schedule and no one could foresee what an uproar that would cause when Roger Maris chased the Babe’s single season HR record. Because of this expansion, 8 games were added to the A.L. would add the New York Mets and the Houston Colt 45s, the old Washington Senators moved to Minnesota to become the Twins, while the league added Los Angeles (the Angels) and Washington (the Senators). The Reds also had more than adequate pitching with starters Joey Jay (21-10, 3.53), Jim O’Toole (19-9 3.09) and Bob Purkey (16-12, 3.73) while the bullpen of Jim Brosnan (3.04 16 saves) and Bill Henry (2.21 16 saves) shut down opponents in the late innings. stood pat with 8 teams as Cincinnati surprised baseball prognosticators in winning the pennant by 4 games over the Dodgers behind the hitting of Frank Robinson (.323, 37-124) and Vada Pinson (.343, 16-87). When you think of truly great baseball seasons, only a handful come to mind-1961 is one of them-and debate continues to this day whether the ’27 Yankees or the ’61 Yankees was the better team. APBABaseball 1961(R) card set This is the complete card set, 18 teams, 25 cards per team, in very good condition.
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