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18 teams competing in 2 leagues

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1961 Bracket

World Series NYA def. CIN (4-1)

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⚾ Batting Leaders

1961 Home Run Leaders

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Batting Average

1 Norm Cash 0.361 2 Roberto Clemente 0.351 3 Elston Howard 0.348 4 Vada Pinson 0.343 5 Ken Boyer 0.329

Home Runs

1 Roger Maris 61 2 Mickey Mantle 54 3 Orlando Cepeda 46 4 Jim Gentile 46 5 Harmon Killebrew 46

RBI

1 Orlando Cepeda 142 2 Roger Maris 142 3 Jim Gentile 141 4 Rocky Colavito 140 5 Norm Cash 132

Stolen Bases

1 Luis Aparicio 53 2 Dick Howser 37 3 Maury Wills 35 4 Jake Wood 30 5 Vada Pinson 23

Hits

1 Vada Pinson 208 2 Roberto Clemente 201 3 Hank Aaron 197 4 Ken Boyer 194 5 Norm Cash 193

Runs

1 Mickey Mantle 132 2 Roger Maris 132 3 Rocky Colavito 129 4 Willie Mays 129 5 Norm Cash 119

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🎯 Pitching Leaders

1961 Strikeout Leaders

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ERA

1 Terry Fox 1.41 2 Billy Hoeft 2.02 3 Chet Nichols 2.09 4 Luis Arroyo 2.19 5 Bill Henry 2.19

Wins

1 Whitey Ford 25 2 Frank Lary 23 3 Joey Jay 21 4 Warren Spahn 21 5 Jim O'Toole 19

Strikeouts

1 Sandy Koufax 269 2 Camilo Pascual 221 3 Whitey Ford 209 4 Stan Williams 205 5 Jim Bunning 194

Saves

1 Luis Arroyo 29 2 Hoyt Wilhelm 18 3 Roy Face 17 4 Stu Miller 17 5 Jim Brosnan 16

WHIP

1 Tom Morgan 0.99 2 Terry Fox 1.01 3 Dick Donovan 1.03 4 Dick Hall 1.08 5 Stu Miller 1.08

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📋 Standings

American League

New York Yankees ★ 109-53 Detroit Tigers 101-61 Baltimore Orioles 95-67 Chicago White Sox 86-76 Cleveland Indians 78-83 Boston Red Sox 76-86 Minnesota Twins 70-90 Los Angeles Angels 70-91 Kansas City Athletics 61-100 Washington Senators 61-100

National League

Cincinnati Reds ★ 93-61 Los Angeles Dodgers 89-65 San Francisco Giants 85-69 Milwaukee Braves 83-71 St. Louis Cardinals 80-74 Pittsburgh Pirates 75-79 Chicago Cubs 64-90 Philadelphia Phillies 47-107

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