1961 in baseball

The following are the baseball events of the year 1961 throughout the world.

Headline event of the year

Champions

Major League Baseball

Other champions

Awards and honors

MLB statistical leaders

Hall of Famer Sandy Koufax
  American League National League
Type Name Stat Name Stat
AVG Norm Cash DET .361 Roberto Clemente PIT .351
HR Roger Maris NYY 61Orlando Cepeda SFG 46
RBI Roger Maris NYY 142 Orlando Cepeda SFG 142
Wins Whitey Ford NYY 25 Warren Spahn MLN
Joey Jay CIN
21
ERA Dick Donovan WSH 2.40 Warren Spahn MLN 3.02
SO Camilo Pascual MIN 221 Sandy Koufax LAD 269
SV Luis Arroyo NYY 29 Roy Face PIT
Stu Miller SFG
17
SB Luis Aparicio CHW 53 Maury Wills LAD 35

Major league baseball final standings

American League final standings

Rank Club Wins Losses Win %   GB
1st New York Yankees 109   53 .673    
2nd Detroit Tigers 101   61 .623   8.0
3rd Baltimore Orioles 95   67 .586   14.0
4th Chicago White Sox 86   76 .531   23.0
5th Cleveland Indians 78   83 .484   30.5
6th Boston Red Sox 76   86 .469   33.0
7th Minnesota Twins 70   90 .438   38.0
8th Los Angeles Angels 70   91 .435   38.5
9th Washington Senators 61   100 .379   47.5
10th Kansas City Athletics 61   100 .379   47.5

National League final standings

Rank Club Wins Losses Win %   GB
1st Cincinnati Reds 93   61 .604    
2nd Los Angeles Dodgers 89   65 .578   4.0
3rd San Francisco Giants 85   69 .552   8.0
4th Milwaukee Braves 83   71 .539   10.0
5th St. Louis Cardinals 80   74 .519   13.0
6th Pittsburgh Pirates 75   79 .487   18.0
7th Chicago Cubs 64   90 .416   29.0
8th Philadelphia Phillies 47   107 .305   46.0

Events

January–April

President John F. Kennedy throws out first ball in Washington, D.C. at Griffith Stadium on April 10, 1961

May–August

September–December

Births

January–March

April–June

July–September

October–December

Deaths

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