1961 Awards Voting

1960 1962

source Bill Deane's Award Voting
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Bold season totals indicate player led league. Italic season totals indicate player led all major leagues.

AL MVP Voting

AL MVP Voting Table
			Voting Results				Batting Stats												Pitching Stats
Rank	Name	Tm	Vote Pts	1st Place	Share	WAR	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	SB	BB	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	W	L	ERA	WHIP	G	GS	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	SO
1	Roger Maris	NYY	202.0	7.0	72%	6.9	161	590	*132*	159	61	141	0	94	.269	.372	.620	.993
2	Mickey Mantle	NYY	198.0	6.0	71%	*10.4*	153	514	131	163	54	128	12	*126*	.317	.448	*.687*	1.135
3	Jim Gentile	BAL	157.0	5.0	56%	6.9	148	486	96	147	46	141	1	96	.302	.423	.646	1.069
4	Norm Cash	DET	151.0	1.0	54%	9.2	159	535	119	193	41	132	11	124	*.361*	*.487*	.662	*1.148*
5	Whitey Ford	NYY	102.0	0.0	36%	4.1	39	96	11	17	0	10	0	12	.177	.266	.188	.454	25	4	3.21	1.180	39	39	0	*283.0*	242	23	92	209
6	Luis Arroyo	NYY	95.0	1.0	34%	3.4	65	25	2	7	0	0	0	0	.280	.280	.360	.640	15	5	2.19	1.109	65	0	29	119.0	83	5	49	87
7	Frank Lary	DET	53.0	0.0	19%	4.8	42	108	13	25	1	5	0	3	.231	.259	.278	.537	23	9	3.24	1.155	36	36	0	275.1	252	24	66	146
8	Rocky Colavito	DET	51.0	0.0	18%	7.6	*163*	583	129	169	45	140	1	113	.290	.402	.580	.982
9	Al Kaline	DET	35.0	0.0	13%	8.4	153	586	116	190	19	82	14	66	.324	.393	.515	.909
10	Elston Howard	NYY	30.0	0.0	11%	5.3	129	446	64	155	21	77	0	28	.348	.387	.549	.936
11	Harmon Killebrew	MIN	29.0	0.0	10%	5.7	150	541	94	156	46	122	1	107	.288	.405	.606	1.012
12	Luis Aparicio	CHW	16.0	0.0	6%	2.9	156	625	90	170	6	45	53	38	.272	.313	.352	.665
13	Jim Piersall	CLE	10.0	0.0	4%	4.8	121	484	81	156	6	40	8	43	.322	.378	.442	.820
14	Steve Barber	BAL	7.0	0.0	3%	3.8	37	80	6	13	2	6	0	5	.163	.221	.250	.471	18	12	3.33	1.305	37	34	1	248.1	194	13	130	150
14	Don Schwall	BOS	7.0	0.0	3%	3.5	27	61	5	11	0	6	0	1	.180	.194	.213	.407	15	7	3.22	1.550	25	25	0	178.2	167	8	110	91
14	Norm Siebern	KCA	7.0	0.0	3%	2.5	153	560	68	166	18	98	2	82	.296	.384	.475	.859
17	Dick Donovan	WSA	5.0	0.0	2%	4.4	24	56	6	10	1	7	0	6	.179	.258	.250	.508	10	10	*2.40*	*1.026*	23	22	0	168.2	138	10	35	62
17	Bubba Phillips	CLE	5.0	0.0	2%	1.0	143	546	64	144	18	72	1	29	.264	.305	.408	.714
19	Brooks Robinson	BAL	4.0	0.0	1%	3.5	*163*	*668*	89	192	7	61	1	47	.287	.334	.397	.730
19	Chuck Schilling	BOS	4.0	0.0	1%	2.8	158	646	87	167	5	62	7	78	.259	.340	.327	.666
21	Tom Morgan	LAA	3.0	0.0	1%	2.8	59	12	1	1	0	0	0	1	.083	.154	.083	.237	8	2	2.36	0.993	59	0	10	91.2	74	7	17	39
21	Al Smith	CHW	3.0	0.0	1%	2.5	147	532	88	148	28	93	4	56	.278	.348	.506	.854
23	Yogi Berra	NYY	2.0	0.0	1%	2.1	119	395	62	107	22	61	2	35	.271	.330	.466	.795
24	Bobby Richardson	NYY	1.0	0.0	0%	-0.7	162	662	80	173	3	49	9	30	.261	.295	.316	.610
24	John Romano	CLE	1.0	0.0	0%	4.6	142	509	76	152	21	80	0	61	.299	.377	.483	.860
24	Lee Thomas	TOT	1.0	0.0	0%	2.1	132	452	77	129	24	70	0	47	.285	.353	.491	.844
24	Hoyt Wilhelm	BAL	1.0	0.0	0%	2.6	51	20	1	1	0	2	0	2	.050	.136	.050	.186	9	7	2.30	1.185	51	1	18	109.2	89	5	41	87

NL MVP Voting

NL MVP Voting Table
			Voting Results				Batting Stats												Pitching Stats
Rank	Name	Tm	Vote Pts	1st Place	Share	WAR	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	SB	BB	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	W	L	ERA	WHIP	G	GS	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	SO
1	Frank Robinson	CIN	219.0	15.0	98%	7.7	153	545	117	176	37	124	22	71	.323	.404	.611	1.015
2	Orlando Cepeda	SFG	117.0	0.0	52%	5.7	152	585	105	182	46	*142*	12	39	.311	.362	.609	.970
3	Vada Pinson	CIN	104.0	0.0	46%	7.5	154	607	101	*208*	16	87	23	39	.343	.379	.504	.883
4	Roberto Clemente	PIT	81.0	0.0	36%	6.4	146	572	100	201	23	89	4	35	.351	.390	.559	.949
5	Joey Jay	CIN	74.0	1.0	33%	3.8	34	89	3	8	0	5	0	2	.090	.110	.124	.233	21	10	3.53	1.249	34	34	0	247.1	217	25	92	157
6	Willie Mays	SFG	70.0	0.0	31%	8.7	154	572	129	176	40	123	18	81	.308	.393	.584	.977
7	Ken Boyer	STL	43.0	0.0	19%	8.0	153	589	109	194	24	95	6	68	.329	.397	.533	.930
8	Henry Aaron	MLN	39.0	0.0	17%	9.4	155	603	115	197	34	120	21	56	.327	.381	.594	.974
9	Maury Wills	LAD	36.0	0.0	16%	2.2	148	613	105	173	1	31	35	59	.282	.346	.339	.685
10	Jim O'Toole	CIN	31.0	0.0	14%	4.6	39	93	7	16	0	6	0	3	.172	.206	.183	.389	19	9	3.10	1.274	39	35	2	252.2	229	16	93	178
10	Warren Spahn	MLN	31.0	0.0	14%	5.2	39	94	13	21	4	15	0	7	.223	.279	.426	.704	21	13	3.02	1.142	38	34	0	262.2	236	24	64	115
12	Stu Miller	SFG	26.0	0.0	12%	3.3	64	20	2	4	0	1	1	4	.200	.333	.250	.583	14	5	2.66	1.082	63	0	17	122.0	95	4	37	89
13	Wally Moon	LAD	22.0	0.0	10%	3.3	134	463	79	152	17	88	7	89	.328	.434	.505	.940
14	George Altman	CHC	9.0	0.0	4%	4.1	138	518	77	157	27	96	6	40	.303	.353	.560	.913
14	Johnny Podres	LAD	9.0	0.0	4%	4.5	32	69	3	16	0	7	0	2	.232	.250	.261	.511	18	5	3.74	1.330	32	29	0	182.2	192	27	51	124
16	Roy McMillan	MLN	8.0	0.0	4%	2.9	154	505	42	111	7	48	2	61	.220	.305	.293	.598
17	Eddie Mathews	MLN	7.0	0.0	3%	7.3	152	572	103	175	32	91	12	93	.306	.402	.535	.937
18	Sandy Koufax	LAD	5.0	0.0	2%	5.0	42	77	3	5	0	2	0	9	.065	.163	.065	.228	18	13	3.52	1.205	42	35	1	255.2	212	27	96	*269*
19	John Roseboro	LAD	4.0	0.0	2%	2.7	128	394	59	99	18	59	6	56	.251	.346	.459	.805
20	Jim Brosnan	CIN	3.0	0.0	1%	1.1	53	13	1	2	0	1	0	1	.154	.214	.154	.368	10	4	3.04	1.188	53	0	16	80.0	77	7	18	40
21	Joe Torre	MLN	2.0	0.0	1%	3.4	113	406	40	113	10	42	3	28	.278	.330	.424	.754
22	Larry Jackson	STL	1.0	0.0	0%	3.8	34	74	9	13	0	6	0	2	.176	.208	.270	.478	14	11	3.75	1.227	33	28	0	211.0	203	20	56	113
22	Jerry Lynch	CIN	1.0	0.0	0%	1.9	96	181	33	57	13	50	2	27	.315	.407	.624	1.031
22	Bobby Malkmus	PHI	1.0	0.0	0%	1.4	121	342	39	79	7	31	1	20	.231	.276	.327	.603
22	Dick Stuart	PIT	1.0	0.0	0%	3.2	138	532	83	160	35	117	0	34	.301	.344	.581	.925

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