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1961 American League Standings and Head-to-Head

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Postseason

WorldSeries (4-1):   New York Yankees over Cincinnati Reds

AL Detailed Standings

Explanation of Simple Rating System (SRS)
Rk Tm W L W-L% GB GBsum R RA Rdiff SOS SRS pythWL Luck Home Road ExInn 1Run vRHP vLHP ≥.500 <.500
1 NYY 109 53 .673 --- 5.1 3.8 1.3 -0.1 1.2 103-59 6 65-16 44-37 11-2 29-21 74-37 35-16 31-23 78-30
2 DET 101 61 .623 8.0 8.0 5.2 4.1 1.0 -0.1 0.9 98-64 3 50-31 51-30 7-7 23-21 78-45 23-16 29-25 72-36
3 BAL 95 67 .586 14.0 20.0 4.2 3.6 0.6 -0.1 0.6 93-69 2 48-33 47-34 7-8 29-26 69-44 26-23 29-25 66-42
4 CHW 86 76 .531 23.0 47.0 4.7 4.5 0.2 0.0 0.2 85-77 1 53-28 33-48 6-9 31-23 72-60 14-16 19-35 67-41
5 CLE 78 83 .484 30.5 77.0 4.6 4.7 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 79-82 -1 40-41 38-42 7-6 22-23 64-59 14-24 25-47 53-36
6 BOS 76 86 .469 33.0 89.5 4.5 4.9 -0.4 0.0 -0.4 75-87 1 50-31 26-55 8-5 32-27 52-61 24-25 29-43 47-43
7 MIN 70 90 .438 38.0 119.5 4.4 4.8 -0.4 0.0 -0.4 73-87 -3 36-44 34-46 4-8 22-26 59-75 11-15 27-45 43-45
8 LAA 70 91 .435 38.5 123.0 4.6 4.8 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 77-84 -7 46-36 24-55 5-9 19-30 48-70 22-21 28-44 42-47
9 WSA 61 100 .379 47.5 195.0 3.8 4.8 -1.0 0.1 -0.9 64-97 -3 33-46 28-54 4-8 22-38 40-69 21-31 21-51 40-49
10 KCA 61 100 .379 47.5 195.0 4.2 5.3 -1.1 0.1 -1.0 64-97 -3 33-47 28-53 6-3 23-17 43-66 18-34 19-53 42-47
Avg 80 80 .500 4.5 4.5 81-80 45-35 35-45 6-6 25-25 59-58 20-22 25-39 55-41
Pennant Race Charts from BaseballRace.com: AL

Head-to-Head Records

Read across for wins and down the columns for losses
     |BAL BOS CHW CLE DET KCA LAA MIN NYY WSA 
+----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
  BAL  --  11  11   9   9  13   8  11   9  14
  BOS   7  --   9   5   8  10  11  11   5  10
  CHW   7   9  --  12   6  14  10   9   6  13
  CLE   9  13   6  --   6   8  10  10   4  12
  DET   9  10  12  12  --  12  14  11   8  13
  KCA   5   8   4   9   6  --   9   7   4   9
  LAA  10   7   8   8   4   9  --   8   6  10
  MIN   7   7   9   8   7  11   9  --   4   8
  NYY   9  13  12  14  10  14  12  14  --  11
  WSA   4   8   5   6   5   9   8   9   7  --
+----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
     |BAL BOS CHW CLE DET KCA LAA MIN NYY WSA

Head-to-Head Run Scoring

Read across for runs scored and down the columns for runs allowed
     |BAL BOS CHW CLE DET KCA LAA MIN NYY WSA 
+----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
  BAL  --  79  82  53  79  97  81  99  52  69
  BOS  59  --  75  86  73  89  93  94  71  89
  CHW  82  77  -- 110  79  90  83  78  72  94
  CLE  53 119  78  --  62  86 107  84  61  87
  DET  95  75  98  94  -- 119  84  93  85  98
  KCA  45  80  56  76  82  -- 104 103  67  70
  LAA  83  88  86  95  59  93  --  72  64 104
  MIN  72  88  84  84  69 105  78  --  58  69
  NYY  55 106  98  99 104 103  78  88  --  96
  WSA  44  80  69  55  64  81  76  67  82  --
+----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
     |BAL BOS CHW CLE DET KCA LAA MIN NYY WSA


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