Awards Voting for 1961
Award Index
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1961 American League Most Valuable Player
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1st Max | Season Results Rk Name Team Place Points Points Share| AB H HR BA OPS SB| W-L IP ERA WHIP SO SV +--+----------------+----+-----+------+------+-----+-----+---+--+-----+-----+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+ 1 Roger Maris NYY 7 202 280 0.72 | 590 159 61 .269 .992 0| 2 Mickey Mantle NYY 6 198 280 0.71 | 514 163 54 .317 1.135 12| 3 Jim Gentile BAL 5 157 280 0.56 | 486 147 46 .302 1.069 1| 4 Norm Cash DET 1 151 280 0.54 | 535 193 41 .361 1.149 11| 5 Whitey Ford NYY 0 102 280 0.36 | 96 17 0 .177 .454 0| 25-4 283 3.21 1.18 209 6 Luis Arroyo NYY 1 95 280 0.34 | 25 7 0 .280 .640 0| 15-5 119 2.19 1.11 87 29 7 Frank Lary DET 0 53 280 0.19 | 108 25 1 .231 .537 0| 23-9 275 3.24 1.15 146 8 Rocky Colavito DET 0 51 280 0.18 | 583 169 45 .290 .982 1| 9 Al Kaline DET 0 35 280 0.12 | 586 190 19 .324 .908 14| 10 Elston Howard NYY 0 30 280 0.11 | 446 155 21 .348 .936 0| 11 Harmon Killebrew MIN 0 29 280 0.10 | 541 156 46 .288 1.011 1| 12 Luis Aparicio CHW 0 16 280 0.06 | 625 170 6 .272 .665 53| 13 Jim Piersall CLE 0 10 280 0.04 | 484 156 6 .322 .820 8| 14 Steve Barber BAL 0 7 280 0.02 | 80 13 2 .163 .471 0| 18-12 248 3.33 1.30 150 1 14 Don Schwall BOS 0 7 280 0.02 | 61 11 0 .180 .407 0| 15-7 179 3.22 1.55 91 14 Norm Siebern KCA 0 7 280 0.02 | 560 166 18 .296 .859 2| 17 Dick Donovan WSA 0 5 280 0.02 | 56 10 1 .179 .508 0| 10-10 169 2.40 1.03 62 17 Bubba Phillips CLE 0 5 280 0.02 | 546 144 18 .264 .713 1| 19 Brooks Robinson BAL 0 4 280 0.01 | 668 192 7 .287 .731 1| 19 Chuck Schilling BOS 0 4 280 0.01 | 646 167 5 .259 .667 7| 21 Tom Morgan LAA 0 3 280 0.01 | 12 1 0 .083 .237 0| 8-2 92 2.36 0.99 39 10 21 Al Smith CHW 0 3 280 0.01 | 532 148 28 .278 .854 4| 23 Yogi Berra NYY 0 2 280 0.01 | 395 107 22 .271 .796 2| 24 Bobby Richardson NYY 0 1 280 0.00 | 662 173 3 .261 .611 9| 24 Johnny Romano CLE 0 1 280 0.00 | 509 152 21 .299 .860 0| 24 Lee Thomas TOT 0 1 280 0.00 | +452 129 24 .285 .844 0| 24 Hoyt Wilhelm BAL 0 1 280 0.00 | 20 1 0 .050 .186 0| 9-7 110 2.30 1.19 87 18
1961 National League Most Valuable Player
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1st Max | Season Results Rk Name Team Place Points Points Share| AB H HR BA OPS SB| W-L IP ERA WHIP SO SV +--+----------------+----+-----+------+------+-----+-----+---+--+-----+-----+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+ 1 Frank Robinson CIN 15 219 224 0.98 | 545 176 37 .323 1.015 22| 2 Orlando Cepeda SFG 0 117 224 0.52 | 585 182 46 .311 .971 12| 3 Vada Pinson CIN 0 104 224 0.46 | 607 208 16 .343 .883 23| 4 Roberto Clemente PIT 0 81 224 0.36 | 572 201 23 .351 .949 4| 5 Joey Jay CIN 1 74 224 0.33 | 89 8 0 .090 .234 0| 21-10 247 3.53 1.25 157 6 Willie Mays SFG 0 70 224 0.31 | 572 176 40 .308 .977 18| 7 Ken Boyer STL 0 43 224 0.19 | 589 194 24 .329 .930 6| 8 Hank Aaron MLN 0 39 224 0.17 | 603 197 34 .327 .975 21| 9 Maury Wills LAD 0 36 224 0.16 | 613 173 1 .282 .685 35| 10 Jim O'Toole CIN 0 31 224 0.14 | 93 16 0 .172 .389 0| 19-9 253 3.10 1.27 178 2 10 Warren Spahn MLN 0 31 224 0.14 | 94 21 4 .223 .705 0| 21-13 263 3.02 1.14 115 12 Stu Miller SFG 0 26 224 0.12 | 20 4 0 .200 .583 1| 14-5 122 2.66 1.08 89 17 13 Wally Moon LAD 0 22 224 0.10 | 463 152 17 .328 .939 7| 14 George Altman CHC 0 9 224 0.04 | 518 157 27 .303 .913 6| 14 Johnny Podres LAD 0 9 224 0.04 | 69 16 0 .232 .511 0| 18-5 183 3.74 1.33 124 16 Roy McMillan MLN 0 8 224 0.04 | 505 111 7 .220 .598 2| 17 Eddie Mathews MLN 0 7 224 0.03 | 572 175 32 .306 .937 12| 18 Sandy Koufax LAD 0 5 224 0.02 | 77 5 0 .065 .228 0| 18-13 256 3.52 1.20 269 1 19 Johnny Roseboro LAD 0 4 224 0.02 | 394 99 18 .251 .805 6| 20 Jim Brosnan CIN 0 3 224 0.01 | 13 2 0 .154 .368 0| 10-4 80 3.04 1.19 40 16 21 Joe Torre MLN 0 2 224 0.01 | 406 113 10 .278 .754 3| 22 Larry Jackson STL 0 1 224 0.00 | 74 13 0 .176 .478 0| 14-11 211 3.75 1.23 113 22 Jerry Lynch CIN 0 1 224 0.00 | 181 57 13 .315 1.031 2| 22 Bobby Malkmus PHI 0 1 224 0.00 | 342 79 7 .231 .603 1| 22 Dick Stuart PIT 0 1 224 0.00 | 532 160 35 .301 .925 0|
1961 Major League Cy Young Award
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1st Max | Season Results Rk Name Team Place Points Points Share| W-L IP ERA WHIP SO SV +--+----------------+----+-----+------+------+-----+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+ 1 Whitey Ford NYY 9 9 18 0.50 | 25-4 283 3.21 1.18 209 2 Warren Spahn MLN 6 6 18 0.33 | 21-13 263 3.02 1.14 115 3 Frank Lary DET 2 2 18 0.11 | 23-9 275 3.24 1.15 146
1961 American League Rookie of the Year
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1st Max | Season Results Rk Name Team Place Points Points Share| AB H HR BA OPS SB| W-L IP ERA WHIP SO SV +--+----------------+----+-----+------+------+-----+-----+---+--+-----+-----+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+ 1 Don Schwall BOS 7 7 20 0.35 | 61 11 0 .180 .407 0| 15-7 179 3.22 1.55 91 2 Dick Howser KCA 6 6 20 0.30 | 611 171 3 .280 .739 37| 3 Floyd Robinson CHW 2 2 20 0.10 | 432 134 11 .310 .854 7| 3 Chuck Schilling BOS 2 2 20 0.10 | 646 167 5 .259 .667 7| 3 Lee Thomas TOT 2 2 20 0.10 | +452 129 24 .285 .844 0| 6 Jake Wood DET 1 1 20 0.05 | 663 171 11 .258 .696 30|
1961 National League Rookie of the Year
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1st Max | Season Results Rk Name Team Place Points Points Share| AB H HR BA OPS SB| W-L IP ERA WHIP SO SV +--+----------------+----+-----+------+------+-----+-----+---+--+-----+-----+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+ 1 Billy Williams CHC 10 10 16 0.62 | 529 147 25 .278 .822 6| 2 Joe Torre MLN 5 5 16 0.31 | 406 113 10 .278 .754 3| 3 Jack Curtis CHC 1 1 16 0.06 | 60 10 2 .167 .586 0| 10-13 180 4.89 1.50 57