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1961 American League Team Statistics

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Other Leagues: Major Leagues, NL

Pennant Winner: New York Yankees

AL Most Valuable Player: Roger Maris

ML Cy Young: Whitey Ford

AL Rookie of the Year: Don Schwall

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American League Detailed Standings

Explanation of Simple Rating System (SRS)

American League Detailed Standings
Rk	Tm	W	L	W-L%	GB	GBsum	R	RA	Rdiff	SOS	SRS	pythWL	Luck	Home	Road	ExInn	1Run	vRHP	vLHP	≥.500	<.500
1	New York Yankees	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	Detroit Tigers	101	61	.623	8.0	8.0	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	Baltimore Orioles	95	67	.586	14.0	20.0	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
4	Chicago White Sox	86	76	.531	23.0	47.0	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
5	Cleveland Indians	78	83	.484	30.5	77.0	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
6	Boston Red Sox	76	86	.469	33.0	89.5	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
7	Minnesota Twins	70	90	.438	38.0	119.5	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
8	Los Angeles Angels	70	91	.435	38.5	123.0	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
9	Kansas City Athletics	61	100	.379	47.5	195.0	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
10	Washington Senators	61	100	.379	47.5	195.0	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
	Average	80	80	.500			4.5	4.5				81-80		45-35	35-45	6-6	25-25	59-58	20-22	25-39	55-41

Postseason

Team Standard Batting

Team Standard Batting Table
Tm	#Bat	BatAge	R/G	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	LOB
Baltimore Orioles	36	27.4	4.24	163	6211	5481	691	1393	227	36	149	638	39	30	581	902	.254	.326	.390	.716	94	2139	140	23	78	48	25	1155
Boston Red Sox	32	27.5	4.47	163	6310	5508	729	1401	251	37	112	682	56	36	647	846	.254	.334	.374	.708	89	2062	129	29	81	42	28	1231
Chicago White Sox	39	30.5	4.69	163	6285	5556	765	1475	216	46	138	704	100	40	550	612	.265	.335	.395	.730	97	2197	118	57	71	51	30	1198
Cleveland Indians	36	28.7	4.58	161	6253	5609	737	1493	257	39	150	682	34	11	492	720	.266	.326	.406	.732	98	2278	133	28	73	50	33	1169
Detroit Tigers	42	27.5	5.16	163	6379	5561	841	1481	215	53	180	779	98	36	673	865	.266	.347	.421	.768	102	2342	125	38	64	42	39	1226
Kansas City Athletics	52	27.5	4.22	162	6165	5423	683	1342	216	47	90	631	58	22	580	770	.247	.320	.354	.675	81	1922	107	25	89	47	10	1165
Los Angeles Angels	46	28.2	4.59	162	6257	5424	744	1331	218	22	189	700	37	28	681	1068	.245	.331	.398	.729	87	2160	116	30	80	37	25	1164
Minnesota Twins	42	27.7	4.39	161	6158	5417	707	1353	215	40	167	665	47	43	597	840	.250	.326	.397	.722	89	2149	141	33	67	42	25	1131
New York Yankees	36	28.4	5.07	163	6243	5559	827	1461	194	40	240	781	28	18	543	785	.263	.330	.442	.771	109	2455	120	35	57	45	45	1129
Washington Senators	42	29.3	3.84	161	6064	5366	618	1307	217	44	119	578	81	47	558	917	.244	.315	.367	.682	87	1969	127	21	73	44	30	1114
League Average	36	28.3	4.53	162	6232	5490	734	1404	223	40	153	684	58	31	590	832	.256	.329	.395	.724	93	2167	126	32	73	45	29	1168
	359	28.3	4.53	1622	62325	54904	7342	14037	2226	404	1534	6840	578	311	5902	8325	.256	.329	.395	.724	93	21673	1256	319	733	448	290	11682

Team Standard Pitching

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For seasons prior to 1969, some play-by-play data is missing, so some positional splits will be slightly less than 100% complete. Marked with '-i'

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