1961 MLB Season in Review - The Baseball Cube

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A high-level summary of the 1961 Major League Baseball Season. The page includes standings, team totals and leaderboards. There is a lot more information on the season in various sub-sections such as the player register, team pages and boxscore-related pages.

Season Information

Season

1961

World Series Champions

New York Yankees

Runner Up

Cincinnati Reds

Most Valuable Players

AL: Roger Maris NL: Frank Robinson

Cy Young Winners

AL: NL:

Rookies of the Year

AL: Don Schwall NL: Billy Williams

Managers of the Year

AL: NL:

#1 Draft Pick

All-Star Game

San Francisco,California

Teams

Players

618

Attendance

18,894,518

Payroll

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1961 Major League Baseball Standings

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Grid Filters		Playoff Team
American League -
Rank	lgRank	mlbRank	Team Name	Links	G	W	L	WPct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Playoffs	Attendance	Att Rank	General Manager	Manager Name	Ballpark
1	1	1	New York Yankees	T - S - R - L	162	109	53	.673	--	827	612	215	Won World Series (Reds)	1,747,725	2	Roy Hamey	Ralph Houk	Yankee Stadium I
2	2	2	Detroit Tigers	T - S - R - L	162	101	61	.623	8.0	841	671	170	dnq	1,600,710	3	Rick Ferrell	Bob Scheffing	Tiger Stadium
3	3	4	Baltimore Orioles	T - S - R - L	162	95	67	.586	14.0	691	588	103	dnq	951,089	10	Lee MacPhail	Paul Richards, Lum Harris	Memorial Stadium
4	4	8	Chicago White Sox	T - S - R - L	162	86	76	.531	23.0	765	726	39	dnq	1,146,019	7	Hank Greenberg, Bill Veeck	Al Lopez	Comiskey Park
5	5	11	Cleveland Indians	T - S - R - L	161	78	83	.484	30.5	737	752	-15	dnq	725,547	13	---	Jimmy Dykes, Mel Harder	Cleveland Municipal Stadium
6	6	12	Boston Red Sox	T - S - R - L	162	76	86	.469	33.0	729	792	-63	dnq	850,589	12	Dick O'Connell	Pinky Higgins	Fenway Park
7	7	13	Minnesota Twins	T - S - R - L	160	70	90	.438	38.0	707	778	-71	dnq	1,256,723	5	Calvin Griffith	Sam Mele, Cookie Lavagetto	Metropolitan Stadium
8	8	14	Los Angeles Angels	T - S - R - L	161	70	91	.435	38.5	744	784	-40	dnq	603,510	16	Fred Haney	Bill Rigney	Wrigley Field
9	9	16	Washington Senators II	T - S - R - L	161	61	100	.379	47.5	618	776	-158	dnq	597,287	17	Ed Doherty	Mickey Vernon	Griffith Stadium
10	10	17	Kansas City Athletics	T - S - R - L	161	61	100	.379	47.5	683	863	-180	dnq	683,817	14	Frank Lane	Hank Bauer, Joe Gordon	Municipal Stadium
National League -
Rank	lgRank	mlbRank	Team Name	Links	G	W	L	WPct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Playoffs	Attendance	Att Rank	General Manager	Manager Name	Ballpark
1	1	3	Cincinnati Reds	T - S - R - L	154	93	61	.604	--	710	653	57	Lost World Series (Yankees)	1,117,603	8	Bill DeWitt	Fred Hutchinson	Crosley Field
2	2	5	Los Angeles Dodgers	T - S - R - L	154	89	65	.578	4.0	735	697	38	dnq	1,804,250	1	Buzzie Bavasi	Walter Alston	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
3	3	6	San Francisco Giants	T - S - R - L	154	85	69	.552	8.0	773	655	118	dnq	1,390,679	4	Chub Feeney	Alvin Dark	Candlestick Park
4	4	7	Milwaukee Braves	T - S - R - L	154	83	71	.539	10.0	712	656	56	dnq	1,101,441	9	John McHale	Chuck Dressen, Birdie Tebbetts	County Stadium
5	5	9	St. Louis Cardinals	T - S - R - L	154	80	74	.519	13.0	703	668	35	dnq	855,305	11	Bing Devine	Solly Hemus, Johnny Keane	Sportsman's Park
6	6	10	Pittsburgh Pirates	T - S - R - L	154	75	79	.487	18.0	694	675	19	dnq	1,199,128	6	Joe Brown	Danny Murtaugh	Forbes Field
7	7	15	Chicago Cubs	T - S - R - L	154	64	90	.416	29.0	689	800	-111	dnq	673,057	15	John Holland	El Tappe, Vedie Himsl, Harry Craft, Lou Klein	Wrigley Field
8	8	18	Philadelphia Phillies	T - S - R - L	154	47	107	.305	46.0	584	796	-212	dnq	590,039	18	John Quinn	Gene Mauch	Connie Mack Stadium
18 record(s)

Glossary:
Rank If team context, indicates Divisional Rank LgRank Rank within a League. For MLB, refers to AL or NL MLBRank Rank in all of Major League Baseball for the season Team Name Contextual to the grid but usually self-evident. Draft = Drafted team. G Games Played (or Pitched) W Wins (Pitcher or Team) L Losses (Pitcher or Team) WPct Winning Percentage (W/(W+L)) GBL Games behind leader. ((Team A Wins-Team B Wins) + (Team A Losses-Team B Losses))/2 RF Runs For RA Runs Against Diff Run Differential. RF-RA Playoffs Playoff participation description. Attendance Number of people paying for tickets for games Att Rank Attendance rank within the league Ballpark Team or School's ballpark for the season

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