1961 Baseball Sluggers: Maris, Cash, Clemente Highlights and Stats
The page from the 1962 Famous Sluggers Yearbook highlights three prominent baseball players of 1961: Roger Maris, Norm Cash, and Roberto Clemente. Roger Maris, a member of the New York Yankees, set a new record with 61 home runs during the regular season of 1961, leading the American League (AL) in runs batted in (RBIs) with 142 and achieving a slugging average of .620. He was subsequently voted the Most Valuable Player (MVP) in the AL by the Baseball Writers' Association of America. Norm Cash played for the Detroit Tigers and led the AL in batting with a remarkable average of .361, hitting 41 home runs and 132 RBIs, while also leading the league in hits with 193, posting a slugging average of .662.