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1961 American League  Previous Year / Next Year Expanded Standings Team W L WL% GB NewYorkY NYY 109 53 .673 -- Detroit DET 101 61 .623 8.0 Bltmore BAL 95 67 .586 14.0 ChicagoW CHW 86 76 .531 23.0 Clvlnd CLE 78 83 .484 30.5 BostonRS BOS 76 86 .469 33.0 Minnesta MIN 70 90 .438 38.0 LosAngls LAA 70 91 .435 38.5 KansasCy KCA 61 100 .379 47.5 Washngtn WSA 61 100 .379 47.5 Race Charts from BaseballRace.com: AL Postseason World Series (4-1):   New York Yankees over Cincinnati Reds BR Bullpen: Find or enter more info for this league (what's this?)

1961 AL | NL League Yearly Summary - Expanded Standings: AL | NL - Expanded Leaderboards: AL | ML | NL -
  Players: Batting - Pitching - Fielding -
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League Splits - Bat: ML-NL-AL - Pitch: ML-NL-AL

League Batting    Glossary

 Tm    R/G    R    G    AB    H    2B   3B  HR   BB    SO    BA   OBP   SLG   SB   CS  OPS+hmR/G rdR/G
+---+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+----+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+-----+-----+
 DET  5.16   841  163  5561  1481  215  53  180  673   867  .266  .346  .421   98   36 111  4.74  5.58
 NYY  5.07   827  163  5559  1461  194  40  240  543   785  .263  .328  .442   28   18 118  5.07  5.07
 CHW  4.69   765  163  5556  1475  216  46  138  550   612  .265  .332  .395  100   40 101  5.07  4.32
 LAA  4.59   744  162  5424  1331  218  22  189  681  1068  .245  .330  .398   37   28  93  5.45  3.71
 CLE  4.58   737  161  5609  1493  257  39  150  492   720  .266  .325  .406   34   11 105  4.22  4.94
 BOS  4.47   729  163  5508  1401  251  37  112  647   847  .254  .333  .374   56   36  94  4.88  4.06
 MIN  4.39   707  161  5417  1353  215  40  167  597   840  .250  .324  .397   47   43  94  4.69  4.09
 BAL  4.24   691  163  5481  1393  227  36  149  581   902  .254  .326  .390   39   30 102  3.90  4.58
 KCA  4.22   683  162  5423  1342  216  47   90  580   772  .247  .320  .354   58   22  86  4.56  3.88
 WSA  3.84   618  161  5366  1307  217  44  119  558   917  .244  .315  .367   81   47  92  3.65  4.02
+---+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+----+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+-----+-----+
 Tot  4.53  7342 1622 54904 14037 2226 404 1534 5902  8330  .256  .329  .395  578  311

League Pitching    Glossary

 Tm   R/G    RA    G   ERA    IP    H    H/G    BB  BB/G  HR    SO   CG  cgSHO tmSHO  SV ERA+hmR/G rdR/G
+---+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+---+---+-----+-----+
 BAL  3.61   588  163  3.22  1471  1226   7.5   617  3.8  109   926   54    20    21  33 120  3.45  3.77
 NYY  3.75   612  163  3.46  1451  1288   7.9   542  3.3  137   866   47    11    14  39 108  3.10  4.40
 DET  4.12   671  163  3.55  1459  1404   8.6   469  2.9  170   836   62    10    12  30 116  3.95  4.28
 CHW  4.45   726  163  4.06  1448  1491   9.1   498  3.1  158   814   39     3     3  33  96  3.95  4.95
 CLE  4.67   752  161  4.15  1443  1426   8.9   599  3.7  178   801   35     9    12  23  95  4.69  4.65
 WSA  4.82   776  161  4.23  1425  1405   8.7   586  3.6  131   666   39     8     8  21  92  4.63  5.00
 MIN  4.83   778  161  4.28  1432  1415   8.8   570  3.5  163   914   49    14    14  23 100  5.22  4.44
 BOS  4.86   792  163  4.29  1442  1472   9.0   679  4.2  167   831   35     6     6  30  97  4.71  5.01
 LAA  4.84   784  162  4.31  1438  1391   8.6   713  4.4  180   973   25     4     5  34 105  5.15  4.53
 KCA  5.33   863  162  4.74  1415  1519   9.4   629  3.9  141   703   32     5     5  23  87  5.43  5.23
+---+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+---+---+-----+-----+
 TOT  4.53  7342 1622  4.02 14424 14037   8.8  5902  3.7 1534  8330  417         100 289

League Miscellaneous Stats    Glossary

 Tm    E   DP  Fldg% DefEff Attendance  Att/G    pW-pL  hmW-L rdW-L BPF PPF AgeB AgeP HOF  AS aAS Managers 
+---+----+----+-----+------+-----------+-------+-------+-----+-----+---+---+----+----+---+---+---+------------------------
 NYY  124  180  .980   .723  1,747,725  21,577  103-59  65-16 44-37  95  93 28.3 27.7   3  14  30 Houk
 DET  146  147  .976   .713  1,600,710  19,521   98-64  50-31 51-30 103 102 27.5 29.1   2   9  22 Scheffing
 BAL  126  173  .980   .730    951,089  11,599   93-69  48-33 47-34  96  96 27.4 27.0   2   8  23 Richards and Harris
 CHW  128  138  .980   .700  1,146,019  14,148   85-77  53-28 33-48  99  97 30.3 31.5   3   5  26 Lopez
 CLE  139  142  .977   .711    725,547   8,957   79-82  40-41 38-42  97  98 28.7 25.0   0   7  16 Dykes and Harder
 BOS  143  140  .977   .699    850,589  10,373   75-87  50-31 26-55 102 103 27.5 27.6   1   2  19 Higgins
 LAA  192  154  .969   .697    603,510   7,360   77-84  46-36 24-55 111 112 28.2 27.4   0   2  26 Rigney
 MIN  174  150  .971   .697  1,256,723  15,515   73-87  36-44 34-46 106 106 27.6 26.4   1   3  21 Lavagetto and Mele
 KCA  174  160  .972   .688    683,817   8,548   64-97  33-47 28-53 101 103 27.3 26.8   0   2  16 Gordon and Bauer
 WSA  156  171  .975   .709    597,287   7,561   64-97  33-46 28-54  95  97 29.4 29.2   0   2  13 Vernon
+---+----+----+-----+------+-----------+-------+-------+-----+-----+---+---+----+----+---+---+---+------------------------

League Awards
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Batting stats are BA/OBP/SLG.
Pitching stats are W-L ERA.

Award-Winners Complete Voting Results Most Valuable Player Roger Maris NYY .269/.372/.620 Cy Young Award Whitey Ford (ML) NYY 25-4  3.21 209 SO Rookie of the Year Don Schwall BOS 15-7  3.22 91 SO (ML) - Award for both leagues

Gold Glove Winners Pitcher Frank Lary Catcher Earl Battey First Base Vic Power Second Base Bobby Richardson Third Base Brooks Robinson Shortstop Luis Aparicio Outfield Al Kaline, Jim Landis, and Jim Piersall

League Leaderboards    Expanded Leaderboard (MLB Leaders) - Glossary
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Batting Average Cash-DET .361 Kaline-DET .324 Piersall-CLE .322 Mantle-NYY .317 Gentile-BAL .302	On-base % Cash-DET .487 Mantle-NYY .448 Gentile-BAL .423 Pearson-LAA .420 Killebrew-MIN .405	Slugging % Mantle-NYY .687 Cash-DET .662 Gentile-BAL .646 Maris-NYY .620 Killebrew-MIN .606	OPS Cash-DET 1.148 Mantle-NYY 1.135 Gentile-BAL 1.069 Killebrew-MIN 1.012 Maris-NYY .993
Games Colavito-DET 163 Robinson-BAL 163 Richardson-NYY 162 Wood-DET 162 Maris-NYY 161	At Bats Robinson-BAL 668 Wood-DET 663 Richardson-NYY 662 Schilling-BOS 646 Aparicio-CHW 625	Plate Appearances (approx.) Schilling-BOS 738 Robinson-BAL 736 Wood-DET 731 Howser-KCA 719 Colavito-DET 708	Runs Mantle-NYY 132 Maris-NYY 132 Colavito-DET 129 Cash-DET 119 Kaline-DET 116
Hits Cash-DET 193 Robinson-BAL 192 Kaline-DET 190 Francona-CLE 178 Richardson-NYY 173	Total Bases Maris-NYY 366 Cash-DET 354 Mantle-NYY 353 Colavito-DET 338 Killebrew-MIN 328	Doubles Kaline-DET 41 Kubek-NYY 38 Robinson-BAL 38 Siebern-KCA 36 Power-CLE 34	Triples Wood-DET 14 Keough-WSA 9 Lumpe-KCA 9 Cash-DET 8 Francona-CLE 8 Landis-CHW 8
Home Runs Maris-NYY 61 Mantle-NYY 54 Gentile-BAL 46 Killebrew-MIN 46 Colavito-DET 45	RBI Maris-NYY 142 Gentile-BAL 141 Colavito-DET 140 Cash-DET 132 Mantle-NYY 128	Bases on Balls Mantle-NYY 126 Cash-DET 124 Colavito-DET 113 Killebrew-MIN 107 Allison-MIN 103	Strikeouts Wood-DET 141 Hunt-LAA 120 Mantle-NYY 112 Held-CLE 111 Killebrew-MIN 109
Stolen Bases Aparicio-CHW 53 Howser-KCA 37 Wood-DET 30 Bruton-DET 22 Hinton-WSA 22	Singles Richardson-NYY 148 Robinson-BAL 140 Aparicio-CHW 136 Schilling-BOS 135 Fox-CHW 134	Adjusted OPS+ Mantle-NYY 206 Cash-DET 201 Gentile-BAL 187 Maris-NYY 167 Killebrew-MIN 161	Runs Created Cash-DET 178 Mantle-NYY 174 Colavito-DET 141 Gentile-BAL 138 Killebrew-MIN 138 Maris-NYY 138
Adjusted Batting Runs Cash-DET 85 Mantle-NYY 81 Gentile-BAL 64 Maris-NYY 54 Colavito-DET 51	Batting Wins Cash-DET 8.1 Mantle-NYY 7.7 Gentile-BAL 6.1 Maris-NYY 5.2 Colavito-DET 4.9	Extra-Base Hits Maris-NYY 81 Colavito-DET 77 Mantle-NYY 76 Gentile-BAL 73 Killebrew-MIN 73	Times on Base Cash-DET 326 Mantle-NYY 289 Colavito-DET 284 Howser-KCA 268 Killebrew-MIN 266
Offensive Win% Cash-DET .867 Mantle-NYY .866 Gentile-BAL .809 Killebrew-MIN .775 Colavito-DET .753	Hit By Pitch Minoso-CHW 16 Gentile-BAL 11 Cash-DET 9 Fox-CHW 9 Boros-DET 8 Skowron-NYY 8	Sac. Hits Fox-CHW 15 O'Connell-WSA 15 Monbouquette-BOS 14 Francona-CLE 12 Schilling-BOS 11 Schwall-BOS 11	Sac. Flies Minoso-CHW 12 Posada-KCA 12 Power-CLE 12 Malzone-BOS 9 Robinson-BAL 9
Intentional Walks Cash-DET 19 Held-CLE 11 Lollar-CHW 10 Blanchard-NYY 9 Mantle-NYY 9 Skowron-NYY 9	Grounded into Double Plays Green-WSA 26 Robinson-BAL 21 Skowron-NYY 21 Hansen-BAL 19 Malzone-BOS 19 Power-CLE 19 Yastrzemski-BOS 19	Caught Stealing Aparicio-CHW 13 Green-MIN 11 Tasby-WSA 10 Howser-KCA 9 Versalles-MIN 9 Wood-DET 9	Power/Speed Number Landis-CHW 20.4 Mantle-NYY 19.6 Bruton-DET 19.2 Cash-DET 17.3 Geiger-BOS 16.9
At Bats per Strikeout Fox-CHW 50.5 Power-CLE 35.2 Richardson-NYY 28.8 Aparicio-CHW 18.9 Howser-KCA 16.1	At Bats per Home Run Mantle-NYY 9.5 Maris-NYY 9.7 Gentile-BAL 10.6 Killebrew-MIN 11.8 Cash-DET 13.0 Colavito-DET 13.0	Outs Richardson-NYY 523 Robinson-BAL 517 Wood-DET 515 Schilling-BOS 505 Fox-CHW 496	ERA Donovan-WSA 2.40 Stafford-NYY 2.68 Mossi-DET 2.96 Pappas-BAL 3.04 Pizarro-CHW 3.05
Wins Ford-NYY 25 Lary-DET 23 Barber-BAL 18 Bunning-DET 17 Terry-NYY 16	Won-Loss % Ford-NYY .862 Terry-NYY .842 Arroyo-NYY .750 Latman-CLE .722 Lary-DET .719	BB + H per IP (WHIP) Donovan-WSA 1.026 Terry-NYY 1.083 Brown-BAL 1.116 Bunning-DET 1.131 Lary-DET 1.155	Hits Allowed/9IP Estrada-BAL 6.75 Pappas-BAL 6.79 Barber-BAL 7.03 Pascual-MIN 7.31 Donovan-WSA 7.36
Bases on Balls/9IP Mossi-DET 1.76 Brown-BAL 1.78 Donovan-WSA 1.87 Terry-NYY 2.01 McClain-WSA 2.04	Strikeouts/9IP Pizarro-CHW 8.69 Pascual-MIN 7.88 Estrada-BAL 6.79 McBride-LAA 6.70 Ford-NYY 6.65	Games Arroyo-NYY 65 Lown-CHW 59 Morgan-LAA 59 Kunkel-KCA 58 Fornieles-BOS 57	Saves Arroyo-NYY 29 Wilhelm-BAL 18 Fornieles-BOS 15 Moore-MIN 14 Fox-DET 12
Innings Ford-NYY 283.0 Lary-DET 275.3 Bunning-DET 268.0 Ramos-MIN 264.3 Pascual-MIN 252.3	Strikeouts Pascual-MIN 221 Ford-NYY 209 Bunning-DET 194 Pizarro-CHW 188 McBride-LAA 180	Games Started Ford-NYY 39 Bunning-DET 37 Lary-DET 36 McBride-LAA 36 Grant-CLE 35 Perry-CLE 35	Comp. Games Lary-DET 22 Pascual-MIN 15 Barber-BAL 14 Bunning-DET 12 Daniels-WSA 12 Monbouquette-BOS 12 Mossi-DET 12 Pizarro-CHW 12
Shutouts Barber-BAL 8 Pascual-MIN 8 Bunning-DET 4 Lary-DET 4 Pappas-BAL 4	Home Runs Allow. Ramos-MIN 39 Conley-BOS 33 Bell-CLE 32 Grant-CLE 32 Mossi-DET 29	Bases On Balls Allow. Estrada-BAL 132 Barber-BAL 130 Grba-LAA 114 Schwall-BOS 110 Grant-CLE 109	Hits Allowed Ramos-MIN 265 Kralick-MIN 257 Lary-DET 252 Shaw-TOT 250 Baumann-CHW 249
SO to Walk Mossi-DET 2.91 Bunning-DET 2.73 Ford-NYY 2.27 Lary-DET 2.21 Pascual-MIN 2.21	Losses Ramos-MIN 20 McClain-WSA 18 Daley-TOT 17 Kaat-MIN 17 Perry-CLE 17	Earned Runs Allow. Baumann-CHW 117 Perry-CLE 117 Ramos-MIN 116 Herbert-TOT 112 Conley-BOS 109	Wild Pitches Fisher-BAL 10 Kaat-MIN 10 Klippstein-WSA 10 Barber-BAL 9 Walker-KCA 9
Hit Batsmen Kaat-MIN 11 Estrada-BAL 10 Walker-KCA 10 Bunning-DET 9 Daley-TOT 9	Batters Faced Ford-NYY 1159 Lary-DET 1127 Ramos-MIN 1123 Bunning-DET 1110 Pascual-MIN 1056	Games Finished Arroyo-NYY 54 Funk-CLE 43 Wilhelm-BAL 43 Fornieles-BOS 42 Moore-MIN 38	Adjusted ERA+ Donovan-WSA 163 Stafford-NYY 140 Mossi-DET 139 Archer-KCA 130 Bunning-DET 129
Oldest Player Boyd-KCA 1919-10-01 (41) Wynn-CHW 1920-01-06 (41) Philley-BAL 1920-05-16 (41) Staley-TOT 1920-08-21 (40) Valo-MIN 1921-03-05 (40)	Youngest Player Krausse-KCA 1943-04-25 (18) Degerick-CHW 1943-04-01 (18) McDowell-CLE 1942-09-21 (18) Dotter-MIN 1942-08-07 (18) Heiser-WSA 1942-06-22 (19)

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Box Score and Play-by-Play
Starters P. Whitey Ford (NYY) C. Johnny Romano (CLE) 1B. Norm Cash (DET) 2B. Johnny Temple (CLE) 3B. Brooks Robinson (BAL) SS. Tony Kubek (NYY) LF. Rocky Colavito (DET) CF. Mickey Mantle (NYY) RF. Roger Maris (NYY)		Yogi Berra* (NYY) Jackie Brandt* (BAL) Jim Bunning* (DET) Dick Donovan* (WSA) Ryne Duren (LAA) Mike Fornieles* (BOS) Nellie Fox* (CHW) Jim Gentile* (BAL) Elston Howard* (NYY)		Dick Howser* (KCA) Al Kaline* (DET) Harmon Killebrew* (MIN) Frank Lary* (DET) Jim Perry (CLE) Billy Pierce (CHW) Hoyt Wilhelm* (BAL)

Second All-Star Game Box Score and Play-by-Play
Starters P. Jim Bunning (DET) C. Johnny Romano (CLE) 1B. Norm Cash (DET) 2B. Johnny Temple (CLE) 3B. Brooks Robinson (BAL) SS. Luis Aparicio (CHW) LF. Rocky Colavito (DET) CF. Mickey Mantle (NYY) RF. Al Kaline (DET)		Luis Arroyo (NYY) Yogi Berra (NYY) Jackie Brandt (BAL) Dick Donovan (WSA) Whitey Ford (NYY) Nellie Fox (CHW) Tito Francona (CLE) Jim Gentile (BAL) Elston Howard* (NYY)		Dick Howser (KCA) Harmon Killebrew (MIN) Tony Kubek (NYY) Barry Latman (CLE) Roger Maris* (NYY) Ken McBride (LAA) Camilo Pascual* (MIN) Don Schwall* (BOS) Roy Sievers* (CHW)		Bill Skowron (NYY) Hoyt Wilhelm (BAL)

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