1961 AMERICAN LEAGUE REVIEW
Level: MLB
An organized section of a full season review with standings, team totals, leaderboards, player registers and much more.
YEAR IN REVIEW
| Rk | Team | W | L | Pct | Gbl | RF | RA | Manager | Stadium | Attendance | Payroll | Top Batter | Top Pitcher | Playoffs |
| 1 | New York Yankees ** | 109 | 53 | .673 | -- | 827 | 612 | Ralph Houk | Yankee Stadium | 1,747,725 | $0 | Mickey Mantle (2) | Whitey Ford (1) | Won World Series (Reds) |
| 2 | Detroit Tigers | 101 | 61 | .623 | 8.0 | 841 | 671 | Bob Scheffing | Tiger Stadium | 1,600,710 | $0 | Norm Cash (1) | Jim Bunning (2) | |
| 3 | Baltimore Orioles | 95 | 67 | .586 | 14.0 | 691 | 588 | Paul Richards, Lum Harris | Memorial Stadium | 951,089 | $0 | Jim Gentile (4) | Steve Barber (6) | |
| 4 | Chicago White Sox | 86 | 76 | .531 | 23.0 | 765 | 726 | Al Lopez | Comiskey Park | 1,146,019 | $0 | Roy Sievers (15) | Juan Pizarro (8) | |
| 5 | Cleveland Indians | 78 | 83 | .484 | 30.5 | 737 | 752 | Jimmy Dykes, Mel Harder | Cleveland Municipal Stadi | 725,547 | $0 | Tito Francona (12) | Mudcat Grant (9) | |
| 6 | Boston Red Sox | 76 | 86 | .469 | 33.0 | 729 | 792 | Pinky Higgins | Fenway Park | 850,589 | $0 | Chuck Schilling (24) | Bill Monbouquette (17) | |
| 7 | Minnesota Twins | 70 | 90 | .437 | 38.0 | 707 | 778 | Sam Mele, Cookie Lavagetto | Metropolitan Stadium | 1,256,723 | $0 | Harmon Killebrew (7) | Camilo Pascual (4) | |
| 8 | Los Angeles Angels | 70 | 91 | .435 | 38.5 | 744 | 784 | Bill Rigney | Wrigley Field | 603,510 | $0 | Albie Pearson (17) | Ken McBride (12) | |
| 9 | Washington Senators II | 61 | 100 | .379 | 47.5 | 618 | 776 | Mickey Vernon | 597,287 | $0 | Danny O'Connell (25) | Dick Donovan (11) | ||
| 10 | Kansas City Athletics | 61 | 100 | .379 | 47.5 | 683 | 863 | Hank Bauer, Joe Gordon | Municipal Stadium | 683,817 | $0 | Dick Howser (8) | Jim Archer (20) |
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