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1961 National League Team Statistics

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Other Leagues: Major Leagues, AL

Pennant Winner: Cincinnati Reds

NL Most Valuable Player: Frank Robinson

ML Cy Young: Whitey Ford

NL Rookie of the Year: Billy Williams

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National League Detailed Standings

Explanation of Simple Rating System (SRS)

National League Detailed Standings
Rk	Tm	W	L	W-L%	GB	GBsum	R	RA	Rdiff	SOS	SRS	pythWL	Luck	Home	Road	ExInn	1Run	vRHP	vLHP	≥.500	<.500
1	Cincinnati Reds	93	61	.604	--		4.6	4.2	0.4	0.0	0.3	83-71	10	47-30	46-31	6-3	34-14	58-35	35-26	53-35	40-26
2	Los Angeles Dodgers	89	65	.578	4.0	4.0	4.8	4.5	0.2	0.0	0.2	81-73	8	45-32	44-33	13-4	33-15	71-48	18-17	44-44	45-21
3	San Francisco Giants	85	69	.552	8.0	12.0	5.0	4.2	0.8	-0.1	0.7	89-65	-4	45-32	40-37	7-6	29-27	58-41	27-28	42-46	43-23
4	Milwaukee Braves	83	71	.539	10.0	18.0	4.6	4.2	0.4	0.0	0.3	83-71	0	45-32	38-39	10-6	30-33	56-46	27-25	42-46	41-25
5	St. Louis Cardinals	80	74	.519	13.0	30.0	4.5	4.3	0.2	0.0	0.2	81-73	-1	48-29	32-45	4-8	18-30	47-51	33-23	39-49	41-25
6	Pittsburgh Pirates	75	79	.487	18.0	55.0	4.5	4.4	0.1	0.0	0.1	79-75	-4	38-39	37-40	1-7	22-27	52-46	23-33	49-61	26-18
7	Chicago Cubs	64	90	.416	29.0	121.0	4.4	5.1	-0.7	0.1	-0.6	67-87	-3	40-37	24-53	7-9	23-27	45-53	19-37	40-70	24-20
8	Philadelphia Phillies	47	107	.305	46.0	240.0	3.8	5.1	-1.4	0.2	-1.2	56-98	-9	22-55	25-52	6-11	19-35	25-67	22-40	31-79	16-28
	Average	77	77	.500			4.5	4.5				77-76		41-35	35-41	6-6	26-26	51-48	25-28	42-53	34-23

Postseason

Team Standard Batting

Team Standard Batting Table
Tm	#Bat	BatAge	R/G	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	LOB
Chicago Cubs	37	27.2	4.42	156	6001	5344	689	1364	238	51	176	650	35	25	539	1027	.255	.325	.418	.743	96	2232	115	32	52	33	64	1118
Cincinnati Reds	37	26.9	4.61	154	5798	5243	710	1414	247	35	158	675	70	33	423	761	.270	.325	.421	.745	96	2205	109	29	50	51	59	1018
Los Angeles Dodgers	34	27.8	4.77	154	5940	5189	735	1358	193	40	157	673	86	45	596	796	.262	.338	.405	.743	91	2102	117	23	96	36	53	1095
Milwaukee Braves	40	28.8	4.59	155	5958	5288	712	1365	199	34	188	662	70	43	534	880	.258	.328	.415	.743	103	2196	133	34	62	40	50	1093
Philadelphia Phillies	38	25.8	3.77	155	5870	5213	584	1265	185	50	103	549	56	30	475	928	.243	.310	.357	.667	79	1859	130	46	108	28	46	1057
Pittsburgh Pirates	37	29.3	4.51	154	5867	5311	694	1448	232	57	128	646	26	30	428	721	.273	.328	.410	.738	96	2178	140	27	64	37	51	1080
San Francisco Giants	32	26.8	4.99	155	5889	5233	773	1379	219	32	183	709	79	54	506	764	.264	.329	.423	.752	102	2211	124	30	70	48	58	981
St. Louis Cardinals	40	28.3	4.54	155	5945	5307	703	1436	236	51	103	657	46	28	494	745	.271	.334	.393	.727	86	2083	108	33	70	40	61	1143
League Average	35	27.6	4.52	155	5908	5266	700	1379	219	44	150	653	58	36	499	828	.262	.327	.405	.732	94	2133	122	32	72	39	55	1073
	279	27.6	4.52	1238	47268	42128	5600	11029	1749	350	1196	5221	468	288	3995	6622	.262	.327	.405	.732	94	17066	976	254	572	313	442	8585

Team Standard Pitching

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For seasons prior to 1969, some play-by-play data is missing, so some positional splits will be slightly less than 100% complete. Marked with '-i'

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