Roger Maris and Yankee teammate Mickey Mantle engaged in a home race during a pennant race, both trying to pass the season record of 60 home runs hit in 1927 by Yankee Babe Ruth.
In 1961 the American League expanded from 8 to 10 teams and increased its schedule from 154 to 162 games. Both the 1927 and 1961 Yankees played one tie game. Both ties were in April:
Start Time: 3:30 p.m. Local
Attendance: 9,000
Venue: Yankee Stadium I
Game Duration: 2:50
Day Game, on grass
Philadelphia Athletics 9, Yankees 9 TIE after 10 innings
No home runs by either team.
Attendance: 14,126
Venue: Memorial Stadium
Game Duration: 2:09
Night Game, on grass
Second game of doubleheader, see First game. (Orioles 5, Yanks 3)
Yankees 5, Orioles 5 TIE after 7 innings
HR: Bill Skowron (1, off Wes Stock, 4th inn, 3 on, 0 outs to Deep RF Line). Only Yankee home run in the doubleheader.
Maris hit 2 in the previous game. Now Mantle comes right back with 2 homers.
Attendance: 55,676
Venue: Yankee Stadium I
Game Duration: 2:42
Day Game, on grass
Yankees 8, Tigers 5
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Detroit Tigers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 0 |
 | New York Yankees | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 1 |
| WP: Luis Arroyo (13-3) • LP: Gerry Staley (2-5) | |||||||||||||
| Winning Run scored with 2 outs | |||||||||||||
HR: Mickey Mantle 2 (50, 1 off Gerry Staley, 9th inn, 0 on, 0 outs to Deep CF-RF, 1 off Jim Bunning, 1st inn, 1 on, 2 outs to Deep RF)
After Arroyo blew the lead in the 9th, Mantle led off the bottom of the 9th with home run number 50 to tie the game. Bill Skowron won the game with a three run homer.
Yanks sweep three against Tigers at the Stadium to start a 13 game winning streak that blows open the pennant race. Now the focus returns to the home run race.
The 1961 Yankees had played 136 games. Remember those ties in 1927 and 1961 in April of both seasons.
Ruth hit number 44 Sep, 2, 1927 in Philadelphia. Yanks won: 90-37-1 = 128 games. But Sep. 6 & 7, 1927 Ruth hit FIVE home runs in three games: 93-40-1 = 134 games; Ruth had 49 and remained hot the rest of 1927.
Sep. 11, 1927 Yanks lost to the Browns at the Stadium: 96-41-1 = 138 games; Ruth hit number 50. He'll hit another 10 home runs in the final 17 games.
1961:
| Tm | W | L | GB | RS | RA | pythW-L% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NYY | 90 | 45 | .667 | -- | 702 | 530 | .626 |
| DET | 86 | 50 | .632 | 4.5 | 716 | 558 | .612 |
| BAL | 80 | 59 | .576 | 12.0 | 615 | 520 | .576 |
| CHW | 74 | 64 | .536 | 17.5 | 646 | 610 | .526 |
| CLE | 69 | 68 | .504 | 22.0 | 624 | 622 | .501 |
| BOS | 66 | 73 | .475 | 26.0 | 634 | 697 | .457 |
| LAA | 60 | 76 | .441 | 30.5 | 612 | 648 | .474 |
| MIN | 58 | 76 | .433 | 31.5 | 593 | 656 | .454 |
| WSA | 51 | 84 | .378 | 39.0 | 541 | 662 | .409 |
| KCA | 48 | 87 | .356 | 42.0 | 566 | 746 | .376 |
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