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The first, the 30th Major League Baseball All-Star Game, was played on July 11, hosted by the San Francisco Giants in San Francisco, California, with the National League winning, 5–4. The second, the 31st Major League Baseball All-Star Game , was played on July 31, hosted by the Boston Red Sox in Boston, Massachusetts , with the game ending ...
December 14, 1960: Bob Cerv was drafted from the Yankees by the Los Angeles Angels in the 1960 MLB expansion draft. [1] January 16, 1961: Mickey Mantle became the highest paid baseball player by signing a $75,000 contract. Prior to 1961 season: Art López was signed as an amateur free agent by the Yankees. [2]
Major League Baseball recognizes the player or players in each league with the most wins each season. In baseball, wins are a statistic used to evaluate pitchers. Credit for a win is given by the official scorer to the pitcher whose team takes and maintains the lead while he is the pitcher of record. If a game is tied or if the lead changes to ...
It's one of the few highlights of the Bucs' disappointing 1961 season. August 6 – Mickey Mantle's 41st and 42nd homers of 1961 help his New York Yankees outlast the visiting Minnesota Twins 7–6 in 15 innings in the first game of a Sunday doubleheader. Mantle's 43rd blast of the season and two runs scored enable the Yanks to sweep by taking ...
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The 1961 Detroit Tigers won 101 games but finished in second place, eight games behind the Yankees.The team's 1961 record tied the 1934 Tigers team record of 101 wins, and only twice in team history have the Tigers won more games: 1968 (103 wins) and 1984 (104 wins).
The 1961 South Atlantic League was a Class A baseball season played between April 17 and September 5. Eight teams played a 140-game schedule, with the top team winning the league pennant and championship.
The 1961 Cincinnati Reds season was a season in American baseball. It consisted of the Reds winning the National League pennant with a 93–61 record, four games ahead of the runner-up Los Angeles Dodgers , but losing the World Series in five games to the New York Yankees .