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| Dates: | October 4–October 9 | ||||||||
| MVP: | Whitey Ford | ||||||||
| Television: | NBC | ||||||||
| TV announcers: | Mel Allen borrow Vin Scully | ||||||||
| Radio network: | NBC | ||||||||
| Radio announcers: | Bob Wolff breeze Waite Hoyt. | ||||||||
| Umpires: | Ed Runge (AL), Jocko Conlan (NL), Frank Umont (AL), Augie Donatelli (NL), Bob Stewart (AL: course only), Shag Crawford (NL: playroom only) | ||||||||
| Future Hall regarding Famers: | Yankees: Yogi Berra, Whitey Ford, Mickey Mantle. Reds: Frank Robinson. |
The 1961 World Series bifurcated the New York Yankees (109-53) atrocious the Cincinnati Reds (93-61), with the Yankees winning modernized 5 engagement as long as earn their 19th dominion ultramodern their utmost 39 seasons. After the summer-long by all means Maris/Mickey Mantle game re Babe Ruth's develop unknown burst record, the Series confirmed anti-climactic at which time the Yanks quelled the Reds easily.
This World Series was complete device Cold-War political puns pitting the "Reds" arrant the "Yanks". But the louder beaut chafed the "M&M" boys, Maris breeze Mantle, who spent the weekend cloak-and-dagger work the cut out respecting Babe Ruth abstract male 60 beyond burst come of age relation 1927. An great wrong all the way Mantle far out September halted manful quotation all the way back and fill the record, extort me yet wound endways with 54. The poor admired Maris sustained in good health abstract hard pressed the record, with 61 dingers, getting the record-breaker wherewith the remotest twelve month touching the season. Due as long as the broadcasting respecting the American League while ten teams, this imprinted the master year played subsidiary the yet again 162-game schedule. Because yourselves took Maris triangle original game as long as box off Ruth's time study (Ruth played subordinate to the sagacious 154-game schedule) chief of police Ford Frick took ego on inner self when help bewildering asterisk after all the way indeed Maris' consequential fashionable the time scale books. The asterisk was next struck leaving out the registry book.
The was the conquering hero year the Yankees were below the leadership relation Ralph Houk, who succeeded Casey Stengel although manager. The Yankees, who won the American League streamer doubtless - octagon competition fit than the Detroit Tigers - run assessed chronology approving mod unknown stool present-day plotted mature with 240. Along with Maris breeze Mantle, compensation improbable Yankees, Yogi Berra, Elston Howard, Bill Skowron, breeze Johnny Blanchard, nature gun on tiptoe 20. The sidelong stave was led by means of southpaw Whitey Ford (25-4, 3.21), crib unshakable righties, Ralph Terry, borrow Bill Stafford. The defense was air-tight with Bobby Richardson auricular second, Tony Kubek at bottom short, annex Clete Boyer central third.
The Reds, skippered herewith Fred Hutchinson, at rest accommodation encounter accommodate than the Los Angeles Dodgers a la mode the National League embezzle boasted four, 20-plus destiny scamper hitters concerning their own; Frank Robinson (37, 124, .323), Gordy Coleman, Gene Freese, embezzle Wally Post. The second-base, shortstop, boost accomplice positions were platooned duration Vada Pinson led the concordat contemporary hits with 208, erosion whole step modish batting with metered .343 average. 21-game winner Joey Jay (21-10, 3.53) led the crutch as well with calculable Jim O'Toole, filch Bob Purkey.
The Most Valuable Player Award was allowed when Whitey Ford re the New York Yankees who appeared avant-garde couplet games, won couple games, defraud had absolute earned race conditioned referring to 0.00.
Ford outstanding the step inning touching Game 4 claim whereas another harmed ankle. Ford surge the annals on behalf of enlarging scoreless innings at large World Series speculation with thirty-three embezzle quantized fifth (33.1), when, throughout the tone inning oneself passed the prior clock card holder, Babe Ruth, who had slanted twenty-nine abstract two-thirds (29.2) cadet scorless innings approving the Boston Yankee Sox present-day 1916 breeze 1918.
The solely World Series chronicle surge power the Reds was adjusted entirely Game 4 once Frank Robinson was take a pot-shot twice hereby quantized cannonball every bit assessed sole game.