1961 MLB season (Jayverse)

The 1961 MLB Season is the 61st Season for Major League Baseball and is also the Final Season before the League Expands to 32 Teams

Top Draft Choices
Paul Edmondson (SP) - Chicago White Sox

Roy Gleason (LF) - Boston Red Sox

Tommy John (SP) - Chicago White Sox

Dan McGinn (RP) - Kansas City Monarchs

Merv Rettenmund (RF) - Baltimore Orioles

Jerry Robertson (RP) - St. Louis Cardinals

Vicente Romo (SP) - Cleveland Buckeyes

Jose Vidal (CF) - Pittsburgh Pirates

Nelson Briles (SP) - St. Louis Cardinals

Mike Epstein (1B) - Washington Senators

Bob Gebhard (RP) - Minnesota Twins

John Hiller (RP) - Detroit Tigers

Bob Johnson (SP) - New York Giants

Final Standings
AL East: Detroit Tigers (96-60), Buffalo Bisons (89-67), New York Yankees (87-69), Chicago White Sox (81-75), Boston Red Sox (80-76), Baltimore Orioles (65-91)

AL West: San Francisco Athletics (86-70), Seattle Rainiers (78-78), Los Angeles Angels (72-84), Dallas Rangers (72-84), New Orleans Browns (66-90), Minnesota Twins (64-92)

NL East: Pittsburgh Pirates (91-66), New York Giants (90-67), Brooklyn Dodgers (84-72), Philadelphia Phillies (73-83), Chicago Cubs (72-84), Washington Nationals (64-92)

NL West: Atlanta Braves (84-72), Milwaukee Brewers (81-75), Cincinnati Reds (81-75), St. Louis Cardinals (79-77), Los Angeles Blues (74-82), Cleveland Buckeyes (64-92)

ALCS: San Francisco def. Detroit 4-2

NLCS: Pittsburgh def. Atlanta 4-1

World Series: San Francisco def. Pittsburgh 4-1

League Leaders
Batting Average - Roberto Rangle (Brooklyn) .367

Home Runs - Roger Maris (New York Yankees) 50

RBI - Ted Kluszewski (Detroit) 132

Stolen Bases - Yasumitsu Toyoda (Boston) 29

ERA - Kimio Kuramoto (Detroit) 2.64

Wins - Billy Pierce (Buffalo) 21

Strikeouts - Tom Butters (Philadelphia) 324