1961 Major League Baseball Leaders

1961 Major League Baseball Teams, Rosters and Statistics
1961 Major League Baseball Standings

Hits Leaders

Player	Team	Hits	2B	3B	HR
Vada Pinson	Cincinnati Reds	208	34	8	16
Roberto Clemente	Pittsburgh Pirates	201	30	10	23
Hank Aaron	Milwaukee Braves	197	39	10	34
Ken Boyer	St. Louis Cardinals	194	26	11	24
Norm Cash	Detroit Tigers	193	22	8	41
Brooks Robinson	Baltimore Orioles	192	38	7	7
Al Kaline	Detroit Tigers	190	41	7	19
Orlando Cepeda	San Francisco Giants	182	28	4	46
Tito Francona	Cleveland Indians	178	30	8	16
Willie Mays	San Francisco Giants	176	32	3	40
Frank Robinson	Cincinnati Reds	176	32	7	37

Home Run Leaders

Player	Team	HR
Roger Maris	New York Yankees	61
Mickey Mantle	New York Yankees	54
Orlando Cepeda	San Francisco Giants	46
Jim Gentile	Baltimore Orioles	46
Harmon Killebrew	Minnesota Twins	46
Rocky Colavito	Detroit Tigers	45
Norm Cash	Detroit Tigers	41
Willie Mays	San Francisco Giants	40
Frank Robinson	Cincinnati Reds	37
Joe Adcock	Milwaukee Braves	35
Dick Stuart	Pittsburgh Pirates	35

Doubles Leaders

Player	Team	2B
Al Kaline	Detroit Tigers	41
Hank Aaron	Milwaukee Braves	39
Tony Kubek	New York Yankees	38
Brooks Robinson	Baltimore Orioles	38
Norm Siebern	Kansas City Athletics	36
Vada Pinson	Cincinnati Reds	34
Vic Power	Cleveland Indians	34
Willie Mays	San Francisco Giants	32
Frank Robinson	Cincinnati Reds	32
Ron Santo	Chicago Cubs	32

Triples Leaders

Player	Team	3B
Jake Wood	Detroit Tigers	14
George Altman	Chicago Cubs	12
Ken Boyer	St. Louis Cardinals	11
Johnny Callison	Philadelphia Phillies	11
Bill White	St. Louis Cardinals	11
Hank Aaron	Milwaukee Braves	10
Roberto Clemente	Pittsburgh Pirates	10
Maury Wills	Los Angeles Dodgers	10
Ruben Amaro	Philadelphia Phillies	9
Marty Keough	Washington Senators	9
Jerry Lumpe	Kansas City Athletics	9

RBI Leaders

Player	Team	RBI
Orlando Cepeda	San Francisco Giants	142
Roger Maris	New York Yankees	142
Jim Gentile	Baltimore Orioles	141
Rocky Colavito	Detroit Tigers	140
Norm Cash	Detroit Tigers	132
Mickey Mantle	New York Yankees	128
Frank Robinson	Cincinnati Reds	124
Willie Mays	San Francisco Giants	123
Harmon Killebrew	Minnesota Twins	122
Hank Aaron	Milwaukee Braves	120

Wins Leaders

Player	Team	W	L
Whitey Ford	New York Yankees	25	4
Frank Lary	Detroit Tigers	23	9
Joey Jay	Cincinnati Reds	21	10
Warren Spahn	Milwaukee Braves	21	13
Jim O'Toole	Cincinnati Reds	19	9
Steve Barber	Baltimore Orioles	18	12
Lew Burdette	Milwaukee Braves	18	11
Sandy Koufax	Los Angeles Dodgers	18	13
Johnny Podres	Los Angeles Dodgers	18	5
Jim Bunning	Detroit Tigers	17	11

Shutout Leaders

Player	Team	SHO
Steve Barber	Baltimore Orioles	8
Camilo Pascual	Minnesota Twins	8
Jim Bunning	Detroit Tigers	4
Joey Jay	Cincinnati Reds	4
Frank Lary	Detroit Tigers	4
Milt Pappas	Baltimore Orioles	4
Warren Spahn	Milwaukee Braves	4
Hal Brown	Baltimore Orioles	3
Lew Burdette	Milwaukee Braves	3
Don Cardwell	Chicago Cubs	3
Don Drysdale	Los Angeles Dodgers	3
Whitey Ford	New York Yankees	3
Joe Gibbon	Pittsburgh Pirates	3
Mudcat Grant	Cleveland Indians	3
Larry Jackson	St. Louis Cardinals	3
Art Mahaffey	Philadelphia Phillies	3
Juan Marichal	San Francisco Giants	3
Mike McCormick	San Francisco Giants	3
Jim O'Toole	Cincinnati Reds	3
Pedro Ramos	Minnesota Twins	3
Bill Stafford	New York Yankees	3

Strikeout Leaders

Player	Team	SO
Sandy Koufax	Los Angeles Dodgers	269
Camilo Pascual	Minnesota Twins	221
Whitey Ford	New York Yankees	209
Stan Williams	Los Angeles Dodgers	205
Jim Bunning	Detroit Tigers	194
Juan Pizarro	Chicago White Sox	188
Don Drysdale	Los Angeles Dodgers	182
Ken McBride	Los Angeles Angels	180
Jim O'Toole	Cincinnati Reds	178
Pedro Ramos	Minnesota Twins	174

Save Leaders

Player	Team	SV
Luis Arroyo	New York Yankees	29
Hoyt Wilhelm	Baltimore Orioles	18
Roy Face	Pittsburgh Pirates	17
Stu Miller	San Francisco Giants	17
Jim Brosnan	Cincinnati Reds	16
Bill Henry	Cincinnati Reds	16
Mike Fornieles	Boston Red Sox	15
Larry Sherry	Los Angeles Dodgers	15
Ray Moore	Minnesota Twins	14
Terry Fox	Detroit Tigers	12

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