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18 teams in AL, NL · 1430 regular-season games · 1961-04-10 to 1961-10-01 · attendance 18,894,518

◀ 1960 1962 ▶

World Series champion

New York Yankees

MVP

Roger Maris AL
Frank Robinson NL

Cy Young

Whitey Ford

Rookie of the Year

Don Schwall AL
Billy Williams NL

All-Star Games

1961-07-11 at Candlestick Park
1961-07-31 at Fenway Park
1961-08-20 at Yankee Stadium I

Hall of Fame class of 1961

Billy Hamilton, Max Carey

Postseason

Round	Result	Games
World Series	New York Yankees 4–1 Cincinnati Reds	5

Standings

AL

#	Team	W	L	Pct	GB	RA	Attendance	Manager
1	New York Yankees	109	53	.673	—	612	1,747,725	Ralph Houk	World Series
2	Detroit Tigers	101	61	.623	8	671	1,600,710	Bob Scheffing
3	Baltimore Orioles	95	67	.586	14	588	951,089	Paul Richards, Lum Harris
4	Chicago White Sox	86	76	.531	23	726	1,146,019	Al Lopez
5	Cleveland Indians	78	83	.484	30.5	752	725,547	Jimmy Dykes, Mel Harder
6	Boston Red Sox	76	86	.469	33	792	850,589	Pinky Higgins
7	Minnesota Twins	70	90	.438	38	778	1,256,723	Cookie Lavagetto, Sam Mele, Cookie Lavagetto, Sam Mele
8	Los Angeles Angels	70	91	.435	38.5	784	603,510	Bill Rigney
9	Kansas City Athletics	61	100	.379	47.5	863	683,817	Joe Gordon, Hank Bauer
9	Washington Senators	61	100	.379	47.5	776	597,287	Mickey Vernon

NL

#	Team	W	L	Pct	GB	RA	Attendance	Manager
1	Cincinnati Reds	93	61	.604	—	653	1,117,603	Fred Hutchinson	Pennant
2	Los Angeles Dodgers	89	65	.578	4	697	1,804,250	Walter Alston
3	San Francisco Giants	85	69	.552	8	655	1,390,679	Al Dark
4	Milwaukee Braves	83	71	.539	10	656	1,101,441	Chuck Dressen, Birdie Tebbetts
5	St. Louis Cardinals	80	74	.519	13	668	855,305	Solly Hemus, Johnny Keane
6	Pittsburgh Pirates	75	79	.487	18	675	1,199,128	Danny Murtaugh
7	Chicago Cubs	64	90	.416	29	800	673,057	Vedie Himsl, Harry Craft, Vedie Himsl, El Tappe, Harry Craft, Vedie Himsl, El Tappe, Lou Klein, El Tappe
8	Philadelphia Phillies	47	107	.305	46	796	590,039	Gene Mauch

Leaders

AL

HR

1. 61Roger Maris
2. 54Mickey Mantle
3. 46Harmon Killebrew

RBI

1. 142Roger Maris
2. 141Jim Gentile
3. 140Rocky Colavito

AVG

1. .361Norm Cash
2. .348Elston Howard
3. .324Al Kaline

SB

1. 53Luis Aparicio
2. 37Dick Howser
3. 30Jake Wood

W

1. 25Whitey Ford
2. 23Frank Lary
3. 18Steve Barber

ERA

1. 2.40Dick Donovan
2. 2.68Bill Stafford
3. 2.96Don Mossi

SO

1. 221Camilo Pascual
2. 209Whitey Ford
3. 194Jim Bunning

SV

1. 29Luis Arroyo
2. 18Hoyt Wilhelm
3. 15Mike Fornieles

NL

HR

1. 46Orlando Cepeda
2. 40Willie Mays
3. 37Frank Robinson

RBI

1. 142Orlando Cepeda
2. 124Frank Robinson
3. 123Willie Mays

AVG

1. .351Roberto Clemente
2. .343Vada Pinson
3. .329Ken Boyer

SB

1. 35Maury Wills
2. 23Vada Pinson
3. 22Frank Robinson

W

1. 21Warren Spahn
2. 21Joey Jay
3. 19Jim O'Toole

ERA

1. 3.02Warren Spahn
2. 3.10Jim O'Toole
3. 3.13Curt Simmons

SO

1. 269Sandy Koufax
2. 205Stan Williams
3. 182Don Drysdale

SV

1. 17Stu Miller
2. 17Roy Face
3. 16Bill Henry

No-hitters

• Warren Spahn, Milwaukee Braves vs. San Francisco Giants, 1961-04-28