1961 Major League Baseball season 18 times each for a total of 162 games. The National League played a 154 game schedule for the final time in 1961 before switching to 162 games when they also expanded to ten teams for the following season. 1961 Major League Baseball season The 1961 Major League Baseball season was played from April 10 to October 12, 1961. That season saw the New York Yankees defeat the Cincinnati Reds in five games in the World Series. The season is best known for Yankee teammates Roger Maris' and Mickey Mantle's pursuit of Babe Ruth's prestigious 34-year-old single-season home run record
Babe Ruth League to time. Tom Brady - San Mateo, CA Chris Drury - Trumbull, CT Michael Jordan - Wilmington, NC Jimmy Fallon - Saugerties, NY Bruce Springsteen - Freehold, NJ Jon Stewart - Lawrence, NJ Roy Williams (coach) - Wilmington, NC John Elway - Pullman, WA Scott Boras - Elk Grove, CA Jack Del Rio - Heyward, CA Rush Limbaugh - Cape Girardeau, MO Mike Trout - Millville, NJ Babe Ruth League The Babe Ruth League is an international youth baseball and softball league based in Hamilton, New Jersey, named after George Herman "Babe" Ruth. The parent program, Babe Ruth League, Incorporated,