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 in April. 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.
This was 1961 Yankee game 142. Through the same number in 1927, Ruth was still sitting on 52. Mantle tied the Babe in this game. Ruth had only 13 games remaining.
Start Time: 8:04 p.m. Local
Attendance: 41,762
Venue: Yankee Stadium I
Game Duration: 2:29
Night Game, on grass
Yankees 9, Indians 1
HR: Mickey Mantle (52, off Gary Bell, 5th inn, 0 on, 2 outs to Deep RF)
The 1961 Yankee lead was now double digits:
| Tm | W | L | GB | RS | RA | pythW-L% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NYY | 96 | 45 | .681 | -- | 740 | 540 | .640 |
| DET | 86 | 55 | .610 | 10.0 | 726 | 586 | .597 |
| BAL | 86 | 59 | .593 | 12.0 | 638 | 530 | .584 |
| CHW | 78 | 65 | .545 | 19.0 | 678 | 635 | .530 |
| CLE | 71 | 71 | .500 | 25.5 | 648 | 654 | .496 |
| BOS | 69 | 75 | .479 | 28.5 | 667 | 723 | .463 |
| LAA | 61 | 80 | .433 | 35.0 | 641 | 689 | .467 |
| MIN | 59 | 80 | .424 | 36.0 | 619 | 689 | .451 |
| KCA | 52 | 88 | .371 | 43.5 | 608 | 776 | .390 |
| WSA | 51 | 91 | .359 | 45.5 | 553 | 696 | .396 |
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