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Headline Event of the Year

• Roger Maris hits 61 home runs, breaking Babe Ruth's record.

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Champions

Major League Baseball

• World Series: New York Yankees over Cincinnati Reds (4-1); Whitey Ford, MVP
• All-Star Game (#1), July 11 at Candlestick Park: National League, 5-4 (10 innings)
• All-Star Game (#2), July 31 at Fenway Park: 1-1 tie (9 innings, rain)

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Other champions

• College World Series: USC
• Japan Series: Yomiuri Giants over Nankai Hawks (4-2)
• Little League World Series: Northern, El Cajon, California

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Awards and honors

• Most Valuable Player
  • Roger Maris (AL)
  • Frank Robinson (NL)
• Cy Young Award
  • Whitey Ford
• Rookie of the Year
  • Don Schwall (AL)
  • Billy Williams (NL)

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MLB Statistical Leaders

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Major League Baseball final standings

American League final standings

Major league affiliations American League (1901–present) East Division (1969–present) Current uniform Retired Numbers 1, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 8, 9, 10, 15, 16, 23, 32, 37, 44, 49 Name New York Yankees (1913–present) New York Highlanders (1903-1912) Baltimore Orioles (1901-1902) (Also referred to as... Major league affiliations American League (1901–present) Central Division (1998–present) Current uniform Retired Numbers 2, 5, 6, 16, 23, 42 Name Detroit Tigers (1901–present) Other nicknames The Bless You Boys Ballpark Comerica Park (2000–present) Tiger Stadium (1912-1999) Briggs Stadium (1938-1960) Navin Field (1912-1938) Bennett... Major league affiliations American League (1901–present) East Division (1969–present) Current uniform Retired Numbers 4, 5, 8, 20, 22, 33, 42 Name Baltimore Orioles (1954–present) St. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Major league affiliations American League (1901–present) Central Division (1994–present) Current uniform Retired Numbers 3, 5, 14, 18, 19, 21, 42, 455 Name Cleveland Indians (1915–present) Cleveland Naps (1905-1914) Cleveland Bronchos (1902-1904) Cleveland Blues (1901) Other nicknames The Tribe Ballpark Jacobs Field (1994–present) Cleveland Stadium... Major league affiliations American League (1901–present) East Division (1969–present) Current uniform Retired Numbers 1, 4, 8, 9, 27, 42 Name Boston Red Sox (1908–present) Boston Americans (1901-1907) Other nicknames The BoSox, The Olde Towne Team, The Sox Ballpark Fenway Park (1912–present) Huntington Avenue Baseball Grounds... Major league affiliations American League (1901–present) Central Division (1994–present) Current uniform Retired Numbers 3, 6, 14, 29, 34, 42 Name Minnesota Twins (1961–present) Washington Nationals/Senators (1901-1960) Other nicknames The Twinkies Ballpark Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome 1982-present Metropolitan Stadium (1961-1981) Griffith Stadium (1903-1960... Major league affiliations American League (1961–present) West Division (1969–present) Current uniform Retired Numbers 11, 26, 29, 30, 42, 50 Name Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim (2005–present) Anaheim Angels (1997-2004) California Angels (1965-1996) Los Angeles Angels (1961-1965) Other nicknames The Halos, Angelitos (Spanish), Serafines (Spanish... Major league affiliations American League (1961–present) West Division (1972–present) Current uniform Retired Numbers 26, 34, 42 Name Texas Rangers (1972–present) Washington Senators (1961-1971) Other nicknames None in common use Ballpark Rangers Ballpark in Arlington (1994–present) a. ... Major league affiliations American League (1901–present) West Division (1969–present) Current uniform Retired Numbers 9, 27, 34, 42, 43, (As) Name Oakland Athletics (1968–present) Kansas City Athletics (1955-1967) Philadelphia Athletics (1901-1954) (Referred to as As) Other nicknames The As, The White Elephants, The...

National League final standings

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Events

• January 29 - Billy Hamilton and Max Carey are voted into the Hall of Fame by the Veterans Committee.
• March - The Cuban government, led by Fidel Castro, abolishes professional baseball and ends the Cuban League which was started in 1878.
• April 11 - At New York's Yankee Stadium, the Minnesota Twins, in their first game since their move from Washington, shut out the Yankees 6-0. The Twins' Pedro Ramos was the winning pitcher. Ramos had a 2-run single and allowed just 3 singles in beating the Yankee starting pitcher, Whitey Ford.
• April 22 - The Boston Red Sox snap a 13-game losing streak in Chicago's Comiskey Park by edging the Chicago White Sox 7-6 on Pumpsie Green's 11th inning home run.
• April 27 - The Los Angeles Angles drew a disappointing crowd of 11,931 for their home opener against the Minnesota Twins at Los Angeles' Wrigley Field. Ty Cobb, in his last appearance at a ball park, throws out the first ball. The Twins' Camilo Pascual spoils the opener by winning, 4-2, sending the Angels to their 8th loss in 9 games.
• April 30 - San Francisco Giants slugger Willie Mays became the 9th player to hit 4 home runs in a single game as the Giants beat the Milwaukee Braves 14-4 at Milwaukee's County Stadium.
• May 31 - Boston Red Sox outfielder Carroll Hardy pinch-hits for rookie Carl Yastrzemski. On September 20, 1960, Hardy pinch hit for Ted Williams, making him the only player to go in for both future Hall of Famers. Hardy also hit his first major league home run pinch-hitting for Roger Maris when both were at Cleveland (May 18, 1958).
• July 11 - Strong winds at Candlestick Park dominate the first All-Star Game of the season. A capacity crowd sees pitcher Stu Miller blown off the mound in the ninth inning when a balk is called, and it enables the American League to forge a 3–3 tie before losing 5–4 in 10 innings.
• July 17 - Commissioner Ford Frick decrees that Babe Ruth's record of 60 home runs in a 154-game schedule in 1927 "cannot be broken unless some batter hits 61 or more within his club's first 154 games." Two days later, Frick, an old friend of Ruth, announces that should Ruth's record be beaten after 154 games, the record will carry an asterisk. When asked about the ruling, Roger Maris replies, "A season is a season."
• July 31 - At Fenway Park, the second All-Star Game of the year ends in a 1–1 tie as heavy rain halted play. It is the first tie in All-Star history.
• August 11 - Warren Spahn of the Milwaukee Braves records his 300th career win.
• August 22 - Roger Maris becomes the first player to hit his 50th home run of the season in the month of August as the Yankees lose to the Los Angeles Angels 4-3. Angels' pitcher Ken McBride tees up the gopher ball in the 6th inning with one on.
• August 24 - Ageless Satchel Paige signs with Portland of the Pacific Coast League. in 25 innings for the Beavers, he will have a 2.88 ERA.
• September 1 - The Baltimore Orioles' Paul Richards resigned as manager to become the new General Manager of the new Houston National League club. The club would be known as the Houston Colt .45s. Lum Harris takes over as manager of the Orioles.
• September 2 - Milwaukee Braves manager Chuck Dressen (71-58) is fired and executive vice president Birdie Tebbetts becomes the new Braves manager.
• September 26
  • The Cincinnati Reds clinch their first National League pennant since 1940. Homers by Frank Robinson and pinch hitter Jerry Lynch (a tie breaker in the 8th inning) give the Reds an 8-3 win over the Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field.
  • Roger Maris hits his major league record-tying 60th home run of the season, a 3rd inning solo shot against Jack Fisher of the Baltimore Orioles.
• October 1 - Before a small crowd at Yankee Stadium, New York Yankee Roger Maris smacks a 2-0 pitch into right field for his 61st home run of the season (a record that would last until Mark McGwire broke it in 1998).
• October 9 - In Game Five of the World Series, Johnny Blanchard and Héctor López spark a five-run first inning and 13–5 win for the New York Yankees over the Cincinnati Reds. Blanchard and López hit home runs, and López drives in five runs. Bud Daley's long relief effort wraps up the Series, as Ralph Houk becomes the third rookie manager to guide a World Series winner. Whitey Ford is named the Series MVP.

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Births

January-March

• January 5 - Henry Cotto
• January 12 - Casey Candaele
• January 29 - Mike Aldrete
• February 9 - John Kruk
• February 21 - Joel Skinner
• March 5 - Steve Ontiveros
• March 28 - Glenn Davis

January 5 is the 5th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Henry Cotto (born January 5, 1961 in New York City, New York), is a former professional baseball player who played primarily outfield in the Major Leagues from 1984-1993. ... is the 12th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Casey Todd Candaele (born January 12, 1961 in Lompoc, California) was a Major League Baseball player from 1986 to 1997 for the Montreal Expos, Houston Astros, and Cleveland Indians. ... January 29 is the 29th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Michael Peter (Mike) Aldrete (born January 29, 1961 in Carmel, California) is a former utility first baseman/outfielder in Major League Baseball. ... is the 40th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... John Martin Kruk (born February 9, 1961 in Charleston, West Virginia, raised in Keyser, West Virginia in Mineral County the states Potomac Highlands is an American former Major League Baseball player. ... is the 52nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... A Joel Skinner autographed baseball card. ... This article is about the day. ...   Steven Ontiveros (born March 5, 1961 in Tularosa, New Mexico) is a former pitcher in Major League Baseball. ... is the 87th day of the year (88th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Glenn Earle Davis (born March 28, 1961 in Jacksonville, Florida) is a former first baseman in Major League Baseball who played with the Houston Astros (1984-90) and Baltimore Orioles (1991-93). ...

April-June

• April 3 - Tim Crews
• April 9 - Kirk McCaskill
• April 19 - Spike Owen
• April 20 - Don Mattingly
• April 22 - Jimmy Key
• April 26 - Curtis Wilkerson