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1961 Major League Baseball Standings and Head-to-Head

1960 MLB  / 1962 MLB  / 1961 AL  / 1961 NL  Standings and Head-to-Head

Postseason

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

MLB Detailed Standings

Explanation of Simple Rating System (SRS)
Rk Tm Lg G W L W-L% R RA Rdiff SOS SRS pythWL Luck Home Road ExInn 1Run vRHP vLHP ≥.500 <.500
1 NYY AL 163 109 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 AL 163 101 61 .623 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 CIN NL 154 93 61 .604 4.6 4.2 0.4 0.0 0.3 83-71 10 47-30 46-31 6-3 34-14 58-35 35-26 53-35 40-26
4 BAL AL 163 95 67 .586 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
5 LAD NL 154 89 65 .578 4.8 4.5 0.2 0.0 0.2 81-73 8 45-32 44-33 13-4 33-15 71-48 18-17 44-44 45-21
6 SFG NL 155 85 69 .552 5.0 4.2 0.8 -0.1 0.7 89-65 -4 45-32 40-37 7-6 29-27 58-41 27-28 42-46 43-23
7 MLN NL 155 83 71 .539 4.6 4.2 0.4 0.0 0.3 83-71 0 45-32 38-39 10-6 30-33 56-46 27-25 42-46 41-25
8 CHW AL 163 86 76 .531 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
9 STL NL 155 80 74 .519 4.5 4.3 0.2 0.0 0.2 81-73 -1 48-29 32-45 4-8 18-30 47-51 33-23 39-49 41-25
10 PIT NL 154 75 79 .487 4.5 4.4 0.1 0.0 0.1 79-75 -4 38-39 37-40 1-7 22-27 52-46 23-33 49-61 26-18
11 CLE AL 161 78 83 .484 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
12 BOS AL 163 76 86 .469 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
13 MIN AL 161 70 90 .438 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
14 LAA AL 162 70 91 .435 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
15 CHC NL 156 64 90 .416 4.4 5.1 -0.7 0.1 -0.6 67-87 -3 40-37 24-53 7-9 23-27 45-53 19-37 40-70 24-20
16 KCA AL 162 61 100 .379 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
17 WSA AL 161 61 100 .379 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
18 PHI NL 155 47 107 .305 3.8 5.1 -1.4 0.2 -1.2 56-98 -9 22-55 25-52 6-11 19-35 25-67 22-40 31-79 16-28
Avg 79 79 .500 4.5 4.5 79-78 43-35 35-43 6-6 25-25 56-54 22-25 33-45 45-33


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