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.
Tuesday, September 5, 1961
Attendance: 16,917
Venue: Yankee Stadium I
Game Duration: 2:05
Night Game, on grass
Attendance: 16,917
Venue: Yankee Stadium I
Game Duration: 2:05
Night Game, on grass
Yankees 6, Senators 1
HR: Mickey Mantle (51, off Joe McClain, 2nd inn, 0 on, 0 outs to Deep RF)
No, not Denny McClain, JOE McClain. Denny won 31 games for Detroit in 1968 ... and went to prison ... a couple of times.
Check the shocking Yankee lead over the Detroit Tigers:
| Tm | W | L | GB | RS | RA | pythW-L% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NYY | 93 | 45 | .674 | -- | 716 | 536 | .629 |
| DET | 86 | 53 | .619 | 7.5 | 720 | 569 | .606 |
| BAL | 83 | 59 | .585 | 12.0 | 626 | 524 | .581 |
| CHW | 75 | 65 | .536 | 19.0 | 663 | 627 | .526 |
| CLE | 71 | 68 | .511 | 22.5 | 640 | 629 | .508 |
| BOS | 66 | 75 | .468 | 28.5 | 641 | 713 | .451 |
| LAA | 61 | 79 | .436 | 33.0 | 638 | 684 | .468 |
| MIN | 59 | 77 | .434 | 33.0 | 610 | 673 | .455 |
| WSA | 51 | 87 | .370 | 42.0 | 547 | 676 | .404 |
| KCA | 51 | 88 | .367 | 42.5 | 602 | 772 | .388 |
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