League injury log -- National League
Regular season -- as of 10/8/1961
| Injuries |
| Date | # | Team | Player | Cause | Dur |
| 4/11/1961 | | Phi | Lemon | General | 0 |
| 4/13/1961 | | Mil | Bell | General | 15 |
| 4/14/1961 | | Cin | Cardenas | General | 0 |
| 4/14/1961 | | LAN | Podres | General | 0 |
| 4/20/1961 | | LAN | Herzog | General | 0 |
| 4/20/1961 | | ChN | Francona | General | 0 |
| 4/21/1961 | | Cin | Miller | General | 2 |
| 4/23/1961 | 1 | SF | Marichal | General | 15 |
| 4/23/1961 | 1 | Phi | Williams | General | 0 |
| 4/25/1961 | | SF | Thomas,L | General | 0 |
| 4/26/1961 | | Phi | Battey | General | 0 |
| 4/28/1961 | | SF | Rakow | General | 15 |
| 4/28/1961 | | StL | McLish | General | 12 |
| 4/28/1961 | | Phi | Bruton | General | 0 |
| 4/29/1961 | | Cin | Cardenas | General | 16 |
| 4/29/1961 | | Phi | Kindall | General | 6 |
| 5/2/1961 | | Cin | Blasingame | General | 4 |
| 5/2/1961 | | Phi | Sisler | General | 15 |
| 5/2/1961 | | StL | Gibson | General | 0 |
| 5/4/1961 | | SF | White | Collision in field | 0 |
| 5/4/1961 | | ChN | Ashburn | General | 0 |
| 5/5/1961 | | LAN | Broglio | Rain delay | 0 |
| 5/6/1961 | | Pit | Coleman | General | 2 |
| 5/7/1961 | | StL | Carey | General | 0 |
| 5/8/1961 | | LAN | Grammas | Brawl | 34 |
| 5/9/1961 | | SF | Brewer,J. | Rain delay | 0 |
| 5/12/1961 | | StL | Martin | General | 1 |
| 5/14/1961 | | Pit | Craig | General | 0 |
| 5/14/1961 | | Phi | Battey | General | 0 |
| 5/15/1961 | | ChN | Francona | General | 0 |
| 5/19/1961 | | Phi | Bressoud | General | 13 |
| 5/19/1961 | | Phi | Power | General | 0 |
| 5/19/1961 | | Phi | Simmons | General | 10 |
| 5/21/1961 | 2 | ChN | Brandt | General | 9 |
| 5/23/1961 | | Cin | Conley | General | 0 |
| 5/24/1961 | | StL | Gladding | General | 3 |
| 5/24/1961 | | Mil | Aaron | General | 0 |
| 5/24/1961 | | Phi | Sisler | General | 1 |
| 5/26/1961 | | SF | Bruce | General | 0 |
| 5/27/1961 | | Pit | Craig | General | 15 |
| 5/30/1961 | 2 | Cin | Klaus | General | 5 |
| 5/30/1961 | 2 | SF | Lopez | General | 6 |
| 5/30/1961 | | StL | Neeman | General | 10 |
| 6/2/1961 | | Mil | Bell | Rain delay | 0 |
| 6/3/1961 | | Mil | Christoper | General | 4 |
| 6/4/1961 | | StL | Stafford | General | 0 |
| 6/5/1961 | | StL | Pizarro | General | 5 |
| 6/10/1961 | | StL | Stafford | General | 15 |
| 6/11/1961 | 1 | Mil | Logan | General | 0 |
| 6/13/1961 | | Pit | Groat | General | 15 |
| 6/14/1961 | | SF | Bruce | General | 10 |
| 6/15/1961 | | ChN | Stallard | General | 10 |
| 6/18/1961 | 2 | Pit | Romano | General | 0 |
| 6/20/1961 | 1 | Cin | Klaus | General | 0 |
| 6/21/1961 | | StL | Altman | General | 5 |
| 6/24/1961 | | Mil | Hoeft | General | 15 |
| 6/25/1961 | | Mil | Torre | General | 0 |
| 6/27/1961 | | StL | Altman | General | 0 |
| 6/28/1961 | 1 | ChN | Brandt | General | 16 |
| 6/28/1961 | | LAN | Howard | General | 2 |
| 6/30/1961 | | StL | Del Greco | General | 0 |
| 6/30/1961 | | ChN | Muffett | General | 15 |
| 7/1/1961 | | Cin | Lollar | Hit by pitch | 15 |
| 7/1/1961 | | StL | Maas | General | 15 |
| 7/3/1961 | | Mil | Torre | General | 0 |
| 7/5/1961 | 1 | Mil | Keough | General | 5 |
| 7/6/1961 | 1 | Pit | Clemente | General | 7 |
| 7/8/1961 | | SF | Spencer | General | 3 |
| 7/13/1961 | | Cin | Pinson | General | 0 |
| 7/13/1961 | | StL | Altman | General | 11 |
| 7/14/1961 | | Phi | Donovan | General | 15 |
| 7/17/1961 | | Cin | Bailey | General | 0 |
| 7/18/1961 | | Mil | Skowron | General | 0 |
| 7/18/1961 | 1 | StL | Boyer | General | 0 |
| 7/19/1961 | 2 | Phi | Face | General | 2 |
| 7/20/1961 | | StL | McMillan | General | 0 |
| 7/21/1961 | | StL | Carey | General | 3 |
| 7/22/1961 | | Cin | Wise | General | 4 |
| 7/22/1961 | | Phi | Bruton | General | 0 |
| 7/25/1961 | | Mil | Mathews | General | 1 |
| 7/25/1961 | | SF | Pascual | Rain delay | 0 |
| 7/26/1961 | | Phi | Bressoud | General | 0 |
| 7/27/1961 | | Cin | Mossi | Rain delay | 0 |
| 7/27/1961 | | Cin | Rodgers | Collision in field | 1 |
| 7/27/1961 | | Mil | Mathews | General | 0 |
| 7/27/1961 | | Mil | Neal | General | 0 |
| 7/28/1961 | 1 | SF | Spencer | General | 4 |
| 7/30/1961 | 2 | StL | Will | General | 1 |
| 8/2/1961 | 2 | Phi | Face | General | 0 |
| 8/3/1961 | | SF | Bouchee | General | 4 |
| 8/3/1961 | | ChN | Gabler | Rain delay | 0 |
| 8/5/1961 | | Cin | Blasingame | General | 0 |
| 8/5/1961 | | LAN | Cimoli | General | 4 |
| 8/6/1961 | 1 | Cin | Klaus | Hit by pitch | 5 |
| 8/7/1961 | | StL | Covington | General | 1 |
| 8/7/1961 | | StL | Zimmerman | General | 12 |
| 8/8/1961 | 1 | Pit | Alou,F | General | 4 |
| 8/13/1961 | | Pit | Fisher | Rain delay | 0 |
| 8/13/1961 | | Phi | Ditmar | Rain delay | 0 |
| 8/13/1961 | | Phi | Fox | Rain delay | 0 |
| 8/15/1961 | | Pit | Coleman | General | 0 |
| 8/20/1961 | 1 | Mil | Keough | General | 1 |
| 8/22/1961 | 2 | Cin | Lollar | Hit by pitch | 15 |
| 8/23/1961 | | Cin | Klaus | General | 9 |
| 8/23/1961 | | StL | Maas | General | 11 |
| 8/24/1961 | | Pit | Smith | General | 18 |
| 8/27/1961 | 1 | Cin | Conley | General | 15 |
| 8/27/1961 | | SF | Wilhelm | General | 2 |
| 8/28/1961 | | Mil | Mathews | General | 0 |
| 8/28/1961 | | Pit | Newcombe | Rain delay | 0 |
| 8/28/1961 | | ChN | Muffett | Rain delay | 0 |
| 8/29/1961 | | Cin | Shantz | General | 0 |
| 8/29/1961 | | LAN | Cicotte | General | 0 |
| 8/29/1961 | 2 | StL | Altobelli | General | 2 |
| 8/30/1961 | | Cin | Aspromonte | General | 4 |
| 8/31/1961 | | Mil | Score | Rain delay | 0 |
| 9/1/1961 | | ChN | James | General | 8 |
| 9/1/1961 | | StL | Stafford | General | 15 |
| 9/3/1961 | 1 | Mil | Johnson,L | General | 0 |
| 9/4/1961 | | Mil | McMahon | General | 7 |
| 9/5/1961 | | Cin | Miller | Rain delay | 0 |
| 9/5/1961 | | Cin | Phillips | General | 4 |
| 9/5/1961 | | Cin | Robinson,E | General | 5 |
| 9/5/1961 | | SF | Skinner | General | 0 |
| 9/5/1961 | | Phi | Bruton | General | 0 |
| 9/6/1961 | | Cin | Bailey | Collision in field | 0 |
| 9/6/1961 | | Mil | Christoper | General | 15 |
| 9/6/1961 | | Phi | Battey | General | 0 |
| 9/8/1961 | | Cin | Rodgers | General | 3 |
| 9/10/1961 | | Pit | Groat | General | 5 |
| 9/11/1961 | | Pit | Alou,F | General | 6 |
| 9/11/1961 | | Pit | Clemente | General | 0 |
| 9/12/1961 | | Phi | Ditmar | General | 10 |
| 9/13/1961 | | Phi | Harshman | Rain delay | 0 |
| 9/14/1961 | | SF | Green | General | 0 |
| 9/14/1961 | 1 | StL | Musial | General | 17 |
| 9/18/1961 | | LAN | Zipfel | General | 6 |
| 9/18/1961 | | StL | Klippstein | General | 0 |
| 9/18/1961 | | Pit | Archer | General | 15 |
| 9/20/1961 | | LAN | Howard | General | 3 |
| 9/23/1961 | | SF | O'Connell | General | 5 |
| 9/24/1961 | | LAN | Howard | General | 3 |
| 9/24/1961 | 1 | ChN | Brandt | General | 1 |
| 9/27/1961 | | ChN | Banks | General | 0 |
| 10/1/1961 | 2 | SF | Thomas,L | General | 0 |
| 10/1/1961 | | Phi | Fox | General | 2 |
| 10/1/1961 | | Phi | Williams | General | 0 |