1961 MLB Leaders
Who led all of MLB in 1961, in every category MLB records. Final.
Batting
Batting Average
AVG- 1 Norm Cash .361
- 2 Roberto Clemente .351
- 3 Vada Pinson .343
- 4 Ken Boyer .329
- 5 Wally Moon .328
Home Runs
HR- 1 Roger Maris 61
- 2 Mickey Mantle 54
- 3 Orlando Cepeda 46
- 3 Harmon Killebrew 46
- 3 Jim Gentile 46
Runs Batted In
RBI- 1 Roger Maris 142
- 1 Orlando Cepeda 142
- 3 Jim Gentile 141
- 4 Rocky Colavito 140
- 5 Norm Cash 132
Hits
H- 1 Vada Pinson 208
- 2 Roberto Clemente 201
- 3 Hank Aaron 197
- 4 Ken Boyer 194
- 5 Norm Cash 193
Runs
R- 1 Roger Maris 132
- 1 Mickey Mantle 132
- 3 Rocky Colavito 129
- 3 Willie Mays 129
- 5 Norm Cash 119
Stolen Bases
SB- 1 Luis Aparicio 53
- 2 Dick Howser 37
- 3 Maury Wills 35
- 4 Jake Wood 30
- 5 Vada Pinson 23
- 1 Norm Cash 1.148
- 2 Mickey Mantle 1.135
- 3 Jim Gentile 1.069
- 4 Frank Robinson 1.015
- 5 Harmon Killebrew 1.012
Pitching
- 1 Dick Donovan 2.40
- 2 Bill Stafford 2.68
- 3 Don Mossi 2.96
- 4 Warren Spahn 3.02
- 5 Milt Pappas 3.04
Wins
W- 1 Whitey Ford 25
- 2 Frank Lary 23
- 3 Warren Spahn 21
- 3 Joey Jay 21
- 5 Jim O'Toole 19
Strikeouts
SO- 1 Sandy Koufax 269
- 2 Camilo Pascual 221
- 3 Whitey Ford 209
- 4 Stan Williams 205
- 5 Jim Bunning 194
Saves
SV- 1 Luis Arroyo 29
- 2 Hoyt Wilhelm 18
- 3 Stu Miller 17
- 3 Roy Face 17
- 5 Jim Brosnan 16
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 Warren Spahn 1.14
- 1 Whitey Ford 283.0
- 2 Frank Lary 275.1
- 3 Lew Burdette 272.1
- 4 Jim Bunning 268.0
- 5 Pedro Ramos 264.1
Other seasons
The same page, for the years either side.