | Esposito | General | 3 |
| 5/14/1961 | 2 | ChA | Smith,C | General | 2 |
| 5/16/1961 |   | Bos | Brown | General | 15 |
| 5/20/1961 |   | Bos | McClain | General | 10 |
| 5/21/1961 | 2 | NYA | Anderson | Hit by pitch | 48 |
| 5/21/1961 | 1 | Min | Wilson | General | 1 |
| 5/21/1961 | 1 | Was | Long | General | 6 |
| 5/22/1961 |   | ChA | Landis | General | 14 |
| 5/23/1961 |   | Det | Kaline | General | 0 |
| 5/23/1961 |   | Min | Jackson | General | 0 |
| 5/23/1961 |   | LAA | Ferrarese | General | 10 |
| 5/25/1961 |   | ChA | Davis,T | General | 5 |
| 5/25/1961 |   | KC | Pierce | Rain delay | 0 |
| 5/27/1961 |   | LAA | Gomez | General | 0 |
| 5/27/1961 |   | LAA | Warwick | General | 2 |
| 5/28/1961 | 2 | ChA | Temple | General | 8 |
| 5/28/1961 |   | LAA | Thomas,G | General | 6 |
| 5/28/1961 | 1 | KC | Fischer | Rain delay | 0 |
| 5/30/1961 | 1 | KC | Malzone | General | 0 |
| 5/31/1961 |   | Det | Green | Rain delay | 0 |
| 5/31/1961 |   | KC | Maloney | Rain delay | 0 |
| 5/31/1961 |   | Was | Tasby | General | 4 |
| 6/2/1961 |   | NYA | Monbouqete | General | 10 |
| 6/2/1961 |   | Cle | Adair | General | 0 |
| 6/3/1961 |   | NYA | Nottebart | General | 5 |
| 6/4/1961 |   | Bal | Schilling | General | 0 |
| 6/4/1961 |   | Bos | Sullivan | General | 5 |
| 6/4/1961 |   | KC | Bilko | General | 3 |
| 6/5/1961 | 1 | NYA | Freese | General | 0 |
| 6/5/1961 | 1 | NYA | McDevitt | General | 8 |
| 6/5/1961 | 2 | NYA | Hook | Rain delay | 0 |
| 6/5/1961 | 2 | Min | Hobaugh | Rain delay | 0 |
| 6/5/1961 |   | Cle | Elston | General | 1 |
| 6/5/1961 |   | Cle | Zimmer | General | 1 |
| 6/5/1961 | 2 | KC | Boyer | General | 0 |
| 6/6/1961 |   | Min | Pearson | General | 0 |
| 6/7/1961 |   | Bal | Estrada | General | 0 |
| 6/7/1961 |   | Bal | Trowbridge | Rain delay | 0 |
| 6/7/1961 |   | Was | Bright | General | 5 |
| 6/8/1961 |   | Min | Garver | General | 0 |
| 6/9/1961 | 2 | Was | Loes | Rain delay | 0 |
| 6/11/1961 | 2 | Was | Hamlin | General | 1 |
| 6/11/1961 | 2 | Cle | Labine | General | 1 |
| 6/12/1961 |   | ChA | Daniels | General | 0 |
| 6/13/1961 |   | Cle | Siebern | General | 7 |
| 6/13/1961 | 2 | LAA | Clevenger | General | 0 |
| 6/13/1961 | 2 | LAA | Thronebery | General | 5 |
| 6/13/1961 |   | Min | Johnson,K | General | 10 |
| 6/15/1961 |   | NYA | Kunkel | General | 0 |
| 6/15/1961 |   | Bos | Moon | General | 5 |
| 6/15/1961 |   | ChA | Wagner | Collision on bases | 13 |
| 6/17/1961 |   | Det | Locke | Rain delay | 0 |
| 6/17/1961 |   | Min | Pearson | General | 1 |
| 6/17/1961 |   | Was | Clinton | General | 3 |
| 6/17/1961 |   | Was | Nelson | Hit by pitch | 12 |
| 6/17/1961 |   | Was | Robinson | General | 0 |
| 6/18/1961 |   | Det | Versalles | General | 1 |
| 6/19/1961 |   | KC | Roseboro | General | 0 |
| 6/21/1961 |   | KC | Gentile | General | 2 |
| 6/21/1961 |   | Bal | Dobbek | General | 2 |
| 6/21/1961 | 1 | ChA | Demeter | General | 0 |
| 6/22/1961 |   | NYA | Dillard | General | 0 |
| 6/22/1961 |   | KC | Pierce | General | 0 |
| 6/24/1961 |   | NYA | Taylor | General | 6 |
| 6/24/1961 |   | Min | King | General | 4 |
| 6/25/1961 |   | LAA | Duliba | General | 0 |
| 6/27/1961 | 2 | KC | Short | General | 5 |
| 6/28/1961 |   | Det | Locke | General | 12 |
| 6/28/1961 |   | Det | Sheldon | General | 15 |
| 6/30/1961 |   | Bos | McClain | Rain delay | 0 |
| 7/3/1961 |   | Bal | Freeman | General | 0 |
| 7/3/1961 |   | LAA | Willey | General | 0 |
| 7/8/1961 |   | Bos | Malkmus | General | 14 |
| 7/8/1961 |   | Min | Kubek | General | 3 |
| 7/9/1961 | 2 | Det | Green | General | 0 |
| 7/9/1961 |   | KC | Maye | Hit by pitch | 0 |
| 7/9/1961 | 1 | ChA | Edwards | General | 0 |
| 7/14/1961 |   | ChA | Aparicio | General | 0 |
| 7/14/1961 | 1 | Was | Coker | General | 4 |
| 7/16/1961 | 2 | Cle | Carreon | General | 1 |
| 7/16/1961 | 2 | Cle | Smith | General | 4 |
| 7/17/1961 |   | Bal | Kuenn | General | 1 |
| 7/17/1961 |   | Bal | Schilling | General | 0 |
| 7/19/1961 | 1 | NYA | Anderson | General | 0 |
| 7/19/1961 |   | Det | Allison | General | 0 |
| 7/19/1961 | 1 | Bos | Stuart | General | 3 |
| 7/19/1961 | 1 | Min | Runnels | General | 6 |
| 7/22/1961 |   | Bos | Hawkins | General | 0 |
| 7/22/1961 | 1 | Bal | Williams | General | 0 |
| 7/23/1961 | 2 | KC | Virdon | General | 18 |
| 7/25/1961 | 1 | ChA | Landis | General | 2 |
| 7/25/1961 | 2 | ChA | Daniels | General | 0 |
| 7/26/1961 |   | ChA | Callison | General | 0 |
| 7/26/1961 |   | Det | Versalles | Hit by pitch | 10 |
| 7/26/1961 | 1 | Bal | Sievers | General | 2 |
| 7/26/1961 | 1 | Bos | Bass | General | 10 |
| 7/28/1961 |   | NYA | Howard | General | 0 |
| 7/28/1961 |   | Det | Green | General | 10 |
| 7/28/1961 |   | Min | Pearson | General | 6 |
| 7/29/1961 |   | Min | Lee | General | 0 |
| 7/29/1961 |   | Was | Loes | General | 0 |
| 7/30/1961 | 1 | NYA | Morehead | General | 12 |
| 8/2/1961 | 2 | LAA | Burnside | General | 0 |
| 8/4/1961 |   | Det | Bunning | Rain delay | 0 |
| 8/4/1961 | 1 | Bal | Kuenn | General | 5 |
| 8/5/1961 |   | Det | Allison | General | 2 |
| 8/5/1961 |   | Bal | Trowbridge | General | 8 |
| 8/5/1961 |   | Was | Posada | General | 4 |
| 8/5/1961 |   | Bos | Hawkins | General | 10 |
| 8/6/1961 | 2 | NYA | Mantle | General | 6 |
| 8/7/1961 | 2 | Bos | Held | General | 0 |
| 8/7/1961 | 2 | Min | Kaat | General | 5 |
| 8/8/1961 |   | Cle | Mahaffey | Rain delay | 0 |
| 8/9/1961 |   | ChA | Demeter | Hit by pitch | 8 |
| 8/9/1961 |   | KC | Gentile | General | 0 |
| 8/10/1961 |   | Bal | Pappas | General | 20 |
| 8/10/1961 |   | KC | Malzone | General | 0 |
| 8/10/1961 |   | Min | Hunt | General | 0 |
| 8/11/1961 |   | NYA | Gibbon | Rain delay | 0 |
| 8/11/1961 |   | NYA | Wertz | General | 0 |
| 8/11/1961 |   | KC | Nuxhall | General | 15 |
| 8/11/1961 |   | Cle | Fernandez | General | 3 |
| 8/12/1961 |   | NYA | Funk | General | 1 |
| 8/14/1961 |   | KC | Boyer | General | 0 |
| 8/15/1961 | 1 | Det | Aspromonte | General | 0 |
| 8/17/1961 |   | ChA | Daniels | Rain delay | 0 |
| 8/18/1961 |   | LAA | Clevenger | General | 0 |
| 8/19/1961 |   | Bos | Piersall | General | 1 |
| 8/19/1961 |   | KC | Maye | General | 0 |
| 8/20/1961 | 1 | NYA | Monbouqete | Rain delay | 0 |
| 8/20/1961 | 2 | Bos | Sullivan | General | 0 |
| 8/22/1961 |   | Det | Kaline | General | 0 |
| 8/23/1961 |   | Bos | Stuart | General | 0 |
| 8/25/1961 |   | Bal | Williams | Rain delay | 0 |
| 8/27/1961 |   | KC | Roseboro | General | 3 |
| 8/27/1961 | 1 | ChA | Cepeda | General | 0 |
| 8/27/1961 | 1 | Cle | Colavito | General | 0 |
| 8/29/1961 | 2 | Bal | Robinson,B | General | 0 |
| 8/30/1961 |   | Det | Hiller | General | 1 |
| 8/30/1961 |   | Bos | Baldschun | Rain delay | 0 |
| 8/31/1961 | 1 | KC | Malzone | General | 1 |
| 9/1/1961 | 2 | ChA | Crandall | General | 0 |
| 9/2/1961 | 2 | Bal | Freeman | General | 6 |
| 9/4/1961 | 2 | Bal | Schilling | General | 0 |
| 9/4/1961 | 2 | Bal | Walters | General | 0 |
| 9/4/1961 |   | Bos | Held | General | 10 |
| 9/4/1961 | 1 | LAA | Landrith | General | 0 |
| 9/4/1961 | 2 | LAA | Willey | General | 5 |
| 9/4/1961 | 2 | KC | Nuxhall | General | 0 |
| 9/5/1961 | 2 | KC | Consolo | General | 2 |
| 9/6/1961 | 1 | ChA | Cepeda | General | 0 |
| 9/6/1961 | 2 | ChA | Demeter | General | 18 |
| 9/7/1961 |   | NYA | Taylor | General | 0 |
| 9/8/1961 |   | Det | Kaline | General | 2 |
| 9/8/1961 | 1 | Bal | Windhorn | General | 4 |
| 9/10/1961 | 2 | Cle | Smith | General | 0 |
| 9/10/1961 |   | ChA | Cepeda | General | 0 |
| 9/10/1961 | 1 | Min | Kubek | General | 13 |
| 9/11/1961 |   | Bos | Stuart | General | 2 |
| 9/15/1961 | 1 | NYA | Taylor | General | 4 |
| 9/15/1961 |   | LAA | Klimchock | General | 0 |
| 9/16/1961 |   | Was | Anderson | General | 15 |
| 9/17/1961 | 2 | LAA | Hodges | General | 5 |
| 9/17/1961 |   | Was | Loes | General | 15 |
| 9/19/1961 |   | Bos | Malkmus | General | 0 |
| 9/19/1961 |   | Min | Wilson | General | 0 |
| 9/19/1961 |   | Was | Hamlin | General | 1 |
| 9/21/1961 |   | Bal | Pappas | General | 10 |
| 9/23/1961 |   | Bos | McClain | General | 10 |
| 9/23/1961 | 1 | Min | Hunt | General | 0 |
| 9/24/1961 |   | NYA | Monbouqete | General | 5 |
| 9/24/1961 |   | LAA | Duliba | General | 0 |
| 9/24/1961 |   | LAA | Howser | General | 2 |
| 9/25/1961 | 2 | KC | Foiles | General | 15 |
| 9/26/1961 |   | KC | Kline | General | 15 |
| 9/28/1961 |   | Min | Yost | General | 11 |
| 9/29/1961 |   | Was | Green | General | 3 |
| 9/30/1961 |   | Bal | Walters | General | 0 |
| 9/30/1961 |   | KC | Short | General | 0 |
| 10/1/1961 |   | Bos | Gardner | General | 6 |
| 10/1/1961 |   | Bos | Stuart | General | 5 |
| 10/1/1961 |   | Bos | White | General | 0 |
| 10/1/1961 |   | Cle | McDowell | General | 15 |