1961 MLB Leaders, NL
Who led the NL in 1961, in every category MLB records. Final.
Batting
Batting Average
AVG- 1 Roberto Clemente .351
- 2 Vada Pinson .343
- 3 Ken Boyer .329
- 4 Wally Moon .328
- 5 Hank Aaron .327
Home Runs
HR- 1 Orlando Cepeda 46
- 2 Willie Mays 40
- 3 Frank Robinson 37
- 4 Joe Adcock 35
- 4 Dick Stuart 35
Runs Batted In
RBI- 1 Orlando Cepeda 142
- 2 Frank Robinson 124
- 3 Willie Mays 123
- 4 Hank Aaron 120
- 5 Dick Stuart 117
Hits
H- 1 Vada Pinson 208
- 2 Roberto Clemente 201
- 3 Hank Aaron 197
- 4 Ken Boyer 194
- 5 Orlando Cepeda 182
Runs
R- 1 Willie Mays 129
- 2 Frank Robinson 117
- 3 Hank Aaron 115
- 4 Ken Boyer 109
- 5 Orlando Cepeda 105
Stolen Bases
SB- 1 Maury Wills 35
- 2 Vada Pinson 23
- 3 Frank Robinson 22
- 4 Hank Aaron 21
- 5 Willie Mays 18
- 1 Frank Robinson 1.015
- 2 Willie Mays .977
- 3 Hank Aaron .974
- 4 Orlando Cepeda .970
- 5 Roberto Clemente .949
Pitching
- 1 Warren Spahn 3.02
- 2 Jim O'Toole 3.10
- 3 Curt Simmons 3.13
- 4 Mike McCormick 3.20
- 5 Bob Gibson 3.24
Wins
W- 1 Warren Spahn 21
- 1 Joey Jay 21
- 3 Jim O'Toole 19
- 4 Sandy Koufax 18
- 4 Lew Burdette 18
Strikeouts
SO- 1 Sandy Koufax 269
- 2 Stan Williams 205
- 3 Don Drysdale 182
- 4 Jim O'Toole 178
- 5 Bob Gibson 166
Saves
SV- 1 Stu Miller 17
- 1 Roy Face 17
- 3 Jim Brosnan 16
- 3 Bill Henry 16
- 5 Larry Sherry 15
Walks + Hits / IP
WHIP- 1 Warren Spahn 1.14
- 2 Bob Purkey 1.20
- 3 Lew Burdette 1.20
- 4 Sandy Koufax 1.21
- 5 Larry Jackson 1.23
- 1 Lew Burdette 272.1
- 2 Warren Spahn 262.2
- 3 Don Cardwell 259.1
- 4 Sandy Koufax 255.2
- 5 Jim O'Toole 252.2
Other seasons
The same page, for the years either side.