1961 MLB Leaders, AL
Who led the AL in 1961, in every category MLB records. Final.
Batting
Batting Average
AVG- 1 Norm Cash .361
- 2 Al Kaline .324
- 3 Jim Piersall .322
- 4 Mickey Mantle .317
- 5 Jim Gentile .303
Home Runs
HR- 1 Roger Maris 61
- 2 Mickey Mantle 54
- 3 Harmon Killebrew 46
- 3 Jim Gentile 46
- 5 Rocky Colavito 45
Runs Batted In
RBI- 1 Roger Maris 142
- 2 Jim Gentile 141
- 3 Rocky Colavito 140
- 4 Norm Cash 132
- 5 Mickey Mantle 128
Hits
H- 1 Norm Cash 193
- 2 Brooks Robinson 192
- 3 Al Kaline 190
- 4 Tito Francona 178
- 5 Bobby Richardson 173
Runs
R- 1 Roger Maris 132
- 1 Mickey Mantle 132
- 3 Rocky Colavito 129
- 4 Norm Cash 119
- 5 Al Kaline 116
Stolen Bases
SB- 1 Luis Aparicio 53
- 2 Dick Howser 37
- 3 Jake Wood 30
- 4 Bill Bruton 22
- 4 Chuck Hinton 22
- 1 Norm Cash 1.148
- 2 Mickey Mantle 1.135
- 3 Jim Gentile 1.069
- 4 Harmon Killebrew 1.012
- 5 Roger Maris .993
Pitching
- 1 Dick Donovan 2.40
- 2 Bill Stafford 2.68
- 3 Don Mossi 2.96
- 4 Milt Pappas 3.04
- 5 Juan Pizarro 3.05
Wins
W- 1 Whitey Ford 25
- 2 Frank Lary 23
- 3 Steve Barber 18
- 4 Jim Bunning 17
- 5 Ralph Terry 16
Strikeouts
SO- 1 Camilo Pascual 221
- 2 Whitey Ford 209
- 3 Jim Bunning 194
- 4 Juan Pizarro 188
- 5 Ken McBride 180
Saves
SV- 1 Luis Arroyo 29
- 2 Hoyt Wilhelm 18
- 3 Mike Fornieles 15
- 4 Ray Moore 14
- 5 Terry Fox 12
Walks + Hits / IP
WHIP- 1 Dick Donovan 1.03
- 2 Ralph Terry 1.08
- 3 Hal Brown 1.12
- 4 Jim Bunning 1.13
- 5 Frank Lary 1.16
- 1 Whitey Ford 283.0
- 2 Frank Lary 275.1
- 3 Jim Bunning 268.0
- 4 Pedro Ramos 264.1
- 5 Camilo Pascual 252.1
Other seasons
The same page, for the years either side.