The Yankees returned to their accustomed place atop the standings, in spite of an off-year from Whitey Ford and a generally mediocre pitching staff. For some reason I don't understand, the AL schedule started a week behind the NL season, April 18 rather than April 12. The Yankees had more than their share of tribulations. Manager Casey Stengel spent two weeks in the hospital getting treatment for a viral infection, Mickey Mantle got punched in the face after catching the final out (in a game at Yankee Stadium!) on May 30, but the Yanks took first place in the middle of June and rode out the storms.
The Orioles made a race of it, but the Yanks clinched on September 25. The team (temporarily) set an AL record for home runs. The Yankees finished 8 games ahead of Baltimore and 10 ahead of defending champs Chicago. The rest of the league finished under .500, in this order: Cleveland (being sunk by Frank Lane's trades), Washington, Detroit, Boston, Kansas City.
Pete Runnels won the batting title with a .320 mark, leading Al Smith at .315. Mantle led in homers with 40, just ahead of Roger Maris with 39 and Jim Lemon's 38. Eddie Yost led in on-base and Maris in slugging, and also in RBI with 112, leading Minnie Minoso with 105. Mantle led with 119 runs. Tito Francona had 36 doubles, Nellie Fox 10 triples, Luis Aparicio 51 SB. Mantle and Maris were 1-2 in OPS.
No pitcher won 20 games: Chuck Estrada and Jim Perry tied for the lead with 18, and Bud Daley was next with 16 wins. Frank Baumann led in ERA with a 2.67 mark, followed by Jim Bunning at 2.79. Bunning led in strikeouts with 201. Mike Fornieles and John Klippstein tied with 14 saves. Frank Lary edged Pedro Ramos by 1/3 of an inning for that lead.
Win Shares leaders, players; Mickey Mantle (New York) 36, Roger Maris (New York) 31, Ron Hansen (Baltimore), Minnie Minoso (Chicago), Tito Francona (Cleveland), and Bill Skowron (New York) 24, Gene Woodling (Baltimore) and Roy Sievers (Chicago) 22, Jim Gentile and Brooks Robinson (Baltimore), Ted Williams (Boston), Nellie Fox (Chicago), Norm Siebern (Kansas City) and Jim Lemon (Washington) 21, Pete Runnels (Boston), Luis Aparicio and Al Smith (Chicago) and Harmon Killebrew (Washington) 20.
Win Shares leaders, pitchers; Jim Bunning (Detroit) 20, Frank Lary (Detroit) 19, Ray Herbert (Kansas City) 18, Mike Fornieles and Bill Monbouquette (Boston), Frank Baumann and Early Wynn (Chicago), Jim Perry (Cleveland) and Pedro Ramos (Washington) 16, Chuck Estrada (Baltimore) 15.
WARP3 leaders, position players: Mantle 8.8, Aparicio 7.8, Fox 7.6, Maris 7.1, Robinson 7.0, Hansen and Tony Kubek (New York) 6.4, Sievers 5.5, Skowron 5.0, Woodling and Francona 4.9, Jim Landis (Chicago) 4.7, Earl Battey (Washington) and Clete Boyer (New York) 4.4, Runnels 4.3.
WARP3 leaders, pitchers: Bunning 8.6, Herbert 7.9, Lary 7.6, Monbouquette 6.3, Fornieles 5.8, Ramos 5.5, Don Mossi (Detroit) 5.0, Dave Sisler (Detroit) 4.8, Jack Kralick (Washington) 4.7.
WAR leaders, position players (fWAR): Maris 8.1, Mantle 7.9, Aparicio 6.1, Robinson 5.9, Skowron 5.7, Hansen 5.4, Runnels 5.2, Fox 5.0, Kubek 4.8, Francona and Sievers 4.5, Battey, Minoso, and Piersall 4.4. Pitchers (bWAR): Bunning 6.2, Herbert 5.8, Monbouquette 4.7, Ramos 4.4, Lary 3.8, Kralick 3.7, Baumann 3.1, Pappas 3.0, Fornieles and Muffett 2.9.
Actual award winners;
MVP (top 20): | Season Results
Rk Name Team 1st Place Points Max Points Share| AB H HR BA OPS SB| W-L IP ERA WHIP SO SV
+--+----------------+----+-----+------+------+-----+-----+---+--+-----+------+---+-
1 Roger Maris NYY 8 225 336 0.67 | 499 141 39 .283 .952 2
2 Mickey Mantle NYY 10 222 336 0.66 | 527 145 40 .275 .957 14
3 Brooks Robinson BAL 3 211 336 0.63 | 595 175 14 .294 .769 2
4 Minnie Minoso CHW 2 141 336 0.42 | 591 184 20 .311 .855 17
5 Ron Hansen BAL 1 110 336 0.33 | 530 135 22 .255 .781 3
6 Al Smith CHW 0 73 336 0.22 | 536 169 12 .315 .826 8
7 Roy Sievers CHW 0 58 336 0.17 | 444 131 28 .295 .930 1
8 Earl Battey WSH 0 57 336 0.17 | 466 126 15 .270 .773 4
9 Bill Skowron NYY 0 56 336 0.17 | 538 166 26 .309 .881 2
10 Jim Lemon WSH 0 36 336 0.11 | 528 142 38 .269 .861 2
11 Tony Kubek NYY 0 29 336 0.09 | 568 155 14 .273 .713 3
12 Chuck Estrada BAL 0 28 336 0.08 | 64 9 0 .141 .390 1| 18-11 209 3.58 1.260 144 2
13 Ted Williams BOS 0 25 336 0.07 | 310 98 29 .316 1.096 1
14 Vic Wertz BOS 0 22 336 0.07 | 443 125 19 .282 .79
15 Yogi Berra NYY 0 21 336 0.06 | 359 99 15 .276 .792 2
15 Jim Gentile BAL 0 21 336 0.06 | 384 112 21 .292 .903 0
17 Pete Runnels BOS 0 18 336 0.05 | 528 169 2 .320 .795 5
18 Nellie Fox CHW 0 11 336 0.03 | 605 175 2 .289 .723 2
18 Vic Power CLE 0 11 336 0.03 | 580 167 10 .288 .707 9
20 Steve Barber BAL 0 7 336 0.02 | 54 3 0 .056 .191 0| 10-7 182 3.22 1.436 112 2
Maris and Mantle in a virtual dead heat, with Maris carrying the win with more points in spite of more first-place votes for Mickey. Brooksy almost snuck in and stole this one.
No AL pitchers received votes in the dual-league Cy Young voting, nor did any deserve to do so.
Rookie: Season Results
Rk Name Team 1st Place Points Max Points Share| AB H HR BA OPS SB| W-L IP ERA WHIP SO SV
+--+----------------+----+-----+------+------+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+--+
1 Ron Hansen BAL 22 22 24 0.92 | 530 135 22 .255 .781 3
2 Chuck Estrada BAL 1 1 24 0.04 | 64 9 0 .141 .390 1| 18-11 209 3.58 1.260 144 2
2 Jim Gentile BAL 1 1 24 0.04 | 384 112 21 .292 .903 0|
A sweep for the Orioles.
Top player: Roger Maris. Maris and Mantle are close, but I'll go with the WAR leader this time. Just five points of OPS separate them, and I am deciding that Maris playing RF well was worth more than Mantle playing CF competently.
#1 Roger Maris, #2 Mickey Mantle, #3 Brooks Robinson, #4 Ron Hansen, #5 Luis Aparicio, #6 Bill Skowron.
Top pitcher: Jim Bunning, in spite of a losing (11-14) record. Bunning led in strikeouts and was 2nd in ERA. He also received MVP votes, surprising in view of the era's emphasis on won-lost record.
#1 Jim Bunning, #2 Ray Herbert, #3 Frank Lary, #4 Bill Monbouquette, #5 Mike Fornieles.
Top rookie: Ron Hansen. The best three were all in Baltimore, and Hansen was the best of the lot.
Top manager: Casey Stengel. He had more horses than the others, but he also knew what to do with them.
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