1961 MLB Home Runs by Team

The New York Yankees led all of MLB in home runs in 1961, with 240, 51 ahead of the Los Angeles Angels. The average across 18 MLB teams is 151.7.

Led all of MLB in 1961 New York Yankees 163 games

240 Home Runs 51 clear of Los Angeles Angels

#	Team	League	G	HR
1	New York Yankees	AL	163	240
2	Los Angeles Angels	AL	162	189
3	Milwaukee Braves	NL	155	188
4	San Francisco Giants	NL	155	183
5	Detroit Tigers	AL	163	180
6	Chicago Cubs	NL	156	176
7	Minnesota Twins	AL	161	167
8	Cincinnati Reds	NL	154	158
9	Los Angeles Dodgers	NL	154	157
	MLB average			151.7
10	Cleveland Indians	AL	161	150
11	Baltimore Orioles	AL	163	149
12	Chicago White Sox	AL	163	138
13	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	154	128
14	Washington Senators	AL	161	119
15	Boston Red Sox	AL	163	112
16	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	155	103
16	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	155	103
18	Kansas City Athletics	AL	162	90

A team's total is its players' numbers for the club added up, so a player traded mid-season counts for each team only what he did there. Rates such as ERA and batting average are worked out from the team's summed totals, not averaged across players.