1961 Major League Baseball season

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/1961_Major_League_Baseball_season

GPTKB entity

Statements (43)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	National Football League
gptkbp:All-Star	No official MVP awarded
gptkbp:American_League_champion	gptkb:New_York_Yankees
gptkbp:American_League_teams	10
gptkbp:endDate	1961-10-09
gptkbp:expansionTeam	gptkb:Los_Angeles_Angels gptkb:Washington_Senators_(1961–1971)
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	1961 Major League Baseball season
gptkbp:MVP	gptkb:Roger_Maris
gptkbp:National_League_champion	gptkb:Cincinnati_Reds
gptkbp:National_League_teams	8
gptkbp:nextSeason	gptkb:1962_Major_League_Baseball_season
gptkbp:NFLMVP	gptkb:Frank_Robinson
gptkbp:notableCoach	gptkb:Ralph_Houk gptkb:Fred_Hutchinson
gptkbp:notableEvent	gptkb:All-Star_Game_held_in_San_Francisco All-Star Game held in Boston Expansion of American League First season with 162 games in AL Frank Robinson led NL in RBIs Jim Gentile hit 46 home runs Mickey Mantle hit 54 home runs NL played 154 games Orlando Cepeda led NL in home runs Roger Maris hit 61 home runs Two All-Star Games played Warren Spahn pitched a no-hitter Whitey Ford won 25 games Yankees defeated Reds 4-1 in World Series
gptkbp:notablePlayer	gptkb:Mickey_Mantle gptkb:Orlando_Cepeda gptkb:Whitey_Ford gptkb:Jim_Gentile
gptkbp:notableRecording	Roger Maris broke Babe Ruth's single-season home run record
gptkbp:number_of_games_per_team	162
gptkbp:numberOfTeams	18
gptkbp:previousSeason	gptkb:1960_Major_League_Baseball_season
gptkbp:runnerUp	gptkb:Cincinnati_Reds
gptkbp:startDate	1961-04-10
gptkbp:World_Series_champion	gptkb:New_York_Yankees
gptkbp:year	1961
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Roger_Maris'_61st_home_run
gptkbp:bfsLayer	6