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1961 Top 25 Players WAR Data Model

WAR calculated by Baseball Reference.

Rank	WAR	Name	Tm	Pos
+001+	10.5	Mickey Mantle	NYA	CF	AS
+002+	9.3	Hank Aaron	ATL	CF-RF	AS
+003+	9.2	Norm Cash	DET	1B	AS
+004+	8.7	Willie Mays	SFN	CF	AS,GG
+005+	8.4	Al Kaline	DET	RF-CF	AS,GG
+006+	8.0	Ken Boyer	SLN	3B	AS,GG
+007+	7.7	Rocky Colavito	DET	LF-RF	AS
+007+	7.7	Frank Robinson	CIN	RF-LF	MVP,AS
+009+	7.6	Vada Pinson	CIN	CF	GG
+010+	7.2	Eddie Mathews	ATL	3B	AS
+011+	6.9	Roger Maris	NYA	RF-CF	MVP,AS
+011+	6.9	Jim Gentile	BAL	1B	AS
+013+	6.3	Roberto Clemente	PIT	RF	AS,GG
+014+	6.1	Jack Kralick	MIN	PITCH
+014+	6.1	Don Cardwell	CHN	PITCH
+016+	5.7	Orlando Cepeda	SFN	1B-LF-RF	AS
+016+	5.7	Sandy Koufax	LAN	PITCH	AS
+018+	5.6	Harmon Killebrew	MIN	1B-3B	AS
+019+	5.4	Don Drysdale	LAN	PITCH	AS
+019+	5.4	Camilo Pascual	MIN	PITCH	AS
+021+	5.3	Elston Howard	NYA	CR	AS
+022+	5.2	Ken McBride	ANA	PITCH	AS
+023+	5.1	Jim O'Toole	CIN	PITCH
+024+	4.9	Jim Piersall	CLE	CF	GG
+025+	4.7	Stan Williams	LAN	PITCH

1961 Awards

Type	Lg	Name
CY	AL	Whitey Ford
MVP	NL	Frank Robinson
MVP	AL	Roger Maris
HOF	X	Max Carey

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