1961 AMERICAN LEAGUE REVIEW

Level: MLB

An organized section of a full season review with standings, team totals, leaderboards, player registers and much more.

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Rank	Player	Position	Status	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	GDP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1	Norm Cash	1B	Deceased	Detroit	159	535	119	193	22	8	41	132	11	5	124	85	9	2	2	16	.361	.487	.662	1149
2	Mickey Mantle	OF	Deceased	NY Yankees	153	514	132	163	16	6	54	128	12	1	126	112	0	1	5	2	.317	.448	.687	1135
3	Rocky Colavito	OF	Retired	Detroit	163	583	129	169	30	2	45	140	1	2	113	75	2	2	8	14	.290	.402	.580	982
4	Jim Gentile	1B	Retired	Baltimore	148	486	96	147	25	2	46	141	1	1	96	106	11	0	8	12	.302	.423	.646	1069
5	Roger Maris	OF	Deceased	NY Yankees	161	590	132	159	16	4	61	142	0	0	94	67	7	0	7	16	.269	.372	.620	992
6	Al Kaline	OF	Retired	Detroit	153	586	116	190	41	7	19	82	14	1	66	42	4	4	5	16	.324	.393	.515	908
7	Harmon Killebrew	1B-3B	Deceased	Minnesota	150	541	94	156	20	7	46	122	1	2	107	109	3	0	5	11	.288	.405	.606	1011
8	Dick Howser	SS	Deceased	KC Athletics	158	611	108	171	29	6	3	45	37	9	92	38	5	8	3	8	.280	.377	.362	739
9	Brooks Robinson	3B	Retired	Baltimore	163	668	89	192	38	7	7	61	1	3	47	57	4	8	9	21	.287	.334	.397	731
10	Lenny Green	OF	Retired	Minnesota	156	600	92	171	28	7	9	50	17	11	81	50	6	3	2	5	.285	.374	.400	774
11	Jake Wood	2B	Retired	Detroit	162	663	96	171	17	14	11	69	30	9	58	141	4	2	4	8	.258	.320	.376	696
12	Tito Francona	OF-1B	Retired	Cleveland	155	592	87	178	30	8	16	85	2	1	56	52	4	12	3	11	.301	.363	.459	822
13	Norm Siebern	1B-OF	Retired	KC Athletics	153	560	68	166	36	5	18	98	2	4	82	91	1	0	6	4	.296	.384	.475	859
14	Bob Allison	OF	Deceased	Minnesota	159	556	83	136	21	3	29	105	2	7	103	100	5	5	8	17	.245	.363	.450	813
15	Roy Sievers	1B-OF	Retired	Chi White Sox	141	492	76	145	26	6	27	92	1	0	61	62	6	0	4	11	.295	.377	.537	914
16	Nellie Fox	2B	Deceased	Chi White Sox	159	606	67	152	11	5	2	51	2	3	59	12	9	15	7	17	.251	.323	.295	618
17	Albie Pearson	OF	Retired	LA Angels	144	427	92	123	21	3	7	41	11	3	96	40	3	7	2	3	.288	.420	.400	820
18	Al Smith	OF-3B	Deceased	Chi White Sox	147	532	88	148	29	4	28	93	4	4	56	67	5	2	7	17	.278	.348	.506	854
19	Bill Skowron	1B	Deceased	NY Yankees	150	561	76	150	23	4	28	89	0	0	35	108	8	0	3	21	.267	.318	.472	790
20	Jim Landis	OF	Retired	Chi White Sox	140	534	87	151	18	8	22	85	19	5	65	71	4	10	5	10	.283	.362	.470	832
21	Tony Kubek	SS	Retired	NY Yankees	153	617	84	170	38	6	8	46	1	3	27	60	1	10	3	7	.276	.306	.395	701
22	Minnie Minoso	OF	Retired	Chi White Sox	152	540	91	151	28	3	14	82	9	4	67	46	16	0	12	11	.280	.369	.420	789
23	Bobby Richardson	2B	Retired	NY Yankees	162	662	80	173	17	5	3	49	9	7	30	23	2	10	2	15	.261	.295	.316	611
24	Chuck Schilling	2B	Retired	Boston	158	646	87	167	25	2	5	62	7	6	78	77	2	11	1	8	.259	.340	.327	667
25	Danny O'Connell	2B-3B	Deceased	Washington	138	493	61	128	30	1	1	37	15	5	77	62	3	15	3	6	.260	.361	.331	692
Rank	Player	Position	Status	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	GDP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
26	Johnny Romano	C	Retired	Cleveland	142	509	76	152	29	1	21	80	0	0	61	60	5	1	4	10	.299	.377	.483	860
27	Luis Aparicio	SS	Retired	Chi White Sox	156	625	90	170	24	4	6	45	53	13	38	33	1	4	4	12	.272	.313	.352	665
28	Vic Power	1B	Deceased	Cleveland	147	563	64	151	34	4	5	63	4	3	38	16	1	8	12	19	.268	.309	.369	678
29	Bill Bruton	OF	Deceased	Detroit	160	596	99	153	15	5	17	63	22	6	61	66	3	5	3	9	.257	.327	.384	711
30	Willie Kirkland	OF	Retired	Cleveland	146	525	84	136	22	5	27	95	7	0	48	77	1	4	7	3	.259	.318	.474	792
31	Leon Wagner	OF	Deceased	LA Angels	133	453	74	127	19	2	28	79	5	1	48	65	3	0	7	5	.280	.348	.517	865
32	Jerry Lumpe	2B	Retired	KC Athletics	148	569	81	167	29	9	3	54	1	0	48	39	2	4	4	10	.293	.348	.392	740
33	Ken Hunt	OF	Retired	LA Angels	149	479	70	122	29	3	25	84	8	2	49	120	4	3	6	12	.255	.325	.484	809
34	Woodie Held	SS-OF	Deceased	Cleveland	146	509	67	136	23	5	23	78	0	0	69	111	3	3	6	14	.267	.354	.468	822
35	Gary Geiger	OF	Deceased	Boston	140	499	82	116	21	6	18	64	16	4	87	91	4	6	3	7	.232	.349	.407	756
36	Jim Piersall	OF	Retired	Cleveland	121	484	81	156	26	7	6	40	8	2	43	46	2	4	3	18	.322	.378	.442	820
37	Jackie Brandt	OF	Retired	Baltimore	139	516	93	153	18	5	16	72	10	2	62	51	1	2	3	17	.297	.371	.444	815
38	Earl Battey	C	Deceased	Minnesota	133	460	70	139	24	1	17	55	3	3	53	66	3	5	1	18	.302	.377	.470	847
39	Frank Malzone	3B	Retired	Boston	151	590	74	157	21	4	14	87	1	3	44	49	1	0	9	19	.266	.314	.386	700
40	Carl Yastrzemski	OF-LF	Retired	Boston	148	583	71	155	31	6	11	80	6	5	50	96	3	2	5	19	.266	.324	.396	720
41	Sherm Lollar	C	Deceased	Chi White Sox	116	337	38	95	10	1	7	41	0	0	37	22	6	1	3	5	.282	.360	.380	740
42	Lee Thomas	OF-1B	Retired	LA Angels	130	450	77	128	11	5	24	70	0	5	47	74	2	2	3	12	.284	.353	.491	844
		OF-1B	Retired	NY Yankees	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1000
43	Steve Boros	3B	Retired	Detroit	116	396	51	107	18	2	5	62	4	2	68	42	8	6	7	8	.270	.382	.364	746
44	Marty Keough	OF-1B	Retired	Washington	135	390	57	97	18	9	9	34	12	5	32	60	2	4	3	6	.249	.307	.410	717
45	Leo Posada	OF	Retired	KC Athletics	116	344	37	87	10	4	7	53	0	0	36	84	4	4	12	8	.253	.321	.366	687
46	Don Buddin	SS	Deceased	Boston	115	339	58	89	22	3	6	42	2	1	72	45	2	6	1	7	.263	.394	.398	792
47	Zoilo Versalles	SS	Deceased	Minnesota	129	510	65	143	25	5	7	53	16	9	25	61	1	4	2	8	.280	.314	.390	704
48	Chuck Hinton	OF	Deceased	Washington	106	339	51	88	13	5	6	34	22	5	40	81	1	0	3	5	.260	.337	.381	718
49	Ron Hansen	SS	Retired	Baltimore	155	533	51	132	13	2	12	51	1	3	66	96	1	3	4	19	.248	.329	.347	676
50	Bill Monbouquette	P	Retired	Boston	33	69	6	9	0	0	0	5	0	0	10	29	0	14	0	1	.130	.241	.130	371
Rank	Player	Position	Status	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	GDP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
51	Clete Boyer	3B	Deceased	NY Yankees	148	504	61	113	19	5	11	55	1	3	63	83	2	1	8	13	.224	.308	.347	655
52	Johnny Blanchard	OF-C	Deceased	NY Yankees	93	243	38	74	10	1	21	54	1	0	27	28	4	0	1	6	.305	.382	.613	995
53	Jim Lemon	OF	Deceased	Minnesota	129	423	57	109	26	1	14	52	1	1	44	98	4	2	6	11	.258	.329	.423	752
54	Johnny Temple	2B	Deceased	Cleveland	129	518	73	143	22	3	3	30	9	5	61	36	0	7	2	12	.276	.351	.347	698
55	Don Schwall	P	Retired	Boston	27	61	5	11	2	0	0	6	0	0	1	10	0	11	0	1	.180	.194	.213	407
56	Elston Howard	C-OF	Deceased	NY Yankees	129	446	64	155	17	5	21	77	0	3	28	65	3	1	4	5	.348	.387	.549	936
57	Jack Fisher	P	Retired	Baltimore	36	56	2	5	0	0	0	2	0	0	4	25	1	10	0	1	.089	.164	.089	253
58	Gus Triandos	C	Deceased	Baltimore	115	397	35	97	21	0	17	63	0	0	44	60	1	1	2	13	.244	.320	.426	746
59	Dale Long	1B	Deceased	Washington	123	377	52	94	20	4	17	49	0	0	39	41	1	0	6	7	.249	.317	.459	776
60	Floyd Robinson	OF	Retired	Chi White Sox	132	432	69	134	20	7	11	59	7	4	52	32	4	3	1	4	.310	.389	.465	854
61	Bill Tuttle	OF	Deceased	KC Athletics	25	84	15	22	2	2	0	8	0	0	9	9	0	2	0	2	.262	.333	.333	666
		OF	Deceased	Minnesota	113	370	38	91	12	3	5	38	1	3	43	41	0	7	5	13	.246	.321	.335	656
62	Bubba Phillips	3B-OF	Deceased	Cleveland	143	546	64	144	23	1	18	72	1	0	29	61	5	7	3	14	.264	.305	.408	713
63	Coot Veal	SS	Retired	Washington	69	218	21	44	10	0	0	8	1	8	19	29	3	10	2	3	.202	.273	.248	521
64	Willie Tasby	OF	Retired	Washington	141	494	54	124	13	2	17	63	4	10	58	94	2	3	4	15	.251	.330	.389	719
65	Steve Barber	P	Deceased	Baltimore	37	80	6	13	1	0	2	6	0	0	5	42	1	9	0	0	.162	.221	.250	471
66	Del Rice	C	Deceased	LA Angels	44	83	11	20	4	0	4	11	0	1	20	19	0	3	1	1	.241	.385	.434	819
67	Chuck Estrada	P	Retired	Baltimore	33	70	4	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	32	0	9	0	2	.114	.139	.129	268
68	Ted Kluszewski	1B	Deceased	LA Angels	107	263	32	64	12	0	15	39	0	0	24	23	0	0	3	4	.243	.303	.460	763
69	Gene Green	C-OF	Deceased	Washington	110	364	52	102	16	3	18	62	0	2	35	65	1	0	5	26	.280	.341	.489	830
70	Gary Bell	P	Retired	Cleveland	34	81	8	16	1	0	0	9	0	0	4	17	0	9	1	0	.198	.233	.210	443
71	Yogi Berra	C	Retired	NY Yankees	119	395	62	107	11	0	22	61	2	0	35	28	2	0	5	7	.271	.330	.466	796
72	Whitey Herzog	OF	Retired	Baltimore	113	323	39	94	11	6	5	35	1	4	50	41	1	2	1	6	.291	.387	.409	796
73	Jackie Jensen	OF	Deceased	Boston	137	498	64	131	21	2	13	66	9	8	66	69	3	2	4	16	.263	.350	.392	742
74	Chuck Cottier	2B	Retired	Detroit	10	7	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	.286	.375	.286	661
		2B	Retired	Washington	101	337	37	79	14	4	2	34	9	1	30	51	1	6	4	5	.234	.296	.318	614
75	Steve Bilko	1B	Deceased	LA Angels	114	294	49	82	16	1	20	59	1	1	58	81	0	0	2	9	.279	.395	.544	939
Rank	Player	Position	Status	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	GDP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
76	Wayne Causey	SS-2B	Retired	KC Athletics	104	312	37	86	14	1	8	49	0	0	37	28	0	8	4	5	.276	.348	.404	752
77	Chico Fernandez	SS	Retired	Detroit	133	435	41	108	15	4	3	40	8	5	36	45	0	4	1	14	.248	.305	.322	627
78	Dick McAuliffe	2B-SS	Retired	Detroit	80	285	36	73	12	4	6	33	2	3	24	39	4	1	1	5	.256	.322	.389	711
79	Earl Averill	C-OF	Retired	LA Angels	115	323	56	86	9	0	21	59	1	0	62	70	2	1	4	9	.266	.384	.489	873
80	Eli Grba	P	Retired	LA Angels	42	64	8	15	3	0	2	11	0	0	6	17	1	8	1	1	.234	.306	.375	681
81	Bud Zipfel	1B-OF	Retired	Washington	50	170	17	34	7	5	4	18	1	1	15	49	0	3	2	3	.200	.262	.371	633
82	Reno Bertoia	3B-2B	Deceased	Detroit	24	46	6	10	1	0	1	4	2	0	3	8	0	2	0	0	.217	.265	.304	569
		3B-2B	Deceased	KC Athletics	39	120	12	29	2	0	0	13	1	0	9	15	0	4	4	6	.242	.286	.258	544
		3B-2B	Deceased	Minnesota	35	104	17	22	2	0	1	8	0	0	20	12	0	2	2	3	.212	.333	.260	593
83	Jerry Adair	2B-SS	Deceased	Baltimore	133	386	41	102	21	1	9	37	5	2	35	51	2	1	4	6	.264	.326	.394	720

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