Category: Great Teams of the Past

It’s not exactly parity when the New York Yankees won their third straight Great Teams of the Past title. The 1961 Yankees did so by three games, the second-largest margin out of the five seasons. But parity did exist in other ways, as season 5 featured the closest competition from top to bottom, with only…

The 1961 New York Yankees ended the season on a three-game winning streak, and their closest competitors lost on the final gameday, so the Yankees ended up winning the league by three games. Roger Maris hit his GTOP-record 18th home run in 32 games. Tom Seaver pitched a shutout for the 1969 New York Mets…

The 1961 New York Yankees clinched the championship, and the three-peat, with a 6-4 victory over the 1961 Detroit Tigers on the season’s penultimate day. The long ball made the difference again, as the Yankees added three more home runs to their GTOP-record total. Both the 1967 St. Louis Cardinals and 1969 Minnesota Twins posted…

All four teams that lost game one of their series bounced back to win game two. The result? The 1961 New York Yankees were victorious and they clinched at least a share of the championship, as they’re now two games up with two to play after the 1967 St. Louis Cardinals and 1969 Minnesota Twins…

As the final four-game series of the season got underway, things tightened up at the top of the standings. The two second-place teams, the 1967 St. Louis Cardinals and the 1969 Minnesota Twins, were both victorious. The 1961 Detroit Tigers did them a favor by knocking off the 1961 New York Yankees in extra innings.…

After splitting their week 7 series against the 1962 San Francisco Giants, the 1961 New York Yankees left the door open for a competitor to challenge for the top spot. But everyone else within striking distance also went 2-2 against each other, so the Yankees are on the verge of their third straight title, as…

The 1962 San Francisco Giants took care of the first-place 1961 New York Yankees for the second straight day, giving their closest competitors hope. But, other results went their way. New York began the day with a two-game lead, and they ended it with a two-game lead with five to play. It’s a logjam for…

Juan Marichal and the 1962 San Francisco Giants did the rest of the league a favor by knocking off the 1961 New York Yankees in the second game of their series. The 1969 Minnesota Twins and the 1967 St. Louis Cardinals took advantage, as their victories moved them to within two games of the Yankees…

Roger Maris is going to slug the 1961 New York Yankees to another championship, it seems. He had his second consecutive multi-homer game, his GTOP-record 13 and 14th of the season, to rally the Yankees to a series-opening comeback win over the 1962 San Francisco Giants. The Yanks’ closest competitors all lost, giving New York…