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1961 Home Run Race

Apr  |  May  |  Jun  |  Jul  |  Aug  |  Sept  |  Oct

Mantle

Date

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#

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1 Walker Kansas City Apr 17      
2, 3 Grba (2) Los Angeles Apr 20      
4 Barber Baltimore Apr 21      
5 Estrada Balt. Apr 23      
6 Donohue Det. Apr 26 Det. Foytack 1
7 Aguirre Det. Apr 26      
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8 Pascual Minn. May 2      
      May 3 Minn. Ramos 2
9 Sadowski Minn. May 4      
      May 6 L.A. Grba 3
10 Woodeshick Wash. May 16      
      May 17 Wash. Burnside 4
      May 19 Cleveland Perry 5
      May 20 Cleveland Bell 6
      May 21 Baltimore Estrada 7
      May 24 Boston Conley 8
      May 28 Chicago McLish 9
11 DeLock Boston May 29      
12 Conley Boston May 30 Boston Conley 10
13 Fornieles Boston May 30 Boston Fornieles 11
14 Muffet Boston May 31 Boston Muffet 12
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      Jun 2 Chicago McLish 13
      Jun 3 Chicago Shaw 14
      Jun 4 Chicago Kemmerer 15
15 Lee Minnesota Jun 5      
      Jun 6 Minnesota Palmquist 16
      Jun 7 Minnesota Ramos 17
16 Herbert Chicago Jun 9 Chicago Herbert 18
17 Nuxhall Kansas City Jun 10      
18 Grba Los Angeles Jun 11 Los Angeles Grba 19
      Jun 11 Los Angeles James 20
      Jun 13 Cleveland Perry 21
      Jun 14 Cleveland Bell 22
19 Grant Cleveland Jun 15      
20 Foytack Detroit Jun 17 Detroit Mossi 23
      Jun 18 Boston Casale 24
      Jun 19 Kansas City Archer 25
      Jun 20 Kansas City Nuxhall 26
21, 22 Shaw (2) Kansas City Jun 21      
      Jun 22 Kansas City Bass 27
23 McBride Los Angeles Jun 26      
24 Duren Los Angeles Jun 28      
25 Donovan Washington Jun 30      
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26, 27 Mathias (2) Washington Jul 1 Washington Sisler 28
28 Klippstein Washington Jul 2 Washington Burnside 29
      Jul 2 Washington Klippstein 30
      Jul 4 Detroit Lary 31
      Jul 5 Cleveland Funk 32
29 Stallard Boston Jul 8      
      Jul 9 Boston Monbouquette 33
30 Wynn Chicago Jul 13 Chicago Wynn 34
31 Pizzaro Chicago Jul 14      
      Jul 15 Chicago Herbert 35
32 Barber Balt Jul 16      
33 Pappas   Jul 17      
34, 35 McClain (2) Wash Jul 18      
36 Donovan   Jul 19      
37 Monbouquette Boston Jul 21 Boston Monbouquette 36
38 Baumann Chicago Jul 25 Chicago Baumann 37
      Jul 25 Chicago Larsen 38
      Jul 25 Chicago Kemmerer 39
      Jul 25 Chicago Hacker 40
39 Herbert Chicago Jul 26      
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40 Archer KC Aug 2      
      Aug 4 Minnesota Pascual 41
41, 42 Ramos (2) Minnesota Aug 6      
43 Schroll Minnesota Aug 6      
44 Burnside Washington Aug 11 Washington Burnside 42
      Aug 12   Donovan 43
45 Daniels   Aug 13   Daniels 44
      Aug 13   Kutyna 45
      Aug 15 Chicago Pizarro 46
      Aug 16 Chicago Pierce (2) 47, 48
46 Perry  Cleveland Aug 20 Cleveland Perry 49
      Aug 22 la McBride 50
      Aug 26 kc Walker 51
47 Kaat Min Aug 30      
48 Kralick Min Aug 31      
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      Sep 2 Detroit Lary 52
      Sep 2   Aguirre 53
49 Bunning Detroit Sep 3      
50 Staley Detroit Sep 3      
51 McClain Washington Sep 5      
      Sep 6 Washington Cheney 54
      Sep 7   Stigman 55
52 Bell Cleveland Sep 8      
      Sep 9 Cleveland Grant 56
53 Perry Cleveland Sep 10      
      Sep 16 Detroit Lary 57
      Sep 17 Detroit Fox 58
      Sep 20 Baltimore Pappas 59
54 Schwall Boston Sep 23      
      Sep 26 Baltimore Fisher 60
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      Oct 1 Boston Stallard 61
 
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