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| | | | League Miscellaneous Stats | | Team | ExpW | ExpL | Diff | AS | aAS | BAW | PAW | RAW | FAW | Attendance | Payroll | Balance | | New York Yankees | 91 | 71 | -3 | 13 | 88 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 1,252,260 | $6,308,634 | $626,322 | | Los Angeles Angels | 89 | 73 | 2 | 7 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1,264,519 | $3,607,933 | $1,513,927 | | Minnesota Twins | 91 | 71 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 1,191,338 | $4,399,210 | $1,317,906 | | Baltimore Orioles | 89 | 73 | -8 | 8 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1,163,696 | $3,135,255 | $1,736,273 | | Chicago White Sox | 85 | 77 | -4 | 4 | 33 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 970,770 | $3,826,351 | $874,338 | | Detroit Tigers | 87 | 75 | -2 | 6 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1,132,196 | $5,395,938 | $1,084,244 | | Cleveland Indians | 82 | 80 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1,043,440 | $4,103,952 | $1,006,216 | | Washington Senators | 68 | 94 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 650,991 | $2,733,426 | $827,109 | | Kansas City Athletics | 79 | 83 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1,042,525 | $2,274,269 | $1,572,302 | | Boston Red Sox | 56 | 106 | 0 | 4 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 504,583 | $2,578,761 | $274,408 |
| | League Award Winners | | George Herman "Babe" Ruth Award | Mickey Mantle | NYA | .343/.483/.560, 33 HR, 95 RBI, 102.9 VORP | | | Walter Johnson Award | Don Drysdale | | 0-0, 0.00 ERA, 0.0 IP, 0 K, .0 VORP | | | Jackie Robinson Award | Tom Tresh | NYA | .282/.357/.422, 12 HR, 49 RBI, 34.7 VORP | | | Honus Wagner Fielding Award | Pitcher Jim Kaat | MIN | .969 PCT., 7 PO, 24 A, 1.75 RANGE | | | | Catcher Ken Retzer | WS2 | .991 PCT., 813 PO, 88 A, 33.8 CS % | | | | First Base Vic Power | MIN | 1.000 PCT., 20 PO, 3 A, 8.63 RANGE | | | | Second Base Bobby Richardson | NYA | .992 PCT., 350 PO, 561 A, 5.74 RANGE | | | | Third Base Brooks Robinson | BAL | .985 PCT., 123 PO, 334 A, 2.95 RANGE | | | | Shortstop Woodie Held | CLE | .983 PCT., 260 PO, 504 A, 4.87 RANGE | | | | Left Field Carl Yastrzemski | BOS | .981 PCT., 352 PO, 12 A, 2.52 RANGE | | | | Center Field Mickey Mantle | NYA | .982 PCT., 435 PO, 10 A, 2.82 RANGE | | | | Right Field Tony Oliva | MIN | .990 PCT., 291 PO, 11 A, 2.19 RANGE | |
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